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Jared was trying hard to wake Jamie up.
"Jamie, wake up." Jamie groaned and opened his eyes.
"Finally. Are you okay?" Jared asked his twin.
"My head hurts. What happened?" Jamie said.
"We got kidnapped, remember? They were after Grace." Jared said.
"Okay." Jamie said as he closed his eyes again. Jared gave him a light shake. The door opened and Hector walked in with a first aid kit, a pizza and a bag.
"In case you are hungry." He walked toward the boys and kneeled in front of Jamie. He opened the first aid kit and took out the gauze, bandage and tape.
"What are you going to do?" Jared asked.
"I'm going to take care of his wound. How are you feeling, niño?"
"My head hurts. What happened?" Jamie asked.
"Are you feeling nauseous? Or dizzy?" Hector asked.
"A little bit." Jamie said. Hector handed him a Tylenol and a bottle of water.
"Can we go home?" Jared asked.
"No, not yet niño?"
"But why not?" Jared asked.
"Because Five-0's got something of us. Once they give it back, you can go home." Hector felt sorry for the kids. But he didn't have a choice. If he didn't do what they told him to, they would come after his family. Hector owed the Ortéga family his life.
"Here's something to drink for you. The bathroom is over there." He pointed to a door inside of the room.
"I just want to go home." Jared said.
"I'll leave the pizza and water for you."
"Hector, vamanos." Another guy yelled. Jared didn't recognize his voice. He wasn't one of the guys who was in their house.
"Sí, coming." Hector replied. He looked at the boys. "Behave and nothing will happen to you." He walked out of the cell and locked the door. Jared looked at the pizza. He opened the box and saw the cheese pizza. His stomach growled and he took a slice.
"Are you hungry, Jamie?"
"No, I want to sleep." Jamie closed his eyes. Jared looked around but there was no blanket or anything else they could use as a blanket. Sure they had a bed but that was it. Jared glanced around the room. There was an empty bucket in the room, along with an old mop, a couple of rags and a few cleaning products. He ate the slice of pizza and walked to the bathroom. It was a small bathroom. A shower and a toilet was all that was inside. It looked filthy. It smelled just as bad. He quickly closed the door again. He looked at Jamie, who was sleeping again. He could feel the tears burning again. He sat down next to his brother. And that's how he fell asleep.
Ramón was eating his pizza. Mikey was getting looked at. He lost some blood and needed to be in the hospital but it was too risky. The boss had a doctor on call 24/7. Said doctor was now trying to extract the bullet from Mikey's abdomen. The doctor finally extracted the bullet. He closed the wound and administered another bag of IV fluids. He took out bottle of pills. He handed them to Mikey.
"Antibiotics. Take them three times a day. Call me when it's empty. If you feel nauseous or get a temperature, call me." He picked up his bag and left and left. Ramón looked at Mikey.
He was angry at the kid. If he had just listened to him, they wouldn't be in this situation. But Mikey was a hot head. Eager to prove himself and that put them all at risk. Ramón sighed. They made contact with Five-0. Ariel Ortega was pleased to have the twins. He really didn't care who they took. They only thing he wanted was the body of Jaime back.
Jaime was the son of Hugo. And Hugo was the head of the Ortèga cartel. Their father recently passed and Hugo was the first in line. He was trying to establish a secure transport line to Hawaii. But Jaime died and that complicated things a bit. Jaime was on his way to meet with the Triads and the Samoans. Five-0 had seized everything. But Hugo wanted to bury his son. So he came up with the plan of kidnapping the daughter of Danny Williams and propose a trade. They had called Pablo Santiago. He was eager to help. He was in charge of finding a place they could lay low, the weapons and transportation. Ramón was a respected member of Ortèga cartel. Ariel had put him in charge.
Mikey was the son of Paco Ortèga. He and the wife were killed when Mikey was two years old. Ariel was the one who took him in. Mikey had volunteered for the mission. Ramón wasn't too happy but the boss had already agreed to it. And Ramón had finally asked Hector Ramirez. The man had refused at first but he was the right one for the job. Ramón had given him a fair warning about what would happen if he didn't play along. He finally caved.
They had brought Luis, Raul and Jorge with them to walk the perimeter and Pablo had also delivered six other guys.
The factory was well guarded. It was an old meat factory. Only two floors. There were about five meat lockers. They used one as the refrigerator and one was currently being used as a dump site. It was better than to leave a body trail. The office was being used by the boss. It had a small refrigerator and a fold out couch. There were three other rooms. One was the room the boys were in and the other two were being used by the guys. They had set up shop on the first floor. There were a few crates with weapons. Mostly AK's but Ramón had been in love with the M4. He always had a thing for American weapons where the others favored the Russian ones.
