EPISODE XXI: A MILANO AND NEW YORK’S TALE
Mac's head
lolled. He tried in every way to keep himself awake. Next to him Commissioner
Mancini was worse than him: he had already plunged into a deep sleep and he was
snoring lightly.
Mac looked
at his watch which marked 11.00, but that on the wall revealed to him that they
were 7.00
"And
this is what is called technological advancement!" a white-haired man who
spoke to the audience said "I am pleased that you are in a few to follow!
It's seven in the morning gentlemen! You should have had coffee an hour ago!"
"Marc
Andrea! Wake up! This one has a down on you!" Mac said shaking his
colleague at his side
"Did
he finish?" the Commissioner asked stretching his back
"Actually,
he has just begun!" Adam , who was one of the few to take notes, said “ To
use Google glasses to investigate is definitely a step forward!"
"There
is Science to investigate!" D.B. Russell said looking at Mac slouch
"How long you don’t submit yourself to the effects of jet lag, Mac?"
"Too many
years!" Mac yawned.
The
Commissioner Mancini fell back on the table in front of him "I don’t need
the Internet! Why force us to courses like these?"
The speaker
approached the Commissioner and began to speak in Italian
“Cosa ha fatto ieri sera?”
“Stavo indagando sulla scomparse di prove dal magazzino
della Scientifica di Milano!” the Commissioner answered “Questo corso non
prevede un’esercitazione pratica della nostra professione? Credevo che tenere
un corso di formazione internazionale avrebbe avuto come scopo lo sviluppare la
capacità di collaborare con agenti stranieri!”
“Potrebbe essere un’idea per un prossimo corso! Complimenti Commissario! Peccato che
nessuno abbia capito!” the speaker turned back to the audience in English
"What did
you say to each other?" D.B. asked
"I
asked if there were practical exercises in which we work together and he
replied that it might be an idea for the next course!"
"And
before?" Adam asked
"What
I did last night!" the Commissioner replied
"Listen
to me, I was thinking of visiting Milan, since I am in Italy! How far is it
from Rome?" Mac asked
"Three
hours by train approximately!" the Commissioner said seeing Mac rub his
eyes "Jet lag: the worst thing that exists!"
"Not
only that!" Adam said "Mac doesn’t sleep for at least three
days!"
"What
are you doing?" D.B. laughed being careful to not be heard
"Among
children and one case of rape it hasn’t been easy to rest! I have slept two or
three hours... "
"Mac
has barricaded himself in the interrogation room until the culprit confessed!"
Adam laughed.
Ended the
International Seminar of Criminology, Mac, Adam, DB and Mancini went into the
station Roma Termini
"I'm
going to get tickets! The train is expected to start around 10.00 am... Look at
the boards!" the Commissioner Mancini said.
Mac watched
a group of boys about ten years old who had just arrived and one pulled out a
cigarette
"But
how old would that child be?" Adam asked
"I do
not know! He could be ten!”
"What
an eye, Mac!" D.B. commented
The Commissioner
Mancini returned “It’s all settled! We can go!"
"Don’t
you have even noticed those guys?"
"Yes,
Mac! Trust me when I say that it is better to let it go! Even if my badge worth
here, someone might be offended by that! I don’t want anyone to get angry!"
Mancini replied calmly.
On the
train, Mac looked sometimes the landscape of Italy, instead Adam's face was
stuck to the glass and DB admired the outside without emphasis.
"Have
you ever been to Italy, Mac?" the Commissioner said holding his iPhone 5S
"No! I
visited Europe’s capitals, but I have never visited Italy!"
Mancini
smiled putting the phone into the inside pocket of his jacket
"How
much time has passed from your visit?"
Mac thought
about it “Nineteen ninety... three!"
"Twenty-two
years?!"
"To
celebrate my first year of marriage!"
"But
you and Christine got married a year ago!" Mancini looked into his eyes
and asked "Is she your second wife?"
"Yes!
Claire died on September 11!"
Mancini
looked down "I'm sorry!"
"I
know that it is one thing you never go to talk about! I knew it, but out of
respect to you I never asked anything!" D.B. added
For the
rest of the journey all were silent.
Arrived at
Milano Centrale railway station, the four headed toward the subway. A crowd of
curious onlookers stood around something that was in a corner on the ground.
Mancini
came up and smiled "Not even time to go back home!" he looked at Mac
and DB "Can you help me?"
Mac nodded
"You wanted the collaboration, didn’t you?"
"You
will need to instruct us!" D.B. added.
Jo looked
at the computer and saw a message from Mac and opened it up
"Mac,
you are just incredible: wherever you go you can find something to
investigate!"
Sheldon
came into the office "What they say in Italy?"
"That
we have two Americans Detectives and a lab technician who are investigating in
Milan!" Jo smiled by showing the message to Sheldon
"How
is he clever! A case in Milan and then he promises us to come back!"
"This
time Mancini is playing at home! Can they don’t shoot each other?"
Sheldon
smiled and kissed Jo "Find it out in the next episode!"
Danny left
the house to begin the night shift, he put the keys in his pocket and looked up
at the dark apartment from which Lindsay was looking down the street with Sid
in her arms.
He walked
toward the subway, clutching in his jacket.
Leaving the
subway station he saw in the bar near the lab a brawl in progress. Without
thinking, he called 911 and putting the phone to his ear entered the bar.
