Chapter 3
"Go get him." Pollock told Nicole and Jess right after he had been briefed on what Antonio had found.
"Yes sir." Nicole said. Jess and Nicole left with their bullet-proof vests on and determined to get Daniel.
"You ready Jess?" Nicole asked her as they sat in the car right outside of Daniel's home.
"Yeah. Let's go." Jess said as she stepped out of the car with her gun drawn. Nicole followed right behind her.
"Daniel Johnson, FBI!" Jess yelled as she beat on the door. After 30 seconds of no answer, Nicole kicked in the door. The two slowly walked around the house looking for Daniel. Jess heard the back door slam shut and she ran to the back of the house.
There she saw Daniel running through the back yard. "Daniel stop! FBI!" Jess yelled as she pointed her gun at him. Daniel stopped running and put his hands in the air. Jess walked over to him with her gun still out. "Get on the ground." Jess half yelled at him. Daniel did what Jess said and she arrested him. About that time Nicole came out the back and saw Jess arresting Daniel. "Get up." Jess said as she dragged David up and started walking him back towards the house.
"Good job Jess." Nicole complimented her.
"Thanks." Jess said.
"What am I getting arrested for?" Daniel asked angrily.
"Let's see. We have you for kidnapping, running from the law, and possible murder." Nicole said sarcastically.
"I haven't done anything!" Daniel yelled.
"Shut up. We're going back to the office and then you can lie to us some more." Jess told him.
"Did you get him?" Pollock asked Nicole and Jess once they got back from putting Daniel in an interrogation room.
"Yes we did. We're getting ready to interrogate him even though he denies everything." Nicole said.
"Of course he's going to deny it." Pollock said sarcastically. Nicole just glared at him. "Go interview him now."
"Ok sir." Jess said. She began to walk away but Nicole didn't. "Come on Nick." Nicole looked at Jess then back at Pollock glaring at him. She then walked away with Jess.
"So you deny the kidnapping?" Nicole asked Daniel. She was leaning against the table near where Daniel was sitting.
"Yes. I do." Daniel responded aggravated.
"You now we have proof that you did it right?" Jess asked him.
"Really?" Daniel asked acting surprised just to aggravate Nick and Jess.
"Yeah. Want to see it?" Nicole asked him.
"Of course I do." Daniel said.
Jess pulled out the cell phone and showed him the video. "See that's you giving chloroform to Deanna." Jess told him.
"Deanna? Who is Deanna?" Daniel asked them.
"The girl you kidnapped!" Nicole yelled at him.
"I didn't kidnap anyone. She knows that." Daniel said pointing to Jess.
"She doesn't even know you." Nicole told him. But before he could respond Jess walked out. Nicole glanced at Daniel, then walked out following Jess. Jess looked up at Nicole as she walked out of the room. "Is what he said true Jess? That you know he didn't kidnap her."
"Sort Of. He was the main suspect in a past case of mine and he ended up getting away with kidnapping and murder due to lack of evidence, but he knows that he could get in serious trouble if he kidnapped anyone else." Jess said.
"Well Antonio didn't make a mistake." Nicole said.
"I know, but I just don't think he did it." Jess said.
"Well, no matter what, we're going to have to let him go because we have no other evidence." Nicole told her. Jess just shook her head in agreement before following Nicole back into the interrogation room.
"So did she confess to what I said?" Daniel asked.
"No, she was telling me how it isn't true." Nicole remarked back in a sarcastic tone.
"Well she's lying then." Daniel said angrily.
Jess just shook her head. "We have the video and that proves everything." Jess said.
"Yeah, right, it doesn't even show my face. You couldn't even use it in court." Daniel said.
"We'll see about that." Jess replied as she and Nicole walked out.
"Let him go." Pollock told Nicole and Jess as they came out of the interrogation room. He had watched the last part of the interrogation.
"Why sir? He was caught on video kidnapping Deanna." Nicole asked Pollock.
