Chapter
Six:Chapter
Six:
Finding Lia
"Why isn't she picking up her cell phone?" Emily asked, as much as she tried she could not hide the worry in her voice. They were driving back to the office as fast as Frank could go.
"Did you try the office?" Duff asked
"Of course I did, that's the first place I tried. Cheryl said that Lia went to Starbucks to get a coffee. She sent Samantha to go look for her" Emily replied
"Why would she leave the office when we have a serial killer on the loose?" Duff asked with concerned in his voice. Duff and Lia had a complicated relationship, they had hooked up a few times in the past year but they weren't actually dating. And Duff differently had some sort of feelings for Lia.
"Because we thought the serial killer was just after me" Emily replied trying to stay calm "I should have knew the difference. I've been in Marshall's head before. I know when it comes to him nothing is as straight forward as it seems. I should have figured it out."
"Hey, it’s not your fault. Plus Lia is going to be fine, she's one of the toughest chicks I know" Matt said trying to be more optimistic then he felt.
"I know that's what scares me even more. All of Marshal's victims were tough and strong individuals but he still managed to kill them" Emily said "Matt, She's my best friend, if anything happens to her..." "We're here" Frank called from the front seat cutting Emily off. Frank had barely stopped the van before Duff and Emily had jumped out. Duff, Emily and Matt headed to check out the Starbucks while Frank and Max headed to the office to see if Lia had returned there.
Duff, Emily and Matt just rounded the corner when they literally bumped into Samantha and Lia. "Lia, thank goodness you are alright" Emily said relieved to see that her friend was safe
"Of course I'm alright. What's going on? Did you find something?" Lia asked
"I didn't tell her yet, I didn't want to freak her out" Sam explained
"Didn't tell me what?' Lia asked
"Let's discuss it back at the office" Matt said, he wanted to get both Emily and Lia back to the office as soon as possible, he felt they would be safer there. He made a quick call to Frank to let them know that Lia was fine and they all headed back to the office.
"Ok we're back; now tell me what's going on?" Lia said
Emily pulled out the picture of the computer and handed it to Lia. "It's the new RFC-1178, what about it?" Lia questioned she was very confused by what was going on.
"We found it at the pay phone Marshall called from. We believe he is going to come after you" Emily said much calmer then she felt.
"Marshall doesn't even know me, why would he come after me? I thought he was coming after you" Lia asked
"He is and this is how. He is coming after me though the people I love. He wants me to suffer first." Emily explained "the picture of the computer indicates he's after you."
"I don't mean to scare you but this guy rarely makes emptied threats." Brady stated
"This means from this moment on Lia you are also being place into protective custody." Cheryl said. Lia agreed to the protection with out arguments. She didn't want to admit it but she was a little freaked out by the thought that Marshall was after her.
"He's not just going to come after Lia, he is going to come after everyone I care about, Frank, Duff, Sam, Matt and Cheryl are all potential targets." Emily said
"Well then let's go catch the son of a bitch" Matt said
"I'm with you" Emily said
"I'll try and get something from the picture" Lia said heading towards the R-Sims room
"I'll go with her" Duff replied following Lia
"Let's go and try to figure out his next move" Matt said. Everyone went back to the conference room that they had set up.
"Can I ask you something?" Frank asked Emily after an hour of looking over files and still coming up with nothing.
"Sure" Emily replied
"You said you profiled this guy six years ago and you have only been in the FBI for seven years, so explain to me how does a rookie agent get such a big profile case?" Frank asked
"Brady was my partner, he had the experience and the seniority I was basically a tag along but I was there for every part of the case and I made a huge contribution to the case. The night we arrested Marshall and brought him into integration, I was told by my boss I could not sit in on the interview because it would contain some sensitive material and he didn't want to give a pretty thing like me nightmares. I didn't take that comment well and we had a disagreement, at the same time as I was arguing with my boss, they brought Marshall in. He heard me arguing, I don't know if it was a turn on but Marshall refused to talk to anyone else. My boss just wanted to close the case so he let me interview him and I eventually got to profile him. “Emily explained.
Frank was about to comment when the lights in the building started to flick in and out. Emily's hand intuitively went to her gun, "What the hell is going on?" Matt asked
"Marshall is in the building" Emily replied