SORRY SO MUCH! both my computers crashed and my files got erased -_- so yea...i had to right this all ova again...and I think I left some things out...soo...haha hope you enjoy! :D
"Oh! Hi Dr. Foster!" Ria Torres exclaimed in surprise. "You back uh..early!"
Gillian would have gotten suspicious if her mind wasn't on a mission to get Cal's stubborn ass back to safety. Ria however, didn't know what this whole thing was about. She had seen the FBI, they were the ones she was arguing with before she had seen Gillian walk in. A few seconds later, a young man that seemed to be about college age and Reynolds walked in. However, the young man was wearing a suit. Reynolds went straight past her where the other FBI were. The other one looked around a bit and his eyes seem to lay on someone and he walked off, first going to direction where Reynolds went but turning, where three Pentagon agents were. He was soon concentrated in a heated conversation.
Ria turned her attention back to Foster but found she wasn't there anymore. What was more bugging her brain was where Dr. Lightman was. A couple minutes later Everybody filed into the conference room. Some sat while others remained standing. Ria saw the younger man she saw earlier move to the front of the room. She stayed back, where Dr. Foster was.
"We have got us a big problem." His Englished accent sounded rarely familiar to Ria. She glanced at Loker but he didn't have a clue whatsoever. She saw him hesitate and glance at Foster. He cleared his throat and continued. "Dr. Lightman has gone missing." The room bursted into 'How's and 'When's'.
The words dropped to her like a ton of bricks. "What?" She said without even thinking. She turned to Foster who had her head down. But her posture said everything.
A man from the corner bellowed out, "Quiet!"
The room went eerie quiet. The young man swallowed and continued. "We have reasons to believe he is somewhere with a suspect of a case." That was all he was going to say to the group. No specific names, no location, no nothing. He and Reynolds agreed that if this got into the media, everything would go into a black hole of disaster.
"Do we know where that is?" Someone from the table spoke.
Before he could answer, Ben stepped forward. "We have a location, yes. We're pulling up a plan as we speak."
"We are going to do absolutely everything we can to bring Dr. Lightman back, alive."
-x-
"Hey wait up!" Ria and Loker called towards the retreating forms of Reynolds and the man who spoke earlier.
He turned. "Yes?"
She had to take a moment to catch her breath. "I never caught your name, and if your going to be working with us, I should know your name."
Reynolds mentally slapped his head for not introducing Vance to the team. "Ria, Eli," he said, "this is Vance. Vance, Ria Torres and Eli Loker."
He shook her hand as Ria seemed to study him. "So is Lightman really missing or is this some test he put us up to again?"
Vance frowned. "He is missing." He turned to go.
"Wait." He turned again. "How do we know your going to bring him back? How do we know we should trust you?" Loker asked? Ria gave him a light punch on the arm.
Vance turned fully and walked up to him. "I don't think questioning our intelligence is something you should be doing right now." Eli stood his ground however.
Vance turned to leave again.
Ben and he walked out the doors the Lightman Group. "We get back up and we're moving out. Right now."
-x-
She didn't know what was going to happen. She was waiting in her office for a call from Vance or Reynolds. Her hands were folded on her lap as if she was being watched and she had her eyes closed. This whole thing was wrong. How did it get to this anyways? He's been on dangerous things before but nothing like this. Nothing like walking into the hands of a killer. What was going on in that English head of his? Was he completely nuts now? Gillian sat forward and turned her tv on. She didn't like the silence in her office. She leaned back and watched the tv without a single thought in her mind as she absent mindely twirled the bracelet Cal had left for her with her fingers. Her soft skin ran over the engravings in a gentle matter.
It had been almost an hour since Vance announced that Cal was 'missing'. And now, the whole building was crawling with people from all kinda of organizations. The front doors never closed and outside the dark room of her office, people buzzed past, holding files, talking on the phone, signing paperwork, or running to different parts of the building. Gillian doubted that they were every going to sleep in the next few days. Ben had called earlier and said they were going to the ware house right away and minutes later she heard dozens of police sirens going off from the building off into the street. She had insisted on going but Ben argued, saying she had no training in shooting a gun for protection or any other training in particular. Gillian knew she wouldn't win the fight so she backed down.
