Chapter 4
"Oh my god! How could I let Mozzie get kidnaped after we have only been in this nuthole for two day! I swear this man who is posing as a stupid marsupial just needs to come out and knock it off. Seriously, you know how Mozzie gets with this kind of situation. It would be easier to kidnap a two- year old!" Neal said slamming down on a nearby table a few minutes later as they returned to the police department.
"You know what Neal? I'm just as upset as you right now. If you haven't noticed my best friend is also gone, but you can't go around calling this place a nuthole, and freaking out like that. Both of us have solved plenty of kidnaping cases, so we will find them. Remember you were the one who said both your buddy Peter and his wife got kidnaped, and they are both fine and in one piece. We will find them soon I promise." Shawn said trying to calm Neal down. He couldn't tell more why he was trying to calm him down. Either because he didn't want the Chief any more upset than she already was, or he was just trying to impress Juliet.
"Alright," O'Hara said as she stepped back into the room, "We clearly have no clue where Neal's friend Moosie could have…"
"Sorry," Neal interrupted, "Its Mozzie, now continue."
"Anyway," Julies said, now a little annoyed, "we have no clue where Mozzie would have gone, but we know Gus was supposed to be at work, so Shawn and I are going to head down there and check it out, and see if there were any witnesses, before making it a crime scene. " With that Shawn, followed by Juliet on his tail, ran out of the police station, and into the cop car. Within fifteen minutes they were in the elevator, heading to Gus's floor of the pharmaceutical branch.
"Excuse me," Juliet asked, to a man who works twenty feet away from Burton's office, "have you seen Burton Guster recently? We have reason to believe that he has been kidnaped and we are now looking for him. The guy thought about it for a few minutes before nodding and saying, "A couple of hours a man with a Koala mask came in here, and went straight to Burton's office. He was chatting with him for a few minutes, and they both got up and left. It wouldn't have appeared as kidnaper though, because Guster appeared as if he knew the man."
"Thank you for your time." Shawn said as he pulled Juliet aside. "This is clearly him; there are no two ways about it. He must have bribed Gus in some sort of way to make him look as if he knew the Koala. I will enter Gus's office and see if the spirits will talk to me in there, but I am afraid I will then have to go in there alone. Here is $10, go buy us some tacos in the cafeteria." He handed her the money and then they went in there separate ways. When Shawn entered the office he closed the door behind him. He had to find something fast, or Gus may not come back. He snooped around the office for a little bit, and then he found something, a business card was laying on the ground near the door. It has a signature on the bottom that was identical to… He figured it out! It was the Koala's business card, and he knew who the Koala was. The signature read James Rodriguez, which was the name of the guy who gave him his fry's at Wendy's two days before. As he thought back to it he remembered grey hair on the man's uniform, and assumed it was cat hair. He ran out of the office, down the stairs and right to Jules. "We have to go now. I am getting huge psychic vibe, and I know I'm spot on."
They rushed to the office at top speeds and when they got their Chief Vick was standing there. "We have some huge news. A few hours ago, Atlanta officials realized that there was a forged copy of their play, just like how we got one. The only problem is Koala couldn't be in both places last night, and he is here with Gus and Mozzie right now. Then McNabb came into the room a few minutes ago with this letter."
Dear Shawn and Neil.
I'll keep it simple for you. I am not the Koala. He is one of my assistants. Actually there are many Koalas. Anyway, I do have Gus and Mozzie here in Santa Barbra and I am willing to give them back for two things.
A meeting with either Shawn or Neal. You choose, but not both
I get to keep all the Shakespeare pieces I have
If you are interested in the meeting place go to 64 N. Flanking St. 3 p.m. today, and we shall sort this all out.
Yours Truly,
Diego
"Well before we go any further into this, when Jules and I were at Gus's office I had a very strong and quick psychic vision, and now that I have had time to but it all together, here is what I have gotten. The name James Rodriguez. I don't know anything, but please look into him, and as for this meeting what are we going to do?" Shawn asked as he opened a bag of Fritos. This was a real hook up, because both the SBPD and the FBI wanted to send their men out to duty. After a good half hour of debating they chose to send Neal, because the FBI always has stronger jurisdiction. They also finally agreed that Neal would be a little smoother, because he is an ex-con, and he has the techniques from doing this type of thing before., whereas Shawn would be a deer in the headlights.
At around 2:50 they had the FBI and SBPD vans in the area if anything were to go wrong. As Neal excited he just smiled and said "Show time."
"Remember that watch is like the ones you always us, hit the button if you are going to be scanned. We have ears on you at all time, and if you need us to come in, just say the code 'the writing is beautiful'. Now let's remove you anklet. "Peter then reached over and unlocked Neal's anklet, and he entered the building.
"Hello Neal," Diego said right as he stepping inside. "I was truly hoping they would send you. Shawn is truly crazy, wouldn't you say? I am the Diego and I really don't like monkeys. That is one thing you should know about me. I hate moneys, but there is something else I also hate, bugs. So hand over the watch, before this violent." Neal had no choice but to hand over the watch. Diego grabbed it and then went over to a desk and picked up a sledgehammer and smashed it into a thousand little pieces.
"Now that that is taken care up lets walk into here." Diego pointed Neal into a room, half the size of the other one they were just in. Once they both got inside, the room started to move. "I always love the old camper trick. We're heading for a little ride. You seemed worried about your friend Mozzie, so let's go join him. "
They drove on for a while when they reached another warehouse, and Diego raised a gun and Neal. "Step inside or I'll shoot you."
By no choice Neal moved in slowly, when he saw Mozzie and Gus. He ran over to them and the door locked behind him. Diego smiled, "Now I just need Shawn and my plan is into action!"
