The day had been a disaster in Aaron's eyes, Gordon had been found not guilty and he was freed. He had put himself through so much for nothing. Aaron was sat at the bar stroking the glass in front of him.

"It's going to be ok love" Chas said trying to hide her emotions from her son.

"How is it going to be okay? He lied and everyone in that damn courtroom believed him" Aaron snapped

"We know the truth. No matter what we are here for you" said Cain

"Great, everyone I care about believes me, but he got away with it" Aaron held back the tears

"I am here, and I will protect you from him. He will have to kill me to get to you" Robert held Aaron's hand.

"That's what I am afraid of" Aaron stood up "Hey, Adam can I take Scrappy for a walk, I need the fresh air"

"Yeah sure mate, he's at the house, here are the keys" Adam threw Aaron the keys and Aaron caught them.

"Thanks see ya in about an hour" Aaron walked out of the Woolpack, and drove to Moira's farm to walk Scrappy.

An hour had past and Aaron had not come home "Right I'm going to go and find him. I have a bad feeling, I need to know that he is safe" Robert stood up and walked out of the pub.

Robert walked around the village twice but he could not find Aaron, so he got in his car and drove up to the scrapyard. The whole drive to the scrapyard Robert had the strange feeling that he was being followed. Robert looked in the mirror but it was so dark he could not see anything; Robert could not see the car driving behind him. Once he had got to the scrapyard he turned off the engine and stepped out of the car and he shouts for his boyfriend "Aaron!" Robert walked up to the trailer and opens the door and walks in expecting to see Aaron. "Aaron?" he turned to Adam's desk and saw the monster that had haunted his Aaron for so many years.

"Aaron isn't here" Gordon stood up and walked towards Robert with a sinister smile on his face.

"Where is he? What have you done to him?" Robert demanded, he did not realise that a man was stood behind him.

"I don't know where my son is, but you are in trouble" Gordon held something in his hand and Robert noticed it but he did not know what it was.

"I can take you in a heartbeat, you don't scare me." Robert made a fist so he could defend himself if needed.

"I may not scare you but..." Gordon smiled "I think that he will" Gordon pointed at the man stood behind Robert.

Before Robert could react the man that was stood behind him grabbed his arms. "Get off of me!" Robert kicked at the man's legs but to no avail.

"Good night Robert" Gordon raised his arms and placed a cloth over Roberts mouth.

Robert tried to scream and fight back but the chloroform on the cloth covering his mouth knocked him out. After Robert was unconscious Gordon and the man tied him up and covered his mouth with duct tape "get him in the boot, it's time that I take young Sugden here on a little drive to a certain farm. Gordon and the man dragged Robert out of the trailer and the threw him into the boot of Gordon's car. "Sleep tight Robert" said Gordon before he slammed the boot of his car shut. Gordon paid the man and he then drove to Wylies Farm, With Robert tied up in the boot.

back at the Woolpack

Four hours later the door to the pub opened and Aaron walked in without Robert, Chas, Cain, Adam and Moira were confused when they saw Aaron walk in without Robert. "Aaron?" Chas asked.

Aaron sat at the bar "last time I looked. What's up?" Aaron looked around at everyone.

"Where's your boyfriend, he's normally at your side" Cain took a swig of his drink.

"I can take a dog out for a walk without him watching over me, or protecting me from Gordon. Where is he? I thought that you lot would be giving him a lecture about him not breaking my heart" Aaron chuckled.

"He went to look for you" Moira looked at Aaron "he's been gone a while".

"Yeah I thought that he was with you" Victoria looked confused.

"No, last time I saw him he was here. When did he leave?" Aaron started to worry about Robert.

"About three hours ago" Adam looked at Aaron

"What?" Aaron was panicking, he knew that Robert would have texted him by now to ask if he was ok.

"So Robert protects you" Cain sat up "Who is protecting him?"

"Oh please no." Aaron stood up and rushed around the bar, to the backroom and he called Robert's phone "Come on Robert, please pick up".

"The number you have dialed is unavailable"

"Shit" Aaron mumbled

Chas, Cain, Moira, Adam and Victoria ruched in "What? Aaron what's wrong?" Chas asked

"No answer" Aaron looked at everyone with a worried look on his face "Something's wrong, and I have a very bad feeling that Gordon has something to do with"

"I think that you're right" said Chas.

"Cain, can you drive me around the village to look for him?" Aaron stuffed his phone into his pocket.

"Yeah come on" Cain grabbed his car keys.

"I'll come with you" Adam hurried out of the room with Aaron and Cain.

"I'm going to call the police" Chas grabbed the phone.

"I'm calling Andy" Victoria dialed Andy's number

Andy answered his phone "hello?"

"Andy. Something's happened" Victoria was panicking.

"Whoa hold on Vic, Just calm down. What's happened?" Andy spoke in a calm voice

"He's got him" Victoria cried

"Who's got who?" Andy worried that something serious had happened.

"Gordon's taken Robert!" Victoria screamed into the phone.

"What!" Andy shouted.

"Gordon was found not guilty and Robert's missing" Victoria was crying "Andy Gordon's going to kill him, I know it"

"I'm on my way, where's Aaron?" Andy fumbled with his keys.

"Aaron's gone with Cain and Adam to look for Robert, something really bad is going to happen, I just know it" Victoria sobbed.

"Right, I'm going to have a look around the forest, he will be fine. Robert's a fighter and Aaron won't let anything bad happen to him" Andy rushed out of the house still talking into the phone.

"I hope that you're right" Victoria said wiping away her tears.

At Wylies farm

After a while Robert woke up, he was sat in a chair, his hands and feet were tied together with duct tape and his mouth had a strip of duct tape over it. Robert looked around and he realised that he was at Wylies farm, Robert tried to break free but it proved useless, Robert started to worry that Gordon had done something to Aaron; he then heard a voice coming from behind him.

"So, how does it feel to be powerless" Gordon walked forward and then he stood in front of Robert "I wonder if this is how Aaron felt" Gordon ripped the tape off of Robert's mouth.

Robert felt a small pain when Gordon ripped the tape of off his mouth but he looked at Gordon with a dark look to show that he was not afraid "Aaron's going to kill you when he gets here" Robert death starred Gordon.

"And what makes you so sure that he will come to your rescue, he's terrified of me and you know it" Gordon smiled, Gordon's eyes were dark and that scared Robert.

"Aaron is stronger than you know. He will come, and he will kick your arse" Robert knew that Aaron had already realised that something had happened.

"Oh yeah, well I'm sorry to say that… you might be a damsel in distress for a while, because I may have cut the breaks on his car, so I wouldn't bet on my son coming to your rescue tonight." Robert tried to scream when Gordon placed the tape back over his mouth and then Gordon left him there, locking all of the doors behind him. Robert started to panic that Aaron would never find him because Gordon might kill him to cover his tracks. At the thought of never seeing his Aaron again Robert stated to cry, he desperately wanted to feel Aaron's lips against his again, he wanted to hold Aaron in his arms and never let go. Robert sat in a chair with his wrists tided behind his back and his ankles tied together, he stayed awake all night but he could stop thinking about Aaron. He did not want to let the image of his beloved Aaron leave his mind.