Jolene and Logan pulled into the LAPD parking lot.
"I'm not going to tell them…" Logan stated.
"Logan, you can't shy away from everything. You're a cop for pete's sake," Jolene scolded.
"Okay okay...I'm sorry. It's just I know these guys."
Jolene sighed. "I know. But two of them are kind of related to us, considering their loved one is a CHP officer. Come on. The sooner we tell them, the better," she said, getting off her bike. Logan followed her into the building. As soon as they walked through the door they were greeted by air conditioning. It felt fantastic, compared to the hot California sunshine outside. Logan was starting to cool off. When suddenly he saw Pete Malloy and Jim Reed. Reed had a sprained wrist and was forced to be at the desk. Malloy just stayed with him. Jolene walked up to them.
"Uhm...hey guys.." Jolene greeted.
"Hello, Jolene...Logan," Jim greeted with a warm smile. She gave a tight smile back
"I've, uh...I've got some bad news.." she started, unsure of how to say it.
"What's wrong?" Pete asked concerned. He hated to see young officers having to deal with this, without an older one around.
"Well...uhm..I don't know if you heard about the three missing CHP Officers...but Jon, Ponch, and Kiara were kidnapped earlier. Brittany...uhm.." she threw a glanced towards Jim and continued. "She's missing as well. She's not answering her cell phone at all, which is unusual. We also suspect she heard the radio about it and probably went out to look for them...but haven't found anything yet.." Jolene said. Jim got really tense.
"So you came to tell me my daughter is missing?"
Jolene nodded. "Y-Yeah..Jason is still looking and told us we should come and tell you. Jean's been informed already, as Logan here called her a few minutes before we came here.." she said.
"Okay, thanks for telling us," Reed said. He wasn't sure what he wanted to say. She nodded.
"I promise I'll inform you on anything we find," she told him.
"Thank you," Reed said.
oOoOo
The door started to open up. Kiara jumped slightly at the sound of the doorknob turning.
"Brittany, someone's coming in," she said. Brittany quickly wiped away the dried tears and stood up, backing away from the door. Kiara stood up and tried to dry her tears. Then the door popped open, and Bonnie was thrown in. Brittany gasped and went to kneel down beside her.
"Bonnie?!" she exclaimed. Bonnie was a little shaky.
"B-Brittany...they've been looking for you," she said. "Logan, Jason, and Jolene…" she added.
"Are they doing okay? I mean with us being gone and all. How are the junior officers holding up?" Kiara asked.
"They're fantastic, I wish I could get to work with them more,' Bonnie said. Brittany smiled.
"If I was still able to work..I wouldn't have minded at least working with them, even if I was stuck as a T.O. for one of them..." Brittany said.
"Ponch just finished training Jolene a couple days ago. That seemed to go very well, and a good friendship was formed between them," Bonnie said.
"I feel awful! I can't train Logan if I'm in here," Kiara complained.
"Calm down. I'm sure Logan will do fine. If Ponch trained Jolene, she'll handle the situation fine!" she said, confident in the new officers.
"Good point, Ponch trained me...and once that was over with I felt pretty confident. He's a good T.O," Kiara said. Brittany nodded.
"You won't believe it, but Ponch trained me as well..It used to be Jason training me, but we had a little fallout so Sarge changed my T.O." Brittany said.
"I believe that," Kiara replied with a smile. Then the door opened again.
"Come on," Brian said grabbing Kiara.
"Where are you taking me?" Kiara demanded.
"You'll see, just come with me," he replied. Kiara fought all the way, but soon was successfully dragged out of the room. The door then slammed shut. Locking Bonnie and Brittany inside still. Brittany sighed.
"Whatever it is, I know it won't be good..." she said. Bonnie nodded.
"Have you seen Jon or Ponch?" she asked. Brittany shook her head, fighting back the tears that she had once cried a few moments ago. She missed her husband, and knew for sure he was in pain. She wanted to help him. Bonnie put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "They'll be okay," she said.
"Yeah…" Brittany said unsure. She wasn't so sure she liked the fact they were not together. She was terrified to be completely honest. She did a good job of trying to hide it though.
