Wearing off

Reiker's eyes narrow then widen at Phinox's badge. For several moments, he doesn't make one move, just seeming to think about his choices.

Jason waits, unable to see the man from this angle. He looks at Phinox with question. Why was nothing happening?

Reiker swallows hard. "You ain't takin' me nowhere," he growls. "Let me see your warrant."

Jason rolls his eyes. This was going to get them no where. They didn't have time to stand here and argue. They needed to get Reiker back to TJY and get some answers. It was their only lead.

Throwing a look at Phinox, Jason doesn't wait for a nod. Spinning out in the open, his aims stretches out his handgun, pointing it at the cracked opening. "This is our warrant," he hisses. "Get out here, now."

Reiker recoils, but before anything can be done, the door is slammed shut, a deadbolt clicking.

"Dang it!" Jason aims his gun lower and fires a shot at the lock. Then giving a swift kick, the door breaks and flies open. Several figures were moving quickly inside the house. "Freeze!" he orders.

A shotgun goes off, blowing the front window to bits.

Jason doesn't flinch. "Does anybody know how to follow orders?!" he barks.

Reiker is on the floor where he dove with his shotgun. "You got not right!" he yells.

Jason knew he was right. He would probably get in trouble for breaking in here. But he could handle a slap on the wrists from the police.

The other two figures are slipping out through the back door, and Jason calls over his shoulder to Phinox. "Get a hold on this guy before he slithers out of here!" Sprinting through the house, he reaches the back door, ramming it open. But he's too late. He hears the squeal of tires and sees a blue car taking off through the alleyway. Taking aim, he fires a shot, nicking the fender. A curse slips out under his breath.

Getting back inside, he makes a quick search of the house, but there aren't that many rooms to check. It was a small house with no basement. There was nothing else here. He hadn't expected to find Katie here, but it was still a small letdown. He wanders to the living room again where Phinox and Reiker were. Leaning down he grabs the shotgun and hands it over to Phinox for safe keeping, then goes for his handcuffs. "Alright, get up."

Reiker glares at both men, but rises to his feet, having no choice. He winces as his hands are yanked behind his back. "This ain't for drunk driving," he grumbles. "But you ain't got nothing else on me. You hear? Nothing! No proof! I'll get you two for this!"

"Aw shut up." Jason gives the man a shove towards the door, and gestures to Phinox to lead him outside. He remains for just a moment behind their backs, doubling over to catch his breath before following outside.

Reiker resists Phinox, but doesn't have much of a choice but to aim for the pickup truck.

Jason follows after them, going to the green van first to give it a once-over, but finds nothing. Meeting up with them at the truck, Trooper is already barking from the backseat, after he'd spotted the stranger in cuffs.

Reiker is planting his feet on the pavement. "You're not putting me in with that dog," he warns. "Don't put me in there with that dog!"

Jason rolls his eyes. "I wasn't planning to." He lets the tailgate fall open. "Get in."

"This is inhumane!" Reiker accuses.

Jason is not amused with the delay. Yanking Reiker away from Phinox, he shoves the larger man into the back of the truck with no mercy. Swiping Phinox's handcuffs from him, he uses the second pair to lock Reiker to a tiedown ring. "Don't move," he orders, though there's no need. The prisoner was going no where.

Slamming the tailgate shut again, Jason can no longer hide his trouble. Putting a hand to his chest, he starts to wheeze, unable to catch his breath. The antidote was wearing off - quickly. Leaning against the truck, he tries to pull himself together, but it doesn't work. He knew Phinox probably had no idea what was wrong with him, but he doesn't care.

Holding out the keys to Phinox, Jason's eyes ask him to drive. "Get us back in a hurry," he directs, though his tone has dropped to more of a desperate request than an order.


Ryder is quick to follow Nate outside, he himself worried about what they might find. It could be anything, and his pulse quickens.

Reese is on his feet in an instant as Nate tells him what's going on, and doesn't hesitate to follow them out, his gun at his side just in case.

Reaching the outdoors and waiting for Nate to open the package, both men's eyes widen. Ryder withdraws a little, his eyes flooding with emotions. He hated this. He hated it that Katie was gone. He hated it that they were being taunted.

Reese swallows hard, then lets out a long breath. "They're making contact... that's a good thing. Sometime they'll slip up... they will." Though he tried to be confident, his voice wavered. "Nate... take these things to Sapphire and have her start checking for fingerprints. Then lets see what this web address is from a secure computer."