Chapter 10

Colin's mind was only on saving Jess. He kept wondering what would happen if they arrived and Jess was already dead? "No, she's going to be fine." He thought to himself to get his mind off of the worst possible solution. He couldn't help but to almost cry knowing how Jess must feel, how terrified she was with a murderer, but then again she was Jess, the one who always got herself in trouble since she partnered up with Nicole. He was driving and going almost as fast as he could since he knew that Jess's time was either almost over or already up and he wasn't losing not when he was this close.

Nicole knew that Colin had to be more scared than the rest of them since he loved Jess so much. Nicole was scared for her friend too though. She knew that Jess's time was up and they could very easily find her dead. That was the last thing she wanted but she knew it was a very good possibility. She couldn't sit still because she knew they should be at that house by now, they should be saving Jess, but this was like every other case when it seemed that they couldn't get to the location quick enough. The only exception to Nicole was that this was personal. No one was going to almost kill her friend and get away with it.

Antonio didn't know what to think. He was used to fast-paced cases, but now that it was with Jess, he seemed to not be able to keep up with what was going on. Maybe it was the fact that it was someone close to him is why everything seemed like a blur. He was almost as close to Jess as Colin was, but to Antonio, Jess was more like his little sister. He couldn't ever imagine finding her dead; she always like to get into dangerous situations but somehow they always found her in time, and now he knew in the back of his mind that they may not make it.

They finally arrived at the house after what seemed like forever to all of them. The house looked like no one had lived there for quite awhile. The boards on the house were rotting and it looked like it could come crashing down at any moment. They hoped that Abby had told them the truth, and not just giving them an address for some run down house.

"I'll take the front, you two take the back." Nicole said. Antonio and Colin just nodded in agreement.

Luckily for Nicole, the front door was unlocked, so she quietly walked inside. She heard voices coming from the back, but she didn't think that it was Colin and Antonio because they shouldn't be in the house yet.

Colin and Antonio ran around to the back of the house. The back door was locked but they didn't want to break it down and startle Daniel or anyone else who was with Jess. "Nic, are you inside?" Antonio asked over the ear mic.

"Yeah, are you?" Nicole asked.

"No, the back door's locked." Antonio said.

"Just break it down. I hear Jess and someone else's voice. If you break the door down it'll startle whoever's with her." Nicole suggested.

"Alright." Antonio said. As soon as Antonio said that, Colin kicked the door in and ran inside, Antonio right behind him. They met up with Nicole in the hallway right outside of the room where they heard Jess and someone else talking. "You ready?" Antonio asked them.

"Yep." Colin and Nicole said at the same time.

Antonio kicked the door in as Colin and Nicole ran inside. "FBI! Don't move!" Nicole yelled at Becky.

Becky looked up and saw their guns pointed at her. She got behind Jess as a cover, but she still kept her gun to Jess's temple. "What are you doing here?" Becky asked enraged.

"The real question is what are you doing here holding an FBI agent hostage?" Colin asked.

"Hm, well that does seem to be the real question doesn't it? My explanation is quite clear actually." Becky sarcastically remarked.

"Then talk." Antonio said knowing that her excuse was worth nothing.

"She knows my little secret. You FBI agents are so dumb. You haven't even looked around your current surroundings and what has happened." Becky said. They all looked at each other before looking around the room. All of their eyes fell on Daniel, lying on the floor, dead. "I would've thought before you came with your guns pointed at me, that you would see the truth."

"What is the truth?" Nicole asked.

"Excellent question. The only problem is that the truth is what got Jess here in the situation she's in now. So, if I tell you, you will end up dead before this is over." Becky replied.

"Just give it up and we can all walk out of here safe." Colin said.

"You really think I'm going give up that easily after everything I've been through?" Becky asked, fake surprise filling her tone.

"We didn't think you would. Now I guess it's just time to go." Nicole said as she lowered her gun. Everyone's eyes filled with shock, except for Becky's.

Colin and Antonio looked over at Nicole trying to figure out what she was doing. "Come on, she's won. It's over." Nicole said. Antonio began to follow Nicole's lead and lowered his gun too, he even put his gun back in its holster. Colin was more hesitant though. "Come on Colin."

"Yeah, follow her lead, you might actually learn when it's time to quit." Becky snapped at him.

Antonio nodded for him to do it as Nicole began to walk out of the room. Colin lowered his gun as Nicole stepped out into the hallway. She drew her gun back out but stood just out of sight waiting for her plan to work. Antonio also walked out of the room, and Colin just followed, baffled. Jess couldn't believe her partners, why were they doing this?

"What are we doing Nic?" Colin asked her.

"Just wait you'll see. Get out of sight, and you'll know. There was a short moment of silence, as if Becky was making sure they were gone before talking to Jess again. Nicole peered into the room and seen her plan worked just how she wanted it. Becky had come out from behind Jess making her perfectly vulnerable. A couple seconds later, Nicole came back into sight and shot Becky before she could run back behind her. Jess screamed from not knowing what had just happened. She looked up and seen Nicole standing there her gun still aimed at Becky. Nicole walked over and kicked the gun out of Becky's reach while Antonio and Colin ran in.

"Jess!" Colin said as he ran over to where she was and began to untie her.

"Colin." Jess said tears filling her eyes. "What are you doing here?"

"I came out from undercover and they told me what happened and I had to help." Colin said as he finished untying her. She got up and she grabbed him and they gave each other a big hug. He was so glad that Jess was alright. Tears began to fall down Jess's face as she realized just how lucky she was.

Jess and Colin finished their hug before Jess turned to Nicole and Antonio. "Thank you so much guys." Jess cried. Nicole just smiled and walked over to give her friend a reassuring hug. "She was going to kill me because of what she had done." Antonio gave her a puzzled look. "She was the one who had set up the kidnapping of Deanna, and had Daniel do it, then he killed Deanna but he wasn't supposed to, and that made her angry so that's how I got here and that's how Daniel died, from Becky killing him." Jess filled her colleagues in.

"It's alright now Jess. It doesn't matter. You're safe." Nicole said still reassuring Jess. Antonio also gave Jess a reassuring hug since he too was glad that they had gotten there in time.

"Everything's ok now. I don't have to worry about them anymore." Jess sighed as she glanced down at Becky and Daniel.

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3 weeks later...

"So agent, how are you holding up?" Pollock asked her as everyone finished up the paper work from another case.

"Great. Back to my normal self, getting into trouble." Jess said.

"That's great and I'm glad." Pollock said.

"Me too. I mean it's one thing to find out the secret to a case, but it's another to be part of that secret and in the hands of a murderer." Jess said.

"Well, once again, I'm glad you're back to yourself because we have us a new case." Pollock said as he walked off.

Jess just smiled as she realized how caring and trusting her colleagues and friends really were.

Thanks to all of my reviewers! Sadly, I finally decided to end this story... I have another story I will put up called "Truth"... Please R&R.. 5 more reviews and I will put up the new story! Thanks again to everyone for all of your support with this story! Lexie