The man who had just been fighting with JC was first to enter the small room, closely followed by Chris, who was quickly directed over towards the two phones that had been set up. Seeing no point in arguing and upsetting the man even further Chris did what he has told with no resistance or hesitation. He took his place by the phone and silently waited as to what would happen next.
Next into the room was Lance who was followed in by two other men. Unknowing to Lance at the time he was unfortunately there just to use as a threat against Chris, in case he decided to try something. No sooner had he entered the room and the door had been closed behind him, did one of the men quickly grab hold of him tightly holding his arms at his sides, rendering him immobile.
Taken by surprise at the suddenness of the attack Lance couldn�t help let a small panicked yelp escape from his lips, drawing Chris out of his daze. Chris�s immediate instinct was to run to his friend�s side and help him out, but as soon as he had taken a step in that direction the man by him spoke.
�I wouldn�t do that if I were you� that is if you know what is good for him, yourself and your other little friends out there��
Chris glared at the man then shot a helpless pained look towards Lance�s situation before sighing heavily and stepping back into his original position, not wanting to risk his friends lives.
�That�s better� Ok here is the deal, your management is being a real ass about this and is refusing to do anything without talking to one of you�� the man paused then looked straight at Chris �I have elected you to be that individual, but listen carefully there are restrictions on this privilege�� another pause to make sure Chris was paying attention to his words. � I will be listen to the conversation on this other phone here, if you so much as say one thing out of place they will hurt your friend. That means if you try anything, he will get hurt, if you say anything that we don�t want you to say, he will get hurt. If you are unsure whether or not you can answer the question look at me and I will nod my head either yes or no signaling what you should do. Get the picture?�
The mans words caused Lance�s eyes to practically bulge out of his head, as well as Chris who was now looking over at Lance again. He could see the fear and terror in his eyes. Focusing so intently on each other they failed to see the slight nod of the man�s head to the other man standing near Lance. The next thing they knew was the man�s fist slamming into Lance�s stomach causing him to cry out with pain and try to bend over to dull the pain and protect himself from any other possible punches. The arms holding him tightly however made that an all but impossible task.
�You will answer me when I ask you a question, or he will be hurt more, do I make myself clear?�
Chris wanted nothing more than to run to his friend�s side, but forced himself to stay still and simply nod his head yes to the man�s question.
�Ok. Are there any questions of what you�re expected of?� Chris silently shook his head no, never taking his eyes away from Lance�s.
�Fine. Lets make a phone call and get this over with. Oh an keep your answers simple.�
Five minutes later Chris was one the phone with Nsync�s management.
�Thank God, Chris! Are you guys ok?!�
�Yah, under the circumstances we are ok. Just a little shaken up I guess.�
�What is going on there?�
�Geez, I don�t know, we are having a party, getting drunk, you know the usual� oh did I mention� WE ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE! What do you think is going on here?� The man shot Chris a warning look showing that future answers like that are not permitted� Meanwhile there was silence on the other end of the line�
�How many men are there Chris?�
�I�m not allowed to tell you that.�
�Do they have weapons?�
�Yes�
�What kind of weapons?�
�Guns mainly�
�What�s happening are you being threatened right now?�
�Yes�
�How?�
�They are holding Lance across the room with a gun to his head and told me if I said anything they didn�t approve of that they would hurt him.� Chris was having a hard time holding back his tears, as he glanced over to Lance, who wasn�t even trying to hold back his.
Silence.
�Damn it.�
There were some other questions ask, some of them Chris was allowed to answer most of them he wasn�t, when finally after 5 minutes the man spoke.
�Times up say goodbye and get off now.�
�I have to hang up now.�
�No! Chris wait��
Chris hung up the phone then looked expectantly at the man.
�Good.� Turning to his colleges he said �Take them back to their friends, I have a phone call to make.