Chapter 1

"Ok guys," Walter said, "off site job. All fun and games up in Derek Sunbeam's mansion,"

"Derek Sunbeam?" Paige asked, in shock, "isn't he like a millionaire?"

"Billionaire," Toby said, "and it doesn't take a behaviorist to know that he's probably a jerk,"

"Aw come on, Toby. You don't even know him,"

"Eh, I've met billionaires before. I don't like em. They're shifty,"

"Shifty? Seriously?" Paige laughed, while helping Walter pack his things. She glanced up at Walter, who kept a straight face. There it was, just another failed attempt to get Walter to show emotion. He had said when they first met that people with high IQ have low EQ. The others weren't like Walter. Toby and Happy obviously had some strong emotions towards each other, and Sylvester was a person all his own. Walter was like a robot, and Paige was determined to get him to show emotion.

They all got in the car, and Cabe drove them to the house. When they arrived, Toby immediately scanned everybody in the area. There were security guards around the house, but all looked innocent enough. They all went inside, and again, Toby scanned the room. A woman in a red dress approached them.

"Hi," she held out her hand to Walter, "I am Mr. Sunbeam's assistant, Hallie,"

"Walter," he smiled a smile Paige knew meant nothing. A smile Paige knew he practiced in the mirror every night; trying to become more relatable. A smile Paige was helping him with.

"So what seems to be the problem?" Walter asked.

"There is something wrong with Mr. Sunbeam's security system," she said, "you can follow me to the security room,"

"Is there any chance you have any details on the situation?" Walter asked.

"No, you'd have to ask Mr. Sunbeam that,"

"Is there anyway I could speak with him?"

"I don't know. He's very busy, but I'll see if he can come down," she stopped in front of a door, and unlocked it, "here is the security room. You can begin doing whatever it is you do, and I'll try and find Mr. Sunbeam,"

"Something's up here," Toby said as soon as she was out of earshot, "she's too tense for a normal assistant,"

"This is a billionaire's house, there's always something up," Walter said, opening his laptop, "and don't worry, I noticed it as well. Happy, check the wiring, make sure there's nothing there that shouldn't be there. Sylvester and Toby you guys scan the area surrounding the house, make sure nothing outside is effecting the inside, and Toby keep an eye on people,"

Everyone went off to do their respective tasks. Walter bit his lip, then easily hacked the security system. He began scanning through the lines of code as the door opened.

"Mr. O'Brien," the man, supposedly Mr. Sunbeam stepped into the room. He extended his hand to Walter. Walter waited just a split second before shaking it, to give Toby a moment to observe. Toby had gotten his moment. He immediately stood up, and walked towards Walter.

"Something's up. I have a feeling..." Toby began whispering in Walter's ear, but it was too late. Derek Sunbeam took out a gun, and placed the barrel on Walter's stomach.

Everyone's expressions changed. Toby's looked as if he had seen it coming, which he did. Happy and Cabe were shocked. Paige and Sylvester looked genuinely scared. Walter's expression was completely unphased. He glanced down at the gun against his chest.

"Two more seconds, Walter," Toby said, "you couldn't have given me two more seconds,"

"Hey," Derek said, "quiet,"

Walter took this opportunity to step to the side, and kick the gun out of Derek's hand. It flew through the air, as it came down towards the ground, Walter caught it. He kicked Derek in the stomach, deeper into the room, towards Paige. Then Walter raised the gun, and pointed it at Derek.

"Thanks for the two seconds, Toby," Walter said.

"Don't take your gaze off him," Toby said, "but there are six security guards right outside the door, ready to strike,"

"Good to know," Walter said. Toby looked at Derek, who was surveying the situation.

"PAIGE! MOVE! NOW!" Toby shouted, but it was too late. Derek grabbed her, and pulled her through another door in the back of the room. The security guards burst into the room, and came after them. hey dropped smoke bombs on the floor. Two of them grabbed Walter, but he managed to fight them off. One he punched in the face, the other he shot in the foot. He managed to make his way through the smoke, and out the door.

"PAIGE!" he shouted. He saw a door down the hallway closing. He ran faster than he had ever thought humanly possible, and pushed through the doorway. They were in a stone stairwell. He didn't know whether to go up or down.

"PAIGE!" he shouted again.

"WALTER!" the sound was coming from above him. He turned, and charged up the stairs, "WALTER!"

"Paige! I'm coming!" Walter shouted, "don't...worry,"

He made it to the top of the stairwell. There was one doorway he could go through. He took a deep breath, and pushed the door open.

On the other side was Derek, with Paige, and a knife to her neck. Walter swallowed, and raised the gun; pointing it at Derek.

"Drop the gun," he said, smiling. Walter bit his lip, but refused the drop the gun. Derek drew the knife closer to Paige's throat, and she drew in a sharp breath, for she could now feel the cold metal against her skin. He dug the tip of the knife into her skin, making a small cut in her neck. Walter dropped the gun on the gravel.

