the kidnap

At the Refugee camp, Shawn and his team were on patrol. Shawn was slowly walking around the camp when a marine ran to him with a cell phone. "sir!" the marine called out. "there is a call for you. its Dr. Donald" the marine said to Shawn when he reached him. Shawn was surprised but happy he will finally hear from Dr. Donald he quickly collected the phone from the marine. "Dr. Donald?" said Shawn. "hello, sergeant Shawn. I need you to come and pick me up. The terrorist let me go" Dr. Donald replied. "okay sir. Sir, what about the other woman and her child?" Shawn asked. "I don't know. They took them somewhere else. And they brought me back here." Replied Dr. Donald. Shawn kept quiet for a moment. "sergeant, are you there?" Dr. Donald asked. "sorry sir. Where are you sir?" Shawn asked. "I don't know. somewhere in the desert." Dr. Donald replied. "don't worry sir. We will track your location then my team and I will come pick you as soon as possible" said Shawn. Shawn ended the call and went straight to where they were tracking Aminat. "I need you to track Dr. Donald's phone." Shawn said to the computer operator. "sir. I think he is using the phone we were tracking." Said the operator "what?!" Shawn exclaimed "the indicator moved from where it was last night and stopped in the middle of nowhere" the operator said pointing the positions on the screen. Shawn stood quietly. "let's pick up the doctor first then we deal with that" said Shawn after some thinking. He then removed his phone and took a picture of the map on the screen. "I'm going with my team. We should be back by evening" said Shawn. He went out and soon Shawn, John, Alex, Toby and Chess were all gathered in the tent dressing up. They wore their bullet proof vests and helmets. They took two Humvee's and headed out. Shawn and Chess were in one Humvee with Chess driving, while Toby, John and Alex were in the other with Alex driving.

After a long drive, they were all bored and quiet, "hey guys John has a great idea!" said Toby to Shawn and Chess over the radio. "come on man don't do that." Said John. "what idea is that?" Shawn answered over the radio. "this has gotta be good" Chess teased. They all laughed for a bit. "no no seriously. This one actually, for once! makes sense" said Toby. They all laughed at John again. "he said we should live together since we all stay in New York. The dude is kinda a lonely nerd" said Toby. "shut the fuck up man" said John laughing at the back. Toby turned and teased him a bit. "so what do you guys think?" Toby asked Chess and Shawn. "well I got a family soo…" said Shawn. "and I'm a woman" Chess added. "that means it's just the three of us" said Toby to Alex and John. "what if you and Chess end up together?" John asked Toby. "what do you mean?" Alex asked. "oh well my brother here is in love with Chess" said John as he tapped Toby's shoulder. Immediately, Chess's car lost control a bit but she quickly handled it. "uh… guys, is everything okay over there" Toby asked Chess and Shawn over the radio. "well, yea… Chess chocked a bit. We heard all what you guys just said" replied Shawn. Toby then realized he didn't turn of the mic of the radio when John was talking. Toby quickly turned if off and kept it. "oh shit oh shit oh shit!" Toby exclaimed with his eyes widened. "dude calm down. There is nothing wrong with her knowing" said Alex. "yeah… don't be so sure about that, I mean it's Chess. She's gonna shove his love down his throat" John mocked Toby. "thanks man, that was so comforting" said Toby to John in a sarcastic manner. Throughout the journey, Toby was silent even though he was asked questions.

After hours of driving, they finally found Dr. Donald, he was sitting in a shade on a narrow road with two mountains on each side. Shawn, Chess, John and Alex came down from their Humvee while Toby stayed in the car. "are you alright sir?" Shawn asked. They shook hands and Dr. Donald nodded yes. "where is uhmm… is it Mr. Toby?" Dr. Donald asked. "oh, he's in the car. It's a long story" Shawn replied and scoffed. "well we should hurry up and get going" Shawn suggested. Suddenly, multiple terrorists jumped out from behind the rocks while some where aiming them from the top of the mountain. Shawn and his team brought out their rifles ready to open fire. "lower your weapons sergeant, you are outnumbered" said Dr. Donald. Shawn looked around with his eyes. Tense Moments later, Shawn stood up "okay okay" said Shawn as he slowly stood up raising his hands and rifle. "what are you doing?" Chess whispered to Shawn. "lower your rifles" Shawn whispered back. "lower your rifles" said Shawn to John and Alex. They all dropped their weapons and Toby slowly came out of the Humvee. The terrorists approached slowly and tied them. John tried to struggle but one of the terrorist hit him with a rifle and he passed out. Five trucks later came, they covered their heads with black sacks and loaded them in a truck. Dr. Donald and the terrorists used the trucks and the Humvees to take them to the house close to Dayr Al Kahf where Muktar took Aminat first. They arrived there late in the evening.