"Because he's right. Cortez maybe good, but the video won't hold up in court." Pollock said.
"Should we follow him once he leaves?" Jess asked.
"No, just let him go." Pollock ordered them.
"Yes sir." Nicole said as Pollock turned and walked away.
"I'll tell him." Jess told Nicole.
"Alright." Nicole agreed as Jess walked back in the interrogation room.
"What now?" Daniel asked her.
"You're right Daniel. The video won't hold up in court. So, you're free to go." Jess said.
"Really?" Daniel asked surprised.
"Yep." Jess replied as she opened the door for him to leave. Daniel got up and walked out.
"That went well." Nicole said to Jess as they watched Daniel leave.
"Yeah. Now let's go see if Becky knows who he is." Jess said.
Nicole and Jess arrived at Becky's apartment awhile later. "Hi. Is there any new news?" Becky asked hopeful.
"No, not yet. But we need to know if you know someone." Jess said.
"Who?" Becky asked curiously.
"Daniel Johnson." Nicole said.
"I do. He's my boyfriend. He has been in trouble with the law before but he's changed. He wouldn't do anything to Deanna." Becky said. "Why?"
"He's someone that we think could possibly have something to do with her disappearance." Nicole said.
"Well, he didn't do anything." Becky said angrily. "Call me when you have more information."
Becky then shut her door on Jess and Nicole. "Wow. She's not happy." Jess said.
"No she's not, but maybe she's hiding something." Nicole said as they walked back to the car.
"What do you mean?" Jess asked.
"Maybe she's knows something we don't. Maybe she knows what really happened." Nicole said.
"Should we search Daniel's apartment since Matthew is cleared?" Jess asked.
"Yeah, we should. Let's go get Pollock to get us a search warrant." Nicole said.
They arrived back at the office determined to get a search warrant. "Sir, could you get us a search warrant so that we can search Daniel Johnson's apartment?" Nicole asked him.
"For what reason?" Pollock asked them.
"I think that he and Becky are hiding something." Nicole said.
"Becky? What does she have to do with Daniel?" Pollock asked.
"He is her boyfriend." Jess said. "And when we told her about him possibly being involved in the case, she got very defensive."
"Interesting. You'll have your search warrant in 2 hours." Pollock told them.
"Thank you sir." Nicole said. "While we wait, let's try to figure out the vision you had back at Matthew's." Nicole told Jess.
"Ok." Jess agreed.
"So, what are some key things from it?" Nicole asked as she sat down at her computer. But Jess didn't say anything.
Jess was in another vision. She heard running water in the distance. She then saw Deanna covered in blood. She was running through a forest trying to get away from something and then Jess heard a gunshot and she was instantly out of the vision.
"Jess?" Nicole asked off of Jess's pale look. "What was it?"
"There was a forest and Deanna was covered in blood and running trying to get away from something. There was also running water and at the end there was a gunshot and that was it." Jess told Nicole. "Oh and I heard running water in the background."
"Maybe the forest and water means where we will find her and she's there now trying to get away from who has her." Nicole suggested.
"What about the gunshot though? It's been in both visions." Jess reminded her. Nicole just looked at Jess knowing what she was thinking.
"She'll be fine. Just because there were gunshots, doesn't mean she was hurt." Nicole told her.
"I know, but it just doesn't feel like she is fine." Jess said. Nicole just gave her a sympathetic look. "Is there any place around here where there is a river and deep woods?"
Nicole typed on the computer to try to find areas Jess was referring to. "There are about 5 areas similar to that within 20 miles of DC."
"Is that with rivers there?" Jess asked knowing that Deanna was near a river.
"Most of them, yeah." Nicole said. Jess just sat there trying to see if anything else from her visions could help them out.
"Let's just wait until after the search and see if we can come up with anything else." Jess sighed.
"Alright." Nicole agreed.
A while later both of the agents were doing paperwork for the case when Pollock surprised them. "Your search warrant is here." He said as he tossed it on Jess's desk.
