Review and you'll make my day! I really want to know how I'm doing and what you guys think! I also wanted to say I don't know law and I'm sorry for any errors.

Jail Meeting Room

Billy, Casey, and Michael were meeting with their attorney, Allison, when Rick came in and asked the attorney

"Is there anything I can do to stop this?"

"Sadly no, once something like this gets rolling, no one can stop it. The D.A. wants a conviction yesterday."

"Why are you here?" Casey asked Rick.

"Because I want to help you. You're guilty as hell but I want to raise reasonable doubt."

"Why?" asked Michael.

"I have no idea," Rick replied a little confused.

Billy then got back to the matter at hand and asked "How much time are we looking at?" not expecting long.

"Well, based on the high profile victim and the injuries he sustained, you very well could be looking at life in prison."

"WHAT!" the guys said in shock.

"We could all get life in prison!" Michael said stunned.

"Yes, all of you. You know how good the D.A. would look if he convicted three C.I.A. operatives. He's coming up for re-election and his whole campaign is that no one's above the law, so he'll go at this harder than anything he's done before," Allison said.

"Yeah well, we know who got us into this whole mess," Casey said pissed and looked at Rick.

"I didn't call them!" Rick exclaimed "I thought of all the people that could've called them. Higgins topped my list. I checked his phone records, when we were at lunch he called the Feds." Rick said and put the piece of paper on the table.

"Let's focus on the matter at hand. The D.A. wants this case on trial soon," Allison said trying to focus the men.

"What do you have on our case?" Billy asked and Allison said some lawyer speak and Michael asked

"What the hell does that mean?"

"A whole bunch of nothing," Allison replied frankly. "The D.A. made the trial for next week. Jury selection starts in two days. I recommend a deal."

"We won't take a deal!" said Michael

"With that I can probably get you twenty years with parole."

"No," said Billy and Casey agreed.

"The D.A. has a lot of witnesses that will bring you down to where I won't be able to defend you."
"Who's testifying?" asked Casey

"First is Rick, then Higgins, then the arresting agents, Rick's psychiatrist, and a few specialists."


Later that night Michael called Allison and wanted to meet with her, alone.

"Why did you call?" asked Allison

"What can I do to help myself?" Michael leaned in and asked

"You want to go against Billy and Casey to save your own ass," Allison said

"Well. Yeah."

"I understand."

"What do I have to do?"

"Testify against them," Allison said simply

"What?" Michael asked a little stunned

"You testify against them saying that you were not a part of the plan and you're just pretty much being dragged along. In exchange I can probably get you a lighter sentence in a comfy jail than prison or maybe even witness protection."

"I won't need protection. I'll be fine."

"I once had a case where a guy flipped on his friends, refused protection, a week later his body was found slaughtered."

"Well I can survive."

"He was former KGB."

"I'll have to think about it," Michael reconsidered.

"Don't think too long, I'll have to meet with the D.A. very soon if you're going to do this."

Michael thought about the offer all night. In the morning he called Allison and said

"Let's do it."

"Alright you'll testify last."


Megan and Rick were in their kitchen cleaning up after dinner when Rick said

"I saw them today."

"Why?"
"I wanted to see if I could help."

Megan turned around and said pissed "Why the fuck would you what to help them?"

"I don't know?"

"After what they did to you they should be rotting in prison!" and Rick sighed, "You should just show up, testify and see those fuckers get a long sentence! It's bad enough you work with them!"

"You said you were okay with it!"

"No! I was pissed and you knew it! I want you to be present in Sophie and Kevin's lives!"
"I still can be!"

"Not when you're in God knows where all the time! You'll spend more time with them than with me!" Rick tried to get a word in but Megan went on, "You knew what that job entailed and you still took it! That's irresponsibility at its finest!"

"I get it, you're pissed that I want to help them."

"Pissed! Pissed doesn't even begin to describe!" Megan said and charged for the front door and Rick followed "I thought you were a bigger man than this." And she slammed the door in his face and Rick sighed and put his head in his hands. Later that night Rick couldn't sleep. Megan hadn't returned his calls and didn't come home that night. He assumed she was at her sister's. He then realized the reason why he wanted to help the guys.


The next day. Jail meeting room

Rick came to see Michael and said

"You know when you asked me why I wanted to help and I said I didn't know? I know now, I don't want to relive that again. I was never going to call the Feds. It just satisfied me that I had something over you. It made me feel in control of my life for the first time in a very long time! I don't want to have to say what happened to me in front of an open court! It was hard enough saying it to my psychiatrist! I just want all this to go away so I can try to move on with my life as much as I possibly can."

"I took a deal," Michael said resentful not looking at Rick.

"What?" Rick asked surprised

"If I testify against Billy and Casey, I'll get either a lighter sentence somewhere else or protection."

"Why would you do that?" asked Rick

"Times like these. It's every man for himself."


The Trial

They had just done opening arguments. The D.A. was going for the angle that Billy, Casey, and Michael purposely tried to abduct Rick, while Allison was going for this was saying that this was just a joke gone wrong and the abduction was a coincidence. Rick was the first to testify. The D.A. asked him

"Before we get to what happened in the six months you were held captive. Can you identify the defendants as the people who set up you abduction?"

"No," Rick replied. The guys tried to hold in their shock.

"Remember Mr. Martinez, you are under oath. Are the defendants the men who got someone to abduct you?"

"If you know that the sky is blue and someone keeps on telling repeatedly you its green. Even the toughest and smartest of minds start to believe that it is green. Until you get back to your senses and realize that they were lying to you."

"So, what you're saying is that you started to believe what your abductor told you?"

"After a while, yes, yes I did." And before the D.A. could continue Allison said

"Due to this new evidence I call for a mistrial," and went on saying some legal terms. The judge thought about it for a moment and said

"I'll accept you motion. I call a mistrial. Court is adjured," and pounded his gavel.


A few days later

Rick just sat in the break room with this upset look on his face as the guys came in and Billy said

"Ah, positive vibes only in the break room, this is where we come to forget our troubles, and snack."

"Did you promise to get someone out of North Korea again?" Casey asked

"Because I broke the law to help you guys, Megan's filing for divorce," Rick said despressed and pissed at them

"What why?" asked Michael concerned

"Because I helped you. She now wants no part of me and is filing for divorce."

"You need a drink," Michael said and Rick nodded.


Michael and Rick were having drinks

"When Fay and I divorced I thought that I certain that I was going to be an old, lonely, CIA has-been that does nothing but take up time and costs money."

"So you were scared of being Blanke?" Michael chuckled and said

"Yeah."

"Who knew you guys could ruin my life twice." Michael drank the rest of his drink and motioned for another one. "Right when I get my life back you come and rip it away from me. You're a life squisher, you guys are like Pac-Man." Michael didn't get the train of logic there but didn't say anything. "I know that because of my job I will hardly ever see my kids." Rick said. A guy came by and asked Rick

"Richard Martinez"

"Yes,"

"You've been served." He said and gave his the brown envelope. Michael felt bad for Rick, he was served once and he knew how bad it felt. Rick opened the envelope and saw the divorce papers.

"Ah, divorce papers." He then looked through the papers and saw another set of papers with a Post-It and he was shocked.

"What?" asked Michael

"She left full custody of the twins to me," He then read the Post-It "Take the kids. I'll be traveling. Don't try anything to find me I won't come back." Michael and Rick sat in shock.


I'm getting busy again so I'll try to put the rest on in a timely manner.