In the next room…
"J-J-Jon...it hurts...so bad…" Ponch told his partner.
"You're going to be okay, Ponch. Just lay still, and calm down," Jon replied. Ponch slightly nodded his head. Then the door opened up.
"Hello, Officer Baker. It's time to play a game," Bob said.
Jon looked puzzled, "A game?" he asked.
"Follow me," Bob said.
"I'm not leaving Ponch," Jon stated.
"Well he'll get to go play a game soon too. Don't worry about him. He's in good hands," Bob replied. He grabbed Jon by the arm. "Come on," he said again.
"No, let go of me!"
"Hey, I told you he's going to be okay," Bob growled. Jon looked at Bob still trying to shake his arm free.
"Let go of me," Jon said again.
"If you even try to get away from me, I will kill your friend," Bob said loud enough for pretty much anyone to hear. He pulled out a gun and pointed it at Ponch. Jon's eyes got wide.
"No, please!"
"Jon, don't worry about me. You HAVE to get free!" Ponch cried.
"Ponch, I'm not going to fight knowing it could cost you your life. I'm not willing to take that chance," Jon informed him. He then turned his attention back to Bob. "Let's go play that game," he said. Bob smiled then led Jon out the door. Ponch was thankful to see that the door was left partially open by accident. He fought the pain he was in and left the room. He made sure to close the door when he left. He was careful not to be caught as he sneaked around trying to find the girls. Then he came across a room that he could hear voices. He wiggled the handle a little.
Inside the room
"I swear if that guy is coming in here for one of us I'll beat him down," Bonnie said.
"Hold up. If it was the guy, he'd have the door open by now. Besides, I didn't hear the key go into the lock..." Brittany said, carefully going up to the door. Soon the door swung open missing Brittany by a centimeter. She backed away quickly, fearing the worst. Someone came in quickly then closed the door.
"Brittany," Ponch said hugging her. Brittany smiled widely.
"Ponch! How'd you get out?!" she asked, hugging him back.
"They took Jon...they left my door open…" Ponch started. He kissed Brittany. He then glanced over and saw the bed. He let go of Brittany and then went and fell on the bed. "I ache all over...I'm sorry"
Brittany giggled a little and went to sit beside him. She threaded her fingers in his hair and smiled. "That's fine. At least you're okay.." she said. Ponch smiled he loved it when she did that.
"I missed you," he said.
"I missed you too," she said. Ponch placed his hand on Brittany's large tummy. Then smiled.
"I missed them too," he added. Then smiled. "How do you feel?"
"Aww, the babies miss their daddy as well. I'm a little tired and sore but I'm fine," Brittany said.
"Aww, I know the feeling. I'm exhausted! It's been a long day...and I'm really sore. I almost cried earlier when Jon told me they had you. I thought something awful happened to you. I was worried sick. But instead of crying I lost consciousness for a while…" Ponch said.
"Aww, I mainly got caught because I went out looking for you, Jon, and Kiara.." she said. "But I'm fine," she added.
"Well, good! And how's Bonnie?" Ponch asked looking at Bonnie.
"I'm doing fine," Bonnie replied. Bonnie looked at Brittany. "Were you crying? Your eyes are a little red."
"No..." she denied. She wiped at her eyes.
"Hey, it's okay to cry, baby," Ponch said. "Did you?"
Brittany nodded, looking down at her husband. "Y-Yeah..I heard you scream earlier...and I thought the worst..." she said softly it was almost hard to hear. Ponch looked at her.
"Oh, sorry," he said.
"It's okay," she said. Brittany then laid down next to him. "I'm not crying now, at least.." Ponch smiled and cuddled with his wife. But then remembered Bonnie was there.
"Sorry, are we making you feel awkward?" he asked.
"No, no you're fine," Bonnie said quickly.
"If you're tired...this bed fits three people. Even with a watermelon lady..." Brittany said.
"Watermelon lady?" Ponch asked with a smile. "You're much cuter than a watermelon," he said then gave her a kiss. She giggled a little. Bonnie shrugged then got in bed too.
