Talons Fully Extended

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Mid-conversation we are interrupted by Julie. She has pertinent information to share that directly relates to our current line of investigation. I end the chat with The Queen, promising to pick up where we left of as soon as possible, and answering the call from HQ as the Gulfstream effortlessly obtains lift.  Mustang and Drysdale share the small space we have created for such emergency situations calling it the Eagle Room, a dedicated air-borne sky-office designed for efficient communications at twenty-five thousand feet. I put Julie on speaker.

"We finally have a bit of data from the attempted kidnapper's cell phone," she begins. Before she is able to utter another word Drysdale asks about the last call made from the cheap burner. "Well, that's the urgent part, all we could get was the metrics, no dialogue - yet - they are still working that end," she continues, "but there are complications."

"Complications?" I jump in, "what kind of complications?"

"The last call was to a legal firm in DC, known for its specialty specific to cases such as this." She answers.

"You mean like defending terrorists?" I ask, clearing the air of false pretense and rhetorical political correctness.

"Yes."

"Is Harlan…"

"…He is running it down as we speak, we'll report his findings as soon as they're available."

Wheels are mentally spinning at a dizzying pace as we sit absorbing the ramifications of this latest piece of the puzzle, processing the potentials, as TOM used to phrase it.

Julie interrupts our seance with a warning: "There's more."

Drysdale immediately asks: "What about the second-to-last call?"

"Yes, that one is interesting. A number routed to the final destination in…"

"Orlando?" Drysdale plays.

"Bingo. But to another burner so we have nothing for an address or location other than the area code."

"Anything from the phone records off the cell that Mustang grabbed?" I ask.

"That was a fresh one, only four calls logged, two to a Reno, NV number and also a pair to the same Orlando, FL number, inbounds from each, no text available."

"Give me both numbers please. And great work."

Call ended, I address the team, "we have a little over two hours to get an address corresponding to this number, I am trusting there is a connection to either Bartowsky or Cyrus Williams. Let's find one. Start with airlines, then hotels, rental cars and then credit card usage, think alias. Get something."

I re-dial The Queen, Eagle Room talons fully extended.