Outside a
couple of patrols and three ambulances were gathered at a glance. The police
raided led by Flack and soon the situation calmed down
"I
wonder where Danny is! Knowing him, he wouldn’t pulled back!" he said
looking a couple of men end up in handcuffs and others who were carried away by
paramedics.
Flack went
outside, none of the ambulances had left for the nearest hospital, he counted
indicating them and ended to two "How strange! I had requested two of them,
but I'm sure that before there were three! Where's the third one?"
Danny
opened his eyes and got up from the table on which he was leaning with his
chest, he could feel the smell alcohol and detergents to pinch his nose him. By
sitting he looked around and he realized that it was the same bar where he had
entered about eleven o'clock in the evening to calm the brawl
"What's
going on? I just remember that I was out last night!"
"Hard
night? You are the only one who remained after the arrival of the police! I
have recently returned and I found you on the table! I didn’t know who you were
and so I took a look at your documents, my sonny!"
Danny waded
surprised at the bar owner "What's My Name?" he asked suspiciously
"Danny
Messer and you're a detective!"
Danny
realized he was sick "I want to know what happened to me after I have
intervened last night!"
"Total
darkness? I don’t think you have got drunk! The symptoms are similar, but not
identical! You are looking at every way to reconstruct what happened, it means
that something really happened to you!"
Danny
nodded "Yeah! but what?"
Mac smiled
looking at Adam in front of the Crime Lab’s computer in Milan
"Don’t
strain yourself Adam! So much so you will never understand anything about
Italian!"
D.B. looked
Mac sustain a brief conversation with a young woman police officer both spoke
in Italian
“Cosa sappiamo di Salvatore Greco?” Mac asked
“Ha precedenti per spaccio e aggressione! Si pensa che sia
anche implicato nei giri di Cosa Nostra e Camorra! Se faceva il doppio gioco, è
chiaro il perché lo abbiano eliminato! Senza contare che aveva contatti anche
con i Boss di Little Italy nel Bronx!”
“Grazie per le informazioni!”
“Prego Tenente! Posso invitarla a pranzo per aggiornarla su
Salvatore Greco? Stavo per cercare altre informazioni su di lui!”
Mac smiled “Volentieri! Le dispiace se a noi si uniscono il
Commissario Mancini e i miei colleghi?”
“No!
Assolutamente!” the young woman replied with a hint of disappointment in her
voice.
Mac held
out his hand and she shook it a sign of greeting.
Adam didn’t
understand anything and asked to Mac "Any news?"
D.B. next
to him looked perplexed "Explain us what the agent told you in detail!"
"Salvatore
Greco has criminal records for drug dealing and aggression, he could be
implicated in the Sicilian Mafia and in that of a region called Campania! Maybe
he was a double dealer and he had contacts with some of New York Mafia bosses!"
"Only
this?"
"No,
Adam! We are invited to lunch!" Mac smiled
"Tell us
the truth! She was just inviting you and you have also involved us and Mancini!"
D.B. said and Adam winked
"You
have begun to understand Italian!"
Adam smiled
at affirmation of Mac "You have to tell Marc Andrea that we will go out to
lunch!" and he went to Mancini with him and DB.
Jo had
looked at Danny to do himself a blood sample from Peyton
"She
made you a big favor!" Jo told him seeing him get out "You really
remember nothing about last night, do you?"
"No I
don’t! I don’t remember anything!" Danny said "If I remembered
something I wouldn’t be here looking for a way to do it!"
Jo looked
at him carefully "Are these the clothes you were wearing?"
"No,
I've already given that ones to Sheldon! He is analyzing them! I hope he finds
something!"
Jo's cell
phone rang "Mac is calling us from Italy!" she smiled answering
"Hey Mac?"
"Jo!
I'm so glad to hear you! How are you?"
"Fine!
How's the investigation in Milan?" she replied intrigued
"We've
discovered some interesting things! Salvatore Greco would seem to be the author
of three unsolved cases on my desk! Would you mind checking? I'll send you all
the necessary data!"
Jo smiled
"I do not mind it at all, Mac!"
"Is
there any new case for you?" Mac asked
"No!
No new case! Only a brawl in the bar below and Danny who would have to do the
duty last night in the lab, but he didn’t appear in order to stop the brawl!
Now he says he doesn’t remember anything from last night! I hope it's a
temporary thing!"
Mac sighed
"If he is there with you, can you put him through me?"
Jo handed
the phone to Danny
"Hey,
Mac!"
"What
are you up, Danny?"
"I don’t
know! I hope I haven’t done nothing seriously wrong! I don’t remember anything of
what I did last night! I didn’t drink, I didn’t do nothing like that! What I
know is that the bartender who found me sleeping on the table is telling the
truth!" Danny leaned against the wall
"You
have a strange voice! You look sleepy!"
"I'm
slow in my movements and I cannot stay for long on my feet!"
Mac heard
voices calling him "Look, when I’ll get back, I'll give you a hand with
everything!"
"Do you
have to go?"
"Yep!
Put me through Jo again!"
Danny gave
the phone to Jo "I think he wants to greet you!"
Jo picked
up the phone "Mac?"
"I’ve
got to go, but before doing so I would like ask you a favor: get the car that
there is in the garage of my house and get rid of it! I found the transmitters
attached! The FBI monitors Christine and me!"
