Sorry it has taken so long for this chapter. Honestly, this chapter has been the hardest for me to write for some reason. Kept arguing and changing things. But here it is! :D Thanks for all the nice reviews, guys! :)
xXxZaraxXx, thank you for telling me her name is Margaret, not Magdalene. I have only seen the pilot episode twice, and each time I had people in the room talkign so I was unable to hear that part. Thank you for telling me. :) I think I changed every time I wrote her name wrong. :)
And now, on with the chapter! :D Hopefully, more will be up soon. :)
Chaper 9
Henry opened his eyes and thought he had gone blind. When he had blinked a few times, he realized that he was just in a dark room. He sat up quickly, then regretted it as he got dizzy and fell back down. He waited a minute before sitting back up, slow this time, and let his eyes slowly grow accustomed to the dark. As he pulled himself to a full sitting position, he realized he was leaning against the wall. He also realized he wasn't alone as he heard someone groan.
Reaching out with his hand, Henry came in contact with a lump next to him. He nearly jumped out of his skin when he felt something touch his back.
"H...Hello?" he whispered, his voice cracking.
"Henry?" the voice came from behind him.
"Maggie?" he exclaimed.
A hand gripped his shoulder.
"Are you all right, Henry?" Maggie asked.
"I'm fine." Henry replied. "Just a headache. What happened? Where are we?"
"Miss Hazel kidnapped us." Maggie answered. "As to where we are, I have no clue. How's Jasper?"
"I got a killer headache." Jasper muttered from near Henry's hand. "And I really wish you two wouldn't talk so loud."
"What are you two doing here?" Henry asked.
He could remember up to when he had been knocked out and Jasper and Maggie hadn't been in the room.
"What do you think?" Maggie laughed. "We heard you scream out so we came looking for you. Things didn't exactly go right."
"Explain please." Henry said, leaning up against the wall.
"She had the door locked," Jasper started as he sat up. "And Maggie did some weird lock picking thing and opened the door."
All three found it strange to be talking when none of them could see in the pitch blackness of the room.
"When we walked into the room," Maggie continued. "Miss Hazel was standing over you with a pistol. When we made a run for it, she pointed it at you and threatend to shoot you if we didn't go into the room and shut the door."
"You should have let her shoot me!" Henry inturrupted.
"Henry!" Maggie scolded. "How can you even say that?"
"She was planning on killing me anyway." Henry sighed. "At least that way I would have been the only one to die."
"Don't even say that, Henry!" Maggie slapped his arm.
"What do we do now?" Jasper asked.
No one answered him. Henry looked around, though he still couldn't see well. He stood slowly, getting dizzy as he did. He put his hand against the wall to steady himself. When he felt steady enough, he took a few steps forward. Almost instantly, he ran into the other wall. He turned the other way and had the same result.
"I think we're in a closet." he announced.
"What do you mean?" Jasper asked.
"I mean," Henry explained. "That this room is to small to be a full room. So, it might be a closet."
"If it's a closet," Maggie said slowly as she stood up. "Then shouldn't there be a..."
She was cut off by one of the "walls" opening and spilling bright light into the small room. The three friends were instnatly blinded by the light.
"Ah, good. You're awake." a man's voice that they didn't recognize said smoothly from the door. "Boys."
By then, sight had returned and Henry, Jasper, and Maggie could see the three men who had kidnapped them walk into the room. Jasper struggled to his feet, but had to lean against the wall as a dizzy spell overtook him. The man with red hair quickly grabbed him and dragged him out the door.
"Come along you two," the black haired man ordered. "And you won't be hurt."
"Hurt more, don't you mean?" Henry asked sarcastically.
"Come on girly." the blonde haired man ignored his partner and Henry and reached for Maggie.
Maggie reacted quickly. She grabbed his hand and yanekd hard, sending the man to the floor. Henry was right behind her as he kicked out and sent the blackhaired man to the floor. They had completly forgotten about the other man at the door as they stepped over the two men on the floor and came face to face with a pistol.
