Hi,
I finally started part 3. I hope you enjoy it. As always, I appreciate reviews, suggestions and corrections as well as constructive criticism. Help with grammar and spelling is greatly appreciated, as English is my second language.
I will be posting a new chapter about twice a month. The reason is that I am writing an original novel, and I alternate between writing this story and my novel, depending on inspiration.
vonny25
Version with some minor corrections
3/6/15
I have writer's block. I am working on editing the chapters, to try to recover my inspiration. Don't worry I will finish this story no matter what. By the way, the edits are minor. Thank for your patience.
vonny25
Chapter 1. Victoria Falls.
Kyle was holding Cassidy by the neck, he barely heard Cassidy telling him they were brothers, and continued lifting him by the neck. Cassidy was now unconscious. Then suddenly Kyle dropped him as he heard Jessi screaming for help in his head.
Kyle knew Nate was next door and attempted to reach him mentally. Nate was reading a poetry book to Amanda who was comfortably reclining on him. He suddenly heard the voice of Kyle in his mind, "Come over Nate, I need you, bring Amanda with you." The call sounded desperate. Nate said, "Amanda there is a problem at the Trager's come with me."Amanda put her robe and slippers on. Nate put his robe on. He hated slippers, and liked going barefooted for at least a while each day, to give his feet the opportunity to use all of their flexibility.
When Nate walked in, he found Kyle standing over Cassidy who was lying unconscious on the floor. He put a hand on his brother's shoulder and asked, "Are you okay Kyle?" Kyle looked at him and told him, "Yes, but Cassidy attacked me with this Taser. I need to go, Jessi needs me, she and my family are at the Rack. I'll explain later. Please take care of Cassidy, make sure he does not escape." Then he took off running towards The Rack.
Nate checked Cassidy and realized he would be waking up any minute. He asked Amanda to get him tape and rope. Amanda was familiar with the house, and came back with strong duct tape, and rope that she found at the basement. Nate proceeded to tie Cassidy's legs and arms. Then he took his cell phone out, and called Tom who was assembling a team at that precise moment. Tom said, "I am on my way to The Rack Nate."Nate contacted his, and Amanda's spies, and bodyguards, then he opened the door for them. He told them, "Guy's I need you to keep an eye on Cassidy, and protect Amanda. I am going to help Kyle at The Rack."His spy said, "Look Nate take Marty with you, the rest of us will stay here, you never know what you might encounter on your way".Nate thought about it and said, "Okay."He knew the men he was leaving behind would give their lives to protect Amanda.
Nate got in his car, and Marty followed him in a separate car.
Over at the Cheng's mansion, Shuang and Adam were at the family room with George and Adam Jr. discussing the situation. Shuang said, "We transferred the ransom amount to an account exclusively for that propose, now is just a matter of waiting."Adam said, "I still think Latnok is behind this. I hope they don't hurt Ella or the boy's." Adam Jr. said, "This wait is killing me. I want Ella back with us as soon as possible and the people responsible punished."George thought about it and said, "If it is Latnok, it cannot be all of it, or do you think Ann would kidnap her own son?"Shuang said, "If it was any other mother I would say no, but Ann has not been a good mother to Declan, she abandoned him when he was a toddler. Even Declan had his doubts about her, and found it suspicious for her to contact him."Adam said, "I don't know, Tom says she is worried sick, and even offer to pay half the ransom amount. For what I remember, she is a good woman, but easily intimidated, and manipulated because of her three younger children. I certainly hope she would not sacrifice Declan because of her younger kids, I hope she loves him just as much."
It was getting late and they all went to their bedrooms. After getting his pajamas on George went and knocked on his brother's door. Adam Jr. opened the door, and said, "Come in. Do you want to talk?"George said, "Yes. I am very worried about Ella, I don't understand why our security team, or Tom Foss team have not been able to find her."Adam Jr. said, "I know, I just hope they are not hurting her. It is very hard to sit and wait. Mom and Adam have the money ready, but those stupid kidnappers have not contacted us."
Unexpectedly the door of the bedroom opened and they saw the gardener, and a woman they did not know. They were about to dismiss them when the gardener started pulling out a gun. George was not exactly sure what the man was doing, but his Martial Arts training kicked in and he round kicked the man's arm then hit his solar plexus with his hand, the man collapsed on the floor. Adam Jr. took one of his golf clubs, and hit the woman in the head almost at the same time that George took the man down. They were both extremely angry, and wondered if this people had something to do with Ella's kidnapping. Michael Cassidy had bribe the couple to try to kidnap Adam Jr., as he thought his mom might want to test the twins to prove professors Kern's theories. He hoped that would make her happy.
