Mutt and Rose found Ian huddled in a cove shivering and in deep thought he was surrounded by bodies. "You ok Ian?" Rose asked.

"Ah yes I am. I couldn't find the bag anywhere noticeable so I guess we'll have to start digging." Rose's nose wrinkled. "Rose? What's wrong?" Ian added.

"It's just last time the object was there waiting for us in the church. This time I thought we could find it as easily."

"Trust me I've looked."

"But where do we start?" Cut in Mutt. "And don't we need permission to just start digging?"

Ian's face hardened. Rose's dropped, they were never going to get their kids back at this rate. "Then what do we do? Give up?" Rose shouted. "The Mutt I know wouldn't let a stupid law get in his way or at least the Mutt I used to know." She turned and stormed out of the cove. She stamped back up to the top of the hill she felt like her children were taken from her forever.

*

Anna sat and stared at her brother the screaming had finally finished he looked as scared as she felt. What had they been doing to that man. Cobra looked unafraid but pale. He finally stood up and walked to the intercom, "You ok, Anna?" She was startled by his voice.

"I'm ok. You?" She asked looking at his scabs.

"I'm fine. How's your brother?"

"He tells me he's fine but he's in pain. I think his bandages are on too tight." She looked at her brother. "Cobra," She looked back at her godfather, "Why are we here? Where are our parents? Why do they keep taking you from your room?"

"Calm down one question at a time." Cobra panicked slightly.

"I'm scared." She whispered.

"It's ok to be scared, Anna." She raised her eyebrows the way her mother did, "Ok, I don't know a lot so forgive me if my information is patchy." He lied, "I believe your kidnapping is linked with the whereabouts of your parents. I believe they are searching for a mythical object in Ireland. They are trying to find it so they can get you back, you are safe for three more days. As for me I am taken out for questioning every now and then, don't worry about me." Anna's eyes began to well. I could have told her the truth she will learn the truth in three days why not now? Cobra put his hand on the glass and she did the same.

"It'll all be ok I promise. I'll make sure everything is ok." He smiled trying to reassure her but she turned her head to look at her brother who was staring in at her. "I better go and tell him what you told me. Thanks Cobra." She smiled and took her finger off the intercom. She relayed the message to her brother.

Cobra knocked on his door when her back to him, a man opened it slightly, "Tell the doctors that when they put fresh bandages on James to not put them on too tightly or I'll kill them, you understand?" The man nodded and closed the door again.

He then resumed his seat on the floor in the corner of the cell.

*

How did I end up doing this? I wanted to travel the world. Now I'm stuck working for this hag! Carl thought as he walked down the hall to the cells. The blood from Charles's nose and mouth were still on the floor and dripped down the hall as he had run away. Carl had once been a Policeman who then wanted to travel and write a book. He had saved Mum in an accident, she had offered him a job as her bodyguard. It had been a pay rise of astronomical amounts he hadn't thought it would included teaching people "a lesson." He hated his boss but found he couldn't get up the courage to quit, probably because he knew that it would mean she would have to kill him.

Even though she seemed fond of him Carl knew she wouldn't think twice before killing him, he was replaceable. He opened the small flap at the bottom of the middle door and caught a quiet voice say, "Wait! Please!" Carl closed the flap and delivered the food to the other two prisoners before going back to the door of the quiet voiced child and opened a flap so he could see inside the room.

"Hi." Anna breathed in deeply and added, "I just I wanted to ask... please stop questioning Cobra. He doesn't know anything. Please leave him alone." Anna's small voice pleaded with the man and he smiled behind the metal. He nodded at her, closed the flap and walked away towards his mistresses room. He's lying to them. Everyone in this shit-hole lies, even to the ones they supposedly love. He nodded at a man who was walking the other way down the long corridor his name was, Ted? Tom? What would it matter? He heard Mum talking and whatever his name was, he was going to be next to be "fired."

*

Rose stared off into the distance, her children could be anywhere. She imagined them alone and afraid. Many other images popped into her mind which made her feel sick so she pushed them into the back of her mind.

Ian appeared by her side breathing heavily. Rose looked at him out of the corner of her eye. He found a tree stump to sit on to get his breath back. "He's trying, you know." He finally gasped. "He misses them too." Rose started to get annoyed with the man sat near her. "Maybe you should give him a break, he knows what he did was wrong." Ian then stood up and walked away again. She watched him walk away as he did he stopped and looked at the sky. "We should probably be getting back it's no use us getting stuck here for the night."

He went back to the cove and returned with Mutt so they could walk down the hill together.

Hope you liked it I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up I seem to be neglecting my coursework for this.