CSI: LAST CHANCE
CHAPTER 2
Chapter 2 of Last Chance, Ed is being forced by the assailants to call Catherine and issue the ransom deamnds. However Ed soon realizes he knows one of the assailants which complicates matters, will they ever get free or be rescued, read on to find out.
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Ed was forced into a chair in the kitchen by one of the thugs and the leader got ready to dial Catherine's number. Lindsey and Sharon were kept tied up on the couch under the watch of the other two men in order to keep them quiet. Ed then realized how he knew that voice, he had heard it before when Salazar had kidnapped Lindsey and had even researched the guy.
"What is it you want me to say…Felix Cortez".
The man's eyes widened briefly.
"So you know, that makes this easier. You are to inform your mother-in-law, that you and your family are prisoners, we are demanding $300,000 to be delivered at a location I will specify later, you can tell about me if you want. If you say anything about a death trap however, I will kill without hesitating, understand".
"Fine".
Ed knew he was beaten and soon the phone was ringing and was held to his ear. A few rings later Catherine answered.
"Hello?"
"Catherine, it's me".
"Ed, what's up?"
Ed swallowed nervously and then spoke, revealing the truth.
"Lindsey, Sharon, Susan and I, have been taken hostage inside our own home, the guy in charge is Felix Cortez, a member of Salazar's group, former Cuban Intelligence".
"What?"
"They are demanding $300,000 in exchange for our safety, Cortez will call you later to arrange the drop off point".
Cortez then took the phone away and spoke into it himself.
"Failure to comply will result in us killing all of them, understand?"
"You…"
Before Catherine could finish Cortez hung up.
Catherine stared at her phone in shock, Salazar's group was not finished, they were back and now they had taken her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters hostage. She quickly hurried through to where Nick was taking care of Sam and Tonya, he looked up and saw her expression.
"Cath, what's wrong?"
She sighed and then told him.
"It's Salazar's group, they're not finished, Felix Cortez has taken over".
"We figured he would, he was the most connected member after Salazar".
"It's worse than that, they've taken Ed, Lindsey, Sharon and Susan hostage".
Nick's shock mirrored his wife's, Catherine then continued.
"They want $300,000 in exchange for their safety".
"It's so obviously a trap".
"Yeah, this is revenge for what I did to Salazar, doesn't matter what we do, they're not gonna let Lindsey or me come out of this alive".
Nick thought for a moment and then.
"We have to call the others, make some sort decision, we can't let this happen".
"Right, I'll call them up right away".
Catherine then hurried back to where she put her phone down and began to call the other members of the team.
Meanwhile Ed was marched back into the living room and sat on the sofa next to Lindsey and Sharon, his legs were retied and then Cortez spoke.
"Now it's just a waiting game, I call her up, tell her where to drop the money, two of us go there, kill her when she arrives and then call here. The two remaining here can kill this bitch, and you Mr. Kennedy, if you try to interfere. We disappear and that's us had our revenge".
Ed glared at him.
"You're outta your damn mind!"
Lindsey nodded.
"There's no way Mom will fall for your pathetic tricks".
"Enough, we'll be dealing with you eventually, don't forget, the kids are gonna be left alone, but you two are sill fare game for torture".
Lindsey just glared, she had already been tortured by Salazar, she doubted this guy and his colleagues could do any worse. Sharon looked up at her mother, her eyes wide with fear, she was trembling.
"Mommy?"
"Don't worry sweetie, everything's okay".
"It is too, if you cooperate".
Ed glared again.
"You're gonna kill us anyway, you think we're just gonna sit here and take it!"
Cortez sighed.
"You'll increase you're chances of survival if you stay quiet, now, we don't want the neighbours involved, do we. Shut them up, now".
Sharon gave a muffled scream as one of them men tied a length of cloth around her mouth, gagging her.
"Shar-"
Lindsey tried to scream for her daughter but was quickly gagged the same way. Ed struggled against his bonds realizing his wife and eldest daughter had been gagged, he grew angry and began to insult Cortez.
"Why'd you leave Havana Cortez, Castro not treating you right?"
"Shut up!"
Ed still continued.
"Honestly you-"
He was cut off however as soon he too was gagged like his wife and daughter. Cortez smirked.
"Much better, we'll make the call to decide the drop off point soon".
All three of the captives tried to scream in protest but the gags effectively muffled their words making it impossible, they were now hopelessly trapped.
End of chapter, the Kennedy's are now hopelessly trapped, tied up and gagged, Susan is still mercifully asleep in her crib, Catherine is also aware of the incident and is now calling the rest of the team to try and come up with a way to save them, will they succeed? Wait and see. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, read and review please.