Tuesday, September 29, 2009

SciFi Story - Episode 2


Henry was looking through the window, thinking. It has been 20 minutes since they were kidnapped by these guys. A few minutes later, the cell phone of the man behind rang. After a minute, the man ended the call and told Francis, “John said hurry up.” After a few moments, they reached the intersection of 5th avenue and Rise Street. A familiar car was parked at the south bound side of the street. To Henry’s surprise, it‘s one of their cars. Henry saw his family looking worried. He got more anxious. The car where Anna and Elizabeth were in took a u-turn and followed the car Francis is driving. They drove for about one and a half hours and a few minutes more, they’ll reach an exit to a dark zone. A dark zone is an area in a country where Phoenix has no jurisdiction. It is mostly occupied by mercenaries. So people exit at their own risk. A dark zone exit can only give way to those with security passes for each individual passing through. These security passes contain a fingerprint and a signature.

Moments before the cars arrive at the exit, both of the cars stopped. Then Francis said, “Brian, get his fingerprints.” Francis ordered. Brian then grabbed a device from his bag and swiped Henry’s hands to it. The same thing was done to Anna and Elizabeth at the other car. After the fingerprints, each family member was asked to sign a security pass on the kidnappers’ laptops. All of them now have their individual security passes. A few minutes later, Francis drove the car. The other car stayed. Henry was confused about what’s happening then Francis told him, “We’re going out first. If you do something foolish they die. Understood?” Henry felt so oppressed but he had no choice but to obey. At the exit, the guards asked for the digital security passes for each of them. Brian handed a chip containing all of the documents. Then the authorities validated it and asked for the confirmation of their signatures and fingerprints. The first group successfully exited. Francis then told Brian, “Tell them we’re out”. Then Brian called John. The second group then went to the same process but this time the kidnappers scared them and told them that Henry would die once they do something foolish. So now the two groups successfully entered a dark zone.

After 20 minutes, the two groups stopped at a shoulder near the kilometer 3 mark of the road. All of the kidnappers started to wear their earpieces. Francis then talked to someone on the other side of the line. “Andrew, what’s the status?” Francis said. Andrew was in a computer room. His monitors display satellite views of the current location of the two groups. “There’s nothing threatening yet. One thing, a group of mercenaries is located northeast of your current location but luckily they’re not heading towards you.” Andrew said, then Randy, the driver of the other car, said, “We better start moving before those mercenaries shift direction and find us.” Then the two cars started to move. The cars continued heading north. After another 30 minutes, the cars took a right turn into a smaller road. Before turning, the kidnappers blindfolded the Randolph family so they won’t know how to get to where they’re going.

They arrived at a building five minutes later. The cars stopped. Henry is not feeling good about this stopover. Each family member was tied and grabbed out of their respective cars. After a few minutes they were dropped to the floor. Henry out of anger shouted, “What the hell do you want from us?!?” “We think it’s you that needs something from us, Mr. Randolph.” Francis replied. Elizabeth got curious of the guy named Francis. He really sounds familiar to her. “How can you think we need something from you? We don’t even know you?!?” Anna shouted. “Well, let me explain.” said a guy from a distance. It’s Andrew. “We just saved your lives, Mrs. Randolph.” Andrew continued. “Saved us? Since when did kidnapping become similar to saving?!?” Elizabeth angrily stated. “If you cooperate with us we’ll explain to you more. You just need to listen to us for a while. After that, you’re free to go at your own risk. But here’s one thing, I think you don’t want anything more complicated than where you are right now. With that said, we’re going to remove your blindfolds.” John interrupted. The family got confused. They don’t know why kidnappers who showed their faces to their victims would easily let their victims go. A few moments passed then their blindfolds were removed. Elizabeth got shocked by what she saw. “Kevin?!?” She said while looking straight at Francis. “What?!? You know this guy?!? I thought his name is Francis?” Henry shouted. This added to the confusion of the family. Why would an old classmate of Elizabeth kidnap them? If they really saved them, then why would they do so? Why should they trust them?

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