I know it had been more than 3 long weeks since I uploaded, but my real life had been kicking my butt in the worst way possible. But I promised to myself that no matter what I will NOT start my next story until I finish this one. So, I will complete this story. This one has only a 1 or 2 chapters left anyway. Hope you will stay by my side till the end. Love you guys.

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UPLOADING UNEDITED!

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Previously:

"Did you find those men?" Christian asked.

"I found one of them, Anthony Billings. He had moved to Greece with his whole family after selling SIP. Jack Hyde, on the other hand, now that guy is a little strange. He stayed in Seattle for a while... before he got a job as VP in one of the companies in California, but then he returned to Seattle after quitting his well paying job. He changed his number soon after returning, and strangely... we didn't find his new address. It's like he vanished after coming back to Seattle," Welch informed with a troubled frown.

"What do you mean 'he vanished'?" Christian growled at him.

"There's no online trail of him," Welch clarified hesitantly.

"Then we will search for him the old fashion way. My instinct says we'll find Ana's clue from this guy," Jacob stated thoughtfully.

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Chapter - 19:

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Ray's phone rang, breaking up the discussion happening around the living room. "It's the police," he said before answering the phone. After talking on the phone for a few minutes, he hung up. Just as he was going to tell everyone why the police called, William ran out of Ana's guest room and shouted "I found Ana's phone's location!"

"So did the police," Ray informed, "That's what they said,"

"Did they find anything else? Where did they find Ana's phone?" Christian asked.

"Her phone's location shows it's about half an hour outside the city, west side. It's been there for as long as Ana had been missing; plus minus half a hour," William informed fixing his glasses. "Do you think Ana is being kept somewhere outside the city?" he asked Jacob who had a frown on his face.

"It's a possibility... but it could also be a trick. The kidnapper might be trying to mislead us," Jacob answered.

"SIR?!" Taylor called out hurrying inside the apartment. He was holding a file on his hand. "Jack Hyde's detailed background check came just now. You should see this," he said panting.

"Show me," Jacob said taking the file from Taylor. Christian stood beside Jacob as they looked over the file with frowns on their faces.

"What is it? What did you find?" Grace asked.

"When Jack Hyde started working at SIP four years ago, one of his assistants disappeared, never to be found. Jack was questioned about it," Christian informed, "A few years later, one of Jack Hyde's neighbors also disappeared. He was questioned... again, but still nothing," he added.

"What is interesting is that in both of these cases... the girls were brunettes and petite," Jacob said narrowing his eyes.

"Something Ana had in common with them," Nicolas concluded, "Do you think those girls are somehow connected to Ana's kidnapping?" he asked.

"Is Jack the one doing this?" Jose asked.

"If he is, then we will tear his balls off of his body," Bill growled.

"I'll make sure you have the chance," Jacob commented with a slight smile.

"William, look!" Barney called out from the guest room.

Excusing himself, William ran to the room and a few minutes later, there was a cry of victory. Jacob, Christian, and Ana's friends exchanged a confused glance.

"William?! What's going on?" Caleb called out.

A minute later, William ran out of the room with an excited smile gracing his face. "WE FOUND IT!" he exclaimed.

"What did you find?" Jacob asked, a small spark of hope igniting in his chest.

"We found that SUV that had been following Ana... and we also found the number plate," William beamed.

"YES!" Liam fist pumped, grinning widely.

"Try to track that car's GPS location if possible," Carrick ordered.

"When you're done with that give the location to the police... one hour after we head out," Jacob instructed as a sadistic smile graced his face.

A cold shiver ran down everyone's back at his expression. "Um... o-okay, I guess?" William stuttered.

"How long will it take?" Christian asked.

"A few minutes," William informed before returning to the guest room.

"Only a few of Ana's friends, the boy and I will go to bring Ana back. The rest of you will stay here. Ray, you will give the police that SUV's location and tell them that Barney found it. NO need to get Hacker boy in trouble," Jacob instructed.

"But Jake...?" Carla tried to protest, but Jacob stopped her.

"No, sis. We don't know how we might find Annie, and I don't want you to see that. You trust me, no?" At Carla's reluctant nod, he continued, "then, have faith in me, sis,"

William and Barney came back a fifteen minutes later with victorious smiles on their faces. "Mr. Jacob? The car's GPS location and one of the properties from Jack Hyde's background check matched. That means he's there... and maybe Ana too if he's the one who kidnapped her," they said.

