17 Hours Missing
Location Unknown
"You have to wonder what everyone has to be thinking that our secret is," Jessica said, as she struggled to stay calm in their current situation. "I mean, we even were able to keep it from our parents, but I'm sure they know that we kept a secret from them now."
"From what I heard around school we either are disturbing having a child," Eric begin, as Jessica's face fell, as she turned to look at him. "Some think we came across this huge stash of family money and are going far away from here."
"I heard we are going into the Peace Corps or the Army, Navy, Marines, National Guard, one of them."
"You and I both know, that's not the truth." They let out a chuckle, as they curled closer to each other, and Eric pulled the blanket tighter around them both. "It'll be okay, Jessica."
"I know. We're going to show everybody."
"Yeah, we are."
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City Impound
Danny looked up when Martin and Sam arrived. "Hey," he called out to them, as he peered out from inside the black van. "We located the van used to kidnaped the twins."
"We see that," Sam said, as she peered inside the van. "Got anything useful for us?"
"Yes, we do," Jack said, as he came up behind them, causing Sam to spin around to face him, slamming into Danny as he was climbing out of the van. "We found another recorder with more clues. It seems that whoever took the twins is leaving us clues in order to find them before the deadline. They don't want to hurt them. They only want the money, but if they don't get the money, they will be forced to hurt them."
"So what did it say?" Sam patted Danny's arm in an apologetic way, as he rubbed his elbow from where it had hit the side of the van. "Sorry." He shot her a small smile, as he returned his attention back to Jack, as Martin leaned against the van beside Sam. "What?"
"They want to talk to you and show you the twins are okay, Sam," Jack began, looking over at her. "Just you."
"Oh, so what is the plan?" Sam crossed her arms over her chest and looked at Jack. "I figure that it is for me to met with them and make contact to see that the twins are alive."
"That's the idea, but you're not going in alone," Jack replied, as he shot a glance over at Martin. "You're going in with Martin, as your back-up. We can't risk losing you to become a hostage as well."
"Okay. Where do we meet them?" she asked, not looked over at Martin.
"At this location in half an hour." Jack handed her a piece of paper. "It's quite of drive to get there. You better get going. Call us when you get there and keep in touch."
"Gotcha," Martin said, as he looked over at Sam. "You ready?" She nodded, as they took off. "Let's do this."
"Let's do this." They got in their car and took off towards the location written on the paper.
"Was that smart?" Danny asked Jack, as they watched them leave. "Letting them go. They could be walking into a trap."
"That's why I didn't let her go alone. I trust them to keep each other safe."
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Location Unknown
The twins were drawn from their dark room by the men and taken outside to be placed inside another van. "What's with the vans?" Jessica asked Eric, as they were slammed hard onto the floor. "I like the roses painted on the side. It's kinda cute." The man shot her an evil glare. "Well if you wanted an evil looking vehicle you wouldn't have painted a rose on the side of it."
"Well I like roses," the man sneered as he looked at her. "They are important to me."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you." Jessica shot Eric a look as he moved closer to her side. "Eric, I think you should get a rose tattoo now. I'll get one even." The man rolled his eyes, as the van started to head down the road. "We're going for a field trip."
"We're talking you to show off to a fed to show her that you are alive and that we are somewhat good bad guys."
"Somewhat good bad guys? How does that work exactly? I thought bad guys were bad, not good. Hence the whole bad guy theme." The man chuckled at them, causing the twins to look at each other. "Okay, bad guy has a sense of humor. Good thing to know."
"Tell us about your secret." The twins shot another glance at each other and smiled. "Everyone knows about it. So why not tell us."
"You have to guess, just like everyone else. We didn't tell them, why should we tell you." He shot her a smile as he looked over at the other man. "We didn't even tell our family. When you guess it, we'll tell you. Not until then."
"Sounds like a deal. Let's hope that the feds keep up their end of the bargain our your going to be hurting in the end, and we're going to have to become bad guys."
"Yeah, I hope they do keep up their bargain."
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Meeting Place
Sam and Martin got out of their car and looked around. "This is the place," she said, as she looked around. "They sure chose an isolated place for this meet." She glance over at Martin to watch as he quickly changed out of his long jacket into a sweatshirt and a pair of running pants. "What are you doing?"
"I can't be seen," he replied, as he shot her a sheepish look, as he came up to her side. "I'm just a jogger. Remember. I'm here for backup. I'll be here if you need me." He handed her a tiny ear piece which she quickly put in.
"And to make sure that I'm not taken as a hostage. I get it, Martin." He reached out and touched her arm softly causing her to look up at him. "I'll be all right. You better run off before they come. Don't want to be talking to a 'runner' might be suspicious."
"And we don't want that." He leaned forward and gently kissed her forehead before running off.
"No, we do not." She then leaned back against the side of her car and waited for the kidnapers to show up. "Now we wait."
"Can you hear me?" Martin's voice called out softly through her ear causing her to smile. "You look lonely."
"I'm not lonely, I hear voices in my head." That got a soft chuckle from him. "Do you see them?"
"Yeah, they're coming up behind you. Be careful."
Sam turned to face the van, as it drove up next to her car and came to a stop next to her. The doors slid opened and two men with guns exited. "Easy," she said, as she put up her hands. "I'm with the F.B.I. I'm here as I was told to be. I came alone."
"Well that was smart of you," one of the men said, as he looked into the car and noticed Martin's clothes. "Why do you got men's clothes in your car?"
"They belong to my boyfriend. He must have forgot them in my car this morning, when I dropped him off at his place."
"Show her." The other man opened the door and the twins were yanked out to the ground before Sam. They looked up at her with a shocked look in their face. "See their alive and well. No harm has been done to them."
"Are you guys alright?" Sam asked the twins looking down at them.
"Yeah," Jessica said, as she looked up at the blond agent. "Are you really with the F.B.I.?"
"Yeah. I am."
"Cool," Eric replied, only to get an elbow in his ribs from his twin. "Hey, I was being nice. Sorry if I offended you, Miss Agent."
"Now that you've seen them, you can report back to your boss and give him this." The man tossed her another recorder and remind him of the deadline." The twins then were grabbed and put back into the van. "We have kept up our bargain and haven't hurt them. You don't come up with the ransom by the deadline and we will hurt them and not in a very good way." They then got into the van and speed away, leaving Sam in a cloud of dust.
As soon as he was sure that they were gone, Martin made his way over to Sam's side. "You okay?" he asked her, as he put a hand on her back. She nodded as she looked down at the recorder in her hands. "Come on, we need to get that back to Jack."
"They looked so confused by the fact that I was the one who came," she whispered, as Martin ushered her towards the car. "Like they were expected someone else."
"I don't think they would have known an F.B.I. agent if they had seen them on the street." They got into the car and started to drive back to headquarters. "At least we know that they're okay, Sam."
"Yeah, they're okay, and they're not panicking so that's good. They have each other to keep calm." She looked out the window for a second then looked down at the recorder. "I just don't understand these kidnapers. They seem to want to toy with us. They want us to find them, but want us to know that they mean business at the same time."
"Yeah, I know. They confuse me as well." They parked in the parking ramp and headed inside to report to Jack what they had learned.
TBC
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