Warning: This chapter contains rape, so read at your own discretion.

Chapter Six

"Are you saying that correctly?" Mandrake asked, worried.

"Yeah," Flash nodded, "Two immortals, enemies to MacLeod apparently. They kidnapped Richie while he was on a date with Tori."

"What?!"

The two men turned to see April walking into the room. She was on break from the academy and visiting the Defenders and her family.

"Richie is kidnapped?!" April exclaimed in shock.

"By Ming and his immortal cohorts, nonetheless," Flash answered, "With them being enemies of MacLeod, I believe Ming has made a huge mistake."

"That's an understatement," Mandrake added, "Ming's now working with immortal enemies, enemies of Duncan MacLeod nonetheless."

"Did Duncan or Tori give out names?" April asked.

"No," Flash shook his head, "No. I only got the gist of the situation. Since Richie and Duncan had shown a father – son bond, MacLeod might not just take the heads of the immortals, but Ming's as well."

"That'd be a mess," Mandrake quipped.

"We should get going," April suggested.

"Let's gather the rest of the team and meet Tori and MacLeod to save Richie Ryan," Flash declared.

-Beginning-of-a-New-Life-

Richie managed to take a few deep breaths as he looked on, sitting in his cell. He had no idea how long it had been since he'd been here, trying to keep warm.

"Man," Richie said to himself, "I hope Mac and Tori find me soon. I'm becoming a Popsicle here."

He heard heavy footsteps coming towards his cell and sensed the Buzz. He looked around the room, "Mac?"

He looked outside to see Felicia, Keogh and two ice robots at the entrance of his cell.

"Hello, Richie," Felicia smirked at him.

"Go away!" Richie exclaimed as he backed into the wall of his cell.

"Now, that wasn't very nice," Felicia replied, glaring at him.

Keogh lunged towards Richie and pinned him to the wall. He struggled against his strong grasp.

"You know what to do!" Felicia told the ice robots. The robots walked towards him.

"No," Richie shook his head and protested, "Let go of me!"

One of the soldiers walked over to Richie, ripped off the sleeve of his shirt and injected something into the vein his arm. Suddenly, Keogh and the ice robots released him.

Richie tried to run away from his captors, but he felt like he could barely move. He felt so tired and his limbs weren't obeying as he struggled to stand.

"What...what the..." Richie muttered.

He saw Felicia coming up to him. She sat him up and smiled. Richie felt drunk, as if he was at some sort of party. At first, he thought he was back at Joe's, making out with Tori. He slowly opened his eyes and to his horror saw Felicia.

"What...what...the..." Richie demanded during his struggle, "what the...hell are you...doing?!"

Felicia chuckled, "Enjoying yourself, aren't you?"

He tried to shove her off of him, noticing what was happening to him. Richie tried to separate himself from Felicia's grasp, but she ended up sucking on his exposed throat.

"That's nice," he heard Keogh state.

Richie hoped he wasn't getting in on this too! Luckily, he only felt Felicia. He felt her hands going underneath his shirt, pushing it up to bunch under his armpits.

It was becoming a literal nightmare. He was being raped right after being drugged. Richie felt her weight on him, heard her moans, and he felt it as a never ending ordeal. He had hoped to have shared this intimate moment with Tori one day, but Felicia was taking it from him.

"Let's leave him."

Then everything faded to black, "Mac, Tori, please find me."

-Beginning-of-a-New-Life-

"We have to get going!" Duncan exclaimed as he was pacing the room of his loft. Amanda, Joe and Tori were all with him in the room.

"And rush into a plan?!" Joe exclaimed before he scoffed, "That's a rational move."

"Richie is being held by not just Ming the Merciless," Duncan stated, "but also..."

"By two immortals who are enemies to you," Joe cut him off, "Felicia Martins and David Keogh, I know who they are, I'm a Watcher! Let me ask you some questions."

"Sure." Duncan nodded.