George and Adam decided to carry the couple down to the basement, and try to get information out of them, before turning them to the security team. It was the first time Adam's Jr. and George's brains were against a challenge of this magnitude, having their sister kidnapped had change them. Adam's Jr. brain responded by developing increased connectivity, and pathways, sharpening his natural abilities, and increasing his voluntary control over them.
Once in the basement they tied their attackers to the pool table, and threw cold water on them, to get them to wake up. Adam Jr. told them, "We are giving you a chance to answer our questions, if you lie, I warn you, we'll have no problems with torturing you."George asked, "Whom are you working for?"The man and the woman remained silent. Adam Jr. said, "I warned you."Then he and George started inserting needles under the nails of their attackers, who started screaming. George hit each of them on the face, and told them, "Stop screaming or this will get much worse, now answer our questions."
The man said, "We are working for no one, we were acting on our own to steal some money."Adam Jr. slapped him, and said, "You are lying, I can tell."Then using his ability to control liquids, he stop the blood flow to the man's privates. He had been working with Adam and Jessi over the past few weeks to sharpen, and control his abilities. After a few minutes, the man started screaming in pain, sweat running down his forehead. He finally said, "Mr. Cassidy sent us."George asked, "Where is our sister Ella?" As he took the man's ankle and started twisting it. The man was in unbearable pain between his privates and his ankle. He said, "She is at a cabin near Victoria Falls." Then he proceeded to give them directions. He knew the precise location of the cabin, because he was supposed to take Adam Jr. there.
A few houses away Ann was wondering why Tom was not contacting her, she could not wait any longer, she needed to rescue Declan, every minute counted.
Over at the Cabin of Ann at Victoria Falls, Ella said, "I think this is our chance guys, I only hear three heartbeats."Ella had been working with Adam to learn to use her abilities, since she accepted him as a father. Declan said, "It's now or never."Luca said, "Ella are you sure this is safe for you?"Ella said, "Safer than waiting in this basement for them to kill us."Luca kissed her and said, "Okay."
Ella started slowing her metabolism, and after a half hour, she could pass for dead. Luca started screaming through the opening on the door, "Help! Ella is dead! Help!"Michael had spread his team thin. Mark and two members of his security team, the ones with the least experience were guarding the kidnapped victims. When Mark heard that Ella was dead, he panicked, sure, he had done many illegal activities, and spying but he was not a murderer. He also didn't want to go to jail. He told the men to go with him to the basement; they rushed to the basement, and opened the door. They saw Ella lying on the floor she looked pale, and was not breathing, they kneeled by her, she was cold and they could not find a pulse. Declan hit a man in the back of the head with a metal tube he had found. Luca hit the other man as Declan had instructed him with a second metal tube. The only one remaining was Mark, Declan punch him in the face knocking him to the floor, and then kicked him in the stomach, between Lucan, and him they tied him up. Then they proceeded to tie the other two men.
They locked the two men in the basement, and took Mark with them. Declan now had the two guns of the men. Declan carried Ella up the stairs, and then asked Luca, "Can you carry Ella?"Luca had regain a lot of his strength simply by having time to heal, even if he was unable to exercise as much as he wanted. Ella had also lost a significant amount of weight, the same as the rest. He said, "I believe so."
Kyle arrived at The Rack, he saw the bodyguards fighting a group of armed men with sky masks, outside of The Rack. He also saw two vans parked on the street. He made his way in to The Rack, and saw Jessi protecting the storage room. She had a large electromagnetic field around her, and was attempting to defeat 10 men in hand to hand combat. She was holding her own, and five men were already on the floor. The men gave up on using their guns as their bullets bounced when they came in contact with the electromagnetic field, and two men were injured with their own bullets. Kyle immediately went to help her. He approached from the back, and attacked them by surprise. He hit two of the men simultaneously in the back of the head they fell to the ground unconscious, a man turned with a gun and pointed at him, he disarmed the man by grabbing his arm-twisting it, and taking the gun away, then he hit the man's solar plexus, and the man fell to the ground. Jessi took advantage of the situation, and hit one of the men in the solar plexus, and then she communicated mentally with Kyle, they united their brains, and formed an electric field that took care of the rest of the men, who fell to the ground convulsing.
In the back of The Rack two men had a few hostages from the patrons, and were holding them at gunpoint.
