ESCAPE
A/N: This was a completely random idea. It's about two girls who try to escape from their mother's craziness of trying to find their father with his girlfriends, but their plan gets messy when the mother figures out… tell me what you think.
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HOLLY PRESTON'S APARTMENT
MANHATTAN, NY
FRIDAY JULY 31, 2009
8:45pm
Eight year old Holly lives with her mother, and twelve year old sister Kristen. Their father has left them and been seeing other women. Their mother, Joann, has been trying to find their father and use the girls to convince him to come home.
One night, Holly didn't want to go find her father. She wanted to stay home and watch TV like a normal eight year old. So she text messages her aunt, Catherine, who lives in Albany. 'Aunt Cathy, it's Holly, call mom and tell her I don't wanna go look for dad anymore. I'm tired.'
Five seconds later, the phone rings in the house. Holly sighs and prays that her mom won't figure out that she told her aunt. The little girl sees her twelve year old sister come in the room "Aunt Cathy's on the phone. Mom seems mad…"
"Don't tell mom that I texted Cathy…" Holly shyly replies.
"WHY? DON'T YOU KNOW MOM HATES IT WHEN WE TELL CATHY ANYTHING?" Kristen yells.
"SHHHH! Mom'll hear us and figure out that one of us told her.." the eight year old whispers.
"I don't wanna go looking for dad anymore, I'm tired…" Kristen tells her sister.
"Me too. That's why I texted Cathy. Maybe she'll come get us." Holly admits.
"Holly! She lives two hours away! That's not gonna work. We'd have to wait for mom to leave, or just run away." the twelve year old replies.
"Gimme the phone, I'm texting uncle Greg." Kristen demands.
"Why?" Holly asks.
"They live like ten minutes away. It'll be easier until we can get to aunt Catherine's." the strawberry blond answers.
"I guess, but I like Cathy better." the eight year old pouts.
"I know you do. I'm working on it." Kristen reassures her younger sister.
"HOLLY PRESTON!! GET YOUR BUTT ON THE PHONE NOW! AUNT CATHERINE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!." their mother yells.
"OKAY." the blond replies.
Holly leaves the bedroom that she shares with her sister, walks into the game room and picks up the phone.
"Hello…" she shyly says.
"Hey baby, it's aunt Cathy, are you okay?" the woman calmly replies.
"Just tired." the blond girl replies looking cautiously over the banister to see if her mother was nearby, "I can't do this anymore, I wanna sleep at a normal time… I'm so tired at school I can't do my work…"
"Okay. I talked to your mom, or I tried to, she's gonna leave you girls at home tonight. I'm getting my things together now, I'm about to call Aunt Jessica and tell her to come get you and Kristen. I'll be at her house by 10:45 and I'll take you up to Albany in the morning." Cathy explains.
"I CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE!! She'll drag us into something….." the eight year old cries.
"I know honey, I've got uncle Jeff on the phone with aunt Jessica right now." the woman tells her.
"Please hurry, I can't do this anymore…" the child begs.
"Listen to me sweetheart, don't go running off anywhere with Kristen, okay. I know she's texted Uncle Greg and said she's thinking about running away to their house, but it's not the best idea. Jessica will pick you up somewhere." the woman tells her.
"Just get me outta here tonight. It's all I want." Holly says, biting back tears.
"Okay. We're working on a plan. I'll text you when we've got everything figured out." Cathy reassures her.
"Kay… I'm scared.." the eight year old cries.
"Don't be sweetheart. We're gonna get you somewhere safe. I know your mom's been crazy lately, but just hang in there for another hour or so, Jessica's coming to get you as soon as we figure something out."
"Should we get some stuff that we want ready?" Holly asks.
"That would be a good idea. I'll have Jessica text you when she leaves." Cathy says.
"I'm gonna go now, I need to have Kristen help me with my stuff…" the blond girl replies.
"Bye kiddo, love ya, everything's gonna be fine." the woman kindly says.
"Bye aunt Cathy, thanks…" the girl replies and hangs up the phone.
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CATHERINE FAIRFIELD'S APARTMENT
ALBANY, NEW YORK
9:00pm
Catherine hangs up the phone and looks at her husband. "I don't know how safe the girls are tonight. Joann seemed really angry."
"Jessica said she'd leave as soon as we hung up and go get them." the man replies.
"Holly sounded scared. Maybe it's because she's still young and doesn't quite understand what's going on, or, she's really scared." Cathy says.
"It's gonna be fine. We've just gotta get Holly and Kristen outta there and talk to them for a while to straighten this out." Jeff reassures her.
"Okay, well, I'm gonna finish getting my stuff together and head to Jessica's. You told Jessica I was coming right?"
"Yes. Jessica was leaving to get the girls and she mentioned something about the police, but I wasn't really paying attention." the man replies.
"We'll cross that bridge when we get there. I need to make sure the girls are okay. I'm really worried about them, especially Holly." Cathy tells him.
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HOLLY PRESTON'S APARTMENT
MANHATTAN, NY
9:05pm
Joann sees a car pull up in front of the house and screams upstairs at the girls, "WHICH ONE OF YOU TWO TOLD CATHY TO COME GET YOU?? HUH? I WANNA KNOW, CUZ YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND I'M NOT LETING ANYONE IN!"
