Spade was tense, the air in the car was somewhat awkward and intense, they were already on their way to the location where Nate was being kept, he knew he shouldn't be so reliant on his gut feeling but something inside him was telling him that no doubt Nate would be where they were headed.

All the other hints they'd gotten over the past few weeks have all led to dead ends but none gave him this strong belief inside.

They had taken two cars, he was riding with Matteo and Bernie, surprisingly Stefano had asked to ride with the other guy that was going with them, for some odd reason it felt weird that for the last hour Stefano had been with them, he hadn't tried to annoy Matteo as usual.

Spade could tell something was wrong, especially with the way Matteo had also gone completely silent and his mood somber since they set out on the drive.

He'd asked the blonde about it but he just said he was kind of nervous about where they were headed, but Spade knew he was lying, nothing ever fazed Matteo and he knew this mission they were on didn't faze the blonde like he claimed.

But Spade didn't want to poke his head around, he needed to focus on the mission, he wanted all the concentration he could muster up, this wasn't just any kind of mission, it was a rescue mission and it involved the man he was in love with, he knew it wouldn't be easy, given that Salvatore had external help from Vlad.

He turned to look at Matteo and the blonde seemed to be deep in thoughts, Spade couldn't be distracted at this moment, not when Nate's life was at stake. Asides promising his sister that he'd bring Nate back, he also promised himself that he'd bring the young man back, it was more than just a promise to him, it was like a debt and rescuing Nate was the payment.

They'd gotten close to the location, he turned to look at Bernie, then at Matteo. "We're almost there, gear up everyone" he roared out and they all nodded before they started, he pressed on the device in his ear "Stefano, it's time" he muttered into it and it went static for a few seconds before Stefano's voice came along

"We're ready" the man told him before he parked his car first and then he picked up his gun, checking his body to be sure everything was in place, the knife on his leg hoister was there, the pistol on his right hoister was there, and the bullet proof vest he had on wasn't that heavy and it was also set, they all had one on.

He looked at them one more time "ready"? He asked and Matteo just nodded, cocking his pistol

"Ready when you are boss" Bernie muttered and he just nodded before he stepped out of the car, sighting Stefano and the other of his men walking towards him.

The man stopped in front of him, Matteo had walked around and stopped beside Spade, his eyes set on Stefano. "You know the drill Stefano" Spade muttered and he just nodded before his eyes moved to the other man "you too Murphy" he muttered and the man also nodded

"Yes boss"

"You watch each other's six okay" he muttered before he turned to look at Bernie and Matteo "let's go" he muttered, leading the way from their car and towards the building

It really was abandoned, but the SUV was still parked out front, and there were no lights outside, the whole place was dark and deserted.

"Stefano, are you in position"? He asked pressing the device in his ear

"I'm in position, I don't think there's anyone here Spade, the whole place is quiet and it looks very deserted" Stefano said, and Spade looked around, but he was determined to go in, it might just be a ploy.

"Nico and Vince were sure people had been going in and out of these gates, we have to check it out" he muttered and the line went static again

"Fine, we'll just be up h.... Wait, I see someone, just close to the gates, in the bushes" Stefano rushed out, and this made Spade to look at the others

"Matteo, Bernie, hide, there's someone at the gates" he whispered, but they'd already heard Stefano on the comms, so they took position, both hiding close to the bars just beside the gates.

Spade hid opposite them "what else do you see Stefano"? He asked

"I count four men inside the compound, it's dark so its hard pointing out if there's anyone around back, but the four at the front are holding guns and it seems they're doing rounds" he explained.

Spade just sighed out and looked at Matteo, they all already knew the plan, they didn't think they'd meet this much people, but there was a plan for that.

Matteo was the first to go over the fence, while Bernie followed behind him before Spade, all dropping on the ground as quiet as they could. "Let's split up, you two go through the back and I'll go through the front" he whispered and Matteo looked at him before he nodded, Bernie and Matteo went separate ways, the blonde going through the right, while Bernie went through the left, leaving just Spade at the front

Stefano had said it was just four men, he could handle four men on his own "Stefano, do you have a clear shot"? He asked

"I do but I'm not that fast, I can only take out two before the others realize what's happening" he said over the comm

"I'll handle the other two" Spade said and soon enough before he could even say Jack, he heard the gunshot and two bodies dropped just a few paces away from the bush he'd been hiding.

He walked towards the body slowly, hoping one out of those two would come to check out the dead bodies and give him an opening to take them out

Just a few feet away from them, he looked up and saw that it wasn't just one of the men that had come to check out the dead bodies, it was two

"Shit" he whispered out before he shot one on the leg, the other took a shot at him but he was quick to hide behind a large tree, using it as a shield as he tried to get a clear shot of the person shooting at him.

It was a bad idea hiding behind the tree because it didn't help him to get a clean shot, instead it only blocked the shots of the other man, he couldn't step out and shoot, else he'd get shot.

He peeped through the tree and saw that he was at a trapped spot, he tried to shoot but he missed it, hitting empty space, he turned trying to get another shot when he heard a gunshot that was neither his nor the man and he saw a bullet go through the man's head before he dropped on the ground with a loud thud, he sighed out before he slowly stepped out from the back of the trees, seeing both men dead on the ground, along with the two from before

"Stefano was that you"? He asked through the device on his ear

"That wasn't me Spade" the man muttered back.

From the shadows, Vince and Nico stepped out, making him look at then, he was beginning to think they weren't here "Boss" one of them muttered, and he just stepped away from where he stood, crossing over the dead bodies, and stopping beside both men, he just patted Nico who was closest to him on the shoulder "Good work guys, let's go" he muttered before he walked away from the hidden place, stepping into the large compound which was still very dark and deserted but now he knew there was definitely people inside and if these men they just killed were guarding the house, then he was at the right place.