At that, particular point Nate entered the Rack. Kyle walked towards him, and that is when both noticed the hostages. One of the men yelled, "781227 XY and B1XY, you, 781228 XX and 781229XY must surrender or we will kill the hostages." Kyle answered, "Okay you have us, let me get Jessi and Kanu."
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Over at the Cheng's residency, Adam Jr. and George went to wake their parent's up. Once they were awake, Adam Jr. said, "We are in trouble, whoever kidnapped Ella has infiltrated our home, the gardener, and a woman just tried to kidnap me, we need to get out, apparently, Mike the friend of Nate is behind this."Shuang thought about it and said, "We need to get out quietly without our security team noticing, Cassidy could have infiltrated that team too, it happened in the past."Adam said, "Let's get in the car of one of the employees, and drive away, we can abandon the car a few blocks from here, and then I can have my bodyguard pick us up, I am sure he is loyal, as he is a good friend of Tom."
The four of them moved through the house carefully, and then drove away in the car of Elvira. George said, "We were able to find the place where Ella might be from the gardener."
Kyle was planning to disable the men using his and Jessi's mental abilities. However, Tom and a sniper shot the three men that were holding the hostages. Tom knew they could not call the police so did Kyle, Jessi, and Nate. Tom's team got the hostages out while Kyle, Jessi, and Nate took the Trager family, Kanu and Andy out of the storage room.
Kyle and Jessi applied a control amount of electricity to the hostage's brain's just enough for them to forget the evening. Tom and his team got them in their cars, and cleaned up the mess. They put the bodies in the vans that the guards had come in. They took the men that were still alive to the warehouse to question them.
Kyle said, "Tom I think Grace and Cassidy are behind this, Cassidy attacked me at home." Nate said, "I left him at the Trager's home with four team members guarding him, and taking care or Amanda."The phone of Tom rang it was Adam, after hanging up Tom said, "We need to get everyone to a safe place this is a wide-spread attack, the gardener of the Cheng's attempted to kidnap Adam Jr. It appears that Ella, Declan, and Luca are at Victoria Falls in the house of Ann, she was not involved, but apparently, Cassidy ask her for the house in payment for the treatment for Declan. Ann and I were planning to go and attempt a rescue them today. The gardener confessed and confirmed that they are there." Ron is driving Shuang, Adam, Adam Jr, and George to Victoria Falls.
Jessi said, "I think that we need to go to get Amanda and Cassidy, and go to Victoria Falls, we could stay at the house of Adam. Do you think we can get some of the men in a helicopter, and send them to try to rescue Ella, Declan, and Luca? We'll need a second helicopter to fly the family to safety. Kyle, you and Nate should go with the team to help. I'll fly with the family to keep them, and Kanu safe."Jessi had Kanu in her arms and he was holding on to her.
Josh asked, "What about Andy?"Jessi said, "She is coming with us, and Josh you have a lot of things you will need to explain to Andy." Lori said, "Andy why don't you call your mother's, and I'll ask them to let you sleep over, Josh will explain."Andy said, "Okay."Then turning to Josh she said, "You better tell me what is going on knucklehead, or I am going to be very upset with you." Josh kissed her temple and said, "As soon as we get to a safe place Andy."
In the Forest near Victoria Falls, Declan had a gun to the head of Mark, and was having him walk in front of him. He thought he could use him as a human shield if the kidnappers caught up with them. Luca was carrying Ella, and they were getting near to the high way.
The security team of Ann was entering the forest, and Ann was waiting with her bodyguard in the car near a side road. Not far from there, Ron parked his truck as they were waiting for the rest to join them. Adam Jr. and George were out of the car. Adam Jr. suddenly sensed the presence of his twin sister not far from there, they had always been connected, but since they started working with Adam, their awareness of the connection was much higher.
As they were walking towards the highway, Declan saw Ann's team, and the group avoided them by changing course. Adam Jr. said, "George Ella is not far from here I sense her."The two brothers started walking following Adam Jr. perceptions. Declan, and Luca decided to take a break, Luca was getting worried, Ella was still very cold, and her respirations were still quite slow. He kept her on his lap, kissed her forehead, and whisper words of love in to her ear.
Adam Jr. and George saw the group, they barely recognized them, as they were dirty, dressed in thorn filthy Long John's, and had lost a significant amount of weight. Adam Jr. knew it was they, because he could feel Ella strongly. After checking their surroundings, they approached them.
