Chapter 2- Who's Natalie?

"We need to catch a flight, she wont talk about this over the phone"

"Ashley, who are you talking about? And where are we flying to?" Will was confused.

"Natalie, we need to go see Natalie. She will be able to help, she might be our only chance at finding mom."

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"Wait, did you say Natalie?" Henry asked "Do you mean this has to do with her?" He said while waving at the computer.

"I think so Henry, and if it is it would explain why mom was so worried."

Will just looked between the two of them as they obviously knew something he didn't.

"Can someone please explain to me who this Natalie is, and how she could have anything to do with Magnus's disappearance? If she has something to do with this why would she help us?" He asked trying to understand what was going on.

"I'm sorry Will, I can't explain to you who Natalie is. You will need to asked mom to do that." Ashley told him.

With that she quickly left the room, she need to get her bag as they ended to catch a flight. Will and Henry followed suit and got what they needed and met with Ashley in the garage.

On the way to the airport Henry organised the flights that they would need, and luckily for them they would just make it in time to catch the flight they needed.

"So Atlanta, huh?" Will said as they boarded the plane.

"Yes Will, now when we get there you and Henry head to the hotel. I will head over and see if I can get in contact with Natalie. Once I do I will meet you back at the hotel alright?

With this Will understood that this was all the information he would get and that he just had to trust Ashley knew what she doing.

7hrs later they finally arrived in Atlanta, and it was starting to get late getting. So while Will and Henry headed of the the hotel they were going to stay at, Ashley headed to Natalie's house. When she arrived she had found that no one was home.

"Damn it! She must be at work." Frustrated she decided to try calling her to find out where she was. Thankfully Natalie answered straight away.

"Oh hey Ash, what do I owe the pleasure of talking to you."

"Well it turns out that I'm in town and was wanting to see if we could catch up?" Ashley asked, she didn't want to sound worried.

"I'm currently at work at the moment, but if you want I finish in about 45mins if you want to meet me here and we can head out for some late dinner?"

"Yeah that sound like a great plan, let me know when your finishing up and I'll come find you"

"No worries I'll message you and you can meet me at my office, alright I got to go see you when you get here" With that Natalie hung up the phone she had to get back to work.

Ashley messaged Will and Henry to let them know what was going on and to keep them updated, she then made her way to Natalie's work to meet her. Half an hour later Ashley was standing out the front of Atlanta General Hospital when a thought crossed her mind and made her laugh. She was brought out of her thoughts quickly when she received a message from Natalie saying she was finishing up and to meet her in her office. After reading the message Ashley headed in, it had been a while since the last time she was her but apart from a few decorative changes the hospital was the same as she remembered. Just as she reached the stairs to the clinic where Natalie's office was she bumped right into the person she was here to see.

"Hey Nat, it's good to see you"

"Yeah it's been way too long since we last got to see each other"

"Oh yeah a couple of months is too long" Ashley joked

"Well anyway I've just got to put all this in my office and then we can head out, alright?"

"All good." So Ashley followed Natalie into the clinic, they headed down the corridor to her office. Once in there Ashley waited for Natalie to finish what she was doing before telling her what was really going on.

"So, I kind of lied to you earlier." Ashley confessed as Natalie was putting away the last of her paperwork.

"What do you mean you lied to me?"

"Well I lied when I said that I just happed to be in town when I called. When I actually made this trip to get your help."

Surprise by this Natalie didn't know what she could possibly do to help whatever it was that Ashley needed her for.

"My help, what could you possibly need my help for?" She asked.

"Well this morning Will and I headed out on a mission and when we got back home mom had disappeared and we couldn't find her."

"Disappeared? What do you mean? Why do you think that you need my help." Natalie asked shocked.

"The only reason I think you can help is because I believe it is because of you she disappeared" Ashley told her.

"How could I be the reason she disappeared, I live 7 hrs away I couldn't be responsible."

"Look we recovered the email that mom received just before she left and this is why I believe you can help." Ashley said while showing Natalie the photos that were sent to Magnus. Natalie looked at the photos with disbelief, Ashley was right this was because of her that Magnus had disappeared.

