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Chapter 9

Ziva sent the car spinning round the corner into the parking lot ignoring the parking attendants shouting and pulled up, instantly they leapt out of the car, Tony was still shouting desperately down the phone to Tali who had stopped answering not long after they had called her, that hadn't stopped him continuing to call to her though the phone, getting more and more anxious, they had heard all of them crying out and then Tali shouting at the others to run and then a few more sounds, loud cracks before there was nothing. They all ran into the fairground flashing their badges at the ticket people and ran in, hunting high and low for their children calling to them, pushing through the crowds ignoring their protests.

Eventually Kate stumbled back into the centre of the fair where the others were standing breathing hard "they're not here" Booth said angrily, his face was hard in the flashing lights of the ride but his eyes were full of worry and pain, he pulled out his phone, "Angie" he shouted over the loud music and excited shrieks "listen trace Tali's phone now, Tony is still calling her" At that moment Gibbs and McGee appeared "have you found them" Gibbs shouted, they all shook their heads angrily, then Booth was moving "Tali's phone is in this direction" he called and they ran out towards where the crowds were thinning.

"Look" Ziva cried "that is where the picture was taken" she was pointing at the very bench indeed only an hour ago their daughters sat laughing and safe, they all ran over hunting for any clue, but the area was bare, "McGee call it in" Gibbs said quietly and his youngest agent nodded, Kate was looking around desperately as Booth asked Angela to keep directing them to Tali's phone and they followed her directions to the edge of the dark woods where they all paused and stared into the dark woods, towering over them, dark and forbidding.

Then Kate plunged forward into the trees and the others were right behind her producing two flashlights and they all drew their guns as they moved through the trees quietly, their eyes flashing around, combing through the darkness searching for any movement. They stumbled forward through a thicket and on through the trees until Booth stopped "Angela says Tali's phone is right around here" he said quietly, they all looked around "Tali" Ziva called out anxiously, there was no response.

"Found it" Rick said quietly and they all turned to see him pick up Tali's phone from under the cover of pine needles, still receiving the call from Tony who slowly ended the call and took the phone from Rick staring at it in shock. Ziva took a flashlight from McGee and turned it on the ground, her face expressionless as she tried to hide the pain she was in, she traced the beam of light across the leaf littered floor, "there was a struggle here" she said quietly, she backed away looking on the floor "Tali was running, then she fell and started struggling" "what did she fall over" Gibbs asked, she shrugged "she fell over nothing" Kate said, they all looked at her, she was crouching down looking at something, they all moved over and saw a dart lying in the bed of leaves glinting in the light of the torches "they shot her with a tranquiliser dart" she said looking up and there was anger and fear in her eyes.

Ziva stepped away as Gibbs bent and bagged the needle and they all followed her as she traced the path, tracing their children's movement back the way they had come, "boot prints" she said suddenly, pointing to some prints heading in the same way they were, "not the girls" she paused again and they could all see the signs of a struggle, then Tony bent and picked up another phone, April's.

They all stared at it before following the tracks at a faster rate until they emerged a few meters away from the fair, Ziva bent again and they all crouched down with her and saw tyre tracks along with a small object which Ziva reached out and picked up "this is Tali's knife" she said showing it to them, they all looked at her "she carries a knife" Booth said "she carries two usually" Tony said grimly, "that one is concealed at her waist in a holster attached to her belt" "and the other one" Rick asked "a switchblade in her boot strapped to her ankle" Ziva said, Booth looked at them "you all carry knives" he asked, spotting one strapped to Ziva's ankle "Rule #9" all three agents said, they all looked at Gibbs "never go anywhere without a knife" he clarified.

They all looked at the knife in Ziva's hand and then they looked around, "he got them" Kate whispered, "he got them and they're gone", nobody spoke, they just stood there trying not to let their pain crush them.

XOXOXO

Livie whimpered as she felt herself come to, she hurt and felt sick, slowly she allowed her eyes to flutter open and she looked around and had to fight not to let the panic take over her, she was lying in a dimly lit room, lit only by a single flickering light bulb, the walls were bare and there was nothing in the room, it was empty. For a wild moment she thought she was back in the basement where she had been tortured with the white hot pipe, and then she saw that the room was in fact not empty and slumped next to her were two more unconscious forms.

