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Tweak says, "you can't see my hands..."

Neal Caffrey (classicratpack) wrote,
@ 2011-10-17 22:01:00

Neal accepted his visitor badge from the front desk at MI5, heading up the stairs to the second level. Peter was somewhere behind him, and he couldn't help but laugh. "Long night? You look exhausted. I told you I could have done this myself, you know." He could pop in, see Penelope, get the records, and be back in New York for lunch, but Peter had insisted on coming along.

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	likessmart 2011-10-18 03:18 am UTC (link)
	"No, no, it's fine, I should catch up with Hotch anyway. And yeah, I did have a long night, actually. El's base temperature was right or ... something, I don't know, I just know she jumped on me when I came home." He smiled and scratched the back of his neck. (Reply to this)

	classicratpack 2011-10-18 03:24 am UTC (link)
	Neal could have lived without knowing that, but he just ignored it. "You want me to go get Penelope? Or can your friend help us?" He'd met the man at his wedding briefly, but between the crush of other guests and the fact that Neal still didn't like Feds all that much, they hadn't interacted. (Reply to this)

likessmart
2011-10-18 03:47 am UTC (link)

"Hotch can grab her, in case she's already working on something." Peter held up his hand to let Neal know to wait while he asked someone with a badge where Aaron Hotchner's office was.

He soon returned with his friend next to him. Hotchner was sporting a tan and a new wedding band, and Peter noticed that he hadn't looked so young in the whole time he'd known the man. Hotch turned to smile at Neal, extending his hand. "Mr. Caffrey. I'm sorry we didn't talk more at my wedding."

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	classicratpack 2011-10-18 03:56 am UTC (link)
	Neal managed a smile. "You had places to go, people to see." He shook the man's hand, awkward as it felt. "You look like you're still on your honeymoon." Hotchner did look a whole lot less like, well, like a Fed. (Reply to this)

doesntblink
2011-10-18 04:10 am UTC (link)

Hotch smiled back. "It's hard not to feel like it. Isabela's got a way about her that makes me worry a lot less. But you two aren't here for me. Let me show you to the mad genius' lair." He smiled, waving them along to follow them. Peter grinned. "And the best thing about you being here, Hotch, besides me being your friend and all, is that Jack can babysit if El and I get pregnant."

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	classicratpack 2011-10-18 04:16 am UTC (link)
	Neal's eyes went wide, and he stared at Peter for a second. "You guys ... oh." He managed a faint smile, though frankly the weird factor was still creeping him out. He focused instead on Hotchner. "She's beautiful, by the way. Your wife." (Reply to this)

doesntblink
2011-10-18 04:26 am UTC (link)

Grinning, Hotch turned to bro-hug Peter. "You and El will be great parents. I know you always wanted to."

Peter chuckled. "Yeah, we just didn't have time with work, but it's - "

" - less busy here," Hotch finished. He turned back to Neal and chuckled. "Thank you. Your date is pretty as well." He could tell he was tentatively committed to the girl, but still had a lot of commitment issues. They'd walked all the way over to Garcia's office, and Hotch knocked on the closed door.

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	classicratpack 2011-10-18 04:34 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks, I'll tell her you said that." Neal smiled, clapping Peter on the back as they walked along, following Hotchner. "BB will freak out, if she doesn't know already," he told his friend, smiling. "I just ... yeah." He'd congratulate them when they had their kid. (Reply to this)

	likessmart 2011-10-18 04:41 am UTC (link)
	Peter grinned, absolutely beaming. "She probably does. I assume that El told her. But ... thank you. We've got our fingers crossed." El had been worried that she might be too old, and they'd already discussed adoption as a possibility. Hotch opened the door to reveal an office that was inhabited by one blonde figure and six monitors. The sound of rapidfire typing could be heard. (Reply to this)

	classicratpack 2011-10-18 04:44 am UTC (link)
	Neal stuck his head in the door, smiling. "Hello, Moneypenny." He tried his Connery, though he knew it was awful. "Got a minute?" (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-10-18 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Grinning, Garcia turned around. "Oh no. That wasn't Connery, boo, that turned out a little more Dalton. Sorry." Peter walked into the room after her, chuckling. He hadn't really met Garcia, but any girl who knew her Bond, he liked. Garcia grinned and stood up to hug Neal, as well as shake Peter's hand. (Reply to this)

	classicratpack 2011-10-18 04:55 am UTC (link)
	He kissed Garcia on the cheek. "You have a minute? We need some records. How are you? And I never pretended to be Scots, you've got your boyfriend for that." (Reply to this)

all_knowing
2011-10-18 04:59 am UTC (link)

