Kendal and Reggie came back to the apartment full of news of Ana Casados and her disappearance. They found Jackson and Griffin were sat at the computer while going through a neat stack of files. Most of the other boxes had been moved to the corner of the room.

Jackson was horrified to learn how premeditated Bianca's kidnapping was; that Juan Silva was personally involved in the abduction and murder of at least one young woman. They still didn't have enough to go to the authorities though.

"We made some progress ourselves." said Griffin, showing Kendal and Reggie the computer screen. "Juan Silva is in town at the moment. But he will be flying out to Geneva in two days when the release of the Lazarus project will be announced to the world's media. It is just me or is it a little tacky promoting a resurrection drug on Christmas Day?"

Kendal leaned over her uncle shoulder and looked at the on-line article they were reading.

"Are they really going to be able to get the drug ready in two days?" she asked.

"I've been reading all the medical journals and I didn't think so." said Griffin. "It might be why they wanted David; to help fix their formula, ready for the deadline."

"But that doesn't give us much time." said Jackson.

"Wait," said Reggie. He had been distracted by something else Griffin had said. "Did you say its two days until Christmas?"

Kendal suddenly looked startled too and pulled the laptop to her so she could see the date. It was the 23rd of December. Where had the time gone?

"I can't miss Christmas." Reggie said. "It the first proper one I've had with Camilla and Ayesha. I've always said I'd be back for Christmas day."

Kendal was having the exact same thought. She couldn't abandon her boys at Christmas time. They hardly had a Christmas last year because of the shooting.

Reggie paced the room for a moment. He was torn, he didn't want to abandon the search and his dad; but he'd also already missed so much of his family over these past weeks, hunting for shadows, and they weren't really very much closer.

"Look, surely if Juan is still in town that means that David, at least, is close by?" Reggie said, trying to find a proactive solution.

"Not necessarily." said Jackson, giving his son a sad smile. He could see very soon he would be losing the rest of his team. There was also the question; if the deadline for releasing the formula was Christmas day then what was the likelihood that they would keep Bianca and Erica alive after that point? Time really was running out.

"What are you suggesting?" Griffin asked, looking to a restless Reggie.

"We go out there and look. We've got today and tomorrow and we aren't going to get anywhere just sitting staring at a computer screen."

Kendal took a seat on the chair opposite.

"We just need a place to start." she said looking to Griffin. "How many possible sites are there in the city where they could be holding hostages?"

Griffin reached into the pile of files in front of him and pulled out one of the thicker ones from the stack.

"There are a few. A major pharmaceutical division is based in the city and there are various warehouses and distribution centres."

"Can we use the Miranda Centre to help us?" Jackson asked.

Griffin didn't look too happy with the idea.

"I'm not sure how involved we should get the charity." he said.

"I agree." said Kendal. "They've already done plenty for us. We're on our own."

She took a random page from the file Griffin was holding.

"I think we just need to start looking. And we can start at…" she looked at the address, "… Calle Volcàn where there is a warehouse."

"That's in the dockland district." said Griffin.

"Then we had better get started." said Kendal firmly.

"What about the yacht?" Reggie asked. "…If we think he is coming back?"

"Someone has to stay near the phone." said Jackson. "I volunteer. I want to have a closer look at these papers."

"You can't read Spanish." pointed out Griffin.

"I can read enough." said Jackson.

The group shared a look. They had been mobilised into action once more.

"Erica, Bianca and David; hold on, we're coming for you." Reggie muttered as he grabbed his coat.

Griffin cleared his throat.

"Maybe you guy's had better change first." he suggested.

Kendal looked down; she was still in her cocktail dress.

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