Hector sat down next to Ramón.
"How are they doing?" Ramón asked.
"Scared. One of them is hurt. He needs to be in the hospital. He probably has a concussion." Hector said.
"Not an option, Hector.
"But we've got two of them. Five-0 will do whatever they can to get him back." Hector tried.
"I'll ask the boss for you but you know as well as me that he is never going to agree with that."
"He's just a kid Ramón. What if he dies?" Ramón sighed. He shared Hector's concerns but he knew the boss.
"Like I said Hector, I'll talk to the boss."
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Joey woke up in pain. He groaned and tried to move away from the pain.
"Joey, calm down. Calm down buddy." Steve coaxed him. Chin pushed the call button.
"Breathe through it Joey." Steve wasn't even sure if he could hear him. His temperature had gone up in the past two hours. No doubt about him having an infection. Joey opened his eyes. His vibrant eyes were dull and filled with pain.
"St-Steve. Hu-hur-t-tss." Joey was gripping Steve's arm. The pain was intensifying. The alarms on the heart monitor were also beeping. Joey was definitely in pain. The doctor came in followed by two nurses.
"Give him another dose of morphine." The doctor barked out. He tried to do a quick assessment of his patient but it was being hindered by the fact that his patient was all over the place. He went to one of the drawers and pulled out the diazepam. He inserted into the IV. Gradually his patient became calmer and finally succumbed to the drug-induced sleep.
"What did you give him?" Steve asked.
"I gave him a small dose of diazepam. It's to help him rest. His temperature has risen another two degrees. We have to get a handle on the infection or he may not survive this."
"But you have him on antibiotics?" Chin asked.
"Yes, but they are not working. We already sent his blood to the lab to determine what kind of infection he has." The doctor looked at the team mates. "We are doing everything we can to keep him alive. We are trying to cool his body but if his temperature goes up we may have to cool him with an ice bath." The doctor let those words sink in.
"Alright, is there anything we can do?" Steve asked.
"No, unfortunately he is the one who has to fight this. I know I can't get you to leave but it looks like you could use a break. If anything changes, I'll call." Steve knew the doctor was right. He hadn't slept since the whole thing started. He looked at his watch. The boys were missing for eight hours now. Chin and Steve left the hospital. Instead of going home they went to the Palace.
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Kono was at the Palace. She had reached out to every agency she could think of in the hope of finding a lead. She had just gotten word of the DEA about the Ortéga cartel. She was just about to call Steve when he and Chin walked into the office.
"I was just about to call you."
"What do you got?" Steve asked.
"I just heard back from the DEA. They send all the information on the Ortega cartel." Kono pulled up all the photo's she received. She explained who was who.
"Alright, so let's say that Ortega wants the body of his son, to give him a proper burial. Why resort to kidnapping?" Steve wondered.
"Because he was here to make a deal. He needs the money and drugs to establish a new connection. The body would be released eventually but the money and drugs would never be given back." Chin filled in.
"Alright, but now he has kidnapped two kids, one of which is injured. He is trying to force our hand into giving the money and drugs back." Steve said.
"But surely they must realize that kidnapping two kids would only fuel a full investigation into their business." Kono said.
"Unless the deal is still on." Chin said. Steve looked at Chin and Kono.
"Kono, go through the list of Ortega's properties. Chin, go through the list of known associates. See if you can find any connection between Ortega and people on Hawaii. We need to find the boys.
"What are you going to do?" Chin asked. Though he already knew.
"I'm going to check on Danny and Grace, maybe Grace remembers something else." Chin nodded.
Steve drove to his place. All the officers were still on their posts. He went inside and found Danny and Grace asleep on the couch, the TV still on. Danny was slightly snoring and Grace was still clinging to Danny, even in her sleep. He covered them with a blanket, took a bottle of water and went outside. Not even fifteen minutes later Danny joined him a bottle of water in his hand. He sighed and sat down next to Steve.
"Another nightmare?"
"Yeah, we really need to find them, Steve. She keeps having the same dream over and over again." Danny gulped down the water. "I swear to god I'm going to kill them." Steve understood Danny's anger.
"We'll find them Danny. We're going to get them back."
"How's Joey doing?"
"Not good. He's got a fever. The doctor would call if anything changes." Steve said.
"I hope we find them soon."
"Yeah, me too." Steve said.
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10 hours after the kidnapping
Jared and Jamie were lying together. They were asleep. Jared woke up. He nudged Jamie's shoulder.
"Jamie, wake up."
