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Chapter 5: Caught Off Guard

It had almost been two hours, and they were still driving down the trail in the pitch black with nothing but the headlights to guide them.

Peter had insisted on driving, saying that he had experience when it came to driving on rough ground. After a bit of arguing, Olivia gave in, deciding that she was tired anyway. Saunders couldn't have cared less, and just went with whatever Olivia decided.

Over the course of thirty miles, the trail had deteriorated from bad to worse. It was obvious that this trail hadn't been used in a long time, and Peter had to detour from it occasionally to avoid trees growing in the middle of it.

Eventually, the trail stopped. There was nowhere to go but backwards on it now. Yawning, Peter slowed the truck to a stop and killed the lights. Turning on the smaller light in the truck, he looked over at Olivia. She was curled up on the passenger seat, facing the window. Smiling to himself, he grabbed a blanket from behind his seat and gently covered her with it. She stirred a little bit, fisting the blanket in her hand. Saunders was sprawled across the narrow back seat of the car, snoring quietly. Yawning again, he turned to his side and closed his eyes, quickly falling asleep.

Saunders woke with cramps in almost every part of his body. The back seat of the truck was way too small for a man his size, but he had slept there anyway. Now, he was going to regret it, especially since they had to hike a few miles. Sitting up, he noticed that Peter and Olivia were still asleep. Realizing that this was his chance to contact Faber, he quickly got out of the truck and checked the time: 5:23 AM. No wonder they were still asleep, it was still really early.

Quietly heading to the back of the truck, he grabbed his bag and rummaged through it. He was trying to find his encrypted phone, the one that the FBI wouldn't be able to trace. Finding it, he headed into the forest, out of earshot of the truck.

Once he was satisfied with his distance from the truck, Saunders stopped and pulled a map of the area from his pocket, setting it down on a fallen tree. About two miles northeast from the general location of the girl, he marked an X. That was where Faber's men were going to set up camp. It was next to a river, giving them an easy escape route. Taking out the phone, he called Faber, hoping he was awake.

"This had better be good," Faber said groggily into the phone, answering on the fifth ring.

"Well, nothing special really," Saunders replied, knowing he wouldn't get in trouble since he was doing a fine job, "just telling you that we've arrived at the end of the trail and were going to be hiking from here on out. You might want to tell your men to be ready."

"Will do," Faber said, starting to wake up and get an edge to his voice again, "You'd better not fuck this up Saunders, we've had too many mistakes for me to handle another one." Not giving Saunders a chance to respond, he hung up.

Sighing, Saunders shut off the phone. He knew Faber was serious, he had grown extremely impatient ever since the girl had disappeared. However, what he didn't know, was why he wanted Agent Dunham. Faber had never specified why he wanted her, just that he wanted her as soon as possible. He would ask why, but Faber wasn't the kind of guy that liked to be questioned, he had learned that the hard way.

Running his hand through his hair, Saunders folded up the map and placed the phone in his pocket. Turning in the direction of the truck, he headed back, silently praying that Bishop and Agent Dunham were still asleep. To his disappointment, as he neared the truck, he could see both of them walking around, packing a few last minute things into the bags.

"Where were you?" Olivia asked, as he stepped into view. She had seen him from the corner of her eye, and it seemed like he didn't want to be noticed.

"Just taking a nice morning walk," Saunders replied smoothly, not going with the typical 'bathroom' excuse, "I'm used to waking up this early so I thought I would just look around for a bit."

"Oh okay," she said, her suspicion of him growing, "Well were getting ready to go, you might want to pack."

"Okay." he replied, grabbing his bag and making sure everything he needed was still in it. He had a few extra things just in case, an extra gun, chloroform (even though Faber said not to use it), and duct tape. Once he was satisfied with what he had, Saunders threw his backpack over his shoulder, ready to go.

"You ready?" Peter said, approaching him from behind and catching him off guard.

"Uh yeah, is Agent Dunham?"

"Yep, were heading out now, if we walk at a steady pace we should get to the location around 5:00." he replied, heading into the forest where Olivia already was. Following behind, Saunders knew that all he had to do now, was wait.

A while later, Saunders checked his watch, 4:12 PM. They had been continuously hiking for about nine hours now, and were starting to get close to the location. He had to act soon. Running over the possibilities in his head, he took in a few factors: He had emptied Agent Dunham's gun, and assuming that she hadn't reloaded it, she couldn't shoot him. Peter Bishop would be in the way, but he wasn't an idiot. If Saunders threatened to shoot Agent Dunham, he knew Bishop would stand down. They might try to run, but it would be hard to get anywhere in the dense forest. After considering these things, Saunders decided that it would be best to get to the point and catch them off guard.

Olivia was in the lead, with Peter not far behind. Slowing to a stop, Saunders dropped his bag, ready to run if need be. Peter noticed that he had stopped first, and had turned around.

"What are you doing?" he asked, getting slightly annoyed, "We just stopped ten minutes ago!" Hearing the commotion behind her, Olivia stopped as well, walking back to stand beside Peter.