Jo nodded
"It will be done! Is there anything else?"
"How’s
the unborn Hawkes?"
"He's fine!
The last check I did revealed to me that he is growing! He's in the standard! I
remember the first sonograms examination of Christine! I gave you a paper bag
in which to breathe, the one of donuts we had taken from Starbucks for
breakfast! You could not keep calm! You didn’t go on the crime scene! I had
lots of fun to see you in that condition! Your was really an exceptional case!"
"Because
I said to Christine that she was about to be a mother or the fact that she didn’t
know that five hours before the sonograms I was anxious?"
"Both,
Mac!"
Danny
laughed beside her "Let him go! He has a case to go ahead with!"
Jo sighed
"Sad truth Danny! I'll let you go down work Mac!"
"See
you soon Jo and please remember what I asked you!"
"I’ll
put an ad on e-bay!" she smiled hanging up. Jo turned to Danny "Are
you interested in a new car?"
Lindsay
arrived with Jaime, in the morgue to Peyton
"What
happened to Danny?" Lindsay asked.
Peyton
replied looking at her with calm "Soon I will have the results of the
analysis! From his confused state, I suggest him to go to hospital!"
Isabella
arrived with the analysis of "There'll be hell, Peyton! Check out what
Danny had in his blood!"
Peyton
looked at the paper "Where is Danny? We have to go to the hospital! Something
serious has happened to him!"
"Which
are the substances that he had in circulation?" Lindsay asked
"Morphine,
a drug for sleep, some sedatives..." she looked better "These are
drugs often used in hospitals and by first aid volunteers! I want to visit him!
I'll call, Aubrey to assist me!"
Jaime
looked at Peyton "Do you mean that something happened to Danny, who does not
remember it, and that have been doctors?"
Peyton
nodded "Warn Flack and look for similar cases! Bring Danny here! The
longer we wait and more likely we won’t find anything!"
Mac was
sitting next to the young woman officer who was translating for him some
reports about Greco and on links to New York
"It
says here that Greco is a kind of harbinger and that he had connections with
the Russian Mafia... I think the gangs around the world are gearing up for
something! They are becoming more supportive of each other..."
Mac looked
at the young woman "He did his games! That's why he has been eliminated!
We still have to find out who it was!"
"Yes!
I can find something about it, but it will take me the whole afternoon! How
about a pizza? It is the surest way to prevent us from being discovered by the
Mafia, who is spying on us!"
"Actually,
the Commissioner will be busy in checking with your colleagues all the phone
calls! Several are in American and here in Italy not everyone is good with
foreign languages..."
Mac looked
at it and smiled "Okay! We will go there alone!"
"At
20.00 out here?"
"All
right!"
Danny sat
down on the gurney of the morgue
"I
hope to be able to discover what you do not remember!" Peyton said
"You will remember undoubtedly Dr. Aubrey Hunter!"
"Yes!
You were one of the ex-girlfriends of Mac!"
Aubrey
smiled "I knew that here I would be remembered only for this!"
Lindsay came
over to Danny "See you later!"
"Honey!
I think I’m scared!"
"You'll
be fine!" Lindsay said giving him a kiss on the forehead "I'm here
with you!"
"Thank
you!"
Lindsay
walked out of the morgue and Flack sat down beside her
"Danny
is not the first to don’t get to hospital after a brawl! There are three other
cases similar to his and none of them remember what happened the night before!
In the hospital they told them not to worry and that maybe they had drunk a
little too much!"
"We
both know, though that in the case of Danny is not so! He was in service! He
never drinks service! He takes his job seriously! "
"That
is true Lindsay!" Flack said.
Peyton went
out
"It
seems that the effect of various drugs is vanishing: Danny says he climbed into
the ambulance with a wounded man!"
"He
doesn’t remember anything else?" Lindsay asked
"Unfortunately,
no!" Peyton said "I'll be back inside by Aubrey!"
Jo had
given the keys of the Mac’s car into the hands of the lucky buyer and she went
in the direction of the subway
"Even
this is done! It remains me make a phone call to Mac!"
As she
walked, she saw Christine's restaurant and she decided to enter.
Christine
was busy with her children sitting at the table next to the kitchen door
"Hello
Christine!" Jo greeted her approaching
"Jo!
How nice to see you! What are you doing here?"
" I
was just passing through... " she smiled
"Mac
didn’t ask you to control me, did he?" Christine asked suspiciously
"No,
he didn’t!" Jo said sitting down in front of her "Mac has just asked
me to do some work for him from here!"
"He
told me about the mafia boss killed in Milan! Not a single thing goes right! I
was hoping he'd be back soon! The other day J.J. took me one thing... and I got
worried!"
"What
has he brought you?" Jo asked.
Christine
put Faith in the baby carriage "I'll be back soon!"
Jo looked
at the Mac’s kids sleep peacefully and Christine came back with a tiny
microchip
"What's
that?" she asked watching the small object
"The
bomb that I created! If there hadn’t been attached Mac’s photo, I wouldn’t be
worried!"
Jo observed
Christine trembling and told her "I understand that you're afraid for Mac
but nothing will happen to him!"
"I don’t
want to lose him! I don’t want to file for divorce!" she said with a low
voice
"Mac for
sure knows how to defend himself!" Jo said to Christine "You have to
do for now, apart from looking after the kids?"
"No!