"Let's go then. Ray make sure to handover Jack Hyde's background check's file and that SUV's location," Jacob instructed.

"One hour later?" Ray asked to clarify.

"Yeah. Anyways, who wants to come along?" Jacob asked.

"Nicolas, Tom, Liam, Kellan, and I," Caleb announced.

"Elliot and I are also coming," Christian added.

"Let's go," Jacob said before pausing with a sheepish look on his face. "I need your car keys," he said to Carla.

Carla gave him a glare through tears, "Told you car is better, but did you listen?" she hissed shoving the car keys in his hand. Jacob smirked at her before heading out.

"Hey! I wanted to go too," Bill's protest was ignored.

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Ana moaned as she came back to consciousness for the second time since her kidnapping. She hadn't had anything to eat for more than 50 hours. She was starving and thirsty. "Water!" she gasped out.

"Good, you're awake! I'll get you some water right away. It'll be easier for you to swallow this way," Jack said cheerfully before he came with a glass of water. He held her head and help her drink. Once Ana had finished the water, Jack said happily. "Did you notice that your finger wounds has stopped bleeding? I'm so happy. Now I can attach long fake nail on them, before I immortalize you. Can't have ourselves a broken doll now, can we? It'll diminish the value of the entire collection. No need to panic now. You'll be as beautiful forever as you are right now," Jack said with a happy smile.

He finally removed her binds and helped her off of the bed. He held Ana strongly, her back to his chest, and forced her to walk to a doll stand of some kind. Not that she could've done much. She felt weak at a newborn deer. "It'll all be over soon," he said in a soothing voice as he secured Ana to the doll stand to keep her in correct position and bound her with soft silk sheets again.

"Jack, there's still time. Let me go... please… I won't tell anyone... please let me go," Ana begged as she continued to cry. She'd been trying to find a way to get out of this place, but now she was losing hope. She started to shiver in fear. Each time Jack laid a finger on her, she trembled like a leaf.

"Shh, it's okay. Now, let me see that cut," Jack ignored her plea and wiped her face off. He took her hand and started gluing on fake nails on her wounded fingers. Ana screamed in pain each time but he continued, humming under his breath. "Oh, you'll make a perfect doll, my Ana. Perfect, just like the others," he said suddenly with a serene smile.

Ana followed his gaze to a glass case on her right and was overflown by sobs at the sight of the six perfectly lined up girls in their pretty doll outfits. They all had a look of terror and death etched permanently on their lifeless faces. He'd killed them all and next it would be her. She exhaled loudly, defeated. There was nothing more she could do. There was no way out. She closed her eyes and let the tears trail down her cheeks silently.

"There, all beautiful again," Jack said, putting away the nail kit. Soon, he started setting up the tubes and cables of a canister.

Ana had spaced out for a few minutes. The sight of the dead girls had brought on the reality of the situation. She was about to die. If someone didn't come for her in about ten seconds, Ana was going to die a very horrible death.

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It took them close to 40 minutes to reach the location. They had collected Kellan on their way here. Jacob had asked (ordered) them to they stopped one block away from the address as he didn't want to alert the criminal inside. Christian and the boys got instantly out of the cars as soon as they stopped. Christian noticed that Jacob took his time stepping out of his car casually. One would think Jacob was just meeting some acquaintance, but looking deep in his eyes, you can see the devil himself has taken residence there. Christian almost felt sorry for that asshole inside.

"Make sure not to make any noise as we get close. We don't want him to get alerted," Jacob warned before heading towards the abandoned warehouse.

"Uncle Jacob, I think we should split up into three teams. That way we will reach Ana faster," Tom suggested.

"Good idea," Jacob nodded. "Kellan, Nicolas, and Tom. You three go from the back entrance. Caleb, Liam, and Elliot. You three go from that side entrance. The boy and I will go from the front. Hurry," he said before they hurried to the warehouse, making sure not to be seen from inside.

Jacob moved quietly along the wall of the warehouse, angling himself for a better position to see what was going on inside through one of the windows. Christian followed his lead. "There's no one on the out rooms," Christian commented in hushed tone.

"Hmm... but the place has been recently cleaned," Jacob pointed out.

