Here's Chapter 7! Enjoy!

"Lucas, who was that?" asked Riley as she tried to sit up, but failed.

"Riley, don't try to get up," Lucas said as he took a deep breath. "The person that was on the phone was Mr. Larue."

"Well, what did he say?" Riley asked, but Lucas didn't respond. "Lucas, please, tell me what he said."

"He said that you were next," Lucas said. As soon as the words left his mouth, C.D and Trivette came in to check on Riley.

"How are you feeling, Riley?" asked C.D as he held her hand and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"I feel better now that you guys are here," said Riley. So, they stayed there until Mr. Friar got back with his and Lucas's clothes. But little did he know that he was being followed.

***Alex's Location***

"Larue, please let me go!" Alex screamed. She heard someone on the other side of the door.

"Shut up," Larue said as he hit her. Walker couldn't take it anymore. He kicked down the door and pulled Larue off of Alex. They fought for about five minutes until Walker threw him through a window, knocking Larue unconscious.

"Alex, are you okay?" Walker asked as he examined her face. He noticed a bruise on the side of her face and one on her wrist. "Did he hurt you?"

"No," Alex said as she began to cry into Walker's chest. His shirt was getting soaked, but he didn't care. As long as he knew that Alex was safe, he was happy.

"Let's go," said Walker as he escorted her to his truck. He called for backup and tied Larue up. When backup arrived, Walker and Alex left to go see about Riley and get Alex check out.

**With Riley in the Hospital**

Riley and Lucas were waiting patiently for Mr. Friar to arrive so they could go home. It had been two hours since he had left, and he still wasn't back. Before they could lose hope, a knock came from the door.

"It's open," Lucas said. The door opened and revealed four familiar faces. It was Trivette, C.D, Walker, and Alex. Alex walked up to Riley and gave her a hug.

"I'm so glad that you're okay," Alex said as she pulled away.

"Thanks. Had it not been for Blue, I would've been kidnapped," Riley said. Then, the memory of that one fateful day at the mall came flooding back into her mind. Lucas saw the scared look on Riley's face and immediately went into protective mode.

"Riley, what is it?" Lucas asked, but she didn't respond. "Riley, come on. You can tell me what's on your mind."

"I was just thinking back to the day where I was almost kidnapped," Riley said as she let out a huge breath. Lucas walked over to her and wrapped her in a warm embrace.

"It's okay. The good thing is that you weren't kidnapped and that you're okay," said Lucas. Then, Riley's phone rang, but this time she answered it.

Hello?
Hello, Riley. I've been waiting to talk to you. Is Mr. Friar there with you?
No. Who is this?
You'll find out soon enough.
What did you do to Mr. Friar?
Let's just say he'll be there later, but we need to make a deal.
Go on.
We will release Mr. Friar if you will meet us in front of KRDW.
What time and when?
Tomorrow at 3 sharp. Don't be late, or you will never see Mr. Friar again.

Then, the line went dead. Riley's face was now worried and scared. "Lucas," said Riley, "Someone has your father."

"Who has him?" asked Lucas.

"I don't know, but they said they will release him if I can meet whoever in front of KRDW at 3:00," said Riley.

"Riley, you can't do it! I overheard Larue on the phone, and whoever was on the other end of the line was talking about you," Alex said worryingly.

"Don't worry, Alex. Nothing's gonna happen," said Riley unsure.

"Did they say to come alone?" asked Trivette.

"No, but I have to be in front of KRDW at 3:00 sharp, or they will kill Lucas's dad," Riley said.

"Riley, can we see your phone and take it to headquarters to get a tracking device installed?" Walker asked.

"Yeah, sure," said Riley as she handed the phone to Walker.

"Trivette, take this to headquarters and get Adam to install a tracking device as soon as possible," Walker said as he handed the phone to Trivette.

"Okay," said Trivette as he left the room.

"Well, do you two need a ride to your house, Lucas?" asked Walker.

"Yeah, but we need to go pick up my dog at my brother's house," said Lucas.

"Okay, I'll go get the release papers and bring them back in here," said Walker as he walked out of the room and went to the front desk to get the release papers. Then, Alex's phone rang.

Hello?
Hello, Alexandra. You thought you could escape me, but you thought wrong.
Larue, I thought you were in jail!
No one can keep us apart, Alexandra. We will be together, even if I have to kill Walker to have you!
You will never have me!
We'll see about that, now won't we?

Alex hung up the phone really fast. When Walker came back into the room, he looked over to Alex who was tearing up. He gave the release papers to Riley and Lucas, and then ran over to Alex.

"Alex, what's wrong?" Walker asked as he pulled her into a hug. He stroked her hair and ran his hand over her back to comfort her.

"Larue escaped the police," said Alex.