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Spatula.

Post.

Bin.

Spatula.

Hey, Margaret. It's Matt.

Matt. Been a while.

You just waking up, or you been driving all night?

It's been an all-nighter for me.

Are you still selling that long-haul special?

I'll have that long-haul ready for you when you get here.

How far out are you?

Uh, just under 20 minutes.

Taking my shortcut.

Oh, uh, make it two?

Is that your half-baked way of asking me on a date?

Uh, it may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I know all too well when

someone's out of my league.

See you soon.

I haven't seen anyone out here all morning. Gosh, thank you so much.

I was scared.

Of course. You alright?

What's the problem?

I have no idea.

The car made this weird noise and then it just petered out.

Ever done this before?

No, never.

That's strange.

I'll have a look.

Thank you.

Drag him off the road.

Let's move.

Now!

How have I been out of the service for over a year and I'm still running laps

around you?

It's the, uh, elevation.

It's the reason Olympians train in Colorado.

Oh, yeah, I'm sure that's it.

I'm... What?

They've changed.

Can't really put my finger on it, but... It's blue.

This guy?

Taught me how to trust again.

Trust issues?

When I thought I lost you it was difficult to trust myself to watch

someone else's back He's told me that

Come on boy What

happened

to you Kim

The county has an informant?

Margaret to Matt.

I got two long-haul specials sitting under a lamp, no sunscreen.

You close?

9.30 a.m., Crystal Ridge. That's your morning wake-up call. We got clear

skies, cool up in the path, so bundle up if you're headed that way. Stick around.

More music coming your way right after this.

I have an unconscious male off the side of 37. I need an ambulance staff.

Hey.

We just got a call. Male victim injured off Highway 37.

Copy that. On the way.

You were lying about the blue skies.

Never seen anything like it.

You still haven't told me the reason you came to Colorado.

My time in the army was up.

All you ever did was talk about this place.

Figured now was as good a time as any to come see you, right? I didn't only talk

about Crystal Ridge. I mean, 80% of the time you did, yeah.

Look, I get it. It's beautiful.

If I'm being honest, it's hard to just go back home.

You know, after everything we saw.

I'll never really get it.

I get it.

Sorry.

Nora, what's up?

Hey, Jody. I have a victim off of Highway 37 beaten pretty badly.

Ryan's already en route.

I'm on it. Ping me the location.

Copy.

I take it this is the end of the hike? At least in the military, we had actual

off days.

Don't worry about me. I can find my way back.

I could probably use your training. Ain't that the truth?

Come on, boy.

How's he doing?

He was in serious condition when I arrived, but they're taking him to

Memorial right now to get checked.

Got an ID?

Yeah, Matt Delaney.

He wasn't able to talk. He was out of it. But clear signs of blunt force

trauma with some sort of weapon. That's about it.

He's a truck driver.

Could this be related to the string of hijackings happening in the West?

Possible. We had one happen, what, eight months ago?

If it was a hijacking, it looks clean and efficient.

I'll head to Memorial and wait for him to regain consciousness.

Great. We'll stay in process and scene.

Keep in touch.

Gopher Tyson, I thought it was your day off. Just can't stay away.

Okay, so what's the situation?

Matt Delaney, white male, late 30s. He was found on the side of Highway 37 and

appears to have been attacked.

He's a licensed truck driver, but there was no semi or car found at the scene.

Okay, I'll inform the suit.

Copy that, thanks.

Possible hijacking.

And I thought today was going to be an easy one.

You cracked the case wide open?

Hardly, but there was one driver who was hijacked about a year ago. It was in

Fallbrook County, Brad Jensen at 3836 Alpine Street.

Perfect. Can you text that to me? Will do.

How'd it go with Jody?

It didn't.

If you're worried about Ernie, he'll be leaving at some point.

Don't you have a crime to solve?

Give me that info.

Yeah.

Where's Ruby?

Does anyone know?

Who?

My daughter, Ruby.

