As he headed toward the path, the one that many people used to go hunting, they knew it was time.
Someone needed to be taken.
And made an example of.
So, they approached him, and when he was not focused, they hit him so hard he went out like a light.
Standing above him, they pulled out the drug, and administered it.
This bought them some time.
Time that was needed.
To take him to another location, they began slowly dragging him into the trees, deeper into the shadows whereThe Hollowwanted him.
Because he was about to die.
And there was no sympathy.
HE.
KNEW.
BETTER.
BecauseThe Hollowwould fight back.
Each and every time.
* * *The Blackhawk Family* * *
FBI West
Holding Things Together
Thursday
Three Thirty P.M
For Doctor Christopher Leonard, his day was going quickly. That was all because he was up to his eyeballs in double-checkingEVERYTHINGthat the team had done.
In order to ensure that his wife had all the tools to do the job, it was his only choice.
This was why he ran a tight ship.
If you let the crew run wild, eventually it went down like the Titanic.
When Mass Spec beeped, and he crossed to it to check on the next test that was being redone, he saw it.
Oh, and it was bad.
Not only had they done the wrong test, but the redone test had given them an incorrect answer due to the parameters of the sample.
That meant he’d given Elizabeth wrong information.
God.
Damn.