Chapter 8 - Lisbon and Cho are at the drugstore. Getting an address of the two maids who are believed to be the kidnappers.
"Maria , Maria... Aha here we are." The pharmacist turned the monitor to face the two agents, "Maria is stated under the address 121 Chestnut st. second floor. North Beach area."
"Thank you Ma'am." Choindicated after he wrote the address in his book.
The two agents headed out the door and into their rental car.
"We should check it out, but let Van Pelt know where we are going just in case we need back up." Lisbon ordered as she drove.
Cho used the third speed dial on his cell and called Van Pelt.
"Hey, Van Pelt, Lisbon and I are headed to 121 Chestnut st. Stand by for back up if we call. By the way, have you found out what the chip is used for?... yes... oh...ok... bye." With that he ended the call.
"So?" Lisbon inquired glancing quickly at the agent before returning her attention to the road.
"They say Tom from tech came and said that it was some sort of micro chip, intricately small hardware. It could be a recorder, monitoring device, GPS system. They have to install it on a computer before figuring out its function. They said he would need an hour or so." Cho responded.
"How did Jane get a hold of such an advance device?" Lisbon was puzzled.
"Beats me." Cho stared out the window,"We are here, the blue multifamily house."
They two agents got out of the car and surveyed the area. Nice place for kidnappers to live.
Agent Lisbon walked up the steps and rung the bell for the second floor.
"Yes?" A woman voice was heard from the intercom system.
"Maria ?" Lisbon asked
"Yes."
"We are from the CBI, Ma'am. Can we speak to you for a moment?"
The buzzer was heard and the two agents walked up to the second floor. Before they reached the door, the first maid from Lady Warren's house opened the door. Her blond hair was in the same style, but she no longer wore the black dress.
The flat was very cosy and chic. The decoration where all in light shades of green and there were large windows that allowed a lot of light into the room. Nothing was as expensive as Lady Warren's furniture, but they were calm and sedated. The two agents suddenly felt that perhaps these two sisters are not kidnapper. That it was a coincidence that Charles Barnaby happened to work in the same household. Perhaps Van Pelt hadn't checked the databases correctly.
"Come in." She smiled. As the agents were seated the two sisters both sat across from them. "This is about Elizabeth. I am Maria, this is Marian, we both worked for Lady Warren, if you remember."
"Yes, we have some questions,"Lisbon asked.
"Yes?" Maria was waiting very calmly.
"Do you know the where abouts of a Charles Barnaby, the driver?" Cho inquired
At this instant Marian got up and asked, "Could I interest you in a drink? Tea? Coffee? Club Soda?" She smiled.
"Water, thank you." Lisbon stated
"I'll have a coffee." Cho answered
"Lady Warren let us all go after she heard Mark was in custody. The last we saw Charlie was when he packed and left to go to the bus stop. He couldn't take the car." Maria laughed at her last comment. She didn't look like a schizophrenic patient. She was under control, her hands shaked sometimes, but she was under control.
"Here you are" Marian stated as she placed the water and coffee in front of the agents.
Agent Lisbon took the glass and drank a little before continuing.
"That is very interesting, your sister..." She paused. The room looked blurry. Nothing was clear." Would you excuse me a minute? May I use the restroom?"
"Down the hall to the left." Marian said with a worried look on her face," Are you alright?"
"Yes, fine. Cho why don't you continue." Lisbon walked away.
Cho lookedat Marian and said," I understand you wrote a book under the name of Charles Barnaby."
"Yes, and I was surprised to work with someone with the same name." Marian declared with delight.
"Are you sure you and Charles are not the same people?" Cho took a sip of the coffee.
"Oh don't be silly, I am not the nut case. My sister is." She stated as she moved to sit beside the agent.
Cho suddenly didn't understand what was going on. Marian's voice was muffled and the colors in the room had blended together. He felt numb and tired. He closed his eyes slightly but was never able to open them again.
Lisbon had tried to open the window of the bathroom, so she can escape. She had been drugged. She was tired and numb. They had put something in her drink. She needed to call someone, she needed to leave to get backup and save Cho. However all she did was sit on the toilet and drift away to sleep.
"Great, four people at the same time." Maria was now angry, "What do we do with Blondie and Miss California in the warehouse."
"We get rid of them. Tie these fools up, really tight." Marian declared,"Go get the boss from the bathroom."
Back at the headquarters.
"Bingo!" Tom exclaimed. The technicians loud voice woke the two agents out of their sleep. Van Pelt and Rigsby moved over to where Tom was going over files.
"Well?" Van Pelt asked in frustration
"This little fellow is a GPS receiving end. It receives a signal from the sender every 30 minutes, logs the location in a memory card and can be download on to the computer to find the latitude and longitude of the location of the sender at a specific time." Tom explains
"So Jane was telling us where he is all this time. Where is the last logged location?" Van Pelt is now very excited.
"Your friend Jane, if he still has the sender, is at 27 Wallbrook rd. North Beach." Tom reads off the map.
"Rigsby, lets go." Van Pelt shakes the sleepy agent, "Call Lisbon and tell her we found Jane."
"She is not picking up," Rigsby stated with panic as the two agents drove towards North Beach.
"What about Cho?" Van Pelt is very worried.
"Nope, called ten times." Rigsby says, "I think we should go to Chestnut st. and find Lisbon."
"But Jane is going to die." Van Pelt states, "If he isn't dead already." She whispers the last part. Rigsby sees sorrow in the red haired woman.
"Oh they will be fine. We just have to pick, Cho and Lisbon first or Jane and Elizabeth."
Ok so who do you think they will save first. Do you think they will get to them on time? or will Jane or Lisbon or Cho or Elizabeth die. I am sorry, because some of you wanted Lisbon to save Jane and well it looks like that Lisbon is in a pickle herself so who knows maybe Van Pelt will save Jane. Review please.
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