Sorry this took me so long to update. Been a bit busy. But I've made up for it. I'm posting two chapters tonight, and more to come this week.

19 hours missing

4:29 AM

The Tank

Martin and Danny shot a glance over at Sam, as the flame throwers came closer and closer. She was on the verge of jumping into the tank. "So how long have you guys been dating?" Danny asked, bringing Sam's attention to him.

"How did you know?" Sam asked as the air around them got hotter. "We kept it very hidden."

"Come on you guys, it's me." Just then the flamethrowers got really close and they all jumped into the water. "These beats the fire."

"Enough!" the man yelled, and the flamethrowers were shut off. "You did well. I was surprised to see that you really did it, Martin."

"Really," he said, as he looked over at the man. "And you are whom?"

"Patrick."

"And I should know this name because?"

"I'm a friend of your father's." He then motioned for them to get out of the tank. They all did and stood there before him shivering. "Well, I'm impressed by all of you. I would have thought that one of you at least would have jumped into the water sooner. Those flamethrowers made the air around you so warm. I've seen grown thugs jump in minutes after this test has started. I'm proud of the three of you. You've shown me that you have what it takes to make it through the next tests." He then shot a glance over at them. "Take a few hours and dry off. You're going to need your strength and wits for the next test." Then he was gone.

4:41 AM

FBI: Missing Person's Head Quarters

Jack and Vivian sat with Victor in one of the conference rooms. The lack of sleep was starting to show on their faces. "Okay, Victor, tell us about Patrick," Jack said, as he took out a pen and pad of paper.

"Okay," Victor said, as he took a drink of his coffee. "What do you all want to know about him?"

"Everything."

"Okay, he's a buddy of mine from back in the day. We grew apart a couple of years ago. I haven't seen or heard from him until today. We may have left our friendship on a shaky level. I knew that he was dangerous but never thought he would do something this extreme."

"Well, it seems that he has."

4:50

By the tank

Bubba came up to Martin, Sam, and Danny with a wicked smile on his face. "Well, wasn't that fun," he said, as his men surrounded the agents before they even moved. "Now, I tried being the nice one before, but you messed with me. I was then forced to have to call Patrick and he's not the nicest person around."

"Sorry if we got you into trouble, Bubba," Martin said, as he pulled a shivering Sam into his arms. "Hey, do you know what the next test is going to be?"

"No, I do not." He then shot a glance around to make sure that Patrick wasn't around. "How about I get ya'll some dry clothes, blankets, and some food. You guys probably haven't eaten in a while."

"That sounds great, Bubba," Sam said, as she leaned back into Martin. They then were ushered into the cage and cots were brought it. "At least now, we won't be sleeping on the floor anymore."

"With each test we pass, Patrick will give us something more to ease our comfort," Martin said, causing the others to look at him. "That's how he plays his games." Martin then laid back on a cot.

"Sounds like a nice man." Sam sat down on the cot next to Martin. "But at least we're together and not handcuffed to each other. Jack and Viv will find us. They'll rescue us."

"Yeah, I know that." Bubba's men then came in with sweatshirts, blankets, and food. "But I think we may have to look out for ourselves until them. Patrick is a really smart man. He was ways of breaking people down."

"And you know this how."

"He used to be a friend of my fathers."

20 hours missing

TBC

There is more to Patrick to come.