19 Hours Missing
Unknown Location
Eric and Jessica soon became bored and began to play a series of memory games to try to be not so bored. It lasted for about ten minutes. "Okay, that didn't work," Jessica said, as she got to her feet and stretched. "So what do you think they're like?" She shot Eric a glance as she turned to face them. "Are they like us? Or are they different?"
"I have no idea," he answered, as he looked up at her. "That's a secret all in its self. We'll know when we get out of here. But I bet after this is over and we get to met them, we'll be taken back by them. They'll be more than we've ever thought they would be."
"I bet you're right. They probably are cat people, strict, and speak languages."
The door opened and a man walked in. "We need to talk," he said, as he motioned for them to walk outside and they did as they were told. "Sit." They sat down on two stools that were set out for them. "Now we need to talk to you.
"About what?" Jessica asked, as she shot Eric a glance. "We don't know all that much."
"What would you do is we separated you?"
"Why would you do that?" Eric asked, as shock crossed Jessica's face. Eric knew that Jessica didn't want that to happen. She would panic if they were separated from each other. "I thought you guys would get more money if we were together?"
"We would, but we wanted to know your ideas about separation."
"For bad guys, you seem kinda on the gentle side. Are you sure you're in the right kind of profession?"
"Yes, we are."
"Just checking." A small smile crossed Jessica's face and a rush of relief went through Eric. "So you're not going to separate us right now?" They shook their heads no. "But you might if they don't play by your rules?" They nod. "Gotcha." He then shot a glance over at Jessica. "So what's going to happen to us now?"
"You guys hungry? We brought you some stuff to eat. We figured you had to be hungry."
"Thank you," Jessica said, as they took the sandwiches and bag of chips from them. "That was very thoughtful of you."
"Yeah, we're trying to keep our bad boy reputation up." The twins looked at them with curious looks before laughing. "I know, we have to work on it. Eat."
"Okay, we'll eat. Don't want you to loose your day job."
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FBI: Missing Person's Head Quarters: Bull Pen
It was eerily quiet when Martin and Sam got back to the bull pen. "Okay, where are the others?" Sam asked, as she looked around, as she slid out of her coat. "I thought we were supposed to meet them here?" Martin shrugged as he looked around. "Think they've found something about the twins?" He shrugged again. "Oh, that's very helpful, Martin."
"Hey, guys," Danny called out to them, as he came up behind them, causing Sam to jump. "We got some good news."
"Like?"
"We found out why the twins were taken?" He set down the coffee he was carrying and handed them a cup. "Jack thought coffee would help us think better."
"Thanks, Danny." Sam took a long drink of her coffee. "We got the Larsons to go back to paying the ransom. They really thought the twins were dead." She ran a hand through her hair and looked around. "Where are Jack and Vivian?"
"They're listening to the recorder again. Listening to see if they missed anything that they might have missed the first couple of times."
"Wonder how the twins are doing?" Martin muttered before he took a drink of his coffee. "It's got to be taking a toll on them by now. Even if they have "nice" kidnapers, the stress of all of this, has to be taken some toll on them."
"I bet it is," Sam said, as she looked down at her coffee. "But that's not much we can do for them right now. We have to go with the next clue that the kidnapers give us." Sam got up and went over to her desk and took up the picture of the twins that she had taken from the house. "Danny, do a favor. Run this picture with the foster system. See if throws out any matches."
"Okay," Danny said, as he took the picture from her. "But aren't these the twins?" Sam nodded. "But the Larsons didn't say that the twins weren't adopted."
"We didn't ask them?"
"Maybe we didn't ask them the right questions?" Jack said, as he came up to them with Vivian. "That was what the recorder told us to do. Was to ask the Larson the right questions. It seems that the twins may not be who we really thought that they are."
"Your kidding?" Danny said, as he sat down. "They're not cons. They couldn't that off."
"No, not con artists. Something different. I think that's what their secret is. The kidnappers may know what their secret also."
"Well, I'll run this through the foster system database," Danny said, as he got up and headed off to do that.
"We're going to the Larsons," Jack said, as they headed for the elevator. "We need to know all their secrets. If the twins are adopted, we needed to know everything about them."
"Why wouldn't they tell us the truth about that in the first place?" Martin asked, as they got into the elevator. "Why would you keep it a secret?"
"Maybe the twins don't know they are adopted?" Sam pointed out, as she slid her coat on. "Some parents find it hard to tell their kids that they are adopted. If they get them at young age, it's easy to raise as their own children, because they don't remember their own parents."
"Well let's hope that they'll talk to us more freely about the truth this time," Jack said, as they headed for their cars. "Because I don't really like being lied to all that much." They then got into their cars and headed for the Larsons' house.
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