Merry Christmas all! I'll try to finish all chapters soon, but no promises. BUT if you review, there's a more likely chance of it getting finished... ^^

"Max!" The Chief groaned. "I can't believe this! You got 99 captured?"

"Chief, it wasn't really his fault," 44 put in. "You see, when they reached the warehouse, 99 hit her head on the dashboard of Max's car. That's why she slowed down."

"That's no excuse, 44. The Chief's right." Max said. "It's my fault 99's been captured."

The Chief sighed. "Max, I understand this. I really do. And you did do the right thing as far as instructing 99 to run. But we simply can't ignore the fact that you may have given 99 a head injury, which is why she was captured!"

"Chief, can't we go back and get her?" 44 asked. "It's been about an hour since they captured her. Maybe we could go undercover and get her back!"

"I doubt it, 44, they'll be on high alert since they want to set off that bomb." The Chief said.

"But Chief, we have to try!" Max protested. "What if they want to kill 99?"

"Max, if you go in, you'll get yourself killed!" the Chief said. "And I can't lose both of my best agents!"

"So we're just going to-" Max began to say, but the phone rang then.

"Who could that be?" the Chief said, frowning. "No one else should know we're here today." He picked up the phone. "Hello?"

His eyes widened, and he set the phone to speaker mode. "Would you could repeat that?"

A gruff voice spoke out from the phone. "You and I both know that you want me to repeat this for Agents 44 and 86, but since this involves 86, I'll repeat this for you.

"We have Agent 99. We have given her something for her concussion, and she's now fine. However, we are not going to give her back to you until our demands are met."

"What demands?" Max asked quickly.

"We have only two demands. First, we want 5,000 dollars, by 7 tonight. Second, we want Agent 86, and only Agent 86, to bring the money. After this, KAOS will release Agent 99. Otherwise, we kill her."

"How do we know you have 99?" Max asked slowly. Both the Chief and 44 looked at him, but Max ignored them.

"I believe Agent 44 has told you, 86, but if you need proof..." the voice trailed off, and there were sounds of scuffling on the other end.

"Max?" 99's voice came over the line.

"99!" Max said. "Are you alright?"

99 ignored his question. "Max, don't do this! They don't have-" she was cut off, and it sounded like she was struggling against something.

"99? What don't they have?" Max yelled into the phone. "99!"

The KAOS agent came back. "Does that convince you, 86?"

"What was she going to tell me?" Max demanded.

"Well, why don't you come to us and find out? Remember, 5,000 dollars, by 7 tonight, or she dies. It's your choice, 86." With that, the agent hung up the phone. There was silence for half a minute, then Max spoke.

"Chief, I have to do this!" he insisted.

"Max, it's too dangerous! I can't just let you go; who knows what KAOS has in store for you?" the Chief said.

"So we're just going to let them kill 99?" Max asked. "Chief, don't you care about this?"

"Of course I do, Max! 99 isn't just another agent to me! Both of you mean more than that, but-"

"But nothing." Max said firmly. "I'm going to save 99 and that's final!"

"Chief," 44 said hesitantly."Is it such a bad idea? I mean, couldn't we send 86 in and have backup ready at a moment's notice?"

"What backup?" the Chief asked. "They're on vacation, and it's about 6:30 at night!"

"Can't we call a Code Red emergency?" 44 asked. "With the bomb in play, it would certainly be appropriate."

"44's right, Chief! It couldn't hurt, and this way we could get 99 back, too!" Max exclaimed.

"Max, It's 6:30. We only have 30 minutes to assemble the backup, and a Code Red backup usually takes longer than that!" the Chief yelled.

"Well," Max said, shrugging on his jacket. "You should probably get started then." That said, he grabbed his gun and headed out of the Chief's office.

"Max! Wait! The money!" 44 called. "Should I go with him?" he asked the Chief.

"No, go with the backup." The Chief said, pressing the hidden red button on his desk.

99 was sitting alone in a room, nervously waiting for the KAOS agents from before to come get her. After she recovered from her injury, she overheard the agents talk about their plan. From what she was able to find out, there was no bomb, or any plot to blow up the city. For some reason, KAOS seemed to want both her and Max there.

She was very nervous because Max seemed determined to find her, and she figured that if KAOS wanted Max here, they probably had some kind of plan for them. Of course, before she could relay this information to Max, one of the agents had been successful in knocking her out and throwing her into some cell.

As 99 thought about what she could do to get Max away from the area, the doctor who had treated her snuck into the room. "Agent 99?" he asked. She snapped to attention. "Come with me, please."

"Do I have a choice?" she asked dryly, following him from the room. He led her to another room, this one crowded with KAOS agents. As she entered, they all stopped talking and looked at her and the doctor.

"What's going on?" she asked uneasily. The agent didn't reply, but instead set her down in a chair and secured her to it with rope. Normally, 99 would have put up a fight, but she didn't dare this time since most of the KAOS agents had their guns either on them or in their hands.

99 watched nervously as the agent went around the room gathering various items, but only started to panic when she saw him pick up a syringe filled with a slightly purple looking liquid.

"What is that?" she asked. The doctor ignored her and continued to make some sort of concoction with his supplies, writing something down every second. With every drop of fluid he added to the mixture, 99 became more agitated.

Finally, the doctor straightened up from his work and proclaimed in a loud voice, "It's finished! The perfect formula!" The KAOS agents around him clapped, but even if 99 had wanted to, she couldn't move a muscle because of the ropes.

"Now, Agent 99, I guess you're wondering why you're here. I just wanted you to witness something for me, that's all." He suddenly grinned an evil smile. "We have someone with us who is a friend of yours, and we believe that you and he are very close. Let's see how close you really are!" He looked towards a door, and yelled, "Bring in 86!"