Adam Jr. and George kneeled by their sister, Adam Jr. asked in a worried voice, "What happened to Ella?" Luca said, "Good to see you guys. Ella slowed her metabolism to make our kidnappers believe she was dead, I think she is breathing a little faster now, but I'm worried. She is very cold."George was already taking his robe off, to put it on his sister. Declan asked, "Do you have a car? We need to get away as soon as possible; I think they are looking for us."
Ann was not far from there, as any mother, she recognized Declan's voice at a distance, and her and her bodyguard started walking towards that direction. Declan heard the food steps, and prepare himself to defend the group. He told them, "Get going, I'll try to stop them, I'll use this useless piece of crap as a shield."He was referring to Mark.
It was a good thing that Declan could keep his cool in stressful situations, and that Tom was training him right, otherwise, he might have killed his mother. He was hiding behind a three, and had Mark in front of him, as soon as he saw a human figure he got ready to shoot, but recognized his mother. Ann saw him and said, "Declan! You are a life! Oh, Declan!" By this point, Ann had her arms around him, and was kissing his cheek. Adam, Shuang, and Ron were looking for the boys. They spotted Adam Jr. carrying someone in his arms, and ran towards them. Shuang realize it was Ella, and rushed towards her to evaluate the situation.
Adam asked, "Luca what happened to Ella?"After listening to the explanation, Shuang said, "Why we don't try to contact her, and see if we can help her to get out of this state faster." Adam Jr. sat with his twin sister on his lap. He and his parents started trying to make contact with Ella's mind, with George and Luca watching.
A few feet away Declan got more hugs, and kisses from his mother that he thought was possible. Finally, Ann stopped, and looked at Declan with tears in her eyes. She noticed that her son was dirty, barefooted, dressed in thorn long johns, and seemed to have lost at least fifteen pounds since she last saw him. She took his hands in hers and thought he was cold. She said, "Shawn please get the blanket from the car my son is cold."Declan said, "Mom, I'm okay. What are you doing here?" Ann put the blanket around Declan's shoulders, and said, "Looking for you baby, I just realized that someone I know is behind the kidnapping, and I came to look for you. Tom was supposed to be here too, he called me few minutes ago, and told me he is on his way. Come with me, you must be tired, hungry and thirsty, let's get you in the car, I have water and snacks there."Declan was going to protest, and say he needed to protect his friends, but realized that Adam and Shuang were there, it would be best to get his mother away. He also saw Ron, and called him. Ron approached Declan, and after giving him a manly hug he said, "You stink kid, but I am so happy you are safe. We have all been worried about you."Declan smiled at Ron, and said,"What do you expect when I was on duty for over five weeks?"Ron Chuckled, and Declan said, "Ron this is my mother, and mom this is Ron a mentor and friend."Ron said, "Nice to meet you mam."Ann said, "Nice to meet you too sir."Declan said, "Ron I am going with my mom to the car."Ron knew Ann was a Latnok member, and thought that was a good idea, it would get her away from his boss and his family. He said, "Okay Declan, I'll keep an eye on you until Tom gets here," and gave him a burner phone.
Ann did not understand why Ron had to keep an eye on Declan, when he was obviously safe with her. Her and Declan got in to her Limousine, and Ann asked Declan, "Would you like Sprite or Dr. Pepper?" Declan said, "Dr. Pepper, thanks." He opened the Dr. Pepper his mother gave him, and realized how hungry and thirsty he was. He gulped the soda down, and then his mother gave him a pack of Trail mix, and an energy bar, again he eat it faster than he knew he could eat. Ann opened another Dr. Pepper for him and this time he drank it slower. He said, "Thanks mom, this is so much better that the diet of bread and water I've been on."His mother hugged him and said, "I'm sorry this happened to you, but I am glad you are safe now. I will make sure that those responsible pay for what they've done."She thought to herself,I cannot believe Grace and Michael have become common criminals. Then she handed him another packet of Trail mix, but Declan's stomach had shrunk, and he could not eat it.
Ella started warming up, and her breathing became normal, then she opened her eyes and saw her family, and Luca surrounding her. She said, "Thanks for helping me to come out, but it sure was relaxing."Everyone had to laugh. Luca took the opportunity to squeeze her hand and kiss her forehead, before she got hugs, and kisses from her brother's and her parents.
