With the 'Rescuers'

        Liam paced the small room that everyone gathered in. He decided that, with permission from Shadis, everyone was going to help: Justin, Massimo, Lee, Nick, Alesia, and Alexa. They knew more about Derek than his team. Liam pointed to the board,

        "Okay. So we know Derek had an obsession with Lee for a while, making her feel off, she saw him in the store she always goes to a few times so he may have stalked her. Then he saw Ester and probably started doing the same thing. This means he is very skilled because Ester is very hyper-aware of everything around her, hyper-vigilance. That and she is hardly ever alone. He must have found her apartment that she shares with her squad by following them home one day. He knew that I was going back to Chicago, so he must have followed us to the airport and saw them going out to get beers to take home with them to drink and finally relax for the first time in years. That's when he strikes,"

        Xavier patted his shoulder and pointed to another part of the board,

        "So, he walked up to their apartment, knocks on the door when they are already drunk, Ester goes up to the peephole, and sees that it's Derek. She would not feel any threat to him because her senses are dulled and she knows him from working here. So, when she lets him in, he strikes her and she's knocked out. That's when the team springs into action. Nikki always has her sharpened playing cards in her pocket so she throws all of them at him, he's dodging so that causing the scuff marks on the walls. Then he knocks her out. Damion tackles him over the couch, which makes the couch be upturned. He easily knocks Damion out because Damion is almost the worst drunk. Javier attacks him with his crutch, but he's the worst drunk and hits the tv by accident. He's easily overpowered and knocked out. Billy throws a lamp as a last resort, Derek gets hit but is not knocked out. He throws an empty beer bottle at Billy and Billy is out like a light,"

        Nico goes up next,

        "Okay so they are all out, so why not rob all of them before taking them? Simple. He is a sadistic kidnapper. He is only in for Ester. He took their phones to be a tease and just to text Lee, Justin, and Massimo. Lee because she was his old stalker. Massimo because he was the one that would call the army or police. Justin because he felt threatened by him. He is has a dominant personality, he wants to feel in control."

        Jax ran a hand through his hair,

        "With this fact, he will have all of them in separate rooms, so he would need them in a warehouse, probably abandoned. He would have driven a big van because there is no way that he would get away with kidnapping them in a small car. Six people in a small car? hell no. He feels connected to Ester in some way. He would zero in on her most of all and want her to play along with his fantasy that he made,"

        Troy sighed,

        "With that fact alone, we know he will reach out to Justin again through Javier's phone. He will probably come to work tomorrow because of his confidence. He thinks he will not get caught, he knew he had time today because of his day off. He has been planning this for a while,"

        Justin put his head into his hands, he felt responsible, Massimo feeling the same exact guilt. Nick looked at the small team,

        "So what's our plan?"

        Liam nodded,

        "You don't know that we are here. Act normal tomorrow. Nico will be a volunteer tomorrow as Alexa's distant cousin,"

        Alexa smirked and ruffled Nico's hair,

        "I like that idea,"

        Nico pouted while everyone laughed. Jax sighed,

        "Yeah, too bad I can't go,"

        Troy smirked,

        "You would immediately punch him in the face,"

        Jax shrugged and everyone laughed at his lack of denial. Xavier smiled,    

    "And I'll be pretending to be Nico's older brother and will strike up conversations with Derek to get him calm and put a tracer on his back or shoulder. Everyone else will be in two cars and tailing Derek."

    They all nodded. Massimo sighed,

    "This will work?"

    Liam nodded confidently,

    "It will,"

    Then they heard a ding from Justin's phone. Xavier grabbed it first and felt his anger levels rise exponentially:

Justin Justin Justin. Do you hear her through the phone? She is screaming my name.

    It was a picture of Ester's face all sweaty. It was too dark to fully tell what was going on but Xavier was not stupid. He knew that bitch raped her. He threw the phone down and stormed out of the room. Everyone stared as he stormed out in shock. Liam knew he tended to be very level-headed so something really bad must have happened. Jax picked up the phone and Troy caught his arm before he could slam it against the wall,

    "Jax!"

    Jax glared,

    "That son of a bitch. After I'm done with him, he won't be fucking breathing,"

    He punched the wall so hard that it left a hole and Troy grabbed him again before he could punch it again. Troy constricted his arms and pushed his head down to calm Jax down,

    "Jax. Calm down,"

    Jax shook his head,

    "That bitch fucking deserves to die,"

    Nico slowly picked up the phone and felt his heart burst at the text. He dropped the phone and held his head in his hands,

    "No."