She was in the truck when it was hijacked.

Matt's daughter was in the truck.

Ruby Delaney, 12.

We needed an Amber Alert like two hours ago. Consider it done. I'll relay the

info to Clive. Copy. Thanks.

Hey, Tyson.

Jody's with Matt Delaney.

His daughter was in the semi.

Oh, no.

Where's Meeks and Nora?

They're on their way to question someone who was hijacked in Fallbrook.

All right.

Put out an amber alert.

Get Betty in the sky so you can track that semi.

I'll get the rangers to search the park ASAP.

Let Connie know of the situation.

On it.

That's him.

Brad Jensen?

Yeah?

Your work told us you get lunch here.

There's been another semi-truck hijacking. This time there was a little

girl in the truck. She's missing.

Okay. What's that got to do with me?

We'd like you to tell us a little bit about the night you were hijacked.

Look, I filled out a police report.

Everything's in there.

We understand, but it would really help us out if you could walk us through it

again.

It was a regular night.

A dispatch called and rerouted me. And I saw a pregnant woman with a broken down

car.

What kind of car?

It's a black SUV.

Not a sedan, definitely an SUV?

Definitely.

What was the name of that dispatcher?

Pete Hughes.

Do you remember anything from the attack?

little fuzzy.

There was a pregnant woman.

Dark hair.

She seemed stranded.

She was driving a blue Challenger.

Did you catch the license plate?

It wasn't a normal license plate.

The vanity plate.

Exactly, yeah.

I don't know what it said.

Did you see the attackers?

I heard a couple footsteps, and I tried to turn around, and it lights out.

What were you transporting?

An ashen barrel of whiskey.

Matt, do you mind if I ask why you were traveling with your daughter?

We lost Ruby's mom a few years ago.

I have to homeschool her when I'm on the road.

There's no one who can look after her when I'm working, you know?

I never thought in a million years something like this would happen.

I'm so sorry.

I have a tracker connected to the cargo.

I lost my phone in the attack, but I could give you the ID and sign in.

Great.

Please, you gotta find my daughter.

She's everything to me.

I'm all she's got.

I don't think your salary can cover this drone if it crashes.

Oh, I set a route.

Betty is on autopilot.

I got Matt's tag number from Jody. And then if the drone finds their tag,

she'll lock onto it, head over to his vicinity, and alert me.

And to think I had to do actual detective work with a pen and a pad.

Wait bingo Clive the Challenger. I think I found it. It's the only blue

Challenger in the system with custom plates It belongs to a a sherry caves.

Let's get units to the house. Now. We need to talk to sherry Betty found the

air tag.

I got a hit on match truck. Look at you going two for two

Meeks, what's up? Tyson found the semi.

We're a ways out. How far are you away from Pine Meadow?

I'm heading back now. I'll take it.

We'll send you the coordinates.

Ryan's almost there.

We're heading to talk to the dispatcher who was working last night.

Copy that.

Alright, stay frosty. You too.

I hope we find Ruby.

Thanks for coming.

I was close by.

You know I've got your back.

Are you hungry?

I'm sure you're hungry.

Everything will be okay. We're almost there.

We're good here.

Do you regret taking the position yet?

TBD. I got this. Thanks for the help.

Give me a little...

got for us, Jodi? I had Blue try and catch a scent from the duffel bag in the

back, but the trail looked cold.

Nora and Meeks?

They're following up on a lead from last night. The dispatcher.

I got something for you. The Challenger? Along with Sherry Taves.

Connie went by the house. Mail was piled up in no car.

Seems she's been gone for a while.

Do me a favor. Run her license plate through the LPR.

Already did. We got a match.

Sherry parked her car in the airport's long-term parking a week ago.

Verified? She boarded her flight to Atlanta.

Credit card statements verify she's been out of town for a week.

All right, let's look into that. I'll leave it to you.

Pete Hughes?

Yeah, that's me.

What's going on?

