“How many victims could have possibly been abducted by this one ring?” Alvarez asked what the others were wondering.
“As of yesterday? Using a new search parameter that we’ve come up with to look for abductions alone, going as far back as ten years, nearly one hundred and fifty victims. We’ve found maybe half of those victims have been identified across the country after they’ve been reported missing,” Pratt answered, shocking the men, including Highlander who wasn’t aware of the other side of the investigation his wife and her team did.
“What search parameters were you using?” Brody asked, pulling out his phone to do some of his own work.
“We used the condition of the electronics and the physical appearance of the girl since they all tend to be somewhat close to the same in looks. Using just that and then another search adding in the photo that several of the victim’s families and friends we spoke with, all confirmed was used as the person they were talking to. Some didn’t know what the guy looked like or much about them, but some of the girls did the normal girl thing and talked about the guy they were talking to and showed the photo to their friends, a couple showed their siblings and stuff like that.” Sgt. Brocard handed Brody the list they had compiled of the search and what information they had come up with.
Brody looked at the file that Sgt. Brocard handed him for a few moments before opening it. Looking through the file for a few moments, he looked up, giving each woman in Alpha Squad a look before moving on to the next then looking over to Ian.
“You have a photo of each girl that went missing and their information here. Including some of the cases you have.” Brody amazed at the in depth search this team did.
“We have another file of possibilities as well.” Diesel announced, making everyone stop what they were doing to look over at her, “We are still looking at several more Jane and John Does across the country. We know if we go further back than ten years, we’re going to find a shit load more victims to add to these folders.”
Ian looked over at Larry, “Keon, what’s the Bureau’s take on this?”
Larry looked down at his hands before looking over at Pratt and Gene before facing Ian. “Honestly, we weren’t aware of this until Laura called me about their case. We are now working alongside them to see how many more victims there are as well as help find the website source.”
Gene nodded, “I honestly thought Laura and Larry were talking about a damn good mystery book myself when they first called me about this. Then again, I shouldn’t be surprised with the shit I’ve seen in all my years in dealing with the scums of the earth. But this case takes the depravity of mankind to a whole new level.”
“I’m actually glad that Gene is here now. When I got Laura’s text about them heading to Tampa, I knew I needed to introduce her to you guys so we can pull all of our sources together to find Dakota and any other victims that we come across with this case,” Larry nodded at Ian and Carter.
“I personally spoke with Ms. Jones, Laura and her sergeant were present, about her time in captivity. I needed to know what she saw, heard,everything.” Looking over at Gene, then to Ian. “In all my years as a federal agent, I’ve never heard of anything as horrifying as I did until I spoke with her. We’ve done some of our own searches, as well as checked every data base we can find. We, like Alpha Squad, cannot find anything on this Ares, or anything about a similar ring as this one.”
Ian stared at Larry for a moment then stood up. “Egghead, start a search for Ares. Look for any known name of a person, organization, company, anything and everything. We need to find Dakota and figure out who these people are.”
As Brody got to work, Diesel squinted her eyes at him. “Egghead? Why in the world…”
“Diesel…” Sgt. Brocard warned.
“His love of eggs lass. Do not pick on the man when he’s going out of his way to help ye.” Highlander warned.
“Don’t you take that tone with me mister! I’m not the one who bends over for you to spank, tie up and order around in the sack!” Diesel chirped, smirking at Pratt who was giving her a glare.
Pratt hid her face in her hands. “Fuck me running”
Diesel stood up from her seat and sauntered out of the room. “He probably would!” Diesel shocked Alpha Squad, Highlander and his team as she stormed out.
“She always that much of a spitfire?” Gene asked, trying to hide his laughter.
“Only on days that end in y.” Pratt shook her head as she leaned into her husband to apologize.
“More so when her parents decide to visit out of the blue,” Rameriez advised her teammates.
“Fuck” The five remaining teammates mumbled in union.
“They can’t be that bad,” Snake chided the women.
Pratt scoffed, looking over at Snake. “Her parents give mine a decent run for their money as parents of the fucking year. Her brothers make Maria and the stepsisters seem like Mary fucking Poppins, almost!”
“Damn, your parents and siblings, leaving Dominick out of that equation, are pretty bad. There’s really someone who can give them a run for their money?” Larry asked, making a face.
“Damn lass, I didn’t think anyone could compete with ye parents and sister.”
Sgt. Brocard’s phone rang, interrupting everyone’s conversation. Several minutes after answering the phone, she turned to face her team.
“That was a Tampa PD officer named Dakota Swift. They have Candy in custody. They are waiting for us to join them for the interrogation.”
Ian stood up at the name of the officer.
