Taylor’s first thought was “Until you kill me or start looking yourself.” but instead he said, “I don’t know sir. It all depends on whether or not we will find who you are looking for.”

“We will, we must!” the troll yelled as he hit his fist on the desk. Taylor still couldn’t see his face. The troll took a breath and said, “You have something to get rid of in the basement.” and he turned his back on Taylor.

He left the room angrily and stormed to the basement. He got to the door and paused. He thought of the old man he tried to do good by when he was a kid. “I have an opportunity to do something right. I wanted to do something good once, and I was told I would help save the world. What am I going to do? He unlocked the basement door, and walked over toward the whimpering that was coming from the corner. He saw her lying in the floor on her side, she had fallen over. She started kicking and shaking her head.

“Don’t worry, I’ll get you out of here. Just be quiet, close your eyes and don’t move. Pretend to be unconscious, or we won’t get out of here, you understand?” when she shook her head yes, he put his finger to his mouth, “shh.” and nodded. He picked her up and put her over his shoulder, and walked out of the basement. Going to the back door, he passed many of his “co-workers” who thought they knew what he was doing. He put her in the back seat of his car and drove towards the docks.

When he knew he was out of site of anyone from the building he turned down a road and went toward the abandoned side of town. Pulling the car into an unseen location, he opened the back door of the car, and looked at his passenger. “Before I untie you and take off the gag, you have to promise not to run or scream, I will get you back into town, safely, but I can’t do that without your cooperation. Understand?” She shook her head yes, and he untied her and removed the gag. “Okay, come with me and I’ll get you some food, and water, okay?”