Neil Palino entered the FBI building and headed to the sixth floor where he met up with the behavioral analysis unit, or BAU. He wasn't actually an FBI agent. He's an Interpol agent, who was working on a case with the FBI.
Neil was talking with the unit chief Henri Aucoin.
"Where are you on the case?" Henri asked. He was inquiring about the progress that Neil had made in his surveillance work.
"Well the kids are safe. It seems that some other agency or rather a group of people have taken the kids to a safe house. I don't know who any of them are or how they found out the kids were in danger." Neil said "Where are we on tracking the ring?" He was referring a trafficking ring and it's important to him because his niece was kidnapped and taken into this trafficking ring. It took him a while to figure it out, but he's been trying to track her and the ring ever since.
Henri gestured over to the conference room, "Go see for yourself."
Neil walked to the conference room and headed inside where he found agents: Joanna Jeprue, Peyton Empress, Rafa Dolse, Merle Dorgen, Reece Speild, and Gina Perez.
"Hey Neil." Rafa greeted
"Hi Rafa. Nice to see you again. Now bring me up to speed on the case." Neil requested. He was impatient. It had been five years since he had last seen his precious niece. Five years since he gave up his nephew to protect him.
Gina pointed at the tv monitor screen, "Well as you can see here. We know that the big bad men behind the operation are Freddie and Tommy Dodson, and Pasquale Gonzalez. The last place they were seen was in Seattle, Washington watching the Children's Home Society of Washington, but we lost them when the children disappeared."
"I found them. The children I mean. They're in a safe house." Neil informed "What about my Diana? Where are you on finding her?"
"Sir, we'll find her when we find them." Gina responded
Neil sighed and gave a solemn nod, "Yeah. Yeah, I know that."
"We haven't seen her since that warehouse in Phoenix, but we will find her. I promise." Joanna assured him
"If she's still alive." Neil mumbled. Phoenix was two years ago. Two years since he had seen any surveillance pictures and evidence that his niece was even alive.
Back with Harold and John, Harold was looking up everything he could on Neil Palino.
"What have you found out so far, Finch?" John wondered
"Not much." Harold replied "Most of what I can find on him is redacted."
"Well that's not good." John added
Harold shook his head, "No, it's not. At least not for us, but it also means that he most likely works for the government. Probably FBI or CIA, which means he's probably not our perpetrator."
"But then who is? Who would target an orphanage?" John asked
"And that's what we have to find out." Harold stated
Meanwhile in an abandoned warehouse somewhere in New York with eight year old Diana and her friends: sixteen year old Devin Lucas Huntington, twelve year old Mahala Penelope Krii, eleven year old Chance Philip Griffith, nine year old Eliah Daven Black, six year old Motshan Duke Krii, and seven year old Kylo Zyaire Royu were working doing hard labor making products to sell.
"I'm so tired." Motshan whined as he stopped working.
"You gotta keep working, Motshan, otherwise they'll come back." Devin told the younger boy.
"I'm hungry." Motshan complained as his stomach grumbled
Mahala sighed as she took an apple out of her backpack, "Here Mot, you can have this."
"Are you sure, sissy?" Motshan asked as he looked at her hopefully
Mahala nodded, "Yeah. You need the nourishment more than I do."
"Thank you." Motshan replied as he took the apple gratefully and bit into it.
In another room, there was fifteen year old Charity Lavinia Pinedi, thirteen year old Zelnique Lahra Black, and ten year old Taliyah Lienke Hearst, who were with their 'babies': three year old Zayden Vinay Ritter, two year old Elishia Cosette Tram, and newborn Sion Invandré Elder.
Charity and Zelnique were getting a bit of a break as Zayden and Elishia were playing nicely together, but Taliyah had her hands full with a colicky Sion. All he did was cry. His needs had all been met, but still he just cried even as she held him. Taliyah had even tried singing to him, but nothing worked.
"I would help you if I could, Tali." Charity stated
"I know you would, Chari." Taliyah replied as she went back to shushing and gently bouncing Sion in her arms as she tried to calm him down.
Charity and Zelnique both sighed. They felt back for Taliyah, but in no way did they miss the days of having a newborn crying all day and night.
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