I have to start by apologizing for not finishing this a long time ago when I wrote it. I ran out of ideas and gave up on it, but I woke up this morning and decided I was going to finish it because I hate when other people don't finish their stories. I don't own Grey's Anatomy.
No Help
"Not even if it's about Tori?" Upon hearing this Derek squeezed the hand Christy was still holding and looked up at the screen. Aaron opened the email and they all read it silently. 'I have your daughter. If you ever want to see her alive again I want 2 million dollars in 12 hours and absolutely no telling the cops. I will send you drop off instructions later. P.S. I'm watching you.'
"Open the attachment," Derek's voice cracked when he spoke and tears threatened the corners of his eyes. Aaron clicked on the attachment and a picture of a terrified little Tori filled the screen. Aaron sat silently starring at the screen, Christy stood crying unable to move and tears spilled from Derek's cheeks. "That son of a bitch," he yelled, his baby girl was scared and alone, he needed to do something.
"Son of a Bitch," Derek repeated himself. They stood in silence for a minute, tears in Derek and Christy's eyes as Derek thought about what to do. It was then that he noticed on the top of the email, who it was from and he turned to Aaron. "You?" he asked confused. "Why does it say that it's from you?" he asked, louder and more angrily.
"Dr.Shepherd I'm just as confused as you are about this," Aaron told him. "I honestly don't know."
"Dad, come on, he was here when that email popped up," Christy reasoned with her father.
"Right, sorry," Derek said, "I need to go tell Meredith. He left the room in search of her and Christy and Aaron followed, carrying her laptop.
Meredith read the email as tears filled her eyes, but when she saw the picture it was too much for ehr to handle and she collapsed into Derek's arms, sobbing. "What are we going to do Derek?" Meredith cried.
"I don't know babe," Derek responded as he held his fiancé tighter. They all sat like that, Aaron holding Christy and Derek holding Meredith for close to ten minutes before Derek spoke. "I'm going to the hospital; I'm going to see if Burke can get us the money."
"Derek I think we should tell the police," Meredith replied softly.
"No way, you read the email; he'll kill Tori if we do."
"Honey, that's ridiculous, how could he possibly be watching us?"
"Meredith, this person, whoever it is, he's obviously really messed up, it's certainly possible that he is watching us somehow," Christy spoke up as she stared at the floor and fiddled with her necklace.
"Christy's right," Derek said, "we cannot go to the cops, no matter what." With that, Derek grabbed his keys off of the counter and left for the hospital. This asshole is going to pay for what he's doing, he thought.
He arrived at the hospital and ran up the stairs to Burke's office. "I need a favour, I need a huge favour," Derek panted as he slammed open the door and startled Burke, who was sitting at his desk, massaging his temples.
"Of course Derek, anything," he replied, he had become good friends with Derek over the years, as Cristina was best friends with Meredith.
"I need two million dollars."
"Okay when I said anything..."
"I know it's a lot to ask Preston but it's the only way we're going to get Tori back, please help," Derek replied sounding sad and desperate.
"I'll see what I can do Derek, give me a few hours. How much time do you have?"
"Twenty-four."
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Back at the house, police interviewed Meredith who sat with Milo on her lap and Christy and Aaron on one side of her. They were asking her if she could think of anyone who might have a reason to hurt Tori, or if there was anyone she could think of who could be responsible for this. Meredith replied no, nothing like this had ever happened to them before, and she couldn't think of any reason for it to.
When Derek returned he was asked the same questions. Had he ever been threatened by any patients perhaps? Again, he answered no. What Derek was so confused about was why the house was full of cops asking him questions instead of being out looking for his daughter. "I have a question for you now," Derek said, rather angrily, "why the hell, are you in here asking my fiancé and I stupid questions about possibly threatening surgical patients instead of being out there," he pointed to the front door, "looking for my daughter!"
"I assure you sir," the cop said to him, "we are doing everything in our power to find her." Derek couldn't talk to him anymore, he was useless, so he stalked away, back to Meredith and his other children, thinking about what they could do to save her themselves, because they were not getting any help.
