Mac sat quietly eating his pancakes, his father had cut them up, telling him it would be hard to cut them with one hand, as if sitting here with one hand handcuffed to the table was an everyday occurrence. His father was sitting quietly too. So much for finding out some more information. He was just about resigned to the fact that he was just going to have to escape as soon as possible without finding out anything more, when his father spoke, and it seemed to Mac that he'd turned into yet another person.

"I'm so sorry I've had to do this Angus, I'm so sorry that I left you behind and that I haven't got in contact before now. You must understand that being an agent and having a family is extremely difficult, after your mother died it was even harder. I know I wasn't the best of fathers, but I tried my best. One day I realised that you'd be better off without me and so I went, I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't give it a second thought."

Mac didn't know what to say, thinking maybe it was better to say nothing, he didn't want to stop his father from telling him more of what he needed to know.

"I left the agency under a bit of a cloud and I had to go dark. I did think about tracking you down and taking you with me, but you were basically still a child and being on the run is no place for that. As the years went by I kept an eye on you, kept thinking maybe I should reach out, especially when you joined DXS. You seemed happy though and I didn't want to intrude, I was still living under the radar and didn't want to put you in a position where you'd have to turn me in. Six months ago, that all changed when some threats were made, I knew that you wouldn't be safe unless you were with me, so I came up with a plan. I knew you wouldn't be happy at first, knew that I'd have to make some tough decisions, but I knew once you'd got used to the idea of us being together you'd be happy staying with me. I just have to stay the course until that happens and then I can take you to the place that's really mine, I think you'll like it."

"I'm glad you told me all that dad, and I'm sorry that things didn't turn out well with the CIA. If you'd have contacted me I wouldn't have pushed you away, it would have been nice to know that you were still thinking of me. I still don't understand this need to keep me safe, even if it's not what I want, you have to see that it's wrong?" Mac was so pleased that his father had changed into this man who wanted to share, he was just concerned about how long it would last.

"It's not wrong to want to keep your child safe." James said, looking at Mac as if he wanted him to understand.

"No of course it's not. What is wrong is the way you're going about it. I don't feel like a son who's being kept safe, I feel like a prisoner who's done something wrong."

"You won't always feel like that, I'm sure in a few days you'll come to your senses and see things my way. If you behave yourself I won't do anything to hurt you, and the only time the sedatives will come out is at night. This time next week we can put all this behind us and look forward to a future just you and me."

Mac knew that nothing he said was going to change his father's mind, it was like he was living in a delusion. His only hope was of escape or rescue, he felt he should say something about that, he wasn't sure his father had taken his team into account.

"You know my team will be looking for me."

"They won't find you; I've been covering my tracks for ten years; I know what I'm doing. I'm not expecting them to just give up, but once we've left here and we're at our new place, they'll have no new leads and they'll have no choice, they'll forgot about you Angus, realise they're never getting you back and move on."

"They won't do that, Jack won't do that, he'll never stop looking."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because they're family."

"I'm your only family Angus, you better start remembering that."

"They've been more of a family than you've ever been!" Mac exclaimed; he couldn't help himself. How dare he say that they'd stop looking for him, that Jack would forget him.

"End of discussion Angus, it's time you went back downstairs, I've things I need to do."

Mac held his tongue, he knew that he shouldn't set his father off, he said he wouldn't hurt him if he behaved, but it was hard. The same thing happened going down the stairs to going up, the handcuffs were removed, and the rope was back, the blindfold put over his eyes. Part of him wondered if it was just about disorientation, or whether there was something he didn't want him seeing. He was pushed slightly onto the mattress and the manacle reattached around his ankle, the other restraints were removed, and his father headed back up the stairs.

"If there's no trouble between now and tomorrow morning then we'll do this again. I don't want you to have to stay down here longer than is necessary. I'll be back later with lunch."

Mac sighed as the door shut and the lock sounded, part of him wanted to give his father no trouble, unfortunately as soon as he was brought lunch he was going to launch the plan of escape he'd come up with the day before. He really hoped the team were having more luck than he was.

"Dr Thomas, thank you for talking to us," Matty said, looking up at the woman on the big screen.

