Tetalia woke to the sensation of a man's gloved hand over her mouth. She tried to let out a scream but he was pushing down on her chest so hard she couldn't breath. She was lifted from her bed and forced into a standing position. As her heart raced she felt one man hold her tight around her waist and mouth. She tried to get away by kicking and wriggling with all her might but nothing seemed to work. His grip was like iron. That's when she felt a cold metal up against her temple. The man holding her felt her go limp and shake at the realization of what he was holding to her head.

"You can stop fighting now boys." That's when she realized that Will had been trying to protect her. One of them flipped on the light to reveal five other men but most importantly who one of them had hostage. Will felt his knees go weak with fear. He knew that man was capable of pulling the trigger. Tetalia saw two other men approach her. One grabbing one arm and locking down her leg with his and the other doing the same with her other side. Will knew that this was just a tactic to intimidate him so he refused to be intimidated.

"Pack the princess a bag. I don't want my royal guest to feel unwelcome." He said in a mocking tone. Will did as he was instructed. She watched as he grabbed three outfits from her closet. To her surprise he pulled out a chest that was in the bottom of her closet. She had tried to get into that chest on many occasions. She had even asked Will to help her, to which he always refused. Now she saw he had the key around his neck. He rummaged through it until he found what he was looking for. To Tetalia it looked like some well worn, old, peasant worthy clothes. When he pulled out the clothes a necklace fell out of the chest. He heard it thump against her marble floor. He then picked it up and put it in the bag as well. All this was puzzling to Tetalia and it caused some of her fear to go away. At least until she remembered her situation. The man removed his hand from her mouth long enough to put a rag over it. Tetalia knew what he was doing because Will had told her about things like that but it was still no use. She had to breathe in at some point and when she did the world went black.

When she woke up, for a second, she almost thought it had all been a nightmare. That's when she saw Will in a cage where his bed normally was. His hands were chained together and to the wall so that he couldn't reach up and pick the lock of the cell. The chains were held together magnetically so that they could only be removed with a remote control.

"Will!" She hopped off her bed and ran straight to him, grabbing his hands on the bars. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. My question is are you ok."

"A bit scared but otherwise I'm fine. Are you sure you're alright? Look at you, they have you chained like an animal."

"Honestly, I'm fine."

"Who were those men and what are they after?"

"They need you to help them find a treasure and they know you wouldn't help them on your own."

"What? How do you know this?"

"I overheard them talking about it a week ago."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want to worry you. There was no sense in having you stressed out about something I wasn't even sure was going to happen or work if it did."

"You should've told me." She felt her blood boil at the thought that he had kept this from her.

"Tetalia, look, I didn't even know for sure if they were actually going to go through with it." She just glared at him. "You can't possibly hold me responsible for this."

"If you had told me maybe this wouldn't have happened."

"Oh, like you could have stopped them. What were you going to do? Tell your father? I'm sure you remember what happened the last time you did that." Will said angrily. They were both shocked at his anger. He never talked to her like that. She gasped as if the air had been knocked out of her. Both were aware of how hurt she had been when her father refused to do anything about the man stalking her. He simply laughed it off to the press as 'childish foolishness' and then punished her for making a scene. She had refused to eat for a week after that. It was the most embarrassing moment of her life. Will, with out being asked, had never mentioned it until now. And now he regretted bringing it up as he watched her relive the pain and feel a new pain from him. Betrayal. If there was one thing in life that Will hated it was knowing that he caused pain to someone else.

"I'm sorry. Jasmine. I... I didn't mean it like that." He tried in vain to apologize. She hid her face from him and wouldn't speak to him for the rest of the evening.

Ben set the newspaper he was holding onto the nearby counter. The headline read 'PRINCESS TETALIA HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED!'. He took a sip of his coffee as he leaned against the counter. He knew what he had to do he just didn't want to do it.

"What's got you so worked up?" Riley asked Ben when he walked into the kitchen and saw his friend. Ben simply pointed to the paper.

"Ok."

"I have to go to the ones who captured her."

"Why?"

"It's a long story. Follow me. I want to talk to you and Abigail both." Riley followed Ben up the stairs into Ben's bedroom where Abigail was brushing her hair.

"Hey Riley. Wha..." She looks at Ben. "t's wrong?" Ben handed her the paper. After reading the headline she looked at him knowingly. "I'll get packed."

"No. I want to do this alone." Abigail stood shocked for a few seconds.

"Why?"

"You don't know the man who captured her like I do. His name is Charles Elton. He values life less than anyone we've dealt with so far. He'd kill himself if it accomplished his goal. I don't want you or Riley to get caught in the cross fire. Besides, it's my battle."

"What about you? What about your life?" She put her hand on his shoulder.

"A promise is a promise." Abigail exhaled slowly. She knew she couldn't change his mind.

"What promise?" Riley asked more confused than before. Ben began to pack his bag.

"It's a long story that happened before we found the Templar treasure. I'll explain when I get back." He finished packing and kissed Abigail goodbye. He patted Riley on the back and walked out the door. Ben got into the cab and told the driver to go to the nearest docks. He flipped his phone open and selected the name Charles Elton. He had almost deleted the number but now he was glad he didn't. He had explained the story to Abigail one night when she asked him about that contact. Ben pushed send on his phone and it began to ring. On the other end Elton felt his phone vibrate and an evil smile crept across his lips when he read the name Ben Gates on his screen.

"I had a feeling you'd be calling."

"What have you done with her?"

"Oh, she's fine. You just meet me at my mansion as soon as you can get here."

"Why are you forcing my hand in this?"

"Just be there." Click. The line went dead. Ben half threw and half dropped the phone into his lap. He was aware that Charles knew he would have looked for the treasure at some point. Why was he forcing Ben to look at this specific time? These and other thoughts ran through his mind as he made his way to the mansion.