I live in the midwest. I did my best with internet research to make California travel distances realistic. :)
Title: Shattered Soul
Author: Cindy Ryan
Category: Angst, work in progress
Spoilers: All episodes
Summary: When Emily becomes the hostage how far will Matt go to bring her home?
Matt used the satellite phone in the helicopter to report back to Cheryl. He hoped she could cut through the red tape.
If they had any obstacles when they arrived it'd kill their clock.
This was their last chance, officially, at getting a lead on Emily and Matt would not let anything ruin it.
"San Francisco?"Duff prompted Matt having heard part of the flight plan the pilot gave before take off.
"Not quite that far."Matt replied as he settled back in his seat. "Chowchilla."
"Kari."Frank realized mentally kicking himself for not thinking of it earlier.
"Which prison is she in?"Duff asked knowing there were two prisons in the area they were headed.
"Central California women's facility."
Frank shook his head. "They're not going to bend rules easily."
Matt turned to look out the window. "Cheryl will get us in."
"And if she gets us in, then what?"Frank asked.
Matt didn't break his gaze from the window as he said. "Step one, get all the information we can out of Kari. Step two, we need to get her to talk to Ellis."
Frank leaned forward. He hated being the one to bring this up, but somebody had to deal with the negatives.
Somebody had to be ready with a backup plan.
"Matt,what if….."
Flannery finally turned away from the window. "Don't start dealing with 'what if's', Frank."
"She could refuse to see us."
"We'll figure something out. It's the only connection we have to Ellis."
"Why didn't you tell him about the APB?"Lia asked quietly.
Cheryl set the satellite phone down as she reached for the landline phone to call the prison. "Wanted to wait until we had something to tell him. All we have right now is a possible."
"Okay."Lia replied with a nod.
"Go home and get a few hours sleep, Lia."Cheryl ordered having noticed how tired the younger woman was.
Lia shook her head. "I'm alright."
Cheryl put down the phone and walked around her desk. "You did a good job with the traffic video. Go home and get some rest, Lia. There's nothing more you can do right now. The D.C. agents will be here shortly and then there's nothing any of us can do."
Lia nodded wearily and left the photos on her boss's desk. She turned and quietly left the office.
Cheryl glanced at the clock on the wall before moving back to her desk and picking up the phone. Hopefully whatever Matt learned from Kari they could pass along to the new agents and they'd be able to bring Emily home.