Chloe opened her eyes staring into the bright light. She shielded her eyes from the light and made out the shape of a man. She recognized the voice as the man who had come to her take her away. She knew that this had something to do with her father from what the men were talking about. She thought that she recognized the voice of one of the guys but things were too disoriented at the moment. Suddenly she felt a man touch her and she jumped
"Well look who's awake. Don't worry this isn't anything about you. Why don't you just hang tight and I'll go get you something to eat."
"Where am I?"
"Don't worry about a thing Chloe. Nothing is going to happen to you as long as you do as we say. It's not you we really want."
"Who are you?"
"We are just some friends of your father that want to talk to him."
"Some friends you guys are by kidnapping me."
"Your father is very worried about you."
"No shit Sherlock you take me out of my house in the middle of the night and you don't think that they'll notice?'
"Hey watch the language that's no way for a lady to talk. Besides we haven't hurt you and we aren't going to. Just let us do what we need to and we'll send you home."
Duncan was pacing the living room with Tessa and Richie sitting on the couch. Tessa hadn't slept all night and Richie had barely shut his eyes. They were all waiting for some sort of sign.
"Duncan, call the police and report her missing."
"No, Tessa, the police can't do anything for her now and they are going to contact me as soon as they know that it's safe."
"I can't sit here and do nothing while some guy takes my baby out of my house and expects me to wait by the phone."
"Richie and you should go out to movie. I'm sure that they are going to call."
"I'm not leaving until they call I want to know that she is alright."
"Richie if you want to go out go ahead there isn't anything that you can do here right now."
"Mac, no, I don't want him walking outside. He is staying here with us."
"I should have known that this was a set up. I should have followed my instinct."
"Duncan what are you talking about?"
"Ty was the decoy and his job was to make thins hard for us and then separate us so that they could take Chloe."
"Ty isn't like that he'd never do something like that."
"Richie we don't know anything about Ty. He's one of them though."
"He's an immortal?"
"Yeah he's an immortal and I should have taken his head when I had the chance."
"Why didn't you?"
"Because of Chloe I didn't want her to ask questions when he didn't show back up."
"Mac he's the one that did this to her though."
"Yeah and he's the one that is going to die when I get her back."
They were waiting by the phone when the fist call came. Duncan answered it and he recognized the voice. Tessa and Richie wanted to talk to Chloe as did Duncan, but he needed to know what the rules and demands were before he asked about Chloe. When they finally got the chance to talk to Chloe she was scared and didn't know what was going on with these guys. All she knew was that she was not where she belonged.
"Chloe did they hurt you?"
"No they didn't hurt me but they are going to hurt you. Dad what' s going on why don't you come get me?"
"I'm trying baby I'm trying just do as they say right now. I'll find you I promise. Here's mom and Richie."
"Chloe, sweetie are you alright? Dad's coming to get you."
"Hey there squirt didn't I tell you not to talk to strangers especially those that have the candy? Hang in there kid."
Duncan took the phone and when he was finished Richie and Tessa were bombarding him with questions. He tried his best to answer them. Tessa wanted to know what they wanted. He said that they wanted him and that he'd go tonight. He also said that Chloe was being taken care of and that they would let her go once he came. The thing was hard was this was an immortal that had been around almost as long as he had and more powerful then him. If he lost Chloe would blame herself for the rest of her life. Richie though was determined not to let Chloe down and was off making plans of his own. If Mac couldn't get her back then he'd do it himself. He owed them that much for everything that they'd done for him. He knew that if Tessa lost Chloe and Mac that would devastate her beyond belief and she may never recover. Yes, Richie Ryan was bound and determined to save this family from despair. The only thing was to figure out where Chloe was and to make sure that Mac and Tessa weren't looking so that he could slip out of the house. This was his chance to shine and prove to them that he wasn't as stupid as they made him out be. He just hoped that he could do this so that he wouldn't get himself caught in the middle.
