Kirk & Chloe
"Hey Steel! Get your ass over here!" Chloe called from a computer near the middle of the lab.
"Yo?" Kirk raised his eyebrows, making his way through the crowd tot he desk.
"See that van there?"
"No."
Chloe hit him.
"Chris was just loaded into the back of it."
Kirk hesitated, then leant into the screen to get a closer look.
"Zoom in Cath. Are you sure that's Blakesley's? And if so, why didn't I see this a week ago?"
"They must have had some anti-tracking spell over the van for a while, and you know the satellites were down for a bit. It's going to be hard keeping track of this anyway. This video stream is running a week behind already," Cath offered, clicking away at the mouse.
Kirk put a hand on her shoulder as he squinted.
"Alright. Hook me up with some headphones. Where Christian goes, Taylor goes. Maybe we could get his brother working for us."
Chloe disappeared, soon returning with a set of mobile headphones with an attached microphone.
"Send the call through to Isaac's cell phone," Steel ordered.
Chloe logged onto another nearby computer, found his particular frequency range, then sent the call through.
Kirk kept his eyes on Cath's computer screen as he waited for Isaac to pick up.
Isaac
Isaac jumped at the sound of his phone ringing.
"Whoa, okay, total loss of train of thought there," he said.
He floated his phone over to him while he gave the computer screen a regretful look.
"Hello?" he asked, answering the phone.
Kirk
"Hey Isaac, it's Steel here," Kirk brushed over the introduction quickly.
"Pack your bags and get out to your car, you've got a road trip ahead of you. We've just tracked Blakesley's van."
Isaac
Isaac blinked.
"Umm, okay?" He asked. "Is this your way of saying you've found Taylor and want me to help?"
Kirk & Chloe
"Ah, no..." Kirk frowned a little, "it's a way of saying 'if you want your brother back, you'd better move it'. Our video surveillance is running exactly a week late on this streaming clip, so you might want to get going. Keep your phone connected and I'll get Cath to guide you to wherever the heck they're going."
Kirk moved his microphone a little and called Chloe over.
"Grab another head set for Cath, will you?"
"Ok."
Isaac
"Ooookay..." Isaac replied.
He saved his work so far, putting his telekinesis to work yet some more to pack a bag. This was a bit... weird... Not that he any objections to getting Taylor back, more that he wasn't expecting to get such an odd phone call.
He grabbed his bag the conventional way as he stepped outside the apartment and began going down to his car.
"Okay, so where am I going?" he asked.
Kirk & Chloe
"Head for Highway 35 and head West. Just keep going. And you might not want to go alone this time. Blakesley wasn't alone when he picked them up. We have no idea what's going on."
Chloe returned with another head set and Cath quickly put it on. Then Chloe quickly went into the next computer to hook up the two lines.
Isaac and Zac
"Hmm, okay," Isaac replied.
Well, there was only one other person he could think of to bring along.
A few minutes later, he pulled up outside of Zac's place. He got out of the cra, and rang the bell. It was a few minutes before Zac opened it.
"Hey, Ike," he said. "Come on in -"
"Wanna come rescue Taylor with me?" Isaac asked conversationally. "Steel's got me doing a little road trip. With any luck we'll get a Blakesley bashing thrown in."
Zac stared.
"If I see him, I'll kill him," he said calmly. "I'll grab a bag and tell Ella."
"You pack, I'll tell Ella," Isaac said.
"Okay then... but I'll still see Ella on the way down. Ought to say goodbye to the kids."
"Okay."
They headed inside to do their thing. A few more minutes later they were back on the road.
Kirk & Chloe
"I'll put you over to Cath now. We're running flat out here at the moment. The satellites were down for a bit, and that's why we haven't been able to find this footage until now," Kirk admitted, grunting slightly, "good luck."
Chloe cut his connection, and he made for the opposite side of the room where he was being called.
"Good morning Mr. Hanson, this is Cathy. I'll guide you through from here," the young woman said in her soft, calm voice.
"Just keep heading West for the moment on Highway 35. May I ask what kind of vehicle you are in?"
Isaac and Zac
"I'm in a," and Isaac proceeded to tell Cathy what car he was driving.
Zac stayed slient so that cathy and Isaac could hear each other. But inside his head he was singing to the tune of "The Wizard of Oz":
We're off to kill a sadist!
The evil oh Blaksley man
We're gonna kill him and splatter his brains
All over the frying pan
Chloe
Chloe watched over Cathy's shoulder as she opened up a second window and managed to zoom in on Isaac's van to keep track of him in regard's to Blakesley's.
"Thank you."
Isaac and Zac
"No problem," Isaac replied. "Just let us know when there's a change in plan."
They drove down the highway and hopefully towards rescuing Taylor.
Again.