3. (A/N: the phrases between "…" are thoughts. ^_^)
In the car it was quiet. Scott looked outside and watched the fields and mountains go by.
'Dad…?' He suddenly began.
'…Hmmm… what is it Scott?'
'…How was Sarah when she was younger?'
'… Stubborn and an exact copy of your mother, at least like character… Sarah had the hazel eyes of your mother and had my appearance.' he reached forward to the little desk in the car (A/N: you know the one on the dashboard) and took out a photo.
'…Here…' he said reaching backwards to give his son the picture.
'… That is Sarah…'
Scott looked at the picture and saw a little girl with a baby in her arms. She had a huge smile on her face. A woman sat next to her on a chair smiling in to the camera. A man stood behind the little girl.
'Is that Sarah?'
Matt nodded and looked from his back mirror at Scott and smiled faintly as he saw Scott looking at the picture. He looked up and looked outside, his eyes watching nothing special. The rest of the ride Matt saw his son looking at the picture now and then and watching outside like he was thinking how a life would be if he would grow up *with* a sister.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'How must I ever tell this to Scott?' Matt cried for the first time since he became a father for the first time. He lied down in the hospital bed. The same hospital he went to pick up Sarah, then a few years later Scott and Rachel and now he had lost his wife and daughter.
He closed his eyes and saw the whole scene again. The gunshot, the cries of Sarah for her mother, Scott in his lap getting awake from the turmoil and beginning to cry also. Matt pulled Scott close and felt him slip away into unconscious.
He woke up in the hospital. Clean white sheets, Ivey in his hand. Then he heard voices, the voices of doctors and nurses and then the voices of Alex and a new friend Bruce Sato.
Bruce had known Sarah and the others for only a short while but he also had the feeling he had lost a family. They'd promised each other not to talk about the whole case ever again.
Matt got home in an empty house with only a son that he had to raise on his own. With no sister or a mother near by to support him. He was completely alone.
Matt was somehow stubborn and began to search for leads or links between what happened and that of other cases he once got under his nose. The others that later on joined the group never heard anything about what had happened to his family. It was always Matt, Scott and T-Bob.
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Matt sighed and stopped the car at a gas station.
'Come one Scott, let's fill up this tank.' Matt said looking to the backseat of the car.
Scott nodded and got out of the car, T-Bob close behind him.
In the gas station Scott didn't feel comfortable. All those eyes were upon him and none of them felt very relaxing.
'Dad… I think I want to go.'
At the same time a person fell against Matt. Matt caught the person and then he heard her whisper: 'Get your son out of here. I beg of you, take him with you away from this place. There are people here that want to take him away. For working in the mines, they think that he is strong enough to work. Take good care of your son…' The person dressed in the traditional clothing a woman should were in these countries got up and left in a hurry.
Matt saw that Scott was feeling uncomfortable.
'Come on Scott, I've paid for the gas, lets go now okay?'
Scott nodded and the three of them left the gas station in a hurry.
"I will not make the same mistake again… Ow Sarah help me please." Matt thought as they got into the car and left. A few minuets later Matt saw they were being followed.
"No… Sarah… Scott… If I were to lose Scott as well…I would surly die of grief!"
'Scott, buckle up, we are going to the air…' He said in his I-don't-want-any-backtalk voice.
Scott nodded and buckled up. As soon as he did that Matt pushed the button and not long after Thunderhawk was airborne, leaving the Turkish men on the ground behind cursing and yelling at each other.
'Okay… Now I want you to listen carefully. We will go to the hotel and I want you to stay on your room when I'm gone… I mean this Scott… If I see you outside the room without saying that to me first I will be very angry with you.'
'Yes dad…' Scott sighed.
'I don't want to lose you the same way as I lost Sarah.' He said in an angered voice.
Scott looked at his father… "The same way as he lost Sarah?" He thought.
Matt saw the question marks in his son's eyes.
'Sarah was five about to turn six when you were born and we went to Turkey to go on vacation…' He began.
