UnNCIS: Chapter 3
Baltimore, Maryland
BPD Precinct
1744
"So you believe that these terrorists are taking out authority figures?" Brad asked Kate.
"I don't know." She answered. "It was just a random thought."
"I just think its odd that Captain Hill would be a target." Tony said. "How did he get all mixed up in this terrorist business?"
They all contemplated the question silently. Brad grabbed the tablet that controlled the monitor and entered some information.
"I'm searching for terrorists whose last names start with P or H, and have also attacked in the past two years." He notified them.
Within seconds thirteen files popped up. Two of them were of terrorist with a last name starting with P. The remaining eleven were of terrorists with a last name starting with H.
"Okay lets start with the P's." Jane said.
Brad pressed the first file of terrorist J. Peyoto. A picture of a bald Hispanic man, with rough features popped up. In bid red letters, was the word deceased next to the photo.
"Brad, can't you filter out the deceased terrorists?" Tony asked.
"There isn't a way to with this old school database." He answered.
"Ok then, next file." Jane commanded.
Brad clicked on the next file, Nathaniel Pearson. A caucasian male with a nasty scar across the forehead.
"He's also dead." Jane groaned and leaned back in her chair. "That's all of our P's."
"Maybe we should broaden the search." Tony suggested.
"Or maybe the terrorist hacked into the database and erased the files." Kate theorized.
Everyone looked at her as if she were crazy.
"And where did you gets this idea?" Jane asked.
Kate hesitated. "Uh...just a stupid thought."
'Uh-huh' Tony thought. "Um Kate could I speak to you, partner to partner." He asked her.
Kate nodded then got up and walked out the room with Tony and closed to door behind them.
He looked down into her eyes. " I know you're ex Secret Service, but what I don't know is why you feel the need to hide your abilities from everyone else. Its natural for you to assume the worst possibilities. I get it."
She momentarily avoided his gaze, then she stared back fiercely.
"I don't really think that matters." She answered.
"Listen Kate, these are very good theories. They can really help us and the FBI with the case. But not if you keep dismissing them."
She looked down at her shoes.
"You're a great detective and I bet you were an even better Secret Service agent. I don't get why you left. But we definitely need you and your creative mind."
"I was fired because of my creative mind, and my willingness to believe everything that comes across it." Kate stated.
"Wow, I didn't know."
She looked back into his eyes. "And we've only been partners for a couple of hours, how are you able to read me so clearly?"
Tony smiled. "There's just something about you Kate."
Tony punched in the 5-digit code and they both walked back into the room together.
"Hey while you two were chatting it up, me and Brad found our H guy." Jane said proudly.
"Brad and I." Kate corrected.
"God, you're just like her." Jane said.
"Just like who." Maura said as she walked into the room.
Jane rubbed her temples. "Brad pull up the file." She bossed.
Brad tapped on the file. A picture clean shaven Israeli male popped up.
"This is Ari Haswari. He was the only H guy who was a skilled sniper." Brad explained.
"Yea he gave NCIS hell last year. He sniped seven agents and the director, Jenny Shepard." Jane added. "But before they could capture him he fled the states."
"NCIS lost track of him somewhere in the middle east." Brad concluded.
"So um, back to this hacking theory." Jane said to Kate.
"Well... A few years back I had this homicide case, and the culprit was a professional hacker. He removed all of his files from most of the databases, so we called in one of our computer specialists to track down the files. The thing about hackers is, that no matter how good they are they always leave a trail." Kate explained.
"Very interesting. But one question. Where the hell are we gonna find a computer specialist on short notice."
"I have a friend from MIT that may be able to help us. He lives in New York City but he could probably get here in about four hours." Brad said.
"What do we do until then." Tony asked.
"We order in. And I believe it is your turn to pay Tony." Jane said as she tossed him his phone.
Kate turned to Brad. "I didn't know you went to MIT."
"Yep. On scholarship. But it wasn't where I wanted to be." He explained to her.
She nodded.
Brad left the room to call his friend.
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0042
"Aha! I found your trail." Dr. Flo Daniels said.
Dr. Flo Daniels was a friendly, short, light-skinned man with curly brown hair. He and Brad had both joined MIT at the same time and instantly became friends. Flo was very immersed in his studies. He had wished to become a computer programer, but had a talent for hacking that had gotten him in trouble before. Meanwhile, Brad was distracted. He had a natural talent in technology and was offered a scholarship. He accepted the scholarship because both of his parents went to MIT, and he was expected to go too. But his heart was elsewhere. He always had his head in a crime novel, and he always solved the crime before the end of the book. He admired the police force and wanted so badly to be part of it.
Before the end of his junior year, he dropped out of MIT and joined the Baltimore police academy. He finished 3rd out of his class and worked his way up to detective.
Now he's a part of the most successful team of detectives at BPD. And his talent for technology often helps in some cases. But hacking, or at least following a hacker was beyond his abilities. So, he called Flo Daniels. And Flo jumped into his car and drove to Maryland.
When he arrived, he set up his equipment and went straight to work. And in about a hour and a half later, he found what they were looking for.
"This man is smart." Flo noted. "He managed to move the files through 59 locations to a secret folder. Each location has a 16-digit code. It wasn't easy, but I was able to breakthrough."
"Did you find out who our P guy is?" Jane said impatiently. She had been pacing around for the last hour, mostly out of boredom.
Flo transferred the file of Christopher Pelant to the large monitor. A picture of a caucasian male with a massive scar across the left side of his face. One eye was brown and the other was white.
"Yeesh, thats one hell of a scar." Tony said, visibly creeped out.
"I found something else." Flo said. "This file disappeared 3 minutes before your captain was shot."
"Pelant is definitely our guy." Kate stated. Then she let out a yawn.
Tony pulled out his phone and checked the time. "Alright, its almost 0100, I say we turn in."Everyone agreed. He turned to his partner. "Kate do you have a place to stay?" He asked.
"I'm staying in hotel until my apartment is ready." She answered.
"You can stay in my guest house." Maura offered.
"Thank you, but I don't want to impose."
"Nonsense, I meant what I said before. And it would be fun to have some company." Maura refused to take no for an answer.
"Well I can't argue with that." Kate gave in.
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A/N: Thank you for reading I will be back next week.