Chapter 23:
They all rushed to the computer screen. Sure enough, another man had entered the room. Sue looked confused. It didn't look like she recognized Cain, which led the team at the FBI to believe that she had no idea that Greg was Pratner. Greg went up to Sue and bent down to tell her something. A second later, Sue was standing up. He pushed her against the wall, and a look of fear spread across Sue's face.
Immediately, D started to make phone calls to get things moving before it was too late. They couldn't afford for the deal to end and for Pratner to leave with Sue. Or leave her dead. While Jack, Myles and Lucy were watching the screen, Bobby came in.
"What's going on?" He asked immediately. Myles filled him in. He rushed over to the screen.
"How's she holding up?"
"Well, Cain just walked in. We know he's there. Pratner told Sue something but then he and Cain both left. She's alone in there now," answered Jack.
"Okay, well lets head over there right now! We know where she is!" Myles stepped in.
"Bobby – we can't do anything yet. We have to wait until Ted talks to SOG and SWAT. We need to be careful. One wrong move and they might get rid of their witness. Wait until we hear from Ted. Anyways, I think you should stay here with Jack and Lucy."
"WHAT?" said Jack and Bobby together.
"I think it's better if you stay," said D.
"No way, you can't stop me." Bobby retorted back.
"I'm coming," added Jack quietly. Myles and D decided to let Ted handle it. They knew there was no way they would be able to convince the two men not to come, especially concerning who was involved. After a few minutes of silence, Jack turned back to the computer. Sue was still sitting alone, obviously contemplating something. Greg must have threatened her and told her what she needed to do. Just do it Sue, prayed Jack, do it and let them keep you alive until we find you. Pratner walked back into the room. This time, alone. He turned to Sue and said something. Once she flicked her eyes over to the camera, but a second later her focus was back on Greg. She just nodded. Then he left. She buried her face in her hands, her body shaking with her tears.
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A strange man had walked into the room where Sue was held captive. He was silent and just kept looking at her. She turned to Greg.
"I'm glad you're awake. This is a friend of mine, Josh. He's deaf so you're going to translate for us." He informed her.
"I don't understand." She responded.
"You don't have to. Just tell me what he says, tell him what I say. We'll be back in a few minutes." He picked her up and pushed her against the wall, his eyes telling her that she had no choice. Greg signaled to his friend Josh to follow him. Sue caught her breath, tears welling in her eyes. She sat back down, leaning against the walls that held her prisoner.
Should I do what he says? He just wants me to translate for his friend. This doesn't make sense, Sue thought frantically. Greg walked back into the room, this time alone.
"We're almost ready for you. We'll come in here to make sure you don't escape." Sue glanced quickly at the camera, but focused her attention back onto Greg, so he wouldn't get suspicious that she suspected anything. "You're job isn't that difficult. Just help us with this conversation and I won't kill you. If you refuse I will kill you. And I'll kill Bobby and Jack and all your little friends at the FBI. Maybe you don't hold much value on your life, but I'm sure you don't want to be the cause of your friend's deaths. So be a good girl." And he walked back out.
Sue was torn. She was ready to die. If it was her time. But she couldn't bear the thought of being responsible for the death of her friends. She knew he was an evil man and didn't doubt his threat. She couldn't hold back her tears any longer. The sobs of confusion and hopelessness welled up in her chest, and she buried her face in her hands – crying for her pain, crying her despair.
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Thing's were starting to roll at the FBI. The SWAT team was prepared to leave and surround the warehouse. SOG currently was watching the location, to assure that the help that was coming wasn't detected. Ted asked Jack and Bobby to stay behind, but was finally convinced to let them stay in the van while Myles and D, and the SWAT team entered the building first. Lucy decided to stay with Rick and watch the computer and Sue, as to alert them if they noticed anyone coming. It was almost time to leave and finally save Sue from this nightmare.
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Greg and Josh re-entered the room about 5 minutes later. Greg picked Sue up and barked out his orders.
"Ask him where everything is." Sue just stared at him. She didn't say anything. Greg took out his gun and pushed it against her temple. "Now." Sue could barely breathe. She turned to Josh and signed. She kept thinking in her head, they will find us, they will find us. Over and over.
"He said it's in the secure location in LA." She informed Greg. The hold on his gun loosened. He then put the gun back in its holster realizing that there was no need for it. She was in his control now. She wanted to save her own skin.
"Well, I'm glad you're at least cooperating Sue. Hopefully you're this cooperative later when it's just you and me alone." Her heart stopped. Maybe it was just better to die. "Tell him next that I've got the dough." She did a double take. Dough? That's one of the words he said when he was on the phone that evening. She was still confused. She turned to Cain again and signed what he had said. Cain just nodded.
"Where?" Cain signed. Sue repeated it to Greg.
"Tell him it's in the 3rd place in New York. Basement. Hidden under the floor." Confusion wasn't even the appropriate word for how Sue was feeling. They were obviously doing something illegal, but they were giving her, an FBI agent all the information? Greg was serious. He wasn't going to let her go and she wasn't going to be their little pawn any longer.
"No more." She said quietly. Greg turned to her.
"What do you mean no more?"
"I mean I'm not doing this anymore. You're on your own." Cain looked at her dubiously. She signed what she had said to him. He looked angry and looked at Greg. Greg just shook his head.
"Doesn't matter. We know what we need to know. We don't need your help anyways. There's always the good old pen and paper. It was just more fun using you. Now you're going to pay for being disrespectful. You need to learn control. I'm in control." Greg took out his knife again. It still had Sue's dried blood on it. This time he punctured her arm, deeper than the last wound he had inflicted. She cried out in pain and held her arm with her other hand.
"That's just the start. That's for you to think about your actions and wish that you had listened to me. I warned you before. Now it's too late. Joshua and I are going to finish up business and then we're going to deal with you." They walked out of the room. Sue closed her eyes in pain, begging for it to end before he hurt her even more. Her hand was covered in blood. Her eyes flitted over to where she thought the video camera was. She was just imagining it. There was no camera. She was getting her hopes up for nothing. She was going to die without ever saying goodbye to her family and friends. She just prayed that Greg wouldn't go after them too.
Sue looked over into the dark corner on the other side of the room. It was covered in shadow, completely out of the light and impossible to see. She crawled over to it. She took her blood-covered hand and started to write out a message. She just hoped that someone would find it, someone other than Greg, Josh and the other man who had taken her hostage.