Heroes STRIKEs Back 3B Heroes/STRIKE Series'

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**** Ash lowered his phone and turned to Taec, Brett and Beau arrived.

"Find them?"

Taec shook his head, "No, and Rayne's not answering her phone."

An uncharacteristic dread began pushing its way through Ash's normally calm demeanor.  "Becca's not either." He looked at Brett. "It's been over an hour. I'm texting Yeou. He may have better luck. He can also go places we can't."

Brett wasn't able to hide the worry he felt for his daughters. "I don't care how you find my girls. Just do it."

Ash nodded to Taec. "My work phone is on my desk. Use it to call Sasin. He'll get Yeou's team ready."

Brett pulled a burner out of his pocket and held it up, "Yeou gave us several of these for a time like this. He may not get the text right away, but he might answer this call now."

Taec looked to Ash, "OK, I'll keep searching here while you call Sasin."

Ash nodded and took off at a run.

***

Brett and Beau waited for what seemed like an eternity as the phone rang.

"Yeou."

Brett let out the breath he didn't realize he'd been holding.

"Yeou, we need your help. My girls have..."

"I'm aware of the situation. I received Agent Park's text. My team is mobilizing as we speak and..."

Beau squeezed his brother's shoulder, "We're not the kind to stand around waiting, Yeou. We're both highly trained and are auxiliary deputies."

Both men were surprised when the Operative agreed, "Good. You know the ranch. I don't. The best thing you can do is search the ranch. If we locate the women first we'll send you the location. I've already ordered Agent Part and his brother to search their favorite hang outs. My team's ready to move out. I'll keep you posted and would appreciate if you do the same."

Beau looked at Brett when the line went dead, "Not much of a talker."

Brett shook his head, "I don't care as long as he finds my girls."

***

Becca cracked her eyes open but quickly closed them and groaned as pain sliced through her head. She tried moving her shoulders to relieve the terrible cramping but the pain forced her to stop.

She took a deep breath to gain control of the fear and panic before making a second attempt to slowly open her eyes. Her hands were chained to a concrete wall high above her head. She tried to ease the strain on her arms only to find that her toes barely touched the stone floor.

The urge to scream was overwhelming as she began to struggle again the bindings.

"I wouldn't if I were you." The voice was soft, but there was something chillingly familiar about it.

A few feet away, Rayne was experiencing the same helplessness. She bit her lower lip and tried to calm her heart as it was pounding much too hard and fast.

"Hagatha, what do you think you're doing? Get us down from here!"