When they arrived at the house, the men in the truck picked them up one by one. John was last. When they tried to pick him up, they discovered he wasn't moving. They poured water on his head but he still didn't move. One of the men kicked him but he was still lying motionless. "I think this one is dead" one of the terrorist said to Dr. Donald. "are you sure?" Dr. Donald asked. The men then removed the black cloth over John's head. His eyes were closed and there was dried up blood behind his head where the terrorist hit him when he struggled. "he's dead sir" the terrorist answered Dr. Donald. "go throw him in the pit" ordered Dr. Donald. The pit was a large hole where they dump dead bodies. The truck left with John's body while the rest were taken to an isolated room in the compound. The terrorist untied them, then took their clothes and shoes leaving them with only a shirt and their pants.

The next morning, Dr. Donald brought a loaf of bread and one bottle of water to the four of them. He and five men entered the room. "this is all you'll get for today so use it properly" said Dr. Donald as he threw the water and bread on the floor. "I trusted you doctor" said Shawn. Dr. Donald gave an evil smile. "why are you doing this?" Alex added. Dr. Donald started pacing round the room slowly. "well you see, I have worked for nine good years at that camp. I worked day and night to make sure those refugees are well kept. I discovered that the government doesn't give a damn about those people. All they care about is how to get more money for themselves. It's disgusting. And so, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I created the Al-hukuma group and made some income with it." Said Dr. Donald. "you killed innocent people in Syria. You made more refugees. You are as disgusting as the government" said Chess "I had to build a reputation and those that were killed, well let's say we had to break down to build up again huh?" replied Dr. Donald. "I'm gonna end you even though it'll cost my life" threatened Shawn. Dr. Donald laughed and left. Alex looked at Toby, he was thinking about something. "what's wrong man?" Alex asked Toby. "Its sad that you guys have forgotten about John already" said Toby. "come on man it's not like that" said Alex. "you guys won't understand. He was a real friend. He was my brother" said Toby. They all looked down in silence. "there is something about him. he listens to me all the time. He is just like my therapist you know" said Alex. "he was really a good guy" added Shawn. They all kept quiet for some time thinking about the good times they had with their friend. "so what's the plan" Alex whispered to the others. "what plan?" Shawn asked confused. "what do you mean what plan? To burst outta here of course" Alex whispered louder. "look. We already know he's gonna use us to get money from the government and when he gets it, he's gonna kill us because we know too much now" Alex added. They all nodded in agreement. "but there is no way we are gonna get outta here. We don't even know where the fuck we are" said Chess. They all kept quiet again thinking of ideas on how to escape.

later that day, five men entered the room. They first took Shawn, then Alex and Toby. They took them to another empty room and tied them to a chair. They first poured cold water over them then beat them up badly. Dr. Donald walked into the room. The men stopped beating them. "that's enough now" Dr. Donald said to the men. He then squatted and looked at Shawn, Alex and Toby, who were weak and bleeding from the injuries of the beating. He shook his head, "pardon my make-up artists. They get carried away sometimes. Hey but don't worry, you still look good enough for the show though" he then gave and evil laugh. "Prepare them for the recording. Ali should be here anytime soon" Dr. Donald added. Minutes later, Ali together with Muktar arrived at the compound. They came in an old car and were dressed like ordinary people. They went into a room and changed into a terrorist outfit with masks. Later, they entered the room Shawn, Alex and Toby were in. There was a small camera on a tripod stand in the room. Ali stood for some time and admired the three of them before going to stand in front of the camera. Dr. Donald dressed up and sat down like he was also kidnapped and beaten. Some of his men also wore masks and stood in the background carrying a black Al-Hukuma flag. Muktar went behind the camera and positioned it properly, he then made a countdown with his hand to Ali before pressing the record button. Ali began talking. "salama alaikum, as you already know who I am, I am not going to waste time to introduce myself and also because time is money. Now this is to all the American government and its people. We have six of your men with us. We want one hundred and sixty million dollars or we send their heads to you. are you going to let these men's lives end because of your greed and selfishness? You have a maximum of three days to pay. Or you will lose good men. You are to donate the money to the refugee camp in Azraq. And when we confirm no foul play in the payment, then we will release them". Muktar then viewed Alex, Shawn, Toby and Dr. Donald then he went back to Ali. "these men's lives are depending on you" added Ali. Muktar then stopped the recording and Dr. Donald was untied. He arranged himself and laughed. "you see boys; I'm doing it for the good of the people" said Dr. Donald. "what about the woman?" Muktar asked. Dr. Donald and Ali looked at each other and laughed. "come on Muktar, we saved her just for you" said Ali. Muktar smiled and left. "we will be on our way now" Ali said to Dr. Donald. "thank you Ali. Make sure you prepare for the call" Dr. Donald replied. They shook hands then Ali left the room. Hours later, Muktar and Ali tied Chess and put her in the trunk of there car and left the house.