Its night, Veronica sits in her Le Baron parked in a really dark corner at the wear house where they took Nathan Brown. After she had hung up with her father she put the code into another receiver then took the original to give to her Dad. Now she sits waiting to see who all is inside. She waits to see if all of them leave and if they are going to take Nathan with them. If they don't take him then she'll try and get him out.

'Can't the bad guys chose something else other then their usual. I mean come on, an old abandoned wear house? Why not try and be original and put it, oh I don't know, right behind a police station? i mean no one would look there. or at least in the middle of the city where my car doesn't stand out so much and people can hear me if i scream?'

A bunch of guys exit the wear house among them is Liam Fitzpatrick and Danny Boyd but no Nathan Brown. She waits till they drive away then slowly gets out of the Le Baron then ducks behind it. She slowly walks forward. she approaches the edge of the shadows and looks to see if there's any one in sight then slowly creeps forward. 'If dad ever finds out that I went here with out Backup, or went here period, he'll put a tracking device on me.' She approaches one of the windows and looks in. there isn't any one in sight. She looks through the windows again to see where all of the other rooms are. there are only three doors visible. she climbs through one of the broken windows.

'These guys must be really confidant, really stupid, or both to leave their captive alone in a place where any one can just walk right in and go get him... though I'm probably the only one who would attempt it...' she walks to a door that looks like leads to a basement. she opens it and goes down. its dark so she reaches into her bag and grabs her flashlight, she turns it on. Its huge, it looks like it was added on after they built the warehouse. It had stone brick walls, cement floors and what looked like a meth lab. 'Humm... if they stored him down here I don't think they would be planning to give him back.' She hears the squeaky grindy sound of the sliding metal door to the wear house. She runs and hides in some cupboards that look like they haven't been used in years.' One of the many good things about being small: You can hide where no one would think to look.' She shuts the doors just before she sees the light turn on through the cracks. It sounds like there's four of them.

She feels her cellphone vibrate. 'Thank god I remembered to put it on vibrate.' She looks to see who's calling. It's Keith. He hangs up. She text messages him

'What?' She types.

' I told you to stay out of this.' Keith replies.

'I know but I had a chance 2 save him and I had 2 take it.' Veronica types.

'Where are you and why are we talking like this?' Keith asks.

' An abandoned warehouse, because I don't want them to hear me.' She answers.

'Who do you not want to hear you? You'd better be at a surprise party where kids are drinking under aged and being rebellious.'

'Do you want me to lie to you.' Veronica knows she's in deep trouble but she had to try. ' When is Michael Brown supposed to go to the police?' She asks. She hears everyone leave the basement so she calls him.

" Now that the Fitzpatrick's have kidnapped his son and are holding him till he agrees not to testify he's having second thoughts but I got him to agree to give me time to look for him so I have till 8 A.M. and I've reached a dead end because Danny Boyd ditched the car which was stolen."

"Well I have some good news and some possible bad news." she says quietly, she pauses "I followed the car before it was ditched and know where they took him."

"Whats the bad news?" Keith asks.

"I'm there." She says.

"Veronica..." Keith warns.

" I know but I had a chance and as it turned out it was the only chance we had." Veronica defends in a whisper.

"If you get hurt-"

"I know" Veronica cuts him off. "and I promise that I won't do anymore field work on this case from now on."

"I don't want you working on this case at all."

"But I could help, you need my help."

Keith sighs knowing that she wouldn't give up with out a fight and even then she'd still investigate in secret. It would be better if he knew what she found out then not knowing. "Okay. hurry home and be careful."

"I will."

They said their 'I love yous' and hung up. Veronica opens the covered slightly and looks out. There's nobody in sight. She walks quietly over to the outside entrance and slowly opens the door. ' I should just go back to my car and drive away...' She turns away from where the Le Baron is parked 'But I need to know if did all I could do for Nathan.' She starts looking in windows, glancing around the outside of the warehouse to make sure no one sees her. She finally finds which room he's in and slowly opens the poorly made window. She tries not to make noise. She succeeds in not drawing the attention of the Fitzpatrick's. Nathan Brown is tied up on a bed blind folded and gaged but he looks like he's in pretty good condition. She slowly approaches him glancing at the door every few seconds. She reaches the side of the bed and bends over so she can whisper in his ear. "Nathan its Veronica. I'm going to untie you." She says slowly.

He nods in reply. She takes out a pocket knife and cuts the ropes that are binding his legs, then the ones on his hands. He takes the blind fold off and she puts a finger to her lips silently telling him to be quiet. She slowly removes the tape that they've oh so nicely wrapped around his head making sure not to pull out to much hair. It takes her a few minutes but she succeeds. She signals him to follow her as she slowly walks toward the window and opens it as quietly as possible. She climbs out then holds it for him. As he climbs out he bumps it making a loud thump. She soon after hears foot steps coming toward the door she signals him to follow again and runs as fast as she can to her car. He follows her. She starts the car and drives off as fast as she can, knowing that there is no use in trying to sneak away. After they pull out they drive down the road in silence for a short time, like they're still thinking that someone might hear them. Veronica is the first one to break the silence. "So... do you wanna call your parents?" She asks.

"Um...yeah, sure." He answers with a little fear lased threw his voice. Veronica hands him her phone. He dials the phone number. "Hey mom." He says disguising the fear in his voice. "Um.. I'm out... No I'm fine... No they didn't really hurt me... I don't know let me ask." He looks at Veronica "Where are we going?"

"I wasn't supposed to rescue you, so I'm instructed to go straight home..."

"We're going to Keith Mars' house... Because that's were he told her to go... You guys can meet us there... OK... I love you too... Bye mom." He sighs after he hangs up. As he hands the phone back to Veronica it starts to vibrate.

"Hello" Veronica answers.

"Where are you?" Keith asks.

"I'm on my way home. I just got detoured a little plus I had to wait til they left the room."

Keith sighs "Hurry"

"I will. Love you."

"I love you too" They hang up.

VM

so that's chapter 3 it came out pretty fast. i actually kinda like it. this chapter went differently then it was originally going to but i thought of a better idea and now i like it more then i would of if I'd done it the other way. i know where this is going so don't worry. and its only going to be a few chapters long so yeah... i hope you all enjoyed your Easter XD. I got 3 more reviews! its sad that I'm this happy about it but i am XD... you know something i noticed. all of the authors say review its not that hard but they never review them selves so how can they tell you to? i review everything i read... unless i can't make it through the chapter... its usually something short but i still review. i find that it helps with my typing and i need as much help with that as i can get XD.

Thank you for those who reviewed I'm happy to read what you think. and thank you to those who read this but didn't review. thank you for at least looking at it.

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A/n after beta :So this took longer thenI expected to post... It was typed a long time ago BUUUUUT some one took forever to beta :stares pointedly:I have the next chapter writen already and part of chapter 5 written so you should expect to see them soon unless holly takes forever again...

Holly's note: Cara wanted me to write a note... probably cuz I was standing over her shoulder yelling 'YOU DIDNT CAPITILZE MY NAME!' XD.. so yes.. enjoy. I'll try to get the other chapters beta-ed soon.. maybe later tonight.. Maybe!.. >.>..

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