Chapter 11

August knocked on his sergeants door, they were in between missions, so he was at his base instead of being in actual active duty.

"Enter." His sergeant said from his office. August entered the room and saluted. "As you were."

He dropped his hand down to his side. "Sir, I need to go home."

"Corporal, that isn't going to happen. We leave Sunday at 08:00."

August internally sighed. "Sir, I have to get back, my sister's life is on the line."

"I understand corp-"

August interrupted. "All do respect sir, but you don't understand, my sister was kidnapped! I need to get back to her!... Sir."

"Sit down corporal." August nodded and sat down. "August, I've known you for 3 years, ever since you joined the force."

"So you know why I joined originally?"

He nodded. "Assault charges."

"Assault charges on the man that… He molested my sister, and now he has kidnapped her."

His sergeant seemed genuinely surprised. "I thought he was in prison corporal."

"His wife broke him out. And they have my sister sir!" August said standing up. "Jake, they have my sister." August said to him near tears. "She's only 12, she's been through too much, I can't let her go through that again."

His sergeant stood up and walked over to hug him, breaking all types of procedures. "August, pull yourself together." August nodded and did what he was told. "If I allow you to leave, I don't know if the General will allow you to come back. Unless,"

"I understand sir."

"I'm not finished." August looked at him, confused. "I can transfer you to reserves, but you'll only be allowed back if we're shorthanded."

August saluted to his sergeant. "Thank you sir."

"Go get your belongings together." The sergeant typed some things on his computer. "There's a flight out to Maine at 03:00." August smiled. "Exit."

August left the room to pack his bags.

"What's going on Aug?" Kristoff asked.

August looked over to his best friends and saw all of his brothers looking at him. "You guys, something has happened with my sister, so I'm being transferred to the reserves, so I can help her."

"Sir, is everything alright?" Private Johnston asked.

August sighed, but couldn't bring himself to say it again, so Kristoff answered for him. "No it's not Johnston, someone…. Someone took his sister."

That immediately got the attention of everyone. "This isn't goodbye forever Private's, I'll be back one day." August told them, after he finished packing his bag. "I best get going, my flight leaves in a few hours."

They all saluted to him and he saluted back. "Goodbye Corporal Booth." They all said in unison.

"Goodbye Private's."

August hitchhiked to the airport and was the first to board the plane. He figured if he boarded early enough he could watch the news on the plane.

He was sitting in his seat, watching the Maine news, when a woman sat next to him. "It's a shame isn't it, the poor girl can't be older than 13." She said referring to the picture of Emma on the news.

"She's 12." He mumbled, confusing the woman next to him. "She's my baby sister."

Over the hours on the plane, everyone was talking about the kidnapping.

*OUAT*

"Have you found anything David?" Mary asked her husband.

"We have footage of Ingrid escorting Fisher out of the prison."

"How the hell did she escort him out?" She asked, tears streaming down her face.

David sighed. "She got a hold of a corrections officers uniform and badge." David took a deep breath to calm himself. "Forensics says that she was taken at about 8:30."

"David, I told her that they couldn't hurt her anymore. I told her that we would protect her from those monsters. David she has been with him for over 11 hours! 11 hours David!"

"I know Mary! The Fed's won't let me me help! I only know this much because Graham is keeping me updated."

Mary took a deep breath. "I'm sorry David, I'm just worried. She's just a little girl, who would do something like this?!" David was about to respond when Mary's phone started to ring.

"Hello!?" Mary asked frantically, somehow hoping it was Emma calling.
"It's August, the flight attendant let me use the phone in the cockpit, I'll be there in an hour."
Mary sighed. "We don't have her back yet August. The FBI is on it."
"I know, it's all over the news, everyone on the damn plane is talking about it."
"They kicked David off the case."
August sighed. "I figured that they would. How did this happen?"
"She was at a sleepover, her friend was sick and fell asleep, they took her around 8:30 last night." Mary said, crying.
August sighed. "I'll see you in a bit." He ended the call.

*OUAT*

"Deputy, our forensic analyst just called, she told us that we have footage of Ingrid and Jefferson Fisher driving in the direction of a deserted rural area of town." One of the agents told Graham.

"Show me on the map." Graham told him, pulling a map of Storybrooke out of his desk and laying it on a desk.

The agent grabbed a marker and circled an area of the map. "Right around here."

"There's one estate there, it's been abandoned for years though. It's a large piece of land, perfect for seclusion. Let's go."

"I'll contact the rest of my team."

Graham nodded. "And I'm contacting David, and before you object, it's his daughter, my loyalties lie with him, not the FBI."

The agent nodded and Graham made the call.

"David! We might have a location!"
"What?! Where?" David asked frantically.
"Abandoned farmhouse on the edge of town."
"I'll be there in a few minutes, we both know my place is closest to the area."
"That's why I called you boss."
David ended the call and told Mary, but made her stay and he left to go get his daughter.

Once David exited his home he saw August running towards his house. "August get in the truck! We found her."

August didn't ask questions, he just did as he was told. When they were both in the truck, David pulled a gun out of the safe in the glovebox and handed it to August.

*OUAT*

"Please Mr. Fisher don't hurt me!" Emma begged.

He smiled. "Don't worry sweet Emma, I won't show you love like I used to, you're too old now. But you will be punished for lying to that boy."

"I didn't lie! What you did to me was wrong! August was just protecting me!"

Jefferson stepped closer to Emma and tightened ropes around her hands and feet. "You did lie." He said and kicked her.

"Please… Stop."

He smiled. "No."

"Jeff, grab the girl and come on! The sheriff's truck is outside!" Ingrid yelled from the other room.

He got angry. "Dammit! Come on Emma."

"No! Get away from me! I told you he'd come for me! I told you!" Emma yelled trying to get away from him and to stall him as much as she could.

"Shut up and come on!" he said and grabbed her, she struggled as much as she could, but he picked her up and ran out to the car with his wife.

"Dammit! Put! Me! Down!" She yelled, squeezing her eyes shut, then she opened eyes when he stopped.

"Put my daughter down right now!" She saw her dad.

"Put me down!" Emma screamed! "Now!" Emma tried wiggling out of his arms, but the ropes around her hands and feet didn't help much.

Jefferson slowly put her down despite Ingrid's protests. "He wouldn't have shot you if you were holding her! Idiot!"

"Shut it Ingrid!" He yelled to his wife.

"Hands on your head! Both of you!" David cuffed the Fisher's and then August lowered the gun and they both ran over to Emma.

"Daddy, you found me."

He gave her a weak smile. "I did princess." He said, trying to carefully remove the ropes from her hands and August was doing the same with her feet.

"Is Ruby okay? Did he hurt her? She's sick! Did he-."

After he removed the roped from her hands he stroked her hair. "Ruby's fine, she's just worried about you."

"I wanna go home." She said as August finished getting the ropes off of her feet.

"We gotta take you to the hospital Ducky." August told her.

Emma was so terrified, she didn't even see August. "Auggie? When did you get here?"

He smiled. "I just got to town half an hour ago."

"I thought you weren't going to be back for a while."

"You're more important than the army Ducky."

Emma smiled. "I missed you Auggie."

They heard sirens in the distance. "Took them long enough." David said, then walked over to Jefferson and punched him. "Dad!"

"He deserved it Em." August told her.

"I know… But when you did, they sent you away!"

August gave her a smile. "They aren't gonna send him away, and I'm gonna be around a lot more."

He told her, then paramedics rushed over and put her in one, and David went with.

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