"Well done, Henry, Maggie." the man holding the pistol congratulated. He was an older man with gray hair. "But you should know that you will never escape, so do not try any thing like that again or things will have to get ugly." He glanced down at the two men on the floor and snarled, "Jeremy! Rob! Get up! Now!"
The two men struggled to there feet, seeming more shocked then hurt. Instnatly, the grabbed Henry and Maggie. The blond haired man gently grasped Maggie's arm, not wanting to hurt her, but the black haired man didn't have the same care. He grabbed Henry's arm and twisted it behind his back, holding him so as to prevent any possible escape.
"This way." the man in front of them smiled, a cold, sly smile as he put this pistol inside his coat.
The black haired man pushed Henry in front of him, letting his arm untwist slightly to walk. The blond haired man gently lead Maggie out after them. They were lead down a really small hallway and then, to there surprise, into the cabin of a plane. Henry instantly glanced toward the window and, to his dismay, saw that they were flying.
With a slight frown, he turned and studied the inside of the cabin. It wasn't fancy, or even comfortable. There were crates stacked and tied to the walls toward the back. In the front where a few seats, but only one looked remotly comfortable. In that seat sat Miss Kate Hazel. To her right was Jasper, still being held by the red haired man.
"Looks like you didn't hit Griffin to hard, Kate." the man with the pistol commented. "He's still alive at least."
"I didn't hit him hard enough to kill him, Dad." she said as she stood. "What use would he be to us if he was dead?"
"Who are you?" Maggie asked before any one could say anything else.
"That's none of your business girly!" the blond haired man snapped.
"Now, now Rob," the older man inturrupted, "What harm could it do?" He turned back to Maggie. "My name is Jeff Hazel. You already know my daughter, Kate. This is my son, Jeremy." He pointed to the black haired man. "And these are my newphews, Miles and Rob."
Jeff grabbed Maggie's arm and led her over to where Jasper was, leaving Henry alone with Rob and Jeremy man. Jeremy let go of his arm, but the two men stood shoulder to shoulder, blocking his way back.
"What do you want with us?" Henry asked.
"There's no 'us', Henry." Kate smiled, walking toward him. Henry backed up into the two men who pushed him forward. "Maggie and Jasper aren't needed. Just you. Remember that."
Then she walked back to stand beside her father.
"What do you mean by that?" Jasper asked.
"My daughter means," the old man answered as he looked at Jasper, "That if Henry here don't do as we say, then you two are indespensible."
"If it's me you want, then take me." Henry exclaiemd in shock. "But leave them out of this."
"It's to late for that." the man replied. "We are already on our way to Columbia. There is no turning back."
"Columbia?" Jasper exclaimed.
"What's in Columbia?" Maggie asked.
"That, little one," Kate Hazel's father said with a sly smile. "Is for us to know, and you to find out." He looked over at the men. "Jeremy, hold Henry there." The black haired man instantly grabbed Henry's arms and held him tight. "Miles, go get the rope."
"I already have it, Dad." the red haired man held up a rope.
"Rob," that left the blond haired man. "Help your brother tie up these two."
Rob was quick to go over and join Miles in tieing Jasper's and Maggie's hands behind there backs. Henry was left untied, but Jeremy held him tight.
"Get their laptop, Kate dear." the man commanded.
Kate nodded and reached into one of the seats and pulled out a small laptop and handed it to her father.
"Hey!" Jasper exclaimed as he recognized the computer as his. "How did you get that computer?"
Jeff opened it and put it on top of a crate that had been turned into a table. "Now, get on and talk to your parents."
"Why?" Henry asked, not moving toward the keyboard.
"Because if you don't," the man pulled the pistol out of his coat and aimed it at Jasper. "Then your cousin dies."
"All right! I'll do it!" Henry exclaiemd quickly as he sat down on the seat in front of the camera and went to sign in.
"That's better." Jeff grinned, but didn't put the gun up. "Move away from the camera." He said to Kate and Jeremy. He looked back to Henry and added. "Don't say anything to warn them or you all die."
Henry nodded and pulled the thing up so that he could connect with his parents.
