A/N : I'm writing and updating as quick as I can cos I'd like to get this all done and posted by Christmas. Three chapters to go after this one so not much left now. Thanx to everyone who reviewed chapter 19; princessvampire, Azkaban Canuck, Starbright Moonlight, Ali Simmons, KrystinePotterLover, Cordelia Osbourne (Not sure yet whether there will be another story) , ndblue123, A Sorta Fairytale (Hope you had fun at your Winter Ball), Cassandra Anthemyst - you guys always make me smile with your encouraging words.

Now, here's chapter 20...

(Disclaimer : see chapter 5)

Chapter 20 - The Rescue

Taking the deepest breath of his life, Jay swung open the door.

Eddie physically jumped, pointing his gun at the moving door, but not firing it.

"Who the hell are you?" he sneered at the boy he saw there.

"I've come for my cousin" Jay said, sounding a lot more brave than he truly felt.

"And what makes you think you have a chance of getting out of here alive?" the older, larger and far more dangerous man, grinned evilly.

Jay swallowed hard, determined not to give in and show his fear.

"Because if you don't let me take him, I'll shoot you" he said, surprisingly calmly, raising the gun he held up so it was aiming at the kidnappers chest.

For a second, Jay thought he saw panic on the mans face but it was quickly replaced by the evil smile that was fast becoming his regular expression.

"Then we have a problem" he told the nervous boy with the gun, "because if you shoot me, I'll shoot him" he said seriously, turning his gun from Jay to Phillippe.

There was no opportunity for any more words to be said or anymore action to be taken. Eddie did not have time to react as the skylight above his head shattered with an almighty sound and a secret service agent landed on his back, knocking him to the ground and sending his gun skidding across the room.

For a moment, Jay stood in shock as the agent expertly handcuffed the criminal with ease. A scuffle from the next room took his attention away and he turned to see the second agent appear with the second convict, handcuffed and with a nasty gash on his head.

"Are you okay kid?" the first agent addressed the stunned boy, who still held the gun in his hand. All Jay could do was nod, until he heard a groan from his cousin who still sat, half on and half off of the chair in semi-consciousness.

"Phillippe" the boy ran to his cousins side, "can you hear me?"

"Jay?" the prince mumbled, "What the hell is going on?" he finally opened his eyes to see his cousin standing over him, a gun in his hand. "What are you doing with that?" he wanted to know.

Jay could only smile in relief. It appeared that Phillippe was going to be okay.

"It doesn't matter now" he told him, "I didn't really do anything. These guys" he explained, gesturing to the agents who held the Prince's former captors captive, "they saved the day"

"We couldn't have done it without your help, kid" the second agent told him, before turning to Phillippe. "Your majesty, we will send for back up immediately and get you home. Your family are very concerned for your safety and we will see to it that these two get what they deserve" he refered, of course, to the convicts.

The agents, stepped outside of the building as Jay helped his cousin up and help him to walk.

"Jay, does your Mom know you came out here to find me?"

Phillippe asked as he walked slowly and shakily out of the building.

"Are you kidding me? She's gonna kill me when she finds out about this" Jay half laughed as he helped Phillippe to walk.

"Don't joke about it, Jay" the prince said seriously, "You really could've got killed tonight. Those guys had guns and everything"

"You could of died too" Jay pointed out.

"But I didn't have a choice. You did. Why'd you do it?" Phillippe asked, stopping for a second.

"I couldn't let anything like that happen to you" Jay replied, quietly, "You're not just my cousin, you're one of my best friends and you mean a lot to me, man"

Phillippe smiled at his cousin's unusual amount of honesty amd sentiment.

"I owe you a lot Jay" he told him "and I'm sorry I got mad at you about Diana and everything. If you two are in love I guess that's just something I'll have to learn to live with because I know you never meant to hurt me"

"No, you're right, we didn't want to hurt you, neither of us did" Jay assured him, "but you're wrong about us being in love"

Phillippe looked surprised by that and a quizzical look crossed his face.

"Diana wants you Phil. She told me herself" he said, honestly, "I guess she made me see what real love was"

"You came to save me, knowing that Diana wanted me instead of you?" Phillippe couldn't understand his cousins logic.

"We're family Phil, and nothing would've stopped me doing all I could to help you out" the young man studied the area of ground at his feet, "I'll admit I was originally doing this for Di, but then I realised I was doing it for me too. I need you, man, you're my best friend and my favourite cousin and...God I sound like a complete idiot" he laughed at himself.

"Yes, you do" Phillippe admitted with a similar burst of laughter, "but I know what you mean" he added, seriously.

"Now, lets get you home before Aunt Mia floods the place crying over you" Jay smiled, letting his cousin lean on him again and helping him down to the road where secret servce vehicles were appearing. The agents back up had obviously arrived.

"Thanks Jay, for everything" Phillippe said, genuinely.

"Don't thank me" Jay smiled, "just try not to get kidnapped ever again"

A/N : I hope you all enjoyed that. I'm not used to writing action-type stuff so I hope the whole rescue thing turned out okay. Please review and I will update again v.soon.