"April" she cried rolling over "Tali" she wriggled over to them, that was when she heard the clinking sound and looking over she saw a chain around her ankle attached to a ring fastened to the wall, her two friends were also chained in the same way. She shook April "please be ok" she gasped shaking her shoulder before breathing a sigh of relief as the older girl groaned and opened her eyes groggily blinking, "Livie" she mumbled frowning in confusion, then she sat up with a gasp looking round wildly for danger before she looked back at Livie "are you ok" she demanded, Livie nodded, but she didn't feel ok, she was terrified, April pulled her into her arms "it's ok" she said softly "we are going to be fine I promise Livie we will be fine" Livie leaned against the older girl who had instantly realised that she would have to be the brave one and comfort the younger girls.

April hugged Livie until they heard a groan and saw Tali stirring, she put her hand to her head where there was a large bruise forming, then she looked around, she took in their situation calmer than they others had expected, then she looked at them "well um this is a new situation" she said, she heaved herself into a sitting position leaning against the wall and drew her leg up to her chest to study the chain around her ankle, then she looked at them frowning "everyone ok" she asked, they both nodded and then they all huddled together, as they leaned back though, April winced and leaned forward again, her hand went to her back and she shifted her shirt up "ow" she mumbled, "something hurts".

Livie peered at her back and saw a large red area "there is a needle mark there" she said "from the dart when we were caught" April sighed and then looked at her as Tali rubbed her side where she had her own needle mark "speaking of getting caught, what the hell were you thinking Livie" Livie blinked "what" she said "you just stood there" April said "you should have run", Livie looked at her "I wasn't going to run and be the only one not caught" she said "what kind of friend would that make me" "a smart one" Tali said as she stood up and moved over to the ring on the wall tugging at their chains "but not a very good one" Livie said "we are all in this together guys"

April sighed exasperated but rolled her eyes and nodded then she stood up and moved around the room as far as the chain would allow her, it wouldn't let them near the door, she sighed, and circled back to where they had originally been found, Tali slumped next to them "we are not getting out of these without keys" she said grimly shaking her leg so that the chain rattled, they huddled together, April realised that Livie was shivering, she didn't have her coat, she looked at Tali who nodded and they both shifted so that she was in between them and pressed themselves against her, slowly her shivering subsided slightly "thanks guys" she mumbled staring at the floor worried, "don't worry" April said "our parents will find us, we have survived this before, we can survive it again" the other two nodded, but none of them voiced how worried they were that they might not be so lucky this time.

XOXOXO

Alexis rushed at them the moment they entered the lab "did you find them" she cried anxiously, her face crumpled at the sight of their faces "no" she gasped "no not again" Rick caught hold of her holding her tightly pain in his eyes, pain that was reflected in all their eyes, most of them had managed to hold it together, until now when Angela came towards them holding AJ with Libby right behind her, when the parents saw their other child they could barely hold it in, Brennan bent and hugged Libby tightly a few tears sliding down her cheeks as Ziva caught hold of AJ holding him protectively against her chest murmuring to him in Hebrew blinking back tears, Angela looked horrified when she realised that they had been too late.

They all stood there for a bit before Libby, innocent five year old Libby pulled away from her mommy and looked around "where's April mommy" she asked "and Tali and Livie" she looked confused when her mom dropped her head unable to look at her other daughter, she looked from face to face as everyone avoided her gaze "daddy" she asked "where are they"

Booth bent down and bravely looked Libby in the face catching hold of her shoulders rubbing them gently "April" he said before pausing "… April and the others, they aren't coming back for a few days ok honey" she frowned confused "where are they" she asked, Booth looked at her "they have gone away" he said "for how long" Libby asked "I don't know honey" he said gently, Libby frowned "I want to say goodbye" she said "you can't Libs I am sorry" Booth said quietly "why not" she demanded totally confused but she seemed to understand that they weren't telling her something "because we can't talk to them either" Booth said "why" Libby wailed and her confusion and misery broke everyone's hearts all over again.

Booth looked at her miserably "just because Libs" "no" she cried, realising that there was something seriously wrong here "I want April, please daddy I want her, I want her" Booth pulled the little girl into his arms holding her tightly as she cried, tears streaming down her cheeks, AJ mumbled uncertainly at her distress too and Ziva bounced him gently kissing the top of his dark hair, clutching him tightly trying to remain composed.

