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010. derailed

Elle and Jessica are on a train in Texas and sitting across from each other, both going through the files. Elle calls Gideon, waiting for him to pick up.

"This is me." She says when he answers.

"Devries cooperating?" Gideon asks.

"We won't even be there for an hour. We took a train from El Paso instead of renting a car. We wanted to look over the files more." Elle says.

"Remember, he can't lie to you--"

"If I know the crime better than he does. Yep. I remember, dad." Jessica quietly laughs at the name.

"Good. Check in when you're done." Gideon says.

"Wait." Elle says.

"Elle, I'm swamped here. I'm in the middle of two consults. NSA wants a threat assessment on a terrorist cell in Hamburg by 6:00."

"What?"

"I said I'm swamped."

"Wait. I'm losing you." She says.

"Elle, I don't have time right now. Can we talk when you get back?"

"Yeah. Okay, sure. Tomorrow." She agrees.

"Elle, I'm s--"

"Hello? Hello?" She hangs up. "Call cut out." She informs with a small sigh of annoyance.

The train stops in the middle of the tracks, the two women sharing a confused look.

"What the hell was that?" One guy asks, standing up.

"Everything's alright, folks." The guard walks in. "Everybody just relax. Everything's gonna be fine. Everything's fine."

"What happened?" Elle asks.

"Nothing, ma'am." He says before noticing the front of her file. "You on the job?" He asks, crouching next to her seat.

"FBI." She says. The guard glances at Jessica.

"FBI too." She states, pointing to the same looking folder.

"Suicide. Somebody jumped in front of the train." The guard informs.

"Is there anything we can do?" Elle asks.

"Unfortunately we have this procedure down fairly well." The guard says before standing up. "Everybody just relax. Everything's gonna be fine. We're gonna be back on our way again shortly. Don't worry, folks. Like I said, everything's gonna be okay."

"Just stay in your seat. Everything's gonna be fine--" A guy gets out of his seat and grabs the guard's gun, shooting him twice. Jessica flinches, turning around to see what happened.

"Oh, my God!" One of the women exclaim.

The guy runs towards Elle and Jessica and punches Elle making her cry out in pain. He grabs her gun out of her holster. Jessica pulls her gun out and starts to aim it at him, but he hits her in the head with the butt of the gun making her lose her grip and cry out in pain. He quickly grabs her gun, shoving it in his back pocket.

"Nobody move!" He demands, aiming the two guns.

"Okay, okay. You don't have to hurt anybody else." Elle says.

"What are you doing?" A woman asks.

"Shut up. Shut up!" He orders.

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Ted handcuffed Elle's and Jessica's wrists to their respective seats.

The cops are outside and it's been a while.