Jack pushed himself to a standing position using the wall to hold himself up. He moved forward slowly pain shooting through his leg and fingers. He moved to the door and opened it, it was unlocked. He walked out into the hallway and to his surprise there weren't any guards. He walked down the hall some until he crossed the room where Thomas and the others sat once they noticed him they came after him. Jack moved away from the room as quick as he could hoping to give Kelly time to run out. When they caught up with him one of the guards punched him in the kidneys sending him to the floor with a cry of pain. A few more came upon him looking down at him, he was withering in pain as his broken ribs cried out in pain as well as his shoulder that hit the ground, and his kidney.

The guards grabbed him off the floor and dragged him into the room where Thomas sat smiling at Jack's plight. He ordered one of the men, "Go check on the girl." Thomas looked at the others and said, "String him up. We'll call Robert soon."

The guards found some rope and tied Jack's hands using a hole in the ceiling to throw the rope over pulling down on it tightly they raised Jack off the floor the beam holding his weight. Jack cried out in pain as his arms were pulled above his head his shoulder spasming in pain. He closed his eyes as the immense pain overtook his mind.

"Hurts don't it." Thomas said looking at him visibly seeing the amount of pain Jack was in. He laughed until the man he sent to check on Kelly came back.

"She's gone sir."

Jack smiled through the pain she had listened to him.

"God Damnit. You had one job. One fucking job to watch them." Thomas turned his anger back to Jack. "Call Robert I want the money now or I start cutting this mother fucker open."

One of the men handed Thomas the phone. "Robert you have my money?"

"I almost have it." Robert said looking at the woman he barely knew, Kate Warner withdrawing the money for him. He had to borrow the money he didn't have it. He barely had the money he used to pay with before. He was essentially broke now.

"Not good enough." Thomas said pulling out his knife. Jack looked at him trying not to show the fear he felt.

"Hold on I'm at the bank now. I will have it in less than ten minutes." Robert screamed into the phone getting a few looks from people around.

"Not good enough."

"NO please don't. I got it." Robert said.

"Too bad." Thomas inserted the knife into Jack's side making sure not to go to far in, but far enough to cause a substanel amount of bleeding. He ran the knife down until he had a two inch cut that was bleeding quite well.

Jack screamed out in pain, the scream echoing in the room. Robert closed his eyes on the other line, "I got the money please stop hurting him."

"Be at the school every ten minutes I don't have the money another cut Jack gets."

"What about Kelly?" Robert asked.

"You'll get her too." Thomas said hanging up the phone angry still looking at Jack who's eyes were half closed in pain.

Kate gave Robert the money she was worried about Jack and willing to help out in anyway. After Robert broke down in front of them saying he had no more money and he was broke Kate automatically offered to get the rest for him in faith he would pay her back once he got everything back into order, which she assumed would never happen, but she knew he was a man of pride, and she knew how to deal with those men.

They were walking out of the bank when Roberts cell phone rang it was Cindy. As soon as he answered it Cindy said, "Kelly escaped. I'm going to get her now with Kim. It seems Jack distracted them for her." Cindy could only guess at what cost, and she was grateful for it, she thought almost in tears at the thought if she saw him again she would owe him.

Robert suddenly thought about not going to the meeting.

Roberts phone rang and he looked at it, it was the people who were holding Jack should he answer it? Kate noticed him and said, "Answer it." She knew what he was thinking by his clear body language and facial expressions.

"Hello." Robert said opening the phone.

"Do you have my money now?"

"Yes." Robert said closing his eyes.

"Than why aren't you at the school?"

"You'll never see this money." Robert said with some strength behind the statement. He had to pull the phone from his ear as a scream came over clearly from Jack.

Kate who stood away from Robert could even hear the scream. She was ready to attack Robert, why was he doing this it wasn't like it was his money. She went over to grab the phone from him but he just moved it away closing it.

"What are you doing?" She screamed angry almost in tears.

"I can't keep giving in to them."

"They have Jack, and it's not your money. Give me it." She said trying to grab the bag that contained the money she would go to the school herself. Did it matter who they got the money from, she doubted it.

"No." He said moving away.

Jack eyes were closed he was conscious unfortunately he tried to stay still as he felt the blood trickling down his back from the knew down his arm. The blood trickled down his arm, onto the floor or down his back than. He was trying to block the pain out when Thomas walked up to him with the bloody knife still. "Jack how is your daughter Kim?"

