Nicki followed the lady out of the basement, she was terrified for her uncle but she could tell that whatever was about to happen he didn't want her to see it. The kindness of the lady came as a surprise, given the current situation she found herself in. In the bathroom she sorted herself out and splashed some water on her face. Looking in the mirror she could see her eyes were puffy from the crying she had done when jamie was unconcious. The men who took her hadn't hurt her, in fact other than being locked in the basement nothing untoward had occurred.

Nicki looked around the bathroom, the only window was too small even for her small frame to get through. Even so she tried to open it figuring maybe she could shout for help but it was locked shut, the frosted glass not giving anything away about her location.

Opening the door she found the woman stood outside. She had blonde hair tied in a loose ponytail and was wearing simple jeans, Tshirt and boots. "I bet you're hungry, come on" she said ushering Nicki out the bathroom and down the hall. At the bottom of the hall they turned right into a really nice kitchen. The place they were was no dump, it was well looked after. Sitting at the kitchen table Nicki scanned around. Across the hall from her looked to be a sitting room and at the end of that was the front door, her way out. Seeing Nicki staring the lady shut the kitchen door.

"I'm Justine, what's your name love?"

"Nicki...what are they doing to my uncle?" Nicki hoped she sounded braver than she felt, truth was she had never felt so terrified in all her life.

"Nothing you need to worry about. Don't worry, no one will hurt you. It's unfortunate you were with your uncle when Marlon took him. I won't let them hurt you. Here drink this. ..."

Justine passed Nicki a cup of tea which Nicki gratefully drank, followed by a cheese sandwich.

"Can I take something down to my Uncle Jamie, he's probably hungry too?" Nicki asked hopefully. Justine just looked at her, Nicki thought she looked frightened

"Maybe later. "

"Who are those men, you said Marlon?"

"Marlon works for my brother."

"Whose your brother?"

"You ask a lot of questions"

"Wouldn't you in my position. Look, I'm just worried for my uncle. He's chained up down there like some stray dog. He's already been knocked unconcious by I'm guessing Marlon. Please...Please can you help me . Let me go, I won't tell anyone about you helping me. Just let me go and get help for my uncle, please"

For a second there Nicki thought justine looked to be considering her request when a cry erupted from the basement. Nicki stood up at the sound of her uncles cry "What are they doing to him, they're hurting him"

Justine rested a shaking hand on Nicki ' s arm. "Sit down love" Nicki sat, her ears listening for any more sounds from the basement. A few minutes later another cry erupted and then silence. Tears rolled silently down her cheeks

"Here..." justine said as she handed Nicki some tissue. Footsteps soon came down the hall and three gentlemen walked into the kitchen. Nicki put her head down, she couldn't look them in the face. She was trying her hardest not to shake in terror. The smaller of the men spoke first to the man holding the camera "load it up Angelo and send it to our friends"

"Sure thing Santino" and the man named as Angelo headed off to the sitting room.

Santino sat at the table with Nicki, justine handed him a drink.

"I'm sorry you got caught up in this kid" Santino said. "It's nothing personal with you. I'm not going to hurt you"

"What about my uncle Jamie" Nicki asked, desperately trying to sound braver than she felt. Santino just shrugged, and sipped his drink.

"Is my uncle ok?" Santino looked at her, then gestured to Marlon. "Take the kid to see her uncle"

"He needs water" Nicki blurted out before she could help herself. Suddenly terrified by the dark look that passed across Santino's face she stood up quickly and backed away. Santino stood up too, watching her. He then walked to the fridge and removed a bottle of water "here kid.

"Don't ask me to do anything else for him. You don't want to piss me off"

Nicki grabbed the water from Santino's outstretched hand. Marlon put his hand on her shoulder making her jump

"Hey" justine said "I'll take her down"

Santino sat down at the table again.

"Fine, Marlon why don't you follow and make sure everything is locked up tight after"

Nicki followed justine down the stairs to the basement. It got colder and darker as she descended the steps. As Marlon unlocked the door she felt her breathing quicken, frightened by what she would find.

"It'll be over soon" justine whispered gently in her ear. Looking over to where she had left jamie her heartbeat quickened at what she saw "that's what I'm afraid of" she whispered back as she stepped into the room. The door locked behind her and she ran across the room to Jamie.

"Uncle Jamie?" She said, reaching a hand to his cheek. He was slick with sweat but felt cold. His ripped shirt doing nothing to keep his body temperature up in the cold basement. Looking down Nicki saw the marks on his torso, two distinct bruises that painted his body an angry red and purple colour. Reaching out gently she brushed the area with her finger tips. Jamie let out a groan "Uncle Jamie, uncle jamie...Please wake up"

Slowly jamie lifted his head. Nicki tried to position herself under his arm to try to give him some support against the shackles again cutting into his wrists

"Nicki" he groaned "are you ok? Did they hurt you?" Jamie shuffled his feet, trying to gain some traction on them to ease the pull on his shoulders and the pain in his wrists

"No, I'm fine. Here..." Nicki opened the bottle and poured some water into her uncles mouth. He swallowed carefully, coughing a bit as it hit his tender stomach. "Thanks"

"Uncle Jamie, who are these people"

"I don't know. The short one"

"Santino" Nicki volunteered

"His brother was arrested by danny. He died in prison and I guess Santino blames danny and is out for payback" Nicki took a step back, fear gripped her again

"So he's going to kill you" tears threatened to spill down her cheeks again.

"Eventually. But he said his brother was tortured first, I'm guessing from his last appearence that's his plan"

He then remembered the light "I think they were filming it"

Nicki offered jamie some more water

"Year, when they came upstairs Santino asked someone called Angelo to upload it and email it. No guesses needed to know who they emailed it to"

Jamie rested his head against the cold brick behind him. His body was starting to shake, he worried that shock was setting in. However he knew that if Danny had seen that video he would do his damndest to rescue them...or die trying.