Passover: Act 2, Scene 1

Present Day: Seacouver- Anne's House

"Becky, I'm home." Anne called out to her baby-sitter as she walked into her house. Immediately she thought something was wrong. No, she thought something was wrong. It was too quiet. "Becky? Mary? Where is everybody? Hello?" Anne searched the house for her baby-sitter and daughter. It wasn't like them to go anywhere without leaving her a note.

Anne noticed the flashing light on her answering machine and hit play, hoping maybe there was a message from Becky. "The time is six fifteen, September twenty-sixth. You have 2 unplayed messages." The voice called out. "Message number one, four fifteen p.m."

"Hi Anne," Duncan's voice called out. "Just calling to see how you and Mary were doing. Give me a call later, maybe we can have dinner. Bye."

"Message number two, five thirty p.m."

"Anne, it's Corinth. I enjoyed seeing ye today. I didnae expect to run into ye at the hospital, but I'm glad I did. Have a nice day, and hopefully I will see ye later."

Anne flipped off the answering machine and walked into the kitchen. The dishes had been done and were in the drying rack, but something still wasn't right. Mary's stroller, diaper bag, and Becky's purse were all by the back door, letting Anne believe they might be in the back yard somewhere.

She looked out the window and into the yard and when she didn't see them, she walked into the living room. That's when she noticed the letter on the mantle. Breathing a sigh of relief, she picked it up and sat down on the couch to read.

Anne-

What a lovely child Mary is, I'm sure you must be proud of her. As you may have guessed by now, I have her in my custody and she is fine. Whether or not she stays that way is up to Duncan. One day many years ago, Duncan killed my son in battle. I swore revenge against the MacLeods to avenge his death and I have been hunting them ever since. Imagine my surprise when a few days ago I find Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod himself. Duncan has a choice. You may have Mary back if Duncan surrenders his life to me. Otherwise, I will take from him what he once took from me. You both have a few days to decide, I will be in contact with you.

-Corinth

Anne dropped the letter and began to panic. Then anger set in, but she wasn't sure who to be more furious at- herself for allowing herself to fall victim to Corinth's charm, or at Duncan for not telling Anne about him and allowing Mary to be used as bait.

Once she had finally calmed down enough to think rationally, she called Duncan. "Duncan!" she said close to hysterics.

"Anne, what is it? Are you OK?" Anne shook her head forgetting she was on the phone. "Duncan it's Mary. I came home from work and she and Becky were gone." "Calm down, Anne. Maybe they're at the park."

"No, Mary's been kidnapped. There's a note and everything. Corinth has Mary."

"OK, Anne, calm down. I'll meet you at Joe's in a half hour and we'll get Mary back safe and sound."

"Duncan?"

"Trust me Anne. I won't let anything happen to her."