Jack closed his cell phone as Vin and Margaret came back into the bullpen. "I've got some good news. Fitzgerald has been interviewed under a truth spell by the Interrogation Witch and he knew nothing about the kidnapping, the illegal adoption or the death curse. In fact, he broke down crying when the situation was explained to him. He told Vivian and the Witch everything he could about the adoption agency he went to and Sam found it. It is still in business and offering discrete adoptions."
"We want in on the take down." Larabee wasn't giving Malone a choice and Malone knew it. The law was clear on the matter anyway; any sort of violent crime against a member of any Two Blood Pack was to be dealt with by turning the offending criminal over to the pack for justice. Any request made by the Alpha of the pack was to be given without question, as long as it dealt with the case.
"Of course," Jack said without hesitation.
"So Vin, you gonna forgive the old man now?" Danny asked with a smile. He had loved seeing Vin take down Fitzgerald before they left New York. The way that man tried to run Vin's life went beyond annoying.
Vin thought about it. The Witches on interrogation duty at their office were more than good at it. There was no way Victor could have lied while they had a truth spell on him. That meant that just like Josiah's parents, all he had wanted was a son. He couldn't hate the man for that. "Man's gotta learn ta cut them apron strings or I'm gonna use one a Nate's knives on 'im."
"Now Brother Vin, don't forget that forgiveness is a virtue," Josiah rumbled with a smile. Jack and Danny smiled as well as Dr. Nathan Jackson handed Vin an extremely well cared for and sharp throwing knife. Neither one of them could see where he had retrieved the knife from, but as knives were common personal objects among pack members, they weren't surprised that he had one.
"Don't need it jes' yet Nate, thanks," Vin said, basking in the warmth of his pack.
"Well then, how about these?" Nathan asked and opened a manila envelope onto the conference table in front of them. It contained a group of files from the hospital where he and Rain worked. "These are the files for Nurses that were working at the hospital when you were taken."
With a growl Vin pounced on the files and quickly sorted through them. It only took him five minutes of searching to find the one he was looking for. "That's her; she's the one who took me."
"She still works at the hospital. I'll call Rain," Nathan said and pulled out his cell phone as he stood up.
Ezra pulled the file to him and read it. He cursed, for once forgetting to act like a gentleman in front of the ladies, "She's still working in the nursery!"
As one the Pack poured out of the bullpen and from there out of the building. Jack was the only one who wasn't surprised by their actions or the smoothness of their movements. "Their on the hunt," he explained. "Danny, stay with Mrs. Tanner."
"I ain't stayin'!" Margaret glared at Danny and ran after the pack and Jack. John Henry and Danny looked at each other, shrugged and ran after Margaret. They didn't want to be left out either.
At the Houston Medical Center they all found Rain guarding a nurse stuffed into a corner. She had a newborn in her arms and her glare was more than enough to keep the older woman from moving. "Chris, I caught her trying to take this baby out of the nursery." Buck came and took the baby from her and turned his back on the nurse. He wasn't capable of hurting a woman, not when she wasn't actively hurting someone he loved. He took the baby back to James Henry while Chris and Vin confronted the nurse.
"Ya ain't gonna do ta that baby what ya gone an done ta me," Vin growled. He grabbed her by one arm and Chris grabbed her by the other.
"You've been kidnapping babies. One of them belonged to the Four Corners Pack. We just got him back and you won't be allowed to ever do it again," Chris snarled as he dragged her out of the corner Rain had trapped her in.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" the nurse protested.
Rain went to the FBI Agent who was holding the newborn. "You see the baby's wrists? There should be a security bracelet on both wrists. She removed them and was walking towards that door," Rain pointed at the door at the end of the hallway. "That door leads out of the maternity ward and from there it is easy to leave the hospital."
"Will you allow Houston MisPer to take her into custody?" John asked Larabee.
"No. This is Malone's case, he gets her first. After that if she's still alive and you want her, you can have her then." Chris wasn't letting go of his rights as Alpha of the victim's pack. He didn't want to have this case torn apart with a pissing contest between Houston and New York. He was going to have enough troubles when he had to face the local pack in New York when he settled his pack there. "You work that out with him."
Jack nodded and then he and Danny took the nurse out of the hospital, with John following after returning the baby to Rain. Vin looked down at the sleeping baby tenderly. "Thank ya Rain fer ketchin her in the act. It'll help later on when the trial comes around."
"You must be Vin. Welcome home brother." Rain almost wasn't sure this was Vin Tanner, he looked somewhat different with short hair.
"Thank ya ag'in," Vin blushed. He could tell that she meant it, even if she wasn't sure it was him. He sighed silently in mourning over his hair. While it wasn't something that he had been able to fight Victor over, it was still something he missed. The very first time he had looked in a mirror after the death curse had been broken he had decided that he was allergic to scissors.
Rain just smiled, "I have to get the baby back to the nursery and find out which parent she belongs too. I'll fill out a report when I've figured that all out, Chris."
Chris nodded, "Let's go boys. We've got a nurse to 'talk' to." If the nurse in question had been able to see the Seven at that point in time she would have sung like a canary on the spot. Margaret was glad that these men were on her son's side.