Step down here, please.

You're a dispatcher for truckers, right?

That's correct.

We're curious.

Why would you switch Brad Jensen and Matt Delaney's routes?

I don't remember the names, but I reroute trucks all the time, depending

on circumstances.

What kind of circumstances?

Well, last night there was a power line downed.

Standard. Downed power lines, construction, accidents, and even

mudslides can lead to rerouting.

How are these incidents verified?

They're not. I get a call over CB. It's simply truckers sharing information to

help out the community.

So anyone can send in a CB call and you'll reroute the driver?

Yeah. But why would anyone lie about that? We're a community.

Everyone is up against the clock.

We're just helping each other.

You're gonna be okay.

What can I do for you? Just wondering if you might know why I can't access the

CHS archives.

I have clearance.

It's got to be the USB lock.

It's usually a two-step verification.

Username and passcode are worthless without it.

Yeah, that's a problem. I have no idea where that is.

Sorry.

Until you find that, run out of rope.

I appreciate the help. Anytime.

Hey, what's up?

I need a favor. I'm heading to a parking lot near the airport.

It would be really helpful if you could meet me there.

Yeah, no problem.

I can head out now. What do you got?

Tyson may have found the Blue Challenger. It could lead us to Ruby.

This is for you.

It's peanut butter jelly.

Hey.

I never agreed to this.

Taking a little girl is not part of the plan.

Massive issue.

I checked if there were any road emergencies that would have led to a

rerouting last night.

Nothing. You see what I'm getting at?

I do.

If anyone can reroute via CB, how easy is it to radio Pete and file a false

incident? And have Pete unknowingly send truckers into a setup.

Can't trace him, can't record him. I've instructed Pete that the next time he

gets a call to reroute a truck, to call NPS.

But this isn't good.

We need to find her.

Keep an eye on it.

Okay, this is the parking lot.

It's the blue Challenger.

Excuse me, can we talk to you for a moment?

We believe a car was used in the commission of a crime early this

morning.

Really? Yes.

I need to know who was working last night and I'll need access to all your

cameras.

Okay.

Good boy.

Listen to me.

I have a kid in here.

Please help.

My name is Ruby Delaney.

I'm in some sort of cabin.

Ruby, this is Margaret. I'm a friend of your father.

Please don't talk.

Stop I Think that's the woman Matt described When was Brad hijacked eight

months ago? This makes no sense Brad said he pulled over for a very pregnant

woman, right? Yeah, the woman in this video is at least seven months pregnant

So how was she seven months pregnant a year ago and seven months pregnant at

the hijacking last night?

Who's the woman in the video no idea I'm giving you grace because I have a hunch

that you really don't know.

Know what?

That the challenger that was used in a heist was also used in a kidnapping of a

12-year-old girl.

I didn't know anything about a kid.

Okay.

I get a call from a burner.

Always from a woman. She comes with cash and... Takes a car from somebody that's

been out of town for a week or two.

Then they get a pickup location for the car.

That's it. I swear.

No kids.

You're under arrest for motor theft.

She said she was being held in a cabin somewhere.

Then she told me not to talk.

All right, let me see what I can do. I think we got an old CB lying around here

somewhere. Probably the only one who knows how to use it. What channel?

Channel 4.

All right.

Do me a favor.

Anything? Keep your ears open on the other channel. See if you hear anything.

I'm on it.

Meeks, check the storage closet for me. There was an old CB radio last time I

was here. On it.

We got something.

The crew's been stealing cars from long-term airport parking.

Makes sense. Matt saw a blue Challenger, but Brad saw a black SUV.

The attendant was in on it. Ryan has him in custody. It's not breaking it open,

but it's something.

What's with the CB?

Margaret heard Ruby on Channel 4.

Do we know where she is? Not yet.

Ruby mentioned a cabin, but that's all we have.

I have Margaret scanning the other frequencies.

Tyson, can you scan CB frequencies?

I feel like this is some sort of prank.

