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"It looks like I got a two-for-one." The man said as Sue woke up. She looked around at her surroundings, trying to figure out where she was. It was dark, and underneath her was metal. She figured she and Nathan, who was next to her and still unconscious, were in the back of a van.
"You," She said, seeing the man, who was shining a light on his face so she could see and was unmasked. "You're that man from my talk!" She exclaimed, realizing as she tried to scoot backwards unsuccessfully. She was bound at her hands and legs, and was leaning against something soft, probably the back of a seat.
The man evilly smiled widely. "You don't recognize me, do you?"
She shook her head, not revealing that something about his eyes were.
He smiled wider. "Good, that's good. We're now going to have some fun. Shall we?"
She suspiciously looked at him, wondering what he meant, yet not wanting to know at the same time.
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"What? What is it? Where's Sue and Nathan? Why aren't you calling the cops?" Ben asked from below, seeing Jack numbly stare off into space after he hung up with Bobby.
"Huh? Yeah, I have to call it in." He numbly replied, gazing at his phone to call it in. "Hi, yeah, this is Jack Hudson, I'm with the FBI. One of my consultants and a friend was kidnapped by a criminal escapee. I need a forensics team here as soon as possible, we have no idea what he's going to do."
"You can't be serious!" Ben exclaimed, hearing him. "A prisoner?!"
Troy tried to follow along with their conversation, but couldn't, so he searched the ground to see if he could find anything that could help them find Sue and Nathan.
As soon as Jack hung up from 911, his phone rang again, this time, from an unknown, blocked number.
"Hudson." He said as he answered it.
"Hello, Jack, it's nice to talk to you." The caller said, an evil smile evident in the voice.
"Arif Dessa." Jack said with confidence, something he was lacking internally.
"Wait, why do I know that name?" Ben worriedly asked, racking his brain.
"I think I may have something that belongs to you." Arif said.
"I think you do, two things, actually." Jack replied. "And I'd appreciate if I could have both back in one piece, if you don't mind."
Arif chuckled. "You will, if you do exactly what I say."
"Maybe I will. What do you have in mind?" He asked.
"Go to the north end of the park. There you will find an abandoned farmhouse. There will be a rock near the steps to the front porch. Under it will be your first clue." He replied.
"What do you want, Arif?"
"Freedom. And justice. And peace." He replied.
Jack couldn't help but chuckle. Nothing about Arif Dessa was any of those, but if he wanted to think that way, more power to him. "How will I know you won't leave me on a wild goose chase?"
"I'll leave you some proof, don't worry." He replied, then hang up.
"I don't like the sound of that, but OK." He grumbled as he quickly got down from the cliff.
"What's going on? What happened?" Ben asked.
"LOOK." Troy said, pointing. It was Nathan's phone.
"SEE SUE HER PHONE NOT?" Jack asked. Troy shook his head. "Good. That means it can be tracked. He quickly ran up the cliff again to send a text to Mya to track Sue's phone, then came back down once he was sure it was delivered.
"Troy, you're coming with me. Ben, stay here. The police will be here soon." Jack said and signed.
"You're leaving me here? I want to find my son!" He exclaimed.
"Don't worry, we will. We need someone to stay here." Jack said, then motioned for Troy to follow him.
"US-TWO GO-TO WHERE?" Troy asked.
"TREASURE SEARCH." Jack replied, then got on his horse. Troy did the same, then they galloped to the location that Arif described.
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"Ugh." Mya complained.
"What's wrong?" Bobby asked.
Jack figured out that Sue still has her cell phone, so I'm tracking it. It keeps on going in and out of reception, so every time it locates it, it doesn't have enough time to pinpoint the location." She explained.
"That's good, right?" Sarah asked. "She's on the move."
Mya shrugged. "I don't know, I hope so."
"Well, when it stops, hopefully you will be able to pinpoint the location." Bobby said.
"Hopefully." She replied, watching the server try yet again.
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Arif evilly smiled at Sue as he hung up from Jack. He then proceeded to grab a knife, and came towards her, the flashlight on the ground, only showing the glint of the silver knife. She nervously scooted back as far as possible. Nathan was now awake as well, but there was not much either of them could do. Sue screamed as Arif grabbed her head with force.