Why?"
"I
thought you'd be able to come with me in the lab! I need a... consultation!
Given that you’re keen on physics and chemicals too, you're good at doing research
and you would have Mac’s office available...”
Christine
smiled for a second "What's going on?"
"Danny
is in trouble and I have to search for some information on Greco to ship to
Mac!"
"You
can count on Me! What happened to Danny?"
Lindsay
looked at Danny to despair sitting on a chair in the lab
"I'm sorry
to have to give this news!" Peyton said in front of him "You really
have no idea how you've been...”
"If I
knew how they raped me, they probably would have their ass in jail!" Danny
growled
"Keep
calm! There’s no need to fret!" Peyton continued
"What?!"
Danny exclaimed "You just told me what really happened to me yesterday and
I should stay calm?! I have not even traces of DNA under the fingernails! It
will end just like the cases that we have in archive!"
Lindsay sat
next to Danny "Danny, it's not your fault!"
"I don’t
feel guilty about anything! I'm just..." he sighed "Humiliated!"
"Danny,
you need time! You have to accept the reality for what it is and... We'll get
them!" Lindsay said resolutely "You and I together! Together with our
team!"
Mac was at
dinner with the young female police officer
"It
was said pizza, it seems to me!" Mac objected.
The young
woman laughed "All full! So I thought to make you eat at -Il Maggiolino-!”
At a
certain point a bang was heard and a fountain of sparkling wine came out from a
bottle by dipping a boy
“Oh gente! Domani questo coglione fa la più grande cazzata
della sua vita: si sposa!” yelled a boy thirty years wearing a white shirt half
open climbing up on the table “Quindi stasera vi invitiamo a festeggiare con
noi! Dimenticati gli anni felici Saverio! Con quella gnocca della tua Silvia ci
passi insieme decentemente solo dieci anni!”
“Finché è buona da scopare!” another boy shouted “Se non
avrai marmocchi in giro, la saluti dicendo: -È stato bello topolina!-!”
The guest
of honor put his hand to his face laughing “La sposo perché la amo! Non perché
è figa!”
The whole
room busted into laughs, whistling and some friends yelled “Figuriamoci!” “Adesso
dice così!” “Se, se, se! Come no!”
Mac looked
at the girl in front of him "Did you know that there was a bachelor party
here?"
"Let's
relax and enjoy dinner! Here it’s normal that there are parties everywhere! I
thought that even in New York was so!"
"Yeah!"
Mac said watching the chops in his plate
“Oh! Non dimentichiamoci che il nostro futuro sposo la
settimana scorsa si è pure laureato!” the boy on top of the table shouted “Facciamogli
le nostre congratulazioni!”
All guest
of honor’s friends stood up and began to sing a cappella a silly song to
celebrate his graduation too “Dottore! Dottore! Dottore del buco del cul!
Vaffancul! Vaffancul! Vffancul!”
Mac was
speechless "I thought you Italians were not so vulgar!"
"You
thought wrong!"
Mac heard the
phone to vibrate and he smiled "I'm sorry! I've got to answer!" he
said taking the phone to the ear "Hello Christine! I'd called you tomorrow
morning!"
"I'm
sorry if I disturbed you, darling! What's all that noise?" Christine asked
hearing the screams
"A
party in a restaurant! It seems there was not expected to be! Is there any news
on Danny and the fight?”
"We've
got some people, but they have not been the ones to give the green light! Danny
on the other hand... He’s fallen into pieces!" Christine said
"What did
happen to him?" Mac said getting straight to the point
"It
seems they have raped him! We are looking for potential culprits!"
"Raped?
From who? And how do you mean –We-? "Mac asked flapping his eyes in
surprise" You should be out of this!"
"Jo asked
me a hand! The required documents on Greco will arrive shortly to you! While
I'm running out to check an old computer system of hospitals! I'd appreciate if
you won’t tell Angela that I just installed for you a secret system that allows
you to get into the FBI database without leaving a trace! I cannot crack all
the computers in the lab!"
Mac smiled
"Of course! I understand you very well! Have you already sent the
documents?"
"Yes!
They will arrive in a couple of minutes!" Christine got up from his desk "The
kids are in love your office! Especially Kenny! He seems to look with interest
to the wall with the pictures!"
"I
guess they are those in color!"
"The
one with you dressed in Marine uniform! Kenny don’t even think about it! You won’t
join the Marines!"
"Christine!"
Mac said jokingly "Don’t influence the future General Taylor!"
"Until
a short time ago you called him -number three-, have you probably forgotten it?"
Christine smiled watching Jo to enter "I have to go back to working! They
seem to have arrived the results that I asked about the drugs that were in the
body of Danny! Will you call me in a few hours?"
"All
right! Say hello to the kids for me! I love you!" Mac said sweetly
"I
love you more!" she said hanging up.
The young
female police officer had remained silent "Who was that?"
"My
wife! She got busy working in my office! She is almost a former FBI agent! I
found out a month ago that she carried out that job!" he said laughing
"Any
child?"
"Two,
they are twins! McKenna Stanton III and Trinity Faith!"
"How
old are they?" the girl asked
"They
have three months!" Mac said "Why all these questions?"
"I
wanted to be polite! I know of a family friend who was engaged to one of the
New York police department, but it didn’t work! She told me she didn’t even
know if her daughter who had just had was his daughter or not!"