"Glad you could join us," Ponch joked. Bonnie pushed him playfully.
"Oh shut up," she said. Brittany giggled.
"If he wasn't in so much pain, I'd be playfully pushing him off the bed," she said, purposefully loud enough for Ponch to hear her. Ponch's eyes got wide, they were smiling like they always did when he got happy.
"Haha now I'm happy to be injured," he joked. Then cuddled closer to his wife. She giggled and kissed his forehead before laying her head on the pillow and falling asleep shortly after. Bonnie smiled at them. Then the door started to open. Ponch hopped up and hid under the bed. He winced in pain it hurt so much to be laying on the hard floor. Brittany, being so exhausted, was still asleep.
"Well, Bonnie. It's your turn to play a game," Trevor said, once the door opened. He grabbed Bonnie's arm and dragged her out of the room.
"NO! Let her go!" Ponch yelled from under the bed. Then covered his mouth beating himself up for blowing his cover.
"Well, it seems like someone snuck out of their room," Trevor snickered. Brittany was awake, but kept her eyes closed. Trevor (another bad guy) walked over and dragged Ponch out from underneath the bed.
"Please don't hurt me," was all Ponch could say. He had fear rising in his voice.
"Just come on," he ordered as he dragged Ponch and Bonnie out of the room. Ponch stomped on Trevor's foot. Trevor cried out in pain and let go of both of them to grab his foot.
"Run, Bon-Bon!" Ponch yelled. Bonnie took off running for the door. Ponch was way too sore to run with her.
"I'm not done with you," Trevor growled before he limped-ran after Bonnie. Bonnie managed to get free. Her only problem was looking for a way to get home.
Trevor huffed when he realized it would be useless to continue chasing her, especially now. So he went back to the room and grabbed Ponch. "You're going to pay for that," he said. Ponch just shrugged.
"Oh well, at least I know she's safe from you creeps," he said.
"Yeah, but your pretty wife isn't, now is she?" he laughed.
"You're not touching her!" Soon Bob joined them.
"Come on, Poncherello," he said. He grabbed Ponch's other arm and helped Trevor lead him to the game room. Trevor threw Ponch onto the ground next to Jon and Kiara.
oOoOo
Bonnie was running, but then bumped into someone. She fell to the ground. She looked up and saw a dark figure standing before her. He was dressed in all dark clothing, and she couldn't see his face.
"Well, it seems as if you tried to escape, young lady," he laughed as he reached down to pick her up. Bonnie smacked his hand away.
"Leave me alone!" She hollered. She tripped him, then got up and took off. As she was about to leave, he grabbed her ankle and pulled her to the ground. Bonnie kicked him in the face. He let go and she ran away.
Inside…
Ponch hugged Kiara. She was shaking in fear.
"Calm down, Kiara," he said softly.
"Ponch, I don't like this game," she said.
"What's it called?" Ponch asked.
"Wheel of Torture," she replied.
"Oh…" Ponch looked confused. He turned to Jon.
"What's the game?" he asked. Jon was about to answer when Trevor interrupted to explain the game.
"Wheel of Torture. Simple game. One of you spins the wheel, and whatever it lands on. We do to you," Trevor said with an evil smile.
"So you can't blame us for a bad punishment. It's your fault for spinning it," Bob said. Ponch stared at them.
"That's awful!"
"Well, we also got a game called trap doors and ladders," Brian started.
"I don't wanna know," Jon said.
"It's a life sized chutes and ladders with trap doors, isn't it?" Kiara guessed.
"Yeppers, congratulations, you can play it first. Hopefully you can make it safely and in one piece to the end," Brian said. He took Kiara to another room. Ponch looked at Jon.
"I don't like this, Baker," he whispered. Jon nodded.
"I agree," he said. Trevor grabbed Jon and pulled him to the wheel.
"No, you can't make Jon go first," Ponch protested. Jon looked at Ponch.
"Why not?" all three men asked in unison.
"Because...I wanna go first," Ponch said.
