The God Conspiracy

Bob Moore meets Lt. Tony Harris and discovers that he, Pastor Schiebold, and Sheriff Thornton have been arrested as suspected terrorists. FBI Agent Joe Unes arrives in Mayfield, Iowa and meets with Chief Deputy Jurasik to compare notes.At Fort Campbell, Capt. Alan Thiel learns that Tech Sgt. Bako smashed up the computers they retrieved from Mayfield before his murderous rampage -- and that Bako had planned something even more deadly before he'd been stopped. In Washington, Sam Wilmer misses his meeting with Congressman Benson, and Benson fails to make it back to the Capitol.And back in Mayfield, Eric Moore gets a response to the web page about his dad's arrest -- an email promising that someone is finally going to help.

FBI Special Agent Joe Unes follows a lead from the "Three Stooges" and discovers a connection between the disappearance of Scott Stauffer and the men arrested in Iowa. Unes arranges to meet with Chief Deputy Jurasik in Mayfield to compare notes. Meanwhile, Jared, Terry and Vijay decide to take a road trip of their own to check out a possible detention camp.In D.C., Congressman Harold Benson talks with one of his contacts about the threat he received and realizes that his phone has been tapped. At Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Captain Thiel is ordered back to Iowa by Malthus to retrieve more computers. And in Mayfield, Cathy Moore receives an ominous phone call warning her to keep quiet about her husband's arrest.

Jared, Terry, and Vijay pay a visit to the FBI's St. Louis field office to convince Agent Joe Unes that something bigger is happening than just the disappearance of Scott Stauffer. As proof, they hand Unes a file containing, among other things, a screen capture of Eric Moore's new website.Just across the Mississippi River, Lieutenant Tony Harris decides to find out for himself what kind of men are being rounded up and held at the detention camp guarded by his 369th MPs. And at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Captain Alan Thiel returns to the barracks after an early morning run to find his tech sergeant, Raymond Bako, screaming about Armageddon--and shooting at anything that moves.

Eric Moore decides to take matters into his own hands and sets up a website to tell the world about his father's arrest. In Saint Louis, Jared, Terry and Vijay think they've found a connection between Scott's arrest and others around the country, so they call FBI agent Joe Unes for help -- at 2:00 A.M.And the following morning, in Washington, Congressman Harold Benson is approached by two muscular young men who warn him to drop his investigation into the deaths and arrests in Mayfield -- or his family might pay a price.

Jared Gruner tries to convince Terry Norlock and Vijay Sampurnananda that Scott Stauffer has been arrested by federal agents after Gruner's clumsy hack into a DOD server on Scott's computer Friday afternoon. While Norlock and Vijay are skeptical, they admit it's unusual that Stauffer hasn't called anyone in more than a day, so they agree to look for him the only way they know how -- via the Internet.FBI agent Joe Unes reports to his boss on the interview with Rev. Ed Harper. Unes tells Special Agent in Charge Steve Clay that he doesn't buy the Bureau's theory that the terror attacks were caused by fundamentalist Christians trying to start the Apocalypse.And in Mayfield, Iowa, Sheriff's Deputy Scott Farnsworth is shot at while calling on the home of one of the boys to whom Eric Moore forwarded the strange e-mail from "God". Farnsworth returns fire, killing the shooter -- and finds to his horror that gunman was only ten years old.

In Mayfield, Chief Deputy Ann Jurasik and Sheriff Thornton's wife, Susie, discover that the mysterious e-mail from "God" has claimed another victim. Meanwhile, the sheriff, Bob Moore, and Pastor Schiebold arrive at a detention camp and meet a young man from St. Louis -- Scott Stauffer.Iowa Congressman Harold Benson calls on the contacts built up over 33 years in office to find out what's happened to the men from Mayfield. After half a day with no progress, he begins to sense that this is bigger than he first thought.

Susie Thornton calls their congressman, Harold Benson, who promises to look into the arrest of Ted, Bob Moore, and Pastor Dave Schiebold. Benson is disturbed to hear that a Special Forces A-team may have been involved.FBI agent Joe Unes interviews Pastor Ed Harper of the Liberty Bible Church, where the terrorist who bombed the supermarket Friday night sometimes attended. Unes doesn't get the answers he expected from Pastor Harper.Cindy Moore calls Susie Thornton and tells her about their missing computer and the strange email from "God" that Eric received Friday afternoon. She also tells Susie that Eric had forwarded the email to three friends, including Mike Belcher -- who, like the rest of his family, is now dead. And beneath the mountain at Site R, Green receives a call on his secure line from a man named Ryder, who wants to know if Green is ready to begin the games.

It's Monday morning and Cindy Moore is back home, trying to deal with the trauma of seeing Bob, Pastor Schiebold, and Sheriff Thornton arrested at gunpoint. School in Mayfield has been canceled after the horror at the Belcher farm Friday night, and Eric discovers that Moores' computer is missing.Meanwhile, Bob, Sheriff Thornton, and Pastor Schiebold have been transported to a military airfield somewhere and loaded onto a helicopter. Ted Thornton vows to himself that somebody is going to pay for this abuse of power.In St. Louis, Special Agent Joe Unes begins investigating the church sometimes attended by the man who blew up the supermarket Friday night. Meanwhile, Vijay calls Terry Norlock and Jared Gruner when Stauffer fails to show up for work. Gruner visits Stauffer's apartment and finds that Scott's gone -- and so is his computer.

Captain Thiel's A-team takes Bob Moore, Sheriff Thornton, and Pastor Dave Schiebold away from Sunday morning services at gunpoint for questioning. Meanwhile at Site R, Capt. Tom Wetzel asks Green what to tell the regional directors of FEMA about the security operations underway. Jared Gruner and Vijay try to call Scott Stauffer with no luck; unknown to them, Stauffer has been taken to what looks like military barracks by men in an unmarked black sedan. Lt. Tony Harris and the 369th Military Police are deployed to Scott Air Base near St. Louis, where part of the base has been converted into a detention camp for suspected terrorists. And at the St. Louis FBI Field Office, Special Agent Joe Unes is told that Washington believes fundamentalist Christians, inspired by the spreading Middle East war, are behind the terror attacks -- trying to hasten the Second Coming by jump-starting the Apocalypse.

As the Moore family hides in Pastor Schiebold's basement, Eric Moore decides that reading about adventures is a lot more fun than living them. Tony Harris, with nothing better to do, reports early to his National Guard unit, and learns that the 369th MPs may be deployed to Scott AFB near St. Louis. Jared Gruner suggests to his friends that the events of 10/13 were not coordinated--they were *triggered*. Captain Thiel and his A-team interrupt Sunday morning services at Mayfield Bible Church, taking Pastor Schiebold and Sheriff Thornton at gunpoint for questioning. Bob Moore, watching from the Schiebold's basement window, suddenly runs from the house--giving himself up to the men with the wicked-looking guns.