"That's better," he said.

"What do you want?" Walter asked.

"Funny you should ask that Mr. O'Brien," he smiled, lowering the knife away from Paige's throat a little. Walter heard a distant cry of his name. He immediately recognized the voice as Toby's. He prayed Toby wouldn't find them, because he knew it could ruin everything.

Then Walter heard a helicopter. He turned, and saw one flying towards the building. It drew closer as Toby's voice grew louder. Derek began talking again, but Walter couldn't hear what he was saying. He took a step closer, but Derek placed the knife closer to Paige's throat, so Walter again stepped back. The helicopter drew closer, and landed on the roof.

Derek put the knife away, and grabbed Paige's shirt.

"TELL RALPH THE TRUTH!" she shouted. Walter nodded, as Derek shoved her into the helicopter. He hopped inside, and closed the door. Walter picked up the gun, and fired it towards the helicopter, but since Walter didn't have the best aim, he missed, and it bounced off the blade. Then the helicopter took off and flew away.

The door burst open, and Toby ran through. Happy was on his heels, followed by Sylvester and Cabe.

"Where's Paige?" Toby asked, out of breath. Walter just raised the gun, and pointed to the helicopter, that was now just a small speck in the sky.

"We've gotta get Ralph," Walter sighed, "tell him the truth of what happened,"

"Do you know what Derek wants with Paige?" Happy asked.

"No idea," Walter said. That was a lie. He had an idea, he knew why Derek had taken Paige. He could read lips. The thing about having a low EQ was that it made you a much better liar, not even Toby could discover you.

"Are you nervous, Walter?" Happy asked.

"No. I'm not nervous," Walter replied, "we'll find her. I have no reason to be,"

Happy nodded, and backed off. Walter tucked the gun in the back of his pants, and began walking towards the door. Then Cabe pulled the gun from the back of Walter's pants.

"What the hell?" Walter asked, throwing his arms up.

"If you go out on to civilian streets with a gun tucked in your pants, you'll get arrested," Cabe said.

"Yeah, well, I'm not walking around without a gun on me, incase he comes back,"

"You seem to do a pretty good job at handling yourself,"

"Fine. Whatever. Keep the gun," Walter said, "just know that if you lose me too, you're screwed,"

Walter threw the door open, and went down the stairs. Toby quickly followed after him.

"Yes, sir," Cabe said sarcastically, and followed. Then Sylvester made his way cautiously down the stairs, holding his fingers like he always did. Happy glanced up at the little tiny blip in front of the sun that was the helicopter Paige was sitting in. Happy had grown close to Paige over the past few months, and was truly devastated that she had been kidnapped, or at least as devastated as a person with her IQ could be. She pushed the door opened, and began walking down the stairs. She was far behind the others. She couldn't risk calling out to them, but she couldn't risk getting separated either. She had to make the decision whether to get off where they had came from, or continue down the stairs. She heard voices above. That made up her mind, she was going down the stairs.

Cabe and Walter were in the front seat of the car. Toby and Sylvester were in the back. Cabe had the car started, and Walter was anxiously tapping his foot. Then Walter's phone rang. He scrambled to get it out of his pocket. He looked a little disappointed when he saw the caller ID, but only Toby noticed. Walter answered the phone.

"Happy, what's up? Where are you?" Walter asked.

"I'm coming out of the mansion. I see the car, open the trunk,"

"Why?"

"Just open the damn trunk!" she shouted, and hung up.

"Open the trunk," Walter said urgently. Cabe pressed the button on the door that opened the trunk. It began opening slowly as Happy ran out of the mansion. She was being chased by three security guards. She launched herself into the trunk of the car.

"Close the trunk!" she shouted. Cabe pressed the button that closed the trunk, and began driving. The security guards got in cars of their own, and began chasing after them. They got on the highway, and went in the opposite direction of the garage.

"Where are you going?" Sylvester asked.

"Not to the garage," Cabe replied.

"Happy you've gotta get a seat belt on," Toby said. Happy nodded, and climbed into the back seat, sitting between the two boys.

"Hi," Toby smiled. Happy scoffed, and looked forward.

"LOOK OUT! RED!" she shouted.

"I see it," Cabe said. He hit the gas harder, and they sped towards the red light. He made a right turn, and got rear ended by a minivan. He got beeped at by many cars, but they lost the security guards.

Everyone was breathing heavily as they made their way quickly back to the garage. Cabe dropped them off, gave Walter a gun, and went to get rid of the car. Sylvester made sure the door was bolted shut. Toby and Happy began watching security footage of the city while Walter went upstairs. He put the gun down on a ledge, and sat down on the couch. He began replaying everything that had happened, and began cursing at himself; thinking of things he could've done differently to save Paige. He just didn't understand while Derek wanted...

"Walter!" his thought was interrupted by Toby's call for him, "you better come down here! We found something!"

Walter stood up. He grabbed the gun, and made his way down the stairs.