"Thank you sir." Nicole said.
"Now go get me something useful." Pollock ordered as Jess grabbed the search warrant and followed Nicole out of the office.
"Daniel Johnson!" Jess screamed as she beat on the door.
"What?" He yelled back.
"Open the door. We have a warrant to search your home." Jess yelled back. A second later the door flew open, Daniel enraged.
"What? How did you get a search warrant?"
"Reasonable doubt that you might be hiding something." Nicole said as she handed him the warrant and gave him a sarcastic smile. Jess and Nicole then began looking around for any evidence.
"I don't know what you think you will find but in any case I'm not going to be dumb enough to bring evidence here if I had done it. Which by the way, I haven't." Daniel told them.
"Well, we will determine that soon enough." Jess replied as she continued searching.
An hour and a half later Jess and Nicole were walking out of Daniel's house in disappointment. There had been no evidence that they could find or that the evidence team could find. "Why is it I have the odd feeling that there is bad news lingering here?" Pollock asked them. The two stopped dead in their tracks and looked up at Pollock shocked that he was there.
"I don't know sir. Maybe it's because there is no evidence at this location at all?" Nicole questioned.
"So no useful information." Pollock restated.
"That's right sir. None." Nicole said.
"Wow, interesting enough. So, you're telling me we have a missing teen, a pissed off sister, and no suspects. Sounds like this case is really getting somewhere doesn't it?" Pollock asked angrily. Jess and Nicole both knew not to respond. "Now, you two get back to the office, work with Cortez and FIND me a suspect." Pollock now half yelled at them.
"Yes sir." Nicole said biting her tongue so she wouldn't make a sarcastic remark to make him even madder.
"There is just nothing to work with." Antonio told them as they all sat down at a conference table to figure out a suspect.
"But what about the video?" Jess asked.
"I got a suspect but it won't be useable in court. Whoever did this knew what they were doing. I mean there's no hair, fingerprints, nothing, anywhere." Antonio said.
"The best thing we have is Jess's visions." Nicole said.
"Which lead us in four or five different directions." Jess remarked.
"Well it's a start." Antonio reminded her.
"Not good enough for me." Jess said with a sarcastic tone.
"Her visions still don't give us suspects though." Nicole then reminded Antonio.
"True, that's-" Antonio started saying but Jess did here him finish. She was instantly thrown into another vision. This time she saw a person in the deep woods but they were covered in long, colorful feathers. The person just stood there looking out over a river. Jess tried to talk to them but failed. But before she could see anything else, Jess was pulled out of the vision where Nicole and Antonio were staring at her. "What?" Antonio asked her.
"There was someone standing in the woods looking over a river, but they were covered in these long, colorful feathers, but the feathers didn't look real." Jess said.
"Like an Indian?" Nicole asked.
"Yeah." Jess said. Nicole immediately got up and ran over to her computer and typed in a search.
"You remember those parks?" Nicole asked Jess.
"Yes." Jess said.
"Well, 15 miles from here there is an Indian Creek Park." Nicole said reading off of her computer screen.
"Deanna's there." Jess said. "I just know it."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go." Nicole said.
They arrived a few minutes later at the park. "She's by the river." Jess said to them.
"Let's check the river banks first then work our way away from them." Nicole suggested. Jess and Antonio nodded in agreement.
Jess seemed to know right where she was going. Only 5 minutes after they started looking Jess saw Deanna. "I found Deanna!" Jess yelled to Nicole and Antonio. She knew she would find Deanna here because of the way the water was running and it sounded just like her vision. That was what scared her the most. Nicole and Antonio came running over to her. "Just like in my vision, a clean shot to the head." Jess said staring at Deanna
Thank you to all of my reviewers. Please R&R. This isn't the last chapter... more to come... Next chapter: The case makes a huge turn when someone from Deanna's case go for one of the team members. Next chapter will be posted soon! Lexie