Eventually Libby stopped crying when exhausted she fell into a light doze where she rested cuddled against Booth's chest, her tears leaving a wet stain on his shirt, carefully he carried her into Brennan's office and lay her on the sofa covering her with a blanket before exiting the room and closing the door, everyone else had moved into the main office now where they had been joined by Angela, Hodgins and Cam, everyone was sitting silently, AJ had fallen asleep curled against Ziva's chest who was curled up against Tony's chest. Alexis' was against her father who hugged her protectively, silently he went and sat next to Brennan pulling her into his arms "where is Kate" he asked Rick softly, he looked out and Booth spotted her on the viewing platform sitting on the sofa on the phone.

"She is speaking to her best friend" Rick said quietly, Booth nodded and then they all lowered their heads and sat in stunned silence unsure of what to do next.

XO

Alexis looked at Kate sitting on the platform wrapped up on her grief, she hated seeing her like this, she didn't know how to comfort her, every time any of the parents caught sight of her their faces crumpled, she didn't blame them, she was the daughter who had escaped this mess, deep down they all wished she was their own child.

She sighed before remembering the last time Livie had gone missing, who had comforted Kate and she pulled out her phone, scrolling through the contacts until she came to the one she wanted.

"hello" she heard that cheerful voice "Lanie" she said shakily "hey Alexis" Lanie said slowly, picking up on the tension in her voice "honey what's wrong" Alexis felt those carefully controlled tears slide down her cheeks, she let out a sob, "Alexis what is wrong" Lanie asked alarmed "Lanie it's Livie" Alexis sobbed "she's gone" "what" Lanie exclaimed "she ran away" "no" she cried "he took her, the killer, he took Livie, April and Tali"

Lanie was silent and horrified "oh god Alexis how is Kate holding up, and the others" Alexis sighed and leaned against the wall "they are all fighting to hide it but Kate feels guilty because she and Livie were fighting the last time they spoke" "oh poor Kate" Lanie whispered "I was hoping you could call her and talk to her, you are her best friend" Alexis mumbled "of course, thank you for telling me Alexis" Lanie said gently "don't you worry ok, now go to your dad and have a hug, it will make you both feel better" "yeah ok" Alexis whispered "thanks Lanie" "no problem honey" the coroner said before hanging up.

Alexis looked up as she heard Kate's phone ring, she answered it and then but her head in her hands and her shoulders wracked with sobs, Alexis moved into the office and straight over to her dad hugging him tightly as he clung to her tightly as she hugged him, desperate for some comfort.

XO

"Hello"

Kate blinked back tears as she answered her phone, there was silence on the other end of the phone, then "oh my god Katie, Alexis just told me, I am so sorry" Lanie whispered and more tears slid down Kate's cheeks and she cried whilst her best friend whispered words of comfort down the line to her, eventually Kate managed to get herself back under control and she told her best friend what had happened.

"oh god Kate" Lanie whispered when she was done, Kate just sobbed out a few tears "I feel awful Lanie" she whispered "the last words I spoke to her were hateful, what if those are the last words I will ever get to say to her" "hey don't think like that Kate" Lanie said firmly "you will see her again, I promise you that you will, you just need to stay calm ok, relax honey, and do your job, Javi is here and he wants a quick word"

There was a rustle as the phone was handed over "hey Beckett" Esposito said quietly, not even trying to hide the pain in his voice, Kate just sobbed "hey, hey" Esposito said comfortingly "it's ok Kate, relax ok" "I can't" Kate cried "how can I relax when I don't know where she is, whether she is alive or dead" "she is not dead" Esposito said firmly "Kate he won't have killed them, he took them for a reason ok, she is going to be fine" Kate wiped the tears away from her eyes miserably "Lanie just called Ryan" Esposito said "now she is packing our bags, we are going to get some leave from Gates tomorrow and head down there Kate, we are coming whether you want us too or not, we are coming to help find these girls" Kate felt a small smile slide onto her face "thanks Espo" she whispered "hey you know me Becks, always there for you" he said gently, "now relax and here is Lanie"