"Those doors are closed. Could they be in there?" Christian asked pointing towards a set of doors.

"Could be. let's go," Jacob and Christian hurried inside through one the broken windows.

They looked through other rooms as they headed towards the room with closed door, just to be sure that they weren't heading in the wrong direction and missing something important. They were soon reached in front of the closed door. Taking a deep breath, Christian opened the door slightly. They were faced with a large clean warehouse with tons of bright lights. But it was the large glass case in the room that grabbed Christian and Jacob's attention. Both man could hear a man talking on the other side of the glass case. Christian tried to rush over but Jacob stopped him. He kept a finger on his lips before hurrying over to the glass case and looked inside peeking from the side. Jacob was surprised seeing that there were actually six girls dressed in doll clothes inside the glass case. Through the glass, he could see all the girls were brunette and petite, completely un-moving. He put a hand to the glass and it was cold to the touch... too cold for anyone to survive. That meant all the girls were dead… with creepily alive looking bodies. Even Jacob was disturbed by this. Why were these girls were like this, he didn't know, but Jacob had a deep suspicion that whatever the reason was, he wasn't going to like it.

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Jack had gone to another corner of the huge room Ana was kept in. Ana looked around the place. It looked like large warehouse. How Jack had come to have this place without getting caught by anyone, Ana didn't understand. Jack returned with a large canister. There was a thick clear tube connected to it. Ana could only guess what that tube was going to be used for.

"J-Jack?! Please! No," she begged as terror filled her to the top.

Jack ignored her like he could hear her crying and came close with a pleased smile on his face. He grabbed her jaw hard and squeezed until Ana's mouth was open in a perfect 'O'. He then forced the plastic tube into her mouth and secured it. Ana was breathing fast, her heart pounded in her ears. She eyed the canister and cried as she imagined whatever it was going down her throat, shutting out the air. Jack turned the valve of the canister and white liquid substance started coming through the clear tube, connect to Ana's mouth.

At Ana's bewildered look, Jack informed, "It's liquid polymer. It's going to harden as it enters you," he beamed proudly.

Ana shook violently. She watched as the liquid made its way down the clear tube and reached the curve that led up to her mouth.

"If you struggle, it'll take longer," Jack said, pouting.

Ana frowned and decided that she would struggle until the very last second. She started fighting against her binds rigorously for one last time. She was NOT going down without a fight. The plastic was going up now, inches away from her face, and Ana fought against her binds harder than ever.

Suddenly, it was like her prayers had been answered. Ana noticed movements from the corner of her eyes. When she glanced at the direction of the glass case, she saw two familiar faces running towards her. Then it was chaos all around. Christian reached her and pulled out the clear thick tube from her mouth forcefully; while Jacob reached Jack and punched him hard, making him fall to the floor in the process.

Ana spit out the plastic that made it to her mouth before it got a chance to harden. Her cheeks hurt from the way the tube was pulled out, but she didn't care. They were here for her; she didn't have to die today. 'Wait!... Why are they together? How did they get together? Ana! Is this really the time to wonder this?' She rolled her eyes at her thought.

"Are you really rolling your eyes? We just saved you from a crazy man," Christian exclaimed in disbelief. He was trying to hide how scared he was at how close he had come to losing her.

"I'm not rolling my eyes at the situation... I'm rolling my eyes at my random thought. Hi..." Ana said to Christian as tear filled her eyes. She had thought she would never see him again.

"Hey baby," Christian whispered as he held her face in his hand.

"Can you concentrate here for a moment, kids?" Jacob's irritated tone snapped the lovers out of the haze and they realized where they were. Christian pulled away from Ana and they turned to find Jacob giving them an annoyed look as he held Jack on a chock hold.

While Jacob was distracted by Christian and Ana, Jack managed to buck Jacob off of his back, rolling to his feet and putting up a placating hand. "She's mine. She's my master piece. You can't have her," he protested sharply.

"My niece is not going to be a part of your creepy set," Jacob growled.

