"They found our old hideout" Lucas herd the people talking outside of the room. "They found all of our information on what we were planning to do."

"How many rangers are in there?" another voice asked

"Add or take a few, about 4 I'd say. They are just looking around until the more advanced detectives came" the man answered back. "What should we do?"

"Haha," the man snickered. " I've got an idea."

Nathan was tired of just sitting around so went up to go and get a drink of water when he herd the two officers talking.

"Well they found some pictures" The one started " They got the car stuck in a mud puddle though so they can't drive it here, so we got to go pick it up and bring it back here to see if they can identify it and see if any of the men in the picture are the men that kidnaped the kid"

"That would take a lot of time," the other said back

"I'll go" Nathan blurted out. The officers looked over at him. " You're right... it would take to much time for you to drive there to get the pictures, and drive back. Just take me and I'll tell you."

The officers looked at each other not sure if they should let him but they could see Nathan was not planning on backing down so they agreed. He went back to tell them he was leaving.

"Nathan are you sure it's a good idea" Haley asked concerned.

"Hales this would save a lot of time, if they knew exactly who they are, maybe...maybe it could do something to help I don't know. I'm not trying to pass off anything that could help Lucas." He hugged her and said gently.

"Well I want to go with you." She told him

"Not enough room Haley. Keith is coming too. Don't worry I'll go there and be right back" he gave her a kiss on the head and started to walk away. Peyton walked over to Haley and they sat down near each other talking lightly. Keith gave Karen a warm hug goodbye and told Whitey to watch over her. Nathan's parents weren't to happy but there was no chance in arguing plus Keith was going along for the ride made it easier to accept. Nathan looked over and saw Brooke sitting alone, her eyes red and puffy from crying, and for being so tired.

"Brooke" she looked up at him. " He really honestly loves you. I just want you to remember that, I wanted to make sure you knew it. In a situation like this, I know he would want you to be reminded, that where ever he is he is thinking of you."

She got up and looked at him. "Nathan, thank you" they gave each other such a warm gentle hug and then he had to go. "Good luck okay?"

He agreed and left with the cops and Keith, on the way to a place he would wish he never had to visit again.

Lucas had fallen asleep and was woken up by the door being slammed open by the same man that had chocked him earlier. He unlocked his leg and grabbed Lucas by the back of his shirt and brought him to a different room where that lady he had met before was, and another guy. "Sit" he told him abruptly.

Lucas did what he was told and looked around a room and saw they were sitting in front of a table where there was radio in the middle of it. The kind of radio where you can connect with people.

"What do you need the boy for?" they lady asked in her high pitched voice.

"You'll see, they are bringing two more rangers to the house, along with that other kid and another guy. This one's brother and his uncle.

Lucas immediately popped his head up and looked at these people. What were they planning? He started to really feel even more nervous.

Walking into the house by choice seemed a bit odd for Nathan. Last time he was here he was being dragged in the room by force. It just seemed so weird for him.

"You okay ?" Keith put his hand on Nathan's shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Where are these pictures?" Nathan asked the officer.

The officer was directing him to the room when they herd a voice from a different part of the room.

"Who is that?" One officer asked another officer.

Nobody knowing who's voice it was Nathan was pushed behind the rangers by Keith and he got in front of him and the officers guns were taken out. They pushed the door open carefully and there was nobody there, just a radio.

"Hello officers" a cold voice said from the box. " You must be proud of yourselves for finding our house, going through our things, trying to find this boy."

The officer decided they should answer back, " Listen, this would all work out better for you if you just tell me where the kid is. We're going to find him, in the end, you know it"

By this time another officer walked in, there were three more officers left, two of them were out of the house.

"Haha, work out better for me?" the voice answered, listen im a lot better at this then you give me credit for."

"Okay then, where is the boy, is he safe? Can you at least answer me that." the officer asked.

Nathan looked at the Keith who looked just as scared as he did and then looked at the officer, worried of his question, and what the answer would be.

Lucas was sitting there listening to the conversation between the officer and this man that kept him captive. Wondering if Nathan and Keith were there, wondering what was going on there, and why they brought Lucas out there to listen to it.

"There are two more officers out side" the old lady who was on the phone told the man.

"We need to get them all inside." he said to himself. "Well finally something your good for." He was talking to Lucas and went up to him and Lucas started to worry even more.

"This is going to hurt you kid, but with all the racket you'll be making it will get the attention of all the officers." he smirked at him.

"You want to know if the kid is alive?" he talked back into the radio. "How's this for your answer"

Keith froze, not knowing what he was going to hear, what they were planning on saying. Nathan could feel Keith's hand on his shoulder grow even tighter.

The man walked up to Lucas and grabbed his arm, where he was shot and squeezed it hard. Lucas wanted to yell out but he didn't want to help with the plan that he was trying to do, so he held it in as much as he could.

He continued to just breathe heavy and grit his teeth.

"Oh you think you're tough do ya?" the man pulled out his knife and cut the wound open and blood started to drip down Lucas's arm. He tried holding in his yelling more then ever now.

The man, now started to get frustrated pushed Lucas to the ground and kicked him in the stomach and Lucas couldn't help but let out a yell, as he leaned over trying to catch his breathe.

Nathan swore he could feel the hair on the back of his hair stand up. That was Lucas.

"Hold him" the man who kicked Lucas told his friend. He came and put Lucas back on the chair and holding him down while the man cut Lucas with his knife even harder this time. Lucas couldn't help it any more he had no choice but to yell.

"What are they doing to him!" Nathan yelled at the officer who looked shocked as well.

"Come on Nathan you shouldn't hear this." Keith told him trying to bring him out of the room, but Nathan shrugged im off.

The man with Lucas put the knife in just a little more and Lucas could feel the tears falling from his cheeks.

"Stop! Please stop!" he screamed trying to kick away. "Let go!"

Nathan couldn't help it, this was to much he grabbed the radio from the officer and yelled into it.

"You sick freaks! What the hell do you want?"

The man stopped, and smiled. Lucas was breathing very heavy and he could feel the warm blood soaking through his shirt, tears continued to fall from his eyes and he just gently held his arm.

"This upsets you boy" the man asked in the radio

Nathan was going to answer again but the officer pulled it away from him, "You let me deal with this son."

"Yeah because your doing such a hell of a job, give it back to me." Nathan tried to grab it back but the other officer grabbed his arm and forced him out of the house.

"Let him go." Keith told the officer. " I'll stay out here with him, you better get my nephew back okay."

"What's going on in there?" the two officers outside asked.

"We've got contact with the kidnappers." he told them. They were a bit surprised and a little shocked but went inside to see what was going on.

Nathan got so mad that he turned around and punched a tree did a full 180 until he leaned on the tree just thinking about what was going on and the situation they were in.

"Nathan." Keith went up to him.

"They are torturing him Keith, for their own sick pleasure." Nathan started

"I know, I know, it's hard, not being to just grab him and run. I don't know where he is and I can't save him."

"They are all in the house" Lucas herd the lady tell the guy.

"Do it" He told her.

Lucas saw her go to the end of the room and mess around with a few things and press a button.

Nathan was looking at the house and herd a beeping noise before he could even think what it was he herd a loud exploding noise. The house had exploded and flew Nathan about fifteen feet in the air and he landed on his back. There was smoke and debris everywhere. Nathan lifted his head up, coughing from all the smoke and fire everywhere and looked at the remains of the house. He looked over and saw Keith unconscious and ran up to him. He gentle tried to shake him. He looked over at the house, covered in fire and smoke. Those men had tried to kill him, and they did kill all of the officers inside.