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Joey picked up the newspaper on the table next to his chair and flipped to the comics. The feeling of being watched began to intensify. He was just about to check if anyone else was in the room, hiding somewhere, when there was a knock at the door.
'Hey Phoebe, he said as he opened the door to her. As he noticed the look on her face he put his arm out to her. 'Pheobs, what's wrong?'
'Chandler called, he said something had happened and we needed to get to their apartment as soon as possible.'
'What's happened?' Joey asked, what could have possibly happened to make Phoebe act this way.
'He didn't say, it was a rushed message, Mike took it and he said Chandler had sounded anxious. Whatever it is it doesn't sound too good.'
Without saying anything else Joey got his jacket and they left.
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Little baby Nicky slowly closed his eyes as the exhaustion from screaming for hours caught up with him. he was fed and changed now, that was all he wanted. He didn't go straight to sleep though, everyone in the room was nervous and upset, and even though he was only a tiny baby the mood still troubled him.
Someone was rocking him gently and soothingly talking words to him he didn't quite understand, it was comforting none the less.
A short while later he drifted off to a deep sleep, all the apprehension in the room passed him by.
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'We're here.' Phoebe called out as soon as she, Joey and Mike walked in to the apartment. Chandler shushed her and motioned the little baby in his arms. He walked over to Nicky's room and returned a few moments later, having put Nicky down to sleep.
'What happened?' Joey asked. He looked around at the room, Rachel was on the couch softly crying, holding a tattered note in her hands. Chandler was a pale white colour in shock and Ross was on balcony.
'Rachel came back to the apartment to get something, she heard Nicky crying and Monica wasn't anywhere in the apartment. A woman came in to my office today and told me that Monica was in danger so I came home. The woman also said that when I got home someone would call me to say where she was, but no-ones called yet.' Chandler explained.
'And then we found this.' Rachel said shakily as she walked over to them holding the tattered note.
Phoebe took it from her and read it aloud.
'Your wife will be safe if you play by our rules.
1) Do not ring the police
2) Do not try to run
3) And do not try anything heroic
We will be in contact with you soon, but until then stay put in Manhattan and go about like nothing has happened.'
'Oh my God.' Joey breathed once Phoebe had finished reading.
'They've kidnapped her? Why?' Phoebe asked. Chandler shook his head.
'I don't know, we don't owe anyone anything, we haven't done anything wrong and I'm certain she wouldn't have done anything dangerous. Anyway this is all to do with me, the woman who came to my office today, she said that someone was after me… but he's not going to come right after me, he's going to get my friends first.' He said hesitantly. He looked at his friends, searching for their reactions.
'They're after us?' Phoebe asked astonished. Chandler nodded.
Suddenly the phone rang.
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Monica tried not to panic, but it was hard. Her hands and feet were tied together, the rough rope scratching her soft skin. Tape had been put over her lips, pressed so hard against her skin it was difficult to even breath through her nose. She had been blindfolded at first, but it had been tied loosely and she was able to shake it off.
It was pitch black and Monica wasn't able to see a single thing in the darkness. But from the sounds and movements she could tell she was in a car, or van of some sort. The floor beneath her felt hard and cold, like metal. Her surroundings tilted and jerked every few moments, leading her to believe that the vehicle was moving.
Suddenly it stopped, footsteps sounded and light flooded in to the compartment and Monica was blinded for a moment. By the time her eyesight returned to normal the blindfold had been tied again and she was being dragged outside.