Five

Connor hadn't slept in over 24 hours. He'd been trying to find a way to locate Abby. It had so far proved a virtually impossible task to do on his own. So when he got back to the ADD after grabbing a coffee he was surprised to see Danny there.

'I'll help' he said 'but don't expect anyone else too'.

'Thanks'.

'Don't mention it. Abby didn't want you to die more. It was obvious and if there was another way she would have done it'.

Suddenly a video came up on screen. It was from an unknown sender. It showed two thing. The first, Helen, who was saying what she wanted. The second, Abby, being beaten. Connor gasped and almost dropped his coffee. He would've turned the video off but he knew that if he did then he'd have no hope of finding where Abby was.

Connor winced at every blow Abby received.

By the end of the video Connor felt sick.

When the beating stopped Helen spoke she said 'this was because she tried to escape and if you, Connor, don't come here alone and do as I ask then I will make you and the whole ARC see Abby being slowly killed.

The video ended and Connor and Danny were speechless. It was Danny who broke the silence 'we have to help her, regardless of what Lester said, we need to show him that video and I need you to run a trace on that video'

'It should be easy to trace, she wont of bothered to hide where she was'.

Danny nodded 'ok, start now'.

'DANNY!' Lester's called out from above them.

'What?' Danny shouted back.

'The minister is on the phone, he wants to ask you a few questions regarding Abby. Connor your next' Lester replied in an irritated tone.

Danny ran up the ramp and left Connor to trace where Abby was.

Sarah's mobile went off; she had a message.

Glancing down to look at who had sent it she sighed as she saw who had, it was from Abby.

Frowning Sarah out the artefact down and opened the text.

It read; tellhimnt2cm.

Sarah didn't know what it meant or what to do with the message. She didn't trust Abby, but if Abby had only been knocking them out to prevent Connor from dying then maybe she should be trusted after all.

Ignoring Lester's instructions from earlier she started typing a reply to the text. If Abby replied then she could be trusted, if she didn't then she couldn't be trusted.

She pressed send and waited for a reply.

She waited five minutes.

Still no reply.

Helen must of sent it as a trick Sarah thought and went back to the artefact.

It only occurred to her a couple of minutes later that Abby's phone could have been taken off her before she even received the message.

About half an hour later Connor knocked on her door.

'Come in Connor' Sarah said.

When Connor came into the room Sarah immediately regretted deleting the message.

Connor's eyes were red and puffy, he had bags around them and he was wearing yesterday's clothing.

'Are you okay?' Sarah asked him.

Connor shook his head and mumbled 'no'.

'Is it about Abby?' Sarah gently asked.

Connor nodded.

'It wasn't her fault' Connor said 'you know Abby, she would never of done something like this unless someone's life was at stake'.

'I know'.

'Anyway we got a video from Helen'.

'Oh'.

'And, um, well it shows Abby, being beaten up' Connor said, his eyes threatening to spill the tears that glazed them.

Sarah's face paled 'oh my God' and all thoughts of Abby being with Helen disappeared.

'I found out roughly where she is being kept, I'm going to go and get her back and I'm going alone'.

Realising that Abby's text was actually for real Sarah said 'you can't go, you shouldn't'.

'Why? She'd do the same for me'.

'She' Sarah started.

'Yes' Connor prompted.

'She sent me a text'.

'She did! What did it say?'

'It said, tell him not to come, I didn't understand what it meant at first but I think it means you shouldn't go to her'.

'Let me see it' Connor said.

'You can't'.

'Why?'

'Because, because I deleted it'.

'You did what?' Connor said anger clear in his voice.

'I thought it was a trick, I'm sorry'.

'Connor!' Danny called 'Lester wants to you to speak with the minister'.

'I've got to go Sarah, look can I trust you not to tell them where I've gone?'

Sarah was about to answer but the ADD went of alerting them to a new anomaly.

Connor groaned.

Danny came into view. 'The questions can wait lets go deal with that anomaly'.