Coming up next week on Home and Away in the UK, Ari and Tane must battle to save their family from Paul and Leon’s grasp before it’s too late.
At the end of tomorrow’s episode (Friday 2nd April), Bella, Nikau, Chloe and Ryder are set to head for a big night out in Yabbie Creek, as a way of trying to fix the ever-growing rift between Chloe and Ryder.
The two have been winding each other up the wrong way ever since Chloe arrived in the Bay a few weeks ago, and their constant bickering is driving Bella and Nikau crazy. Not only is it wearing them down having to listen to the pair constantly fight, but it’s getting in the way of their own alone time!
In Friday’s episode, the foursome wave goodbye to their families, with Nik telling Ari that “it’s going to be a big one, so don’t wait up.”
Shortly after, Nik and Bella wait at the bus stop, as Chloe and Ryder approach them… bickering, as usual. Suddenly, a black van screeches around the corner and pulls up in front of the bus stop. Before they even realise what’s happening, Bella and Nikau find themselves being bundled into the back of the van.
While Ryder’s first instinct is to call the cops, Chloe wastes no time in racing towards them. Yet when the kidnappers grab Chloe and throw her into the back of the van too, he has no choice but to follow, and his attempts at stopping the kidnappers result in him joining his friends in the back.
As we return to the action next Monday, the young teenagers find themselves driven to an unknown location and shoved violently into a shipping container. Chloe attempts to make a break for it, but is quickly grabbed by one of the masked men.
They’re locked inside with cable ties around their wrists, and quickly come to the realisation that, as they told their families not to expect them home that night, nobody is going to come looking for them!
Chloe is terrified and fearing for her life – plus has a sprained ankle after her getaway attempt. Thinking logically, Ryder knows there would be no reason why someone would kidnap them and leave them for dead. Leaving them in there to die achieves nothing – whoever has them hostage is bound to come back in the morning.
Putting a jacket under Chloe’s sprained ankle, he manages to calm her nerves a little. She cuddles up to him, and it’s the first time there’s been anything but disdain between the two teens.
Meanwhile, back in Summer Bay, Ari and Mia are completely oblivious to the trouble their daughter and nephew are in. Instead, the ex-lovers are busy reminiscing about the past. Mia still has plenty of resentment for Ari’s past actions, but he gradually manages to convince her that he’s a changed man, and has put his criminal behaviour firmly behind him.
As their night progresses, the two share a passionate kiss. They head to the bedroom, and it seems their troubles, along with Ari’s memories of Mackenzie, are firmly behind them.