"I
guess she's called Peyton!" Mac assumed
"That's
right! Peyton Discroll!"
Jo looked
at Christine jumping
"Something
wrong?"
"A
similar thing has already happened to one of our agents!" Christine told
her "We thought of having taken them all because he was able to provide us
with identikits! I really think that someone has escaped!" Christine showed
Jo the board of an FBI Agent
"Malcolm
Fry? In earnest he was a victim?" Jo asked
"Do you
know him?"
"We
worked together! I know nothing about this whole story! He looks so proud of
himself and impenetrable..."
"The
mask that he has built works! Indeed Malcolm is falling into pieces! Just as I
was!"
Jo nodded
"Mac told me that! How could they entrust you such a task as the first
mission?"
"I'm
not on the higher floors of the FBI! Ask it to them!"
"How
have you known Fry?" Jo asked
"One
afternoon, in the FBI's support group to overcome the traumas, he appeared out
of nowhere and he told his story! He didn’t remember anything at the beginning,
just like Danny, and then he began to put the pieces together and to remember
the faces of the attackers: they were fake cops! One of them had pretended to
be a criminal and he started a brawl in a pub in Las Vegas!"
"It
means that Danny will remember too?"
Christine
clenched in her shoulders "Probably yes!"
Danny was
with Flack in front of the computer
"Are
you sure you don’t want to take a break, Danny?" Flack asked "You
have such a face!"
"I'm
fine, Don! Let’s keep doing it! I want to take them all at once!"
"Okay,
but calm down yourself! Are you sure you well remember their faces?" Flack
asked by constructing with Danny identikits to the computer
"Very
sure!"
"With
this one we have four men! There are still missing people?"
"Yes!"
Danny said "But I don’t remember his face! It's the injured that I was
accompanying to the ambulance!"
"Meanwhile,
I check these identikits! Maybe we’ll make sing one of these canaries!"
Danny
forced a smile, but as soon Flack left him alone, he hid his face in his hands
beginning to cry. A hand rested on his shoulder and he looked up trying to hide
the tears
"Danny!
Come on, don’t do that!" Christine said sitting down next to him "I
know it's hard! Do you want to talk?"
"What
should I talk to you about? There is no use talking!"
Christine
shook her head "You're wrong, Danny! Believe me I know! I am one of the
people who can understand you!"
"You
cannot! Mac has saved you in time!"
"Mac
wasn’t there when I was eighteen!" Christine said
"What?"
Danny was surprised
"My
first mission was a mission of black color: I had to kill my target! I was
forced to use a poison and I have used it! By kissing my target I thought I
could take my leave!"
"Wasn’t
it like that?"
"No,
it was horrible! He died the next day and only then I was finally able to
escape! Nice way to remember my first time! Since then I have always been
afraid that it could happen again! J.J. at first seemed to be able to be
sensitive, but then he prepended his Alpha Male’s needs! Mac has been the only
one who until now has made me feel really safe!"
"I didn’t
know this story! I'm sorry!" Danny said
"I was
so ashamed that I changed all reports to erase all traces: the former head of my
FBI's program was the only one to know the truth and he included me in a
rehabilitation program! Partially it helped me and thanks to that program I am
close to catch who did that unfortunate thing to you!"
Danny
looked at the report "These two!" he exclaimed looking at identikits
"These two were there! I'm sure!"
"Lorence
Martin and Ben Stain!" Christine moved mouse to brighten up the computer
screen "Let look for them!" she said setting the search "Look
here! Martin is out for good behavior, while Stain is out because someone has
paid the bail! Do you want to bet with me on who did it?"
Danny stood
up abruptly "I'm going to pick them up! I want to bring them here and
treat them as they deserve!"
"Calm
down! First we need to warn Flack and Jaime!"
Mac looked
at Adam with the documents sent to him by Christine
"There
was also a private message for you! Do not worry, Mancini hasn’t seen it!"
he handed him the paper with the written message "Be prudent Mac! I don’t
want to give bad news to Christine!"
Mac took
the message and opened it "You can go Adam! If there are any problems I'll
call you!" he began to read
-Dear Mac,
I hope you
won’t be frightened hearing this: J..J. came to our place when I was out and he
left a letter with the micro-bomb that I’ve created and a picture of you!
He wants me to
ask you to get divorce, I’ve not the intention to do it because I love you! You
and the kids are all my life! I won’t let you go!
Sorry for
asking you to fight another battle!
Hope you’re
enjoying solving your case in Italy!
Lovely,
Christine
P.S. We have
two of the rapists! We are going to
leave Danny with them! Flack, Jaime, Jo and I will be with Lindsay behind the
mirror ready to set in if something goes
wrong-
Mac called
"Adam! D.B.! Come here!"
Adam and
D.B. appeared next to Mac "Here we are!"
"Where
do we stand with the case?" Mac asked
"We're
to the point that we have to go with Mancini to pick up a certain Capone in the
square... err I do not remember the name!" Adam snorted
"Mancini
say when?"
"Tomorrow
morning! He invites us to him to stay the night!" D.B. said curtly
Mac smiled
"Here he comes!" and he pointed to Commissioner Mancini advancing in
the hallway "Hello!" he greeted him
"So
Mac? How has the dinner with Anastasia went?"
