I had fallen asleep in a car trunk. When I woke up, I was still half naked, only panties on. I wasn't tied anymore…but it didn't matter. I couldn't move. My memory was a little fuzzy, but if I remember correctly, I had a baseball bat hit me hard a couple times. Once in the head, a couple in my ribs, and I even think one in my right knee.
I flipped my body over onto my back. It was an effort, but I wanted to see where I was. When I looked up, all I saw was bright blue sky. I turned my head and saw black burned things. I was in a burned down building. I looked back up at the sky, and felt tears leave the corner of my eyes.
This couldn't be the same place Kendall and Alicia…no! That couldn't be! They wouldn't do that to me! They couldn't…no please God no!
I rolled my body back to stomach and started pushing myself up. I got up on my left knee and quickly pushed myself to stand up. My head was swarming, and when I saw the whole building burned down I screamed out. I limped around; trying to find a sign that it wasn't true…but all I found was a little white sock, with a pink bow on the side. I limped to it, screaming and crying. I fell to the floor next to the sock and picked it up. It was Alicia's.
I screamed out, and looked around. Someone has to hear me. I looked out at the street and screamed help. Nothing. No car, no dog walkers, no nothing. I closed my eyes and let my body fall on the ground, curling up into a ball. My whole body hurt, but the worst was my heart. I have never been this heart broken, or destroyed, I could actually hear and feel my heart break.
"Nathan…what is that?" I slowly opened my eyes and saw two people, holding hands, walking slowly to the burned down rubble.
"Call 911. It's that wife of the detective…" I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out. The man ran over quick yanking off his jacket, and kneeling down next to me. "Ma'am are you hurt?" All I could do was nod. He put his jacket over my bare back and the women he was with came next to him, talking, crying, into the phone. I closed my eyes again, and squeezed around the little sock, still in my hand.
"Please hurry!" I pushed out more tears and felt myself being picked up carefully. "Yes I'm sure it's her!" I opened my eyes and the man was picking me up, putting me in his arms. He sat down and put me in his lap, covering my exposed body quick with his jacket. "Yes the same place he…" I screamed out, hearing her confirm my husbands death. The man squeezed around me and shook his head.
"I'm so sorry."
I watched Logan's mom walk in, holding onto my daughter. I pushed myself up in the bed and held back a groan of pain. When Alicia lifted her head, and saw me, she let out a shriek and giggled, reaching out. I lifted my arms, and Logan's mom carefully put her in my arms. I set her on my lap, not wanting her little body to touch the burns on my chest.
"God she is such an angle."
"I know…she didn't give you a hard time?" His mom sat down as Logan walked in, still in uniform and handed her a cup of coffee. She shook her head and took a sip. I sighed and looked into the little green eyes. I let her tiny hands squeeze around two of my fingers ad she giggled. "Have you guys heard anything?" I turned to Logan and then to the door, where Carlos walked in, with James behind him.
"Yeah actually…" Carlos quickly moved to the side of my bed and sat down rubbing his eyes. "Captain said those two dark suits found Ghost." I looked at him, waiting for more and he sighed looking at Alicia. "She wasn't with him. And when he ratted out the rest of the guys…she was nowhere to be found." My heart dropped and I sat back, with Alicia still holding onto my fingers. "They said they don't know where she is." I squeezed my eyes tight shut and shook my head. "We're still looking but…"
His voice was cut off by a voice from the radio on Logan's hip. I looked up quick and he grabbed it, answering it.
"Henderson here."
"Logan you made a point to make sure we told you and Maslow if we hear anything on Mrs. Schmidt." I sat up quick and he set down his coffee, turning the radio up.
"Yes and?"
"We just got a call from a women, who is saying her and her husband found a girl on the ground at the old warehouse that just burned down. She's not in good shape, crying screaming…you two are the first to be called." James and Logan both got up quick and ran out of the room.
"Wait!" I screamed as I watched them run down the hall. Carlos got up and sighed.
"I'll go with them! I'll call when I see her." He ran out, all of them leaving me quick. I looked over at Logan's mom and she gave a warm smile.
"She's going to be alright Kendall." I nodded but for some reason I couldn't agree with her.
