"Em, look at this." Patrick Gates said to his wife. Ben's parents had made up after thirty-two years separation. They were now remarried and living together in Emily's home.

"Yesterday's paper. What about it?"

"Remember when Ben had just gotten out of college? This was the daughter of the women he protected."

"Oh." She went back to preparing breakfast for the two of them.

"Oh? Oh, that's right. He wouldn't have told you."

"Told me what?"

"He promised to protect that girl." Emily had a concerned look on her face. She went straight to the phone.

"Now why would he go and do a silly thing like that?" When she didn't get anyone at his house she tried his cell phone. It went straight to voice mail. Next she dialed Abigail's cell phone.

"Hello."

"Oh." She said relieved. "Where's Ben?"

"Well..." Abigail didn't have to finish. What she had feared and deep down knew to be true was confirmed in Abigail's hesitating voice.

"Where are you? I'm coming."

"No. I mean, you can't help Ben if you become a pawn that Elton uses against him. He would want you to stay where you are."

"Who's Elton?"

"The mastermind behind all this."

"Keep me updated."

"I will." Emily hung up the phone.

"Well, what did she say?" Patrick was now concerned. He knew his son was missing but he hoped he was wrong.

"She'd keep us updated." Emily felt a weight over her heart. She had been fine with treasure hunting when it was her but now that her son had developed the same love she worried about him. Now she was even more worried because she didn't know there was a treasure involved.

"What are you doing?" Abigail asked Riley as he pulled over on the side of the road. She had just hung up with Ben's parents.

"Ok, so here's what I'm thinking." Riley said as he stepped out of the car. "We pretend like the tire went flat." He then punctured the tire with a nail. "And say this was the first place we came to."

"Well, what other choice do we have?" She was annoyed that he had just flattened his tire.

"While we are there you keep everyone busy while I go look for Ben." Riley suggested.

"We all know how well you sneak around. You cover for me while I look for Ben."

"Fine."

"Let's go." Abigail got out of the car and started walking.

"Uh, actually it's this way." She turned around and began walking the other direction.

"Right. Of course it would be in the opposite direction that the car was traveling." She said sarcastically.

"I parked it there so that they wouldn't suspect anything." He said as he started out after her. She didn't want to admit it but she knew that had been a smart idea.

"What happens when we give him the next clue?" Tetalia asked.

"We'll have to figure that one out too."

"And when there's no more?"

"We'll find out when we get there." His words weren't very comforting. In fact, Tetalia was beginning to wonder if they were focusing on the treasure to much and not enough on escaping. Right after she thought this her stomach gave away how hungry she was. She clutched her stomach in embarrassment.

"Oops." Ben smirked. "It's fine." He reassured her.

"I'll be glad when we get to eat." Will put in.

"I second that." Tetalia said enthusiastically.

"Well, we've figured out the first clue so that should be soon."

"Is this Charles Elton a man of his word?" Tetalia asked at the mention of the promise he had made.

"Yes. To much of one sometimes."

"Why do you say that?"

"We'd all be better off if he hadn't come back like he said he would."

"That's for sure." She let her back lean against the cool iron bars of the cage. Her eyes wondered to the lock. Was she tall enough to reach it? She stood up and waked to the lock. "Why did he make this room look so much like my own?" She asked Ben. If she could unlock it she was going to.

Ben watched her as she stood up and he wasn't sure he liked where this was going. "He wanted you to cooperate and he hoped to soften your stubborn side by showing you how nice he was being to you in your current situation. That is why he planned for you to see Will and then me in here." Tetalia had determined that she could reach the lock and was messing with her hair to see if she had a stray bobby pin. "What are you doing?"

"I don't know about you, but I want to get out of here."

"I hate to point out the obvious, but how are Will and I to get out of here even if you do succeed?" He realized it was better to put a stumbling block in front of her plans rather than tell her no. She looked at Ben's wrists as he moved them to show her that there was no hole for a key to go through.

"I hadn't thought of that." She said as she slid down the bars to the ground.

"I figured as much."

"How are those locked, anyway?" She asked as she took a closer look.

"Magnets. Elton has a remote and with a push of a button can deactivate the strong magnet holding these together." Ben looked up quickly when Elton walked through the door. Because her back was facing the door, when she heard it open Tetalia jumped.

"Times up. Do you have my first clue?" He snapped his fingers and four men holding Abigail and Riley walked through the door. Ben stiffened when he saw them.

"I'm sor..."

"Quiet!" Elton snapped at Abigail. She and Riley both looked at Ben apologetically.

"Let them go!" Ben said as he stood up and grabbed the bars. Will made Tetalia go behind him. He didn't know what was coming next but he didn't want her to be involved. She was thankful for this. Seeing the others made her more afraid. Now she believed Elton to be capable of worse things than she had originally thought.

"No. Tell me what the next clue is Benjamin Gates." Ben looked behind him and saw Tetalia behind Will, the necklace around her neck.

"Tetalia, let me see the necklace." She took the necklace off and handed it to Ben. He had to lean over to get it because she never left her spot behind Will. Ben reluctantly gave it to Charles. "You have to hod it in the sun." When Charles did the clue flashed upon the walls.

"Very good Gates." He snapped his fingers again and hundreds of rolling carts full of food lined the walls and into the hallways of the mansion. The remote came out of his pocket and the chains fell off, the magnetic bracelets left on their wrists. These same metalic bracelets were put on Abigail and Riley. Once that was done, one of the four men holding them came to put them on Tetalia, with the door firmly shut behind him. Scared and not understanding what he was going to do, Tetalia did the only thing she could, and that was back up until she was cornered.

"Jas, it's fine. He's just going to put these on you." Will said as he slowly backed away from being in the man's way. She didn't fight him but she didn't go easily either when he snapped them on her wrists as well.

"Eat up." Elton ordered as he and his men left the room. He placed the necklace in his pocket. "Those sound an alarm if you try to escape. I wouldn't recommend it." The door to their prison was left open. Ben took the opportunity to rush to Abigail and take her into his arms. Will helped Tetalia up and walked the few steps with her out of the cage.

"Abigail! What are you doing here?" He asked as they embraced.

"I couldn't bring myself to stay home and hope that you were alright." She said as they looked each other in the eyes. "Riley showed up, ready to go, so I packed and here we are." Ben looked away from her to Riley.

"I know this is something you had to do, but we couldn't stay home." Riley told him. Ben's stomach growled and reminded him that there was now food to eat.

"You haven't been allowed any food have you." Abigail stated. She knew the answer to the question but she wanted confirmation from him.

"No." Ben said as he looked around for what he wanted to eat. Tetalia and Will had already helped themselves. Everyone ate in silence. Right now they were hungry and the introductions could wait until after they all ate. Both Abigail and Riley, thought it would be best to wait until Ben was done eating to tell him that his parents knew he was missing.