Season 3...Episode 11:
Chris and Emma are taking a shower together the following morning and laughing.
"I was so surprised at how well everyone took the news of us together." she says, as she soaps his back. "My mother was okay with it, so was your father. Hell, even John Ross and Pamela didn't make a stink."
"Maybe that is because we are meant to be," Chris replies, turning around to kiss her. "What do you have planned for today?"
"Just some riding lessons and lunch with my grandmother. How about you?" asks Emma.
"Typical work day at Ewing Global." he replies. "Let's do dinner and a movie tonight."
"I'd like that," she giggles and he picks her up against the shower wall kissing her.
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John Ross awakens early, as the sun comes streaming in his bedroom. He looks over at Pamela, still sleeping and smiles. He puts a hand on her stomach and feels a kick.
"Well that is one way to get a wake-up call" says Pamela, yawning and rubbing her stomach. "This baby is an early riser."
He leans over and kisses her, "This child is going to inherit our best traits."
"Do you think it is a boy or a girl?" asks Pamela smiling. "Dr. Gordon said he could tell us in the next week or so the sex of the baby."
"Well I, of course, would be happy with either one, but a hunch tells me it is a boy. Which means the Ewing dynasty will continue." he says grinning.
"The dynasty?" she giggles. "I suppose if it is a boy, we gotta name him after his daddy. But we aren't calling him by his full name too. We can't have two John Rosses running around. Maybe Johnny or Jack."
"You're damn right, he would be named after me." he leans over her and starts kissing her neck. "I'll let you choose what we will call him everyday, but his given name will be John Ross Ewing IV."
"And if it happens to be a girl?" Pamela asks teasingly.
"God help me," he says hopping out of bed. "I wouldn't get a good night's sleep again. That little girl would not be allowed to date or marry. Ever. She probably would find a scoundrel like me and that would not fly."
"Sometimes scoundrels aren't so bad," she says laughing. "I ought to know."
He winks at her and walks into the bathroom.
Pamela lays there a second and smiles. "There are so many girl names I could think of. But I don't care about the sex. Just a happy and healthy baby."
John Ross sticks his head out of the bathroom, "We're on the same page, darlin'. Care to join me?"
Pamela struggles a bit to get up. "Ugh, I'm halfway through this pregnancy and will only get bigger. You can have the honor of washing my back!"
"Darlin', I'll have the honor of washing all of you," he pulls her into his arms and closes the bathroom door.
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Joaquin meets with three men, wearing ski masks and sitting in an unmarked van.
He hands them two pictures. "These people are your targets. We need at least one of them. As soon as you pick up the package, head to the South Dallas airport. A plane will be waiting to take you to Nuevo Laredo. Understood?"
Both men nod and start the van up to drive off.
Joaquin watches them drive off and nervously lights a cigarette.
He calls Elena's cell phone, but it goes right to voicemail.
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Elena is walking into the compound that has been sheltering Drew.
"Ellie?" Drew asks, surprised to see her. "What are you doing here? I thought your were in Dallas for the long haul!"
Elena starts to cry. "I have ruined so many things, Drew. I needed to get away."
Drew gives her a hug. "Want to talk to me about it?"
"She will have time to talk to you for a long while." booms the voice of a man, holding a machine gun. "You two are to be detained, per Felix's orders." Two other men walk in and grab Elena and Drew and lead them to a windowless room.
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Pamela is sitting at her desk with John Ross and Sue Ellen, filling in her mother-in-law of her contact with Felix Menendez-Ochoa the previous night, when her phone rings. She answers putting it on speaker.
"Good morning, Mrs. Ewing. This is Felix. How are you, this lovely day?"
John Ross and Sue Ellen immediately lean in to listen closer. "I am doing very well, and yourself?" responds Pamela.
"Excellent, excellent. I will be doing even better when I get my hand on those records you described to me. Check your email account, I included an email account for you to scan the files and send it to me. Also is an untraceable phone, in case we need to speak again." says Felix.
"I will send those records over to you shortly. Contact me if you have further questions or need clarification once they are in your posession. Then, you can hold up your end of the bargain." Pamela says.
"Don't you worry, Mrs. Ewing. I may be alot of things, but I keep my word. And besides, you are an intimidating woman. I wouldn't want to be on your bad side." laughs Felix into the phone.
"No, you certainly wouldn't. Keep an eye out on your email. Goodbye." Pamela disconnects the call.
"I still can't believe you tangoed with a drug cartel leader and reached a deal with him to take out Joaquin and leave us in peace." says Sue Ellen with both a hint of worry and admiration.
"You and me both, mama. She's going to give me a heart attack." says John Ross.
"I also left out a part too," says Pamela sheepishly. John Ross gives her a look.
