20 Hours Missing
5:15 AM
FBI: Missing Person's Head Quarters
Jack and Vivian sat on one side of conference table nursing their cups of coffee while Victor sat on the other side. "Okay, Victor we need to know what kind of 'games' Patrick will be putting our agents through," Jack said, as he looked over at Victor, who was looking down at his hands. Victor looked exhausted and that's exactly how Jack felt.
"He'll do tests to test them physically and mentally," Victor began as he took a long sip of his coffee. "But, I'm sure that your agents are strong enough to make it through all of his tests. They have a friend on the inside."
"Who?"
"If I saw the video right, there was a young girl in the back ground. Her name is Jesse and she's Patrick's daughter. She always had a thing for Martin. She would do anything to help him. She hates her father but fears him too much to leave or go against him. If she does help him, you have to promise that you'll put her into protection. Because once Patrick, realizes that Jesse helped them escape, he'll kill her."
"If she'll help them escape, we can make her disappear. Her father will never be able to find them again."AM
5:30 AM
The Cage
Danny watched as Sam and Martin slept. Sam was curled up into Martin's side and he was playing with her hair in his sleep. "He was always cute," a soft voice called out from behind Danny and he spun around to face a teenage girl, around 16-years-old. She was dressed in loose black jeans, black shoes, and a black sweatshirt, under a black coat, with matching stocking hat and gloves. "Name's Jess."
"Okay, and why are you talking to me?" Danny asked, as she pulled off her stocking hat to run her hand through her long, blue hair and pushed it out of the way of her bright green eyes.
"Because Marty and I were always close," Jess said, as she looked around then moved closer to the cage. "He and I used to be kinda buds back in the day."
"And when was this?"
"Back when she was stealing cars," Martin's voiced called out, and they turned to see that he and Sam were awake. "It's good to see you, Shep. Good color."
"You like it?" A small blush crossed Jess's face before she ducked her head. "I heard that dad's gonna do some more tests on you guys. I thought that I would swing by to give you a heads up." A noise then caused her to jump. "I gotta jet. I'll talk to you later." Then she was gone.
"Shep?" Danny asked, as he turned to face Martin. "She told me her name was Jess."
"It's Jesse Shepherd. When I meet her, she went by Shep."
"So can she be trusted?"
"Yeah, she can, but if we're going to ask her to help us. We have to take her with us. If Patrick learns that she helped us, she's as good as dead."
"Gotcha," Sam said, as she looked over only to freeze. "Patrick's coming. This can't be good."
"Wondering what he's got up his sleeve today," Danny said, as the cage door was opened and they were ordered out.
"Well it's good to see that you all got some sleep," Patrick began, as his men brought forth the video equipment. "Martin, I have someone here, who would love to see you." He nodded and Jesse was shoved forward. Martin caught her before she fell to the ground. "Ah, just like old times. You always tried to protect her."
"What are you planning, Patrick?" Martin asked, as Jesse looked over at her father.
"A little game." Patrick made a motion with his hand and Jesse jumped as she saw the snakes in the tanks. "It's to see how well you deal with your fears."
"I hate snakes," Jesse whispered to Sam, as she moved away from Martin and the snakes.
"Me too," Sam whispered to her, as an evil smile grew on Patrick's face. "I don't think this is going to end good for any of us."
5:46 AM
FBI: Missing Person's Head Quarters
Jack answered the ringing phone and turned to face Vivian and Victor. "There's another video conference," he said to them.
"Let's do this," Vivian said, as they turned on the TV to see the tank of snakes. "He wouldn't." They then watched as the young girl's and Sam's face grow a shade lighter, as they were pushed closer to the snakes.
"Yes, he would," Victor said.
21 hours missing
TBC
Can Jesse be trusted? What does Sam think of Jesse?