A/N: In this story I might refer to things that happened in my fic 'Change' so if you get confused I'd recommend you read that, you can find it in the fantasy section.

CHAPTER FIVE

Adam sat in his makeshift office; he leaned back on his chair with his legs crossed over and leaning on the desk in front of him, he smoked a cigar, the smoke billowing around the room, while listening on the phone. He'd had a spy watching the airport he didn't know Sydney Fox as well as the some of the people he'd come across on his travels but he had a good feeling she'd be on her way to New Zealand as soon as there was a flight available.

"Is Mr Jacobs with her?" Adam asked simply in a monotone voice.

"He is helping her sir, yes, I saw them together at the airport"

"So she is here then?" he tried to contain his anger.

The man on the other end of the line gave a muffled response, Adam assumed he'd said yes. He didn't bother giving a response to his spy he hung up the phone and looked to the closed door of his office.

"We're leaving now!"

The two men in the room looked to one another in surprise though they didn't dare question their boss; they wanted to know what was going on. They picked up the backpacks that they'd packed earlier in the day and waited side by side for Adam to come out. He did after a few seconds a canvas pack slung across his shoulder, he pointed to where Nigel and Siobhan sat.

"Get them up!"

Harris the driver of the van and his cousin Ben each grabbed one their 'hostages' and pushed them in front.

"I thought we were leaving tomorrow!" Nigel said looking around worriedly.

Harris pushed the gun to the young Englishman's neck, "I guess there was a change of plans", he said in a threatening voice.

"Harris please…If you harass the hostages how will we get them to co-operate?" Adam walked towards them speaking in a bored tone of voice. He motioned towards the door, "Get moving" he ordered, not waiting for an answer to his last question.

Ben pushed Siobhan in front of him she stubbornly stopped walking.

"If you want to me to walk you just have to ask".

"Vonny don't annoy the nice man", Nigel said as he walked beside her.

Ben sneered pocketing a knife that lay on the floor, Adam pushed in front of them and blocked the exit.

"How did you get the nickname Vonny from a name like Karen…Huh?"

"It a…it's her middle name!" Nigel blurted out trying to cover up the mistake.

Adam didn't buy it.

"No I think the imbecile that was my partner grabbed the wrong girl…Now the question is, who…are…you?" he tapped his foot on the floor waiting for answer.

"Well that's ridiculous of course" Nigel said cringing, "Wait…Was you're partner…What happened to him exactly?"

"If you don't give me an answer right now Mr Bailey the lady her will die" Adam told him in a polite tone of voice.

"You wouldn't" Nigel said.

"Don't test my patience" he snatched the gun off Harris and aimed it at Siobhan; who shrunk back against the wall.

"Wait! All right, all right! This isn't Karen she's my sister" he told them in a defeated voice.

"We don't need her…Get her out of my sight…I don't like being lied to Mr Bailey".

Ben pulled Siobhan outside.

"No wait just hold on! She can help me!" Nigel shouted as he watched his sister disappear outside.

The gunshot echoed around them. Nigel tried to push Harris away from him but he was held fast.

"That was unfortunate" Harris whispered in his ear.

"Unfortunate! You just shot her! In cold blood! You murdering little b--"

Ben looked through the broken window, "There's someone in the bushes"

"I take it that means she's alive?" Adam asked; he was getting frustrated very fast.

Adam nodded, "She's here".

Adam looked at Nigel, "Happy now?"

* * *

Sydney ducked low in the bushes after Ben had seen here she stayed as still as was humanly possible while Ben looked around near where she had been standing moments earlier, she heard Nigel shout something inside then saw Ben tell them something through the window. Jacobs knelt down beside her watching what was happening.

"Why did you just do that?"

"I had to create a diversion he was going to shoot her" Sydney said in a 'what do you think' voice.

Ben backed away from the window and started walking in their direction.

"On three we run back the way we came" Sydney directed.

"Yes, we need to draw him away from the others".

"Exactly…1…2…3!"

The spun around and began running they heard Ben shout and before Adam could tell him otherwise, began running after them. They ran through the trees until they made it to a clearing Jacobs hurriedly climbed a tree while Sydney stayed beside it, waiting for Ben to catch up to them.

* * *

Adam led them away from the hut and drew them deeper into the trees, Nigel and Siobhan were behind him with Harris bringing up the rear.

"You know if we wait until tomorrow it'll be easier to see where we're going" Nigel shouted out.

"I can see perfectly well Mr Bailey".

"Of course you can…Like I said wonderful night for a stroll".

* * *

Ben stopped in front of Sydney watching her carefully, "Don't try anything" he warned.

She shook her head and smiled broadly "Oh I won't, he on the other hand…"

Ben turned as Jacobs jumped down form the tree knocking Ben to the rocky ground he pinned him down.

"Where is he taking my friend" Sydney demanded.

"I don't know I was just supposed to keep an eye on them" I don't know anything".

"He's telling the truth" Jacobs told her.

"I thought as much, hired help…We can take him back to the cabin and tie him up the others have probably left already".

Jacobs looked up to the ever-darkening sky, "No moon…They won't get far in this light…Neither will we".

"The dark isn't going to stop me from finding them" she said defiantly "No lets get moving we don't want them to get too far ahead".

* * *

"This is all the help we have on finding the book!" Nigel looked at the small piece of paper in his hand, the riddle had been rewritten where the original was he didn't know and Adam was telling.

"We have an idea of the location that will tell us exactly where it is".

Nigel read the clue out loud:

"Where the trees are an arch and the door is in shadow

A pond is a shower and eyes must have the power.

The sun will shine like rocks of gold

The people lived here in the days of old.

In the place that shines so bright even in the darkest light

The animals will gather here to keep safe the book he held so dear".

"These people didn't like making things easy, did they?" Nigel muttered as he treid to decipher the meaning of the riddle.

TBC…

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