"Felix is also going to give us Drew Ramos and any evidence against Elena of her involvement with the cartel or Drew. I want justice for the death of my twins." says Pamela wiping a tear from her face. "This is my way of getting it."
Both John Ross and Sue Ellen nod at her.
"I need to go back to Southfork, I left the papers in my safe." Pamela stands. "I'll be back as soon as possible."
"Why don't I go with you?" offers Sue Ellen. "We can stop for lunch on the way back."
Pamela smiles. "That would be nice. I could use some thoughts on the nursery."
"I'd go with you ladies, but I have two meetings this morning. But have fun and don't get into trouble." John Ross kisses both on the cheek and walks to his office.
Pamela and Sue Ellen ride down the elevator to the Ewing Global parking garage.
The two women enter the empty garage and walk towards Sue Ellen's car. A van speeds up to them and stops abruptly. Two men in ski masks hop out, as the third remains behind the wheel. One thug lunges at each woman in an attempt to corral them into the van.
One is able to wrap Sue Ellen in a bear hug, after throwing her to the ground, and begins dragging her as Pamela and the other man are scuffling. Pamela digs her high heel deep into the man's foot. He yelps in pain and falls over. Pamela picks up her briefcase and swings it as hard as she can at the man dragging Sue Ellen to the van. He loses his grip on her and Pamela whacks him hard again with her briefcase knocking him down, next to his limping friend.
"Come on Sue Ellen!" Pamela grabs the woman's hand and they start to run, when one goon grabs Pamela's hair and yanks it hard, forcing her back. Sue Ellen looks back and goes to help, but Pamela yells at her to stop. "No, Sue Ellen. Run, go get security. Go!" Sue Ellen looks torn and hesitates. "Go Sue Ellen, run!" Pamela screams as the man drags her. Sue Ellen runs to the elevator and gets the door closed as the second man was just feet away from grabbing her. Sue Ellen pulls out her phone and dials the number for building security.
The second man jumps in to help his partner drag Pamela to the van and they clock her on the back of the head with a gun butt. Both hop in and the van speeds out of the building.
"Damn, that broad had some fight in her." chuckles the driver to the other two men. "Joaquin didn't mention her being pregnant." The two other men, exchange worried glances.
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Security alarms are blaring throughout the Ewing Global building and each floor is put on lockdown.
Sue Ellen is brought up to the executive offices of the building by a guard. She is wrapped in a blanket with a bandage on her forehead.
Bobby, John Ross, and Christopher are sitting in the conference room and run out when they see her.
"Mama! Are you alright?!" John Ross asks worriedly, wrapping her up in a hug. "Are you hurt? What happened?"
Sue Ellen is sobbing. "They took Pamela!" she whispers.
"Who took Pamela?" asks John Ross confused.
The trio walk her into the conference room and sit her down with some water. "Take a deep breath Sue Ellen, and tell us what happened." says Bobby reassuringly.
"Pamela and I were on our way to Southfork to pick up some papers and to go out to lunch. When we got down to the garage this van came up on us suddenly. There were three men, one behind the wheel and two got out. Each of us were grabbed by a man. Pamela fought back against one and dug her high heel into his foot causing him to fall over. The she whacked the man holding me twice with her bag until he let go. We started to run, but one yanked her hair and she yelled at me to go." John Ross gets a pained look on his face. "I didn't want to leave her, but we needed help! There was no one else down there!" she starts crying again, as Bobby holds her.
A security officer enters the room. "Mr. Ewing. Here is the security footage from the gargage." he hands the disc to John Ross who quickly enters it into a DVD player hooked up to a large flat screen on the wall. The footage shows what Sue Ellen described. Bobby and Christopher watch quietly. John Ross is trembling with rage. When the video shows Pamela being whacked unconscious with the blow to her head, he punches a hole into the wall.
"John Ross, we need to call in the police and the FBI to get Pamela back. We don't know who we are dealing with." says Bobby, putting a hand on his nephew's shoulder. John Ross shrugs off Bobby's hand and paces wildly through the conference room, fighting back tears of anger and helplessness.
At that moment, his cell phone rings alerting him to a text. He glances down at it and sees it is from Pamela's phone.
The message reads: "No police, no FBI. Video call in the Ewing Global conference room. 90 minutes." and attached is a photo of Pamela unconscious in the van.
"Those sons-of-bitches" he yells, as he hurls a glass of water across the room against the wall. Christopher picks up John Ross's phone and grimly passes it to the others.
"We are all going to stay here with you, John Ross." says Christopher. "We are in this together, as a family." Bobby and Sue Ellen nod, as John Ross remains lost in his thoughts.
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Ann rushes to the Sunnyhill horse stables to find Emma riding.
"Emma!" she says running up to her. "Please come with me to Southfork, something has happened."
Emma climbs down startled. "What? Are you ok? Is Christopher?"
