Fear by Terry Dean "Teaser #3"

“Good afternoon I am Jonathan Sanders with the FBI Forensics Lab; as Bill said we were able to piece together from forensic evidence the following timeline and events. Susan arrived back in her parking garage located two and a half blocks south of her apartment building at approximately 8 o’clock, and before walking back to her apartment she stopped at a neighborhood bar call “Charlie’s Corner Bar”. Susan had been going to this establishment since she was a child with her father. The bartender and waitress said she was only there for about twenty minutes before leaving for home. They said she seemed normal with no obvious concerns and was just glad to be home. While in the bar they said a woman described as about 5 foot 10 inches weighing about 110 with black hair bought a drink for Susan before she left. Both individuals working at the bar had never seen this woman prior to this night. Susan did not appear to know the woman but once the drink was delivered she turned to thank the woman but she had apparently left, so she quickly downed the drink and left. It was at this point in the timeline that we do not have definitive information. But our investigation revealed there was a high probability that something was placed in her drink. After leaving the bar and walking back to her apartment, Susan became nauseated and stepped into an alley. She never exited this alley according to surveillance cameras monitoring the street, and shortly after Susan entered the alley, a black SUV was seen racing from the area. It is clear after investigating her apartment in Georgetown that she never made it home, and there was no evidence to suggest there were any problems. We were able to get a partial license plate on the SUV and later tracked it back to a car rental agency located at the Montgomery County Airport in Virginia. We were able to track the vehicle back to a hanger located on the east side of the airfield that housed a private jet. A mechanic working in the same area said the plane arrived sometime in the afternoon, and apparently left the same evening. Checking with the FAA and other agencies we were able to find that the jet had flown in from Mexico, and returned the same day. The tail number on the aircraft was apparently altered and we were not able to gain any information about the owner.” The plane was inspected by Airport Customs Agents and checked clear upon arrival from Mexico. I will now turn this over to David Morse lead agent with the Drug Enforcement Agency."


Slowly one after another of the agencies laid out the history and events that lead to the abduction of Susan Anderson by the Carlos el Diablo Cartel. They painted a picture of a vindictive, arrogant, power hungry individual who did not care about anything or anybody. Carlos’s history was strewn with blood and violence by an individual who just didn’t care. This man would kill his own mother if it would make him a dollar, and he had shown over the years he had no respect for life, law enforcement, or anything else any reasonable individual would. But through all the smoke and mirrors, there was one thing that none of the agents in this meeting, or those in the field realized. One important fact that was never even considered and this fact would lead to one of the largest and bloodiest conflicts any of these agencies would ever forget. And the clock was ticking, three hours and counting.