"Matteo" he called over the comms

"Spade, we're inside but this place is a fucking maze, it's too big and not so abandoned" Matteo said to him back

"Keep looking, I'll be in in a minute" with that said, Spade made his way into the building with both Vince and Nico behind him, the first place they stepped into was a very huge, wide room, which he would guess was the living room, it had a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling, with bright lights illuminating the whole room, but there was no sign of anybody.

His eyes rested on the stairs, and he turned to look at the men behind him "check the rooms downstairs, while I check upstairs" he muttered,with his gun in his grasp, he walked towards the stairs and started advancing up, Matteo was right, the place looked big and quite contrary to what they'd been seeing outside, it didn't look like an abandoned building inside

He walked up until he got to the last of the stairs, and he looked at the railings, one led right and the other led left, the right seemed more longer and it had much of a possibility of leading somewhere interesting, so he took the right side, passing through the railing and entering into a long and empty corridor, why was the place so quiet, there were doors on each side of the corridor, he started trying to open each one and each door he stopped at was locked, until he got to the third one and it wasn't locked like the others, he opened it and peeked his head inside, it was empty, there was nothing inside, just a huge bed that looked clean and unused.

He clenched his jaw, where the hell is Nate. He closed the door and when he looked up, he came face to face with a tall man that had a gun in his hand, just like the ones he'd met outside For a good second they just stood looking at each other before Spade snapped and made a move, obviously the man was trying to shoot him but Spade was faster as he pointed his gun at the man and shot him in the head point blank, causing him to fall on the floor with a heavy thud.

He sighed out and walked past the dead bodies, heading towards the end of the corridor, he heard another shot, and it came from the left side of the corridor that he had ignored, making him turn back abruptly.

He dashed out of that place and headed towards the place he heard the gunshot, while clutching to his gun tightly.

As usual Nate was laying down in the room he'd been kept in for the past week or month he'd been kidnapped, just like every other day, he had been forced to eat, courtesy of that man.

Ever since that day that the man had told him that he killed his father, the man hadn't come to touch him, and he was kind of grateful for that, but what was the point anyway, it's not like he was getting out of here anytime soon.

It was evening, soon he would come to gloat, that was his routine every day, he'd come twice, once in the morning and in the evening.

Everyday he'd gloat and say degrading things about Nate, telling the young man how he was going to kill everyone he loved and cared for. Nate was already counting back in his head, waiting for when the doors would open and he would walk in again.

But instead, what Nate heard almost made him jump, it was a loud bang sound, like a gunshot. He made to spring up from his bed but he was chained to it, which made it impossible for him to do, instead he just craned and strained his neck, looking at the door.

He frowned, already thinking his mind was playing tricks on him, but he heard it again, this time louder, and before he could react to it, the door sprang open and that man walked in, he was looking frantic and breathless, this made Nate to frown, looking at him quizzing.

He was muttering under his breath as he stopped close to the bed, he reached into his pocket and brought out the keys to Nate's cuffs, he looked at Nate, before he started undoing his cuffs

Nate just watched him, wondering what was suddenly going on As if he notice the stare Nate was giving him, he spoke up.

"Apparently your boyfriend isn't so stupid and he has come for you, but what he doesn't know is that I'm smarter than him and this place belongs to me, he won't find you here" he muttered taking off the cuffs from the bedpost, using it to cuff both of Nate's hands in front of him.

He pulled Nate up and held him up to stand "I'm taking you out of this place" he muttered out

Nate felt his whole body stiffen when he heard and processed what that man just said, Spade was here, Spade was fucking here.

He looked shaken and shocked to his core, he thought Spade wouldn't come for him, but now he was here and Nate didn't know how to feel.

The man pulled Nate with him as he dragged Nate outside with him, opening the door and shoving Nate out of the room, into the corridor, the man looked from left to right, before he led Nate towards the left side of the corridor.

He was still muttering under his breath while shoving Nate's back, Nate was thinking far and wide, he didn't know what to do at the moment. No actually he knew what he had to do but he didn't know if it would be foolish of him to do it, the man had a gun pressed to his back. What if he shoots?

But on second thought, if he doesn't do anything now, he would take him out of here and Spade would never find him. He clenched his jaw and sighed out. If he got out of here today, he'd finally see Spade, and if Spade was here then that means he knows the truth, he knows everything

Nate wasn't half as bothered as he should be, he didn't know why but everything about his feelings were sullen, they weren't hightened like usual

If it were the first time when he was just kidnapped, he'd have been over the moon with excitement about Spade being here, but now it just felt anticlimactic, it was almost as if, if Spade didn't come, he wouldn't have been bothered.

He frowned and shook his head, he didn't need that now, he was going to try and use the last will of fight to try and get to Spade, first he needed to lose this man behind him.

He sighed out and remembered some of the things Spade had taught him, self defense being one of them, if he had learned something from that, then today would be the day he would know.

And without giving himself a second to think about it before he could change his mind, he shut his eyes tight and with a heavy force, he jabbed his elbow into the man's stomach, making him lose balance and stagger back, this gave Nate enough chance to use the back of his head to hit him on the nose, hearing the crack sound.

The man groaned out, and Nate quickly turned around, the gun was already on the ground, in between the both of them His eyes landed on the man before he fixated it on the gun, both of them eyeing the weapon.

They rushed at it, grabbing it together as they both started dragging and struggling with it. Nate didn't even know what he was doing, but he couldn't let this man have the gun, but the man was way stronger than him.

Both of them were grunting and struggling before the gun went off, causing Nate to jump and let his grip on the gun to loosen, this gave the man the opportunity to grab the gun from Nate as he pointed the weapon at Nate.

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