She stared at the phone now. Waiting for it to ring.
-x-
"Ten minutes by vehicle, right off the freeway next to the lake. I need every single men you got on the eye." Vance slapped his phone shut.
"They rounding everyone up?" Reynolds asked from the drivers seat. The siren rang in his ear and he was going to fastest he could, dodging cars on the way. Behind him were dozens of police cruisers all following him. They were on their way to the warehouse.
"Yea." Vance loaded his piece. Soon they swerved and came to an abrupt stop on a dirt road. The ware house was basically right in front of them and there was absolutely no cars around other then police authorized vehicles.
"Let's go."
The two came out of the car in a hurry and went towards the door. The others were forming a layout behind them. Reynolds glanced at the back and when the sergeant nodded, he kicked the door open.
"FBI!" He shouted while going in. Vance was right behind him. The first thing he noticed was that the place was empty. He motioned the officers to check out the rest of the building.
Soon, the sound 'clear' could be heard. The sergeant came out from the back and walked over to Vance. "There's tire marks 'round the back. And since it rained the other day, it's fresh." The sergeant held up a dog tag necklace. "Is this..."
"Yea," Reynolds said seeing the name 'Cal' engraved on it. "Thank you, sergeant." He took the necklace the the sergeant nodded and walked off.
"Damn!" Vance hissed. "We missed them by minutes!"
"Least we know he was here. That's a start." Reynolds handed the necklace to Vance. "Give it to Dr. Foster."
The two turned to go when they heard a 'freeze!' from the back. As they turned, they were welcomed by the sight of Evan DeGrow, being handcuffed. Evan raised his eyes and smiled.
-x-
He groaned and blinked his eyes. Then closed them again when he felt an odd pain shoot up his skull. He tried again and this time he was successful in opening them without causing more pain. Weird. It was pitch black. After a moment, he realized he was blind folded and mentally slapped himself for being such an idiot. He tried to stand up but was pulled back by something. His feet and hands were restrained. Damn. They were tight on. He nearly growled when the floor bounced and he knew he was in the back of a van. Whoever was driving wasn't that careful.
Cal couldn't do anything about being restrained. He pulled on his hands but that didn't help, at all. Trying his feet, he saw that it was the same situation. His body was sore and he felt like his stomach was about to turn inside out. When the car stopped, it didn't help. Cal heard the door open and he felt a cool breeze slap his back. Next thing he knew, he was being pulled up by a set of muscular hands and onto his feet. His trapped feet met the floor.
"Let's go," a voice growled. He felt the tape on his feet being cut off so he could walk. The last thing in his mind before he started walking was the thought of fear.
-x-
"Hello?" Gillian answered the phone in hope. Her eyes fell when she heard what Vance said. "Oh...alright." She hung up. He wasn't there. Where was he! Vance had told her he would tell her the details when he and Reynold came back.
"Dr. Foster?" A voice came from her doorway.
Gillian looked up to see Ria standing between coming in and staying out. "Come on in, Ria."
Ria stepped in and closed the fidgeted with her fingers and a person didn't need to be a scientist to know she was nervous. "I um...I was wondering if we still had to take cases."
Gillian knew what she was talking about. "No, it's okay. We'll do them later."
Ria nodded but made no move to leave. She cleared her throat and said, "If..if you need anything, I'll be in the interview room." She was concerned for her boss. She knew there was something going on between her two bosses but she never said anything. They seemed to be liking the game they played.
Before Gillian could reply, Ria turned and left.
Gillian sighed and leaned back on her chair. She closed her eyes again and pinched the bridge of her nose. Her head was overflowing with worry. She put her head down on her desk to rest a while. When she woke, it was getting light out. The sun was seeping through her closed blinds and she soon found out why she was awake. Ben was by her desk, shaking her shoulders.
"Foster..."
"Mmm?" She rubbed her eyes and for a moment she didn't understand why he was showing worry in his face. But then she remember the reason why the building was overflowing with government personal. She didn't really want to remember, she wanted everything to be the way it was.
Reynolds sighed. "We didn't find him."
Gillian swallowed and tried to hide her emotions. "Vance called."
Ben nodded and hung back a little, now that she was awake. "We..." he hesitated, not sure if he should tell her.
