Johnny groaned. "I don't think that's going to be believable, Briggs."

"We'll have to make it believable…."

"Yeah…Clearly Nathaniel is psychotic towards Mike and you're thinking he'd treat me better."

"I'm hoping that'd be the case, since he knows you and knows you have connections… I'd kidnap you, and give you to him…"

"So you're offering me to the bad guy on a silver platter?" Johnny said with a groan. "Seriously… you come up with shitty ideas at 2am."

"You got a better one?" Briggs asked.

"No…."

"Okay, I'll be down there soon to stage a kidnapping."

"Oh, joy."

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Johnny winced as he opened the door to his beach house. He really, really didn't like this. He was camping out at the separate house that he'd been at so Briggs could stage a more realistic kidnapping scene without kidnapping them from the Graceland safehouse. He peeked out, then shut the door, pacing anxiously.

He'd tried multiple times to get in touch with Charlie and Paige but neither of them were answering their phones. He'd left messages of what was going on but to no avail. Suddenly, the door slammed open, and Johnny realized with a bout of stupidity he'd forgotten to lock it.

"Johnny…good to see you," Briggs said with a heated smile. "How'd I know you'd here on a Sunday morning instead of shacking up with some girl?"

"Braxton…what the hell?" Johnny asked, reaching for his phone as he slowly backed away. Briggs was faster, though, and on him in a second. Johnny flipped open the phone and dialed 911, but before he could see that the call went through, Briggs pinned him down.

"You'll make a nice prize for Nathaniel, don't you think?"

"Fuck off," Johnny said. He froze. "Wait. Nathaniel—but he's a cop."

"Yeah. And he wants a boy…because it's legal."

"Kidnapping is not legal, nor is forcing someone to date you, get off me, Braxton. I'm serious." He could hear the 911 operator saying "Hello? Sir? Hello?"

"Kidnapping someone is totally legal." Briggs could clearly hear the 911 operator. "And I'm kidnapping you and selling you on the black market."

"Get off of me or I'll get the cops here so fast—"

"You don't have the same rights as a normal human," Briggs said as he stepped on Johnny's arm, causing him to scream. Johnny tried to flip Briggs off of him, but resulted only in Briggs' grip becoming even tighter as he handcuffed Johnny too tightly.

Johnny screamed as loud as he could. "HELP! KIDNAPPING! FIRE! HELP!" Unfortunately, it was 5am and not many people were outside—none at all. Briggs grabbed him and shoved him into the police car before he sped off.

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Mike groaned as Nathaniel sliced his skin just a bit more. "Ouch. Stop. Don't…." he stared at the ceiling, trying not to focus on the knife that loomed ever-present. He was so out of it. Nathaniel had shot him up again and whatever he'd drugged him up with had a firm grip on him.

"I'm sorry, did you just say stop to me?" Nathaniel asked again, gripping him firmly.

"I—"

"You don't get to say stop," Nathaniel said as he untied Mike's hands. Mike shook off his hands and tried to follow Nathaniel as he moved throughout the room. Something was very weird here. Very off.

Very, very wrong.

Nathaniel grabbed his arm again and started cleaning off something. "You're going to be so fun drugged up like this."

"Fun?" Mike asked as he tried to pull away, but Nathaniel easily pinned him down and stuck the drug in him again.

"Yeah. I love it when people are drugged, they can't fight back."

"But Braxton—"

"What part of I'm your owner now don't you understand?" Nathaniel snarled as he pressed the plunger more firmly. Mike closed his eyes, and his world went black.

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"Hey, Nathaniel," Briggs said as the officer came in the police station. The police station was a total hoax, and only helped those who were not in the ring. It was the perfect cover and one Briggs looked forward to personally taking down. "I have a deal for you."

"Oh?"

"You know how you'd like to get to number two?"

"Yeah…"

"Well, I'd like to get to number one. I have an idea about how we can do that, eventually, but first, I have a trade for you."

"Yeah, you were talking about that on the phone. I'm sorry for kidnapping Levi – I didn't realize you liked him so much."

"He's so obedient, isn't he?" Briggs nodded, feeling sick to his stomach. "Hey, did you look up my officer profile?"

"Very solid, 'Briggs.' I think it's hilarious how you've managed to dupe the entire FBI."

"Yeah… I go by Braxton and everyone is oblivious to the fact that I'm capturing criminals by day, and committing crime by night."

"I didn't realize Johnny was gay," Nathaniel said as he stepped forward towards the prison cell where Johnny was. Johnny had been prepped on Briggs about how to behave and was currently giving them the stinkeye.

"I'm not g-"

"It doesn't matter what his sexual orientation is, does it Nathaniel? I know you and I are both far more into girls than we are to men, but boys are a dime a dozen," Briggs said smoothly.

"Right, right. So why Johnny? Won't Clarissa and Paige know about his disappearance?"

"Yes, but they'll never suspect you took him since I kidnapped him," Briggs smiled. "That way, they'll still think you have Levi and Levi wants to date you."

"The perfect plan," Nathaniel nodded. "Levi is in cell 5."

"Good. And, technically, Johnny's still mine, and I'm giving him to you as a favor, so don't drug him. He'll throw up on you if you drug him."

"Good to know…" Nathaniel calmly unlocked the bars, and Johnny subconsciously itched at his tracking bracelet Briggs had insisted on. Unknown to Nathaniel, the bracelet would allow complete audio and visual recording.

"The next meeting is tomorrow, correct?" Briggs asked. "The one where the entire remaining group will meet at."

"Yeah, that's correct. You've got it in one."

"Good. Can't wait to be there. Johnny, be good—"

Johnny glared at him before shouting, "Hell no – I don't do that shit. I won't 'be good.'"

"You're going to be a fun one to break in," Nathaniel said with a sinister smile.

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Paige and Charlie weren't available by phones because they were currently meeting with the department head of the FBI and outlining the abuses that Clarke and Juan had done to attempt to trap Mike. They were outlining everything in hopes it'd get them fired.

After they'd outlined everything, the room was silent. Finally, the department head spoke up. "I understand the situation and concern. However," he said with a nod, "Because Mike Warren isn't in the database, this complicates things."

"What does it complicate?"

"It complicates how long it will take for me to get them fired…it might take a few extra seconds," the man said with a smile.

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A/N: Sorry it's short but wanted to surprise you with an update. Thanks to Guest, The Individual, and Guest for reviewing. I'm going to up the ante this time: four reviews until I start typing. If I get 4 reviews tonight I'll try and start updating tonight.

So what do you think about Johnny being Nathaniel's boy? Do you think Nathaniel will treat him any more nicely than Mike?

Enjoy!