(Author's Notes- Well we've FINALLY updated! Yayy! Thank you everyone for your continued support!

On a sad note, most of (if not all of) E.B.F.R.'s fictions will go on a hiatus (probably to be continued in summer or whenever the large writers block that I have goes away) or I get really inspired and make time to write. In addition school has started up again, and I don't want to procrastinate...that's a bad thing. However, I will be continuing this one throughout the semester w/Cleopatra1. Also, 1 or 2 chapters of Emily's Secrets (including the chapter contest winner) will be posted before I put a hiatus note on everything. (With the exception of this story.)

Thanks so much! Now on to chapter 4! Please Read and Review! Thanks! Cleopatra1 and E.B.F.R.)

The Essential Testimony

Chapter 4

Elizabeth, Lucky, Nikolas, and AJ leaned on Nikolas's forest green jaguar. Juan didn't do anything with Emily, just as they were hoping. No, he was innocent, on that account. However cheating on Emily, especially when she has gone missing, he was far from innocent. It would also serve Allison right- she would be without a boyfriend too.

"What if we call the police?" Elizabeth suggested.

"It has to be forty eight hours the person is missing before you can report a disappearance." Nikolas told Elizabeth, though the thought crossed his mind.

"But Emily's a Quartermaine." Elizabeth added.

"I don't think Mac or any of the officers will care. I have a bad record myself, and Emily just went through one disappearance, they will have trouble thinking this one to be real." AJ explained.

Elizabeth frowned. "What other options do we have left?" Time was slipping away fast, and the sooner they didn't find Emily, most likely the longer distance traveled with her kidnappers.

"There's the Sorel thing. OR perhaps another enemy for all we know." Lucky spoke up for the first time since he gave Juan a dishing.

"But to really know if he or whoever really did it, we'd have to contact…" Elizabeth stopped. They had the eldest brother with them; he (AJ) and the younger brother did not get along at all.

"Jason, no way. Over my dead body. I am not going to get him into this. He's probably the one who got her in trouble in the first place." AJ totally rejected the idea of bringing his little brother in this mess.

"But he is Emily's brother too." Lucky added, knowing that couldn't be denied.

"And?" AJ didn't see the point, didn't want to.

"Who cares! You said yourself she's probably gone because of Jason, so why can't he help if that's the case?" Nikolas didn't want to add Jason either, but knew it was needed. It might be the only way to find Emily. His resources were limited unlike Jason's and Sonny's.

Lucky set AJ straight. "Elizabeth call Jason." Liz did as told. To AJ, he said "I know you don't like him, but this is his sister as much as yours. Find a way to deal with it."

AJ knew he was outnumbered, but that didn't mean he had to like it. He knew Jason could find Emily, but even if he did, would that put Emily in more danger? He suspected so, that's how Jason's business went.

Elizabeth called Jason and told him what was happening. He wasn't happy, but no one expected him to be. He told her quick instructions and hung up.

Elizabeth walked over to them. "Jason said to meet him at the school." She told them.

"The high school? Why?" Nikolas asked.

"Because that's where the kidnapping happened." Lucky caught on.

Elizabeth nodded. AJ still grumbled away from the conversation.

"But it's probably locked." Elizabeth told Lucky.

Lucky smiled. "I can take care of that."

Lucky did and the others met Jason at the school. He was already looking in the dressing room, where Emily had been kidnapped from. They didn't ask how Jason got in; they really didn't want to know. AJ and Jason ignored each other presence.

"Want to explain the timeline?" Jason asked everybody, it could help.

"The play ended at 8:30, and Emily came back here. Juan had gone in to congratulate Emily and Alan and Monica came in here for the same reason a few minutes later." Elizabeth explained, Jason grunted at the name Juan, but said nothing.

"I came in when Alan and Monica left. Juan left and I let Emily have her space. That was the last time anyone saw her." Nikolas finished vaguely, skipping the part where Juan was mistreating Em. No need to bring that up just yet.

"And you think it's a kidnapping?" Jason asked.

"Yeah, we have no proof, besides the back door, but we can't say for sure it was used." Nikolas told Jason.

Jason nodded and looked around. His hands fell across the towel where Emily wiped some lipstick off. Or he thought it was hers anyway. He didn't actually come to the play, though he was starting to regret that he didn't.

"Did Emily wear this during the play?" Jason asked everyone, wanting reassurance.

"Yeah, she did." Elizabeth answered truthfully.

Jason sniffed it. "Well if that wasn't a clue, this is." He held up the rag. "Chloroform. It was definitely a kidnapping." Jason's hands were in bunched into fists.

No one said anything, now worried. If anything happened to Emily, she would be unconscious and unable to fight. She was defenseless unless she would awake and judging from the amount on the rag, that wasn't going to be anytime soon.

