Chapter Seven:

In the Dark

"Marshall is to smart to show up in the FBI building" Max said, the power was still flicking on and off.

    "You have a better explanation? " Emily asked.

    The entire room went black, Matt's right hand went to his gun while his left hand reached out and pulled Emily near him. No psycho was going to hurt her while he was around. Everyone was unnaturally still, neither person was sure of what was going to happen next. "Help, guys I need you out here now!" Duff's voice called out from the R-Sims room.

    Emily pulled out her flashlight and quickly ran out to see what was going on, everyone followed her lead, but what Emily saw when she entered the R-Sims room, she never expected. Lia was lying on the floor, having some sort of seizure. "Duff what is wrong with her?" Emily asked running over to where they were.

    "I don't know, one minute she was on the computer and the next" Duff started to say. Just then the power came back on to the building and Lia's body went limp. Duff pressed his index and pointer on her neck "her pulse is weak, we have to get her to the hospital now." He said. Emily called 911, than there was nothing else they could do for Lia but wait for the ambulance. "I still think Marshall is in the building somewhere" Emily said holding Lia's hand.

    "Stay with Lia, we will go check it out" Frank said

    Emily nodded her head in agreement "Duff, don't let her out of your sight" Matt said as he, Frank, Max and Cheryl went to explore the building.

    "What could be wrong with her?" Duff asked for the millionth time since he and Emily arrived at the hospital. Lia had been rushed of by the doctors but no one had came out and told them anything and that was over 30 minutes ago. Emily kept looking at her cell phone, waiting for Matt to let her know what they found. "I don't know what's wrong with Lia, we just have to wait" Emily said.

    "Are you here for Special Agent Lia Mathers?" A doctor asked walking up towards Emily and Duff

    "Yes" they both said in unison "What is wrong with her?" Emily continued to ask.

    "We're not sure yet. We think she has been poisoned but we haven't been able to figure out what type of poison was used" the doctor replied

    "How is she doing?" Duff asked terrified to hear the answer

    "Not good, her internal organs are starting to shut down, and she's had two more seizures since she arrived. Can you tell me anything that could help us figure out what she is being poisoned with?" the doctor asked

    "I don't know" Emily said trying to rack her brain for an answer but she couldn't think of any.

    "I don't think so" Duff said

    "Well if you think of anything, let me know" the doctor said while walking away.

    "I don't know what the poison is, but I can tell you who did it" Emily said to Duff

    "Marshall?" Duff asked

    "Marshall" Emily said. Her cell went off, "Lehman" she said into the phone

    "Hey Em, its me" Matt said. "We've searched the entire building, Marshall is not here but we did find a laptop computer. Em, you really should be sitting down for this part"

    "Matt, just tell me what was on the computer" Emily said

    "Across the screen was scrolling 1 down four more to go before the target." Matt said

    "He's threaten the rest of you guys, that computer places Marshall in the building." Emily said

   "Well if he was here, he didn't stick around" Matt said "How's Lia?" he asked

    "She's being poisoned and we can't figure out what kind of poison he used. She's not doing to good Matt" Emily said, it took every bit of her strength not to break down right than and there. "Hold on, I got an incoming call." Emily pressed the call waiting button "Lehman" she said into the phone

    "So how is the computer geek?" Marshall asked

    "What the hell did you do to her?" Emily said

    "Now now be nice, I'm the only person that knows the antidote" Marshall said

    "Ok sorry Kyle, you've been in the FBI building, I'm impress that you got in there and out without being seen" Emily said playing up his ego

    "I'm just really good and you and your little crew will never catch me. Emily, your boyfriend is really cute. Not really your type but very cute" Marshall said

    "You stay away from him" Emily warned knowing that this was Marshall's way of telling her that Matt was next. "You said there was an antidote for Lia"

    "Let me give you some advise, Coffee is really bad for you" Marshall said "Tell Agent Flannery to watch his back" and with that Marshall hung up.

    Emily went back to Matt "That was Marshall, whatever he used to poison Lia, it is in the coffee she got from Starbucks. And Matt, he just threaten to come after you so please please don't do anything stupid" she said

   "I promise I'll be fine" Matt said. Emily hung up the phone.

    "Once the coffee is analyzed we'll know what the poison is" Emily told Duff. She walked over to the chair that was in the hospital, she grabbed her jacket.

    "Hey, where are you going?" Duff asked

    "Enough is enough, Lia is fighting for her life because of me. I'm not going to wait around and watch the rest of you end up in a bed next to her. Marshall wants me and I'm not going to find him sitting around here, I'm going to go find this bastard and I'm going to put a bullet in his head." Emily said walking away

    "Emily, Emily don't be stupid" Duff called after her but Emily was determined that she was going to stop this and she just kept walking away.

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