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Riley sat helplessly on the chair with his chest stinging like crazy as Ian put away the torturing devices.

"He'll be much more cooperative now." He told Mitch who came in. Mitch nodded.

"It's time to call Gates." He said while Riley tried to catch his breath.

Mitch dialed Gates number.

Ben picked up instantly.

"Mitch?"

"Do you have the translation?" Was all Welkenson said.

"Yeah, I do." Ben quickly told him as Mitch wrote it down while nodding.

"You were very wise to cooperate Ben. I'm proud of you."

"Now give us Riley." Ben snapped, anxious for this to be over. Mitch chuckled.

"Oh no, not so fast."

"But that was our arrangment!"

"Yes, well the arrangment has changed. Riley has decided to work for us now, haven't you Riley?" Mitch placed the phone on Riley's ear as Ben stood frozen in shock.

"Ben?" Riley asked and Ben's eyes widened in relief when he heard his best friend's voice.

"Riley, what the hell is he talking about?"

"Ben I'm sorry. I have no other choice, I can't go now... I hope you understand..." Riley's voice was shaking now.

"Wait, I don't understand. You're working for them now?" Ben cried in outrage causing Abi's eyes to widen as well as his parents eyes. "Why?"

"I have to Ben, I'm sorry. I have no other choice!"

"There's always a choice Riley!" Ben snapped. "Always a choice to do the right thing..I can't believe that you would..."

"They have my sister Ben. And her daughter. I have no choice." Riley persisted with tears in his eyes. This was the hardest thing he had to do. Betraying his best friend. "Please Ben...Please, try and understand..."

"They have your sister?" Ben looked shocked. "I didn't even know you had a sister."

This was so overwhelming. Riley working for them now and finding out about a sister he had and niece.

"Well I do. And they have her and my niece, Ben...Please you have to..." Before Riley was able to finish what he was saying Mitch snatched the phone away.

"So you see Ben, handing Mr. Poole back now would be very pointless, wouldn't it?"

"You sonofabitch." Ben snarled, letting the news sink in on why Riley had agreed to work for them. "You're sick you know that? You are sick and twisted."

Mitch tisked.

"Not a smart thing to say when we still have your best friend in the hands of Ian Howe now is it?"

Ben's face went white.

"Ian..."

Mitch handed the phone to Ian.

"I think Ben wants to talk to you." He said while smiling and Ian's lips curled into a smile as well.

"Ben, my old friend! How are you mate?"

"Ian." Ben turned around sharply as Abi gasped in horror. "What the hell are you doing out of jail?"

"Well thanks to Mr. Welkenson here I got out early and now me and Riley are having a shocking amount of fun aren't we Ri?"

Riley glared at Howe.

"Go to hell." Ben heard him snarl.

Ian gave a low and threatening chuckle.

"Now is that a nice thing to say to your captives Riley?" He asked while nodding to the two men in the room. Instantly they slammed their guns into Riley's broken ribs causing him to groan while Ian broke two more of Riley's fingers.

"Oops, I hope your not left handed." He grinned as Riley yelled in sharp pain.

"Ian I swear to God, if you hurt Riley any more I'll..." Ben snarled, his face growing paler at Riley's screams.

"You'll what Ben?" Ian taunted him. "Toss me in jail? That didn't work out very well the last time now did it? I always get what I want Ben, don't forget that. And what I want now is revenge which is why it's so fun to have Mr. Poole around."

Ben collapsed on his chair, exhausted with worry and fear.

"Please, Ian." He begged. "If you have any ounce of deceny left in you...Please.."

"Since when have I ever been a decent man Gates?" Ian chuckled. "Don't worry, I'll take good care of little Riley for you while he helps us find the treasure."

"Ian wait, please... Ian!" Ben shouted as the phone was handed back to Mitch.

"Damn you Mitch! This wasn't part of the deal, what are we supposed to do now?"

"Just stand aside and wait. When this hunt is over Mr. Poole will be brought back to you."

Ben just sat there. This was all happening so fast. To fast. They had done their part of the deal and yet Riley still wasn't back with them. In fact, it was worse now that Ian was part of the group. He could only imagine the type of torture that he had confliced on Riley. It made him sick just thinking about it.

Mitch quickly hung up the phone after Ben promised not to look for the treasure. When the phone was hung up Ben stood up, put his coat on and headed towards the door in angry strides.

"Ben, wait where are you going?!" Abi cried helplessly. Ben stared at her, his face full of anger now instead of fear.

"I'm going to find Riley's sister and her daughter." He snapped. "Then I'm going to get Riley."

Abi stared at him for a few moments and nodded.

"Fine, I'm coming with you."

"So are we!" Emily and Patrick said at the same time, not daring to look at each other.

"Forget it guys, it's too dangerous."

"Riley isn't just important to you. He's important to me too Ben. He's important to all of us."

"I never met the young man but already I like him." Emily agreed. Ben looked at all them uncertiantly.

"You're not alone Ben, so don't do this like you were." Abi added. Slowly Ben sucked in his breath and finally nodded.

"All right, let's go." He said quietly and quickly they all hurried to the car...