Sara:
My captors and I quickly reached what was apparently an empty warehouse, but I soon found that it was, surprisingly, much nicer inside. I looked around as Ecklie wandered ahead, clearly not meaning for me to keep up with him. There as a nice-looking queen sized bed against one wall, a refrigerator stocked with food in a corner, and even a television on the opposite wall to the bed. I was instantly suspicious of this new development in my abduction, but I had no time to think about it because at that moment Hodges of all people walked in leading Catherine.
"Well," he said, "Isn't this a nice reunion. I'll give you two some time to get reaquainted. Make yourself comfortable, this place will be where you spend most of your time here. If you're lucky.
"Cat!" I said, rushing over to her, examining her for any damages. "Did they hurt you?"
"No," she replied quickly, clearly surveying me as well, "just my pride. I can't believe I didnt see this before. But that's not important now. On the ride they told me I'm just here to keep you in line. What do they want with you?"
"Who knows," I said, attempting to look unconcerned, "We have to get out of here though. I really don't want to find out what they're going to do to you to make sure I stay obedient."
She nodded and I started looking around for an exit, but there was none in sight. I should have known that between the two of them they would know how to stage a proper kidnapping where it would at least be slightly difficult to get away from them.
"No good." I said, "One of them must actually have some brainpower that we never knew about." Cat smirked at this, then said resignedly
"Well, we might as well get comfortable, because it looks like we're gonna be here a while. Gil will find us. Hodges said something about that we'll be spending most of our time here if we're lucky. That must mean that they have something much worse than being held hostage in a random room. Lets get some food then sleep. We don't really know when whatever it is is going to start." That was Cat, always practical in the face of extreme danger. I tried to put on a similar front when I replied
"Good idea." and walked for the fridge. Inside were all of our favorite snack foods, and in the freezer what was probably a months work of frozen breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. On top of the refrigerator was a microwave, most likely for said meals. We each selected something from the freezer, and ate our dinner. The refrigerator was the type with a built in water supply, so we knew we'd be able to survive in that area for a while at least. For the life of me I couldn't think of their motives. Most kidnappers would want to starve us, especially Ecklie and Hodges, who had had no particular liking for us in the first place. That was when we realized the problem of only one bed.
"Well," said Cat, "I guess we can share." I was secretly glad to be able to steal another night in bed
with her.
"Sure, why not?" I said, just glad to have that settled.
Cat:
It was to the point where I could almost see the well-disguised fear in her eyes at the thought of spending a night so close to our attackers. "It's going to be ok" I whispered when we were both in bed, trying to give her some measure of comfort, while also trying to convince myself of the same. "I won't let anything happen to you." Her reply was distant but strong and powerful
"Cat, its me they want. Not you. If there's ever a chance for you to escape, I want you to take it, it doesn't matter what happens to me, you have to get home for Lindsey."
"Sara don't ever talk like that again- we're BOTH getting out of here alive and fine. I'll make sure of that. I'm not leaving without you." She smiled in spite of herself, and we both drifted off to sleep.