24 Hours Missing
Clarkson's Residence
"This is it," Martin said to Sam, as they waited outside on the porch of the two story white Victorian style house. "Let's hope for the best."
"Yeah," Sam said, as she looked around. "I wonder how Danny and Eric are getting along?"
"I'm sure they are becoming best buds," Martin said, with a smirk, as the door opened to reveal a woman of forty with curly light brown hair and blue eyes. "Hello, Mrs. Elizabeth Clarkson, I'm Agent Martin Fitzgerald and this is my partner, Sam Spade. We want to ask you a few questions about your twins, Eric and Jessica."
Elizabeth's face dropped at the mention of the twin's names. "Has something happened to them?" she asked, as she took a step forward only to have her knees give out, and Martin rushed forward and caught her by her arms. "Thank you."
"They were kidnaped, Ma'am," Sam said, as she looked up at her. "We were actually hoping if you might be able to help us with any ideas of who might have taken them."
Elizabeth let out a deep sigh as she look up at them. "That would be the work of my ex-husband, their biological husband, Mark," she started, as tears began to run down her face. "He was so upset with me when I gave them up for adoption, but I had no other choice. I couldn't keep them all."
"All?" Sam asked, only to be interrupted, when the door opened and a pair of red-haired twins, about five years old, ran out. Sam eyes grew and she shot Martin a look. "You have more then one set of twins?"
"Jessica and Eric, were a set of Quads, actually," Elizabeth said, as the twins froze, looking at the grown ups. "These are my youngest. Emily and Kyle. Emily, Kyle, these nice folks are F.B.I. Agents."
"Sweet," Kyle said, as he went up to look at Sam. "You're cute." He then made a dash into the house with Emily right behind him.
Martin then chuckled as he came up behind Sam's side. "You seem to have that effect on all Clarkson's males." She shot him a confused look. "They all seem to think you're cute."
"So if you only kept one of the sets of the twins, how does he know so much about Jessica and Eric?" Sam asked Elizabeth.
"I think it would if you come inside." They then followed Elizabeth inside. Sam was the first to notice the picture of Elizabeth and Eric on the mantle. "Eric, sent me that. He was the one who tracked me down. He thought that I would want one of their senior pictures."
"So you're their secret," Sam said, as she looked over at her. Elizabeth nodded, as she looked around the room, as two teenagers filled the doorway, and Sam froze. It was looking at an exact copy of Eric and Jessica. "Oh, god."
"The other twins," Elizabeth said, as she gestured to the teens to come over to her side. "This is Zach and Brittany. Guys, these guys are from the F.B.I. They are looking into the disappearance of Eric and Jessica."
"What!" both twins said at the same time, as they looked at their mom. "They're missing? Did dad do it?" Elizabeth nodded. "Can we help them?"
"Any help will be helpful," Sam said, as she looked around at them.
"We'll come with you then," Elizabeth said, as she looked around. "Zach, go round up the twins." He then ran off to get them. She shot Sam a smile, as she came up to her side. "I know, I have more than one set of twins, and yet I call them twins when I refer to them as sets."
"Hey, if it works." Just then a crash came from somewhere to the left of them and Kyle and Emily came running towards them. "Martin, grab one." Martin snagged Kyle while she grabbed onto Emily. "Okay, now we can go." Elizabeth shot her a smile, as they headed for the door. "Are you ready to meet at least of your twins for the first time?"
"What do you mean by only one?"
"Jessica is still missing? We were only able to find Eric."
A rush of relief went over Elizabeth's face, as she and Brittany put the twins into the car. "I'm sure you're doing the best that you can." They got into their cars, drove to the airport, hitched a ride back to New York, and hitched a ride back to headquarters.
FBI: Missing Person's Head Quarters: Bull Pen
Eric's head snapped up when Martin, Sam, and the Clarksons exited the elevator and he froze when he saw Zach. "Holy shi..."Danny began, but cut himself shot, when he saw the little ones asleep in Zach and Brittany's arms. "Hi."
"Eric, you okay?" Sam asked him, as she came up to his side, and uncuffed him from his chair.
"You handcuffed him to the chair," Zach said, as he looked over at his twin, for the first time. "This cruel."
"It was necessary," Jack pointed, as he came up to them with Vivian. "I take it that this is the entire Clarkson family."
"Yes, it is," Martin replied, as he looked around. "Elizabeth Clarkson, the other set to the quads, that Jessica and Eric belong to, Zach and Brittany, and their younger siblings, Kyle and Emily."
"It's nice to meet you," Elizabeth said, as she shot a glance over at Eric. "As well as you, Eric. Your senior picture doesn't do you much justice."
"Eric?" Sam called out to him, as he started to sway next to her. She reached out to grab his arm but he was out before she could grab him. Danny grabbed him, before he completely hit the ground. "Guess it was too much for him. Poor guy."
