Washington DC

Griffin was sifting through the charter companies flight plans. Apparently, they had a trip from Tennessee to Seattle planned, but it got cancelled when the "cargo" didn't show.

They also had a trip from Seattle to Canada planned for a week from today. Griffin checked out the hotel mogul. He had a hotel in TN, Seattle and one in Vancouver, It seemed to all fit.

He needed to find out more about this Susie Winston. Griffin started searching for everything: school records, medical history, employment history, friends. He was looking for anything to connect her to the plane company or the hotel mogul.

Something was odd. She had an internship with a company in college that paid 60k a year. What kind of part time job would pay that much? Griffin looked up the business and it was a shell. Griffin had a feeling that when he traced it, it would come back to one of his two other suspects.

Los Angeles

Jack got a phone call from a friend. Apparently, there was a group of people holed up in this hotel. They had different rooms rented and would shift from suite to suite. All of the rooms were reserved in different names. It sounded promising. Jack wrote down the name of the hotel.

Jack went to the library and pulled up the hotel on google maps. He started looking for places where there would be a camera near the hotel. He managed to send a message to Griffin and told him to check out the hotel and try and get feeds from these cameras.

FBI

Fritz was trying to figure out what the deal was with Opal, but as soon as he mentioned her name, people would clam up. He was going to need some help. He sent the information to Buzz and asked him to look into her.

As it turns out, Opal has a foursquare, so Buzz was able to look at her travel plans. She spent a lot of time traveling to NY, DC, and Texas. Buzz sent the information back to Fritz. "Does the government usually pay for this much travel for an employee at her level?"

"No," Fritz found it odd. "I'll look into it." As it turns out, she flew privately. At first it was first class, then she was taking chartered flights. A lot of money for her salary. Her money was coming from somewhere.

Texas

Caitlin and her team were studying the layout of the company. They needed to know everything: the guards route, camera feeds, entrance and egress points, alarm systems. Caitlin was always one for pen and paper. Her cousin was the tech genius. He sent Marshall data, and she used it to make hand drawn plans. Their idea was to disable the alarm system and put the security videos on a loop, raid the company at night, seize any supplies intended for Potovsky and take off for Seattle.

Damien spent the week making friends with the other pilots in the city. He managed to secure a flight for the team for Seattle. They would be there waiting when Potovsky was ready to move.

Washington, DC

Griffin was going through the video feeds that Jack suggested. He was happy that there was an ally in the west to help out. There was too much footage to watch it all, so Griffin used an algorithm to look for repeating faces, focusing on tall males with features suggesting Eastern European descent. He found a few men who entered and left the hotel many times. He ran their faces through the recognition software and then looked into the faces of everyone in the same frame as them more than once.

Griffin found a teenager who appeared to be a courier for the Russian men. Griffin saw what looked like a handoff. He knew from experience that kids who were used as carriers were often from poor families and desperate for money and were also often killed once they were no longer useful. Griffin sent the information to Jack. This kid needed to be found and fast.

Major Crimes

Tao came in to help Buzz try and figure out Opal. They looked for hours, both tired and frustrated. "I think it's time for a break," Buzz said. "My eyes are getting crossed."

"Yeah, I'm getting no where."

"Pizza?"

They headed out to a place down the street and grabbed a bite to eat. The news was playing on the TV. A madam in Maine was arrested for blackmailing her former clients.

"That's it," Tao yelled out.

"You want a hooker?"

"No, Buzz. Blackmail. That's how she made her money."

They went back to the squad room. It took some time to find, but she had a secret e-mail account in a false name. They couldn't access the e-mails, but they could give the account info to Fritz, so he could get a warrant.

Seattle

Potovsky was getting anxious. His crew should have arrived days ago. He hadn't heard from them and he didn't want to contact the charter company, lest anyone notice a connection. He needed to figure out what happened to them.

"Forget about them," Nikolai, his second in command, snarled. "They probably took the cash and bounced. We move without them. We still have our west coast team."

"Who failed to find our target and have no idea where she went."

"She'll come back. All we need to do is find the other agents first. If she hears her precious babies are in trouble, she'll come running."

"And where are they?"

"They are …." Who the hell knew. They escaped too and took off, leaving their cars and cell phones behind. They haven't sent an e-mail, used a bank or a credit card. They could be anywhere in the country.