"This is Donovan. Where are my children?" Frank asked, answering the phone.
"They're ready to be released. We'll bring them to the end of the road leading to your home. They're on their way. I promise they are not hurt." The caller hung up.
"I'm not comfortable with the idea that they know where we live," Elaina said, getting her gun from the safe and handing Frank his.
"Where do you two think you're going?" Sab asked.
"You heard them we're going to pick up the kids," Frank said as Elaina gave him a headset.
"But they said that they'd call after the drop. Cody hasn't called to say they made the drop yet. Besides they haven't had time to get there yet," Monica informed them.
Frank looked at his watch. "Monica's right."
"I don't care! Maybe they had a change of heart and are just letting them go in hopes they don't get caught," Elaina reasoned.
"Lady, it doesn't make any since. They went this far. Getting the money first, and then letting them go is the smart thing to do," Frank told her.
"I think it's a trap," Sab said. "Maybe even for Sonny."
"Call Cody and tell him what happened here. We'll go to the corner and hopefully take care of things there," Frank ordered.
"I'll call. Sab, you go with them," Monica told her, handing her a headset and gun.
"Why me? Why don't you go?" Sab asked.
"Don't argue about who's going, Sabrina. You're going because Monica said you were," Frank told her as he pushed her to the door.
"Alright! I'll go, no need to get pushy," Sab said as they went out to the cars.
*****
"Cody, this is Monica can you hear me?"
"Go ahead, Monica. What's up?" Cody asked.
"We think they're setting a trap for Sonny. The kidnappers have already called saying they're going to release the kids, on the road leading here. We knew you hadn't had time to get to the drop site, so something has to be going on."
"We'll handle things here. We'll call you when we make the drop," Andy said. He then turned to Sonny. "You heard her. Do you still want to go through with this?"
"If they call, that they have the kids. I see no reason too but if they don't, we'll have to play it out. I have my own theory that the kidnapper will time it out to happen at the same time."
"That may be. I guess we'll know in a few minutes," Andy said looking at his watch.
*******
Frank and Elaina waited by the car, for the kidnappers to show. They could see a good distance in every direction. Sab was hiding in among a stand of trees that was along the road.
"If anything moves in here, can I shoot it?" Sab asked, hating the dark.
"No, you're suppose to be hiding remember?" Frank told her.
"You probably scared the critters out when you walked in there," Elaina said.
"Oh thanks. What if they come back?" Sab tried to look around but it was too dark.
"I see headlights. Make sure you're not seen Sab," Frank told her.
A van pulled up shining its lights in Frank and Elaina's eyes. They shielded their eyes from the lights and tried to focus on the doors as they opened. Two people got out. "Stay where you are. They'll walk over to you in a minute," a female voice said.
They heard the side door of the van open. Elaina barely made out someone being helped from the van. She heard Frank sigh heavily, and then turned back to the van, to see Derek holding Sarah.
"It's them, " Elaina whispered, wanting to run to them but knew she couldn't.
"Stay there, they'll come to you. I have a gun on them, so do as I say." This voice belonged to another man but not McMillan.
"We will. Just let them go," Frank yelled to them.
"Walk slowly and no tricks kid," the man said, shoving Derek to get him started. Derek walked slowly wanting to take off running but was afraid too. He walked to his mother watching her the whole time. He saw that she was anxious by the way she moved her feet while standing there. As Derek made it to Elaina she pulled them close to her.
"Now say goodbye to them," the male voice said as gunfire erupted.
Elaina pushed them into the car. "Stay down no matter what," she told Derek.
Elaina returned fire with Frank and Sab. Sarah was screaming and crying as Derek was trying to calm her. The firing from the van stopped. Frank and Sab approached the van cautiously. Both kidnappers were down. Frank walked back to the car after he and Sabrina checked them.
"Are all of you ok? Frank said, hugging Derek and Sarah.
"Sarah is scared but we're ok." Derek let Sarah go to her father.
"Hey Princess, you're going to be just fine," Frank said as he held her tight held her tight.
Elaina hugged Derek. "Mom, I can't breath."
"I'm sorry, honey. I'm just so glad to see you and that you're ok." Elaina let go.
Sab came over and hugged Derek. "Glad to have you back."
"That makes it unanimous," Derek said.
"Hey Sarah! You should be smiling and laughing, not crying." Sab kissed her on the cheek.
"Let me hold my baby girl," Elaina told Frank.
"I would but she has her famous death grip and isn't letting go of me."
"Ok. I can still hug and kiss her." Elaina did then turned to Sab. "Are they departed?" Talking about the kidnappers.
"They won't be taking anyone again," Sab told her.
"Oh shit! Cody abort the drop it's a set up." Elaina said as she heard Andy giving orders.
"Too late Sonny's already made it and coming back." Cody heard shots ring out. "Oh boy someone just shot at him," Cody reported.