Come on, you kids with your drones and AI. Never mind, I got it.

Sorry, guys. The forensic report on the semi came in.

Prints are wiped. This was a professional job.

Okay. Set to channel four.

If Ruby gets back on, we have a chance.

Till then, we keep working.

Keep your ears open.

Hey, Margaret, do you have anything for us?

I have been hearing a strange set of words coming over the channels for a

while now.

Nothing even remotely resembling trucker talk.

Okay, what is it? Just random words, always three of them. I wrote them all

down every time I heard them.

Okay, hold on, just give me a second. I just need to look through something.

Yeah, take your time.

Do you have any odd words from March 7th?

Yes, that's a date.

Light.

Sewer, Alja.

March 7th, earlier this year. That is the first time I heard these words.

Okay, great. Can you send me a photo of your notebook?

I'll do it right now. Thank you.

Tyson, I'm just sending you something right now. Can you open it up?

One moment.

Margaret has been recording strange words coming over the CB for the past

year or so.

Check out the date at the top of the list.

March 7th.

The date of Brad Jensen's hijacking.

And they're all within a couple of days of one another and then long gaps.

Yeah. So if the first set of words fall on the day of the hijacking, can we

assume the second set might be in proximity to the cell?

Of what was in the truck?

Yeah, exactly.

Makes sense.

What could the words mean?

Hello?

Is anyone there?

Ruby? My name is Jody. I'm a detective.

We're here to help you.

Okay, but I have to be quiet.

Are the people who took you close by?

Yes. Okay.

Could you look around and see if you recognize anything?

Anything that might help tell us where you are?

There's a big mountain with a glacier.

That's Eileen's glacier. We know it. It's really good, Ruby.

On the way here, went over some train tracks, and then a little later, I heard

a river. And then when they took me out of my dad's truck, I started counting.

I got to 1,467 seconds.

That is so impressive.

You're so smart.

Was it a smooth or was it a bumpy ride?

It was smooth, and then we were on gravel, and then we went through the

woods. Okay, that's really good, Ruby.

an address on it?

I'll take a look.

Ruby are you still there?

Are you still there sweetie?

If you follow the tracks and the river down to the only area where Eileen's

glacier would be visible, it would put you here.

Remember, Ruby said that she counted to 1,467 when she was taken from the semi.

It's about 25 minutes.

The northwest is our most logical area.

Exactly. Guys, the three-word combos Margaret sent are genius. The three

words are connected to a website, Atlas Words.

What's that?

You punch in three random words into the site and it gives you a location

anywhere in the world. So they're using this location to coordinate the

hijackings. Looks like it. So, if the three words from today are the cell,

then we should be able to find the location.

Where's it going down?

That's the problem.

This is if the location is in the middle of the Pacific.

That makes no sense.

They wouldn't hijack a truck in Crystal Ridge and then sell the product in the

middle of the ocean.

These are the last three words?

Yeah.

Maybe it's the wrong hair.

H-A-R-E.

This must be the place where the hijackers are meeting up.

Check the words that coincide with the day Matt Delaney was hijacked.

That's the exact spot the semi was hit.

We just found our smoking gun.

All right.

Meeks, Nora, you two try to bust up that sale.

Jodi, I need you to see if you can track down Ruby.

On it.

Let's go. Good luck.

I'm gonna cut through the woods. Could you follow on the service road in the

other direction? Count the houses on the other side. There should be about six.

I got you.

Okay, boy, work your magic.

Can you make anything out?

Yeah, that's the ashen barrel emblem.

I see Pete.

We got him.

We'll go around and cut him off.

Good boy, Blue.

Miller. Hey.

I found Ruby.

Where? She's in this cabin.

Y'all are

back already?

Police! Stop! No, no, stop!

On your knees.

Blue, search.

I got this.

Go find Ruby.

Hands behind your head.

Ruby.

Hi, sweetie.

Are you okay?

Come here.

It's a bust.

