"So Daniel, which do you choose? You have to have a choice."

"I'm not sure…" I told him, as I thought about it. How did I know he even had Sam? They cage was black, so it was impossible to see inside to find out if she was even there.

"Can I see Sam?" I finally asked him. He wasn't expecting this, and he gave me an evil grin.

"No, not until you make up your mind," He grinned evilly.

"I'm not going to work for you, if she isn't in there. If you want me to, prove that she is there."

"NO, I am not going to prove it, I want to see what you do next," He wickedly hissed.

That was just it. He didn't have Sam, there was no way. She was probably back home, and she was probably perfectly fine. He was nuts. I wasn't going to work for him, if there wasn't any point in it.

With that, I flew off, leaving Vlad, and his empty cage behind. I got home in about 1 hour, since I could fly really fast (112 mph). When I got home, I picked up the phone, and called Sam's house.

"Hello?" her mother asked, when she had picked up the phone. I didn't know what to say then, since she had kicked me out of her house earlier, and I was afraid to say anything.

"Umm, hi, is Sam there?"

"Actually, no. She went out somewhere about 5 hours ago, and she never came back. She said she was going to the park. I will let her know you called though. Who is this?"

"Umm, never mind then."

We both hung up then, and my mind was racing. She didn't return? Maybe she was still there, or maybe she ran off because of what her mother had done. There was no possible way Vlad had her, was there? He couldn't have. He refused to show me the cage, which obviously meant, she wasn't there. There was no possible way, and I was not going to turn back now! I couldn't turn back now! If I did, then Vlad would for surly say something to me about coming back so soon. Then I would end up pretty much giving him what he wanted, and he would laugh at me. In yet though, if I didn't go, then what would happen to Sam if he did have her? Sam has to be somewhere, maybe I should call her cell.

I dialed the number, but there was no response. I dialed it again, and the phone picked up.

"Hello Daniel," a voice said. It was Vlad. He had to have her, I knew it. I hung up on him immediately, my heart was pounding. I didn't know what to do next. Heading back was the only thing I could do. I couldn't leave Sam there, or else then the worst could happen to her.

I flew back to Rhode Island, back to where that creep was. I had no choice left; I couldn't just leave Sam behind, because if I did, there was no telling what Vlad would do.

When I had arrived, it was dark out, and I saw all the lights on inside his house. I flew into his house, and showed myself.

"Where is Sam?" I asked him, with an angry, yet worried voice.

"Back so soon Daniel? I thought I didn't have her. Maybe you were wrong, huh?"

"You know what Vlad, it is bad enough when you mess around with my family, but then you have to get my friends involved? When you do that, you are in for something."

"Oh, I am so scared. Someone come save me," he teased, waving his arms up in the air.

"It isn't funny Vlad. Where is she?"
"I didn't have her, remember?"

"Yes you do. Please, just tell me where she is at."

"Why should I? Maybe she isn't here anymore. I told you if you left, she would be doomed. I told you I would kill her."

"NO… you… you couldn't have."

"Yes, I could have, but luckily for you, I didn't. Are you going to work for me? If you do, you and her can be together, but you are both never leaving. She is the only thing I have that will keep you here."

"Yes, I will work for you! Just let me know where Sam is, please?"

"Yes, yes, calm down, son."

"Just because I am working for you, doesn't mean you can call me son."

"You are going to be my son, Daniel. Sam can be your close friend, or she can be your sister, whichever you choose. We are going to be a family, and act like one too. When we go into the stores, or walk in town, we act like a family," He said happily.

"Uh, so I am not working for you?"

"Well, sometimes, but I would just like a family, if you don't except it though, you will never see Sam again. Also, no calling home, or talking to old friends, you have Sam, and I, so I think that is enough for you."

"Well, I guess it can't be to bad, but who says we don't just run off on you?"

"Because, you won't, trust me. Your girlfriend has a tracker inserted in her."

"Huh?"

"Yes, I did hurt her, because I had to cut her open to stick a tracker deep into her skin, so there would be no taking it out. Also, the tracker can shock her too, and it doesn't feel good, especially when it is inserted deep inside her. You will not be leaving me, you will stay with me, until you are able to live on your own, or until I die."

"Ok, fine, I will do it, but you don't have any tricks, right?"

"No tricks, I just want a family."

I didn't trust him, but in a way, I had to. If that is all he wanted, I was going to be fine with it. Yes, I would never see my family again, and I would never see Tucker again, but I could live with it. I wasn't going to get Sam killed over it. My family would get over their loss, and Tucker would get over it also. Although, then Tucker wouldn't have any friends, but I am sure he could fit in with the Greeks.

"Where is Sam?" I asked, wanting to make sure I knew where she was, and that she was really here.

