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Chapter 1:

Face could feel his hands slipping off the helicopter. To be honest he hadn't had a good grip on it to begin with, and the guy pulling on his legs certainly didn't help matters.

Before he knew it he felt himself falling and landing hard in the dirt below.

As soon as he hit he opened his eyes, and saw the soldier who had been pulling on his legs, was now pointing a gun at his head.

He looked up and locked eyes with Hannibal. The colonel looked torn and Face saw the hesitancy on Hannibal's face.

"Murdock get us outta here!" Hannibal yelled.

Murdock looked down at Face and then closed his eyes and pulled away.

Face watched them go. He didn't blame Hannibal one bit. He needed to get General Ludlum and his daughter to safety. They would come back for him he just needed to figure out a way to stay alive.

Within minutes more of Rashaam's soldiers were pointing their guns at him and he could hear Rashaam yelling orders.

Face was kicked hard in the side then forced to roll over where his hands were re-tied behind his back. He was then forced to his feet at came to face to face with Rashaam again.

"Looks like your friends left you. I would put you back in front of my firing squad but I may have use for you. Take him away." Rashaam ordered.

Face was led over to the opposite side of the compound where several cages stood.

He was thrown into one and the door was locked behind him.

He slowly looked around for any possible way of escape. The door to the cage had been padlocked and it wouldn't normally have been a problem but he was removed of his lockpicks after the army caught them.

"Great, why is it always me?" He muttered to himself.

Murdock was landing the chopper on the small air strip that they were originally supposed to meet Major Briggs and Perry at.

Hannibal and Murdock carried the unconscious BA between them as Amy, General Ludlum and his daughter boarded the plane that was waiting.

"Colonel, we can't leave Face." Murdock said as he gazed back towards the jungle.

"We'll come back for him Murdock. We have to get the general and his daughter to safety. Face knows that. Besides we need supplies. We are pretty limited right now for another rescue mission."

Murdock didn't like the idea of leaving Face behind but knew the colonel was right.

Within minutes the plane had taken off and Hannibal got an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.

He also hated the idea of leaving Face behind. He hoped Face would find some way to escape and hide in the jungle until they came back for him, but he knew the odds were against that. Face may be a walking good luck charm but eventually his luck would run out.

BA woke just as they had landed in L.A.

"Where we at man? What happened?" He asked looking around then realizing he was on a plane.

"I'm on a plane Hannibal! You put me on a plane!"

"Now calm down BA. We already landed. We didn't have a choice." Hannibal said.

"Aint right man. Don't like bein knocked out."

"Noted sergeant. You can thank General Ludlum for that."

BA scowled at the General but said nothing. Finally after looking around more, he noticed Face was missing.

"Where's Face?"

Hannibal and Murdock looked at each other.

"He lost his grip on the chopper and fell BA. We had to leave him behind."

BA shook his head.

"Can't believe you left'em Hannibal. Aint no tellin what Rashaam is doin to'em."

Hannibal hung his head.

"I know BA. We're going back for him but we need supplies. The sooner we get them the faster we get back there so let's go."

Once off the plane General Ludlum shook hands with Hannibal, BA and Murdock and got in the awaiting car.

Major Briggs and Mr. Perry walked over and extended their hands as well.

"As promised you have a 24 hour head start. Good luck."

They got in the same car as the general and drove off.

"BA, you and I are going to get the supplies, Murdock gas this baby up, Amy head back to the newspaper we will contact you as soon as we get back with Face."

She nodded, knowing better than to argue.

Face was feeling miserable. The last thing he had to drink was a few sips of milk they had used to knock out BA. His cage was positioned where the sun was beating down on it and with no shade and his leather jacket still on, he was feeling the effects of the heat.

"Hey! Can I get some water?" Face asked a passing soldier.

The soldier completely ignored Face and he sighed.

"Ok, guess not." He mumbled to himself.

He moved to the furthest corner of the cage trying to block out some of the sun when he saw Rashaam heading his way.

"On your feet." Rashaam ordered.

Face rolled his eyes but obeyed. A soldier unlocked the lock on the cage and opened the door.

"Turn around and walk backwards."

Again, Face did as was told hoping he would at least get some water.

Face was led to a building that was next to the kitchen they had stormed into earlier. This turned out to be Rashaam's office.

"Sit him down."

They pushed Face into a chair and left. Face felt like his world was spinning as he watched Rashaam pace back and forth.

"Who are you? What is your commander's name?"

"Just a tourist. You have a lovely country here by the way. Have you been here long?" Face joked.

"Oh a funny guy. I will ask again. What is your name? Who is your commanding officer? I suggest you tell me or pay the consequences.

Face wasn't about to tell him anything. He had been tortured by the best the VC had to offer. This was going to be a cake walk compared to that.

"Sorry, I don't know what you're talking about. Like I said, I'm just a tourist."

Rashaam smiled and shiver ran down Face's spine.

"Ok then tourist, let me take you on a tour of my compound, starting with the torture room."