"Oh no," Sab said. "Please let him be ok."
Jake ran over to Sonny to cover him. "Stay down," Jake told him. A few more bullets whizzed by them then they stopped.
"I got the shooter. He's still alive, Cody," Alex reported.
"Ambulance is on the way." Cody said.
"Are you ok Sonny?" Jake asked.
"Yeah kid. I'm fine, thanks to the vest." Sonny smiled.
"Everyone is ok here," Andy said. "I'll go with McMillan and see if he talks any."
"Thanks Andy," Frank answered.
"I'm glad Sonny is ok," Sab sighed.
"Well Frank, I guess you get a new car, thanks to the kidnappers," Elaina said, looking over the shot up car.
"I just got that one broke in," Frank sounded sad.
"At least we don't have to pay for it. The government will. It was our jobs that caused all this to begin with."
"You're not going to start talking about resigning again are you?" Frank asked.
"No! I'm not going to resign, but I do have an idea that you may not care for. I'll tell you about it later." Elaina's smirk told him he wasn't going to like it.
"Why not tell me now?" Frank asked.
"Because I don't want to discuss it now, that's why. Besides I have to run it past Andy first," Elaina said, mysteriously.
"Am I going to regret this in any way?" Frank asked as she walked over to Derek and Sab. Elaina just smiled at him.
""Mom, I want to walk back. I need to have some time to think. Please?" Derek asked her.
"Sure, go ahead but be careful as dark as it is," Elaina wasn't keen on the idea but she knew her son well enough to let him go.
"I will Mom. I love you." He kissed her and started walking and then took off running.
"He'll be fine. He just needs to work out his frustrations of what happened," Sab said to her.
"Did he talk to you about what he was going through?" Frank asked.
"He just asked about Becky. I told him she was upset. He said he wanted to talk to her as soon as he could," Sab answered.
"I hear the cavalry coming," Frank said, as the sirens blared in the distance.
"Do you know if Sonny will come back with Jake?" Sab asked.
"Why would you want to know that?" Frank asked.
"You don't know yet. Sonny may be my uncle," Sab told him.
"What did she just say?" Frank wasn't sure what he heard.
"Sonny maybe her uncle. His sister was married to Sab's father," Elaina explained.
"Small world. But that does explain your devious side," Frank joked.
"Ignore him Sab," Elaina said, laughing.
"I have a lot of questions I just hope Sonny answers them," Sab said.
"I think he will," Elaina said as the police cars pulled up.
"They're ready to be released. We'll bring them to the end of the road leading to your home. They're on their way. I promise they are not hurt." The caller hung up.
"I'm not comfortable with the idea that they know where we live," Elaina said, getting her gun from the safe and handing Frank his.
"Where do you two think you're going?" Sab asked.
"You heard them we're going to pick up the kids," Frank said as Elaina gave him a headset.
"But they said that they'd call after the drop. Cody hasn't called to say they made the drop yet. Besides they haven't had time to get there yet," Monica informed them.
Frank looked at his watch. "Monica's right."
"I don't care! Maybe they had a change of heart and are just letting them go in hopes they don't get caught," Elaina reasoned.
"Lady, it doesn't make any since. They went this far. Getting the money first, and then letting them go is the smart thing to do," Frank told her.
"I think it's a trap," Sab said. "Maybe even for Sonny."
"Call Cody and tell him what happened here. We'll go to the corner and hopefully take care of things there," Frank ordered.
"I'll call. Sab, you go with them," Monica told her, handing her a headset and gun.
"Why me? Why don't you go?" Sab asked.
"Don't argue about who's going, Sabrina. You're going because Monica said you were," Frank told her as he pushed her to the door.
"Alright! I'll go, no need to get pushy," Sab said as they went out to the cars.
*****
"Cody, this is Monica can you hear me?"
"Go ahead, Monica. What's up?" Cody asked.
"We think they're setting a trap for Sonny. The kidnappers have already called saying they're going to release the kids, on the road leading here. We knew you hadn't had time to get to the drop site, so something has to be going on."
"We'll handle things here. We'll call you when we make the drop," Andy said. He then turned to Sonny. "You heard her. Do you still want to go through with this?"
"If they call, that they have the kids. I see no reason too but if they don't, we'll have to play it out. I have my own theory that the kidnapper will time it out to happen at the same time."
"That may be. I guess we'll know in a few minutes," Andy said looking at his watch.
*******
Frank and Elaina waited by the car, for the kidnappers to show. They could see a good distance in every direction. Sab was hiding in among a stand of trees that was along the road.
"If anything moves in here, can I shoot it?" Sab asked, hating the dark.
"No, you're suppose to be hiding remember?" Frank told her.
"You probably scared the critters out when you walked in there," Elaina said.
"Oh thanks. What if they come back?" Sab tried to look around but it was too dark.
