Chapter 11

"Darren?" Natalie gasped very shocked. Looking at him she realized how Willow knew him. He was her supposedly dead fiancé. But then this was Llanview maybe she shouldn't be all that shocked she thought to herself people turn up alive all the time.

"Bull! You knew. You just didn't care! If you cared you wouldn't have gotten pregnant by the first guy that came alone after me!" Darren shouted at her, his grip tightening on the gun.

"I didn't!" Willow said starting to get over the shock of seeing Darren again and beginning to get angry.

"Don't lie to me! I've seen her." Darren yelled getting more and more angry.

"I'm not lying!. Isis isn't my biological daughter. Rex and I adopted her last year." Willow said not wanting to get into the circumstances surrounding the adoption.

Darren looked stunned at first but then his face closed up and his lips tightened. "It doesn't matter anymore. You're married and I'm not a part of that."

Natalie watched the exchange with interest. Maybe she could disarm the man and they could get free. Slowly she inched to the side trying to get into position to knock the gun from his hand.

Darren suddenly saw what Natalie was doing and turned around quickly. "Stop right there!" Aiming his gun at her he said, "Now isn't the time for this." Slowly backing out the door he slammed it behind him and slid the lock back into place.

Meanwhile at LVPD

"Daddy!" Isis cried running up to Rex. Jumping into his arms she hugged him tightly. "I got a 100 on my math test!"

Rex smiled at her, "That's good sweetie."

Isis jumped down and ran to John, "Uncle John!" She squealed as he picked her up and gave her a hug. "Where is Mommy and Aunt Natalie?" she asked.

John and Rex looked at each other and Rex replied, "They went out for a while."

RJ came into the room as John was setting Isis on her feet. "Granpa RJ!" She exclaimed happily. Running to hug him as well.

As RJ was hugging her the phone rang. Rex looked at RJ and asked him to take Isis into the other room.

"Hello," John said, answering the phone this time.

"I want a million dollars for the return of your women. I want it by tomorrow morning or both women die! I'll call back with further instructions." Said the distorted voice before hanging up.

"What did he say?" Demanded Rex. What ever the guy wanted they would give him!

"He wants a million dollars by tomorrow morning." John said. He was puzzled as to why the kidnapper was willing to wait so long for the money. He had to know that giving them time would also give them time to track him down. Something wasn't right with this set up. It was almost like...like...

"What's the matter John?" Bo asked seeing the look on John's face. He knew that look. It meant that John was seeing something that the others did not. "We can get the money. They will be fine" Bo said trying to reassure him.

"It's not about the money. There is something not right about all this. I just can't seem to figure out what it is. It's almost like this guy wants to give us time to find him." John sighed; he was even more worried now then he had been before. Natalie was his life and he couldn't lose her. Not now. Not ever.

"Wait a minute. Why would he want us to find him?" Rex said not understanding. "Why would he kidnap them if he wanted to be found?"

"I. Don't. Know!" John said loudly with frustration. This was very confusing. Taking out the mps of Llanview Mountain he began to look it over. He had to do something other then just wait for the call.

"What are you doing?" Bo asked. He knew John was upset but he had to keep it together, for Natalie's sake. And Willows.

"I'm checking out the camping areas on Llanview Mountain. We need to figure out where Willow was last night. Maybe we can retrace her steps and find her and Natalie. Or at least a clue to where they might be." John explained. They had till the morning to find this bastard and nothing was going to stop him. He concentrated on trying to pick out locations that Willow might have gone to find witness of the night Margaret was murdered, forgetting everything but finding his wife and his sister.

Rex looked at the map with him. Willow was his world. She was pregnant with his child and she didn't even know it yet. How was he going to live his life if he didn't get them back? He hadn't even realized how much he wanted a child of his own until he got that call telling him that he was going to be a father. He had Isis but that wasn't the same. She was a wonderful daughter and a great kid but he didn't get to watch her being born or sit up with her at night just holding her. He wanted that. He wanted those moments with Willow. The 3 am feedings and the days with out sleep. Those were all things that he wanted with Willow. The woman he loved. The love of his life.

"Hey its ok. We'll find them. They're going to be fine." Bo said to Rex. Seeing the younger man with tears in his eyes Bo felt terrible for him. He knew that if it were his wife and sister he would be a wreck just like John and Rex.

"What?" Rex said running a hand over his face. Feeling wetness he realized that he had been crying. "I can't lose them. Bo. I just can't."

Back at the cabin Natalie and Willow looked at each other stunned. Willow sank to the floor and began to cry. Natalie sat next top her and put an arm around her. "It's going to be ok. We'll get out of this."

"How can he be alive?" Willow asked through her tears. "They told me he was dead."

"I don't know Willow." Natalie said, seeing the similarities between this situation and what happened to Cris. "Are you sure it was Darren?" She asked knowing that sometimes things weren't what they seemed.

"Of course I'm sure! Just look at him!" Willow exclaimed, "Its him. You don't think I would recognize him?"

"Well, it's just that after everything that happened with Cris..." Natalie said slightly hurt by Willow's words.

Willow saw he look of hurt and heard her words and suddenly remembered what had happened to Cris, "Oh Natalie I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be like that. I know what happened with Cris was terrible but I really don't think this was some imposter running around with Darren's face." She said not knowing that the imposter had actually been the real Cris.

"What are we going to do now?" Darren asked Spencer. "They saw my face! You said that tranquilizer would keep them out for 12 hours!"

"I don't know!" Spencer said. Things were not going as planed. He did know that the cops had to be puzzled as to why they gave them so long to get the money together. Spencer knew that while they were figuring it out he could go ahead with his last plan against the Buchanan's. This one would cripple B.E. and devastate Asa and the entire family. He would finally have his revenge!