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Sam and Jesse sat in the Charger. Jesse was using a pair of heat sensing goggles to detect any movement in the building. "This is an awesome toy. Mike has to get us one of these."
"From what Pearce said, this toy will cost more than us, our kids and our grandkids would ever make in their lifetime. Any movement inside?"
Jesse took a moment to do another quick scan with the goggles. "Nothing at all Sam. You sure that guy gave you the right address?"
Sam hit the steering wheel of the Charger. "That little weasel better be in there or else I'm going to kill someone."
"Chill out. The other teams are have ten more minutes until they report back to us. Give them a chance to check out their areas too. While we are waiting, I wanted to ask about Mike and Fi. How's he taking all this? I feel bad because I didn't get to call him or stop by the hospital. Work's been insane lately."
"Don't worry about it. He's so exhausted that he probably hasn't even noticed you haven't been around. He's so tired that in one breath he's cursing me for taking over finding Anson and in the next breath he's begging me to kill Anson because he can't leave Fi. If you showed up, I'm sure he'd find something to hate you for too."
Jesse paused for a moment, almost afraid to ask the next obvious question. "How's Fi?"
"I checked before you came to the CIA building. She was still in surgery. This monster stabbed her in the side several times and rolled up blankets to slow her bloodloss just enough to make it a slow death for Fiona. Luckily the monitors caught her slowing heart rate. Bad part is that she flatlined and Michael was in the room." Sam explained.
"Oh man. That's hard..."
Jesse was going to say more, but a call came over the walkie-talkie. "We have visual on the east side of the building."
"That's us." Jesse said. They grabbed their gear and ran up to the building.
"I want all units in place covering exit points. If he leaves, grab him but we want him alive." Sam shouted into his walkie-talkie. "Team 2 enter, and stay on the bottom level. Team 3 enter and proceed to the upper level. Team 4, split and cover top and bottom."
Sam looked at Jesse, took a deep breath and said "Let's roll!"
Roll they did. They went from room to room, yelling 'clear' when they found an empty room. When Sam and Jesse were upstairs they were talking in the hallway about a different approach in case he was running out of one room when they ran into another, they heard the sound of a gunshot going off and the air breaking as a bullet whizzed past the two of them. Both men looked down the hallway and saw Anson.
Jesse booked down the hallway, weaving back and forth, hoping Anson would have trouble shooting if he ran that way. He ran but Jesse caught up to him and tackled him to the ground. He immediately punched Jesse in the ear, stunning him for a moment. Anson got up and Jesse ran after him..
Sam, who was closer to him now, ducked low and plowed him into the wall. Anson let out a loud groan, but managed to bring his fists down into Sam's back. The two men oblivious to the stairs next to them, stepped the wrong way and tumbled down. Once on the landing, Anson was greeted with several guns to his face.
As the other team members cuffed Anson and Jesse helped Sam to his feet. "For an old man, you took him down pretty good."
Sam grimaced at Jesse. "That's why I always eat more than yogurt at breakfast. I have keep in shape to save you kids from insane lunatics."
Sam walked out to meet the team and saw that Pearce had arrived to take Anson into custody. "From what the other teams found, he had been hiding here for a while. Once he had several agencies chase him, everything unraveled and he hid here."
"So Fi is a free woman then?" Jesse asked.
"I wish it was that easy. Anson has to be interrogated, all the evidence has to be processed and if he has any other hiding places, we have to search those as well." Sam said with a sigh. "It could be a few weeks to a few months until we get this all sorted out."
"What if Fiona opens her eyes up today and she's fine, like Mike was after I shot him."
"Jesse, if she opens her eyes today, she's looking at weeks of recovery and rehab. After all the surgeries and blood loss, the doctors will probably keep her in a bit longer for observation. If, and this is a big if, she goes back to prison, she'll either be in the infirmary or isolation for her own protection." explained Pearce.
"Sam, you should tell Michael we got Anson. I know he doesn't want me anywhere near the hospital and I don't want to anger him. Jesse, stay here and help the team I'm sure they could use an extra help in sifting through stuff."
Pearce stayed behind with Jesse for a few more moments, directing Jesse and the other team leader. Sam got back in the car and headed off to the hospital, hoping he'd fine everyone in one piece.