Chapter 4
Less than an hour later, thanks to Red they had the location for Frost. They also had the IT tag, which had been used in at least 2 of the accidents they were looking into. Liz, Meera and Ressler were on their way to the location.
"So far the evidence we have is enough to keep him in custody until we can get more or a confession." Seeing both Meera and Liz nod he continued, "Once we get the addresses for his aliases that'll help us."
"I know Aram's looking, but Red's also getting information on one of the aliases not mentioned in the file." Seeing the looks she was getting, Liz added, "Red only found out about it when he phoned in with Frost's location."
Arriving at the location, which was an abandoned warehouse, Ressler and Liz took the front door while Meera and the SWAT team took the rear. Once their positions were confirmed, they went in. They found Frost straight away, in the center of the room surrounded by computers, televisions, and boards of photos.
"FBI! Hands in the air."
Frost didn't apear to be shocked or surprised. He just calmly raised his arms.
"Walk backwards from the desk...slowly."
Both Ressler and Liz were shouting their instructions at Frost, who continued to calmly follow them.
"On your knees and put your hands behind your head," Lizzie continued before Frost got any ideas.
Once Frost was down, Meera approached and cuffed him. Letting SWAT take him to the car, the guys started to have a look around.
"We'll need Aram to have a look at the computers. I'll call him and get CSI here too."
With that, Meera walked away. Lizzie was looking at the pictures on one of the many boards. "I've found the pictures for the car accident."
Ressler approached to have a look.
"You'd think with all this evidence lying around Frost would invest in some outside cameras, or even an alert system," Lizzie said.
"By the looks of it, he's gotten away with it for years. Maybe he thought he'd never get caught?" Ressler replied.
"A cocky criminal? That's a first."
Hearing the sarcasm, Ressler chuckled. "Alright Keen, we'll Let Meera head back with Frost. We'll wait here for CSI and Aram...see what evidence we can find before we start with the questioning."
Agreeing and walking away, Liz couldn't help but think that this arrest was too easy. For a criminal of his caliber, Lizzie didn't expect him to go down without a fight. She decided to keep a watchful eye and ear on everything. Liz wasn't willing to let any thing happen after what she went through with The Stewmaker.
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Walking into the kennel, Red put his arm around his daughter. Seeing her so excited, he couldn't help but smile. It reminded him of when she was a child at Christmas time, but that quickly led his mind back to THAT Christmas...the Christmas where he lost so much of his life and had to change who he was, but still got to keep one of the most important people in his life. Kate was his life. Shaking those thoughts away, he quickly spoke to his daughter.
"Alright then, Pumpkin...show me this dog."
Grabbing his arm, Kate dragged him to the back. Getting a wave and a chuckle from one of the employees, Red looked at her.
"Exactly how many times have you been here?"
"A few," Kate mumbled with a blush, still dragging him through the kennels.
"Slow down Kate, my leg is still sore from you kicking it earlier."
Once they reached the kennel of a German Shepherd, a tan and brown colour, that looked quite small for his breed. The dog, according to the information hanging from it, was a year old and was found abandoned. Kate got down on her knees and put her fingers through the holes, getting excited barks and licks from the dog. Red got down with her, putting his fingers through the hole The dog tilted his head before he approached Red and sniffed his fingers, wagging his tail. Hearing her dad chuckle, Kate looked at him.
"What do you think Dad?"
"He's cute. Does he have a name?"
Giving her dad a cheeky smile, Kate responded. "He didn't have one until I started coming here. He'd only been here for 2 days when I started to show up. It was love at first sight, wasn't it buddy?" she said, looking at the dog. Turning back to her dad, she continued. "They let me name him."
"And what did you choose?"
"Red." Kate laughed when the dog barked and Red gave her a dry look.
"You named your dog after me?"
"No. You're Raymond, my father. You'll never be Red to me," Kate said, smiling when Red pulled her into a hug. "But now I will have a Red in my life, one who will protect me just like you."
Standing, Red pulled Kate up with him.
"Let's go fill out the forms so he can come home with us."
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Back at the warehouse, Aram was going over the computers while Liz and Ressler were helping the CSI's. Suddenly, Aram stood. "Uh...guys, we have a problem."
Hearing the panic in his voice, both Liz and Ressler rushed over, trying to see what was wrong.
"What is it? What are we looking at?" Ressler asked.
"There's a account on Frost's computer for an accident to happen in less than 3 hours."
"Do we know where?" Liz was starting to panic like Aram now.
"At Union Station," Aram replied with dread.
"Oh God. Union Station at that time? It'll be full!" Turning to Ressler to see what he thought, she was met with his serious face.
"Keen, call Meera, tell her whats going on. I'll call Cooper. Aram, see if you can stop it. If not, find how and where it's going to happen."
Pulling out her phone, Liz called Meera.
"Malik."
"It's Liz. We've found another accident, set to happen in 3 hours at Union Station. We need you to start questioning Frost...get anything you can from him." Lizzie started pacing.
"Do we know who the targets are?" Meera asked.
"Aram's looking into that now. All we know is the when and that it's somewhere in Union Station...nothing else"
"I'll start now. Keep me in the loop."
Ending the call, Liz went back to Aram "Anything yet?"
"It's gonna take me a while. This guy's good, he's got security protocols, inside security protocols."
"How long will that take?" Ressler asked.
Liz jumped having not seen him return. "I don't know. Like I said, with this guy's security system, one wrong move and all the information could be lost forever."
Moving away from Aram, Liz asked about Ressler's call with Cooper.
"He's giving us an hour. After that we start evacuating the surrounding areas around Union Station and we cancel all trains, incoming and outgoing."
"That's going to cause mass panic." Pulling out her phone, Liz texted Meera an update. "I guess all we can do is wait to see what Meera and Aram come up with."
Going back towards the photo boards, Liz started looking at them again. "While their doing that, we can go through all these pictures, remove the ones having to do with cases we already know about and hopefully we might get a clue."
After 20 minutes of Liz and Ressler going through most of the pictures, Liz's phone chimed, notifying her of a text. Seeing it was from Meera, she read it.
He's not talking. You guys have anything?
After showing Ressler the text, she turned walked to Aram.
"Any luck yet?" she asked, placing her hand on his shoulder to get his attention.
"I might have a who, but no location yet."
"Really? That's great Aram." Smiling for what felt like the first time all day, Liz turned to get Resslers attention. "Ressler, Aram might have a possible ID on our next target."
Aram turned to his own laptop and started typing, then spent the next few minutes between his and Frost's computers. "I got it!" He turned to show Liz and Ressler a picture of a man on his laptop. "Benjamin Clarke, 39, single, works in Mayor Jackson's office as his personal assistant." With that, Aram started printing off information. "Here's his cell number and his addresses for home and work."
Grabbing the papers, Liz and Ressler headed for the door. On their way out Ressler called over his shoulder. "Keep looking for the location and let Cooper know what's going on. We'll be in touch."
A/N
A huge thank you to Thousand_miles for the support and advice, and to jadenanne7 for being my wonderful beta.
Thanks so much to everyone reading and reviewing.
I know this chapter is Lizzington light, but don't worry that is coming!
