We Fought The Law

Chapter 5

Special Agent Anthony Reid

"You hit a civilian?" Johnson asked in disbelief. Kalika was sitting in his office, wiping the blood off her knuckles and trying her best to look as if she were ashamed at what she did but was having a really hard time. She like the feel of Sherry's nose crunching under her fist and even smiled at the memory of it.

"Moore! What the hell were you thinking," Johnson's voice broke through, she tucked the handkerchief in her back pocket. "And wipe that smirk off your face. You are in real trouble here. Your lucky she hasn't pressed charges against you."

"Moore what the hell where you doing at the Woodside place? From what Hendrickson tells me, it's believed that the Sorensen kid beat up the Harcourt kid. That is the consensus?"

"Yes." "No"

Hendrickson looked over at Kalika, "There is no proof that says there was anyone else in that ally besides that kid."

Kalika rolled her eyes, "So I guess the size ten, adult footprints behind the trashcans and right were Ashley's body were appeared there magically. Or the fact that Ty's foot prints are no where near those bushes or that Ashley herself is saying that is wasn't Ty but some women who beat her." Kalika paused to let what she said sink in. "Nope no proof what so ever."

Johnson sat down heavily, "What footprints and why haven't I heard about this?"

Hendrickson jumped in before Kalika could say a thing, "There was no reason to say anything. Those prints could have been there before the attack. As for the girl saying it was some woman, she's five and had just been beaten pretty bad."

Kalika stayed in her seat, "Those prints 'could have' been there before the attack? Once again you jump to the first conclusion without looking at all of the evidence. You seem to like to do that Hendrickson. The yard next to where Ashley was found runs their sprinklers an hour before school gets out. So if there had been an someone there before that the sprinklers would have washed it away. Anytime in between there would have been muddy prints, which there wasn't. Oh and as a side note, Ashley was beaten bad enough that the attacker would have gotten blood on her or himself. Ty Sorensen had no blood on him."

Johnson looked impressed but Hendrickson looked pissed. They sat there for a moment, Kalika completely relaxed, Johnson looking at Hendrickson and Hendrickson glaring at Kalika. "Well Hendrickson, you have an explanation for that?" He said nothing. "Alright then until you can bring me proof to the contrary this case is still opened. Hendrickson you can leave, Moore we still need to talk."

Hendrickson left in a huff and Kalika tried really hard not to laugh out loud. She looked back to Johnson. He was a nice guy and Kalika was starting to really like him, even if he was a Fed.

Johnson stretched out and looked at Kalika, "I don't know what to say Moore. You punched Sherry Woodside with no provocation, by your own words. I wish I could say I was shocked but having know you these past two months, I'm not." He leaned a crossed his desk. "Please tell me you had a very good reason for doing that."

Kalika sighed, "I believe that Sherry Woodside is behind Ashley's attack. I guess I let my temper get the best of me, but sire. You should have heard the things she was saying about that little girl."

He held up his hand, "You really think that justifies hitting her, Moore. You broke her nose!"

Kalika stood fast, "She deserved it sire and I am not sorry that I did it. Now if you order me to, I will apologies to that sick woman. Otherwise, if you are done, I have a case to solve." Kalika stood there, her arms crossed in front of her.

Johnson sat in his chair and made no move. He finally sighed and stood up, "You know Moore you remind me of this agent we had not to long ago. He was always so sure of his instincts, in fact as far as I know they haven't been wrong yet." He dug through his roll a dex, found what he was looking for and handed Kalika a card, "Give him a call I think you two might have a lot in common."

Kalika took the card and noticed Anthony Reid it was followed by a number. "Thanks Sire but I'm not looking to be set up on a date." She made to hand the card but he refused to take it.

"I'm not trying to set you up on a blind date, Moore. Just call Reid. There is more to this case then you are letting on and I believe Reid can help."

Kalika nodded and walked out, "Could he be anymore cryptic." She tucked the card in her pants pocket, looked up and saw Hendrickson sitting at his desk with a strange guy. She wasn't really in the mood for his crap so she ignored him. Hendrickson and the guy left in a pretty big hurry.

Kalika was sitting at her computer, looking for somewhere a Jenny could be. It was late and there was no one else in the office. She could hear voices shouting in the hallway, so she clicked off the web and stood by the door to listen. It was Hendrickson and a voice Kalika didn't recognize.

"We had them! How the hell could two guys have slipped out from under forty, professionally trained FBI agents! Victor we had a deal. We get the Winchesters and you get the credit for the capture! What the hell happened?"

"We don't know. And would you stop yelling!" Kalika could hear that Hendrickson was trying to keep his voice down but she could still hear him through the door. "We'll get them, don't worry. Those two can't seem to keep their heads down for two much longer."

"Don't give me that bull shit, Victor. The only reason you knew where they were this time is because Dean was stupid enough to show his mug on prime time. If he hadn't you wouldn't have known he and Sam were in that bank."

"Look I will find them and then arrest them. Don't worry about it." Their voices were getting softer and Kalika guessed they were heading down the hall. "Tell your boss that we'll have them soon."

She could hear the other guy respond but they were to far down the hall for her to make out what he said. She leaned against the door. "This is so not a good thing." She had been hoping to get a little bit more evidence to clear both Dean and Sam but it looked like she would be on a smaller time schedule then she had thought. She shoved her hands into her pocket and felt the card Johnson had given her. "What have I got to lose?" She dialed the number.

"You have reached Anthony Reid, I'm not available so please leave a message and I'll get back to you. And if this is Kalika Moore then call this number 555-7826." There was a small beep but Kalika was to stunned to leave a message. She hung up and dialed the new number.

