Summary: Andy is kidnapped at the end of 3x08 and 3x09 instead of Gail. How does this change things? Will Andy get through it? Will Sam get through it? Can they get through it together?
Note: I forget why Gail was staying with Andy so I made an excuse up. I had put this story up earlier but had to take it down until I could complete it. Also I know that Gail was kidnapped because she was the type but this is fanfiction so it's made up.
One
Life could change in the blink of an eye and it sometimes had disastrous consequences. When Andy was twelve her mother walked out on her for some guy and never came back. Her father had to do the job of two parents, he wasn't perfect at it but he never abandoned Andy. Luke cheated on her, granted that she wasn't in love with him more of the idea of him but it still hurt. Her love for Sam grew and they were happy then Jamie Brennan took him and tortured him. Andy had to leave for three months because she wasn't allowed contact with Sam and she didn't know how to stay in Toronto without having contact with him. Sam was angry but they made up and were happy together then her mother shows back up. Sam didn't agree with her having contact with her mother and while Andy could see her point she had to give Claire a chance even if it broke her heart.
Gail had become her friend and was staying with her because her apartment was being renovated. Her friend had to go undercover as an escort because she was a serial murderer's type and when it looked like everything was panning out it turned to shit. Andy had walked into her apartment expecting to have small talk with Gail only to find the lights out and Gail unconscious on the floor tied up. Everything after that happened so quickly that Andy could barely process it.
She was grabbed from behind and saw a hand holding a needle and she fought. Andy started screaming and kicking, fighting as much as she could. She elbowed him in the gut and felt his hold loosen so she ran for her phone only for her to be grabbed again but this time by the hair and pulled back once again to feel something that made her freeze. The man had an erection and Andy knew that she should have fought more but it was like her body wasn't listening to the commands her brain was trying to shout out. The next thing she knew her head was being slammed into the wall once, then twice until she fell limp as the darkness consumed her.
Gail woke groggy on the floor as she heard a phone ringing. At first she didn't understand where she was until she suddenly remembered that she had been attacked upon entering Andy's apartment. She got up unsteady and looked around shocked and scared when she saw blood that wasn't hers and Andy's purse and phone laying on the ground. It looked like ground zero and she could only assume that Andy had put up a fight which was probably why she was taken instead. She heard Andy's phone ringing and picked it up.
"Andy," Sam called out.
"Sam you need to get here now. Andy's been taken," Gail said trying to hold it together as she realized that a woman she had become close to was missing and in danger.
The next couple of hours passed in a blur for Gail as she tried to deal with the guilt of Andy being taken. Traci was trying not to break apart either and Sam was mostly angry but worried as well and if anyone question the love between Andy and Sam ever again Gail was ready to prove them wrong and show them just how strong the love between those two were. Everyone was talking about worst case scenario but no one listened. Luke came back and was helping Jerry look for suspects but Gail thought it was the bartender so Sam went with her to question him not knowing just how wrong she was.
Sam tried not to think too much because thinking meant breaking down and he couldn't afford that neither could Andy. Finding out Andy was gone was like a punch to the gut but finding out she was hurt because she had fought back was even worse. Sam was proud that she was a fighter, that wasn't the problem. The problem was that instead of being safe in his arms she was with a psychopath who was doing god knows what to her. For a minute he thought about blaming Gail but seeing the look on her face stopped him because as cold as Gail could be she cared about Andy.
He tried not to think about the fact that Andy had told him how she felt and instead of saying it back Sam had just told her to start the truck. Sam wanted to wait until the right time, well that and he sucked at telling people how he felt. That thing had started with his father being an abusive asshole and his mother bailing mentally. Sarah was the only family he really cared about well until Andy came along. For a moment Sam thought about the worst case scenario but then Oliver saw it and gave him a pep talk.
"You can't think that way Sammy," Oliver ordered talking to him in the locker room.
"How can I not Oliver?" Sam asked.
"Andy needs you to believe in her and to fight for her because whatever happens she will survive Sam. McNally is a survivor and not only that she has something to hold onto, you. So fight for her Sammy," Oliver ordered.
Sam couldn't have been happier to have Oliver in his corner because that man could give someone with no faith just a glimmer of hope. Sam sighed as Gail questioned the bartender and wondered when he should stop her. He didn't think that the bartender was the guy but Gail probably wouldn't listen to him. For once in his life Sam found it a good thing that Luke was brought in because that was an extra pair of hands to help find Andy. He prayed to whatever god existed that Andy was found before the deadline was up because otherwise, no he couldn't think of that right now. Sam had to focus on finding Andy and bringing her back home to his arms where she belonged.