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((Ok, Angel, Merlyn is out of it right now, so she can't talk to you. I was thinking about it this morning and I'm going to something very.....well, I'm going to make the President of the United States kidnap a few people.... twisted ))

Matt patted his back. "I can't really say that I know how it feels...I've never had anyone like that..."

Just then, Colonels Jeremiah and Vincent Catino ((Yes, these are actuall chars from the book)) burst into the room. "Major Sharps! WE need you and Private Thompson right away! Axel and Merlyn have been kidnapped!!"

Matt looked at them eyes wide. "How the hell did Kr-Axel get her-himself kidnapped? Was he hurt in the rescue?" he said anxouisly.

Vincent nodded gravely. "Our cousin was hit in the head on the way out. I fear that someone in the U.S. forces found out about both of them!" He turned to Mathius. "Private, you are not to repeat this to anyone, but Major Axel Catino is actually Kristienna Catino. You see, the Sharps and the Catinos are close family friends...We need to hurry!"

Jeremiah yelled at Mathius, "God dammit, man! You're lucky that you're ranked at all you swine!!"

Vincent put a hand on his brother's shoulder. "I think they took them to a torture camp....Dammit," he said, looking at the two. "We can't have that happen. Not to them. It's bad enough that all of us have been through it, but not them..."


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Merlyn woke up with a gag in her mouth and tied to a chair in a black room next to her best friend, Kristie Catino. She, too, had her hair short and wearing military uniform. She looked at Kristie and they shared a gaze that said, " Oh, hell, we're in for it now, girl."

Matt, Jeremiah, and Vincent all clamored after Mathius. The childhood friends all looked at each other. They shared a, "Gosh, Merlyn has a good guy" kinda look. They then all ran after him again. "Mathius, slow down!" called Matt.

Matt saw that Mathius was crying, but the enitre shooting thing was uncalled for. He grabbed both of Mathius' arms and pinned him to the groung. "Look, Mathius, this is hard for all of us, but you need to control yourself. I've worked hard at showing no emotion, but right now I'm angrier than a hornet, so don't get stupid," he said in Mathius' ear.

Jeremiah and Vincent let the two be.

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A cool hand from behind Merlyn took off the gag. Imediatly Merlyn shouted, "Let me go or I'm going to kill everyone in this room that is U.S.A!"

A voice from the shadows said, "Now now, Merlyn, think about what Mathius and Mathew would think if you did that? Besides, look at the odds, you're tied to a chair and injured. And dear Axel can't do anything, he's in a daze..." The lights turned on and Tracy Grace, Kind of the United States of America stood in front of her. "Oh, wait, you are a delicate flower, aren't you?"

"I don't know what the hell you mean, you sick and psychotic b*****d! Realise me and Major Catino or I will kill you!" said Merlyn.

Kristie, also having taken off the gag, said, "And don't think that you're getting any mercy from me, son of a b***h!" She and Merlyn spat on the tyrant.

Grace whiped it off. "I don't think that we've tried the water on women, gentlemen. I wonder how strong their will will be after that. Take them to the torture chamber and put the setting on..." He paused. "Kill."

Matt was sparlled out on the ground. He sat up and said, "I know, I understand...I don't want to lose either of them either. But we can't do any good and can't waste time by killing people and crying over it!" He stood up and held out his hand for Mathius.

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The girls were taken to a iron room with a furnace in it. Their hands were shoved behind thier backs and put face foreward on a table. Then...searing pain. Merlyn and Kristie grit their teeth and bared it like..well...men. Then they were, excuse the expression, heared into another room with a small pool of water with a board sticking out of it. On the board there were shackels. "Oh, God almighty..." said Merlyn..."It's water torture..." Both were forced into the shackels. Then, the board flipped and but them both head first into the ice cold water, making them exhale their held breaths....

Matt, Jeremiah, and Vincent all said, "Damn him!!" They all took off toward the building without a word to Mathius.

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After about two minutes, which seemed like an eternity, the board flipped up again. Kristie and Merlyn took in a few breaths, but then the board flipped into the water. They were prepared for the tempature this time, but it still stung. They began to think about why they couldn't die...Kristie because of her cousins and her crush Thomas, Merlyn becuase of Matt and Mathius. It just made them stronger to take on the torture.

Matt looked at him like he was stupid. "To that old house, where else?"

Matt sighed when there was not a reply.

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After about ten dunks, Grace strood into the room. He was grinning from ear to ear. "Looks like my trap worked. All four are coming right here. They're here right now..."

"Damn you! Don't touch them! I know what you want, Grace! You are a killer. Go ahead and kill us, but dont you dare make them go through this again!" yelled Merlyn. She stared at him with an evil eye so intense it made the torture keeper cringe.

Grace stared back at her. "Let the Major go. Tell them that I want to rest of the Gatlen Gun plans or the Captin gets killed in a slow and painfull death..."

Kristie fell foreward as she was let go. She looked at Merlyn, then ran off.

In her head, Merlyn began to say her goodbyes. Then, she said prayers of repentanc and hoping for forgiveness. She did not let her fear show on her face, or in her eyes. She was then dunked and Grace left.