A bit of slight relief in this one this chapter does what it is meant to
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"Kerry" Leon called out "he's stopped looks like some rest area just south of Ti Tree roadhouse"
"any CCTV cameras in the rest area?" Kerry asked hopefully
"Nope, nothing it is one of the basic ones, a compost toilet and that's it"
"is there anywhere that they can pull over hide and still have a visual without being seen?"
Shaking his head "Not really, no side tracks much around, they could pull off the road in a few hundred metres and partially hide but that's about it"
"guys" her voice into her head set "He has pulled over in the rest area" raising her eyes at Leon whispering "how far ahead is he?"
"he is about 15 km ahead, pull over where you can and out of sight for the time being"
"you just going to stop and wait" disbelief in Brian's voice "why not just pull over now, make him take them to her" running his hand through his hair "it's been 5 ½ days coming up to the 6th night she is gone, what is he doing to her, we just need to find her, you just can't do nothing" he told Kerry angrily
"Brian don't piss me off here, let me do my job" she ordered him "I'm letting you stay here against my better judgement, but you're starting to piss me off"
"you can stay here and help Leon but you think you can do better, then leave go back to your hotel room, as you will be no good here" her voice slightly gentler
She couldn't help but pace around, six nights nearly that Olivia had been taken and they were not that much closer finding out exactly where she was. It didn't matter they knew who was involved what good was it when they had no idea where they had taken her, what they had done to her. Her hands moving through her hair the frustration there, slamming her hand down on her desk
"he's not moving Kerry" Leon's eyes still on the screen "I think he is waiting for night or meeting someone"
"Lawson" slight hope in her voice "did Sergeant Dickinson ever see Matt and Cassie, or meet the whole squad"
"I don't think he has, just the ones who flew down, Matt, Cassie I don't think he met Josh or Christian either"
"Matt and Cassie, change or put your civvies over the top take the 4WD and drive past, I don't want him spooked, the continue on for a while" Kerry ordered
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She finally recognised it was over again the light dimming through the slits of the window as he withdrew himself from her doing up his zipper
"Rest up Olivia I will be back, so try to get some rest before we try to make this baby again, who knows maybe you are already up the duff and pregnant, but we will still have some fun" he teased her
"you call this fun" the words spat out "it is nothing but rape, I'll NEVER have your baby" she screamed at him
His hand was stroking her hair moving it away from her face "I thought you would be happy, you ungrateful whore here I was considering untying you too" backhanding her across the face
She felt the bed dip as he straddled her his hands moving down her stomach "Such a lovely sight" His lips licking her stomach "since we will be spending so much time together, if you promise to be good, I am going to uncuff your hands"
She could feel his hands moving down her leg, she would tense at his touch flinching as he touched her swollen ankle "I don't think you could go far on this ankle anyway think it could be broken, we could check"
She felt him stand on the blanket bringing his foot down on her leg/ankle she could hear the bone break a crack she squeezed her eyes shut twisting her face in agony trying to pull on the restraints her breathe was shaky and laboured trying to breath through the pain she was in the thought of holding her ankle to try to make it stop hurting, she didn't want to look down she was unable to, the feel of his hands squeezing her foot a moan of pain escaping her lips the agony was unbearable
"maybe I should break the other one, so you can't escape"
"no, I'll be good I promise" she cried her eyes moving up to his away from the pain of her ankle
"I won't for the time being but if you do try to escape the other leg will be worse" he threatened her
Twisting the chain in his hands "if by some miracle you do escape how long do you think you will last out there, dingoes, snakes, crocodiles all the dangerous animals"
Her eyes were fixated on the chain that he was twisting moving in his hands whimpering as he lowers his face towards hers "they can smell fear, smell blood" taunting her "you won't last out there, there is no one around for days, miles you are weak, you need water you won't survive"
She felt his hands pressing into her ribs closing her eyes in pain "pain is what you will remember pain, your ribs, ankle, between your legs" his hands moving slowly up her body tensing her body for what she expected to come "now I'm a man of my word so I am going to uncuff you"
His hand on her back and her wrist guiding her to a sitting position closing her eyes the touch of his hand on the burns and her swollen wrist
She felt him on the bed next to her twisting her arm painfully behind her back whimpering in agony, squeezing her arms shut her face in agony at her already sore shoulder "please stop, Please" she whimpered
The relief she felt as she let go of her arm before being pushed down on the bed bringing his hand down hard on her already sore wrist, her already shaky laboured breath trying to breathe through the new pain surging through her body, the feel of his hand squeezing her wrist "you'll live" a moan of pain escaping her lips as he bends each finger back hearing the bone snap the agony unbearable she could feel herself float off into darkness
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He was totally ashamed he couldn't get the picture out of his head, her screaming, begging pleading her pititful sobs as he watched them brutally rape her showing her no mercy. Hanging his head tears forming he had joined them, been part of it he didn't want to and he should of stood up to them "think about what you're doing"
"How can you do this"
He had no answer he had tossed and turned all night unable to sleep once he got home, he had tried to be gentle with her, whispering softly to her "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry" he should of done something anything to try to stop them, to stop himself
You can Josh you can go to Inspector Vincent and tell her what you saw, where she is, do the right thing help Olivia he thought to himself.
