Chapter 6-The Truth Can Kill
"Hey Charlie," Colby said, smiling as the Wiz Kid sat down across from him. "How are you?"
"A lot better knowing you're on our side," Charlie replied with a small smile. "How are you?"
"Better, knowing that Marissa gave everything up and all," Colby nodded. "Why are you here kid? Is there something up in the case?" Colby looked worried.
"No, no, everything is fine, I just…" Charlie took a breath. Numbers were his thing, not words. "I'm just wondering why you did it…"
"Other than blackmail?" Colby asked, again, Charlie nodded. "Because it's family, Charlie. I'd do anything to protect my sister from death, even if she did something stupid like this…" Charlie smiled, but it quickly flipped to a frown.
"Your sister?" Charlie asked. "Don't you mean your brother? Jackson?" Colby stared, confused.
"I thought Marissa told you everything; don't you have her in custody?" Colby asked.
"Why would we have Marissa in custody, she told us about how Jackson tricked you into covering for him…"
"My brother Jackson?" Colby interrupted.
"Yea, who else?" Charlie asked.
"I have a brother named Jackson," Colby confirmed, "but he died when I was 8."
"….there was an accident. Jackson ran out into the street and was hit by a car. He didn't make it." Charlie repeated the story Colby told him to everyone at FBI.
"So who the hell are we looking for?" Don asked his head in his hands. He knew this couldn't be this easy.
"Me," a click of a gun and all seven people turned around to see Marissa Granger pointing a gun at them. Instinctively, the agents stepped in front of the mathematicians, all pulling out their guns. Don stepped slightly closer to his brother than the others, and Charlie took note of that.
"Marissa?" Megan asked.
"O wow, big shock," Marissa laughed. "You were just supposed to switch Jackson Pettigrew with Colby! How hard is it? Colby was only gunna be there till I found Pettigrew!" she was furious. "Shooting you guys to keep me out of jail was not the plan." She loaded the gun. "But nothing ever really goes according to plan, does it?" David had enough and reached for his gun. "I wouldn't do that Agent Sinclair." Marissa said. "You either Ms. Reeves," Megan let go of the gun she was pulling out of its holster and instead, reached back and took Larry's hand. "Now which one of you figured it all out?" she asked the group. "Was it one of the geeks back here?" she pointed to Larry, Amita, and Charlie. "Must have been, you four are too stupid to do anything by yourself," she smirked, knowing that she had them cornered; there was no one here this early in the morning.
"You don't want to shoot us, Marissa," Liz said, her voice shaking a bit.
"On the contrary, that is exactly what I want to do Agent Warner," and with that comment, the trigger was pulled, two gun shots rung through the building, and two bodies hit the floor.