Chapter Eight

FBI headquarters…

Merrick and Don were in the war room, with Don watching Merrick nervously pacing back and forth in the room as they waited for David and Colby to return.

This made Don nervous, as he had no idea what new information that his now former agents would come back with but he did hope it would help with the case.

Looking for a way to distract the older man, he decided he needed to get a better idea of the man's relationship with his nephew.

"So…What did you and Jack talk about the last time you guys saw each other?" Don asked awkwardly

Merrick stopped pacing and looked directly at Don for a few moments, making Don worry that he might have crossed a line before the older man finally talked.

"Nothing out of the ordinary, just that he said he was embarking on a slight career change and he needed to talk to a couple people before he could say anything more to me." Merrick merely answered

Don could only nod, as he felt that he was on thin ice for even asking some of these questions about his boss's family but he knew that he still had a job to do.

He was rescued, for the moment, when Colby and David came into the room, though he noticed some concerned looks on their faces.

"Hey, learn anything new from Ada?" Don asked

"I believe we did," David said before turning to Merrick

"Sir, has Jack always have an interest in comic books? Specifically with super heroes?"

Merrick simply nodded before saying:

"He did, at least when he was a child, but he hadn't talked about it for years, at least with me, at least until several weeks ago when he mentioned that he was going to go to some comic conventions to get to know the people behind the endevors."

"All right, then what Ada told us lines up with that, as he was planning on creating comic books of his own and wanted to meet with one of the more prominent writers there." David said

Merrick simply blinked for a second before saying:

"Do you know who he could have been meeting with?"

"Ada didn't know but I have a few ideas as to who it could be, one of whom is Ross Moore, who is quite the legend in the industry."

"Do you know where he is?" Don asked, feeling uneasy being next to Merrick at the moment

"As of right now, I am not sure, though he is scheduled to be at the convection again in a couple hours."

"They aren't canceling the rest of the event?" Don asked in surprise, as he figured it would bring even more unwanted press towards the event.

"No, because of something about contracts and they also moved some events to different parts of the building to avoid more issues." David answered, not entirely believing it himself

"Okay, see if he is still there and ask any other writers that were present at the time and see if he tried speaking with them." Don said, knowing it wasn't too much but at least it was a start for them.

"Gentleman, I want to be present when you question Moore." Merrick said, in a tone made it clear that he wasn't budging on his decision.

All three of the other men relucantaly agreed, knowing that while it might be a mistake, they still could get to the bottom of this.

Though, Don did plan to have a talk with him about this later in the day.