Could he do it, he knew what it meant if he did, he could go to jail or worse be targeted the image of Olivia raped and beaten lying on the bed wouldn't leave his head
"you know what the right thing to do is" he mused to himself would he have the courage to do it
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"Leon has the warrants come through yet to put taps on the phones, and get the numbers and texts they call, I want to know what they send in a text too" Kerry's voice demanded
"it hasn't come through yet Kerry, they are still working on it, it is a big ask tapping every Alice Springs Police officer phone" Leon replied
"I know I know, but I'm not taking any risks here, I am pretty sure he isn't in this by himself, someone is with him or knows, there was a group of them on Friday night they are either saying nothing, don't know or protecting each other" frustration in her voice
"I'm going to find out and nail every one of those sick bastards" she seethed
"Let me know when it comes through, and also make sure that you get access to read any text messages, I want ALL of this legal so there are no loopholes that they can use" before walking off
"How are you going to do it Kerry, how are you going to find out which ones are helping him or know" curiosity in his voice
"I'm going to tell them that we have found out where Olivia is, and a team is going in shortly to get her, I'm sure that they will warn him, which will also lead us to exactly where he is"
"Are you sure, or is she sure she knows what she's doing this is Liv's life on the line here, I want to catch these sonofabitches but not at the cost on Liv's life" Brian asked slight desperation in his voice
"Kerry is one of the best around, she knows what she is doing, she would NEVER risk anyone's life to catch someone , but she is right we need to know EVERYONE who is in in on this, and that is the way"
"Kerry" Leon called out "He is just sitting or waiting in the car, no one else is there"
"you sure he is still in the car?" she called out
"yes, she put a camera onto the side of the car"
"What the fuck is he doing?" wondering out loud
"I say he's waiting to night fall, or to see if someone is following him?" Cassidy replies "At night time it is harder to follow someone, the head lights of the car pick up a long distance behind, especially if no one else is around, in daylight you can follow unseen easier"
"I used to work UC undercover for years, for a lot of scum and the last one I was an ex NYPD officer, you pick up a lot of things" seeing Kerry raise her eyebrows at him "my guess is once dusk falls, he will make his move, so unless they can drive without headlights, they will pretty much be seen"
She was impressed with him "you're more than just a face then around here, not bad, used to?" she questioned
"long story" he replied someone who actually had no idea Brian Cassidy the guy who was demoted for having sex with a hooker or being involved with one.
"if that is the case, where does that leave Liv? If you can't follow him at night you've lost him then?"
"Brian, we are not giving up here, if you are right which I think you could be, we just have to find another way, as long as we have the tracker on his car, we can follow 5 km or so behind him without giving it away"
"Kerry he's on the move now" Leon's voice interrupting them "Lawson, he's moving off heading north"
"Guys remember to stay a safe distance away, we CANNOT afford him to see the TR vehicles"
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"Kerry, sorry Inspector Vincent" he was frozen at the door watching as the Inspector turned around to look at him her blue eyes piercing through him, could he do it
"Constable Patterson?"
"Yes Inspector, Constable Josh Patterson, could we go somewhere to talk" he couldn't stop fiddling with his hands his voice full of nerves
His head down unable to look at her "I know where Sergeant Benson is" his voice was barely audible
"What?" the surprise in her voice "where, how?"
Hanging his head the shame there he didn't want to see the look of hatred, loathing in her eyes "I know because I have seen her and been out there, I can show you on a map where she is" moving his eyes finally up to meet hers, surprise in them "I can give you all the information you require Inspector, all I ask of you is please give me some protection, you will understand after what I tell you, I'm risking my life here but… I'm ashamed and I know I need to be punished for what I did but knowing and seeing it" the tears falling from his face "I'm so sorry, I'm just so sorry"
"Pull yourself together constable and tell me what you know, then if warranted I will get you into protection, you have my word"
"give me a pen and paper and I will write down who I know is involved and her location"
She turned at the door relief on her face her eyes on Constable Patterson his head in his hand the tears streaming down his face stopping before walking out "Why, why did you do it and what does Sergeant Dickinson have against Sergeant Benson?"
