"Well," Danny states, " Seeing as thought we know who took them, we just have to figure out where the hell they are."
"Yea." Jack answered, in a way that indicated he was only half-paying attention to Danny.
They had traced the email back to an Internet café, which was now closed for the night and the owner was nowhere to be found. They had no leads, no tips, the APB was useless and the Bennetts were getting frustrated.
"Hey!" Samuel Bennett exclaimed, "He sent me another email."
I figured you might want some proof of life before you dropped 2 million so I set up a webcam. Go to this web address and you can see them, live, with audio. I expect an email back asking for a drop location.
"Someone get that website up now!" Jack ordered.
People started rushing around and as soon as it was up everyone crowded around the laptop computer. A small screen popped up, at first nothing was visible, then it came into focus. They could see a room, an empty room. They stared for a while until the door burst open. Sophie was dropped on the ground and without turning around the perpetrator was out the door again, slamming it behind him.
"Ouch! That hurt!" Sophie screamed in frustration.
"So we really do have audio," Jack exclaimed, "but where is Sam?"
As if to answer his question the door burst open again and Sam was dropped right next to Sophie against the wall.
"They really have it coming," Sam sighed and leaned back. She looked at Sophie, "So Soph, you have any ideas?"
The two had no idea of their frustrated audience. The IP address on the webcam was apparently eluding them at the moment. According to Samuel Bennett, this Walter guy was nothing short of computer wizard. The only thing they could do was watch. And they watched as two very smart girls attempted to escape. They were both tied up, hands and feet, but no mouth gags.
"Sophie, scoot over here, sit back to back," Sam ordered.
"Got it!" a willing Sophie replied.
"They are going to try and untie themselves," Jack explained.
"Damn, they're smart," Samuel Bennett practically cheered.
They watched in astonishment at the events unfolding in front of them. Sophie and Sam sat back to back working, one at a time on the knots that bonded their hands.
"I got it!" Sophie whispered ecstatically.
Sophie's hands were free and she quickly untied Sam's hands. Within about 5 minutes both of them were totally untied. They sat quietly against the wall until Sophie broke the silence.
"Now what?" She questioned somewhat stoically.
Their audience waited for an answer. Sam didn't have one but she looked, at least it seemed, straight at the camera.