First off, I'm sorry about the wait. And then I'm sorry about this being so god damn short xD But I got stuck. Truly stuck. I have some of the following chapters finished, but I need maybe one or two chapters between them, so anyone wanna help, please send me a mail x'D
And by the way - I have no idea of what Venice looked like in the early 80's. I was there last year, so I'm going with my memories of the town :D (difference is that I was there during the huge flood, lol!)
Anyway. Review :P


Chapter 8.

Kelly looked over at Kris, who was sitting in a chair, feet up on another one, head down towards her knees. Kelly felt her heart ache, she didn't know how to help Kris or what to say. They needed to find Jill, and they needed to find her know. Kris was scared out of her mind, knowing very well they only had a few hours to find Jill. Kelly sat down next to Kris, putting her hands on Kris' knees.

"Sweetie? We'll find her."

"What if it's too late?"

"No, not yet. We still have 11 hours to go."

"I'm scared Kelly. I hate this. I hate these parts. I hate our job. I don't want to do this. I want Jill to return to safety, I want to go home to my beachhouse and I don't want to get threatened or hurt anymore."

Kelly looked at Kris, who, once again was crying. Kelly could feel the pain in her heart when Kris spoke, she did not want Kris to leave the agency. She knew that if Kris would leave, she would leave. Maybe not the first days or weeks, but she could not work in the agency without Kris. They were a perfect pair. Sure, she still had Bosley and Julie, but she had a feeling that if Kris left, they all would slide apart. No. Kris could not leave. Kelly would make sure of that. But on the other hand, Kris was right. Kelly knew it, deep inside she did. She had thought of leaving the agency too, several times. There was so much danger involved with this line of work, and she did not want to be killed, and she did not want to see anyone else she loved get killed either. Her biggest concern was of course Ella. She did not want the little one to get hurt just because her mommy had chosen a bad job. And she didn't want Ella to end up in an orphanage again. Kelly feared that Kris were right. If they didn't quite this job, something really bad would happen soon. It was just a matter of time.

"Kris. If you leave, I will leave. We need you in the agency, and you know that."

"Kelly, I don't want you to leave because of me."
"But I will. I can not work in the agency without you. You're the glue that keeps us together, and you know that. But please. Let's not think about that for now. We need our focus to be on the job at hand. We need to help Jill, but we can't do it without your help."

In the same time, Lieutenant Rossi came into the room, holding a pair of videotapes.

"I've got the tapes from the hotel." He said as he put the first tape into the VCR.

They video showed the elevator, and it didn't take long before they saw three men in it, around 3 am. They had their backs to the camera, and before they stepped out of the elevator, they all pulled on masks. They left the elevator, and came back into it just a few minutes later. One of them was carrying an unconscious Jill in his arms. Kris looked away from the screen, not wanting to see this, but Kelly pulled her towards her.

"Kris, I know this is hard to watch, but we need your eyes too."

Kris sighed and kept watching the men in the elevator.

"Wait. I know that man." Rossi said, disappearing into his office.

He returned shortly after, coming back into the room holding a file.

"His name is Alexander Toulouse. He is a French citizen. He was the lead of a demonstration once, that's why I have his file."

"You arrested him." Julie more stated than asked, and Rossi nodded.

"Yes I did. Creepy man."

"He was not convicted?"

"He paid off some compensation for the damages and then he left the country. Obviously he's back."

"Do you know who the others are? Any known friends of his?" Bosley asked.

Rossi checked through the file.

"There's a few names here. Let me put the names in the computer, Toulouse's too, this file is three years old. I'll be right back."

Rossi left the room again, leaving the gang alone with Romano. They had paused the frame when Rossi recognized Toulouse, and now they continued it. They watched the men carry Jill out of the elevator, and they walked out of frame.

"Do we have more tapes?"

"Yes, we have from the St Marcus Square. The square is between your hotel and the Grand Canal, so we thought maybe they crossed it." Romano said, switching tapes.

They waited for a while, but it didn't take long before the three men appeared on the tape, hurrying down the St Marcus Square. The same man was still carrying Jill. They disappeared down towards the Canal, but due to the angle of the camera, you could not see the boat they drove off in. They couldn't even see which directions they took.

"How will we ever find out who they are, or where they took Jill from that?" Kris asked.

"Kris, I don't know, but we will. Rossi is typing out the computer read-outs. We'll find something in there. Keep your hope up."

Kris sighed and walked over to the window. She looked out, and through the big window, she could see the Grand Canal, all the way up to Ponte Degli Scalzi, one of the larger bridges in this town. Kris sighed. She pictured in her mind how Jill was put in a boat, and being transferred away from Venice along with the canal. Kris didn't know where Jill was, and she wasn't even sure that Jill was still in Venice. She could be far away by now.

"Jill? Where are you?" Kris whispered, brushing tears away.