11:15 AM

Back of the Van

A harsh jolt of pain, woke Martin up to find the man watching them. It was only after a few seconds, Martin realized that they both had fallen to sleep. The adrenaline rush had left them tired. Martin shot a glance over to see that Sam was asleep curled up into his side for warmth. "She's pretty," the man said, causing Martin to tense up, as he tossed them a dirty blanket to curl up in. "Don't worry, I won't hurt her. Well, I will if they don't pay the ransom for you guys."

"That's comforting to know," Sam said, as she sat up and looked over at the man. "What is your real name? Since we're going to be together for some time now, we would really like to know what we should call you."

"I'm Bubba," the man replied, as he looked over his shoulder at the other men. "You don't need to know their names."

"Sounds good," Martin said, as he leaned up against the side of the van and Sam moved closer to his side. "So Bubba, where are you from?"

"I'm not telling you rats anything." Bubba then turned to talk to the others and left them alone.

"I'm freezing," Sam whispered to Martin, as the van hit another hole. "Do you think that Danny misses us?"

"Yeah, I'm sure that he does," Martin answered, as he wrapped his free arm around her, and pulled the blanket over them. "I'm sure that they're looking for us right now."

"I'm sure of that too." Sam laid her head down on Martin's shoulder. "We need a plan about the fish tank."

"Yes, we do need a plan about the new fish tank." Sam slid her hand into Martin coat, phone his cell phone, dialed Danny's cell phone number, and set the phone back into his pocket.

11:45 A.M.

FBI: Missing Person's Head Quarters

Danny was hard at work trying to get a closer look at the license plate of the van. He had four of the seven numbers. He was running it through the DMV database to try to locate the address of the owner. He jumped when a hand touched his arm and turned to see Vivian. "Sorry," he said, as he continued to do his scanning.

"It's okay, Danny," Vivian said, as she sat down in a chair next to him. "How are you doing?"

"Okay, I guess." Danny turned and began to look at some traffic camera pictures.

"I guess?'

"Well, I have this horrible feeling. It was supposed to be me this morning who was supposed to get the coffee, but I was running late, so I called Martin and asked if he would do it."

"Danny, it's not your fault that Martin and Sam got kidnaped. If it had been you who went for coffee, they would be here trying to locate you, just like you are doing."

Just then Danny caught a glance over to see Jack pacing while on the phone. "How is Jack doing?"

"Not good." Vivian then looked up to see Jack slam the phone down hard. "And it just got worse." Jack came out of his office in a hurry. "Jack?"

"Stay here, keep working," Jack ordered, as he got into the elevator and was gone.

"That can't mean something good," Danny said, as his cell phone went off. Danny grabbed it and looked at the number. "What the heck?"

"Danny, what is it?"

"It's Martin."

"Answer it." Danny did as he was told, and all he could hear was traffic noises. "Well?"

"I'm getting traffic noises." Danny's face then lit up when he realized what they had done. "We can track the phone."

"I'm on it." Vivian then got on the phone and ordered the cell phone trace.

4 hours missing

TBC

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