It was almost like she was taunting the camera, knowing that the FBI would be searching high and low for their location as Emma Hill got up to the camera and began to wave, smiling brightly.
"Where is this?" Agent Donovan asked.
The agent cleared his throat "It's outside a shopping center in Dale City." He said, looking up and over at Donovan.
Donovan nodded, watching the footage entirely before Emma walked out of the frame "Were you able to catch her on one of the other cameras?" he asked.
"We got her walking out into the parking lot and getting into a car where she drove off. We haven't been able to locate the car, but we did put a BPA on the license plate, so hopefully it's just a matter of time." The agent said.
Mike huffed, putting his crossed arms down as he looked over at Donovan before walking back to his office and sitting back down, pushing the list away from him.
Donovan followed behind soon after, looking down at Mike "What's going on? They're practically everywhere!" he remarked.
"They're stalling…the plan was to creep on Sarah and Grace and when the time was right, snatch them up, at least, that's what Joe indicated. But they're both gone, so Joe and Emma are trying to figure out Plan B…" Mike remarked.
Donovan huffed, glancing at the dozens of pictures on Mikes' desk of Grace from throughout the years "She is eccentric, isn't she?" he muttered, looking over the pictures.
Mike followed his superiors' eyes to the pictures and smiled gently at them "Yeah, she is." He muttered back.
"…she asked me if I was a pirate earlier today." Donovan said with a chuckle.
Mike mentally face palmed himself "I'm so sorry." He said.
Donovan shook his head "No. It's alright. She has a bright imagination, and she's quite ambitious." He said.
"Yeah." Mike said, looking back at Donovan.
Donovan sighed "I never met Ms. Greene before her revelation, but she seems…" he tried to find the right words to describe her "Calmer…disciplined." He continued.
"It's like nothing changed, she got out and she was the same Sarah that I met 6 years ago." Mike admitted "Granted, there are some times when I'm worried that it'll all happen again…but I see her with Grace, and I know it'll never happen." He remarked.
Donovan nodded "Go with your gut. In the meantime, see if you can find anything on the getaway car Ms. Hill used." He said before walking out of his office.
Several hours later, the agents received a call from a local police officer that was in a town south of Alexandria saying that the getaway car Emma Hill was driving in had been found abandoned.
Mike huffed, his arms crossed as he listened to every piece of information that came in; it wasn't much, but it was something as Mike backed away and out of the room.
The car was abandoned in the parking lot of a grocery store, a full tank of gas inside and no type of evidence was left behind in the car which was frustrating to everybody.
Emma Hill had evaporated in to thin air, leaving the trace for FBI cold once again, no one was sure where to go from that moment.
2 weeks had gone by and there was still nothing; Mike was no longer getting calls from Joe which conflicted him.
Mike was grateful that Joe had stopped calling him, but at the same time, he was nervous about what he was planning at the same time; he knew Joe and Emma were up to something, he just wasn't sure what.
He also hadn't heard about or from Sarah and Grace for the past two weeks which began to worry him, he hadn't gone this long without talking to his daughter and it was starting to drive him crazy; but he knew that he couldn't reach out, Mike couldn't risk it.
Donovan stomped him way into Mikes' office "Weston!" he said, standing his ground.
Mike got out of his chair and stood in front of Donovan, expecting a break in locating Emma or Joe; but he honestly wasn't expecting what Agent Donovan told him instead.
"We just got a call from Protective Custody…they had to call an ambulance." Agent Donovan said.
Mikes' heart began to race, adrenaline pulsing through his body as he took a step forward towards Donovan "Is everything okay? What happened!?" Mike asked.
"We're not sure, but I've been told that it involves Grace." Donovan informed Mike.
Mike felt like he was about to have a heart attack, gripping at his desk as Donovan took a step forward and put his hands in front of him "I don't know where they are, but I've talked it over with Protective Custody, and they're going to take you to the hide-out." Donovan told him.
The young agent could only nod, his mind a blur as he sat down at his desk and tried to calm himself from the news he had just received; he wanted to get to Grace as fast as he could.
Agent Donovan stayed with Mike as they both of them waited for the escort to arrive, and Mike continued to ask if there were any updates on Grace, but Donovan hadn't heard anything from the Protective Custody team.
The escort finally arrived and Mike rushed his way to the SUV to begin the long drive to the hide-out, not wasting any time as he threw himself into the back seat and instructed the driver to go.
Mike bounced his knee as the vehicle drove away from Headquarters, asking questions of where the hide-out was and if anybody had any information on Grace and her condition, but he couldn't get any answers out of the agents accompanying him.
He sat back in his seat, trying to relax but it was becoming difficult as he tried to distract himself with his phone and continuing to work from his mobile office.