Garcia ruffled Neal's hair and smiled at Peter. "I'm great, yes I do, and of course I can find things for you." She beamed at Hotch, who shook Neal and Peter's hands before taking his leave. Garcia pulled up chairs for Neal and Peter before she swatted Peter's hand as he started to touch her mouse. "Ah ah ah, no touchy. Think of my rig as your genitals, gentlemen. Strictly invite only."

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	classicratpack 2011-10-18 05:04 am UTC (link)
	Neal couldn't stop himself from laughing. "Remember that, Peter." He sat down in one of the chairs nearby. "Honestly, what we need should be easy, it's just hard to explain. Oh, and my - er. BB said to say hi to you." (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-10-18 05:08 am UTC (link)
	"Well, tell your er BB hi right back, sugar. Be careful, me and Bast got next." She minimized what she had been working on - making gifs of characters from the Sin City movie to put on tumblr - and cracked her knuckles. "My gorgeous nails are ready to do some walking for great justice. Shoot." (Reply to this)

	classicratpack 2011-10-18 05:18 am UTC (link)
	"You'll have a long wait." Neal sat down, letting Peter explain the case - he still didn't entirely understand all the computer jargon. He just knew that they needed the guy's aliases, and if anyone could find them all, it would be Penelope. (Reply to this)

all_knowing
2011-10-18 05:25 am UTC (link)

Garcia smiled and beeped Neal on the nose. "Right. So you need aliases, aliae, various renames, etcetera. Give me an hour or so, and I'll tell you what size shoes he wears and what kind of toilet paper he uses." She brought up a movie on the monitor closest to Peter and Neal before going to work.

It only took her ten minutes, and she whistled low. "This guy sucks, and he's plenty creepy to boot. Nobody needs that much phone sex. Period. Oh, and he buys drag heels. That's kind of creepy, the combo."

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	classicratpack 2011-10-18 05:31 am UTC (link)
	"Drag heels?" Neal echoed. "Like, drag queen heels?" That was definitely creepy, given that they didn't have any indication he was gay or liked drag queens in any kind of healthy way. "I'm really hoping that isn't for the women he's bringing home and raping." First, he went for their bank accounts, then their bodies. Gross in every way. (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-10-18 05:37 am UTC (link)
	Her eyes went wide. "I could've gone my whole life without knowing that." She pointed at the monitor nearest her, but turned the movie off. Peter had gotten sucked in. Bringing the information up there, she smiled at him and shook her head. "At least you guys don't make me look at pictures." (Reply to this)

	classicratpack 2011-10-18 05:48 am UTC (link)
	"Sorry." He forgot sometimes that even though she worked with this stuff, she didn't want to think on it much. "Anyway. Focus on the bank account part. He tends to work through the Bank of London over here." He went on, giving her the capsule review of the asshole's dealings in the UK. (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-10-18 06:00 am UTC (link)
	She nodded, sighing a little when some of the files showed up as protected. Peter winced, pulling out his phone. "I'll get some friends to pull in some favors over at Parl - " Then she typed a few more strokes, and the files came up on screen. "Or I can just hack the bank, no worries." (Reply to this)

	classicratpack 2011-10-18 06:03 am UTC (link)
	Neal laughed. "I like your way better. And technically, Peter, she doesn't work for you." So Peter could shut up about his 'rules' and 'laws'. (Reply to this)

all_knowing
2011-10-18 06:05 am UTC (link)

"My way is easier, faster, and more fun." She shrugged, printing out the information for Peter, as well as sending it in a .pdf to his phone. Peter just blinked, but didn't comment, instead looking at the money information. "Can you put a freeze on one of these deposits? Make it look like an out of town hold on a check?"

Garcia nodded. "Sure, this wire transfer came in from the Caymans, I can make it look like they're sitting on it in the ACH. Banks do that."