"I see headlights. Make sure you're not seen Sab," Frank told her.
A van pulled up shining its lights in Frank and Elaina's eyes. They shielded their eyes from the lights and tried to focus on the doors as they opened. Two people got out. "Stay where you are. They'll walk over to you in a minute," a female voice said.
They heard the side door of the van open. Elaina barely made out someone being helped from the van. She heard Frank sigh heavily, and then turned back to the van, to see Derek holding Sarah.
"It's them, " Elaina whispered, wanting to run to them but knew she couldn't.
"Stay there, they'll come to you. I have a gun on them, so do as I say." This voice belonged to another man but not McMillan.
"We will. Just let them go," Frank yelled to them.
"Walk slowly and no tricks kid," the man said, shoving Derek to get him started. Derek walked slowly wanting to take off running but was afraid too. He walked to his mother watching her the whole time. He saw that she was anxious by the way she moved her feet while standing there. As Derek made it to Elaina she pulled them close to her.
"Now say goodbye to them," the male voice said as gunfire erupted.
Elaina pushed them into the car. "Stay down no matter what," she told Derek.
Elaina returned fire with Frank and Sab. Sarah was screaming and crying as Derek was trying to calm her. The firing from the van stopped. Frank and Sab approached the van cautiously. Both kidnappers were down. Frank walked back to the car after he and Sabrina checked them.
"Are all of you ok? Frank said, hugging Derek and Sarah.
"Sarah is scared but we're ok." Derek let Sarah go to her father.
"Hey Princess, you're going to be just fine," Frank said as he held her tight held her tight.
Elaina hugged Derek. "Mom, I can't breath."
"I'm sorry, honey. I'm just so glad to see you and that you're ok." Elaina let go.
Sab came over and hugged Derek. "Glad to have you back."
"That makes it unanimous," Derek said.
"Hey Sarah! You should be smiling and laughing, not crying." Sab kissed her on the cheek.
"Let me hold my baby girl," Elaina told Frank.
"I would but she has her famous death grip and isn't letting go of me."
"Ok. I can still hug and kiss her." Elaina did then turned to Sab. "Are they departed?" Talking about the kidnappers.
"They won't be taking anyone again," Sab told her.
"Oh shit! Cody abort the drop it's a set up." Elaina said as she heard Andy giving orders.
"Too late Sonny's already made it and coming back." Cody heard shots ring out. "Oh boy someone just shot at him," Cody reported.
"Oh no," Sab said. "Please let him be ok."
Jake ran over to Sonny to cover him. "Stay down," Jake told him. A few more bullets whizzed by them then they stopped.
"I got the shooter. He's still alive, Cody," Alex reported.
"Ambulance is on the way." Cody said.
"Are you ok Sonny?" Jake asked.
"Yeah kid. I'm fine, thanks to the vest." Sonny smiled.
"Everyone is ok here," Andy said. "I'll go with McMillan and see if he talks any."
"Thanks Andy," Frank answered.
"I'm glad Sonny is ok," Sab sighed.
"Well Frank, I guess you get a new car, thanks to the kidnappers," Elaina said, looking over the shot up car.
"I just got that one broke in," Frank sounded sad.
"At least we don't have to pay for it. The government will. It was our jobs that caused all this to begin with."
"You're not going to start talking about resigning again are you?" Frank asked.
"No! I'm not going to resign, but I do have an idea that you may not care for. I'll tell you about it later." Elaina's smirk told him he wasn't going to like it.
"Why not tell me now?" Frank asked.
"Because I don't want to discuss it now, that's why. Besides I have to run it past Andy first," Elaina said, mysteriously.
"Am I going to regret this in any way?" Frank asked as she walked over to Derek and Sab. Elaina just smiled at him.
""Mom, I want to walk back. I need to have some time to think. Please?" Derek asked her.
"Sure, go ahead but be careful as dark as it is," Elaina wasn't keen on the idea but she knew her son well enough to let him go.
"I will Mom. I love you." He kissed her and started walking and then took off running.
"He'll be fine. He just needs to work out his frustrations of what happened," Sab said to her.
"Did he talk to you about what he was going through?" Frank asked.
"He just asked about Becky. I told him she was upset. He said he wanted to talk to her as soon as he could," Sab answered.
"I hear the cavalry coming," Frank said, as the sirens blared in the distance.
"Do you know if Sonny will come back with Jake?" Sab asked.
"Why would you want to know that?" Frank asked.
"You don't know yet. Sonny may be my uncle," Sab told him.
"What did she just say?" Frank wasn't sure what he heard.
"Sonny maybe her uncle. His sister was married to Sab's father," Elaina explained.
"Small world. But that does explain your devious side," Frank joked.
"Ignore him Sab," Elaina said, laughing.
"I have a lot of questions I just hope Sonny answers them," Sab said.
"I think he will," Elaina said as the police cars pulled up.