Author's Note: This story has been updated, with a few changes to the plot. Hopefully, it's better than before :) Again, it's my first ever fanfic, so it's not perfect by any means.

"Hot call, hot call. Armed kidnapper spotted with abductee at Curtis and Ninth street, Walgreen's Drug Store. Team one called."

"You heard her, gear up. Let's move." Sarge announced. "What do we know, Kira?"

"Suspect is Rodger Tredson. Victim is Ruby Isies, 17 years old, reported missing yesterday after not returning home from school. Suspect has fled the scene with victim." Kira reported.

"Okay, get everything you can on this guy. Let's see where he might be taking her." Sarge said.

The team loaded up the black SUVs as Spike got info on the suspect. "We are looking for Rodger Treadson, 53, 6' 1, brown hair and a dragon tattoo on the wrist."

"He has quite a record—aggravated assault, robbery…" Spike trailed off. "Oh, here we go: he lives in a halfway house on Charleston street. He also used to own a cabin in 2007 out in Malvern, but it was sold to a Marcus Davidson in 2012." Spike dutifully reported.

"Alright," Sarge exhaled. "Raf, Spike, head to the halfway house. Sam and Jules, check out the cabin and see if Davidson knows anything about our subject. Eddy, let's pay Ruby's parents a visit."

Each team broke off into a truck and took off, lights flashing. Even after hundreds of dispatches, the officers could never be comfortable with how long it seemed to take to get to a location. They knew that time was ticking by with an innocent life at risk, and 15 minutes felt like an hour.

Just as Sam and Jules were arriving at the remote cabin, Sarge fired up the radio.

"Listen up guys," he announced. "Ruby Isies has severe epilepsy and she's been without her medication for 18 hours now. She's probably going to need medical attention, so everyone have your packs on you, got it?"

"Received, boss," they replied, one after the other.

Sam pulled up the long dirt road to the lonely cabin. He pushed the gear into park and he and Jules hopped out of the truck. Jules squatted down, running her fingers on the ground. "These tread marks are fresh," she said.

"Boss, there's no car at the cabin, but someone was definitely just here." Sam reported. Jules moved closer to the cabin, following the tire tracks. She stopped suddenly.

"Jules, what is it?" Sam asked.

Jules sharply brought her hand up to signal him to stop talking, and then waved him over. Sam stealthily moved closer to her, but it was quiet. The sound of shattering glass within the cabin interrupted the silence. Jules and Sam instantly reached for their weapons and glanced at each other. Sam gestured Jules to approach the door.

"We've got movement in the house, Boss," Sam said quietly into his headpiece.

"Is it the new owners?" Sarge replied.

"Negative, we've got broken glass with sounds of a struggle. We need back up to our location." Jules said quickly.

"Go careful. We don't have much on this guy. We don't know how he operates or what he wants." Sarge advised.

"Okay, entering the cabin now." Sam obeyed.

"POLICE, OPEN THE DOOR." Sam yelled. There was no response. He kicked at the door and it busted open. "SRU, SRU, SHOW ME YOUR HANDS," they shouted as they moved through each room, reporting "Clear," one by one. Jules pushed open the last door of the hallway and saw Ruby on the floor, seizing violently and handcuffed to the heater.

"Sam!" She called over her shoulder. She entered sweeping her weapon left and right to cover Sam as he ran over to Ruby. "Boss, we have the girl, but I need EMS to this location right now," He directed urgently, kneeling down at her side next to a shattered floor lamp. Jules declared the room clear and joined him to help release Ruby's hand from the cuffs. "How's she doing, Sam?" Sarge asked, uneasily. "She's seizing. Bleeding pretty badly from her wrist, too. He had her cuffed to the radiator." Sam reported back with sympathy in his voice. Sam pulled gauze from his pack, squeezing it tightly around her wound. "Alright, EMS is on the way. Spike and Raf, follow. Eddy and I will search for Tredson." Sarge responded.

Ruby continued to shake violently but Jules managed to wrap her wound as Sam held the gauze in place. Slowly her body began to slow and soften. "She's coming out of it, Boss," he said into his headpiece with some relief. "Okay, EMS is about seven minutes out." Sarge said. Ruby didn't appear to be fully conscious, but Sam comforted her anyway. "Ruby? Just relax, you're okay."

A door closed.

Jules and Sam sprang up from the floor, grabbing the guns from their holsters. "We need back up to this location now," He whispered harshly into the radio. Footsteps approached and Sam advanced toward the door. "Sam, what's going on? Talk to me," Sarge said. Rodger Tredson appeared at the end of the hall, gun raised.

"SRU. PUT THE GUN DOWN," Jules commanded and Rodger nervously shifted his weight.