24 Hours Missing
9:01 AM
The Building
Martin felt an arm brushed by his the moment the gunshots went off and the scream came. He grabbed onto the arm and pulled the person near them, only to find that the person was indeed female. "Where did they go?" a harsh voiced called out, into the darkness. "Can you see anybody?"
"It's darker than shit, what you think?" another voice answered.
A hand touched Martin's arm and squeezed gently. "Martin," Sam whispered, as she moved closer to him. "You okay?"
"I'm okay," he answered, as he gave the person in his arms a gentle squeeze, knowing that it was Jesse. "Where's Danny?"
"I'm here," he said, as he came up next to Sam. "Okay, now what do we do?"
"How about we get the heck out of here," Jesse said, as she started to head towards the door. Martin snagged a grip of her book bag and pulled her back towards them. "What? I know my way out of here. Those guys couldn't hit water even if they fell out of a boat."
"That's not what we're worried about," Martin replied. "It's what's on the other side of the door."
"Hopefully nothing but concrete,"
"Shep."
"You guys have got to trust me. I'm the only one who can get you out of this alive."
"We know that." Martin then took a hold of her book bag. "Lead the way, oh fearless leader."
"I wouldn't say that I'm fearless." She then started to head towards the door knowing that the men were looking for them. Her hand connected with the door knob and Martin pulled her back, as he and Danny got ready to open the door with their weapons drawn. They opened it to reveal an empty alleyway. "See, concrete."
"Let's go," Danny said, as they took off in a run, down the alleyway away from the men who now had sunlight to see and had started to give chase. "Time to run." They verved left into the busy street and Martin grabbed Jesse before she was hit by a car. "Come on."
"We're coming," Jesse yelled at him, as she leaped onto the hood of a stopped car's hood and turned at the last minute to see that five more men had joined the other three. "Aw, crap. Guys move." She jumped down to the ground and shot the driver a small smile. "Sorry about the paint." She then followed the agents as they broke into a run down the street. "I need to work out more."
They took a sharp left and entered a mall. "This reminds me of something," Sam called out to Martin, as they ran into a department store. "Didn't we do this before?"
"Yeah." They stopped to catch their breaths inside the elevator and Jesse squatted down as she tried to catch her breath. "We're gonna be in good shape when this is over." He then shot a glance over at Danny. "Danny, call Jack. See if he can't get us some help this time. I don't want to run anymore than I have to."
"I second that," Danny said, as he dug out his cell phone and called Vivian's cell phone. "They should be really happy to get this call."
9:45 AM
FBI: Missing Person's Head Quarters
Jack and Victor looked up as Vivian's cell phone rang and she answered it. "Hello," she said, as she continued to do her work in front of her.
"Hey, Viv," Danny's voice came through the phone and she almost dropped it. "Good morning."
"Danny?" Jack came over to her side with deep concern in his eyes. "Where are you? Are the others with you?"
"Yes, we're all here, including Jesse. We're in a department store at the moment. We're going to look for a place to hide from Patrick's men at the moment."
"We're coming for you, Danny. Just stay there. We'll get you this time."
"Thank you, Viv." The phone then went dead.
"We got a location," Jack said, as he set down the phone. "Let's go get our people."
"Sounds like a great plan."
9:51 AM
The Elevator
"Well?" Martin asked Danny the moment he hung up. "Are they coming to get us or what?"
"They're coming," Danny answered him, as the elevator came to a halt and it opened to reveal the malls' food court. "This is torture."
"Yep," Jesse said, as she looked around at all the food. "Man, I wish I had money for food."
"I'll buy us all lunch when this is over," Martin said, as he ushered them through the food court. "Right now, we need a safe place to hide."
"I have an idea," Sam said, as she grabbed onto Martin's arm and pulled him away, while Danny shot a glance back to see two of Patrick's men coming. He snagged Jesse's arm and pulled her into line for Burger King. Jesse froze up against Danny's side as the men started to scan the crowd looking for them. When they didn't spot them, they continued on, and Danny and Jesse joined Martin and Sam. "How was that?"
"That worked well," Jesse said, only to be grabbed from them by a mall security guard. "What are you doing?"
"You're stealing stuff, aren't you?" the guard asked her. "You were about to steal their wallets."
"No, I wasn't," Jesse said, as she pulled her arm free of his hand.
"Really."
"Yes, really," Martin said, as they came up to Jesse's side. "She's with us." He then showed the guard his FBI badge. "She's under protective custody."
"From whom?" the guard said with a laugh. "Barney?"
"No, them," Jesse cried, out as the men opened fire upon the food court. "Get down!" The people throughout the food court did as she yelled, hitting the tiled floor. Somewhere in the court a child cried out in fear, but other than that, it was complete silence. "This wasn't what I had in mind when I said rescue."
25 Hours Missing
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