captain noshken and the unarmed 13-member crew from russia, georgia and estonia were held at gunpoint. >> the first thing we felt was fear and shock. we made it clear to the pirates you better not touch them. if there was any physical contact from the pirates we would refuse to work on it. we told them if it didn't work, the ship would die and they wouldn't get any money. >> and thus began over two months of a terrifying and frustrating ordeal. for the first time fox news reporting reveals the inner workings of the cec's future hostaging negotiations with the pirates. at the center a mysterious and key player emerged named ali ali. we confirmed that this is the man who negotiated on behalf of the plan. one of the somalia competing faxes. >> of course not. we didn't trust him at all. until the last moment we had the doubt that that person was a negotiateator hired by the pirates or was he simply one of the pirates, but an educated one? >> fox news reporting set out to track down the elusive ali. starting in london, the 3,000-mile journey took us to the united arab emirites. >> this is