I'm back.
I don't own any franchises I use.
This is dark, there is swearing, bla bla bla.
Scott's fate is still up to you...
ADATO:
Jeff stared out of the window. It was almost two weeks since Scott had been taken. He had received further instructions from Zayn Crowe on the Friday when he had been told the ransom had been received. That's why he was sitting with his laptop at noon waiting for the next ransom video rather than enjoying the warm, sunny Friday. The police told him to keep a calm head during the call and he reminded himself as the laptop clicked to life and the black became a dazzling blue.
"Hello Mr Tracy, may I call you Jeff?"
"Skip the pleasantries, Crowe." Calm and collected.
"Then you will be fine if we skip to the ransom without you seeing your son."
Calm head, calm head, "I won't negotiate unless I know he's alive."
"Of course..."
The image still showed Scott in the tunnel but every inch of exposed skin was now mottled purple, brown, green and blue with bruises. There were also hand shaped bruises around his neck. He was thinner than last time and still shivering in his underwear. He wasn't conscious but Jeff could see the pained movement of his chest indicating he was alive.
Screw being calm!
"You bastard. What have you done to my son?"
The video link of the tunnel cut of and was replaced with the blue screen again.
Zayn laughed malevolently, "I put him back in his place. Now I want $20,000 by midnight in the same account. Remember what'll happen if you don't pay. Little hint, he'll be screaming. See you next Friday, Jeff."
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12 hours earlier
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Scott needed to get himself out. They were never going to release him. One of the guards opened the door to push in some water and Scott made his move. Years of Air Force training meant the guard was down in five seconds flat. He then ran.
Scott was so close to the exit when a gloved fist collided with his stomach. He hit the floor hard. Within seconds he was surrounded with guards kicking and hitting him while avoiding the head so he felt all of it.
After what seemed like forever they moved and Scott saw Zayn approach. Hands wrapped themselves around his neck and lifted him up before slamming him into the wall. Zayn pressed his body against Scotts and panic blurred his vision, or was it the loss of oxygen. He gasped for the air his lungs desperately craved and tried to ignore the man pressing against his sensitive areas while squeezing his neck. Everything went black.
Scott woke up back in the cell and everything hurt. He thought he heard his father's voice calling someone a bastard and asking what someone had done to his son but it didn't make sense. It was like before. He looked at the door to find a small hatch had been fitted and a bottle of water had been pushed through it. No chance of escape now.
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Zayn cut the transmission with a cruel smile. The boy had tried to escape and learned the price. Jeff Tracy paying meant he couldn't make his captive scream but it didn't matter. He loved how perfectly his hands had wrapped around his neck and the feeling of his prisoner gasping beneath his hands and convulsing beneath his body. The feeling of his victim going limp. Crowe shivered at the pleasant memory.
They weren't ever going to get rid of Scott so they needed a plan for what to do with him once they were done. Kill him? Make him work for them like a slave? Why worry now, they had plenty of time to think about that.
At 10:45 he watched his love come through the door. She'd been on a two day trip to Slovenia and her first question was, "How is he?"
Zayn recounted the past 24 hours gleefully and she sat down to watch the bank account. Would the money come in? She shifted and was soon on his lap. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek before whispering, "Today was exciting. Once midnight has passes maybe we could go to bed and have a little fun." She kissed him on the lips in response.
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As I said, Scott's life is in your hands... Will he be saved? Will he die? Will he become a slave? Will something else happen? It's your choice. Please leave your ideas in the reviews.