Jason moved on, being his emotionless self, though you could see worry in some quick moments.

"Elizabeth, could you come here?" Jason asked from the mirrors. Everyone was confused and curious, but Elizabeth did anyway.

"Stand right in front of the mirror, and act like your washing off blush." Jason ordered her and everyone now understood what Jason was doing.

Reenacting Emily's kidnapping scene.

He continued. "Lucky," He called because he was the closest to the door, Nik and AJ was leaning against the walls. "I want you to walk to Elizabeth, quietly as if you're up to no good."

Lucky did it with pleasure, finding it a little fun, being the Spencer of the group. He quietly stalked toward Elizabeth and Jason told him to stop as he approached Elizabeth. Elizabeth could see the kidnapper, which means Emily saw the same thing.

Jason explained it to the audience. "If Emily was grabbed like this, it means she saw the person, probably armed with the rag in hand. She fell into shock and upon instinct and fear screamed, probably not before she was hushed. She fights a little I'm guessing, but can't do much damage, because she falls unconscious, inhaling too much, too fast."

Nikolas frowned, unhappy now that they knew what happened. He filled in the rest, because he found the back door open. "So they carry Emily's unconscious body to the back, to not gain attention, open it, and take her to a getaway car. Driving off to unknown location, making no extra attention, but speeding the average people usually does around here."

AJ was not starting to like this. He had a feeling that his baby sister was in major trouble, and they weren't even close to figuring out what happened. Too many suspects and many could-happens. He was beginning to feel useless, before he thought of something. "So if you know you do wrong, you step on it, making tire tracks most likely, so you don't get into trouble." He observed.

Everyone agreed with him. Nikolas found a flashlight, and he, Lucky and Liz went to check it out, hoping AJ was right. They were running out of clues fast.

This left the angry estranged brothers in the same room. They glared at each other uncomfortably. Jason was the first to speak.

"Listen, I know you hate me and I hate you, but this is about Emily, not about us. If were going to find our little sister, the only thing we have in common, we need to be on some peace or balance."

"Be civil for our sister's sake?" AJ translated, not liking the idea of working with Jason, but he could be useful and this was about Emily, and she was in serious trouble. No past could mess this up, or else they'd never see Emily again. Not a good thing. She was the sane person of the Quartermaines' (in addition to Lila).

And they were the big brothers, everyone knows they protect with their lives. They had to, no one will get away with kidnapping their baby sister, no matter the brothers difference.

"Yeah, temporary deal, until we get Emily back?" Jason vowed they weren't backing down without her.

"I'll go with it, if you do." AJ said, against his better judgment, but he had no choice.

They shook hands in agreement reluctantly. By then Lucky, Liz and Nikolas were back.

"AJ was right." AJ smiled smugly, not being able to hide it. "There are tire tracks, think we can track the car down by the patter of the tires?" Lucky supposed.

"Did you draw what it looked like?" Jason asked, and Elizabeth, being the artist of the group, held out a drawn pattern.

"I'll get this analyzed. AJ, go to Quartermaine Mansion and tell everyone. Everyone else, get some sleep. Its going to be a long day tomorrow, you'll need your rest. Lucky, tell your father what's happened if he's awake, he might be useful. Meet at my penthouse at eight in the morning, if not earlier." Jason left and everyone went their separate ways.

Elsewhere…

An unknown man kept watch at on a sleeping angel. They were going to kill their employees for putting too much chloroform on that rag. It was far too much for the fragile gift that got delivered to him earlier.

The angel slept quietly, their mind in turmoil. She imagined blood, violence and mystery. Running and hiding, anger and tears everywhere. She didn't know what it all meant, but she had a clue. She will be saved; the people that held her dear wouldn't stop until they found her. They were protective like that.

The next day, Zander and Alexis stood outside the court room, waiting for the star witness to come.

She was just running late, they told themselves, until the dreadful phone call. Alexis answered it. It was Ned and he said that she needed to know something. She went away from Zander, to speak privately. Zander didn't like that, something was wrong, he could feel it in his gut.

She hung up a minute later, took a deep breath and came to Zander. She was pale, worried, not good signs.

"What'd Ned say?" Zander asked, not really wanting to know the answer.

"It's about Emily. She won't be coming." Alexis started to panic; there was no way Zander would be let free now.

"What? Why not? Where is she?" Zander asked.

"They don't know. Apparently she had a play last night, went to the back to wash up, had some guests, and…" Alexis didn't want to say it. This was a disaster.

"And?" Zander asked impatiently.

"Disappeared." Alexis spoke.

(Author's Notes- DUN DUN DUN! Now what? Well you'll just have to wait-) Please Review! Thanks-E.B.F.R. and Cleopatra1)