"Did Felice happen to pose as a new immortal to get to you?" Joe asked.

"Yes," Duncan answered, "but I never trusted her, and neither did Tessa. Richie however trusted her."

"Did she try to kill Tessa or Richie?" Joe asked.

"Tessa told me she tried to kill her," Duncan answered, "but she used a blowtorch to ward her off."

"That's her MO," Joe stated, "To emotionally weaken her targets, you in this case."

-Beginning-of-a-New-Life-

Tori glanced over as Amanda walked over to her.

"Are you okay?" Amanda asked.

"I'm just worried about Richie," Tori answered.

"I know." Amanda comforted her, "Richie's strong. He'll come out of this with a smile on his face."

"I hate when things take a turn like this," Tori stated, "Richie and I finally become a couple, and then he gets taken, used as bait for MacLeod."

"That is a twist," Amanda quipped.

"A couple of years ago," Tori explained, "I'd never even think about falling in love. I've seen so many things in the IUA, and never imagined being a part of this immortal battle, let alone fall for a fellow pre-immortal. We saw what happened with Mac and Tessa. There's some differences obviously, but some things are the same. I couldn't, and can't bear to see Richie get hurt, or lose his head. Every time I see him, I touch him..."

"Tori," Amanda quipped, "it sounds to me like you're in love with Richie."

"Yeah," Duncan chimed in, "Deja Vu."

Tori sighed before she stood up and faced the others, "The Defenders are on their way. Once they get here within the hour, we'll head over to Ice Station Earth, and rescue Richie. That's what Flash told me. I guess a double quickening will happen too."

"Then I guess we're settled," Joe stated.

-Beginning-of-a-New-Life-

"Why would Ming be working with two immortals, who are enemies to MacLeod?" Lothar asked.

"I have no clue," Mandrake answered.

"Chances are they're planning something against MacLeod, including wanting to take his head," Flash answered.

"With Richie as the bait," the Phantom chimed in.

"Why does Ming want us to bring MacLeod to Ice Station Earth?" Rick asked.

"It's part of their plan obviously," April answered.

"Ming probably wants all of us and will probably dispatch those two immortals once MacLeod is taken care of," LJ said.

"That's likely," Kshin nodded.

"I don't like the feeling of this," Jedda stated.

"Neither do I," April exclaimed, "They took Tori's man!"

"I knew it'd be a matter of time before Tori and Richie ended up together," Flash stated.

"Wasn't it obvious?" April quipped.

"Richie will be okay, right?" Kshin asked.

"If he doesn't lose his head," April answered, "he will be. I hope we get to Seacouver and fast!"

"We'll be there in no time," Flash assured her.

-Beginning-of-a-New-Life-

Richie started coming to. He found himself at his cell. He moved his arms, and then his legs, unable to figure out what was going on at first. He had a headache and felt like he had a hangover. He was surely drugged.

With that in mind, Richie proceeded to examine himself as he slowly got up. He noticed his shirt was roughly opened and the sleeve on his left arm was torn off. He then noticed something sticky coming from the upper legs, private area and thighs.

Richie paled in horror, realizing what had happened to him. He knew he was injected with something, which turned out to be some sort of drug. He had been barely conscious when Felicia took advantage and raped him. He could barely remember, but he remembered her sounds, felt her kisses, but he had hoped it was just a bad dream.

However, Richie realized it wasn't a dream, it really happened! Richie leaned to a wall and dropped to his knees in disbelief, muttering to himself, "Oh, God no. Please, no."

Tori is now going to think I'm disgusting, Richie thought in despair, She won't have anything to do with me, and neither will Mac. They'll think I'm a cheating pig and a whore who'd sell himself and steal.

Richie took some deep breaths to try to compose himself and keep from crying. He wasn't about to let Felicia or David see weakness in him. When he got out of here, Richie wondered if things would ever be the same again. What would become of him? What would become of his relationship with Tori? With Mac?