Disclaimer: I definitely don't own the characters that were the creation of Sorkin, but any originals I do.
AN: This was written originally back in 2001 and posted in Jed-Abbey Bartlet yahoogroup. And co-authored; if the second author is still around and sends me an email I'll put her name on it as well.
Rating: T to be safe.
"Hospitality"
By: Vangoghadmirer
Hospitality Part Three
Jed hung up the phone and looked at Sam who just had that expression on his face as if he had the curiosity of a cat. "Abbey's plane landed safely."
"That's good to hear, sir." Sam glances at his watch."I'll be in my office if you need anything." Sam exits quickly.
Meanwhile in Lebanon...
Abbey's motorcade was on its way to the hotel. Before they had landed Abbey and her staff had decided to talk to the acting President of Lebanon about Child Labor and its wrongs. Although she did not think he would listen much. She had to define some of the issues with Lily, who was still in D.C.; whom she was talking on the phone with at the moment.
"No, I understand that." Abbey looks out the window of the car and notices two little kids in extremely grungy clothes. "Lily, I know that and I could care less. Lily, the President will support this if he knows what is best for him. I'm listening..." She listens while she reads her itinerary."True, but I'm going to do this. No." The car stops and Abbey wonders what the hell is going on the hotel's not this close. "Listen, Lily I'll call you back we've stopped and I don't really know why."
Abbey hangs up her cell phone and puts it in her coat pocket and looks at Albert, who's one of her aides.
"Ma'am, I have no clue why we've stopped."
"Neither do I."
Albert goes to the window just as a bunch of men start shooting. "Get down Mrs. Bartlet get down!" He literally throws himself on top of her. And they lay there on the floor of the car while a blood bath is obviously going on right outside.
A few minutes later the gunfire ceases and the back door to the car opens.Albert looks up but Abbey stays down with her eyes closed. She couldn't believe this was happening she never believed it would happen to her but it was happening. A man climbs into the car and pulls Albert out. Then he notices who Abbey is and literally drags her out of the car by her hair. Once she is outside the car she is quickly placed in an old beat up car from the 1970s along with Albert. Right outside the motorcade bodies and blood littered the road, all her trusted and highly trained agents were dead. How in the world did all this happen she thought to herself.
About an hour or so later the abductors finally reached their destination a run down little shack of a building.it actually looked like a large outhouse. She is pulled out of the car and lead to the rundown building and all she felt like doing is getting sick and wanted to hide by curling up into a ball away from the real world. Albert was taken to another small room to completely isolate the two of them to where this evil man could use it to his advantage. It was his leverage against the most powerful man of the known free world. The man entered the room where Abbey sat in a chair. He walks in with a lit cigar then he walks over to her blowing smoke into her face.
"Mrs. Bartlet."
Abbey doesn't say anything just stares at him.
"You're husband has wronged my comrades and you are going to help me release them."
"I will do no such thing." She stares at him.
"Yes you will." He slaps her.
Abbey closes her eyes as the blow hits her right side of face. The only thing that escapes her lips is in a whisper. "Jed."