Second Chances: One More For The Warriors
A Simon & Simon/Six Million Dollar Man Story

When an ex-OSI agent seeks revenge against Oscar Goldman,
his friends must join forces to protect him and the Simons.

(This is a work of fiction. No money is being made on it, and the characters are owned by Universal and are only being borrowed for a little while. .)

Prologue

Rick struggled with the ropes holding him, succeeding in loosing them slightly. Stopping for a moment, he looked around for the tenth time for something to use in freeing himself from his captivity, but the barren concrete room offered no solutions. If he could remember how he got there, one moment running from A.J.'s house to drive home, then the next....

Suddenly he heard footsteps, then a key scratching at the door. As it opened, light streamed into the room, then Rick saw a man's figure enter, carrying someone in his arms. Suddenly a cold feeling entered him, as he recognized the face of his captor.

Allen Carr, the ex-OSI agent who had betrayed so many people, including his wife. As the man came closer, Rick gasped to see Laurie, unconscious, being set down next to him. Her wrists were tightly bound behind her, and a scarf was around her mouth.

"Carr, you bastard, what did you do to her?" Rick swore, trying to get to a sitting position.

"Hello to you too, Mr. Simon. I'm glad to see the years haven't changed that mouth of yours. I've done nothing to your wife, save give her something to keep her quiet. She's very devoted to you, so I'm going to let you two have a little time together before I finish my job." the traitor smirked.

"She's done nothing to you, why did you take her?" Rick fumed, seeing his wife's eyelids flickering. "Laurie, wake up, darlin'. "he "told" her, and then felt her trying to respond.

"You're right, Mrs. Simon was nothing but kind to me before. It's nothing personal; I'm after bigger fish, so to speak." Carr responded uneasily. Looking at her still form, he stood for a moment, then took a knife and directed Rick to hold his wrists out in back of him.

Seeing the gun all too plainly in their kidnapper's waistband, Rick refrained from going for it and kept his hands where they were as directed when Carr cut the ropes, then re-tied them in front.

Carr warned, "No tricks" as he did the same for Laurie. Rick immediately pulled her against him; as the man backed towards the door, gun in hand. "I'll be back, make the most of your time together, Simon."

As the door closed, Rick pulled the scarf off her mouth, then he felt Laurie stirring and her eyes opened. "Rick." she moaned. Instantly he tried to reassure her. "Sweetheart, I'm here. It's all right."

Looking in her dazed eyes, he wished it were so.