"What?"
He looked at Victoria.
"Rachel isn't the only person Jonathan is holding."
He swallowed.
"He's holding Sarah Whitmore too."
The old courthouse was surrounded by darkness.
Elena, Daniel, Victoria, and Hayes entered through an underground service tunnel.
Nobody trusted anyone.
But they had no other choice.
Rachel and Sarah were being held somewhere inside the building, and Jonathan had threatened to destroy the original evidence before midnight.
Hayes carried a small radio.
"Two guards near the western entrance," he whispered. "Three more inside the archive."
Elena looked at him.
"How many people are working for Jonathan?"
"More than you can imagine."
"How many?"
"Twenty-seven."
Daniel frowned.
"Twenty-seven police officers?"
Hayes nodded.
"Some are officers. Others are judges, investigators, and private security contractors."
Victoria shook her head.
"Jonathan has been building this network for years."
They reached a staircase.
At the bottom was a steel door.
Hayes entered the security code.
The door opened.
Inside was a large underground chamber.
Rows of computers lined the walls.
Several monitors displayed live security footage from different locations.
Daniel noticed one screen showing a woman sitting inside a small room.
It was Sarah.
He stepped closer.
"Mom."
Her face was older than the photographs.
Her hair was grey, and she looked exhausted.
But she was alive.
Daniel reached toward the screen.
Then another monitor switched on.
It showed Rachel.
She was tied to a chair, with a man standing behind her.
Jonathan Bell.
A voice came through the speakers.
"Welcome, everyone."
Jonathan appeared on the main screen.
He was wearing a clean white shirt, his injured shoulder wrapped in bandages.
"Detective Cross. Officer Reeves. Captain Hayes. And Victoria Shaw."
He smiled.
"I was beginning to think you wouldn't come."
Elena stepped toward the camera.
"Release the hostages."
Jonathan laughed.
"Always so direct."
"Let them go."
"Give me the archive."
Daniel held up the folder.
"You mean this?"
Jonathan's smile disappeared.
"Put it on the table."
"Not until you release Sarah and Rachel."
Jonathan looked disappointed.
"Negotiating with me is a waste of time."
He pressed a button.
A countdown appeared on the screen.
10:00.
"Ten minutes," he said. "Then the entire archive will be destroyed."
Victoria stepped forward.
"You can't erase twenty years of evidence."
"Can't I?"
He smiled.
"Every recording has a backup. Every backup has another backup. But I control all of them."
Hayes suddenly moved toward the control panel.
Jonathan noticed.
"Richard. Don't."
Hayes ignored him.
He pulled a small device from his pocket and connected it to the computer.
The screens flickered.
Jonathan's expression changed.
"What are you doing?"
Hayes looked at Elena.
"Downloading the files."
An alarm sounded.
The countdown stopped.
Then the main screen went black.
For a moment, everyone believed it had worked.
But Jonathan's voice returned.
"Richard, you never were very clever."
The door behind them slammed shut.
A locking mechanism engaged.
Gas began flowing through the ventilation system.
Daniel covered his mouth.
"Get out!"
Hayes rushed toward the emergency control.
The panel refused to open.
Victoria started coughing.
Elena grabbed a metal chair and smashed the control screen.
The gas continued.
Then Hayes reached inside his jacket and removed a small key.
He inserted it into a manual override.
The door unlocked.
"Go!" he shouted.
Elena pulled Victoria into the corridor.
Daniel followed.
But Hayes remained behind.
"Captain!"
He looked at them.
"Go find the girls."
Daniel turned back.
"Come with us!"
Hayes shook his head.
"I have to finish this."
The door began closing.
Elena reached for him.
But Hayes pushed her away.
The door slammed shut.
A second later, an explosion shook the underground chamber.
Daniel shouted.
"DAD!"
Elena grabbed his shoulder.
"He's not your father. Your father was Michael."
Daniel looked at her.
"I know."
They continued running.
At the end of the corridor, they found a room with two doors.
One was marked SARAH.
The other was marked RACHEL.
Elena opened the first.
A woman sat inside.
Sarah Whitmore.
Daniel stopped.
For twenty years, he had imagined this moment.
But now he didn't know what to say.
Sarah slowly raised her eyes.
"Daniel?"
He walked toward her.
"Mom."
She began crying.
He fell to his knees and held her.
"I thought I had lost you."
Sarah touched his face.
"I never stopped looking for you."
Elena watched them.
For a moment, she forgot about Jonathan.
Then a voice came from the second room.
"Help!"
Rachel.
Elena rushed inside.
But the room was empty.
Only a chair and a broken pair of handcuffs remained.
A phone sat on the table.
It began ringing.
Elena answered.
Jonathan's voice came through.
"You're getting closer, Detective."
"Where is Rachel?"
"Somewhere safe."
"Let her go."
"I will. But first, I want you to understand something."
Elena looked at Sarah and Daniel.
"What?"
Jonathan spoke slowly.
"Victoria Shaw didn't bring you here to save anyone."
Elena turned.
Victoria was gone.
The phone continued.
"She brought you here because she needs the final witness."
"Who?"
Jonathan laughed.
"You."
Elena stood in the empty room, holding the phone.
Jonathan's words repeated in her mind.
She needs the final witness.
Daniel approached.