"Neither
good or bad!" Mac said
"Poor
girl! In England her has been through so many things! Her ex-boyfriend has
betrayed her and then beat her up! Let's say that now she believes that only
men of our age can give her confidence!"
"People
like that should spend their lives locked up in jail and the jailers should
throw away the key!" D.B. said resolutely
"What
a drastic solution! I would do them work for the society! I’d force them to
listen to stories similar to those that they have caused!" Mancini said
"But I like your way of thinking!"
Mac said
worriedly "Did you recognize the gun used in the murder of Greco?"
"The
Ballistic has provided us the model! The streaks are different, of course, but
it is the signature of the clan Capone, indeed the model corresponds to his
gun!"
"They
have strange ways to identify the hierarchy! What kind of weapon is?" D.B.
churches
"A
semi-automatic!" Mancini replied
"The
place?" Mac asked
"Piazza San Babila!"
Mac smiled
"Congratulations on having remembered that it was a square at least,
Adam!"
Adam snorted
"I don’t know anything about these places Mac! I cannot wait returning to
New York!"
Lindsay
looked at Danny talk with Christine
"Why
is he taking her into his confidence? I'm his wife!"
Jo looked
at her smiling "She knows what Danny is going through better than all of
us!"
"What
do you mean?"
"I
cannot tell you about it! She must be to do it or Danny! What I can tell you,
Lindsay, is that Christine has suffered just as he is suffering now!"
"I
want to go to those two in there and smash their head!" Lindsay said
clenching her fists
"We
agreed that we would let Danny do! He wants to shed light on what happened to
him and he has the means to do it!"
"Sinclair
has contacted me!" Lindsay said looking sad "He said to be close to
me and he wants to talk with Christine!"
"He
didn’t even tell you about what?" Jo asked
"No!
But I think he wants to know from her how much the FBI knows about our
business! He added that he would come here today!"
Jo watched
him enter the front door of the precinct "That's him! I'm going to welcome
him! Stop Danny and Christine, it’s not necessary that he also knows about personal
business of an FBI agent!"
Jo walked
towards Sinclair unleashing one of the most radiant smiles "Detective
Chief Sinclair!"
"Detective
Danville! What a pleasure to see you! I would like to know where Taylor's wife
is! I have a matter to attend with her!"
Jo smiled
"I'd tell her that she can talk you freely, but at the moment we are
involved with two of the possible culprits and..."
"I
think Christine Taylor does not think like you, Detective!" Sinclair said
when he saw Christine coming "Good morning Agent Whitney!"
"Good
morning, Detective Chief Sinclair!" Christine said "What do I owe the
pleasure of your visit?"
"Christine,
do you want me to stay here with you?" Jo asked
"Danny
and the others need you! Not to mention that shortly I must return from the
kids! I've done my part! Now everything is in your hands!"
"All
right then! Goodbye Chief!"
"Good-bye
Detective! And now we come to you, Agent Whitney!" Sinclair said sighing "How
is your relationship with Lieutenant Taylor?"
"It
couldn’t be better: we are happy and the kids are growing up! Why this
question?" Christine asked
"Because
I know from the FBI that your true identity has been revealed to him only recently!
I understand that you've been here and in the lab several times too! Did your
visits have an ulterior motive?" Christine frowned "I redo you the
question in a more direct way! Were you investigating something or someone in
these rooms by any chance?"
"No I
wasn’t! Recently, the FBI was no longer assigning me missions, I asked to be
able to retire to private life!"
Sinclair
stared at Christine thoroughly and she let him to look at her without saying
anything.
Danny was
behind the two suspects, who were sitting at the table, and he had a menacing
air
"Dear guy,
if you do not want me to smash your face with my colleagues watching, you
should talk!" he sat leaning against the wall in front of them "Let's
start with you Martin! What have you to tell?" the man before him was
silent "I know I'm not the only one that you have reduced in such a state!
All of them are willing to testify!" Danny began to lose control in front
of the man's arrogant smirk "Do you want me smash your face to the sound
of punches?"
"It
seems to me that we have smashed something to you! I bet that you well enjoyed
it Detective!" he winked
"You
asshole! I'll kill you!"
Flack
jumped from behind the glass and Jo pushed him out of the cubicle
"Stop
him, or he will seriously bumped him off!"
Flack came
into the room and took Danny behind "Calm Danny! It is more trouble than
it’s worth!"
"He
tried to kill me! We both want a lawyer!" Martin shouted.
Mac was
suddenly awakened by Commissioner Mancini
"I
hope you do not mind if we carry out the operation now”
"What
time is it?" Mac asked rubbing his
eyes
"Two
am!" said D.B.
Adam came
in with a cup in hand "Theoretically it's morning!"
Mac stood
up "Is coffee for me?"
"Actually,
it was mine and I just finished it! You will wait after the arrest to drink
yours!"
Mac was
next to Commissioner Mancini who drove in the direction of Piazza San Babila
and there was DB in the back seat
"Why
Adam didn’t come with us?" Mancini churches
"Because
Adam is not a cop! It is a lab technician!" Mac said looking out the
window
" Is there
still a lot?" D.B. churches
"No!
We got there!" the Commissioner said picking up the radio "A tutte le
unità dirette in piazza San Babila! Non fate rumore!"
"Do we
have everything necessary to arrest him?" Mac asked.
Commissioner
Mancini laid in front of him the warrant "Is this enough as answer?"