Moving his head up slowly "I can't answer that, I had a few to drink, I didn't want to but I thought ….. I was scared that if I didn't what they might do to me. I was weak… Sergeant Dickinson, he's moved around a lot, he has only come to Alice Springs the past six months or so. There has been a few rape complaints but they have been dropped check where Winters has been and Dickinson, they have been working together for a while"
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All she had time to do was think, it was think or fear the relief she felt when he left was overcome by the fear of what would happen when he came back, what would happen if he didn't come back, she didn't know which was worse the assault and the knowledge that he wanted to kill her and the threats of that which would be slow and painful or the hope he had left and someone would find her.
Curling up in a ball each part of her body in pain, she could not distinguish one from the other
What if he had already succeeded in making me pregnant, no life couldn't be that cruel it just couldn't or wouldn't happen she insisted too late to take the morning after pill, no you can't get pregnant by being raped, yeah right what did that judge know just look at me she mused
You've got to be strong Olivia, don't give up hope you will get out of here.
Running her hands down her face please stop talking to me, I'm not going crazy so many voices no
It took all of her strength to sit on the bed, one hand useless cradling it in her hand, tentatively her feet on the ground closing her eyes in agony unable to put weight on her foot or leg pain shooting up her leg.
It had taken a while but she had somehow managed to crawl/shuffle to the bathroom the water falling over her body the water tinged with the blood, trying to scrub away, scrub it all away the gang rape sliding down to the floor unable to stand up on her weakened legs. Would the images ever go away the water had lost its warmth unable to feel the cold.
Shuffling over to the toilet , the thought of what she had to do what she was forced to do heaving into the bowl the contents of her stomach coming up, ones that she would rather not be there
Somehow she made it back to the bed her eyes scanning the hut, he knew she wouldn't get far out there, the pain radiating between her legs
I can't go through it again I just can't, five of them five policeman did it how, how that one word how could someone in that position do it.
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Cassidy I have a job for you make yourself useful, I need you to go through and find out every place Dickinson has been stationed at and find out how many reported rapes or rapes were in that area" Kerry ordered him "Not just in Northern Territory but Australia wide"
"Leon, I need cover for the vehicles in this area, somewhere they won't be seen" she ordered him`, her eyes glancing at Constable Patterson, she felt disgust at what he told her, disgust that he had been part of it, looking at him he was ashamed and the courage it took to turn on them all
"Josh' bending down reaching for his hands "I need you to pull yourself together ok, you did well in coming to me, we will get her, just keep it together for a few more hours, go home or stay here, I will need you to pack a bag of what you need, I will keep you safe" she promised him
Kerry' hearing Leon call out her name "I did some digging, Albatross Station is owned by Daniel and Margi Gibson"
"we know that Leon" rolling her eyes at him
"what I bet you didn't know is that Margi Gibson, is his second wife, he got married three years ago his first wife died seven years ago in a car accident"
"Leon" Kerry said impatiently "you have a point to this"
"I'm getting to that, Margi Gibson used to be known as Margi Winters, she had a son when she was only 15 years old, that son…."
"is David Winters" Kerry replied excitedly
"yes, he would know all that property it is one of the larger stations covering 200 square km, I did a search after getting that information, they have three huts on their property, and shearers quarters, and a shearing shed. The Shearers quarters are too close to the house, the shed is out, but I have gotten the location of the three huts, two of them are on the access road that Josh mentioned, the other one, is for droving and no vehicular access"
Was it possible that they were close to finding her closing her eyes taking deep breathes, her hands gripping Leon's shoulder "Great work Leon"
"Lawson" into her head piece "I want Matt & Cassie to go to Ti Tree Roadhouse, once I know he is inside I want you to go to the access road, details will be sent through via Leon, we have no idea what car Winters has, but keep an eye out"
"There was a blue Toyota Landcruiser at the hut, when we arrived, I'm not sure if it was there when we left" Josh said quietly. He wouldn't be able to tell them much after what had happened "I think the number plate was 200 ….0 ….47 it could be, but I'm not sure" his voice apologetically
"you're doing goo Josh, I'd get someone to drive you back, are they all in on it here?" she questioned him
"Not everyone" shaking his head regretfully "some have turned a blind eye, others have no idea, I don't know who is or not, but the five of us who went out there, he has something over most of us, failing piss tests, Jer was caught sleeping with someone"
"he used his position of authority" shaking her head in disgust
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