"Wow you weren't kidding, so she received these this morning correct?"

"Yeah we saw that mom got a phone call just after these were sent, we presume that it was to make sure that she received the photos. After that she deleted the email then took of somewhere and we have no idea where." Natalie could now see the worry that was over Ashley's face.

"Hey Ash, look try not to worry about this. I have a feeling I know what is going on and how I can try to fix this."

"Great just tell me what we can do to help."

"Sorry but I don't think there's anything you can do but go back to where your staying all I'll contact you when I know more."

"No Nat, I need to help find her. I can't just sit around and wait while we have no idea on where she is."

"Look I know this isn't what you want to hear, but I am almost 100 percent sure I know who has her, and unfortunately I can't let you know who that is. She would kill me if she found out I told you."

Ashley saw the look in Natalie's eyes that proved to her this was the best option and for them to get Magnus back she had to trust the Natalie would be able to fix this.

Natalie quickly finished filing the last of her paperwork so that she could head out. She had an idea of what was about to happen and she needed Ashley to leave before she was spotted speaking with her. After telling Ashley that she had everything covered she sent her back to the hotel and then made her way to her car. Just as Natalie was reaching her car a group of men approached,

"Don't say a word, or else things will go badly very quickly." one of the men said while holding a hidden gun to her side. He grabbed her arms and starting guiding her to the car that they had nearby. She didn't say anything just nodded her head and allowed they to take her, after being placed in the back of the van with the two other men that were there the one that had spoken to her got into the drivers seat and starting to drive them to wherever they were going. Natalie could tell that by the way the this man was driving that he was trying to confuse her as to where they were going, as he kept changing directions and she could have swore he had done a couple of rounds around the same block. This didn't worry her to much as she had a feeling they were taking her to where Helen was.

The van finally came to a stop about an hour and a half later, they were greeted at some kind of warehouse by the man that she knew was in charge of all this. It wasn't a very warm welcome because as soon as she was let out of the van a fist was colliding with her face. This angered Natalie but she knew she couldn't let slip that she knew what was happening so she yelled,

"What the hell was that for, I've done nothing to you. Please i think you have the wrong person so how about you just let me go, i wont say anything i promise."

Another punch came her way this time to her stomach, while doubled over she heard him say,

"Oh you might not know me, but i sure do know you. There is no mistaking you are the person i wanted to see. Unfortunately for you you were right you did nothing to me but someone close to you did and now you both will suffer the consequence of her actions."

At least this confirmed to her that Helen must be near by if he said they were both going to suffer, that was the last thought she had before something very hard hit the back of her head and everything went black.

Back at the hotel Ashley had just arrived back and debriefed Will and Henry about what Natalie had said to her. Will was less than thrilled to hear that all the could do know was to sit and wait for this Natalie person to contact them with more information, hopefully sooner rather than later. Ashley was starting to get impatient, she knew there was something that Natalie wasn't telling her and it was starting to bug her. So half an hour later she quietly walks over to Henry,

"Henry, i need so to do something for me but don't let Will see ok?" She whispered to him.

"Ok? What is it?" He asked slightly confused as to what she needed.

"Can you go through the security footage from the hospital to see where Nat headed after a left her?"

"Ok um sure, give me 10 and ill see what i can find." with that she left him to do his work.

Ten minutes go by and Henry heads over to Ashley to show her what she had found, luckily for the Will had stepped out for a bit to go and grab them some food.

"Ash, you need to see this" and by the look on Henry's face Ashley can already tell that she is not going to like what she is about to see.

Looking at the footage Henry is showing her she jumps up and yells,

"What! How could she just let the take her? Something very bad is going on, we need to work this out."

Henry explains to her that he tried to follow where they took her but they knew where the cameras were so they got away without being seen. Will arrives back and finds Ashley pacing the room,

"What happened, did you hear from Natalie?" He asked.

Ashley didn't respond so Henry did.

"They took her, just after Ash had left her at the hospital they grabbed her and took off."

"Are you serious! Well what are we going to do now?"

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