Lanie came back on the line "hey girl, you ok now" "yeah" Kate whispered even though she wasn't "you are a sour liar to me honey" Lanie said "you just know me better" Kate mumbled "hell yeah I do" she said "which is why I know that you need us" "yeah I do" Kate whispered "well we are on our way, now go back to writer boy and cuddle up with your man, he will be there for you Kate, always" Kate smiled weakly "I know" she whispered "thanks Lanie" "no problem" Lanie said "now stay calm and don't panic ok, we will be there soon, oh and Kate" "yeah" Kate mumbled "I know you honey don't you dare do anything reckless that will make me want to kill you" Kate smiled weakly again "ok I promise, thanks Lanie, see you soon" she ended the call.

She sat there for a few minutes allowing the sobs of anguish to come pouring out before she took long deep breaths and regained control of herself, then she stood and headed down to Angela's lab where she found everyone assembled, lying in each other's arms, she looked at Rick hugging his daughter as he looked up at her and then opened one arm to her and she crawled into his comforting embrace clinging to him tightly, scared of losing him too, looking over she saw Tony holding Ziva and AJ and for once the ex-Israeli Mossad agent wasn't in control, there were tears leaking out of Ziva's eyes as she clutched her sleeping son tight, terrified of him too being snatched away, and Booth had Brennan lying in his arms, her face was turned away to hide her pain but she clutched Libby who had obviously run into join them.

They all lay there; clutching their remaining loved ones, terrified of losing them too.

XOXOXO

Livie's head snapped up along with the others as they heard footsteps in the hall, they looked at each other before huddling closer together protectively waiting to face this new threat together.

The door opened and he entered and they all stared at him, the man their parents had been chasing for so long, taking in his appearance. He was tall and well built, muscled and strong, he had dark hair that hung over his eyes, almost like it was hiding them still, but they could still see them dark evil eyes that glittered cruelly at them as he stood over them eyeing them all up, he had very prominent features, high cheekbones, tall and proud, well defined nose and his eyes were sunk deep into his head, he had thin lips that were twisted into a cruel smirk of triumph, "welcome my dears" he said and his voice was soft yet dangerous "I have been looking forward to meeting you all"

Tali's hand shifted towards her boot and he smiled "looking for this sweetheart" he asked holding up a switchblade knife "good hiding place honey, I nearly missed it" Tali stared at him in anger, disgust written across her face, he smiled at her "you are lucky you know" he told her "those thugs I hired to get you, their leader wanted to keep you, he wanted to hurt you and kill you because you broke his nose" Tali glared at him "can I send him a get well soon card" she spat and he laughed gently at her "he wanted to kill you but I decided that I would take you too, make up the complete set".

He moved back into the corridor and grabbed a chair dragging it in and sitting down in front of them then he proceeded to study them each in turn, then he sighed and leaned back "I am sure you all have some questions" he said "go on, amuse me, ask what you want to know", Livie looked at the other two who were staring at him defensively, eventually April spat out "who are you, what do you want from us" he smiled "well I was hoping one of you might know who I am" he said "and if she doesn't I will tell her soon enough, as for what I want from you, I only want one of you, the other two of you are here to keep your parents at bay whilst I plan my next move because they suddenly got quite close, and I don't want them figuring out who I am, at least not until I am ready for them"

They all stared at him again and he smiled "your parents did well" he said "no one has ever come that close to catching me, I mean they all knew about me after they found my bank account and I considered moving it but then I thought 'why not have some fun, have the cops running round in circles for a while, knowing there would be another victim, but not knowing when, I mean I was pretty fun" he looked at Livie then who was glaring at him "aw sweetheart you not going to talk to me" he asked in a playfully hurt voice "don't worry I understand why honey"

Livie glared at him "you shot my mom" she whispered "you tried to kill her" he sighed theatrically "ok I want deny it, yes that was me honey, but I didn't kill her did I" "only cus she was lucky" Livie said angrily, he raised his eyebrows "oh is that why you think sweetheart, then I am afraid you are seriously wrong, you think it was luck that saved her, no it wasn't, it was me" Livie looked at him "yeah right" she said