"Well, good enough for me," Bob replied. Trevor let go of Jon and grabbed Ponch. Jon looked at Ponch.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"You wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for me. I'll go first," Ponch said.
Jon stared at his partner. "Ponch, don't blame yourself, please," he said. Ponch looked away. Trevor turned to Bob.
"I wonder how long babies can last falling..." he said, an evil glint in his eyes.
"What!? You'll never find out!" Ponch yelled squirming. Trevor struggled to keep ahold of him. Dean came in and saw the struggle.
"What, you're going to let him get away too?" he asked, going over and grabbing Ponch, keeping him still. Trevor left to get Brittany. Dean smirked as he faced Jon.
"Seems like even injured, he puts up a fight," he said.
oOoOo
Jolene sighed, frustrated. They had checked the entire city twice now. There was no sign of Brittany, or any of the missing officers. Now, they were sitting in the break room, unsure of what to do next. Jason looked at Jolene.
"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find something..." he said.
"When?!" she asked. "We checked everywhere!"
"Well, think about it. If we checked everywhere in the city, then it means they're outside city limits.." Jason said. Jolene nodded, her eyes widening. Logan walked in a huge smile on his face.
"Hi, JoJo! Get ready to hear some great news. You'll love me for it,' he said. Then they saw Bonnie walk in. "I found her on the street," he added.
"Bonnie!" Jolene and Jason said at the same time. Jolene jumped up and pulled her into a hug. "Where'd they take you?!" she asked.
"Somewhere out of the city, that's all I know. But I do know some places by heart.." she said. Jolene smiled and nodded. "Come on, Sarge will be excited to hear that you're back!" Jolene practically dragged Bonnie to the Sergeant's Office.
"Sarge! Sarge! Guess what!" She called as she walked to his office. Getraer got up and walked over.
"What, Jolene. Wha- Bonnie!" he said, his face morphing into shock when he saw the blonde officer next to Jolene.
"Hi. Sarge," Bonnie said. Jolene smiled, a thought entering her head.
"I bet Jim and Pete will be excited we found one of the missing officers. Bonnie, do you know the path you took when you ran?" she asked Bonnie. Bonnie shook her head.
"No, I don't...sorry." she answered. Jolene nodded and sighed.
"Alright, that's okay," she said. Bonnie nodded.
"Thanks."
Sarge sighed. "Did you by chance see the other guys?" he asked her. She nodded.
"Yeah. I saw Brittany and Ponch and Kiara, but not Jon. Ponch had snuck out his room when they accidentally left his door partially open when they took Jon, and snuck over to mine and Brittany's room. When the guard came to get me, Ponch caused a distraction for me to get away... I don't know what's happening to them now, all I know is that they have a special game for us..."
"What kind of game?" Logan asked curiously.
"I don't know, I didn't see it," Bonnie said.
"Oh, okay," Logan replied.
She nodded. Logan then looked at Getraer.
"We should get busy. I don't like the sound of things. Cops being kidnapped, and those guys just wanna play games..."
"I agree with him," Jason said.
"Well, what're you guys waiting for? Get out there and see if you find anything. I'll be out there in a bit after I contact LAPD to let them know we found one of the missing officers.." Sarge told him. Jolene nodded and dragged Logan out. Jason ran his fingers through his light brown hair and followed after him. Jason was lagging behind a little he wasn't as fast as the younger officers. And lately he'd started becoming a little lazy.
"Come on, keep up, Jason! Or we'll go without you," Logan said. He and Jolene were getting impatient always having to wait for Jason to catch up.
"Hey, I'm not as energetic as I used to be, Logan. You'll feel my pain when you get older," he said.
"Haha I noticed. You should work out with Ponch...then you'll feel better. Maybe losing a bit of weight will bring back some energy."
"Are you calling me Grossie?" he teased. "But yeah, I guess I should..." he added.
"Hey, I never said you were Grossie," Logan said throwing his hands up in defense. "But seriously, I think we'd all like it if you did…"
He laughed. "Well, when everything's all back to normal and everybody's safe and the bad guys are in jail, I'll talk to Ponch about it..." he thought out loud.
