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Authors: Geri Foster
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Mac and A.J. continued to question Tony while Abby stood and paced the place , which was very similar to the one they’d used in Moscow, except this one had a homier feel. As if someone might actually live here.
Tony’s gray eyes were now bloodshot and his shoulders hunched. He had to be exhausted. His words weren’t as sharp, and his eyelids drooped. She hated seeing him so confused.
Abby halted. “I think he needs to get some rest. He’s been through a lot. You should stop questioning him.”
Mac looked at her. “We will, but there’s a doctor coming to check him out. He may have some answers for us.”
“Doctor?” Tony asked. “You called a doctor?”
“He’s one of us. We’ve used him a dozen times. We have to know you’re okay.”
Before she or Tony could object, a knock sounded at the door and A.J peered out the keyhole. “It’s him.” He opened the door and a man entered carrying a black bag. His thick glasses, the tie, and his smooth hands would lead anyone to believe him to be a doctor.
Still, Abby stepped closer and watched his every move. “You’ve checked him out, right, Mac?”
“Inside and out. He can be trusted.”
The doctor went to Tony and asked him to remove his shirt. Abby’s eyes narrowed with suspicion. The Falcon agent did as instructed. Tony cautiously went through the motions. They all knew one wrong move, and the doctor would be dead before any questions were asked.
Abby flinched at the bruises, scrapes and cuts on Tony’s body. If they were going to fill him full of some kind of truth serum, why beat him so badly?
The doctor took a step back. “Do you remember the beatings?”
Tony shook his head.
Tenderly, the stranger touched a gash on Tony’s side. “Perhaps the knife that sliced you?”
“None of it.” Tony looked across the room at her. Their gazes clashed with an intensity that stunned her.
“I’d like to draw some blood to see if there is enough of the drug left in his system that we might identify.”
A.J. shook his head. “I have a feeling that’s well gone by now. I’m sure they kept him out of the general population until they knew he was clean.”
“I believe you’re right. And the human body has an amazing filtering system to clean out impurities.”
Abby crossed her arms. “What about his memory? He thought I was someone else, even though we’ve known each other years.”
“That’s not unusual, even in the mildest forms of truth serum ,” the doctor said. “It has a tendency to confuse the mind. That’s why so few people put much stake in the use of such techniques. It’s difficult to know if the person is telling the truth or not.”
Mac stood and rubbed the back of his neck. “But what if they created a super drug? One they thought reliable?”
The doctor put the blood pressure cuff on Tony’s arm and pumped the bulb. “There have been rumors of that for years, but the mind is a very complicated machine.”
Looking at Tony, Abby’s heart shattered with sympathy. “They say every man breaks if you beat them enough. Deprive and torture them.”
“It looks like they did all that, and my guess is he didn’t say anything. There are too many areas where evidence shows the punishment grew more severe over time.” The doctor put the stethoscope in his ears and slowly released the pressure in the cuff. When he finished, he looked at her. “He was beaten quite severely. Over the last several days, his body has started to heal. I think they administered the drug as a last resort.”
Mac put his hands on his hips. “So he has information they wanted. You don’t think they got it?”
The doctor put his supplies in his bag and took out two needles. He held one up and filled it from a small vile. “It’s my opinion they did not get what they wanted, or they would have killed him. I think what they used was too strong, too invasive to make him talk. It simply shut down his
Mac and A.J. continued to question Tony while Abby stood and paced the place , which was very similar to the one they’d used in Moscow, except this one had a homier feel. As if someone might actually live here.
Tony’s gray eyes were now bloodshot and his shoulders hunched. He had to be exhausted. His words weren’t as sharp, and his eyelids drooped. She hated seeing him so confused.
Abby halted. “I think he needs to get some rest. He’s been through a lot. You should stop questioning him.”
Mac looked at her. “We will, but there’s a doctor coming to check him out. He may have some answers for us.”
“Doctor?” Tony asked. “You called a doctor?”
“He’s one of us. We’ve used him a dozen times. We have to know you’re okay.”
Before she or Tony could object, a knock sounded at the door and A.J peered out the keyhole. “It’s him.” He opened the door and a man entered carrying a black bag. His thick glasses, the tie, and his smooth hands would lead anyone to believe him to be a doctor.
Still, Abby stepped closer and watched his every move. “You’ve checked him out, right, Mac?”
“Inside and out. He can be trusted.”
The doctor went to Tony and asked him to remove his shirt. Abby’s eyes narrowed with suspicion. The Falcon agent did as instructed. Tony cautiously went through the motions. They all knew one wrong move, and the doctor would be dead before any questions were asked.
Abby flinched at the bruises, scrapes and cuts on Tony’s body. If they were going to fill him full of some kind of truth serum, why beat him so badly?
The doctor took a step back. “Do you remember the beatings?”
Tony shook his head.
Tenderly, the stranger touched a gash on Tony’s side. “Perhaps the knife that sliced you?”
“None of it.” Tony looked across the room at her. Their gazes clashed with an intensity that stunned her.
“I’d like to draw some blood to see if there is enough of the drug left in his system that we might identify.”
A.J. shook his head. “I have a feeling that’s well gone by now. I’m sure they kept him out of the general population until they knew he was clean.”
“I believe you’re right. And the human body has an amazing filtering system to clean out impurities.”
Abby crossed her arms. “What about his memory? He thought I was someone else, even though we’ve known each other years.”
“That’s not unusual, even in the mildest forms of truth serum ,” the doctor said. “It has a tendency to confuse the mind. That’s why so few people put much stake in the use of such techniques. It’s difficult to know if the person is telling the truth or not.”
Mac stood and rubbed the back of his neck. “But what if they created a super drug? One they thought reliable?”
The doctor put the blood pressure cuff on Tony’s arm and pumped the bulb. “There have been rumors of that for years, but the mind is a very complicated machine.”
Looking at Tony, Abby’s heart shattered with sympathy. “They say every man breaks if you beat them enough. Deprive and torture them.”
“It looks like they did all that, and my guess is he didn’t say anything. There are too many areas where evidence shows the punishment grew more severe over time.” The doctor put the stethoscope in his ears and slowly released the pressure in the cuff. When he finished, he looked at her. “He was beaten quite severely. Over the last several days, his body has started to heal. I think they administered the drug as a last resort.”
Mac put his hands on his hips. “So he has information they wanted. You don’t think they got it?”
The doctor put his supplies in his bag and took out two needles. He held one up and filled it from a small vile. “It’s my opinion they did not get what they wanted, or they would have killed him. I think what they used was too strong, too invasive to make him talk. It simply shut down his
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