Chapter 2- Ethan, I don't want to die alone..
Ace stretched as Ethan unlocked his handcuffs. Ethan watched as the boy rubbed his wrists and moved around getting circulation back into them. The boy made to move but Ethan grabbed his wrist, the boy glanced at Ethan.
"Stay close to me, listen, and do as your told, understand?," Ethan asked , he waited as Ace just looked at him, "Kid? Do you understand me?" Ethan asked again, this time Ace responded with a grunt and Ethan let go of him.
Jane watched the conversation between the two and wondered if the kid would ever listen to Ethan, he had to as this was an important mission. Ace walked by and flopped down next to Benji.
"What's that?", he asked, Benji was taken aback by the boy, who had been nothing but trouble since he joined, was interested in what he was doing.
" Well, it's a tracking device…I made it a little smaller than normal so that it can be placed anywhere on the body or clothes." Benji stated proud of himself.
Ace cocked his head and then turned around, "Ethan?", he called to the team leader.
Ethan turned and gave a questioning look at the boy, "Yes?" he asked.
Ace pointed to Benji's new tracking device, "Can I wear one?"
Ethan stared at the boy, clearly interested that he had finally taken an active interest in the mission where he hadn't before; Ethan decided that maybe letting him have a few things he wanted might make it easier to deal with him.
"Sure… if we get separated it might be nice to know where you are." Ethan chuckled and then told Benji to give Ace one.
Jane and Brandt just stood in wonder at what just happened.
Three hours later….
They had been at the party for a little over three hours and still had no concrete evidence that their host was an international terrorist planning on starting genocide in Asia then moving on to other large countries. Ethan and the team were getting a little restless; except for Ace he was clearly enjoying being mingling around with the wealthy and of course the pretty girls. Ethan had told the team to keep a close eye on him, as they didn't know what he was capable of doing during the mission.
"We haven't found anything, but Ace is having the time of his life over there," Jane told Luthor and Ethan, Luthor was acting as a bodyguard for the two who were a rich couple form England. Ethan who had be keeping a close eye on Ace had to agree, the boy was clearly enjoying all the attention the girls were lavishing him with, and he seemed to be well liked by all the people in the party including the host.
"Maybe he doesn't get out much," Luthor suggested "Or he's just really good at keeping up an act."
"Wait…Where's he going?" Ethan said alarm starting to rise in his voice.
The three of them watched as Ace was lead be a group of girls up the stairs and they disappeared around the corner.
"Dammit! Get Brandt and Benji over here! Now! That kid can jepordize the whole mission with his little antics!" Ethan said as he moved torward the door, Luthor and Jane followed a few feet behind. Jane was contacting with the other to members of their team and they all met up outside.
"Well, now what? He can't just stay in there..can he?' Benji asked his voice filled with worry.
"IF he wasn't so drunk, maybe this wouldn't have happened." Brandt stated shaking his head.
"ENOUGH. That's enough, we will have to wait for him, if he doesn't make contact or come out in thirty minutes then we will go in after him, Ok?," Ethan said looking at his team, they all nodded their heads and went to their separate cars to wait.
30 minutes later….
"Ethan?...Ethan are you there?..." Ace's voice was faint as it came through Ethan's headset. Ethan quickly shook himself awake and called into the speaker, "Where are you? Ace are you ok?".
Jane was now beginning to get nervous at the way Ethan was acting.
"Ethan…i…need…help…stabbed…losing ….blood.. help ….me..Ethan…I…don't…want…to…die…alone…." Ace's voice was strained as the speaker was cutting in and out.
Ethan threw himself out of the car and shouted "Where ? Where are you Ace?"
Ace's speaker crackled and then "Outside….behind….the….house…drug…myself….behind…the…trash…cans…Ethan….please help…"
"Hold on Ace! Hold On! I'm coming, I'm coming!" Ethan shouted as he ran behind the house, Jane, Benji, Luthor and Brandt ran after him.
Ethan skidded around the corner of the house and spied to trash cans, he raced over there and slowed down when he saw a pool of blood, he walked slowly around the trash cans and what he saw almost made him die on the spot.
