Chapter Two

"Why are you in such a good mood this morning?" Neal asked Peter Burke as they stepped of the elevator and into the FBI office on a Friday morning in New York City.

"El told me that this weekend we are heading down to Atlanta for her cousins wedding. This means I am heading out of here in about two hours to catch our plane, so that is why I am happy. Unfortunate for you I gave Diana strict orders to keep you in a short leash why I am gone. "Peter replied as he poured himself some coffee.

"Good for you Peter, you need a well-deserved break. I can deal with a short leash for a while. I promise Mozzie and I won't get into that much trouble. You know the typical for Mozzie and I by now.

"Yeah the last time you spent lots of time with Mozzie, you stole priceless artifacts, feed the country and got my wife and I both kidnaped by Keller. You are right Neal, you and Mozzie are so innocent. "Peter said as they approached Diana and Jones. Then he pointed to Neal and said "You two are in charge of him from now until I get back Monday morning. "

"Where are you going, boss?" Diana asked as she formed a smile on her face.

"As I was telling Neal, Elizabeth and I got invited to one of her cousins weddings down in Atlanta, so I am heading in a few hours and I won't be back until late Sunday night, so I am going to ask you guys not to call me unless it is urgent."

"Sure thing," Jones said as they all headed up to a small conference room, to finalize a verdict on one of the cases, before Peter headed out. When it was around 9:30 Peter glanced at his watch and said "Well it looks like I am out of here for the weekend. You guys have a good time."

After Peter left Neal went back to his place in June's house, and the agents got back to work. "I am so glad we can go and see this. I haven't seen that part of the family in the longest time. "Elizabeth said as Peter arrived home.

"I'm glad that we can go also. I needed a small break, and here I got one. Now I forgot to tell Neal to come over and watch Satchmo. I got to give him a call right now." As Peter left the room, Elizabeth brought their entire luggage downstairs. When Peter reentered the room he said, "Neal said he will come by a few times a day to watch the dog. Now do we need to do anything else before we leave?"

"No, I think I got it all. We just need to put the bags in the car and catch that plane." With that Elizabeth and Peter packed all of their bags and they headed off to the airport. When they got their they went through all of the steps fairly easy, besides Peter got pulled aside for having his gun still on him, but that wasn't that big of a deal, since he is in the FBI.

Around five hours later the plane touched down in Atlanta. They relocated, and grabbed the bags, and a rental car, and drove off to the hotel that they were staying at. When they were all checked into their room, Peter decided to flip on the T.V to take a little breather, before they go out and find somewhere to eat dinner. When he turned the channel to the news, he was they were reporting a stolen object.

"EARLY THIS MORNING OFFICALS FOUND THAT THE PLAY A COMEDY OF ERRORS WAS STOLEN FROM THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART. THIS ORIGINAL PLAY CAN GO FOR AROUND $2.1 MILLION DOLLARS. THEY HAVE NO SUSPECTS OF WHO DID THE CRIME. THE ONLY EVIDENCE WAS SOME KOALA HAIR LAYING NEARBYE. THEY ARE NOW CALLING THIS CRIMINAL THE KOALA. REPORTS SAY THAT THE SCRIPT OF OTHELLO WAS STOLEN IN A SMALL TOWN CALLED SANTA BARBRA FROM THE SAME PERSON. FURTHER NEWS ON THIS CASE AT 10:00 P.M"

When Peter heard the news the first thing he thought of was Neal, but realized it was impossible for him to go to both Atlanta, and California, with his tracking anklet on. Still he had to give it a try so he reached into his pocket and dialed up Neal. "Hey Neal, it's me. Do you know anything about the missing Shakespeare plays from around the country?"

"Hello Peter. How was your flight? Yes, I heard the news about the missing scripts, and no I didn't take them, and I have no clue who did. I will check with Mozzie if you want me to."

"Yeah, that would be great, because this looks real interesting, but it is out of my jurisdiction, so I can't do anything. "

"Okay Peter, have a fun trip and relax. I'll see you on Monday. Bye!" Neal hung up and Peter dialed another number. "Hey Jones," he started, "I have a little extra research for you this weekend. Look up the criminal called The Koala and see if we have anything on him, and let me know on Monday."

"Sure thing boss, have a fun trip." Peter shut is phone and thought no more work this weekend, everything can wait until Monday. He went and found Elizabeth who as in the lobby looking at some flowers. She smiled when she saw him and said "Hey, you want to go grab a bite to eat?"

"I would love to." The rest of the night was calm for the Burkes as they explored and learned about Atlanta. The next morning they got up for the wedding, they arrived with perfect timing and everything going just right. Like always Elizabeth started to cry, and Peter was bored out of his mind. After the wedding they went to the reception and have dinner and the cake. They got some time to slow dance together, which they really loved, because there aren't that many times to do that in New York City. Overall it was a good trip.

On Sunday when they were just about to board there flight, Peter felt his phone buzz in his pocket. He read the name on the screen, JONES, and thought it was probably important, so he answered it. "Yeah Jones, I'm almost getting on my flight, so what is up?"

"I'm sorry for bothering you but I did some research on The Koala."

"What did you find?"

"He is here in New York, or he was. Last night here in New York City, the original manuscript of Romeo and Juliet was stolen and like the other stops, the Koala left some hairs behind to leave his mark. Oh, and by the way don't unpack to long, but we sent some of our agents from New York to Atlanta, and we, meaning you, me and Diana, are heading out to see the one in California. And yes we can bring Neal along. We are all in for a trip, to Santa Barbra."