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I'm just borrowing the boys for a while. I'll put them back, I promise.

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"Fenton Hardy?" Craig asked the man in who answered the door. There was no reply. Craig was just about to ask it again when the man said,

"Frank!" and then the little boy who he drove to the hospital ran into the man's arms. Craig now knew that it was Fenton Hardy, there was no doubt in his mind. He smiled to himself as he watched Father and son embrace each other. Fenton then looked up and thanked the guard, then told him he could go if he wanted. Craig smiled at him, then walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him.

000

Charlie packed his things without any thought. He really didn't care what he left behind, they would be long gone by tonight. The last thing they needed to do was give the kid a phone call home. Then they would leave. Charlie's thoughts wandered back to when he found Nicki, just a small orphan girl, only 9 years old, living on the streets. He had at first thought about kidnapping her, but realized that this could be a possible companion for him. He went up to the girl, who cowered in terror, and asked in a soft voice,

"Hey, girly, I have a place you can live, and food, and a bed, if you work for me?" Nicki had shook her head, and started to back away.

"Hey, no, it's fine, I would never hurt you, I promise."

"People break promises," came the small voice.

"Not this time."

Nicki had then agreed to come and had grown up with him ever since. There was nothing weird about it. Nicki treated Charlie like a brother and Charlie treated her like a sister, even though they were not close in age. Nicki had just turned 21 a week ago, while Charlie was turning 39 in a couple months. A voice that came from the basement shook him out of his thoughts.

"I knew you couldn't be nice! You're mean just like everyone else." Charlie just rolled his eyes and went to put his last bag in the car.

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Nicki had just placed Joe on the ground when he woke up. Nicki grinned this was going to be fun. She looked at him and said,

"Uh oh! Someone didn't run fast enough!" Joe's eyes visibly widened as he remembered where he was. He wasn't chained to the wall so he clamored to his feet and started to run towards the door. Nicki laughed and grabbed him.

"Naughty Naughty. Do you know what we do to naughty boys?" Joe shook his head, confused. Why was Nicki being mean? Nicki smiled and said,

"We punish them." She picked Joe up and pinned him against the wall. Joe, suddenly realizing he had been played, shouted,

"I knew you couldn't be nice! You're mean just like everyone else!" Nicki laughed and said,

"Took you long enough dummy. Now this," She said taking something from her pocket, "Is a knife." She grinned evilly as he squirmed, trying to get out of her grasp.

"Now, Joe, stop struggling, you deserve this!" Joe stopped struggling and looked at her strangely. He asked,

"What? No, I didn't, you're mean. I don't deserve it." Nicki smiled as she realized that she could do some damage that went beyond physical to this kid. She said,

"You ran away from you Daddy at the zoo remember? He was mad and still is. That's why he is not looking for you." Joe suddenly went hysterical, screaming,

"NO! Frank will get daddy and mommy to save me!"

"No, Frank left you, remember? He left you to get caught."

"No, Frankie didn't."

"Yes, he did. Your Daddy isn't looking for you because he hates you. He doesn't love you."

"HE LOVES ME, I KNOW HE DOES!"

"Then if he loves you, why hasn't he came for you yet?"

"No, he… he…. He does love me." Joe seemed less sure of himself.

"Your mommy doesn't love you either. She doesn't want to find you. They don't love you."

"They, they don't love me?" Joe asked, his eyes filling with tears.

"No, Frank doesn't either. That's why he left you. Nobody loves you. You are a mistake."

"I'm…. I'm a mistake?"

"Yes, that's why you deserve this." Nicki brought the knife up to Joe's face. Joe didn't resist. She started at the corner of his right eye, and went all the way to his chin, cutting deep. She wanted him to scar. Joe whimpered, still not fighting back. Nicki asked,

"Do your mommy and daddy love you?" Joe said nothing. She dug the knife deeper. Joe cried out in pain. Nicki asked him again,

"Do your mommy and daddy love you?" Joe whimpered then hung his head and said,

"No."

"Why don't they love you?"

"I'm a mistake."

"Does Frank love you?" At this Joe lifted his head his eyes hopeful.

"Yes?" He asked it, not stated it.

"No, he left you. He doesn't love you. You're a mistake." A lone tear traveled down Joe's cheek. Nicki asked again,

"Does Frank love you?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I'm a mistake." Nicki grinned and dropped Joe to the ground, then chained him to the wall. She walked out of the room looking back to the shell of the boy she had originally met.

000

Fenton's happy reunion with Frank only lasted a couple minuets, before he asked with urgency,

"Frank, do you know where Joe is?" Frank nodded and said,

"I don't know if he is still in the woods or not, but I know where the house is. Kind of. I was running fast and don't really remember." Fenton nodded grimly, then stood up and got out his phone, calling Chief Collig, telling what had happened. After he hung up, he kneeled down to Frank's level and told him,

"Go see your mom until Collig gets here. Then after, do you think you can get us at least close to the house?" Frank nodded, then went to Laura and climbed up on the bed. Laura smiled at her son, then asked, noticing that he was more withdrawn than normal, under the circumstances it was understandable, but Laura still had to ask him,

"Sweetie, what's wrong?" Frank looked at her. A tear traveled down his cheek.