"Good idea!" Logan said when Jason finally caught up. "We'll walk a little slower for you now."
"Thanks," he said. Logan smiled, his baby blue eyes twinkling.
"You're welcome," he said. Jason smiled slightly. All he could do now was occasionally look down at his stomach that did happen to budge out a bit more than it did when he was younger. He wished he wouldn't have gotten so lazy lately. He'd be in better shape. He shook his head from his thoughts and followed Logan and Jolene. Jason smiled, he thought those two would be a great couple. Although he wasn't sure if they even thought about that before.
Soon, they were out on the streets, looking for clues, talking to anybody, hoping they seen the officers.
oOoOo
Ponch stared straight ahead at the wheel. He didn't want to spin it. Something about spinning the wheel scared him to death. He knew the second he did that he'd be having to get punished. Trevor turned to Ponch and smirked.
"It's your turn to spin the wheel," he told him, going over to grab Ponch.
"I don't want to…" Ponch said.
"You have to. Either you spin the wheel, fall down the trap doors, or your pretty little wife gets to spin it," he threatened. Ponch looked at Jon, Jon gave him a look that said. "Just do it" so Ponch reluctantly reached over and spun the wheel. The wheel landed on the whipping.
"Dang it," Ponch said quietly. He smiled nervously at Trevor and tried to move it over one. Trevor stopped him.
"No, it landed on whipping, so that's what you're getting," he scowled.
"Dang…" Ponch looked at him with sad eyes. "You wouldn't really wanna hurt me, would ya?"
"Turn to the wall," he ordered, reaching for the whip Dean is handing him. Ponch slowly turned to the wall. He was moving so slow that it made Trevor upset. He grabbed Ponch and turned him and put him up against the wall faster. Ponch was already a little shaky though he hadn't even been touched yet. Trevor pulled back the whip and let it snap across Ponch's back.
"Ow!"
oOoOoOo
Brittany had enough of being trapped in this room. She stood up and took out a bobby pin that she forgot she had that in her pocket and went over to the door . She had heard Brian tell Bob that they had to go out on a supply run and would leave Trevor and Dean behind to deal with the games. After about two minutes, she had the door unlocked and she quietly opened it and stepped out.
Once she was sure the door was shut and locked, she quietly walked through the hallways, her gun she had hidden in her pant's waistband out in her hands and ready to shoot. She was just waiting for the perfect moment to help. There were sounds of something being snapped and the cries of pain, so she followed them. What she saw when she found the room shocked her. She hid in the shadows as she snuck over to a spot where she had a little better vantage point. She winced slightly every time she heard the whip snap against her husband's back.
Jon was staring at the other wall across from the room, not wanting to watch. He blinked slowly when he thought he saw a glint of light hitting metal. He watched as a hand quickly snatched up a silencer that Dean had carelessly left lying around on a table and back into the shadows. Jon quickly looked away when he saw Dean's head turn to look in his direction. Dean, who didn't see the movement, shrugged and turned back to watch Ponch being whipped. Though, he wasn't able to watch further, because the next second he felt something hit his shoulder and then pain flooded through his nerves.
Trevor looked when he heard Dean cry out in pain and saw him grabbing his shoulder in pain, his hand filled with blood. "What?" he asked, before he too was shot in the shoulder. Ponch took this as the perfect chance to make an exit. He quickly ran away from Trevor while Trevor was trying to pull himself together despite the pain. Jon, since the two weren't looking, got up and quickly picked up something heavy and knocked Trevor out.
Ponch watched Trevor fall to the floor. He did a slight happy dance, excited that he wouldn't be whipped anymore. He then spotted Dean who was still holding his shoulder.
"What, you hurt too?" he asked pretending to care. Dean huffed and reached for something to throw at him, but by the time he looked back up, Jon and Ponch were gone, and so was the person who shot him.
oOoOo
Kiara spun the spinner on her game piece like she was supposed to do. It landed on a five. So she moved ahead five spaces. As she got onto space five she found a ladder. She smiled and climbed it. Knowing if her luck kept like this she'd be outta here in no time. This was her second time. She kept going, hoping she'd be free soon. By the time it reached her fifth turn she could see the exit door.