Clearly the man wasn't interested in further chat as he charged at Jack, a murderous look in his eye. They were close in height and weight and Jack could tell that this man was trained. It was sheer luck that Jack managed to avoid the first punch, but he was not lucky for long as the man's violent attacks started getting more out of control with each punch he threw at Jack

"I won't let you take her. She's mine!" grunted Jack just before he was hit by a throat crushing vicious punch thrown by the other man. Jack only had a split second before he was lifted off his feet and pile driven into the ground. He barely had enough presence of mind to get up on his feet to protect himself from the other man throwing himself on top of him, violently pounding into him. Jack felt like he was fighting some kind of rabid dog. Every vein in the other man was popping out of his body, every muscle bunched into extreme tension. He was red-faced, sweating all over and looking like he had no intention of stopping. Jack was finally starting to fear for his life. Jacob grabbed Jack's arm, flipping him over his back and snapping the radial bone in the process.

"My niece is NOT yours! She NEVER will be," Jacob snarled as he kicked out at the Jack's leg, crunching Jack's knee under his boot and causing his opponent to drop to his knees, screaming in extreme pain. Jacob used his advantage, landing a hard punch on Jack's face and following through with his elbow to knock Jack unconscious. Jacob pulled out the special Boker Magnum spike Karambit fixed Blade he had bought just so he could cut this piece of crap into pieces. He knelt over Jack's unconscious body and was just about to struck when Ana's voice stopped him.

"UNCLE, NO!" Ana screamed. While Jacob was busy beating the hell out of Jack, Christian had freed her from the doll stand. She was really weak from days of starving that Christian had to hold her up against him for her to be able to stay standing.

"But, Annie, he hurt you! No one hurts my kid and gets away," Jacob growled.

"No, Uncle Jake. Don't ruin your chances for me. You just got out. I just got you. I can't lose you again. Please! I'm not worth it. It was my stupidity that brought this on. I should've been more careful. Please don't ruin your life for me," Ana begged.

"You, silly girl. As if there was ever a choice. When it comes down to it, you're always gonna come before anything else, Annie, even my freedom. I can't just let him go on after he tortured you like that. If we were even a few minutes late... you would've died," Jacob said firmly.

"Uncle, please don't make me loose you," Ana sobbed.

With a defeated sigh, Jacob got up from the floor. He kicked jack hard between his legs before approaching his niece. "Kiddo?" he said opening his arms. Staggering, Ana went to her uncle. "You okay?" he asked the girl in his arms.

"I was so scared," Ana sobbed.

"Ana, Are... those... are they..." Christian hesitated pointing at the glass case.

"They are all dead. He made them ingest liquid polymer and turned them into his own taxidermized sex dolls," Ana informed through tears.

"Bastard!" Christian growled.

"Boy, call Ray and tell them we found Ana... and ask if they contacted the police yet. If not, tell them to send the police all the information right away," Jacob instructed. With a nod, Christian stepped away a few feet from them and started following the instructions.

Nicolas, Caleb, Kellan, Tom, Liam, and Elliot rushed into the room as few seconds later. "Is that him?" Liam asked first.

"Oh Ana!" her friends breathed out in relief before she found herself in her the arms of her various friends.

While Ana and Jacob were busy with her friends, Elliot approached Christian. he had finished his call and was staring at the love of his life.

"Are you okay, Bro?" Elliot asked.

"No! I almost lost her," Christian said with a shudder.

"You didn't, Christian. She's okay, thank God," Elliot said patting his younger brother on the back.

"I've decided something," Christian started.

"What?"

"If she agrees to have me back, I'm going to marry her. I don't care of one of her family members is a former serial killer. She's mine and I'm hers. I won't let anyone come between us. That was an idiotic mistake," Christian informed determined

"Good for you, man. I hundred percent support you," Elliot grinned at his brother before glancing at the unconscious man on the floor. "We should bind him to something, otherwise he might try to run," he suggested with a frown.

"Yeah," Christian said scowling at the man on the floor, before Elliot and he got busy binding the asshole with the long silk sheet they found Ana bound with.

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Half an hour later, the police were at the scene. They found the culprit bound in a hogtie on the floor. It was clear that he was beaten badly, not that the police didn't think he deserved any less. They thought the victim's family were rather kind. Instead of killing him, they left him alive. Then again, Jack Hyde needed to be punished for all seven of his victims, not just one. So, one death wouldn't have been enough.

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A/N: Did you like the fight scene? Was it brutal enough for Jack? I know a few of you were disappointed in Christian as he was kind of pansy in this story and he also didn't fight Jack. But I wanted this story to reflect more of Jacob and Ana's father-daughter like bonding than our usual Christian-Ana bonding.