"think about it sweetheart, I have been killing people for years now, you have seen my most recent works, one shot to the heart, kills instantly, they are dead instantly, if I had wanted your mother dead, she would be dead, that distance was perfect, no wind no nothing, and she was in the perfect position, high above everyone else, I could have killed her, but I didn't want to, everyone thinks it was because she turned slightly to her husband" Livie noticed that he spoke that word with distaste "that she survived, but no I aimed slightly to the side, purposefully missing her heart, giving her that chance to survive"

Livie stared at him "I don't believe you" she hissed, he smiled "well I know the truth honey, I didn't want your mother dead, so I didn't kill her, believe me when I was given her picture I was shocked, I thought long and hard about killing her but I realised nah I didn't want too"

Livie stared at him confused "if that is true" she said as bravely as she could "why didn't you want my mom dead" he smiled and stood up moving forward until he was crouching in front of her, he studied her with a smile on his face, then he caught hold of her dragging her up, April and Tali both shouted out but he struck April across the cheek sending her flying backwards, Livie struggled in his grip terrified, she stared at him with wide eyes as he smiled at her, he caught hold of her chin forcing her to stare straight into his eyes as they combed over her features "you look a lot like her" he said "almost an exact copy of how she looked when I first met her" Livie's eyes widened but then he was forcing her round using her hair to yank her head to the side and she felt him trace his fingers across her burns, but they weren't cold and poking, they were gently stroking the burns. April could see the fear in her eyes.

"you have been through so much sweetheart" he murmured "I am proud of you for being so strong", Livie struggled desperately "you were so brave my sweetheart" he said "how do you know anything about me" she spat, he smiled and released her, instantly she fell back to the others, turning defensively to look at him "because my lovely after I was asked to kill your mom, I looked you up, I found out what horrors you had been through, oh I was mad my darling, so mad, I learned that your mom had managed to get the guy locked up" he smiled "I did one better honey, I made him really suffer for what he did to you" Livie stared at him as he beamed proudly.

"Tyler Paige didn't even see it coming sweetie, he was living his life in prison quite happily, he shouldn't have been happy after what he did to you after he destroyed your life" "what did you do" Livie gasped, he grinned wickedly at her "I waited until he came out into the yard" he said and the smile widened "then I put a bullet through his brain"

Livie let out a choking gasp of horror and turned away "why aren't you happy" he asked, there was something like frustration in his eyes "I made sure he can never hurt you again, your mother just locked him up, he would have escaped and come after you again sweetheart, I made sure that he won't"

Livie looked at him and there were tears in her eyes "why" she screamed "why did you do that" he smiled again, "because I had to" he said, Livie looked at him "who is it that you want out of the three of us" she asked and she could already guess the answer, he smiled "you of course my dear" he said, and she felt the other two stiffen in surprise on either side of her, she stared at him "why" she asked trying not to allow her voice to tremble, he looked at her, "your mother never told you about me" he asked, Livie stared, "my mom knew you" she said "oh yes" he said "she knew me very well when we were both young 18 year olds"

"I don't believe you" Livie said with as much venom as she could in her voice, he laughed "oh we did, I knew her so well, she really was something special honey, so amazing, I was stunned by her all the time, she had so much spark and attitude to her, she turned heads wherever she went, and she was mine" Livie stared at him "god yes she and I… oh wait you're too young to hear about that" he laughed wickedly and Livie felt a thrill of fear rush through her, "her mother never trusted me though, ah Johanna Beckett, rest in peace, she never liked me at all, I know that frustrated your mom a lot, she wanted her mother's acceptance, but she never got it, at least not when it came to me, I guess though her mother was right about me in the end"

Livie stared at him, no he couldn't be telling the truth, but there was no hint of a lie in his eyes as he stared at her, then he bent down reaching out to run his fingers through her hair, but she pulled away "come now my darling" he said looking at her, "no" she spat "I am not 'your darling' leave me alone" he stood up and stared at her "do the math sweetheart" he said calmly "I met your mother not long after her 18th birthday, you were born a few months before her 19th birthday"

Livie stared at him, she felt the other two freeze on either side of him, and her breath caught in her throat as she stared at him "no" she whispered "no, no, no, no, no" he smiled "sorry sweetheart but yes" he said, he stood over her smiling triumphantly,

"It is nice to meet you at long last Olivia" he said, then he uttered those two words that sent a chill through her veins and filler her with horror

"My daughter"

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