"Ok let's break this down," Jack said, while clapping his hands. "First the mafia storms your office to take down your boss, but that doesn't work, resulting in you unlocking these hidden abilities, killing 4 out of the five gunmen and only injuring the last one, who just came in here today to kill you," Jack says, looking at Sarah for confirmation. "Yes that's correct." "Then you also found out that Mr.Harrington is the leader of their rival mafia gang, that they are trying to take down and kill. Also Mike was kidnapped by some unknown entity in this situation and you're on the run from both the police and the mafia. Do I have everything right?" Jack asked. "Yes you do," Sarah says.
"Oh I forgot to show you this," Sarah says, as she reaches into her pocket to pull out the letter that they left her and handed it to Jack. "They left me this letter after they took Mike." Jack takes the letter and reads it silently to himself. "So they want you to do something for them in order to get Mike back?" Jack asked, confused. "I believe so but I don't know why or what they want me to do," Sarah says. "It says to wait for their call, do you have any idea when they are going to call?" Jack asked. "No I don't, they didn't leave anything to suggest a time frame," Sarah states. "Hmm," Jack says, while he stroked his chin.
Just as Sarah was about to speak there was a knock at the door. "Who is it?" Jack asked. "The water flows like a river through the mountains and the sun shines in the east," the person on the other side of the door says. Sarah looks on confused while Jack responds, "And the light shines upon me." "What the...," Sarah says, utterly confused. Jack then proceeds to check the peephole and opens the door. A group of men walked through the door, with cleaning supplies, bags, military equipment, and began to pick up the mafia members that were lying on the floor and cleaned up the mess from the attack. "Who are these people and what is going on here?" Sarah asks.
Jack pulls her to the side and tells her that these people are a part of the clean up crew in the navy, who would come in and clean up the scenes when things were done, so they could get in and out of their missions undetected," Jack stated. "And what was that weird wording/riddle that they said before you let them in?" Sarah asked. "Oh it's a code we say to make sure that we can identify our people," Jack says. "Uh okay," Sarah says, still weirded out. "The scene has been cleaned and cleared," the gentleman says to Jack. "Confirmed, thank you," Jack responded back. The man turned around signaling to the others and they packed up and left.
"You still have your Navy connections?" Sarah asked eagerly. "Yea," Jack responded back, taking a sip of his water. "That will definitely come in handy, to help us understand this entire situation," Sarah stated. "It could, but I don't know," Jack says. "We need to go speak to Mr. Harrington and see what is going on. Also we can't do anything about the Mike situation until they call." "Yea you're right," Sarah says sadly. "What I really want to know is where these hidden abilities came from," Jack said. "I honestly don't know, it was just as if, a part of my body was woken up after being asleep for so long and I was able to channel it and use it like second nature," Sarah explained. "Interesting," Jack says calmly.
"After unlocking the hidden abilities, has anything else run through your head?" Jack asks. "Like what?" Sarah says questioningly. "Like old memories that would be tied to the reason you have these abilities in the first place." "No not really, nothing else has come to me since it happened." Silence fell upon the room as Sarah and Jack both started thinking, trying to figure out what to do. Sarah's phone began to ring causing her to almost jump out of her skin, as she pulled it out of her pocket and looked at the caller ID. *Unknown Number* ran across her screen, she lifted it up nervously to show Jack. "Answer, it may be them," Jack says.
Sarah slides her finger across the screen to answer, her fingers trembling, as she slowly raises her phone to her ear to listen. "He..Hello," Sarah answers, her voice trembling. "Come to 415 Pit Road in an hour, and come alone," the voice on the other end says "Is Mike.." *Click* The line goes dead before Sarah could even finish her sentence. "What.. What did they say?" Jack concernedly asks. "They just said to come to 415 pit road in an hour ,alone, and then hung up,"Sarah says as a lump began to form in her throat, as she tried to hold back tears.
"I didn't even get to see if Mike was okay," Sarah says sadly, as a single tear ran down her face. "I believe Mike is okay and they said they wouldn't hurt him as long as you do as they say," Jack stated matter of factly. "You're right," Sarah responded back. "What am I going to do?" Sarah says, as she places her head in her hands. "I don't know, but what I do know is that you can't go there alone," Jack says. "I know, but I don't want to defy them, in fear that they might kill Mike," Sarah says petrified.
"Okay calm down now, let's think," Jack says. "Is there any way to go in and you can listen to our conversation at the same time?" Sarah asked "Ah," Jack says, snapping his fingers. "There is a way. Give me a second." He says as he takes his phone out and calls someone. "I need some listening and tracking devices, make sure they're undetectable," Jack says through the receiver before hanging up. "Who was that?" Sarah asked. "That was one of my Navy buddies, he should have what we need." "That's wonderful," Sarah happily replied.
"Okay we have an hour before you need to be there,"Jack says. "He should also be here within 30 minutes to give us what we need." "Ok we just need to wait," Sarah says, as she walks over to the couch to get comfortable. 20 to 30 minutes passed and there was a knock on the door. "Who is it?" Jack sternly asked. The person on the other side of the door said their code to prove their identity and Jack checked the peephole, making sure before opening the door. "Hey man," Jack's buddy says, while giving Jack a friendly hug, which he returned. "Here is what you ask for, this is the listening device and this one is the tracking device, and you press this button to make them work and this button so it can be untraceable by any metal detector or scanner," the guys says. "Thanks Brian, I greatly appreciate it,"Jack says. "Anytime, call me if you need anything else," Brian says, as he takes his leave.
"Okay let's quickly get you hooked up," Jack says, as he immediately turns around, to start hooking Sarah up to both devices. "Okay you are ready to go," Jack says as he finishes up. "Thanks Jack for everything. I greatly appreciate you for everything,"Sarah says. "No worries, you'll just owe me a life on line type of favor," Jack says, while laughing. Sarah laughs, "I will definitely come to your rescue, whenever you need me," Sarah says with a smile. "You ready to go, Sarah?" Jack asks as he prepares for them to leave. "As ready as I'll ever be," Sarah says with a nervous laugh.

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