"They took my kids."
Danny Ocean didn't recognize the number that was calling him. But he was waiting a call for a job, so he answered.
"Who's this?"
"Terry. Terry Benedict. They took my kids".
Danny remembered the day that he found out that Terry Benedict had adopted two little kids. It was after the Bank job. Benedict started to be genuinely interested in the charity to which Danny and Rusty had donated his share of the money, and one day Danny saw the news on TV: the tycoon Terry Benedict was now the adoptive father of two siblings, a little girl and a little boy, respectively 3 and 5 years /Danny remembered how he laughed, delighted. He liked the idea of being the cause of this big change in that cold-hearted man. Now, the same cold-hearted man was asking for his help for his
"They took them. You have to help me. Please".
Everyone was silent, after hearing Danny's explanation. The group was reunited again in Reuben's house, after being summoned by Danny and Rusty. After a long, heavy silence, Linus was the first one to speak. "I don't know if we should do that. I mean... Of course I want to save those kids, but this is something completely new for us. We never had to deal with kidnappers, and we never had to save children. What if we do something wrong? Is not like... robbing someone, and risk to be arrested and that's it. We always have a plan B or something. In this case... if we do something wrong two kids could die. I don't know if we're ready for this risk. Maybe it would be better to let the police handle it".
"That's the problem," explained Danny. "The police can't handle it. If Benedict involves the police, the kids are dead. And we all know that these people mean their threats". Everybody knew that, and somebody (maybe Livingstone, maybe Saul) sighed.
"Can't Benedict just pay the ransom?" asked Frank.
"That's the other problem," answered Rusty. "There is no ransom. The kidnappers hadn't say what they want. Benedict just needs to be ready to do everything they ask, if he wants ho have his children back. So we don't know if it's something that Benedict actually can do, and there is the chance that, even if he follows the instructions of the kidnappers... once the kids are not useful anymore..."
There was no need to end the sentence. It was Virgil's turn to sigh: he had a kid now, and he couldn't help but putting himself in Benedict's place. Nobody spoke for a while, until Danny started again. "Of course, you have the freedom of deciding if you want to take part in this or not. We called you because we worked together different times and we all trust each other, and we all know that, together, we are capable of great things. But we can totally understand if you don't feel comfortable with the pressure of being responsible of two kids' lives. Believe me, your hesitation is also mine. Me and Rusty decided that we want to do this anyway, but if you prefer to leave, feel free to do so".
Everybody looked at each other. Nobody moved.