Finding The Brother

(A-Team/Emergency! Crossover)

1st story in the Finding Series

Disclaimer: I do not own the cover picture or any of the characters of the A-Team or of Emergency! These characters belong to Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo, Robert A. Cinader, Harold Jack Bloom, Jack Webb, and associates. 

It was a rainy day, and Templeton Peck AKA Face was waiting for Murdock to pick him up from the airport. Come on, Murdock. Where are you? I've been waiting for over an hour now. I thought you said this mission was 'of the utmost' importance.

In a matter of minutes, a Jeep pulled up with Murdock in the driver's seat. "Murdock, where have you been? I've been waiting for over an hour!" Face shouted angrily.

"Faceman, I would have come sooner. But if only you knew the circumstances..." Murdock rambled.

"What "circumstances", Murdock? No one's told me anything about the mission."

"Well, where do I start?"

"How 'bout the beginning?" Face said sarcastically.

"Well, Hannibal got an urgent request for us to find some lady's adopted brother's brother......"

"Why us? Why not a private eye?"

"Hannibal said she specifically asked for us. And there's a ton of other info, but I'm sure Hannibal will want to brief you further."

"Ok. Where are we meeting them?"

"We're meeting them at the hotel. It's about forty-five minutes from here."

"Let's go."

Murdock promptly grabbed Face's suitcase and started wheeling it towards the jeep. Face followed with his backpack slung over his right shoulder.

"Do you have your laptop handy?"

"It's in my backpack," Face said as he slid into the passenger seat.

"I need you to look up Renata Dietrich," Murdock said as he put the key in the ignition.

"How do you spell that?"

"R-E-N like hen with an R. Then A-T-A. And Dietrich is spelled D-I-E-T-R-I-C-H."

"Hmmm," he mumbled as he typed the letters into the laptop's search engine. After a few moments of silence, Face said, "Wow, she's gorgeous. OOOhh, and she's not married. Wait, the guy's her son?"

"No, he's her brother. And you didn't let me finish. Her family took him in when he was a child. You see..."

Murdock's phone rang, interrupting him.

"I've got it," Face said while reaching for the flip phone. "Hello, this is Face." he paused. "Hi, Hannibal." Another pause. "Ya, Murdock was just explaining it to me." Another pause. "No, I just got to the part that he was taken into their family as a child." A long pause. "Ok, I'll put you on speaker phone," Face said as he pushed a series of buttons. "You're on speaker phone now."

"Hey, Murdock. I'm going to brief Face over the phone. I had something come up, and I can't meet you at the hotel." Hannibal said.

"That's fine, Hannibal. Go ahead." Murdock said as he merged into the right lane of the highway.

"So the kid's name is John Roderick Gage AKA Johnny Gage. He was taken into the Dietrich family when he was about eight years old. Renata was about eleven at the time. You see, Johnny was born to his Native American mother and his white father. His father was very abusive to both Johnny and Johnny's mother. His father even killed Johnny's mother when Johnny was six years old. Then the cops came and arrested the father and sent Johnny to his aunt's where he lived for two years. Unfortunately, she died while Johnny was in her care. It just so happens that the Dietrichs heard about poor Johnny and how he was going to be sent to an orphanage. So they volunteered to be his foster family and eventually adopted him but kept his name the same." Hannibal said.