'…It would be the last vacation that we would have with the four of us. Rachel, your mother, sacrificed her life to save that of Sarah and that of us…But Sarah was taking away…'
'…Until today I never knew where she would be, or in that case, if she still would be alive… And when I got that phone call, now yesterday, I got hope again, Sarah was still alive…'
Scott had listened to his father with a half open mouth.
'…Now I know what has happened to her. Sarah was taking away by the same men that followed us back there… For child's labour...' Matt finished the sentence in a whisper.
Scott new this was going to be a MASK mission, he almost knew which agents were necessary. Thunderhawk landed before the hotel. Scott and T-Bob got out and then Matt took out his laptop out.
'…Computer, please select the agents best suited for this mission.' He said.
Scott was right. The agents were Alex, Bruce, Gloria, Brad and his dad.
'Sarah!' He yelled in terror. She had slipped of the edge and fell a feet down.
'Auw…' He heard her cry out.
Damien didn't waist a minuet and climbed down the edge.
'Sarah… Are you okay?' He yelled down.
'I'm…fine.' He heard her say. But the pain was reflected in her voice.
'You stupid kid…' He said as he jumped on the ground and sat next to her pulling her into a hug.
'I'm sorry… I didn't look where I was putting my feet. I'm a little occupied lately.' She said with a sad face.
'With what…?'
'…A plan…'
'…A plan?' Damien echoed softly.
She looked up at him: 'A plan to get out of here. A plan to see the sun again to breathe the air again. I don't want the others that are here for such a short while go on living like we did for fourteen years. IT has been fourteen years. I don't want to work anymore… I have enough of it. I have enough of the fact that I have to protect them. I have enough of getting whipped to threads because I don't want the children to be hurt.' Tears ran down her face now. Damien bowed and kissed her tears away.
'I'll help you…' He whispered through the kisses.
He felt her smile and then she said: 'I was hoping you'd say that.'
They stood up and climbed up the wall to get back to work.
In the car it was quiet. Scott looked outside and watched the fields and mountains go by.
'Dad…?' He suddenly began.
'…Hmmm… what is it Scott?'
'…How was Sarah when she was younger?'
'… Stubborn and an exact copy of your mother, at least like character… Sarah had the hazel eyes of your mother and had my appearance.' he reached forward to the little desk in the car (A/N: you know the one on the dashboard) and took out a photo.
'…Here…' he said reaching backwards to give his son the picture.
'… That is Sarah…'
Scott looked at the picture and saw a little girl with a baby in her arms. She had a huge smile on her face. A woman sat next to her on a chair smiling in to the camera. A man stood behind the little girl.
'Is that Sarah?'
Matt nodded and looked from his back mirror at Scott and smiled faintly as he saw Scott looking at the picture. He looked up and looked outside, his eyes watching nothing special. The rest of the ride Matt saw his son looking at the picture now and then and watching outside like he was thinking how a life would be if he would grow up *with* a sister.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'How must I ever tell this to Scott?' Matt cried for the first time since he became a father for the first time. He lied down in the hospital bed. The same hospital he went to pick up Sarah, then a few years later Scott and Rachel and now he had lost his wife and daughter.
He closed his eyes and saw the whole scene again. The gunshot, the cries of Sarah for her mother, Scott in his lap getting awake from the turmoil and beginning to cry also. Matt pulled Scott close and felt him slip away into unconscious.
He woke up in the hospital. Clean white sheets, Ivey in his hand. Then he heard voices, the voices of doctors and nurses and then the voices of Alex and a new friend Bruce Sato.
Bruce had known Sarah and the others for only a short while but he also had the feeling he had lost a family. They'd promised each other not to talk about the whole case ever again.
Matt got home in an empty house with only a son that he had to raise on his own. With no sister or a mother near by to support him. He was completely alone.
