A/N: I know some of you thought I should have kept these two chapters together, but when I was writing it on paper, I wanted each chapter to be about the same length, so that's why I decided to split them...

Again, sorry for this short chapter, but this should be a bit longer after this :)

Thanks for the reviews! :)


Chapter 7: The Fun Has Just Begun

Fred Hay's house

"Leslie? My name is Sam Braddock," he told her calmly. "My team found out what happened to you when you were a kid. I'm sorry you had to go through that."

Leslie looked at him. "I remember seeing bits of his face during everything, but I couldn't remember what he looked like after I was found," she told him. She looked away when she felt tears threatening to fall. "But then I saw this guy last week and it all came back. This bastard kidnapped, raped me, and left me to die!" she screamed, bringing the gun closer to her hostage's head.

"Please help me, she's crazy!" screamed Fred, which got her even more mad.

"Leslie wait! I know what you're going through, okay? I know!" Sam told her, getting her attention.

"What do you mean?" she asked, lowering the gun a bit.

Sam stepped off to the side, away from the cover of the shield, and stepped a bit closer to Leslie. "A few months ago, I was kidnapped too and my kidnappers shot me and left me to die on the side of the road. They haven't been caught either," he told her, stepping closer again.

"Sam, what are you doing? Get back behind the shield," ordered Ed. Sam just ignored him as he was connecting with the subject.

Leslie shook her head. "You're lying," she said.

"First rule of negotiating: never lie," Sam told her. "This is only my second day back on the job." Leslie looked at him as tears were falling down. "I don't know what this guy did, and I can't image going through what you went through at 12-years-old, but I can tell you that it doesn't have to end like this," he said as he took another step forward.

Leslie lowered her gun a bit more. "Do you get nightmares?" she asked quietly.

Sam took a deep breath and let it out. "Yes," he replied. "Almost every night since my memory came back of what happened." He could feel the eyes on him again…that was something he never told his team.

More tears fell from her eyes. "I know it's him, I just know," she said.

Sam took another step. "I believe you, I do. But this isn't how you do it." He reached his arm out with his palm facing up. "Please Leslie. Don't tell me this is how it ends," he pleaded.

Leslie looked in his eyes for a couple of minutes. Finally she gave him the gun, let Fred go, and fell into Sam's arms as she started to cry. Immediately, Greg took the gun from Sam while he comforted her, and Ed and Wordy took Fred outside.

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The Barn

Once Team One came back and finished briefing, their shift had ended. Leslie was taken into custody as well as Fred so he could be asked some questions. During de-briefing, there was a little argument between Ed and Sam when they got to the part of the latter ignoring the former's orders. After a while, the heat had died down and they were able to finish.

"Sam, could you stay here a moment?" asked Greg when everyone stood up to get changed.

"Boss, I'm sorry I didn't follow orders, but I was connecting with her," Sam argued.

Greg put out his hand. "I know, that's not what I want to talk to you about." He waited for a few seconds, looking at Sam. "When were you going to tell me about the nightmares?" he asked.

Sam closed his eyes and sighed. "I don't know. It wasn't affecting my work," he said, opening his eyes.

"Yeah, but it could. And this hot call was too personal," Greg told him. After a while, he continued. "I think you should take these next two days off. Get some rest and relax a bit."

Sam looked at him, shocked. "Boss, I'm fine. I don't need time off," he said, a little angry.

"You're not fine Sam. Now I don't want to see you here for the next two days, and that's an order. Understood?"

"Yes sir," Sam said through a clenched jaw. He quickly got up, left the briefing room, and went to go change in the locker room.

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Sam's Apartment

'I can't believe I have two days off!' Sam thought as he unlocked the door to his apartment. "What am I gonna do for two days?" he said to himself. He opened the door, went inside and closed it. When he heard a click next to his ear, he froze and looked to his right in the corner of his eyes. Standing next to him was the first guy, the one who shot him, with a gun to Sam's head.

Dwayne smiled. "Hello cop. Remember me? I have something we can do for two days," he told him as Sam clenched his jaw. "The fun has just begun," he continued before he started to laugh.