After I thought about it, I've decided to continue posting this story on here. :]
Enjoy Chapter 5. As short as it is.
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When Riley awoke yet again he groaned, and looked up at the clock. It flashed 2:30 pm, back at him. He pushed himself up, and slowly walked into the bathroom, splashing water on his face. He walked downstairs looking for Ben. Shouting his name, he looked all around and when he couldn't find him started to panic.
Ok, Riley, calm down. Abby will be home from work in 2 hours. Maybe, he's hanging out with her. Riley shook his head, knowing it was stupid to reassure himself. After a few minutes of debating in his head, the phone rang. He ran towards, glanced at the caller ID, seeing it was Ben's number and answered in a hurry. "Hey, Ben. Where the hell are you?" Riley asked in a teasing voice, grinning.
"Oh, you wanted to talk to Ben. I'm sorry but he can't come to the phone right now. You know, it's kind of hard to talk when you're gagged." Riley's smiled faded as he heard Ian's all to familiar voice in his ear. "What the fuck have you done with Ben?" He growled at Ian, knowing fully well he wasn't going to like the answer to the question.
"Oh, nothing. Yet. I've just got him all tied up and gagged in the back of a truck. Oh yeah, and we're in the middle of Texas." Ian told him in a cool voice. Riley heard the click of the phone as Ian hung up. The sound echoed in his ear for what seemed liked years. He's got Ben. He's got Ben. Oh shit, he's got Ben. Ben….
Riley jumped out of his trance as he thought of what Ian might be doing to Ben and starting dialing the one person he knew he could trust. Agent Sadusky.
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Ben fought against the ropes that tied his legs and arms together as he heard Ian talking to Riley on the phone. He tried yelling but the gag just made him cough. He fought with all his might and as he saw Ian close the cell phone he thought of how he had let Riley down.
Riley, his Riley, had been waiting for him. Riley who had gone through so much in the past weeks and now Ben had let him down, getting kidnapped by the same man who made him scared and had hurt him. Ben moved slightly looking around the van and trying to figure out a way to escape. He saw a girl tied up a few feet away from him. He noticed that she looked like she was about 16.
"Oh, don't bother trying to find a way out of this," Ian drawled, "You'll never do it. You're going to go through what your little boyfriend went through when we get to the end of our journey."
Ben gulped; he did not like the sound of that at all. Not at all.
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It had been four hours since Riley had called Saudsky. He had very quickly and nervously re-told everything that had happened. Saudsky hung up with a quick "We'll get him back" once Riley told him where he said that Ian had claimed to have Ben. He sat down, his head in his hands, eyes brimming with tears at the thought of Ben being hurt like he had.
He jumped up far too quickly when he heard knocking on the door. He ran to the door and flung it open. He was suddenly engulfed in the arms of a person who smelled of perfume and something else that he couldn't quite name. "Abby, thanks for coming over." Riley said quietly, putting his arms around her.
She pulled back and smiled wearily at Riley. "You ok, babe?" Abby asked, placing a hand on Riley's cheek. Riley smiled slightly at her, and nodded. "Since when am I you babe?" Riley asked. Abby laughed a short, sad, sounding laugh. Riley moved so; she could walk inside and make herself comfortable. "I guess you're going to be staying a while?" Riley asked, looking pointedly at the suitcase he hadn't noticed before that she carried.
"Yeah, I figured now was a good time to move back in." Abby said, looking at Riley. Riley sighed, "Do you want some coffee?" he asked hoping that Abby would say because he needed to do something. Abigail nodded and after a few minutes silence said "Sadusky, is taking care of it. Ben will be fine." Riley nodded slowly, "I know….I'm just scared…After what Ian did to me…." He broke off, his voice cracking. Abigail got up and walked over to Riley putting her arms around his shoulders. "Shhh, it's ok Ri, it's ok." He leaned his head on her shoulder and let the tears fall from his eyes, silently asking God to please let Ben make it out ok.
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Author's Note: I'm sorry I took so damn long with this. I've been so busy with real life and school and this chapter, as short as it is, took me forever to write. I'm sorry to everyone for making you all wait so long. Thank you to everyone who have been so helpful and kind to me. I'm planning on maybe two more chapters of this story and then ending it.