A/N: Since it's taken me so long to update, I decided that you all deserved another chapter! Wee! I'm coming to realize that this story will be over soon. That's really sad, but at least we have a sequel! That I will not start writing until I finish Just Jump, my GriffinOC story. But I am not there yet, so enjoy this second update for the day!

Ben had left first. Riley, Abigail and I waited a couple minutes before exiting the building. Riley had a tight hold on my hand, and I was grateful. We got outside and Riley made to go straight, but Abigail turned.

"Let's walk this way," she said.

Riley and I ran to catch up to her. We made our way out to a crowded street in Philly. The three of us were bobbing through the people and during that time, Riley had let go of my hand. My hand felt cold without him holding it, but it was too hard with all of the people on the sidewalk.

"There they are!" we heard.

Abigail stopped and grabbed the two of us. We looked behind us to see Shaw and one of the other thugs running after us. They were slamming and pushing people out of their way. Riley grabbed both mine and Abigail's arms and pulled us.

"Time to run," he said.

We ran until Abigail stopped at a door. She wrenched it open. I took a second to catch my breath. I hadn't run like that since I stopped playing soccer in college.

"In here," she said.

Riley and I followed her in. We ran into an indoor market and tried to find a place to hide or lose them. We hit a dead end and could only go right or left. Abigail grabbed me and pulled me to the right.

"Follow me!" she said.

The two of us sped off, not realizing that Riley wasn't behind us anymore. We stopped running in front of a kiosk.

"Climb over," she said.

"Are you insane?" I asked.

"Do you want to get caught?" she asked.

After she said that, I didn't even need to think about it. I followed her over the counter. We dropped onto the ground, side by side.

"If you're not a steak, you don't belong here," a woman said.

We looked up at the woman.

"My sister and I are just trying to hide from my ex-husband," Abigail replied.

That was smooth. I had to give her credit for that one. The lady looked out into the market.

"Who, baldy?" she asked.

"Yes," replied Abigail.

The lady looked down at the two of us.

"Honey, you and your sister can stay as long as you like," she said.

"Thank you," Abigail and I replied together.

Abigail had a tight hold on the Declaration and I had my fists squeezed so tight my knuckles were turning white. I was terrified. I didn't have Riley or Ben with me for reassurance. I think Abigail sensed how I felt because she reached over and wrapped her hand around my fist. I looked at her.

"Thanks," I whispered.

She just nodded.

The lady had looked back up from us.

"You want something?" we heard.

Abigail peeked her head through the glass and immediately shrunk back down. I could only assume that Shaw was standing right there.

"Gun," she whispered.

The two of us slid even further down, hoping he couldn't see our heads in the glass or any part of our bodies.

"Do you want something?" asked the lady again.

"Shut up," we heard Shaw say.

We both took a chance and looked up and the lady was looking down at us.

"I see why you left him," she said.

As soon as we were one hundred percent sure Shaw was gone, Abigail and I got up from our hiding spot. We ran around, trying to stay hidden but also trying to find Riley. I was worried about him. We had no idea where he was and I was starting to freak out.

"We'll find him Eleanor," said Abigail.

"It's Ellie," I replied, "and I hope so."

We found a place to hide behind a little flower stand. We crouched down, scanning the crowds for any sight of Riley. A hand touched my shoulder and I whipped around. I thought it was Shaw. I let out a little noise of fear and surprise, but it turns out it was just Riley.

"Shhh," he whispered.

I had never been happier to see him. I threw my arms around his neck and held on tight. He put his arms around me just as tight. I could feel tears start to prick my eyes.

"God, I was so worried about you. You weren't with us and I got scared," I said.

"I know, I'm sorry Ellie. I'm okay, I'm right here," he replied.

He was trying to calm me down. I was on the verge of freaking out.

"Where were you?" asked Abigail.

"Uh, hiding," he replied.

I still had an almost death grip on Riley and I had no intentions of letting him go.

"Ellie, we have to go," he said.

