| Subject: Lurking In The Shadows - Chapter Four: Part V: The Bigger Picture |
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Date Posted: 11:55:00 09/27/02 Fri
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's message, "Lurking In The Shadows - Chapter Four: Part I: Poca Isla" on 11:30:46 09/27/02 Fri
A knock at the door startles them all, making them jump. Luke goes over to the door and peaks out. As it turned out, it was Jax who was at the door. Luke and Mac fill him in on what has been happening so far and their new plan of action. The five of them then set off for the mainland, Venezuela. And if riding the ferry to the Island was bad enough for Anna, riding it on the return trip to the mainland was even more difficult. It didn’t help matters that the waters were a little choppy and there was a slight wind. Mac had to wrap his arms around her and hold her while they rode the ferry. The trip felt as if it took forever, longer then getting to the Island.
And the whole situation did nothing for her dignity, she felt so embarrassed that she was falling apart on the ferry ride. But Mac, Luke, Laura and Jax were so very understanding. Although she wasn’t sure about the rest of the passengers, she was sure that they thought she was a certifiable nutcase. Once they reached dry land, Anna felt absolutely exhausted from the ride. Jax had offered to take Anna back to the private jet so that she could rest. And as appreciative as she was of the offer, she was just too damn determined to get to the bottom of things. Was Robert still alive? Did he survive his injuries or did he die from them? Anna was convinced that resting on the jet would get her no closer to finding the answers.
The five of them by way of rental car, arrived at the first hospital on the list. It was then decided at that point that all five of them going in would look a bit strange and may make the desk person a bit nervous. So it was then decided that Mac and Anna would go in and ask about patients while Luke, Laura and Jax decide to go back to the jet. Jax will drop them off and return to pick up Mac and Anna, they decide. Mac and Anna walked up to the information desk to find a woman looking as if she was too bored to even breathe as she played with her fingernails.
“Hi there, how are you doing today?” Mac cheerily asked. The woman suddenly perked up at seeing Mac standing before her.
“Hello.” She spoke to him. “What can I do for you?” She asks, never even noticing Anna standing there.
“I was wondering if you could do me a favor?” Mac asks her, he would introduce Anna, but he decides that since he’s got her full attention, he’s going to play along with it. Anna doesn’t take offense to this at all. She decides to go look at the sign that lists all the doctors in the hospital. She’s happy to see that it lists the year they started and the year they left. She takes her notepad out and jots down the names of doctors that were here around the time that Robert would have been here if he came here. And while there are a lot of names, she only jots down those that would have anything to do with Robert’s care. She’s not sure why she had the need to write these down, but she does it anyway. “Hey Anna?” She snaps to when she hears Mac say her name. She turns to Mac. “The files on a Malcolm that came from Poca Island have all been deleted.”
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“What the hell does that mean? The files have been deleted?” Luke spats, getting frustrated with this run around. One minute it seams he’s alive, then the next he’s not, then he is and now who the hell knows. “There’s possibly two reasons for that.” Anna begins. “One, he could be dead and after a certain amount of time, files of the deceased are deleted, or two, the WSB took him into their custody and deleted any and all traces of him.” Anna explains. “Then they did a real shoddy job of it!” Mac spats out, speaking of how they managed to get this far, especially if the WSB were trying to erase all hope, all doubt that Robert was alive. “Maybe not.” Jax then speaks up. “Maybe they left just enough for us to get this far and then conclude that the hospital deleted the files because he died?” Jax questions.
Luke and Mac finally calm down, realizing that they had agreed on looking into this as a missing persons case rather then trying to find a friend, a brother. “So what now Anna?” Mac asks, looking to his sister in law for more then just support, but direction. “We go to WSB headquarters!” She barks and looks at Jax. “Gotcha boss.” Jax teases as he heads for the cockpit of the plane. Anna blurts out a puff of laughter through her nose at that. “Buckle up. We’re going to Washington D.C.” Jax announces before disappearing into the cockpit. Mac, Luke, Laura and Anna all take their seats and buckle up just as Jax turns the jet on. Laura realizes that Anna is deep in thought. “You going to let us in on it?” Luke asks, having noticed Anna deep in thought as well.
“I think I like Jax’s explanation the best.” Anna states, still trying to look objectively at this. “It actually sounds like something that the WSB would do. Leave just enough to let us think that he died.”
“But?” Luke states, sensing it.
“But it doesn’t explain why they would leave all of those boating accident files for us to ever so conveniently find.” Laura jumps in with her thought on it.
“I agree Laura, it doesn’t explain why. I still can’t figure that one out. I know Maria said that the files were incomplete, but they were complete enough to be useful for us, and so easy to access.” Anna states in her agreement with Laura.
“Yeah, so easy to access. Hell, a child could have gone in there and gained access.” Laura spats out.
“Which you do realize that it also means that Faison could have gotten access to them?” Anna questions cautiously.
“You don’t think..?” Laura questions, a sense of fear rising within her.
“Oh yeah, I’m thinking of it. I’m thinking of every possible thing that could have happened.” Anna says somberly.
“What?!” Mac and Luke bark, the girls having lost them.
“Well think about it, what if it’s not the WSB, what if it’s Faison that did this?” Anna lets them in on her and Laura’s thoughts.
“But he’s dead!” Mac barks.
“Oh you didn’t tell me that you found his body!” Luke barks at him, not really meaning to rip into him. “No body, no proof!” He then barks.
“Look Spencer..it was because of you that Felicia..” Mac begins but is interrupted.
“Knock it off! Both of you! This is so not the time to get into this.” Laura bites into them angrily. She then crosses her legs and arms and slightly turns to looks out the window.
Anna is so tempted to go into the cockpit with Jax but right now, the plane is taking off and she can’t move from her seat. Anna had noticed the tensions between Luke and Mac. But for the most part, for her, for Robert, they had been getting along. But now, everything was falling apart. Everything was just fine until that name was brought up, that name that sent chills up and down her spine. Faison. Just the mere mention of his name brought distress. *God why doesn’t he die?* She thinks. She realizes thought that she is not the only ones affected by him. Luke and Laura were affected too with Lucky. Mac and Felicia were affected when Faison kidnapped her. He left a trail of pain and destruction. The lives he destroyed were many and no one has been able to stop him yet. Anna looks out the window and watches as the horizon sinks beneath her and the blue skies above swallow her up. *As god as my witness Faison, you’re going down for good, even if it kills me.*
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