"Don't do it, Henry!" Maggie suddenly said. "Don't do what they say! You know they're just going to kil..." she was cut off as Rob through his hand over her mouth.
"Listen to her Henry!" Jasper finished for her. "They are gonna kill us!"
Miles didn't put his hand over his mouth, he just hit him over the head with his fist. Jasper fell to his knees, but he was far from immoble. Though his hands were tied behind his back, Jasper reached back carefully and grabbed Miles' egs and yanked him to the floor. He jumped up quickl, but was sent to his knees again as he was hit in the back of the head with a book by Kate. He sat there shaking his head on his knees.
"Jasper!" Henry exclaimed as he jumped up, but he was thrown back into the seat by Jeremy who kept his hand firmly on Henry's shoulder.
Maggie was saying something, but her words were muffled by Rob's hand. By then, Miles had got back to his feet and he hoisted Jasper to his feet none to gently.
"Gag them! Quick!" his father ordered.
Miles and Rob were quick to find a piece of cloth and tie it around Maggie's and Jasper's mouths.
"Might as well tie them together while you're at it." Jeff continued as he glanced at the computer. "That way you don't have to hold on to them every second."
"Here." Kate said, tossing her brothers a rope.
Catching it, Rob quickly wound it around Maggie and Jasper and tied it tight.
"Henry?" the female voice came from the computer.
"Mom!" Henry exclaimed as he turned around to face the computer screen.
"Henry, who are those people?" his Dad asked.
Henry realized at about the same time his kidnappers did that they hadn't gotten out from in front of the webcam.
"Mom! Dad!" Henry exclaimed. "Whatever they want! Don't do it! Don't do it!"
That was all he was able to yell before Jeremy clamped his hand over his mouth and dragged him out of his chair and to the floor. Jeremy pinned him to the ground with one hand and held his mouth with the other.
"Henry!" he heard his Mom and Dad yell as he fought to get free of Jeremy.
Henry quickly brought his feet up and kicked Jeremy who just grunted and moved out of range. Henry worked on slipping away and he would have if Miles hadn't come over and grabbed him as well. With both of them on him, Henry had no chance of getting away.
"You let my son go right now!" he heard his Dad yell from the computer.
Jeremy still had his hand over Henry's mouth, but Henry bit down hard on the hand, causing Jeremy to yell in pain and let go of Henry.
"Whatever they want! Don't do it!" he yelled before a gag was forced into his mouth.
His hands were forced behind his back and roughly tied. They dragged him to his feet and lead him, fighting, over to where Jasper and Maggie were tied up on the floor. Rob had untied the rope binding Maggie and Jasper together and Henry was thrown down next to them and the rope retied around all three of them.
"You let my son go, or else." Henry's dad was threatning from the computer screen.
"If you want to see your boy in once piece again, ." Jeff Hazel said calmly, making sure that the Griffin's could see the gun in his hand. "Then you will be quiet and listen to me."
"What do you want with our son?" Mrs. Griffin asked quietly.
"Nothing." Jeff replied with a shrug. "Him and his friends are just assurance that you two will do as we say."
"Friends?" Mr. Griffin asked.
Jeff turned around and nodded at his nephews. Miles and Rob pulled the three teens to there feet and pushed them so that they were in the camera.
"You remember your newphew, Jasper, of course." Jeff said casually. "And I'm sure Henry has mentioned his friend Maggie before."
"What do you want with them?" Mr. Griffin asked.
"You'll find out when you meet us in Columbia."
"Columbia?" Mrs. Griffin repeated. "What's in Columbia?"
"Your son and his friends." Jeff replied. "Now, I know for a fact that you are in Brazil. If you leave swiftly, you should be in Columbia by tonite. We will meet you tomorrow at the Columbian airport." He paused and cocked the gun and aimed it over toward the captives. "If you aren't there, then one of them dies." He paused again, thinking. "Make that, if you aren't there, then we will send you one of your son's fingers."
"You animal!" Mr. Griffin exclaimed before saying something else in a different language. Henry's eyebrows hsot up as he understood what his dad was saying.
"Just be there." with that, Jeff logged off.