Jack opened his eyes at the mention of Kim he didn't want her involved he had already concluded that Robert wasn't going to pay the last bit of money now that Kelly was free, Jack knew his death would come, hopefully in a less painful manner than Thomas was making it out to be.

"I'm going to give you a chance to save yourself and her because when I finish with you I will move onto her and the rest of Roberts family. Very simple you are going to get Robert to pay me the money. Beg him to do it if you must." Thomas said looking at Jack who's eyes where half closed he was tired he knew it was from the blood lost and he knew he couldn't take much more.

Thomas dialed Roberts number for Jack and one of the taller men held the phone up to Jack's ear. Thomas walked behind Jack pressing the knife in between his shoulder blades barely breaking the skin. Jack felt the cold metal against his back and closed his eyes while he waited for Robert to answer.

Kate snatched the phone from Robert when it rang again, "Hello. I'll give you your money just don't hurt Jack anymore." She said into the phone urgently.

Jack's voice was weak and cracked as he felt the knife go in deeper, "It's Jack let me talk to Robert."

Kate handed Robert the phone and said, "It's Jack."

Robert didn't want to take the phone and Kate threatened him, "Either take the phone or I'm calling the cops. I'm sure they'll be interested in all that is going on."

Robert took the phone.

Jack felt the knife as it went deeper in. Thomas pushed it until blood dripped down Jack's back from the new wind. Jack cried in pain and tried to start to convince Robert, "Please just pay him the money. I'll pay you back." Jack said as the knife was still in his back.

"I can't Jack. I'm not giving into him anymore." Robert said feeling like the asshole he was at the moment and Kate's glares not helping.

Thomas whispered in Jack's ear, "Remember Kim you better start begging." He brought the knife down more Jack screamed out again.

Robert and Kate heard the screams and Robert was getting ready to close the phone when he heard Jack's weak voice call out again.

"Dad please." Jack closed his eyes again hating himself for going to this point. "Please help me."

Robert heard him call him dad and suddenly felt like the hugest asshole ever. He didn't want to pay the money but than he heard the loudest scream from Jack yet and than the sound of the phone disconnecting.

Jack was withering in pain as Thomas had pulled the knife down the length of his spine blood spilling from the cut.

"We'll give him a little while see if he goes through with it." Thomas said wiping the knife off on Jack's arm. He walked out of the room and the others followed leaving Jack to bleed.

Robert had tears in his eyes, who was he now? Had he always been this callous? He was really willing and had listen to Jack's cries of pain and never did anything about it. How could he? This wasn't him. All of this ran through him as he moved quickly to the car to go to the school. He couldn't believe himself, and suddenly was disgusted in himself. Kate followed him saying, "Call my friend Joe Anthony. He's a detective, but he owes me. He can provide back up, and I'll call Chase to help out. I don't think they are just freely going to give Jack over."

"Don't worry I'll make a trade." Robert pulled the phone out and dialed the number.

Thomas answered, "Robert call to tell me to finish the job off on your son. You are one cold hearted bastard."

"No. I called to make a deal. I'll give you the money and you let Jack go."

"No can do. I'll make his death easy but I owe him for some things."

"I"ll trade him places. Leave him alone. You can kill me." Robert said shocking Kate and himself, but he was suddenly willing to do it he had just woken up to the person he was, and he hated that person.

"Fine." Thomas would just kill them both, why not they both deserved it.

Robert hung the phone up and told Kate, "Call Chase, and Joe. You sure you can trust these people?"

"Chase was Jack's partner and I know Joe he's trustworthy." Kate knew him well and Robert could sense it.

"Fine." Robert said knowing they would have to move quickly.

On the drive over Kate called Robert and said, "Chase and Anthony are already in position at the school. They will follow you discreetly. They are in two separate cars so it shouldn't be to hard."

"Ok." Robert said feeling his nerves act up. He hung the phone up and called Thomas back.

"Robert what is it?" Thomas said impatiently awaiting the time he could kill the father and son.

"I want to talk to Jack to make sure he is still alive."

"Fine." Thomas said walking into the room where Jack hung bleeding. He placed the phone up to Jack's mouth and pushed on one of the cuts. Jack screamed in pain and than finally lost unconsciousness.

"He's asleep now but you heard him. Where are you?"

"I'm almost at the school." Robert said hanging up.