"Mommy they hurt him. They hurt him bad. I couldn't stop them. They just kept hitting him. I wanted to tell him it would be okay, like you tell us when we are scared, but I was also scared too."

Frank's words were cut off when he started to cry. He curled up carefully next to his mom, making sure not hurt her, and Laura squeezed her oldest son close to her. This continued until Fenton burst into the room and asked for Frank. Laura saw Frank's face go from sadness, to determination. Laura knew that Frank would show Fenton where Joe was. She felt a small glimmer of hope in her chest.

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Collig sat in his police cruiser as Fenton and Frank burst out of the hospital doors. Fenton got in the passenger seat, placing Frank on his lap. Collig looked at him skeptically. That wasn't legal. Fenton gave Collig a look that told him Frank was going to be sitting on his lap no matter what he said. Collig nodded and drove to the spot where Drew Nance told him he spotted Frank. They got out and Fenton placed Frank on the ground, when Fenton phone started ringing. He answered it thinking it was the doctor about Laura or something.

"Ah, Fenton Hello," Said a voice from the other end. Fenton switched it onto speaker.

"Who is this?!"

"No need to get formal. We just want you to know that your son is okay. Your other son I can't say the same for, but-" Fenton hung up the call and flung his phone as far as he could. Collig stared at him then asked,

"Why did you do that?"

"I don't what they have to say. Frank show me where the house is." Frank nodded and began leading them through the forest.

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Charlie's jaw dropped when Fenton hung up the phone. "no matter," he thought, "We will be out of here soon."

Ryan broke his thoughts by asking,

"What car are we talking the brat in?"

"The pick-up truck."

"Okay, I'll go get it ready for him."

Charlie nodded and sighed. He walked into the house and was greeted by a grinning Nicki with a bloody knife. Charlie raised his eyebrows a bit at her, but other than that did nothing. He would let Nicki do what she wanted with the kid, as long as she didn't kill him. He walked into the kitchen smiling. His smile vanished when he heard a voice shouting,

"POLICE! PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD! DROP YOUR WEAPON!" Charlie realized that the Frank kid had made it home and told his parents where his brother was. Nicki ran into the kitchen and asked Charlie,

"What do we do?!" Charlie was just about to say something, when the door was kicked down. Two men with guns drawn came running in, and one yelled,

"HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD!"

Charlie raised his hands over his head, but then recognizing Fenton told him,

"He put up a good fight you know. He kept yelling and screaming. Because of that we made his death a slow and painful one." Fenton's grip tightened on his gun but said nothing. He would not believe that his son was dead. Collig asked,

"Where is the girl? Frank said there was a girl. WHERE IS SHE?" Charlie smiled and said,

"Don't I have the right to remain silent?" Just as he said that Nicki came up the stairs, gun drawn.

"Put the gun down, kid. We don't want to have to hurt you." Fenton told her. Nicki grinned then said,

"Actually, I think you do! Who wouldn't after we kidnapped their son-"

Her words were cut off as a gunshot sounded, and Nicki yelped in pain, dropping her gun. The bullet that had come from Collig's gun had just gone through her arm. Collig and Fenton immediately cuffed them and led them to the police car. Frank, seeing Nicki being taken to the car, ran up to Fenton saying,

"Daddy, she isn't bad! She is being forced to work for him!" Fenton frowned, looking at Nicki who looked at Frank sadly. She leaned a little closer to him and WHAM! she kicked Frank, who cried out in pain. Fenton shoved her to the ground. Nicki smiled at Fenton and said,

"Your son is very gullible."

"SHUT UP!" Fenton roared. He lifted her to her feet and shoved her into the back of the police car. He slammed the door shut, locking it. He did a quick check on Frank who had only gotten a hurt arm from her kick. Fenton ran into the house, with Collig right on heals.

"JOE!" He yelled running upstairs. Nothing. Collig went through the 1st floor and shouted,

"No Joe here!" Fenton's eyes widened as he realized that Joe was in the basement. He shouted to Collig then ran into the basement. Fenton had to resist the urge to puke when he saw his son. He had a nasty bruise on his head, he was shirtless, with tons of bruises on his chest and back. He was chained to the wall. On his face was a cut that looked fairly new, blood stained his cheek. But what worried Fenton most was the way Joe was just staring straight ahead, his eyes dull and unfocused. Fenton ran up to him and said in a soft voice,

"Joe? Joe, its daddy." There was no response or recognition. Fenton realized his son was whispering something quietly to himself. Fenton leaned close to hear what he was saying. What he heard chilled his bones, and made his hate the kidnappers just a little bit more. Joe was repeating this phrase over and over to himself,

"They don't love me. I'm a mistake."

000

YAY! ANOTHER CHAPTER!

*Angry mob of fanfiction readers start screaming with anger*

IM SOORRRY! I HATE MYSELF TOO FOR WRITING THIS CHAPTER! IT WILL GET BETTER THOUGH! I PROMISE!

At least he was rescued!

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~LittleMonkeyHands