Gillian, noticing something, automatically went into scientist mode. "What is it?"
Ben bit the lower lip. "We found Even at the warehouse. We have him in the interrogation room right now."
Gillian didn't need anymore explaining. She got up and went straight out. Her trip to the interrogation room was short, for she practically ran. When she flung the door open, most eyes turned to her, even the two people inside the cube. Gillian straightened her shirt and walked over the where Eli was. The eyes all turned back to their original forms, peering through the glass wall. Gillian looked up to see Evan, who winked at her. It made shivers run down her spine.
Vance saw Even wink at Dr. Foster and it made him sick. He waved at Eli and soon, the walls were covered by white. They were the only two inside the room, although everybody else could see them.
He cleared his throat. "So, back to the subject, where's Dr. Lightman." It wasn't a question.
Evan looked away from the wall and leaned back on his chair, staring straight at Vance. "Lightman doesn't tell you much does he?"
Vance cocked his head to one side. "Don't change the subject."
He smiled and put his hands behind his head. "Ever wonder who your actual father is?"
Gillian's eyes got wide. Oh no. Did Evan know about Cal's secret?
On the outside, Vance grinned. On the inside, he was screaming at Evan. He didn't need a scum like Evan to tell him who his father was. Vance breathed out. "Where'd your brother take him, Evan?"
Evan smiled even larger. He looked to his right...straight into Gillian's eyes. Gillian's breath caught in her throat. She was sure he couldn't see her from inside but somehow, he managed to hold her captive in his gaze. His eyes were cold and so confident. Evan jerked his head a little towards Gillian. "She knows what I'm talking about." He turned towards Vance again, meeting his eyes straight on.
Vance clenched his jaw and stole a glance at Gillian's direction. Two seconds later, they were back on the person with the orange jumpsuit, handcuffed in front of him. "Tell me where DeGrow took him." Vance seethed with stressed words.
Evan stayed perfectly still. "I don't know. John never told me."
"Bull shit." Vance slapped his hands on the table. "I'll found out where he is either way. So I suggest you tell me right now, or you won't get hurt."
Evan's laugh crackled through the small enclosed room. "I'm good as dead now, agent Vance." He grinned and shook his head. "I'm good as dead."
Vance growled in frustration and flung the files off the desk.
From the outside, Gillian could see the tension in the cube. She was worried about Vance losing it. But what she was mostly worried about was is Evan was going to tell Vance about Cal's secret or not. If he did, she didn't think Vance would want anything to do with him anymore. Gillian had a feeling that that was Evan's intention.
"Then do a last good deed in your life and tell me where the fuck he is!" Vance practically yelled. His hands were pressed onto the cool metal table and he was leaning forward.
Evan leaned forward also. His face was calm, unlike Vance's. He put his handcuffed hands on the table and gave a small grin. "You still don't get it do you?" Vance furrowed his brows. "Every second you waste with me here is meaningless. I'm not talkin'. And you know that."
Vance just about had had enough. His hands shot out and grabbed the orange collar of Evan's jumpsuit and pulled him nearly over the table. Vance leaned in and whispered, "If I find him hurt in anyway, I'll make you wish you weren't born." He flung him back, a disgusted expression on his face. Vance looked out the wall to where the guards were standing. "Get this asshole out of here," he huffed.
A second later, two guards came in and grabbed Evan by the arms, pulling him to his feet. Vance turned around and tried to regain his composure. The three were half way to the door when Evan stopped and called, "By the way, if your ever interested in knowing who your dad is," Evan smiled, "it's Cal Lightman."
Vance stopped his pacing, mid step, his mouth a-gaze. Evan laughed as he walked out, being dragged by the guard. Gillian felt like a bomb had just exploded from beneath her. She heard the door open and Evan walking out with the guards closely next to him. He turned towards Gillian and smiled. She swallowed, her eyes were widened just a bit but anyone could tell she was surprised. Even Eli was surprised at the sudden news, everyone seemed surprised at the sudden news. Gillian looked towards the cube with regretful eyes and saw Vance moving his gaze from the door to her eyes. His mouth ajar and face full in shock.
hehehe tht was short but extremely fun to write :) hope u liked tht chappy