    Peter wrapped him into a hug as Nico struggled,

    "No no no no no no,"

    Peter held him tighter,

    "Nico, buddy. It's gonna be alright,"

    Nico shook his head,

    "Peter. J-just look at the text...and try telling me that again,"

    Peter looked at him in confusion but picked up the fallen phone and gasped when he saw the text. He closed his eyes and shook his head,

    "We...we don't know if it's real,"

    Nico shook his head and glared at Peter,

    "Wake up Peter! We are dealing with a sadistic asshole! We knew this could have happened but we just never said it out loud because that would make it possible!"

    Peter sighed and reached out to Nico but he pulled away and left the room. Everyone that didn't see the text yet was scared. Peter sighed sadly and looked at Liam,

    "You don't want to see that text...trust me,"

    He sounded so defeated. Liam shook his head and put a hand on his shoulder,

    "Peter?"

    Peter looked at the phone then at Justin and Massimo,

    "I'm sorry guys, but if you see that text...it will ruin the mission,"

    Justin frowned,

    "that's bs. this is my phone,"

    Liam looked at the phone and gasped,

    "Oh my god,"

    Lee looked at him desperately,

    "Liam??"

    Liam shook his head as tears welled up in his eyes,

    "I-I can't."

    Peter sighed and pulled him into a hug,

    "It's not your fault. It's not your fault Liam,"

    Liam shook his head. Massimo glared at them,

    "Show me the text,"

    Xavier finally came into the room and picked up the phone,

    "Justin, how much do you know about Derek?"

    Justin shrugged,

    "I don't know that much about the dude. We barely talked unless it was about coaching."

    Xavier nodded and looked at his own phone,

    "Derek Dison is an alias. It's not his real name at all, Shadis told me. His real name is Trevor Keystone,"

    Justin's eyes widened at the familiar name,

    "Yo, I know that name,"    

    Everyone looked at him. Justin ran a hand through his hair,

    "We used to talk in high school, then he got pissed at me cuz his crush liked me and not him,"

    Liam's eyes widened,

    "Holy shit. This isn't only about Ester. It's about Justin,"

    Everyone looked at him in confusion, except his team. Peter facepalmed,

    "He was pissed that he got rejected. So he changed himself, his appearance even. Then he found out you work at the tennis club. So then he started working there. He must have thought you liked Lee, is that right?"

    Lee shrugged and they all looked at Justin who shook his head,

    "No,"

    Lee nodded,

    "Yeah, we hung out a few times outside of work-"

    Xavier nodded,

    "Yeah, so he thought maybe he liked you. But then Ester came back,"

    Liam nodded,

    "Yeah, then he thought that you like her so he takes his chance and thought that this was the perfect plan."

    Massimo sighed,

    "So why take her team?"

    Liam winced,

    "Leverage to get her to do whatever he wanted. Also, they would have found her easily,"

    Justin frowned,

    "What did he do to her?"

    Everyone looked at the three. Then Jax stormed back in with Nico and Troy. Nico glared at the board,

    "He fucking used her,"

    Everyone glanced at him in pure shock. Massimo felt rage bubble inside of him,

    "What the fuck did you just say?"

    Jax glared right back at him,

    "He fucking raped her! Do I need to make it more clear?! He fucked her up and she's gonna have to live with that the rest of her fucking life because of this fucking dipshit of a feud between lover boy and Trevor,"

    Everyone gapped at the pissed-off cadet. Massimo felt like he was just stabbed. Justin felt like his heart has been ripped in two, he felt broken. Nico put a hand on Jax's shoulder and he looked at Nico before calming down. Nico looked at the group,

    "She's gonna be very cautious when she's back home, we don't know to what extent that monster did to her. We can't bring Massimo with us because of the safety risk and he is not trained like us. So, the plan stays the same but we gotta free the others before Ester, she will trust them the most and he most likely did use the fact that he has them as leverage to make her comply with his needs. He probably has been deprived of sexual needs for a long time but he is experienced enough to be able to get away with a lot of things. Commander Randor is a strong-willed person and has taught me everything I know about being confident, I don't know how she will be when she gets out but I think it's best that she stays with her family, either one of them without much communication to you guys so I apologize in advance for that. Especially with guys."

    Xavier patted his shoulder and Nico smiled sadly at him before nodding. Alexa frowned,

    "You are speaking from experience...aren't you,"

His teammates watched him carefully as he smiled sadly at Alexa and nodded,

    "I was raped when I was 17 by a teacher. I didn't trust any adult until I went to the army and met Ester. She helped me get through everything and gain my confidence back. She even went as far as getting that teacher put in jail." 

    Everyone frowned at the sad story. Lee nodded,

    "We won't let this son of a bitch go,"

    Everyone nodded.