The three
got out of the car and they noticed other Italian police cars approaching
"Now
that we have reinforcements, we can intervene!" D.B. said observing the
cops.
The three
entered the building and Mac looked Mancini break down the door without even
knocking
“Fine dei
giochi Capone!” Commissioner Mancini said pointing his weapon on the man who
was holding his one
“Sbirro di
merda!”
Mac stepped
forward "Hey! Put down the gun!"
“Oh Cristo! Pure il collega Americano!” Capone complained seeing enter the rest of the
police officers “Stronzi! La pagherete cara! Non sapete cosa state
facendo!”
"What did he say?” D.B. asked Mancini
"That
we don’t know what we're doing!" Mancini said with a sigh "And he
also termed us assholes!"
"Should
it be a threat?" Mac asked laughing
"For
the moment he's not going anywhere!" D.B. concluded.
Danny was
lying on the bed staring at the ceiling when Lindsay approached
"How
are you feeling?"
"Where
are the children?" he asked
"At
your mother’s place!" Lindsay sat next to him "In six hours Mac will
be here! He said he knows how to catch the last culprits are remaining free!"
Danny said
nothing and did not turn away his eyes from the ceiling either
"A
little while ago" Lindsay continued "I was afraid you'd punched
seriously those two!" Danny continued to stare at the empty and Lindsay
sighed "Please Danny! Tell me something! Talk to me! I still be your wife!"
"I
know! Thank you for being close at this time, but really I cannot talk!" he
replied looking into her eyes and taking her hand
"You
have spoken with Christine though!"
"She
can understand me!" Danny said "Maybe she's gone through it worse!"
"What
happened to her?"
"During
her first mission she was raped by her target! Jo told me that now she is
anxious for Mac and she left us the weapon which killed that guy on the subway!
Apparently there is another fool who wants to kill the Mac!"
"There
is no end to the worst!" Lindsay commented.
Mancini
smiled at Mac, seeing that he watched him put to bed the youngest of his sons
"Don’t
you have the custom to bring the cookies with milk and sing a lullaby here?"
D.B.
laughed "These Italians are strange!" then he looked at Mac "I
guess you are missing your children! How is Christine? I learned that she
actually works for the FBI!" Mac wrinkled his nose and DB took advantage
"Then you did not know her so deeply!"
"My
wife is fine! What else is said in Los Angeles of my personal business?" Mac
showed calm
"Nothing!
The last time I saw you together was shortly after the wedding, when you came to
spend a week in -Honeymoon-!" DB mimed quotation marks with his fingers
and Mac frowned "We know very well that a conference of the kitchen, and a
forensic convent cannot be considered a romantic trip for two newlyweds!"
Mac sighed
"Promise me you'll come to pay me a visit in New York! You have not seen
my children yet!"
"On
the other hand I've heard of your latter undertakings!" DB commented
"From the Scarlet Pimpernel to the death of Horatio, including the second
kidnapping of Christine! What about the kidnapping of three pairs of twins
among whom were also yours and the disease that you’re trying to hide?"
"D.B.
you are entering too many details and I don’t understand how you can know all
these things!" Mac said defensively
"I'm a
Detective! I know where to fish for information and I know that you always do
everything possible to hide the evidence! "
"We
have to go to the airport Mac!" Adam said interrupting "We are needed
at home!"
D.B.
laughed "I have to go back too!"
Mancini
approached "I have called a cab to get you to Malpensa airport! It has
been a pleasure to work with you!" he turned to Mac "With you especially!
I hope you can soon get back to being the Chief of Detectives in New York! The
next time we’ll meet up, it will be when I’ll gain my relocation to America!"
Mac shook
hands with Mancini "An Italian policeman in America? Where are you going
to settle down?"
"They
wanted to send me in Washington! I would love to do a trip in New York...”
"Don’t
try to convince me to hire you at the Lab! These little games don’t work with
me!"
Adam
laughed "It's nice to see you've become friends, but they are waiting for
us and we have to stay on a plane for six hours..."
"Of
course! The cab should be out here!" Mancini accompanied all of them at
the door "I wish you a good flight!"
"See
you soon Marc Andrea!" Mac greeted him.
At the
airport D.B. smiled at Adam and Mac “Here our streets are going to be
separated!"
"Come
to New York one of the next few weeks! Everyone will be excited to see you!"
Mac smiled
"I'll
do a little thought on it!" D.B. remained silent "I'm not a magician
in Italian, but I think your flight is about to leave! Let me know then what
will happen with Danny’s plight!" he patted Adam’s shoulder "I am
close to you Adam! You know that you can count on me!"
"Thank
you!" Adam replied "I appreciate it very much!"
D.B. parted
from them and watched them go over the gate and shouted "You're a great
cop Mac! Certainly the best that has ever been seen in New York! Always fight
for what you believe!"
Mac heard
and answered shouting "Semper Fidelis!"
Mac and
Adam had landed at JFK airport in New York
"What
plan do you have in mind Mac? I heard you talk with Jo before and you told her
to keep ready Flack, Jaime and Hawkes!" Adam said by withdrawing the case
"I'll
be the bait!" Mac said "And you will help me in case something goes
wrong!"
"Should
I stooge for you?!"
"Good
Adam! You have it all figured out!" Mac said patting him on the shoulder
and heading for the exit.
