Chapter 12
Gail's Hospital Room
"What's going on Oliver?" Steve asks
"We're on the way to the two locations. We're going to hit them both at the same time." Oliver says as he speeds through the streets.
"Do you really think she's there?" Steve asks nervously as he looks at Gail. He's relieved she's asleep.
"Her phone's GPS is saying that it's in that building. We're going to hit the crack house in the boy's neighborhood just in case. I think that the picture was both a diversion and form of taunting us. I'm betting that she's at the west side location." Oliver says as he gets close to the location.
"We can't keep lying to Gail. She just got her last sedative dose. She's going to be awake very soon. I think she'll probably be loopy from the pain killers but she's going to be asking for her soon. So please call me as soon as you know anything." Steve says
"Ok, gotta go." Oliver says
Steve just hangs up and begins to pace. Thinking of every possible scenario there is and not liking the odds of this whole situation ending well. Gail will never forgive herself if something happens to Holly. She'll blame herself even when it isn't her fault.
"Hey Carrot Top," Gail whispers.
"Hey Casper," Steve turns around and says grinning.
"So when are you going to stop lying to me?" Gail asks quietly.
"Huh, what are you talking about?" Steve asks nervously.
"Well, your pacing which means you're nervous and/or worried. And then there's the little fact that I woke up 5 minutes ago. I heard your phone conversation." Gail says looking Steve directly in the eye.
"Umm…," Steve stutters as he rubs the back with his hand. He can't help but think that the jig is up.
"Out with it Steven. Where is she?" Gail asks.
"Technically we didn't lie. We promise she'd come back and we're doing everything we can to make that happen." Steve says quickly.
"She's not, here, is she?" Gail asks sadly. Tears starting to run down her cheeks.
"No she's not but she didn't leave of her own free will. She didn't leave you Gail." Steve says
"So if she didn't leave me, where is she?" Gail asks tearfully.
Steve tries to brace himself for what was coming. He takes a deep breath, looks down and says quietly, "She was kidnapped. It was a well-organized kidnapping Gail. Holly hid you from them in the rooms bathroom and they took her."
That was all it took. More tears started running down her face. She asked tearfully,
"When were you going to tell me huh? How long has she been gone? Do you have any leads?"
"Gail, calm down please." Steve pleads.
"I'm not going calm down. Just fucking answer the questions." Gail says angrily as tears run down her face.
"We do have a lead. Oliver is looking into it right now." Steve say quietly.
"Start talking Steven. Tell me everything." Gail pleads.
Steve told her everything. How long Holly has been gone. What she did to keep her safe. Who they thought might be possible. The two raids that were in progress. How they thought that she was the main target. That the shooting was actually a homicide attempt on her life.
When Steve finishes Gail tearfully says, "I don't care what happens to me. I don't fucking care. You find her. You protect her."
"We think they took her just because they know how much she means to you." Steve says quietly.
"She protected me and now she might be dead." Gail says as she started to sob. The machines started to beeping. Damn it.
"She's still alive Gail. But you need to calm down please. We'll get her back. We promise."
Steve says as he pushes the call button. Gail's eyes are getting red; her cheeks are red and she keeps balling her fists so hard her knuckles are white.
"How do you know she's alive Steven?" Gail asks. Her mind is racing and she can't stop the tears. But she already took an inventory of her wounds and as soon she is alone she's going to try out her leg. If she thinks she is able to maneuver herself around she's going to make a run for it. She has to find her.
"We got a picture this morning." Steve says quietly
"I want to see it." Gail says stubbornly
"No you don't. It's only going to upset you more. Rest Gail. Please." Steve pleads
"Now Steven." Gail says angrily
Steve looks his sister in eye and he recognize the look in her eyes. She's not going to take no for an answer. He fishes out the folded copy of the picture from his back pocket and hands it to his sister.
Gail's hands shake as she unfolds the paper. The picture takes her breath away. She begins to really sob. Gail sobs, "Look at her Steven. They beat the crap out of her. She's running out of time."
It's then when the nurses and the doctor going to see what was wrong. The doctor looks at Gail and to Steve and asks, "What happened?"
Gail begins to wipe her face with the back of her hands and says, "He finally told me the truth. Doctor, no more drugs. I want out."
"Officer Peck I wouldn't recommend that. You are still healing. If you rip out the stitches from both your wounds you can bleed out. Please listen to me. I only want to make sure you're ok and that you heal properly." The doctor says
"I don't care. I need to find her. She's in danger. They are hurting her. She's now in danger because of me." Gail says tearfully
"Listen Gail to the doctor please. Think of Holly. She wouldn't want you to leave the hospital. She wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you." Steve plead
"Damn it Steve. I am thinking of Holly. I'm here nice and safe and she might die because of me." Gail sobs
Steve thinks quickly and quite honestly begs, "Look give us 24 hours to get her back. If we don't then I'll help break you out. Just give us a little more time."
"Listen to your brother Officer Peck." The doctor says.
Gail just closes her eyes and says quietly, "Fine. You got 24 hours to get her back.
But in the meantime, no more sedatives. No more drugs."
"You need the pain medication. I can lower the dose of the pain medication or maybe change it to something else. But if you're in too much pain you're going to get a stronger medication. You need rest Officer Peck so that you can heal." The doctor says.
"Ok, but start with the one that makes me less groggy," Gail says quietly as she tries to wipe the tears away.
