A/N: Thanks for the great reviews, I know I promised I'd have this chapter sooner, but with school and everything I didn't have much time.
"CAN ANYONE HEAR US? HELLO? CAN ANYONE HEAR US?" Martin yelled as he slammed his fists on the door.
"Give it up Martin, no one can hear us," Sam said sadly. Martin turned around and squinted in the dark.
"Over here," Sam said, shining a flashlight in Martin's eyes. Martin blindly made his way to where Sam was sitting on the floor and sat down next to her.
"Why the hell are there no windows in this room?" Sam asked furiously, burying her face in her hands.
"It's gonna be ok," Martin reassured, ignoring Sam's question.
"How? How is it gonna be ok?" Sam asked as she looked up at Martin with stinging eyes.
Martin put his arm around her and pulled her close.
"I'll protect you. Don't you ever forget that, no matter, I'll protect you," Martin whispered and kissed Sam's forehead.
"What kind of crazy person is doing all this?" she murmured.
Martin let out a deep sigh. "I don't know," he replied, "I really don't know."
"Okay," Danny said walking back towards Jack and Vivian, "Rick's in the other room now keeping the others under control."
"Thank God there was still a cop in the building," Jack said.
"So where are Samantha and Martin? Shouldn't they be back by now?" Vivian asked.
"They must still be with the body," Jack answered, drinking a cup of newly made coffee.
"So what now?" Danny asked clueless, slumping into a chair.
"We need to do a background checks on the five suspects," Jack informed, "We don't have computer power so we have to rely on the files we have."
"Ok, I'll go get them," Danny said as he stood and left.
Jack took Martin's seat next to Vivian and let out a tired sigh.
"Jack, how are we gonna get out of this? The elevators are out, the phones are out, the doors are locked, evenour cell phones won't work," Vivian complained.
"Well we could always jump out the window," Jack suggested half seriously.
"Ha, nice try but the windows are locked shut," Vivian replied, "This guy's thought of everything. I wouldn't be surprised if the reason no one showed up for work this morning is because this guy personally called every employee telling them it's a snow day or something."
"I know, it's crazy. What I want to know is how this guy did all this in such a short period of time. We were only asleep a couple of hours," Jack said in deep thought.
"Well all I know is I need to get home soon, if I don't see my Reggie soon, boy I'll"
"Wait a minute," Jack said realising something, "We fell asleep Tuesday night. And we immediately assumed that we woke up Wednesday morning. The thing I'm saying is, how sure can we be that it's Tuesday? I mean, no one could do all this in just one night."
"So what, you're saying it's Thursday?" Vivian asked in surprise.
"Only one way to find out," Jack replied as he searched Danny's draws for something.
"What are you looking for?" Vivian asked.
"Aha," Jack said as he found Danny's binoculars. He walked over to the window and looked through the binoculars.
"Jack I don't see what this has to do with what day it is," Vivian said as she peered over Jack's shoulder, looking for whatever Jack was looking for.
"I knew it," Jack said as he handed Vivian the binoculars," Take a look at that."
Vivian looked through the binoculars. "Jack I don't-"
"Just tell me what you see"
"Uh, a bird, some trees, a few cars-"
"Buildings Viv, buildings"
"Ok, the deli, the bank, post office, bookstore-"
"And what do you notice about the bookstore?"
"Nothing, it's closed"
"Exactly. The bookstore is closed. The bookstore is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday and the weekend, but it's not open…"
"Thursday," Vivian said shocked, "Today's Thursday. We're not disappearing tomorrow, we're disappearing today."
"What time is it?" Sam whispered. Martin tightened his arms around Sam and kissed her head.
"I'm not sure," He whispered back, "I left my watch at home"
The eerie silence that followed was broke by Martin's stomach rumbling.
"But my stomach tells me it's lunch time," He added.
"Is there any food in here?" Sam asked lifting her head off Martin's chest.
"I think I saw something in the cupboard over there" Martin said and grabbing Sam's hand, intertwined their fingers and pulled her up.
He held her close to him as he made his way around the room, shinning the flashlight everywhere.
He knew that there was no one else in the room, and that Sam wouldn't be in any danger if he simply let go of her hand, but he felt the need to protect her.
Not that Sam was complaining. She was grateful that Martin was there protecting her. And even if she wouldn't admit it, she didn't want to let go of Martin's hand. She wanted to hold onto him forever, and never let go.
Martin found the cupboard and opened it to find a big packet of bbq chips.
"Guess this will have to do," Martin said as he grabbed the bag and sat back down, pulling Sam with him.
They ate the chips in silence together until Sam finally spoke up.
"So you really think Jack has something to do with all this?" Sam asked quietly as she munched on a chip.
"I don't know what to think," He replied softly.
"Listen Sam, "Martin said, turning to face her, "There's some stuff I need to tell you before anything happens to us."
"No, Martin don't say that, nothing is going to-"
"But if something does happen"
"Martin, please, don't talk like this"
"Sam, we might not have much time left"
"We can catch this guy"
"How? How Sam?"
Sam looked away trying to fight back the tears. Martin lifted his hand to her face and gently turned it so she was facing him. As he did this, he felt a wet tear fall into his hand.
"I'm not going anywhere," she whispered, "and neither are you"
Martin leant down to place a soft, loving kiss on her lips and held her in a tight hug. He wanted to tell her how he felt, but he didn't want to make her upset.
They had only been dating a month or two now, but he knew he was in love. And he wanted Sam to know that too, before it was too late.
"That's it, I'm going to look for Sam and Martin," Danny said, storming off with frustration mixed with worry.
"I'll come too," Jack called, "Viv keep an eye on things here."
Danny ran up the stairs and Jack followed behind. They kicked down the door and found Martin and Sam, huddled together in darkness.
"What took you guys so long?" Martin asked squinting at the light.
"Are you guys ok?" Danny asked rushing towards them.
"What happened?" Jack asked helping Sam up.
"Some one locked us in," Sam answered, brushing dust off her pants.
"So where's the body?" Danny asked, pulling Martin to his feet.
"Not here" he answered.
"Lets just get outta here before that door shuts again," Jack suggested, leaving.
As they walked down the stairs, Danny and Jack filed Martin and Sam in on what they knew.
"So it's someone who works here?" Sam asked in surprise.
"And it's Thursday?" Martin asked equally surprised.
"Yep and yep," Danny said glancing at his watch and letting out a sigh, "4 hours to go"
"So what do we-"
ARRRRRRGH
Jack was interrupted by a thrilling shriek.