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	classicratpack 2011-10-18 06:10 am UTC (link)
	"That's smart. It'll spook him and he might do something stupid." Neal was nodding. "I might be able to contact him then." He looked over at Peter. "I know enough about Cayman banks, I can maybe convince him to try and bribe me to get the wire transfer through?" (Reply to this)

all_knowing
2011-10-18 06:12 am UTC (link)

"Say you work for the bank, that's easy enough. But Peter looks like he works at a bank more. Neal, you look too happy." She shrugged and continued typing, nodding when the hold was complete. "No offense, Peter." She followed the rest of his money right back to the Caymans, scowling to herself. "I don't want to know what he did to have this house he just bought, do I? I'll just content myself with there being drunk people in his Google Street View picture."

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	classicratpack 2011-10-18 03:58 pm UTC (link)
	Neal made a face. He always liked doing the undercover work. "Peter does look more staid. One of those guys who's polite to the customer and fantasizes about bringing an assault rifle to work." Someone ripe for a bribe. (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-10-18 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	Garcia poked Neal in the arm. "He's not that grumpy!" Peter smiled. "Yeah, I'm not that grumpy!" Garcia smiled. "But Neal, you look like a guy that wouldn't want to work there." She shrugged in Peter's direction. (Reply to this)

	classicratpack 2011-10-18 04:13 pm UTC (link)
	Neal nodded. "Either way. The best way to get to this guy will probably be the deposits. He's shown that he's willing to do a lot to keep his money." He looked over at the computer. (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-10-19 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Garcia smiled, and tapped the largest, most recent transaction. "I'm sure he'll pout over 500 grand being held up." She beamed. "Oh, look, someone's using his cell phone. Want me to see who with?" She winked, already starting to pull up the files. (Reply to this)

	classicratpack 2011-10-19 04:42 am UTC (link)
	"That would be awesome." Neal grinned, looking back at Peter. "Why don't we have someone who does this for us?" (Reply to this)

all_knowing
2011-10-19 05:19 am UTC (link)

Peter sighed. "Because we try to catch people who do this and ... that's really a very good question." He pinched the bridge of his nose.

Garcia whistled, cross referencing the phone number of who the guy was talking to with VICAP and Interpol dossiers. "Boys, meet his Bonnie. ... I'm guessing he bought her those, that's not a natural way for boobs to be." She cocked her head to the side, nose wrinkled in sympathy. "If you want a pet hacker, I can make recommendations."

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	classicratpack 2011-10-19 05:39 am UTC (link)
	Neal winced. "Wow, those aren't even good fakes." Not only was this guy a worthless bastard, he was a tacky worthless bastard. "She's got Cayman citizenship. Sneaky." (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-10-19 05:54 am UTC (link)
	Peter's eyes went large. "Is it wrong that I want to pop one with a fork?" Garcia shook her head. "Nope, not at all. So she's probably the one handling his offshore accounts. Well, let me bring up her rap sheet - really? Public indecency? You silly woman, just walking around for you is public indecency." (Reply to this)

	classicratpack 2011-10-19 06:12 am UTC (link)
	"That's it?" Neal raised an eyebrow. "Maybe she's gonna be the next victim. Usually an accomplice to this kind of thing has more on her rap sheet than one indecency charge." Nobody deserved to be this guy's prey, no matter how bad the fake boobs. (Reply to this)

all_knowing
2011-10-20 04:04 pm UTC (link)

"Let me double check her aliases. Aliae. Alieaseseses - "

Peter cut her off while massaging his temples. "Other names."

Garcia smiled when she found three other names. Two of them were clean, but one - the one she assumed was her real name - made her quirk an eyebrow. "Oh, honey, if I was a Gertrude Bartowski, I'd want an alias too. Not so much with the assault with a deadly weapon and extortion and racketeering and fraud and solicitation and ... okay, anything that she's done with her life, but I'd change my name."

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	classicratpack 2011-10-20 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Who names their kid Gertrude?" Besides a sadist. Neal shook his head. "Okay, so we have our plan of attack. I lean on her, Peter leans on him?" Peter wouldn't cut any ice with a woman like that; Neal could just tell. She fancied herself too pretty - and was in reality too wily - to see Peter as any kind of foe. (Reply to this)

	all_knowing 2011-10-21 02:55 am UTC (link)
	"Old people?" Garcia shrugged to herself. "Are you going after them here or in the States? If you want, Hotch can help you here. I'm even pretty good with things like this myself." (Reply to this)