18 Hours Missing
Location Unknown
"I can't believe that she was an F.B.I. Agent," Eric said to his sister, as they were ushered back to their dark room. "She was so cute. I thought that you had to be really geeky to be in the F.B.I."
"Eric, you are a total idiot," Jessica replied, as she turned to face him. "You do have to be really smart to get into the F.B.I. Just because she's blond, doesn't mean that she's not smart. I'm sure that she can kick your butt any time."
"Well I'm sure she could." Eric shot her a smile. "It's just that I thought that they would have done something different about the situation. They acted totaly different. They acted nice around her. I thought they would have threatened to blow one of us away if she wanted to talk to us. But they acted nice. I don't think that they want to hurt us. I think that they are only in this for the money."
"I did pick up on that." Jessica let out a sigh, as they were locked in and she looked around. "If they really don't want to hurt us, why don't they let us go. They just don't seem like bad guys." She ran a hand through her hair. "But I have a bad feeling that if they don't get the ransom, their nice side will go down the drain like dead goldfish and we won't be alive for much long after the deadline. We can only hope that the F.B.I. are really good are what they do."
"Right, let's hope it doesn't come to that. I don't want to meet their bad sides."
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FBI: Missing Person's Head Quarters: Bull Pen
Jack looked up when Sam and Martin came in with upset looks on their faces. "What's going on?" Martin asked, as they looked at their fellow agent.
"The parents are refusing to pay the ransom," Jack said, as he looked over at them. "We have tried to talk to them, but they've refused. Seems that they've got it into their head that the twins are dead, and no money will bring them back to them alive. So no ransom will be paid."
"So in other words, they're dead," Sam said, as she sat down in a chair and looked down at the recorder in her hands. "How could they think that they're dead?"
"Two bodies were found on the west side. Danny and Vivian are there now checking to make sure that it's not the twins." Jack moved closer to Sam's side. "How did the twins seem when you saw them?"
"They were surprised that I was an F.B.I. agent," Sam started, as she handed him the recorder. "Eric was shocked by it. Jessica didn't think anything about it. I think being held hostage is taken toll on them. They are being treated with some care. I didn't see any burns or abuse marks of any kind on either one. I don't think they have been harmed yet. But if they don't get the ransom, I think they will harm them."
Jack's phone rang and he automatically answered it. "Malone. Yeah. Gotcha. Good. Thanks, Danny." He hung up the phone and turned to look at his fellow agents. "The bodies aren't the twins. "I need for the two of you to go over to the Larsons and tell them that their children are still alive. You've seen them."
"Okay." They got to their feet and headed for the elevators only to stop. "What's on the recorder?"
"Probably another clue. I'll have the tech guys run it and I'll call you to tell you about it. Go, the Larsons need to know that their children are alive and that the ransom needs to be paid."
"We're on it," Martin said, as he ushered Sam into the elevator. "And we're off again."
"Of course."
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Larson's Home - Living Room
"So those bodies weren't Eric and Jessica?" Ruth Larson asked Martin, as she looked up at him from her spot on the couch. "How can that be? They should be dead by now. Anyone who gets kidnaped ends up dead within the first twenty-four hours."
"Not always," Sam said, as she sat down next to her, and put a hand on her arm. "I've seen the twins. The kidnapers set up a meeting with me. I was able to see the twins. They are alive and well, but they won't be if you refuse to pay the ransom. The kidnapers have coperated with us so far, but once we stop going by their rules, we believe that they'll hurt the twins, and we don't want that."
"Oh, god." Tears began to run down Ruth's face as she turned and buried her face into her husband's chest. "We'll pay the ransom. We just our children back. We don't care what their stupid secret was. We just want them back."
"We'll do our best to get them back to you, as soon as we can." Sam shot a glance up at Martin and got to her feet. "Will you excuse us?" She then joined him in the kitchen. "What?" He held out a picture frame of the twins with writing on the back. "For those who believe will fly high." "Okay. What does it mean."
"Jessica was obsessed with heights and Angels," Ruth said, as she came over and took the picture from Sam. "We always had a hard time getting her to stay on the ground. She was always on the roof trying to figure out how to fly like an angel."
"We'll keep in touch if we learn anything," Sam said, as they headed out the door. As soon as they were outside, Sam stopped and pulled out a small picture. Martin froze and looked over at her. "What? It was on the back of the first picture." She looked down to see a set of smiling five year old twins. "Probably their kindergarten picture. Wonder why it was hidden?"
"I have no idea, Sam, come on. We should get back. Maybe Jack has more got some information that was on that recorder for us to go on. The more we know the closer we are to the twins."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Let's go." They then headed back to headquarters.
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