"Yay! Outside world here I come!" she cried. But her luck turned on her. She spun a six, when she stepped her six spaces suddenly the ground she stepped on opened up and she was dropped all the way back to the beginning. Kiara punched the floor.
"I gotta have better luck than this!" she yelled. Then she leaned against the wall. Not wanting to try again. She'd tried a few times now. She was losing hope, and giving up.
oOoOo
"Britt, we need to get outta here," Ponch said grabbing her hand. He had seen her when she came in. He had turned his head slightly and happened to catch a small glimpse of her. He knew she was the one that had just saved him. She nodded. Jon walked over quickly.
"Come on, let's go!" he said. Ponch smiled.
"We just agreed to leaving a few seconds ago, Baker. Follow us," he said. He held tightly to his wife's hand not wanting to lose her. He practically dragged her behind. Jon was lagging a bit. Sometimes he just couldn't keep up with Ponch. Brittany realized something.
"Hold up, we can't leave Kiara behind!" she said.
"Ooh...Kiara...where is she?" Ponch asked.
"I don't know. Haven't seen her," she replied.
"Oh...right…" Ponch started. "Wait, she's playing that trap doors and ladders game," Ponch said. He looked at Jon.
"Don't ask me how to get there, I don't know," Jon said quickly.
"Dang it," Ponch replied then stared at the ground.
"We gotta go find her.." Brittany said.
"I agree...where do we start?" Ponch asked. Suddenly Jon felt a bullet go through his arm. Brittany looked up when it happened and gulp.
"They're back.." she whispered.
"Brittany, run...please," Ponch said desperately. She could see fear in his eyes.
"No, I can't leave you!" she cried.
"Brittany, I'd just die if something happened to you and the twins. Please…" Ponch begged. She shook her head.
"How'd you think I feel if I leave you and Jon here...the babies need their father, Ponch..."
"And they'll have their daddy. I promise...but they can't have a daddy if they don't have a mommy…" Ponch stared deep into her blue eyes. He brushed her dark hair off her forehead a little. "Please, Brittany."
Brittany sighed. She glanced and saw that the bad guys were too busy looking down at whatever's in their laps and looked back at Ponch.
"You better stay safe, you hear me?" she asked, reaching for her hidden gun and hiding it in his pant's waistband and fixed it so it's not noticeable.
"I promise," Ponch said. She nodded, tears starting to fall as she gave him a quick kiss goodbye. Then she turned to Jon, who was holding his arm that was shot. She kissed his cheek and turned and ran for it. Ponch stood silently watching her go. He badly wanted to go with her. But both of them leaving could cause more trouble than just one leaving. He then turned to Jon.
"You okay?" he asked. Jon nodded.
"Yeah, my arm just hurts a little and it's bleeding," he said.
"Oh...you'll be okay," Ponch said. He ripped some of his own shirt sleeve off so he could put something on Jon's arm to stop the bleeding. "Getraer's gonna hate me for ruining this uniform," Ponch laughed.
"Yeah, but not as much as he will be worried. Don't worry, Brittany will get to safety, and soon help will be on the way," Jon said. Ponch nodded, suddenly feeling that pain again. He tried to wave it off and ignore it as if it were nothing. But it was unbearable. He literally just fell into Jon's arms crying out in pain. Jon caught him in time before he fell. Minutes later, he felt someone grab his arm and he turned to look. Bob had went up to them.
"Great. The female left. That makes two of them who got away," Brian said. "This isn't good, man!" he told Bob.
Bob turned Jon around fast and slapped him in the face. As soon as Jon was turned, Ponch fell to the ground. Bob laughed slightly at the sight. "Aww, too weak to stand, CHiPpie?" he teased. He grabbed Ponch by the arm and yanked him up. "I don't care how much pain you are in. You stand up, you hear me!?" he yelled. Ponch nodded.
"S-S-Sure…" he replied his voice shaky. Bob smiled.
"Come on, it's Baker's turn," he said.