Matt was somehow stubborn and began to search for leads or links between what happened and that of other cases he once got under his nose. The others that later on joined the group never heard anything about what had happened to his family. It was always Matt, Scott and T-Bob.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~FLASHBACK*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Matt sighed and stopped the car at a gas station.
'Come one Scott, let's fill up this tank.' Matt said looking to the backseat of the car.
Scott nodded and got out of the car, T-Bob close behind him.
In the gas station Scott didn't feel comfortable. All those eyes were upon him and none of them felt very relaxing.
'Dad… I think I want to go.'
At the same time a person fell against Matt. Matt caught the person and then he heard her whisper: 'Get your son out of here. I beg of you, take him with you away from this place. There are people here that want to take him away. For working in the mines, they think that he is strong enough to work. Take good care of your son…' The person dressed in the traditional clothing a woman should were in these countries got up and left in a hurry.
Matt saw that Scott was feeling uncomfortable.
'Come on Scott, I've paid for the gas, lets go now okay?'
Scott nodded and the three of them left the gas station in a hurry.
"I will not make the same mistake again… Ow Sarah help me please." Matt thought as they got into the car and left. A few minuets later Matt saw they were being followed.
"No… Sarah… Scott… If I were to lose Scott as well…I would surly die of grief!"
'Scott, buckle up, we are going to the air…' He said in his I-don't-want-any-backtalk voice.
Scott nodded and buckled up. As soon as he did that Matt pushed the button and not long after Thunderhawk was airborne, leaving the Turkish men on the ground behind cursing and yelling at each other.
'Okay… Now I want you to listen carefully. We will go to the hotel and I want you to stay on your room when I'm gone… I mean this Scott… If I see you outside the room without saying that to me first I will be very angry with you.'
'Yes dad…' Scott sighed.
'I don't want to lose you the same way as I lost Sarah.' He said in an angered voice.
Scott looked at his father… "The same way as he lost Sarah?" He thought.
Matt saw the question marks in his son's eyes.
'Sarah was five about to turn six when you were born and we went to Turkey to go on vacation…' He began.
'…It would be the last vacation that we would have with the four of us. Rachel, your mother, sacrificed her life to save that of Sarah and that of us…But Sarah was taking away…'
'…Until today I never knew where she would be, or in that case, if she still would be alive… And when I got that phone call, now yesterday, I got hope again, Sarah was still alive…'
Scott had listened to his father with a half open mouth.
'…Now I know what has happened to her. Sarah was taking away by the same men that followed us back there… For child's labour...' Matt finished the sentence in a whisper.
Scott new this was going to be a MASK mission, he almost knew which agents were necessary. Thunderhawk landed before the hotel. Scott and T-Bob got out and then Matt took out his laptop out.
'…Computer, please select the agents best suited for this mission.' He said.
Scott was right. The agents were Alex, Bruce, Gloria, Brad and his dad.
'Sarah!' He yelled in terror. She had slipped of the edge and fell a feet down.
'Auw…' He heard her cry out.
Damien didn't waist a minuet and climbed down the edge.
'Sarah… Are you okay?' He yelled down.
'I'm…fine.' He heard her say. But the pain was reflected in her voice.
'You stupid kid…' He said as he jumped on the ground and sat next to her pulling her into a hug.
'I'm sorry… I didn't look where I was putting my feet. I'm a little occupied lately.' She said with a sad face.
'With what…?'
'…A plan…'
'…A plan?' Damien echoed softly.
She looked up at him: 'A plan to get out of here. A plan to see the sun again to breathe the air again. I don't want the others that are here for such a short while go on living like we did for fourteen years. IT has been fourteen years. I don't want to work anymore… I have enough of it. I have enough of the fact that I have to protect them. I have enough of getting whipped to threads because I don't want the children to be hurt.' Tears ran down her face now. Damien bowed and kissed her tears away.
'I'll help you…' He whispered through the kisses.
He felt her smile and then she said: 'I was hoping you'd say that.'
They stood up and climbed up the wall to get back to work.