The group heard helicopters and realized they were Tom's helicopters, one of them landed in a clearing not far from there. From the helicopter, the team with Kyle's help had spotted the group. The helicopter landed, and the team started walking towards them. Kyle and Nate decided to run, as Kyle was sure it was their family with Ella and Luca. Kyle got there a couple of minutes before Nate. He kneeled with the rest of them, and could not resist giving his sister and Luca a hug. He told Ella, "I'm glad you are back I missed you." Then turning to Luca he said, "It's good to see you. I'm glad both of you are safe now." Then he asked, "Where is Declan?"Nate got there, and Kneeled near Adam Jr. and Ella, he gave Ella a bear hug lifting her from Adam's Jr. lap and said, "It's so good to have you back sis, I missed you." Then turning to Luca, he said, "And you too man, I have talked to your mother, and she is worried sick. First thing, you need to call her."Then she handed Luca his phone.
Kyle said again, "Guys where is Declan?"Ron approached him and said, "Come with me Kyle."Kyle followed Ron, and wondered if Declan was hurt. Ron guided him to a Limousine and said, "Declan is in there with his mom."Kyle opened the door and stick his head in, seeing Declan was there, he got in, and hugged Declan. Then asked, "Are you okay man?" Declan said, "As well as can be expected after being in a basement for over five weeks. I do have information to share with you and Foss."Kyle said, "I'm sure but first take care of yourself."Then turning to Ann, he said, "Hi, Ann, I am glad you finally have Declan with you."Ann said, "Me to Kyle, me to."
Kyle told Declan, "Your mom has helped a lot. She even offered to pay half the 500 million ransom they were asking for."Declan turned to his mother, and asked with a puzzled face, "Mom why would you do that?"Ann put her arm around his shoulders and said, "Because you are my son Declan, and to me you are worth much more than any amount of money." Tears started running down Declan's cheeks, and he hugged his mom, who held him close to her, as she stroke his hair, and cried with him. Kyle decided to get out quietly. It was a private moment between Declan and his mom.
When Kyle got out of the car, Tom approached him, and said, "I talk to the men of Ann, and Declan did a good job, they found two of the kidnappers tied in the basement of Ann. He also got Mark, and Ron has him in the trunk. Do you know if the kid is okay?" Kyle said, "He is Tom, but he is having a moment with his mom."
Inside the limousine, Declan and his mother were crying. Declan realized his mother truly loved him; it was overwhelming for him, as he truly believed his parents didn't care about him, and he was only a burden for them. He thought Ann was only interested in a superficial relationship with him, probably out of guilt, in the best-case scenario. Ann was crying because her son was finally with her and safe, she had been worried sick, and unable to eat or sleep properly since she did not know if Declan was dead or alive, or maybe being hurt.
After Ella opened her eyes, it took her a while to be able to sit up. Shuang noticed Ella looked pale, undernourished, and dirty. Her hair looked greasy even in a braid and her face and hands had dirt on them. She also realized she was barefooted, and wearing thorn, long John's under her brother's robe. Luca looked just as bad, and Ella and he were leaning on one another, while holding hands.
Kyle walked over, and handed Luca and Ella, each a soda, a protein bar, and a bag of trail mix that the Ann had given him for them. Luca said, "Thank you,"before gulping his soda down, and eating the snacks up in no time. Ella said after she was finished, "Thanks Kyle, this snacks are the most nutritious food we've had since we were kidnapped."Luca added, "Much better than water, and stale bread."
Shuang wondered if Ella and Luca needed medical care, but decided against it. First, she needed to know if their security team had traitors in it. The kid's looked healthy enough. She would check them, and take care of them at the cabin.
Tom came over and said, "Adam, let's get your family in a helicopter, and going. I'll keep Kyle and Nate with me, later I will fill you in the details." The family and Luca walked to the helicopter and the helicopter took off. The sky was still dark; it would be at least a couple of hours before sunrise.
Then Tom went, and knocked at the door of Ann's limousine, and then opened the door, he smiled at Declan and said, "Good to see you kid, do you think you can come out to discuss some details." Ann said, "Why you don't come in here to talk to Declan, he is barefooted, and weak."Tom thought it was not an ideal situation, but what else could he do, after all Ann was Declan's mother, and had been very helpful. Declan said, "I'm okay. I can go out."Tom told him, "Let's listen to your mother, I'll get Kyle and Nate."
Over in Adam's Cabin the Trager's including Kanu were trying to get some sleep. Jessi was sitting in the living room with Kanu, who was sleeping in her arms. Amanda was keeping her company, as she could not sleep, because she was worried about Nate. Andy was sleeping with Lori on a queen size bed, and Josh was sleeping on a comforter on the floor of the same bedroom. Jessi though she needed to be alert, and ready to defend her family, even if they had a good number of men outside. She looked at her baby, and thought she would rather die defending him, that to let someone take him away or harm him.
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