Queen Of The Lab~Jack Hodgins Love Story~ Olivia Anne Brennan Series~ Book #3

~ 8 5 12 16 ~

D.C was bright with the city lights. Living in D.C, or any highly populated city for that matter, it's hard to see the moon or stars. Olivia woke up, her feet tied to a wooden chair.    "My hands...."
She whispered, still out of it from the chloroform cloth Rick had one of his men knock her out with. Olivia had a confused look on her face. Why would they tie her ankles but not her hands. She heard two pairs of footsteps. Two men appeared holding a brown table. They set down forcefully in front of her.
"Who was in charge of tying me up?"
Olivia asked. The two men looked at her with angry looks. Usually captives didn't talk, and if they did they would have been beaten. But then two me didn't move.
"Oh okay so you're on order not to hurt me."
Olivia said with a cocky voice. She slightly turned her head, hearing the creaking of a door opening. Rick walked in holding a laptop.
   "Dismissed!"
He commanded the two men to leave him and Olivia alone. They did as the were told, glaring at Olivia. She smiled at them, waving.
"By boys."
Rick looked at her. He set the laptop on the table and pushed it I front of her so she could reach.
"Is this what you want me to do? Im gonna be your IT girl?"
She asked, furrowing her brow. Rick shook his head.
"No. I'm gonna use your skills."
"What skills? I have lots Rick you know this."
She smiled at him. She moved her right hand and turned it on. It flashed and showed the CIA symbol. Olivia's head snapped up.
  "I need you to hack into the CIA mainframe."
"Why?"
He shook his head.
"You know why."
He spoke softly but quiet sternly.
"No Booth you don't understand!"
Temperance yelled loudly. The two of them were in the Jeffersonian walking to Olivia's office.
  "Bones, it makes more sense to go out looking for her then to stay cooped up in her office."
Temperance ignored him. She kept walking a powerful walk to Olivia's office. She opened the door to find Jack asleep, sitting in Olivia's chair.
"Dr. Hodgins what are you doing here?"
Tempe asked waking him up. Jack woke up rubbing his eyes.
"Waiting."
He said slowly. Booth looked confused at the Squints.
"I know her well enough that if she was being forced to work on something she'd wire it to her computer."
Booth looked at Temperance who was smiling. At this moment she knew Jack liked her sister.
"No not her work computer."
Temperance opened an unpacked box under Olivia's desk.  
  "What are you doing Bones?"
Booth asked, putting his hands on his hips. Temperance pulled out a laptop. She set it on the desk and stood up.
  "This is Olivia's computer. Her personal, if Dr.Hodgins is right this is the one shell program it through."
Jack read a post it note that was on the computer.
  "It's instructions for us to do in order for her to sync computers."
Booth walked over, and started to read the instructions silently to himself. Jack did as Olivia wanted.
   "Now what?"
Jack asked hopeful, looking at Temperancewith wide eyes.
"We wait."
   "We wait she'll be dead."
      "We go after her the man that has her will kill her."
There was silence. Booth and Jack both had the same question they wanted to ask but they kept quiet. The office door handle started to rattle.
  "Hey Sweetie,"
Angela said opening the door. She held a tablet in her hand close to her chest. Tempe  nodded and walked out of Olivia's office. She walked to Angela's office in silence, not wanting people to over hear their conversation. She stepped into Angela's office, slowly shutting the office door.
  "Sweetie there's nothing on Rick."
Angela said showing her the tablet. Only things about him in the war. War stories that never told the entire truth. Temperance shook her head.
  "What does he want with her?"
Temperance asked, tears rolling down her face.
   "Oh Sweetie."
Angela set the tablet down and hugged her tightly.
  "What if I don't get her back?"
      "You will."
Olivia hacked into the mainframe.
  "I'm in now what?"
She asked Rick. He walked over to see if she was really in. He nodded.
  "Find Sarah."
    "How Rick."
He shrugged. He turned her head to face a screen.
  "Or he dies."
Casey was lying on his clutch playing go- fish with his dad.
   "Can I have some food?"
She asked searching for anything related to Sarah. Rick walked away in order to prepare food for her.  
   "Okay Liv don't mess this up."
Olivia whispered to herself. She synced this computer and her personal laptop. It made a small noise, meaning it was complete. She then types in a number code.
"Bones get I here!"
Booth yelled loudly. Jack was writing down what he saw on the screen. Angela and Temperance ran to Olivia's office.
  "She's giving a message I think."
Jack said showing her the note book.
  "8 5 12 16"
Angela said softly. Temperance got a piece of chalk and wept the numbers down. She them wrote the letter of the alphabet that went with the number.
"Help."
Booth said sternly. Jack read the other numbers coming on to the screen.
  " 391 15 1 18 1 8"
Temperance wrote the numbers on the board, then the letters underneath.
"Help CIA Sarah."
Booth smiled happily at we he said.
  "Finally something I can help with."
He walked out of the room. He was going to talk to his connection with the CIA.
  "Come on show us what you got Olivia."
Rick walked in holding a plate with Steak.
"Take a break. Eat."
He said shoving the laptop away from her. He placed the platter in front and she began to eat.
  "So Rick tell me why you want me to find Sarah after all these years."
There was a long silence until he grunted.
  "Because I realized I need her back."
     "Need her back?"
Olivia asked with anger in her voice.
  "You sold her out to the CIA for a pack of cigarettes and what was the other thing again? Oh yeah a life long pardon and money!!"
Ricks Ivey blue eyes darkened with anger. He stood up and slapped Olivia across the face. She spit, blood coming out along with saliva and a few chunks of steak.
  "Face it Ricky. You're a vowed! You couldn't survive the war so you sold out the only woman that could ever love you. You couldn't bare fighting for your country so you ran away to the nearest hit man and just started killing!"
He looked T her again.
"I may have done all that but was made King of the Underworld."
"What else have you done in your life Ricky. The drugs, the women, and the weapons?"
He slapped her again.
""Listen here Calvary- I make the rules."
He moved the plate off the table, causing the glass to shatter.
  "Find her!"
Rick yelled slamming the computer in her reach. He walked away angry. Olivia held her bleeding face. She then began to find Sarah.
"What can I do for you Booth?"
A CIA agent said walking into Booth's office.
  "Yeah I need a favor."
"Owe you one."
Booth nodded remembering the time Seelt put his job on the line for his friend.
"What do you know of a Sarah."
"That's classified information Booth I can't tell you."
Booth looked at him with an angry expression.
  "You owe me."
"Booth I-"
"You owe me."
Booth said more sternly. The man looked confused about what des ion he should make.
"I'll send you the files I can get."
He said walking away, not being able to beli be he was about to risk his safety and job.
"Did you find something?"
Rick asked walking in.
"Nothing yet."
Just as Rick sat down a flashing red symbol appeared on the screen.
"Rick I've been locked out they found me out. I'm sorry I thought I used better cloaking."
He didn't say anything, just pointed her head to the screen. Casey was now alone in his house getting ready for bed. A rifle shot flew through the bathroom window. It went straight through his ears, blood spewing everywhere, Casey fell to the floor with a thud.

                             "No! Casey No!!!"
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Normal is just an illusion
What's normal for the spider
Is chaos for the fly