Gracie watched from the window as Maria and Ryan both drove away from the house. Were they that stupid enough to leave her alone? Or did they think she was still asleep? Either way, she was getting out of here. Gracie walked over to the door and tried opening it. It was unlocked so she was now in the hallway. She headed towards the stairs and quietly entered the kitchen.

'I need a phone.' she said to herself, looking around the room. She finally heard a beep and swerved around. There, on the counter, was a cell phone, blinking. 'Thank God.'

Gracie grabbed it and flipped the top open. Something else caught her eye and Gracie grabbed it as well.

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Ainsley glanced at her desk, hearing her cell phone ringing. Sam leaned over and flipped the top open, not recognizing the number on the Caller ID.

"Hello?"

"Daddy?"

"Gracie? Oh God... honey where are you?"

"I don't know."

"Give me the phone!" Ainsley hissed, reaching for it. Sam stepped out of her reach and held a finger up.

"What do you mean you don't know? Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine." Gracie heard a car come to a stop with a screech and she raced upstairs, closing the door to the room she had been in. She then went into the closet and closed that door as she sat down quietly on the floor. "Daddy, it's that Ryan guy."

"We know sweetie. Do you remember passing anything familiar when you went to whatever place?"

"No. I woke up in this room." Gracie strained to hear anything from downstairs and pressed her back against the wall. "Dad, it's not just Ryan. It's this woman... Maria. Ryan told me all about her. She's an agent, a FBI agent. She's at the White House Dad. They're working together because Ryan wants Mommy and Maria figured she'd get you in the end. Ryan kidnapped me because he wanted to split you and Mommy up. He shot you just in case you and Mommy didn't split."

"Well neither cases worked honey."

Gracie jumped as she heard the bedroom door slam open and she grabbed the doorknob, holding it tightly.

"I knew it!" Ryan hissed. "Gracie!"

"Gracie, listen to me... everything is going to be fine. Okay sweetie?" Ainsley was now on the phone.

"I have to go." she whispered.

"No. Grace, don't you dare hang that phone up."

The door swung open and Ryan grabbed the phone from her.

"Hey Ainsley."

"Let her go Ryan."

"No. Not until you do what I want."

"Ryan, you really don't want any trouble."

"There won't be any trouble."

"I can't see you. I'll have agents all around me and you won't be able to escape."

"Then sneak out. But it's going to be too late. She was just a bargaining chip Ainsley."

"Don't hurt her."

The phone went dead and Ainsley dropped down into her chair, sobs racking her small frame. Sam crossed the room and held her against him.

"It's gonna be okay."

"I just want her back Sam!"

"I know honey, I do too."

"He's going to do something to her. I know he is." Ainsley cried, burying her face in Sam's side. He rubbed her back slowly, feeling tears sting his own eyes. Sam suddenly pulled away from her and headed out of the room. "Sam!"

He didn't stop walking until he got to the Oval Office and turned and looked at Bridget.

"Get Maria Stokes in here now."

"What do you want me to tell her?"

"That's she's requested in the Oval Office." Sam replied, slamming his door shut. Josh jumped out of the chair and looked at him.

"What's going on?"

"You better leave."

"Why? What are you going to do?"

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Ryan pulled Gracie out of the closet and she struggled against him.

"What did Maria tell you? Huh? If you didn't do what we said then bad things would happen right?"

Gracie kept silent as her hand reached into her pocket. Ryan slammed her into the wall, making her yell out in pain. He gripped her wrist and pulled her hand out of her pocket. In Gracie's palm, was her panic button. Ryan grabbed it and threw across the room and it landed somewhere under the bed. He pulled Gracie out of the room and she tried pulling away from him. That, however, only resulted in Gracie falling down a few stairs and landing on a small landing. Ryan stared at her unconscious form at the bottom, and smiled. He stepped over her body as he stepped off the stairs and grabbed his keys as he headed outside.

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Bridget poked her head in and said,

"She's here."

Sam waved a hand, showing he was listening and kept his back towards the door. Maria walked in and shut the door behind her.

"Mr. Vice President..."

"Sorry, wrong guy." Sam turned around in his chair and Maria smiled.

"Mr. President, I was expecting the Vice President."

"Yeah. I wanted to talk to you. Take a seat Agent Stokes."

Maria sat down and looked at Sam.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" she asked.

"How's the investigation coming?"

"No leads. I'm sorry."

"Really? I got a call saying, you knew where my daughter was."

"I don't."

"Funny. It was Gracie who told me you knew where she was, seeing as you met her but... that couldn't be possible since you came in AFTER she was abducted." Sam said. "You do realizing you're lying to me right?"

"Yeah."

"Where is she?"

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Sam jumped up as Josh entered the room.

"I just got a call from Peterson." he said quietly. "They found the place."

"Was she there?" Ainsley asked. Josh nodded.

"She was lying at the bottom of a staircase. They took her to GW. They're checking her over. All I know is that she has a fractured arm and a very bad concussion."

Sam pulled Ainsley to him and held her.

"Is she awake?" he asked, looking over Ainsley's shoulder to Josh. He shook his head. "How long ago was this?"

"I just got the call Sam."