Chapter 7

"I knew they were going to be asleep still." Said Lucy as she came back into her room. Tara smiled and handed her a bagel.

"Hungry?" asked Tara. Lucy smiled and nodded.

"Very." Said Lucy. She grabbed the bagel and took a bite. She stopped and looked around the room.

"Where did Sue go?" asked Tara. She looked up from her own bagel.

"She went to go find you." Said Tara. Lucy shook her head.

"Well, she didn't find me." Said Lucy.

"Where were you?" asked Tara. "I thought you were right outside." Lucy nodded.

"I was, but then I went to go wake the guys up." Said Lucy. "Then we started talking about the case and well… you know." Lucy went over to her bed and started to clean up her blankets.

"Where did Sue go then?" asked Lucy as she stopped to put her pillows back. Tara pointed to the door.

"She had Levi, I think he needed to get out." Said Tara. Lucy nodded.

"Okay good." Said Lucy.

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"Come on!" said Lucy. Tara and Lucy had been standing outside the guys room waiting for them to come out.

"We should probably go back to the office you know." Said Tara through the door.

"And we totally understand that you got up about 20 minutes ago and I'm sure you look fine." Said Lucy. The door opened. Bobby was standing on the door ready for work.

"Geesh, were ready to go, Jack and Myles are just finishing up some work." Said Bobby as he opened the door for Tara and Lucy.

"Hey, I was wondering," said Lucy, "maybe we should go visit Dimitrius." Said Lucy. Jack looked up from his computer.

"Sure," said Jack. He looked back down and then his head snapped up.

"Where is Sue?" asked Jack.

"Levi needed to go outside." Said Tara. Jack looked from Lucy then to Tara.

"You let her go outside?" asked Jack. Lucy put her hands up.

"I was with you the whole time!" said Lucy. Jack immediately looked at Tara.

"She went to go find Lucy." Said Tara. "Besides the guards are out there." Instantly a ding erupted from Jack's computer.

"Jack," started Lucy, "Was that-"

"My email." Said Jack. He sat down in his chair and clicked on his new email. Instantly his hand flew to his mouth. Tara and Lucy raced over to look at the screen.

It was a picture of Jack and Sue. He and he were talking as they were at a scene. Jack had his hand on her shoulder in the picture.

"That's odd," said Bobby. "Doesn't he usually send the picture after he's attempted to murder them?" Instantly lights went off in everybody's head. Jack quickly read the words at the bottom on the page.

"Take a last look." Said Jack. He looked up at his team with a very confused look on his face. He instantly stood up and raced for the door wretching it open.

"John!" he yelled. The agent standing by the stairwell came from around the corner.

"Jack?" asked John. "What's going on?"

"Sue," said Jack. "Where is she?"

"Courtyard, Levi needed to go out." He said. Jack shook his head and began down the stairs.

"Why did you let her out?" asked Jack as he made it to the landing. Lucy looked over at Tara.

"She better be okay." Said Bobby sternly to the guard at the door. And with that they all followed Bobby down the stairs.

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It was dark. Sue immediately opened her eyes but found that she couldn't see anything. It was cold and the floor she was lying on was hard. She went to feel the ground, knowing it was cement, and found her hands were tied behind her. Sue tried to open her mouth to find it had been taped shut. Levi was no where to be seen.

Fear instantly took over her as she tried to get up from her position. She swung herself up and hit her head on something. Sue winced in pain as she laid back down. She shook her head trying to remember how she had gotten here.

"Come on Levi, does it really matter where you go?" asked Su. Levi was poking his head around every single tree and bush that was in the courtyard of the hotel. Sue looked up at all the windows that faced the area. It was a yard that was surrounded by the hotel. She took a deep breath and made her way over to a bench that was by a small man made pond.

"You can go some where here." Said Sue. Levi gave her a disearning look.

"What?" asked Sue. "Why must you be so difficult?" Sue looked up as she noticed a man approaching with a small dog.

"Hi." The man said. Sue gave the man a smile.

"Hi there." Said Sue. The man pointed to the seat beside her.

"Can I sit here?" asked the man. Sue looked from the man and to the little dog who was sniffing the grass and wagging his tail.

"Sure." Said Sue. The man gave her a smile and sat next to her.

"Thanks." He said as he looked at Sue. He took a deep breath and looked up at the sky.

"Beautiful day." Said the man as he faced her. Sue nodded.

"Yes it is." Said Sue. Sue felt slightly uncomfortable beside the man. He gave her a weird feeling.

"Do you want something?" asked Sue. The man smiled.

"As a matter of fact I do." Said the man. He grabbed her and pulled her behind a nearby tree. He covered her mouth with his hand. He loosened her grip on Levi's leash and he kicked the dog away.

He turned pushing Sue against the tree.

"Remember, you'll see soon enough." The man said. And instantly Sue closed her eyes as she saw him pull his arm back. Within two seconds Sue was hit unconcious and was falling on the grass.

Sue shook her head again and began to rotate her wrists. They were tied behind her, and she could feel the blood on her face from the blow she had received from the man.

Sue stopped moving and layed face up. Tears began to stroll down her face. Giving the situation, Sue thought she would be praying for her life, but she couldn't get an image out of her head. Another tear ran down her face. All she wanted was Jack to find her.