I let him go, reluctantly and he immediately grabbed my hand. He squeezed it to show support before we took off again. We ran out of the market and were back on the sidewalk. We started running in the direction of City Hall. We didn't know if they were behind us or not, we didn't care. We were just running. We flew into the road, almost getting run over a couple times before continuing. We headed into the breeze way of City Hall. There were a group of men in suits walking towards us and Abigail managed to get through, but Riley and I got stuck. We called out to her and she turned around while she was running, but that was a huge mistake. She got hit by a guy on a bike and fell. The Declaration flew into the air and landed in the street. It seemed like the whole thing happened in slow motion, and had it not been the Declaration of Independence and had we not been on the run from thugs with guns, I would have laughed. Abigail got up to run into the street to grab the document, but Riley had finally broken through and grabbed her before she had gotten run over. I ran over to them and knelt down next to them.

"Are you guys alright? What the hell were you thinking?" I said to them.

Abigail ignored me, but Riley didn't.

"I'm sorry, Ellie," he said.

I put my hand on his shoulder and squeezed. The three of us looked up to see if the document had gotten run over, but we saw that Ian had grabbed the document. He gave us an almost smirk. We heard Shaw and the other thug come running through the tunnel and I grabbed the two of them and helped them up. Riley took my hand again and we starting running. I could hear Ian tell his men to let us go because they had the document and I wanted to cry. All that running and all of the hiding and they still managed to get it. We had to call Ben.

"We lost it," said Riley.

We had played rock paper scissors and Riley had lost. He got to be the one to call Ben. I couldn't hear what Ben had said.

"We lost the Declaration, Ian took it," Riley said.

There was a pause and I knew Ben was talking.

"Yeah, yeah we're all alright. Ben, I'm sorry," said Riley.

I took his free hand in mine and squeezed it. He squeezed it back, but continued talking to my brother. Riley then hung up and I looked at him.

"What did he say?"

"He said to meet him at the car."

The three of us made our way back to the street that the car was parked on. The three of us turned the corner to see Ben against my dad's car, being handcuffed. Riley tugged on my hand and the three of us turned around, heading in the direction we had just come from. We walked to a nearby park and stopped there. Riley plopped on the bench and put his head in his hands. Abigail and I started pacing. I was freaking out. I had just watched my brother get arrested by the FBI.

"Come here Ellie," said Riley.

I walked over to the bench and sat down next to him. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me tight to his body. He placed a kiss to my temple and then just held me. If I hadn't been on the verge of a panic attack, I would have blushed at the affectionate gesture. I did start to relax a little, being held by him.

"We'll figure something out Ellie, everything will be okay," he said.

"Riley, Ellie, do you know how to get in touch with Ian?" asked Abigail.

Riley turned around and looked at Abigail like she was insane.

"Excuse me?" he said.

For a minute, what she said didn't register in my mind. When it did register, I looked at here the same way Riley was.

"Why are we calling Ian?"

"We need to get Ben out of custody, who better to ask than Ian?" she replied.

I understood her logic but I had no intentions to work with that man ever again. I just couldn't do it. He'd threatened me, my brother, Riley, he'd threatened all of us and the next time I saw him, I'd probably try and strangle him.

"I can't work with him. I just can't do it. He's threatened all of us and tried to kill us," I said.

"I know Ellie, but we have no other choice," said Abigail.

I started shaking my head, but Riley took my chin in his free hand and turned me to look at him.

"Ellie, we have to do it. You want to get Ben out of custody right?"

"Of course I do!" I said.

His hand released my chin, but he didn't take it off of my face. His hand moved up to cup my cheek and his thumb brushed a soothing rhythm on it. His eyes were locked on mine and I felt my entire body relax.

"Ellie, none of us want to do this, but we have to. We're just doing it to help Ben, okay?"

"Yeah, alright," I sighed.

He leaned forward and kissed my forehead before pulling me into a hug.

"Just remember, we're doing this for Ben. Everything will be okay," he said.

I couldn't help but believe him. He was Riley and I was starting to fall for him.