"I'm not sure how much I'll be able to tell you, patient confidentiality and everything," the doctor responded, a little overwhelmed with the amount of people in the room she was talking to.

"I appreciate that, but this is about a man that the CIA have disavowed, who they believe to be dead. Also, we don't need specifics, all we need to know is what we can expect."

"Obviously, this man isn't dead then, if you want to know what to expect when you find him?"

"I'm going to be honest with you Dr Thomas, this man is very much alive, and he's kidnapped his son, a good friend of mine and we are going to do everything we can to get him back." Matty paused to let that sink in, she didn't want to get this woman in trouble, but she wanted some answers. "What I need for you to tell me is your diagnosis of Agent James MacGyver, we seem to be getting a sense he had multiple personality disorder, is that correct?"

"I'm sorry about what's happened to your friend and I'll help however I can. Yes, that was my official diagnosis, unfortunately before we could run more extensive tests he disappeared and no one heard from him again."

"Can you run us through some on these personalities?"

"Of course, while I was working with him I noticed three distinctive personalities, there was the meticulous man who you could tell straight away was an agent, everything was to the point, direct, nothing was out of place, rules were to be followed to the letter, then there was the quiet subdued man, he seemed to want to please everyone, never spoke out of turn, kind, caring. The third personality was the complete opposite, harsh, mean, would be angered at the drop of a hat, if things went wrong he turned to violence, I never liked to be in the room alone with him if he came out. All three together didn't really look out of place, that's how it started, it wasn't until these personalities started separating that the problems began."

"Do you know how often the different personalities came out?" Matty asked, thinking like all of them that Mac was going to draw out that third man eventually.

"It varied on what was happening, the violent personality could come out and then a minute later the quiet one would take over. You have to realise I haven't seen James in ten years, there's no telling how these personalities are reacting now."

"What would be your best guess, if he didn't receive treatment?"

"Without any treatment they'll come to the surface more and more, usually after time the dominant one stands out and the others fall to the back. Again, it depends on the situation, if he hasn't had a lot a contact with other people then it's possible he could have a handle on it, especially with the techniques he learnt from the agency."

"Well thank you Dr Thomas, I'll let you know if we have any more questions."

Matty turned off the monitor and turned to the people around her, knowing what they were thinking before anyone even spoke.

"That is not good for Mac," Cage said, the first one to speak. "He'll immediately push back, try to escape, that violent personality is going to come to the surface."

"Mac's smart, he's gonna realise there's not something quite right with the old man, hopefully that'll stop him doing anything to make the guy mad," Jack said, knowing before saying it that it wasn't completely true. He knew Mac, he wasn't going to give up trying to get away, even if it did cause his father to turn on him.

"We need to find him before that happens," Bozer said, trying hard not to think about what Mac could be going through.

"That's the plan, unfortunately we're not any closer to finding him. The traffic cam footage was a bust, I guess James knows how to avoid the cameras. I've started writing a programme that will search for James and Mac's faces, but it's gonna take a while for it to be complete. Luckily, it was something I was working on anyway."

"That's great Riley. James is smart, he knows to avoid cameras and he knows how to stay hidden, but he's got Mac with him now, he might have to do things a little differently," Matty said, wanting to keep people's spirits up.

"We still don't know why he took him now!" Bozer exclaimed. "Is it just me or was this really out of the blue?"

"We don't know how long James has been planning this, it might have seemed out of the blue to us, but to him maybe it was the perfect time. You were away for the weekend, he was alone, if Jack and Mac hadn't made last minute plans no one would expect to see him until Monday," Cage replied.

"That's just scary, to think that he's probably been watching us," Bozer said, pacing across the room. "Gives me goose bumps."

"You're a genius," Riley cried, making everyone jump.

"I am?"

"I never thought about looking at camera footage from days or weeks ago, you're right, he must have been watching."

"You're right," Jack replied. "I think we need to go back around the neighbourhood, show James's picture around, someone might have seen him hanging around."

"Go, take Bozer. We'll start looking into how he might have found out information about you guys," Matty said, practically shooing them out the door.

Finally, they might have a lead, Riley thought, we're coming for you Mac, hold on.