Adam stared
at the empty "His stooge!" he laughed melancholic and amazed gazing
blankly into space, raising his eyes he no longer saw Mac “Chief wait for me!"
Jo kissed
Sheldon "Be careful!"
"You
manage the operation!" Sheldon smiled moving away and pulling on his
bulletproof vest "All we're counting on you!"
"I
hope I don’t make mistakes! I won’t be physically there with you!"
Sheldon
pointed with his eyes Angela in the opposite office to the one of Jo "You
have her! Exploit her!"
Jo looked
at Sheldon depart and then she put on an earphone in her right ear and came
into the lab to Angela "Put me in touch with Mac!"
"As
you wish, Jo!"
"Tell
me Jo!" Mac replied
"Have
you received the address?" Jo asked quickly
"Yes,
we're almost there!" replied Mac "In how much does the party start?"
"Ten
minutes! Your voice is strange... are you okay?"
"Jet
lag! Don’t worry! We'll catch them all!"
Flack and
Jaime were outside a bar and they were waiting for the arrival of Hawkes
"Adam
and Mac are coming!" Jaime said pointing to an approaching cab.
Mac reached
the sidewalk on which the two Detectives were standing
"Detectives
Flack! How are you?"
Adam
approached him "Are you sure that they will come?"
"They
will come, you can be sure of that!" Mac said "I'll do exactly what
Danny did! 'll Stop a brawl!" Mac said getting ready "They will fall
into the trap! Typically in bars are just a few to be sober!"
"I
could do it by myself!" Flack interjected
"No,
Don! It's something that I owe to Danny somehow and then..." he looked at
him with a wink "You have too much the air of a troublemaker! "
"Excuse
me, why don’t me or Adam can do that?" Sheldon asked
"The
Jet lag has some bad effects on Adam and I need a doctor who can trust in!"
Mac explained "If anything happens to me I know you can save my
life!"
Jaime
looked Mac "Does Christine knows that you're back and you're going to do
this thing?"
"No,
and she won’t find out it, because we won’t tell! It to her!"
Jaime
nodded and looked Flack cracking his knuckles with the air of tough guy and
exclaim "Let's do a mess!" and he entered the bar.
In short
they heard screaming and shouting and, a stool smashed through the window from
the inside
"It
was the signal Mac!" Flack shouted from inside.
Mac dialed
911 "I'm Lieutenant Taylor there’s a brawling in progress on Park Avenue!
Send reinforcements and an ambulance, I go in with some colleagues!"
The brawl
was going to be calmed down and everything seemed back to normal as long as two
paramedics drew near to Mac and they slipped him a needle in the neck. He
pulled back and the syringe broke in two.
Sheldon slammed
to the ground one of them while Flack and Jaime threw themselves on the second
"End
of the line!" Mac said coming out and seeing the men who were taken away.
Mac tried
to remove the needle stuck into the neck
"Leave
it, Mac! I'll manage it!" Adam said approaching him and moving his shirt
collar "Whoa! It went into deep!"
Mac heard
the phone ringing and he looked at the number "Christine!" he replied
with enthusiasm "Hello Christine! I'm in a cab! I'm coming home!" he
listened her talk "Ten minutes and I’ll be up to you! I love you too!"
Mac hung up huffing "Adam, remove this needle from my neck in a hurry!"
"I'm
trying to do it!"
Sheldon
sighed "Go home and take it off by yourself with tweezers in front of the
mirror!"
Danny heard
the house phone ringing, without getting out of bed to answer. Lindsay answered
on the third ring
"Jo?
Tell me as well!" Lindsay listened for a few seconds" I'll tell it
him! He will be pleased!" Lindsay smiled with relief "Good night to
you too!"
Danny sat
on the bed waiting for the bedroom door open wide, letting in the light of the
living room
"There
are news! It's all over Danny! They confessed!" Lindsay said walking into
the room.
Danny
nodded and lay down again "Fine!"
Mac walked
into the house and he saw Christine asleep on the couch, he sighed and headed
for the bathroom. From a drawer he took cotton, disinfectant and a tweezers for
eyebrows. The closet he pulled out a small mirror and he turned with his back
to the one above the sink. He could see the tip of the needle out of the skin,
but he could not pull it off.
Christine
came without being heard and she managed to scare him by saying "What have
you done?"
"Christine!"
he winced "I haven’t done anything it's just that…"
"You've
got a needle in the neck!"
"I
helped Flack and others to stop Danny’s rapist!" he said trying to regain
the needle with the ends of the tweezers
"Before
you make a mess, sit down! I'll help you!" Christine said washing her
hands and taking the tweezers from Mac’s hands “I'll try to do as quickly as I
can!"
"As
long as you take it out!"
"Calm
down! Don’t be so uptight!" Christine invited him.
Mac had
time to suppress a scream of pain "Please tell me you have done!"
"I've
just begun!" Christine smiled treacherous while keeping Mac still "Do
not you dare to move! Now from all this history you will learn that it is
better not tease me! I thought J.J. had found you to kill you!"
"Surprise!
I'm still alive! Ouch!" Mac complained and he stood up while Christine
showed him the needle she had just extracted him.
Christine
looked at him smile at her, she looked into his blue eyes with her light blue
ones and in the end she hugged him "Will we solve the matter with
JJ?"
"You
can count on it!" he said hearing a cry "This’s Faith!"