Freeze.

Put your hands in the air.

Go after the other guy. I got him.

No, come on.

You are not faster than me.

Told you.

Ray, work out there today.

You too.

I gotta head to the office. I'm up to my eyeballs in backed-up casework.

Life of the county sheriff.

Interim county sheriff.

You planned everything.

Except for where it all fell apart.

You knew you could reroute drivers based on false information and never get

questioned for it.

Taking the vehicles from long-term airport parking was a good idea.

You take the car, you bring it back, no one would be the wiser.

And the pregnant woman's sick. It was smart, too.

As Matt said, no decent person would leave a pregnant woman stranded in the

middle of nowhere.

And the location codes.

Few people would understand that.

You just didn't expect to have to take a little girl.

Especially one as smart as Ruby.

She kept aware of her surroundings, remembered everything.

If it weren't for Ruby, you and your squad would be prepping for another hit.

And me.

I'm super fast.

Yeah, and her resident Allstate track star detective.

I didn't actually run track. I mean, I could have, just chose not to.

I'll see you back at HQ.

Someone's been waiting to see Ruby all day.

Good work today, military.

Back at you.

It's super impressive that you counted all the way to 1,500.

My dad told me when you start something you can't quit and to see it through all

the way to the end He sounds like a good dad Smart one too.

He's a great dad He taught me to stay strong no matter what and if I ever felt

like giving up I could always lean on him and he'd carry me the rest of the

way Come on

Oh, Ruby, thank God.

I'm so sorry, Buck.

It's okay, Dad. It wasn't your fault.

Your little girl was beyond brave today.

She alerted us to her location.

I've never seen a 12-year-old that fearless.

I love you so much, sweetie.

I love you too, Dad.

Good job today.

Thank you.

Mind if I steal you for a minute before you head out? Absolutely. Yes, just give

me a second.

Someone got called into the principal's office?

I'll have you know I've been called into the principal's office plenty of times.

No, you haven't. Oh, but I have. You see, I've received so many awards for

constantly being the top student in my class.

Funny, Mesposito.

I'll catch you tomorrow. Don't wake up.

I could have won awards.

If I was a nerd.

I've had a look at what you've been up to while I was away.

Great body of work.

Thank you.

I remember when you first started, I was afraid you were going to shoot yourself

in the foot.

Thanks, I guess.

I don't mean anything by it.

You're just greener than green.

Well, that was a long time ago.

It sure was.

Have you given any thought to where your career might go?

Beyond being a detective.

I like being a detective.

We all do.

Until your back hurts, your knees stiffen, the long hours get to you.

It's a great job when you're young.

You can't do it forever.

You call me old Clive. On the contrary.

I'm calling you capable of doing my job someday.

But you gotta start somewhere.

What about Sergeant?

I believe that position is already filled in Crystal Ridge.

But not in Big Bend, Texas.

My friend is the supervisor there.

Look, Nora.

You not only have the resume, you have the right stuff you can't get from a

piece of paper.

Instincts.

Leadership.

Thank you.

But I've never considered leaving this place.

I was in six different parks before I landed in Crystal Ridge.

I just want you to know, when you're ready to move up, you have my vote of

confidence.

You'll never guess what he called her.

What did he call her?

He called her Bug.

Cute as a bug.

Your mom sure hated it when I first started calling you that.

Well, I'm glad it stuck.

Me too.

Let me give you a buzz when I get home.

There's someone I need to call.

Sounds good, Bug.

Love you, Dad.

Hey, what's up? I just wanted to thank you again.

You were integral in bringing Ruby home today.

Just did what I had to do.

Look, I know you don't want to be sheriff long term, but the people of

Fallbrook are really lucky to have you.

We all are.

Is everything okay?

Ryan?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, you're always there for me I could come by and take a look we bounce well

off each other I Can tell you're busy let's talk soon

take care you too

Well that was new

Ernie? What's Ernie doing with the Steel Reapers?