Neither girl answers, because they are too busy scrambling to gather their things they would need for overnight. Holly is frantically trying to find her rabbit that she sleeps with every night and wants to scream at Kristen for telling her to forget it and run for the back door.
"DID YOU HEAR ME? WHO TOLD CATHY TO SEND JESSICA TO COME GET YOU? YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TONIGHT! AND DAD WON'T COME HOME UNLESS YOU TWO ARE WITH ME!" the woman yells, stomping up the stairs.
Outside, Jessica is banging on the front door, and can hear her sister yelling. She looks back at the car and waves for her husband to come to the door. "JOANN, OPEN UP, WE'LL CALL THE POLICE IF YOU DON'T!" the man yells.
"DAMN GREG! GET OUT. NO ONE NEEDS YOU OR JESSICA OR THE FUCKING POLICE! LEAVE NOW!!" Joann screams.
"MOM SHUT UP AND LET AUNT JESSICA IN!!" Holly cries from the top of the stairs.
Joann runs to the closet and grabs her gun, "YOU TWO STAY UPSTAIRS OR I SHOOT! THAT GOES FOR YOU TOO GREG, JESSICA!"
Jessica looks at her husband and he goes to the car, and calls the police.
"911, What's your emergency?" the dispatcher calmly greets him.
"Uh yeah, my sister in law has her two daughters locked inside her house with a loaded gun, we came by to pick up the girls because the mother wanted to take them to get the father away from his girlfriend to come home. She's not letting anyone inside the house move, or anyone outside come in." the man explains.
"Okay, where are you?" the dispatcher asks.
"Outside the apartment door. It's the Hardy complex on west 34th, it's apartment 518 please hurry, the girls are eight and twelve…" Greg answers.
"We'll have some ambulances, and police to you shortly, please call back if shots are fired." the woman tells him.
"Thank you." the man says and hangs up. He decides to wait in the car and motions for Jessica to come to him.
"I called the police. They're on their way." Greg says.
"Okay. Good. I hope we get them out of there safely." the woman replies.
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Inside the house, Joann is pacing at the base of the stairs with the gun in her hand yelling things like 'Don't move' and 'Stupid girl, you called Cathy'
She hears the approaching sirens and freaks out. "DID YOU FREAKS CALL THE POLICE TOO?!"
"NO! I PROMISE! I DIDN'T AND NEITHER DID KRISTEN!" the eight year old cries.
"JESSICA!" the woman screams. When she hears banging on her door.
"JOANN, I'M OFFICER WEST, PLEASE LET YOUR GIRLS GO." a male voice yells.
"NO!" the woman screams.
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Back outside, another car pulls up, and a man and a woman get out. The man flashes his badge to one of the hostage negotiators, "SVU"
"Do we know any names, I haven't gotten any yet." the negotiator asks.
"I don't know, I just got here, I know about as much as you." the detective replies.
The woman approaches Jessica, "Olivia Benson, Manhattan SVU."
"Hi, I'm Jessica Newberry, Joann's sister…" the brunette woman replies.
"Can you tell me why you're here?" Olivia asks.
"My other sister's husband called me about twenty minutes ago, saying that the youngest daughter texted my sister because they needed to get out of the house." Jessica explains.
"How old is the youngest?"
"Eight."
"Oh, we'll do everything we can to get them out safely.." Olivia tells her.
"Please…" the woman begs.
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Joann is not letting anyone move inside the house or come in. One of the officers decides they need to bust down the door and rescue the girls.
A group of SWAT men approach Olivia and her partner, Elliot. "We need you in there when we get the girls out."
"Okay." Elliot replies, as he finishes suiting up.
The group approaches the door and the SWAT team leader knocks on the door. "OPEN UP!"
"WHAT HAPPENS IF I DO?" the woman screams.
"NO ONE GETS HURT." the man replies.
The door slowly creaks open and the SWAT team pushes it open, grabs the gun from Joann, hand cuffs her and lets Elliot and Olivia get the girls.
Olivia immediately sees the girl standing at the top of the staircase, and runs to her, "Honey, I'm Olivia, I'm going to take you to your aunt Jessica…"
The girl doesn't move when she sees the gun in Olivia's belt. "Don't hurt me…."
"I won't, the gun is only to protect me and you." "Now let's get your sister and get you outta here." the woman calmly replies.
"Can you tell me your name?"
"H… Holly…" the girl cries.
"Okay, Holly, can you show me and my friend Elliot where your sister is?" Olivia asks.
Holly leads them to her room, where her older sister is sitting on the bed with the two duffels next to her, crying.
"Can we get outta here?" the girl asks.
"Yes, do you want to take these bags with you?" Olivia kindly replies.
"Yeah…" the strawberry blond girl replies.
"Sweetie, I'm Olivia, I'm a police officer, can you tell me your name?" the woman asks.
"Kristen…"
"Alright girls, let's go. Your aunt Jessica is waiting outside." the detective says and leads the two back downstairs to their aunt.
A/N: What'd you think? Did you like it? It was really random, If you want more, please review and let me know!