"I will show you the way to your room. You will be staying in the same room as her for now, because I only have 2 bedrooms in this home. We will be traveling a lot though, so don't get to comfortable. We need to make sure that we don't get caught. I have a home everywhere in the United States, and a few in Canada, if we needed to move there for some reason," he told me, as he led me down a hallway. In a way, I felt as though this wasn't going to be to bad. Yeah, Vlad was stealing me from my family, but he was trying to be nice it sounded like. I wasn't so sure as to what work he was going to have me do, but traveling across the world would be fun.

We soon came to a stop, and he led me into a room, in which there were two beds, but nothing else. I didn't see anyone, anywhere, and I was starting to get a little uncomfortable.

"You said she was here, didn't you?"

"Yes, give me a second." He said, as he walked over to the closet, and opened the door. Sam was sitting in there, with a rope keeping her hands tied together, and her legs tied together. She looked up and him, and closed her eyes, and a tear ran down her face.

"I brought you a surprise," he told Sam cheerfully, as though everything was going to be Ok.

When I walked into the room, and Sam noticed me, she only began to cry more. I wasn't sure why, but I think in a way it was because she was happy, but also because she was worried.

"Sam, are you Ok?" I asked her, as I walked up to her, and began to untie the ropes from her. Vlad stood there and watched us, which made me feel a little odd, but I was trying to ignore him being there. Once I had gotten Sam untied, she stood up, and we hugged each other.

"Danny. I thought I wasn't going to live. I thought I was never going to see you again," she said through tears.

"Everything is going to be Ok," I told her, trying to sound calm, but in a way, I still wasn't sure about anything. Vlad was still watching us closely, and I didn't like it. It felt like as though some stranger was just watching me.

"I will leave you two alone. As you can see, all you have is beds, and that is because there is a dresser in my room in which we can move into here, and we will go shopping for clothes tomorrow. Anything you two would like, and I can buy it for you," he said, and then left us alone in the room.

"Danny, we need to get out of here," Sam told me, after she saw that Vlad was gone.

"He doesn't seem that bad now Sam, and we can't get out of here."

"Why not?"

"He said you had something inserted in your leg."

"No, I don't. There is nothing he did to me, except throw me in the closet, and tell me that as soon as you got here, he was going to kill both of us, to rid of problems."

"He never put a tracker in you?"

"No, he didn't. He told you that?"

"Yes, he did."

"Well, he was lying. Danny, we need to find a way to escape."

Just then, the door opened up, and Vlad came in.

"Oh, and about the tracking devices, I need to insert them in both of you," he said, and he pulled out a pair of scissors, thread, and a little sack, which contained the devices.

"What? You can't cut us open with scissors! And then sew us back together with string!" I told him.

"It won't hurt much, I promise you that. Besides, if you want to live with me, you need to be tough, now who wants to go first?"

"Where are you putting it exactly?"

"In your arm, above your elbow, right where your muscle is, that way, when it shocks you, it will hurt," he grinned angrily.

"I will go first," I said, and Sam gave me a weird look.

"Sam, you run," I whispered in her ear, and then I stepped up towards Vlad.

"Oh, and Daniel, when you say no tricks, that means no tricks from you either," he said, and then snapped his fingers, and his mutated animals came running in, and grabbed ahold of Sam. Vlad wasn't stupid, and it was going to be hard to fool him. Even with the devices in our arms though, there was always a way out of it. I just needed to think. Why was he going through all this effort, if he wanted to kill both of us anyway? Why didn't he just kill us and get it done and over with?

He took ahold of my arm, and drug me over to one of the beds. He laid down a piece of cloth, and then told me to lay down, so that my arm was on the cloth, so there wouldn't be a mess of blood. I didn't want to do this, but I had to. He would for surly kill one of us no matter what if the other managed to escape, so I had to do it.

"Ok now, this shouldn't hurt to bad. And about the string, don't worry, it is the doctor's stuff that dissolves after a while, and you will be healed up like nothing happened."

He dug the scissors into my skin, and I closed my eyes tightly, and tried to think happy thoughts. I didn't want to think of the fact that my arm was being cut open, or the fact that my life was being destroyed. Instead, I thought of my family. I thought of what they were going to do while I was gone, and if I was ever going to see them again. Then I thought about Tucker. Would he ever find other friends? I am sure he would, but he did loose his two best friends for good, and he wasn't getting us back anytime soon.

Before I knew it, Vlad was all done. He put numbing stuff on it, so there was no pain as of now. When he did Sam, I went into another room, because I didn't want to watch her get cut open.

"All right, She is all done. I will give you the tube of numbing cream, so that you don't have to feel the pain. Now, if you do misbehave in any way though, I am not afraid to shock you," he warned us, and then left us in the room.

"Well, when we go shopping, I am going to need a long sleeve shirt to cover up this ugly old thing," Sam said, pointing to the cut in her arm.

"Yeah, I am not so sure if he is going to kill us Sam. I know for sure though, he is going to use us for something. We are not getting off easy."

"Yeah, I could guess that," she laughed, trying to make the moment happier.

Okay, I am ending it there. What is to lie ahead for them? Anyhow, 5 reviews please! Thanks for the reviews I have gotten in the past! I really appreciate them!