"We are fine. Men kidnapped Pamela and almost got Sue Ellen. We don't know who else they are after. Bobby hired security for the ranch. It is the safest place for you and I right now." says Ann, fighting back tears.
Emma looks stunned. "Oh my God. Ok, I will go with you."
They start to walk to Ann's car when Emma stops. "Do you think my father has anything at all to do with this?" she asks worried.
Ann turns grim. "I hope not for his sake, but I have no idea. God help him if he does because John Ross will make him pay dearly. So will Christopher and Bobby and Sue Ellen."
The two women get in the car and speed to Southfork.
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John Ross sits at the head of the conference table staring at the blank TV screen on the other side of the room. His hands form tight fists in front of him and his eyes are ablaze as he sits and waits.
Bobby and Christopher are sitting on one side of the table next to John Ross and Sue Ellen on the other side. During the 90 minute wait, John Ross called Bum and Bum is monitoring the video call from John Ross's office for further clues.
"John Ross, remember. Try to remain calm for now. We need information from this people to try and find her. Threatening them won't do any good." Bobby says to him softly.
"Easy for you to say!" he snaps back at him, "That isn't your wife and unborn baby being held hostage!"
"We will get Pamela back." says Sue Ellen soothingly. "I know we will."
Just then and exactly on time, the video screen lights up with an incoming call. Christopher goes over to accept the video call and sits back down as the screen loads.
A masked man, sitting in a dimly lit room appears.
"Good afternoon to the Ewing family. Nice to see all of you assembled." the voice is being disguised by a voice alterer.
John Ross takes a deep breath. "I want my wife back."
The masked figure chuckles. "I suspect you do, she is a beautiful woman. And she is pregnant with your first child, so that just adds to her value."
As John Ross is about to lose it, Sue Ellen speaks up. "What is it that you want? What will it take to get Pamela back?"
"Right to the point, Mrs. Ewing. Apologies for your injuries today, you weren't to be harmed but things did not go according to plan. What we want is simple. I want $10 million in cash and the cache of files from Harris Ryland's safe." says the man. "I want both delivered to me within the next 24 hours. Are we clear?"
John Ross's eyes narrow. "How do you know about the files?"
"That is none of your concern. But I want all of the files, and I will know if they aren't given to me." says the masked man.
"You won't get a damn thing until I can speak to Pamela. Now!" he yells at the screen.
"As you wish." the camera is panned to the other side of the room to reveal a figure tied to a chair with a bag on the head.
Another man's hand lifts up the bag and Pamela blinks repeatedly to adjust to seeing the light. She looks disheveled with a black eye and some abrasions on her face.
His eyes waters and face softens, "Darlin', how you holding up? I'm going to get you home to me before you know it."
Pamela starts crying softly. "Oh, God. Give them what they want, John Ross! Please." The man moves to put the hood back on her head, but before he does she yells out "It's Joaquin! They took me to Nuevo Laredo!"
The man roughly puts the bag over her head and knocks her unconscious again with the butt of a gun.
"You sick bastard! You hit a pregnant woman!? I'm going to rip you apart with my bare hands, I swear to God. There isn't a place you can go that I won't find you!" he roars at the TV.
The camera pans back to Joaquin. "I should have known Pamela would figure out who I am. She is a clever one. Nevermind that, I am in a foreign country with your wife and your unborn child. So you will do what I say, or else."
"Where do you want us to meet you?" asks Christopher, visibly shaken.
"I will video call John Ross tomorrow morning at 9:00 am at his house on Southfork with the location. You folks have a great afternoon and try to get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a very busy day!" and the video screen goes black.
"Oh my God." says Bobby breaking the silence after a minute. "John Ross, I'm so sorry. We will get her back." he stands up and exits the conference room to bring in Bum.
"I'm sorry about the Missus." says Bum, lowering his eyes. "What do you need from me?"
John Ross looks up and stares at him. "I want you to contact some private security men. Former SEALS. The best. I want two teams of 10 each. One to guard Southfork." he looks away and stares at the others in the room. "You all should remain at Southfork until this is done. Pamela is my wife and I will get her back. All of you should lay low."
"Absolutely not!" says Christopher. "I'm going with you. You need help. Pamela is my friend and was my wife. I care about her. Let me help."
John Ross studies him a moment and briskly nods. "Uncle Bobby, before you offer, you need to stay here. You need to watch out for Southfork and the other ladies."
Bobby considers protesting, but merely nods and wraps him arm around Sue Ellen.
John Ross turns back to Bum, "The second team is going with us to Nuevo Laredo. Get a chopper. Brief the men. As soon as I have a location, I will tell you. I will give Joaquin what he wants, as soon as we find out Pamela's location, we move in."
Bum nods and takes down a few notes. "What about Joaquin?"
John Ross walks over to the window and takes a deep breath. "You leave that prick to me."
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