Tom doublechecked his weapon,a small crossbow. He had scouted out the
lab a few minutes earlier and knew exactly which room Ed was in. Tom
knew he was with Sloan which was why he had to be extremely careful with
his aim.
If he didn't shoot Ed and make it look real Colin's wrath would come
down on all of them.
If he missed and hurt Sloan instead.......

Tom let the last thought trail off and shook his head to clear it. He
had to shove his emotions aside in order for this to work.
If everything went according to plan he and Sloan would finally have a
happy ending.
Satsified that the weapon was ready Tom stood on the small hill outside
the lab's window and took careful aim.

/I've been watching too many spy movies/Detective Peter Hurst thought
with a slight shake of his head,/Nobody has a secret compartment under
the desk./
Even with the odds Hurst decided to go through with the search of the
underside of the desk anyway. Stranger things had happened. If Parker
was hiding something here was as good a place as any.
"Peter!"Katherine called entering the living room causing Hurst to whack
his head sharply on the desk.
"Ouch!"Peter muttered as he scooted out from under the desk holding his
head,"Next time look at what the person's doing before you sneak up on
them. You'll save yourself assult charges."
"Cute,"Krieg replied as she offered him a hand up,"You moonlighting as a
stand up comic?"
"Not yet."Hurst quipped then noticed the thick hard cover book she was
holding,"Find something or are you catching up on your reading?"

Katherine held the book up to him,"Its Parker's college yearbook and
guess who I found inside?"
Peter's eyes lit up as he snatched the book from her,"Our John Doe?"
"Bingo,you get a prize."Krieg replied as she sat down on the sofa,"It
looks like we were barking up the wrong tree. The connection wasn't
between Daniels and Doe it was between Parker and Doe."
Hurst closed the book and placed it on the desk,"That still adds up to
zero. We don't know why he was at Daniels's room."
Katherine stood,"If Doe was a friend of Sloan's he could've discovered
that Daniels's did kill her and went to confront him."
"Which would be a really stupid move."Hurst commented as he leaned
against the desk.

"True."Katherine replied as she walked toward the door,"Come on we'll
drop the yearbook off at the station as evidence and you can put an APB
out on Daniels."

Ed walked around Sloan's bed and headed back to the computer. He had an
idea for another test that might shed some light.
Ray saw the look on his friend's face,"You have an idea?"
Ed sat down at the desk and called up the right program,"Maybe, I don't
want to jinx it."
Suddenly Ed felt a firey pain in his left shoulder. Startled Ed looked
down at his shoulder and saw a small black dart.
Ray raced forward and was able to catch Tate before the scientist hit
the floor.

Peterson carefully dragged Tate so they were next to the hospital bed.
Ray took out his gun and risked a glance at the window. There was a
small hole in the center of the glass indicating where the dart had
broken through.
His instincts told him the shooter was long gone by now so Ray looked
back at Tate.
Peterson was shocked to see how pale the young man's face was. Ray
reached forward to check Ed's pulse it was thready and weak.
"Damn."Peterson said softly as he struggled to figure out what to do.
His first thought had been to call an ambulance but then Ray realized
that doing that could cost Sloan's life.
But if he didn't Ed could die in a matter of minutes and then who would
be there to take care of Sloan?
With a sigh Ray took out his cellular phone to call Attwood.