Connecting

Chapter 38

Busy agents, going in and out of their offices, not getting enough sleep. All because of the case they are trying to solve. They are the people that don't seem to exist but they are the once who work really hard to arrest those who hurt and break the laws, they solve the cases that regular police couldn't. It has been two days since the Vice President came to their department and until now, they can't let her go because the person, which is Blake, is still on the loose.

"You know what, I just wanna go home and hug my sons, promise them that everything will be alright even though I know that's a lie," Calista said. David instructed Melissa to stay in the department while Chris, him, and other few agents are investigating through the outside world. "I still believe and trust that you will be able to solve this case and that I will not be stuck in here forever."

Melissa typed something on the keyboard before looking at her. "Ma'am, I know that this is very hard to believe and it seems like something that is very impossible case to solve. Yes, the person is very sneaky, he is very advance with his technology but I still have hope that with the brains, techniques, technology, and tricks of all the agents here in this room combined, we will be able to find him, track him, and arrest him to stop him from hurting other people once and for all."

Suddenly, Jeremy came in the office. Calista raised her brows and said, "Is knocking on the door not part of the protocol as a secret agent?"

Melissa shook her head. "Uh, no, ma'am. We are like soldiers, we knock then say our last names before coming in. What do you need, Agent Jordan?"

Jeremy scratched his head. "I am very, very sorry, Madam Vice President and Agent Benoist. I just suddenly found something while lurking and experimenting with the computers outside that I thought you might wanna know, Agent Benoist."

"What is it?" Melissa stood up and followed Jeremy outside. Calista followed them, too. Jeremy brought them to his desk, where his computer is located.

"So, uh, I don't know how to explain this but look," Jeremy said, pointing at the screen where an address is shown on the screen. "So this is an address, obviously. I was like searching and just experimenting if I will be able to check if there is someone who is trying to hack into the department's system as well as the FBI. Then, I found this. An address."

"Wait, it says here that he was trying to hack the FBI." Calista said.

"It makes sense because he thinks that we are a part of the FBI, he doesn't know about the secret department," Melissa replied. "Was he able to hack into the FBI's system?"

Jeremy shook his head. "No, I am pretty sure not. I made sure to protect the FBI's system although not for long because I don't have the full access to it. I can't access it thoroughly when I tried so I just did some protection and that made it not possible for him to hack into their system."

"Aren't you a part of the FBI?" Calista asked the both of them.

Melissa replied, "Technically, by name, we are. But the previous director, before Director Harewood, he proposed that the secret department to have its own. This department was just a 'unit' of the FBI and I think was just called as a Secret Investigative Unit or something like that, ma'am."

"Oh," Calista raised her brows, "So you are different." Melissa nodded.

"Uhm, Agent Benoist, what should we do?" Jeremy asked. Right after he said that, David and Chris arrived.

"We weren't able to find anything," David replied. "I hope you guys did."

Chris immediately went to Melissa's side without saying any word. Melissa nodded at Jeremy, signaling him to tell David about what they found.

Jeremy showed his screen. "So, to summarize the story, there is someone that is trying to hack into the FBI's system and I was able to get where the hack came from. Uh, if you ask how I did that... I-"

"He's trying to say that he put something as a protection for the FBI 'cause he can't update their security for the main reason of not having a complete access. But this protection made it possible for him to identify the address of the hacker," Melissa explained in one breath.

Jeremy nodded. "Right. That is what I meant."

"Then," David sighed, "we need to tell the FBI about it. I am going to give them a call."

After an hour, Jeremy called Chris because he is suspecting that someone is trying to hack into the FBI's system again.

Jeremy, pointing at his computer monitor, said, "Someone is trying to hack into it again. My protection can hold it off for a few hours only, we should do something now."

Chris looked at the screen, he is not sure what to do. The FBI answered David's call and are also doing their best to protect their system for any kinds of hacking but their technology is less advance than the secret department's.

"We should tell the director," Chris said. "An agent from the FBI should come here and help us access their system through our computers; I believe we have a more advanced technology than them."

David arrived and heard Chris. "That's the plan. Agent McGrath is on her way now," he sighed. "I also asked them to help us with this case, we need all the brains and help we could get. Agent McGrath will help us with it, she will stay here in our department for a while."

Chris checked Jeremy's monitor again and saw something. "Wait, doesn't that mean that the system is hacked?" Jeremy looked at it and got alarmed.

"Shoot," Jeremy exclaimed. "He is in. Fortunately, whoever put some protection to all the files is very smart, intelligent, bright person, that it will take him a few hours to get into them."

Chris sighed. "Thank God."

Suddenly, a woman with black hair and green eyes walked inside the department. "My name is Agent Katie McGrath from the FBI," she showed her badge. "I placed a temporary protection in our system in case the protection that you provided us expires. It will only last for few hours but I hope it will do. Let's start."