"It's been a stressful couple of days on him," Jack said, as Danny and Martin helped Eric back into his chair. Jack then turned his attention back to Elizabeth. "We have a couple of question for you though. Vivian and I would like to talk to you. Sam, Martin, and Danny will stay here with your kids, and Eric."
"Okay," Elizabeth said, as she turned to look at her kids. "You guys will be okay with them." Zach and Brittany nodded as they looked over at the agents. "Don't worry, they'll find her. They're good at their jobs. They found Eric. I'm sure that they'll find Jessica." She then followed Jack and Vivian to the conference room.
"Here, I'll help you set up some of the chairs into some make-shift beds for them," Danny offered, as he got up to help the twins with the twins. Sam was keeping an eye on Eric as she looking at some papers. Something was not right about them. "You guys flew in."
"Takes a while to drive here," Brittany answered, as she laid Emily down, and Zach laid Kyle down. "Easier this way. We did get to fly by company jet, which was cool." Just then the TV flickered. "Why's the TV flickering?'
"Oh, crap," Danny said, as he grabbed her arm, and yanked her out of the view of the camera. "Zach get of the view of the camera."
"Why?" he asked, as he turned to look at him. He then turned to look at the tv and froze to see the man and Jessica. "It's Jessica."
"No, kidding, Eric," the man said, as he looked at him, not seeing Sam and Eric, and Martin moved over to them, pulling them back away from the camera. "You seem rested."
"Yeah, I get that a lot," Zach said, as he looked at the man. Jessica looked terrified beyond belief. She had a cut along the right side of her face and her eyes were wide with fear. "Why are you doing this?"
"Because I have to show them I have the power."
"So you hurt innocent people. You have tied up. She can't fight back. That's not power. That dominance."
"Ah, whatever, are the agents around?"
"Maybe, maybe not?" Zach crossed his arms over his chest, and looked at the man. "What's it to you?"
"Well, I guess then I can play more games with your sweet sister here and my trusty knife." He pulled out a large knife and Zach watched as Jessica moved away in fear.
"They're here."
"What do you want?" Jack asked as he came up behind Zach. There was extreme anger in his voice. Zach shot a glance over to see his mom and saw the extreme hurt in her eyes. He knew that she was seeing the same thing that he was seeing. In Jessica he was seeing a different verison of Brittany who was hurt and scared beyond belief. "You said you wouldn't hurt her."
"I grew tired and bored. I want to do more than mental exams. I want to test your agents physical strengths. Meet me at the location at the end of this feed in an hour. Bring, Sam, Martin, and of course, Eric." Then the feed was done.
"Oh, god," Elizabeth cried out, and Danny released Brittany so she could go to her mother. "How could he do such horrible things to her?"
"We'll get her back," Jack said, as he turned to face them. Zach turned to look at Eric to see that he still hadn't woken up. "Let's just hope that he wakes up by then."
"I'll take his place," Zach muttered, causing Elizabeth to look up at him with fear in her eyes. "It's the only way mom."
"You could get hurt."
"They would never let that happen. Mom, you and I both know that."
Elizabeth then turned to face Martin. "You bring him back to me, Agent Fitzgerald or else," she said, as she grabbed a tight hold of his shirt and the young agent shot her a smile. "I've raised two sets of twins, I know many ways of torture."
"I bet you do," he replied with a smile, as he looked over at Zach. "We'll take good care of him. Come on, Zach. Let's go get you ready." They then headed off to get ready for the physical exam. Not knowing what they would be doing.
Elizabeth moved over to where Eric was still asleep in his chair and put a hand on his hair. "You have a stubborn twin," she muttered as she looked over at Brittany to see there were twins in her eyes. "You all do." Brittany came over to her side and sat down next to Eric's side, sat down, curled up next to him, like she usually did with Zach. "It'll be okay, baby. They'll take care of him. They're good at they're jobs."
"Very good," Danny said, as he sat down next to them. He had pointed the camera at the wall, so that if it had turned on, it would not catch anything. "Trust me, they'll be okay. You got a good twin here. He's one goofy kid though. He got himself in trouble though. That's why you guys found himself handcuffed to the chair. He wouldn't stay calm. So we were forced to handcuff him down."
"They had such a close bond," Elizabeth said, as she looked over at Eric. "Seems about right. I had to choose which set to split. I choose Eric and Jessica. I figured it would be easier for me to tell them apart that way." She shot another glance down at Eric and chuckled. "Now I don't know if I'll be so sure."
"Mom, we're going," Zach called out to them, and they looked up to see them dressed in F.B.I. clothing. They were all in blue. "We'll be back in a bit." They then got into the elevator and were gone.
"Why when he say that did it sounded like he was going to the movies?" Danny asked.
"Typical Zach," Brittany said, as she looked over at him. "He can make a trip to the doctors sound like going to a birthday party."
"Well, I hope they have a good exam."
"Me, too."
TBC
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