Tuesday, Two-thirty in the Morning, September 26. District Attorney’s Office.
Everyone waited anxiously, looking at their cell phone.
Vmmm… Vmmm… Vmmm
Vix looked at her cell phone inquisitively. It was vibrating. Dan couldn’t have known my number. It’s impossible. Everyone was looking at Vix as she checked the caller ID. Blackhorn. It was worse than Dan, she mused. Vix sighed and opened her cell phone.
“What is it now?” she said angrily.
“What the hell are you doing? You released Wendy from the hospital and petitioned to take control of the Ranger Team without telling me any of this?”
“It was on a need to know basis, and quite frankly you didn’t need to know,” Vix amused herself.
“Are you there with the pack? Are they behind all this? Damn it, give me some answers!”
“I’m doing what ever I can to prevent Dan Ramer from taking any more lives. That is my answer. If you have any more problems, take it up with my department. Otherwise stay the fuck out of my line.” Vix closes her cell phone. She contemplated in removing the batteries again.
“Who was that?” Debra asked.
“A pain in the ass,” Vix candidly answered. “It was the person that denied me of my backup and tried to bar me from contacting all of you.”
“Vix, was it Blackhorn?” Wendy inquired.
She looked over at Wendy. How many federal agents is she going to blow their cover to? “Yes,” Vix said matter-of-factly.
Wendy deliberated on the true nature of Vix’s intervention. Blackhorn would only try to protect matters, not hinder them. He would of gladly sent her if she would help the overall situation. There was something about Vix that didn’t seem right to her. First was the contrast in behavior of her first visit in the hospital. Then there was the fact she somehow remembers Vix but don’t know where. And now Blackhorn was trying to pull Vix out. Maybe he knows some of the answers, Wendy pondered.
“Who’s Blackhorn?” Lisa asked with renewed interest. Before anyone had a chance to respond, Lisa’s cell phone started ringing.
“Another time,” Vix said as she raised her left hand. Pressing several keys on her laptop, she started the trace once more. Wendy and Vix donned on their headphones. After the third ring, Vix nodded at Lisa.
“Hello?” Lisa answered.
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…” There was a high pitch noise that forced both Wendy and Vix to take off their headphones. Lisa recoils her cell phone from her ears as well.
“How do you like that for some noise? Must do well with big ears you have,” someone sneered over the phone. Vix and Wendy quickly replaced their headphones on. Wendy motioned to Lisa to keep talking.
“Dan Ramer?”
“The one and only,” he replied.
“What is it that you want?” Lisa said worryingly.
“Isn’t it obvious? I have one of your little pets here for killing Wendy.”
“You’re the one that killed Wendy.” Lisa said accusingly. Wendy shook her head at her. Lisa knew that she had to calm down.
“NO! You damn skinwalkers are all alike. She died when you fucking infected her. Now you better fucking listen to me or this little one here is going to hell.”
“Please, don’t hurt her. We’ll do what ever you want.” Lisa wasn’t the type that would give into threats, but Wendy told her that the best way to handle this was to let Dan appear he was in control.
“Oh trying to act all civilized huh. Well you all nothing more than fucking animals. Now, listen up you bitch. We’ll settle this down where it all started.”
“Let me speak with Sharon.” It was another aspect that Wendy told her to talk with Dan.
“Sorry, she’s a little out cold right now.” He snickered. “FOUR O’CLOCK. You have that long to get all your buddies here too.”
There was a growing tension in Lisa as she tried to keep herself calm like Wendy instructed. “Wait, where?”
“Those ears aren’t good for listening, eh. I already told you, WHERE IT ALL STARTED.” There was a hint of sarcasm in Dan’s voice.
“Please give Sharon the phone.” Lisa tried to act pleadingly. She wanted nothing more than to rip the throat out of this ignorant bigot.
There was a sound of a kick and groaning noises in the background. “You hear THAT!” Dan shouted.
Lisa couldn’t contain her rage much longer. “Don’t hurt her! We’ll be there.”
“You better.” *click*
Lisa was fuming in anger as the conversation was cut off from Dan’s end. Debra, Solange, Brenda, Ebony, and Anaya all huddled around Lisa wanting to know what was said.
Wendy went over to Vix, looking worriedly at Lisa. “I don’t understand. He said where this all started. He can’t mean Beaumont Park, there are still officers there.”
“I have an idea where,” Vix replied. Wendy looked at the location on Vix’s screen. “The call was made on Sharon’s cell phone at this location.” Vix hover the cursor over a circle that represented where the call was made.
“He’s in the middle of nowhere,” Wendy pointed at the screen. “It’s all trees there.”
Vix zoomed out the map. “There, Robert’s Forest.” She said looking at the landmark. “Dan said where it all started. He must have meant the place where he found out that lycanthropy existed.”
“Wendy,” Lisa called out,” I don’t think Dan knows you’re still alive.” Lisa had composed herself for the time being.
“We can use that to our advantage.” Vix stated. A window popped up in on Vix’s screen. It was an email sent by Ranger 3. Vix opened it and skimmed through the message. “The Ranger team agreed to help me out.” Impressed, Vix smiled at Wendy. “You did it.”
Wendy wanted to know of this advantage Vix had said. “What about using me again?” she grinned.
“I have a plan,” both Lisa and Vix spoke simultaneously. Their heads turned to each other as they stared eye to eye.