"Huh?" Came Jamie's response.
"How are you feeling?" Jared asked.
"I've got a headache. What happened?" Jared was scared for Jamie.
"We were kidnapped."
"Oh, where are we?" Jamie asked.
"I don't know. In a factory, I think." Jared said.
"Oh, Dad will find us." Jamie said. Jared swallowed and was close to crying again. He hadn't told Jamie about their dad being hurt.
"I don't think dad is coming for us." He said.
"Yes he will. Dad will always come for us." Jamie said groggily.
"Jamie, dad is hurt." Jared told Jamie.
"Oh, but Uncle Steve and Uncle Danny and Uncle Chin and Aunty Kono will come for us, right?"
"Yes, they will." Jamie had closed his eyes again and Jared's soon followed.
12 hours after the kidnapping
The door opened and Hector brought breakfast for the boys. They were lying on the bed huddled together. He put the tray with sandwiches on the small side table. It was chilly in the room and Hector hated that the kids didn't even have a blanket.
Jared woke to the sound of the cell door opening. He peeked through his eyes and saw Hector with a tray of food. He pretended to be asleep. He was cold and shivered. Jamie had been lying close to him but it wasn't enough.
Hector saw the boy shivering. He was going to get a blanket for them. He walked out of the cell.
Jared opened his eyes and looked around. It was lighter in the cell. He turned to look at Jamie. His brother was also shivering. He got up and looked at tray with food. His stomach growled. He picked up a sandwich. Peanut butter and jelly, his favorite. He ate the sandwich and drank the water.
"Jamie, wake up." He nudged his brother. Jamie groaned but didn't open his eyes. "Come on Jamie, wake up." Jared shook Jamie harder. Jamie finally opened his eyes.
"Dad?"
"No, it's me."
"Oh, my head hurts. What happened?" Jamie asked. Jared sighed.
"We were kidnapped, remember?" Jared asked.
"Oh, yeah. When is dad coming?" Jamie asked, his eyes unfocused as he looked around.
"Dad's not coming. He was hurt." Jared said.
"But the rest of Five-0 will come, right?" Jamie had trouble focusing and then his stomach growled.
"You should eat something. They brought sandwiches and water." Jared handed Jamie a sandwich. Jamie took it and took a few bites. After a few bites he put the sandwich down.
"I want to go home." Jamie said and Jared nodded.
"Me too." They sat together in silence. Finally, Jared's curiosity won and he got up. Jamie laid down on the bed again.
Jared noticed a small window. Small enough for someone like him to fit through. He looked around the room hoping he could find something they could use as a ladder. Jared heard something outside of the room and quickly made his way back to the bed. He sat on the bed when the door opened.
"Can we go home now?" He asked.
"No, not yet. I brought you a blanket." Hector said as he laid the blanket on Jamie.
"Why are you doing this?" Jared asked.
"Because I don't have a choice." Hector said. He looked at the boy. "What is your name?" He finally asked.
"I'm Jared and that is Jamie." Jared answered.
"Alright niño. Just do what they tell you to do and everything will be alright." Hector said.
"What is your name?" Jared asked and for a second he thought he wouldn't receive an answer.
"My name is Hector. I'll come back in a few hours." Hector pulled something out of his pocket. "Make sure Jamie takes this. It'll help with the headache." Hector smiled at the boy and walked out. Jared gently woke up Jamie. Jamie groggily opened his eyes.
"What?" Jamie asked. Jared handed him the Tylenol and a bottle of water.
"Take it. I think I know how to get out of here. Or at least one of us." He was rewarded with a confused look.
"What?" Jamie asked. "Where are we?" And at that moment Jared wanted to cry so badly.
"You don't remember?" Jared asked.
"Remember what?" Jamie asked.
"We were kidnapped. You hit your head." Jared said.
"Oh, dad will come for us, right?" Jamie asked. Jared shook his head.
"Dad is hurt, Jamie."
"But uncle Danny and uncle Steve will come for us." Jamie said. Jared nodded.
"There is a small window up there. I can give you a booster up and you can climb through the window." Jared said.
"Then what?" Jamie asked. He still had no idea what his brother meant. He looked at the window. Jared wanted him to climb through the window and then what.
"Then you can go and get help." Jared said.
"But what about you?" Because of the concussion, the headache and confusion made it difficult for him to follow his brother's thought.
"I'll stay here. I don't want them to go after Grace again." Jamie looked around.
"Grace is here?" Jared sighed. He hoped that Jamie would get better soon.
"No, she's safe but we really need to get out of here." Jared sighed and sat down next to Jamie and held his hand.