Chapter 3

An overwhelming feeling of nausea overcame Amanda's throbbing body. She sat up slowly only to feel the bile rise to her throat, she turned her head and let it out. She stood up from the bottom bed of the bunk bed. Surprisingly she wasn't handcuffed anymore, she went over to the door and wasn't shocked to find it locked. She turned her head and assessed her new prison. There was nothing in the room except the bunk bed, she noticed it was nailed to the floor. That's when she felt the gentle sway. She was on water.

The Hudson? Probably.

The room was dark, the only light came from a small half window across from her bunk bed. The whole room was lined with dark wood. There was no way out other than the locked door. She ran over to the half window and stood on her tip toes so she could see out of it. It was all water. She was submerged, probably in an underground bunker on a boat. She was on a boat, of all places. A God damn boat. She laid back down on her bunk bed. She squeezed her eyes shut and tried not to think about her helpless situation. She was already giving up, hope seemed so far away and unlikely.

The boat consumed her thoughts. Why was she on a boat? She was probably headed out of the country. A boat would be the easiest way and little to no security crossing borders.

Oh God. Amanda thought and rubbed her eyes.

Soon the sway of the boat put her back to sleep.

"Okay, so her credit card was used last night at a nearby mall. The time on the purchase is 8:48." Liv said.

"So the mall was about to close." Nick said.

"The last place she went we know of so far is the mall, well if it was near closing time there wouldn't be a lot of people. If that's where she was taken, there were probably no witnesses." Fin said. Disappointment filled his sad eyes.

"But that also means that we will be able to find her easily on the security tapes." Olivia added.

"Alright, Liv and Fin go get the security tapes. The rest of us will stay here and see if she went anywhere else last night." Cragen ordered.

Everyone nodded there heads in unison while Fin and Olivia rushed out of the interrogation room.

They made it to the mall in record time. Fin was already hounding the security guards by the time Liv caught up to him.

"Whoa, slow down turbo." Olivia panted.

Fin ignored her and continued to harass the scared security guards.

"Come on, we need em now. A detectives life is in danger." Fin said and clapped his hands as if the man was a dog.

The security guard scurried off, leaving the two detectives on their own.

"Fin. We will find her." Liv said, unsurely.

Fin stared straight ahead, unresponsive. Finally he turned his head towards Olivia. His eyes glazed over.

"I need her." Fin said through gritted teeth. He fought tears.

Olivia was saved from a reply, the security guard walked up.

"Okay follow me, I will take you back to the screen room."

"Can't we just get the tapes?" Olivia asked.

"Sorry. We can't do that. Its too much feed, it would take forever to get it all to you. You can come back and watch the tapes though."

Fin and Olivia nodded and followed him back to the screen room. The room looked just like it was called. There were several screens lining each wall. But the room wasn't every big. Only 3 guards tops could fit in there comfortably. Fin and Benson watched the tapes with the security guard.

"Okay we need from 8-9 on your videos." Fin ordered.

"Do yo have a specific place?"

"No." Fin growled.

The security guard didn't say anything, he just pulled up all the feeds and put them on the screens.

"This is how you change views and locations." The security guard said pointing to a red button and other controls with labels. "Let me know if you need any help." He walked out without another word. Fin and Liv got busy.

It was close to an hour before they found the only camera that caught a glimpse of Amanda's abduction.

"Liv! I've got it." Fin shouted. Olivia turned around and Fin played the tape. Amanda had just paid and was on her way out. She stopped for a drink and a with got her from behind, dragging her into an unseen room.

"What the hell? How did they not know people didn't make it out of the store." Liv said, dumbfounded.

"Hey get back in here." Fin shouted, hoping the security guard would beckon to his call. it took him a few minutes but sure enough the security guard walked back in, he tried to hide the fear on his face.

"Is there a problem?"

"Uh yeah. How the hell did you not know there was an abduction in the store? And by the looks of it, they camped here all night." Fin scolded.

"Uh, I don't understand."

Fin played the tape. Then he showed him the one of the next morning, the pair walked out without so much as a head nod. Fear plastered Amanda's pale face. Fin looked back at the incompetent security guard with angry eyes.

"I could get you fired for this! You have got to check every single tape, no matter how late it is or how tired you are. Look at what happened because of it! You could have avoided this and stopped it." Fin yelled at the young man.

"Fin lets go. We are gonna need a copy of those tapes." Liv said and placed a hand on Fins shoulder.

The security guard nodded and got to work getting the tapes. In a matter of nearly a half hour, the pair was pulling out of the parking lot.

Sorry for such a late update. I hope you guys still like this story? Please let me know what you think. Thanks.