"Deal but you need to rest." The doctor says
Gail just nods her head and looks away. She knows that her eyes can give away what she's feeling. She closes her eyes and curses the universe. It's not fair. Holly came back. She protected her and now she was gone.
The doctor makes some notes in Gail's chart and before leaving the room she tells Steve, "Try not to stress her out or upset her."
Steve just sighs and nods his head. But he knows that's going to be close to impossible. Another nurse comes to the room to administer Gail's pain medication. Before the nurse gave it to her Gail made sure that it was the one that would make her less loopy. But in reality, practically any pain medication affected her profoundly. They made her nightmares worse and she hated that it made her so groggy.
Just as Gail started to nod off she whispers to Steve, "You tell me if they find her. I want to know good or bad. No more lies."
"I'll tell you but rest ok." Gail just nods and she falls asleep.
Condemned Building in Toronto's West Side
The SWAT team approaches the building quietly as soon as they have it surrounded one SWAT officer yells, "Toronto P.D.! search warrant!"
They broke the doors down and swarmed the building.
Condemned Building in Toronto – Holly's room
Trigger started tugging my pants he notices something is wrong. As he tried tugging my pants over my hips my cell phone fell out. He stopped immediately and I could see how shocked he was.
"You bitch. You've had this the whole fucking time." Trigger yells at me
I just smile and he slapped me as hard as he could. My cheek feels like it's on fire but I don't care.
I heard the yelling coming from downstairs I knew they were coming and so did my captor.
Trigger says he closes his fly, "Shit you lead them to us."
I can't help taunting him. I say happily, "I told you they'd find me.
He runs to the door of the room and yells, "I have a hostage! I'll kill her if you try to get in here!"
Oliver hears the yelling and races up the stairs. He said "kill her". She's in there. We found her. Oliver says a quick prayer thanking the powers that be. Now we have to get her out of that room.
"We want to end this peacefully," Oliver says quietly
"I want out. Or I'll kill her and any other cop that comes in here. I have armor piercing rounds. I'll take all of you with me. I don't care if I die." Trigger says angrily as he points his nine-millimeter pistol at Holly's head.
Just as Oliver was about to respond the SWAT leader whispers something into Oliver ear. Oliver just nods and the SWAT leader runs down the stairs.
"You don't want to die son. Is Dr. Stewart in the room with you?" Oliver asks
"I'm not your fucking son! And yes, the Stewart bitch is here with me?" Trigger yells
"Can I please talk to her to make sure she's ok?" Oliver says calmly
"No. Don't act like you care. You just want her." Trigger says angrily
"We're not leaving. You're smart enough to know that. Just surrender peacefully. You don't need to die tonight." Oliver says
Oliver gets the sign from the SWAT leader that they were ready to go Oliver says calmly, "Son just surrender. We don't want to hurt you. Please."
"Fuck you. She's dead." Trigger says angrily. Oliver can hear the cock of the gun. He nods his head and there's a shot fired. From the only window in the room. A sniper was across the street in another abandoned building. As soon he was given the go ahead he took the shot. Trigger never saw it coming. He was hit in the back of the head. The SWAT team then breaks the door down. Oliver runs in behind them and runs to Holly.
"Hey darlin," Oliver says happily as he kneels down in front of me.
I grin and say, "Hey Ollie. Can I go home now?"
Oliver grins and asks as he cuts the ropes binding my arms and legs, "And where would that be?"
I simply say, "Gail"
Oliver just grins as he picks me up and says, "You got it darlin."
Condemned Building in Toronto's West Side – Two Blocks Away
Black sees what's happening and knows that he is pretty much screwed. He had to call his boss to tell them what happened.
He just sighs and punches in a number.
They pick up on the second ring.
"Miller."
"Boss, they found her. They raided the house."
"What?!" Miller exclaims
"She's gone." Black says
"You fucking moron!" Miller yells and just hangs up the phone.
She then turns to her naked companion and says angrily, "You fucking idiot. It wasn't a drug raid. They just found the Stewart bitch."
"That's what Shaw told me." Roberts says quickly
"They got her. We have to change tactics now. They might be on to us. I haven't been able to get any fucking information about Peck or that bitch Stewart." Miller says angrily as she starts getting dressed.
"Let's just end this. If we stop now we might not get caught. Peck isn't worth all this shit. Just be with me. Fuck her." Roberts says urgently.
"No this isn't over till Peck is either dead or fucking realize that I'm a million times better than Stewart. I want her to crawl back on her knees and beg me to be her girlfriend." Millers says angrily
"It was just one date. Just let it go." Robert says
"I said fucking no. Have you seen Peck. She's gorgeous. She's what I've been looking for. I will have her. Stewart has nothing on me. I'm going to make Gail realize that she's already done better than Stewart." Miller says as she finishes getting dressed.
"So what the fuck am I?" Roberts asks angrily as he gets dressed.
"Accomplice. Fuck Buddy. Spy." Miller says
"Fuck you then. I'm out." Roberts says angrily as he strides to the hotel door.
Miller stands in front of the door and says calmly, "No, you're not out. You're in this as deep as I am. And if you want to keep your job and keep your family's reputation squeaky clean you will do what I ask."
Roberts just looks into Miller cold green eyes and could tell he was pretty much screwed. He just drops his head in defeat and asks quietly, "What is the new plan?"
Gail's room – 6 Hours after the raid
Gail begins to wake up she feels someone squeezing her hand. As she opens her eyes she barely recognizes who it is so she whispers, "Lunchbox"
"Yes, love it's me"
