A/N – Hope you guys are enjoying the story! I just thought I'd note that when there is italic in quotations, it's ASL. If it's not in quotations, it's normally a thought by someone (which is easy to tell because I normally say that. Anyways, I didn't want to confuse you all!
Chapter 20:
Jack was typing as fast as he could into his computer. He kept glancing over quickly at Myles, looking for some reaction. His expression was still blank, hiding the emotion that no one knew he felt. Myles watched Sue, as she sat there in the cold. Her strength against everything that happened astounded him. He wished he could take back all the mean things he had said about her. He looked up to see Jack staring at him. He tried to smile, to comfort his colleague but soon realized that there was no way that Jack would be comforted until he found Sue safe.
"Still nothing Jack. Don't worry, we'll find her." He said quietly to his friend. Jack just nodded and turned back to his computer screen. He searched and searched under James Crydle. An hour past – it was still early afternoon but he knew the drug deal would be happening sometime in the near future. They had less than 12 hours before the camera went off. Jack suddenly realized something.
"Myles – do you think Pratner will do the deal in front of the camera? I mean so we can see?" Myles contemplated what Jack had said.
"You know what, you might be right. But why would he put himself, Cain and Sue right where we can see them?"
"Maybe, because he knows we don't have any clue of where they are." Jack answered back.
"Why though?" D added in. "I mean it's extremely risky. He's threatened us but he must suspect we're going to at least try and get Sue." Jack stared at him – he hated when they had to talk about her like that, as the victim, however true it was. D kept on going, "Unless, he wants us to find them. Maybe not right away. Maybe he wants us to find Cain?"
"It could be… We need to keep watching the cameras and checking up on Crydle. For now we only have our suspicions…" Myles responded with a tone of defeat.
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Sue decided her best plan was to try and get the message across to whatever was taping her where she was. Obviously, the men would be looking over the tape first, and if there was any hint that she was trying to give them away, she would probably be dead before she knew it. She didn't know whether there was sound on it or not.
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Pratner was in the other room. The camera was hitched through the wall, concealed so it was difficult to see it was there. He didn't notice Sue's frequent glances over. Of course he was watching her through the little hole in the wall. Couldn't have his new girl do something to get him caught. His revenge was almost complete. He could taste it in the air. Cain was due there in 1 hour. He had the girl. Her helpless friends were watching. She had no idea where she was, or that in a few short hours she would be out of there. He hadn't decided if he was going to kill her yet. He figured that she would make that decision for him.
Finally Bobby, Brendan thought to himself, you're going to pay for what you did. You're going to pay for ruining my life.
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Sue started signing as discretely as she could. She didn't know if Greg was watching her. If there was no camera, then her plan would fail. She went slowly, deliberately, hoping they would catch what she was trying to get across.
"Not, sure, if, you, see, me. Cake, Man, Warehouse. G-R-E-G, take, me. Dangerous. If find, be, careful. Sorry, no, goodbye. So, sorry. Miss, you, all. Love, you, all. Do, not, worry. Move, on. Forgive. Always, love, you." Tears started to roll down her face as she slowly repeated her message twice. Just in case. She knew that if they ever got the tape, they would get the idea.
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"Jack!" Myles exclaimed to the only other man in the room. D and Rick had just left to go update Ted. Jack rushed over to the computer, to see Sue sitting, staring almost at the camera. It was apparent she thought there was one there but wasn't sure exactly where it was. He could see her signing, very slowly. Very careful. He tried desperately to figure out what she was saying, thankful that he had been working hard on his sign language. Myles slid a pen and paper in front of him.
"Some thing about Greg. Dangerous. If we find him, we need to be careful. Sorry I didn't get to say… goodbye? What? SUE!" She kept going as tears went down his face. She was saying goodbye. "Miss you all, love you all. Don't worry. Move on. Forgive. Always love you." At the last sentence she moved her focus slightly and looked directly into the camera. Jack looked at Myles, and saw a tear running down his face.
"Jack, she's signing again." Jack looked back at the screen.
"Something about not seeing her. She's not sure if there's a camera or not. Cake? Man? Warehouse? Something about Greg again. He's taken her. Dangerous. Be careful. I think she's repeating her message again." Sure enough, Sue repeated what she had said. Jack saw the tears going down her face. She closed her eyes in a haze of fatigue and rested her head against the wall.
"She was saying goodbye." Jack said quietly.
"That's not all though Jack. Cake, Man and Warehouse. Was she telling us where she was?" Jack flew back to his computer and searched madly for any warehouse nearby that resembled Sue's clues.
"Myles – I think I found where she is!" Jack exclaimed, praying that he was right.