A ticking bomb

As Ebling approached the awed crowd, he smirked with a grin so slimy it could scare away a hungry bear. "Hello, Joseph", Carl Ebling snared, "I am surprised to find you still on your journey after the letter I know you received. And I see you brought more, oh what you are getting yourself into. I told you you had a fair warning." The group of brave souls stared at each other in confusion, but Joe knew exactly what this man was actually capable of. He knew of Eblings fake bomb threat and of the real one at that. Joe thought to himself what danger he could cause these strangers that decided to come along with him, but the journey to eventually have his family freed was his goal after all. "Joe, I don't understand what is going on," Rosa scolded to Joe. "I will explain later," Joe whispered back. Ebling was just staring at the group in a way of intimidation. Rosa worked up the courage to ask Ebling what he wanted. She trembled, "I-I-I'm sorry sir. What did you want? Is there something you are looking for?". Ebling responded, "Indeed there is my pretty, but I found what I was looking for. It is you Miss Saks, and now you should come away with me."
Joe quickly grabbed Rosa by the arm to run in the opposite direction, but to his dismay Ebling had released a capsule full of sleeping gas and they all quickly drifted away into a deep sleep. A couple hours had passed, as Ebling brought Rosa back to a strange, dusty, old building. She was still passed out and he laid her on the cold wood floor like a door mat. It was getting late and Ebling chuckled to himself, "My plan is sure to work. With the clues I left him, he will be sure to sidetrack his thoughts of his family to save Rosa. That is if he ever wants to see her alive again..."