"I know," Saunders said slowly, watching the two of them like a hawk. Then, before either could react, he grabbed his gun and pointed it at Olivia, "I just need to get down to business."

Imitating Saunders actions, Olivia took her gun and pointed it at him as well, a look of shock on her face, "What the hell are you doing?" Peter just watched Saunders, shocked and wondering the same thing Olivia was.

"Like I just said," he replied coldly, keeping the gun aimed at Olivia's chest, "I needed to get down to business. Now put the gun down and both of you get on your knees."

Neither of them moved an inch, instead Olivia went into FBI mode, "Okay, this is what's going to happen, you are going to put the gun down, and you are going to get on your knees." Clicking the safety back on her gun, she had a determined look on her face, not going to back down.

Saunders was worried for a second. He had emptied her gun a day ago, she might have noticed it was empty and reloaded it since then. If that was the case, he was screwed. Deciding to find out whether or not she knew, he laughed, saying, "Your gun isn't loaded princess, so like I said, get down on your knees."

Olivia's face blanked for a moment, shocked and caught off guard. Saunders smiled, realizing that she hadn't reloaded the gun, and took a step closer. Snapping out of it, Olivia decided to test what he said and pointed at a tree, pulling the trigger back. Click. At that moment, the gravity of the situation came down on her and she looked back at Saunders, gun still in hand.

Before she could say anything, Peter spoke, with a threatening tone in his voice, "Were not moving an inch until you tell us what the hell is going on." Then, he took a small step forward so he was slightly in front of Olivia.

"You are going to stay here," Saunders said pointedly, then turned to Olivia, "And you are coming with me." he paused, allowing his words to sink in, "That is what's going on."

At this point, Olivia had checked her gun, and sure enough, it was empty. Disgusted, she tossed it to the ground, wanting it nearby just in case. Then she turned around with her hand on her head, motioning for Peter to do the same. There was no way she was going with this guy without a fight, but she needed to catch him by surprise.

Peter complied, following her motions, but knew from the look in her eyes that she didn't plan on cooperating. Getting on his knees, he watched Saunders out of the corner of his eye, "Better watch out buddy, wouldn't want to trip and fall." he said sarcastically, as Saunders stumbled over a tree root.

Keeping the gun poised at Olivia's back, Saunders took out his handcuffs and cuffed her hands behind her back, ignoring Peter's remark. Realizing that he didn't have a pair for Peter, he cursed and decided to deal with him quickly. Looking back at Olivia, he said, "Don't move or I'll put a bullet through your friends head." She nodded slowly, thinking of a way to escape.

Satisfied that Olivia wouldn't move, Saunders took the gun and put it up to Peter's head. With his other hand, he went through his bag until he found what he was looking for: chloroform. Taking a cloth, he dumped some of the chloroform onto it, allowing it to absorb. Quickly, without warning, he brought the cloth over Peter's mouth and nose, pressing the gun painfully into his head all the while.

Peter recognized the sweet scent immediately. He knew it was chloroform and had dealt with it many times before. Not breathing, he struggled violently but stopped when Saunders hissed in his ear, "I don't have to keep you alive, so I strongly suggest you stop moving."

Now Peter knew what to do. Still not breathing, he let his body begin to go limp, pretending to react to the drug. After another few seconds, he completely collapsed to the ground with his eyes shut, wincing at the impact of the rocks on the ground. He then pretended to be unconscious, hearing Olivia say, "What did you do? If you just want me then leave him alone!"

"Shut up, bitch," Peter heard Saunders reply, along with the sound of his fading footsteps. He had now turned away from Peter.

This was his chance. Quickly, he opened his eyes and kicked Saunders in the back of the knees. Saunders cried out in shock, pulling the trigger of his gun on accident with a bang. He then fell to the ground, the gun flying from his hands into the brush, nowhere to be seen. Not wasting a second, Peter got up from the ground and rushed to Olivia, who was now lying against a tree, gasping.

She was holding her side, and when Peter looked to see what was wrong he saw that she had been shot. The bullet had just skimmed her side and missed any vital organs, but the blood was flowing freely. As she gasped, Olivia struggled to keep her eyes open.

Peter hissed, trying to stay calm, "Livia, it's fine, just concentrate on something else, okay? Stay awake for me, concentrate on something else." As he was saying that, he ripped a part of his sleeve off and tied it around her waist, temporarily stopping the blood flow. As he held the cloth, he kept repeating, "Concentrate on something else, you're gonna be fine." He was saying that more to keep himself calm than Olivia.

Saunders had now gotten up and was heading to his bag to grab his back up gun. He had hit his head on a fairly large rock and his head was throbbing in pain. Peter looked up from his position, and as soon as he saw Saunders, lunged for the bag, but Saunders beat him to it and ran out of reach, looking through the bag for the gun.

Making a split second decision, Peter ran back to Olivia and scooped her up into his arms. Whimpering in pain, she closed her eyes and buried her head into his shoulder, biting hard on her lip to prevent herself from screaming. Looking back at Saunders, who was still searching for the gun, Peter ran as fast as he could into the forest, not knowing what to do next.

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