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| The Past Comes Calling By Juli |
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| Usual disclaimers apply I own none of the UC Undercover characters I'm just borrowing them. just the original characters of Robert and Anna are mine. I have never seen U.C. Undercover so please don't shoot me if I've got anyone too wrong. This is the first submission I've sent to WOD so I hope you enjoy it! Rated R ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ |
| ------CHAPTER 1-------- THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS. He looked over at the now sleeping woman beside him and frowned. What did he gain from these encounters? Zero ,zip, zilch, however many times he said it , the end result was still the same, nothing. In fact Frank was devoid of any emotional attachment with a woman, work was the only thing he was passionate about. These sexual liasons were purely physical, a release from the tensions of work, a release from the nightmares that had plagued him for the past ten years, years of loneliness , of shame, of heartbreak, of trying to push back the feelings of total desolation and failure. It was a battle that he was torturing himself to try and win and failing miserably ,for he knew there was only one way that it could all end. The time was coming, he had to face it...........and win. UC Headquarters. All the team bar Monica were assembled with Donovan in his office, they were waiting for her to bring their latest assignment. Lighthearted banter from Cody and Jake reverberating around the room, Alex moaning about the lack of decent facilities at the new gym she'd joined and Donovan staring into outerspace through the window as only Donovan could. "Finally" chorused Jake and Alex as Monica gave them all a copy of the file she handed to Donovan. "This is going to be no walk in the park for any of us" remarked Monica. Donovan opened the first page of the file and his face visibly paled, he lurched out of his office, straight down to the rest room and threw up, and up and up until he just retched. "Boss what the hell's going on " shouted Jake having just heard him retch more than he thought anyone could. "Are you okay, no skip that, It's obvious you're far from okay, please.... Frank.... what is it? he pleaded gently. Back in the office Monica, Cody and Alex were all having the same sort of thoughts, they'd sent Jake after Donovan not just to find out if the guy was okay but to get some sort of explanation. Surely the boss had seen images such as these before , you didn't do their line of work without seeing certain things. Okay they were things you wished you didn't have to see and you also did things that you didn't think you were capable of doing, but the time they'd spent in the company of Frank Donovan there was nothing to indicate that he wasn't made of pure steel. They sorely doubted that a case such as this was something he hadn't come across before. Frank walked back into the office followed by Jake, neither man had said a word since leaving the restroom and settled himself back down in his chair. "I think the take-away I used last night should be reported to the Health Dept." he joked feebly. "Oh come on Boss you think we're gonna take that excuse for what we just saw" said Jake. Frank stared at them all , the mask of complete composure and coldness firmly back in place, he also did not miss the puzzled looks or the disbelieving ones. " I neither wish to discuss the matter again or give you any more so called explanations, the subject is closed" he stated firmly. "What I do wish to do however is get back to the matter in hand, and I agree with Monica ,this one is particularly grisly but we were trained to and are equiped to deal with anything, all that matters is that we take this particular gang of filth off the streets" "Okay, Okay, Okay we get the message" said Alex. He knew they didn't believe a word of it but at least they knew when to give up. Donovan started to speak to his team. "The latest attack no.13, was exactly a week ago, so that gives us just 3 weeks to plan for the next, they always leave it a month to get maximum coverage by the media, that's why they give their victims whereabouts to the press. Always the same type of victims, a couple male/female aged between 20 and 30 the woman is white American the man of Ethnic descent. It doesn't matter to these guys that the man may have been born and raised in America, the fact remains that he doesn't fit their twisted view of clean cut America. The victims are snatched either just before entering or just as they are leaving their homes, they are then drugged and driven to an unknown location, the same one every time, a warehouse building, high enough to drive a panel van straight into" Frank reached down to his desk and took a vast gulp of the water he needed as his throat was started to dry. "keep control, keep control" he told himself "show no emotion". This was going to be the hardest part! Donovan continued. "By the time the victims have been released from the van into the building they have been bound and gagged. "The man is then shackled to a beam and beaten by each of the men individually, before then receiving ten lashes , again from each of the men ". "His crime, he is told, is coveting what one of his breed are not worthy to have" he paused. "Same scenario in every attack" Frank took another huge gulp of the water and took in the expressions of abject horror on his teams faces and continued. "When they have finished their mission with the man, they then turn their attention to the woman, It is then the mans turn to have to experience the horror to come. He is made to watch whilst the female is held down ,beaten and brutally raped by each of the men in turn, their excuse for this is that they must show her the error of her ways by cleansing her body with their own . As a final act they carve a letter P (for pure) into the womans back to signify that she has been cleansed ,and a letter F ( for filth ) into the mans back to show the world exactly what they think of his kind" "The more pain they inflict, the better they believe the process is working" "Sweet Jesus" said Jake "We are dealing with sadistic bastards of the highest order" "I'm almost afraid to ask" said Alex "But what happens next" Donovan continued "All but one couple have been bundled back into the van ,taken to a deserted spot and dumped unconcious, left until the press were given directions as to their whereabouts, their purpose to serve as a warning to other couples such as them" "What was different with those two" questioned Jake. Donovan answered" The man actually saw one of the gangs faces and as a result both were thrown into a flooded river and left to drown". "And did they?" pushed Jake. "No" No one noticed that Frank hadn't looked at the file for the entire time he spoke to them! "The new attacks will continue in the same pattern as the old ones , over a six month period, exactly one month apart, then they will stop just as suddenly as they started, starting again after a five year interval" stated Donovan "If we fail this time, after the six months are up we will have no chance of another shot at them for five years" "We are dealing with a bunch of nameless, faceless individuals, Ghosts you may say, we only have one description from the surviving male of attack no.6" sighed Frank. "Due to the nature of this case If any of you feel that you can't be in on this I'll understand fully" They spoke one by one affirming Frank's belief that they would do all in their power to end this reign of terror. "Thankyou" said Frank "Alex, I think you know what I'm going to say now don't you" "Yeah It's me isn't It" she sighed. "So who's my partner gonna be? and If you say any of these two I'm walkin'" "Your partner in this Alex will be a friend of mine who works for the department in San Diego, I'm about to call him now and he'll arrive here tomorrow, his name is Robert Sanchez" The team rallied into action, Cody looking for more undetectable electronic wizardry, Monica was now up to her eyeballs in profile hell. Jake was despatched to look for a suitable apartment and size up all possible scenarios. They all knew that the next three weeks were vital, nothing would or could be allowed to go wrong. It was plainly obvious their boss wanted this one very badly and they were going to see to it that he got it! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Past Comes Calling - Chapter 2 |