After four rings a sleepy voice answered, "What took you so long to call me Kalika."

"I'm sorry, but how do you know me?"

There was a soft grunt, "Johnson said he had given you my card and he was given specific instructions on who to give it to. We need to meet Kalika."

Kalika was a little weary, she reminded herself that most if not all of her papers here were forgeries. Damn good forgeries but forgeries none-the-less. "I have to talk with a victim tomorrow…"

"Wonderful, I'll meet you at the hospital. See you then Kali."

He hung up before she could tell him not to call her that. "Oh yea this is going to be fun."

The next day Kalika walked through the hospital doors to see a man dressed in a suit, brown hair and dark sunglasses, waiting for her. "Agent Kalika Moore?" He asked her as he held out his hand. She nodded and took his offered hand. "I'm Agent Reid. We spoke last night." Kalika shook his hand but kept walking, letting him fall into step with her. He didn't say much as they got on the elevator and Reid pushed the button for the seventh floor. Ashley had been moved to the children's' ward.

"So you care to fill me in?" Reid asked her.

"Five year old little girl, beaten and left for dead," Kalika glanced over at him. "What else do you want to know?"

"How about how it is that you are so sure it wasn't the Sorensen kid who beat her? Oh and I would love to know why you felt the need to deck a thirty-four lady right in the nose. Cause you know that sounds interesting." He kept his eyes forward but Kalika could hear a hint of amusement in his voice.

The elevator doors opened and Kalika moved to get off, but Anthony blocked her way with his arm, "You don't like me to much and I can't seem to figure out why. Care to enlighten me?"

Kalika looked up at him, his eyes hidden from her, "I don't like a mystery," she told him flatly and ducked under his arm. She didn't need to be facing him to see him sigh and start to follow her down the hall.

She flashed her badge at the nurse's station and was shown to Ashley's room. She looked much better, the swelling in her face had gone down and her eyes were opened. Kalika could see the hazel of her eyes widen with happiness when Kalika walked through the door. "Kali! You came to see me!"

Amanda had been dosing in the chair next to the bed but was wide awake now, "Oh Agent Moore. Nice to see you again, I'm sorry," she said in Reid's direction, "But I haven't meet you."

Reid took her hand, "I'm Agent Reid. Kali's newest partner." Kalika was about to correct him on the use of the nickname but Ashley was pulling on her hand.

"Look what I did, look what I did." Ashley brandished a picture that showed a very crude drawing of what looked like Kalika beating the crap out of a black figure. "You like it?"

Kalika took the picture, "I love it Ashley. That looks just like me." She showed the picture to Reid, who glanced at it, turned it upside-down and held it as far away from him as he could.

"I don't see the resemblance Kali. This one looks much better," he gave Ashley a huge grin, "If you were to add a scowl then you would have captured her perfectly."

Ashley smiled shyly then went back to coloring. Kalika was floored. He had just met her and already he was taking pot shots at her. She marked it but chose to wait to say anything. "Ashley, I know this is hard for you but I need to ask about the day you were hurt. You remember that day?"

Ashley nodded, "Ty was picking on me because of my pig tails. He kept calling me names. I turned around and the Mean Lady was there." Ashley's voice faltered and Amanda moved beside her daughter.

Ashley nodded her head but clung to her mom. "She smelled funny."

Kalika laughed, "How so?"

"She smelled like Aunt Sherry. Like dirt and kitty boxes. I'm a good girl cause I smell like roses and sunflowers, mommy says so."

Kalika didn't let her surprise show but kissed Ashley on the forehead, "Yep you sure do. I'll talk to you later, alright Ashley."

Kalika and Reid left the room and Reid was smart enough not to say a word till the reached the elevators, "I'm guessing by the look on your face you never mentioned the Aunt to either the little girl or her parents?"

The doors opened and Kalika got in and shook her head, "Nope, but she could smell her."

Reid nodded then dropped a bombshell, "So then… You think she's the one who summoned the Anti-Jenny?"

Kalika punched the stop button, the spun and faced him, "Who the Hell Are you?"

He finally slid his glasses off, "I'm Special Agent Reid. I work for a group of people who are always interested in cases like this. You ever seen Hellboy?" Kalika didn't move. "I'll take that as a yes. Well my department is kind of like that. Right down to the creatures."

Kalika smirked at him, "Yea right." She went to hit the start button but he grabbed her wrist.

"Kalika you really think Mouse is that good. My department has known that you were bluffing your way into the FBI right from the start. The only thing that kept us from arresting your cute ass was the fact that we could use your position for our benefit."

Now Kalika was really mad, "So you used me! What the hell gave you that right?" Rather then hit him, Kalika hit the start up button and the elevator started moving again. She crossed her arms and refused to look at Agent Reid. Once the elevator doors opened she marched off of it and towards the front doors.

"Moore wait!" Reid caught up with her, but seemed to think it best if he didn't grab her wrist again. She stopped to listen but refused to look at him. "You want something and I believe my department can help you get it. You help solve this case and I can guarantee our help. What do you say?"

Kalika looked towards the hospital and thought about the promise she had made to Ashley. She then thought about her own plan to clear Dean and Sam, he was right she just wouldn't have the connections to pull this off by herself. "If I say yes, and right now that is a pretty big IF, I'll want to know what your plans are and how you ended up in a job like this."

Reid looked satisfied, "No problem. How about dinner tonight at my place, strictly professional? It's a little easier to show you then to tell you."

Kalika thought about it for a second then nodded.