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Chapter 14
Don was the first one in the room when Kenize screamed. He saw the man throw her against the wall then take off out the window with Lexi. He wanted to stay with Kenize but he knew it would be better to follow the thugs with Lexi so Hawkes could tell them were to find her. Now he was concentrating on sitting in the car, with the two thugs, and not falling through. He knew they weren't too far from Mac's house parked in some bushes.
"Jay, man how long should we wait on Mark?" Brian asked.
"We'll give him ten more minutes to complete his mission. If he's not back then we leave," Jay answered.
"I hope he hurries its waking up," Brian said, nervously.
Lexi slowly opened her hazel eyes and stared at the stranger that held her. Even though she was going to be one year old in three days, she could tell the person that held her was not a good guy. She began to fight the only way she knew how too. She began to scream and push away from the man that held her. Turning as red as her outfit.
"What are we going to do?" Brian asked, anxiously.
"There is only one way you are going to get the kid to shut-up," Jay growled.
"How?"
"Figure it out" Jay snapped, annoyed with Lexi's screaming.
Don felt awful as Lexi spotted him and began to reach over the thug's shoulder towards him. He wished he could just pick Lexi up and get her away from these creeps.
"It's going to be ok Lex. Your daddy is coming to get you soon," Don soothed.
Brian put his large hand over Lexi's mouth and nose and watched the child struggle.
"No, no let her go she's just a baby" Don begged, helplessly.
"You better let her go. You know the boss will be mad if we don't come back with a least one live child," Jay said, grudgingly.
Brian let go of her face. Lexi gasped a couple of times then began to scream harder and louder.
Don was sure it was an accident but Lexi managed to put the power widow down and let her wails float out. Don smiled when he saw Danny out the back window and he was staring at the bushes.
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Danny was getting discouraged he had found nothing that would lead them to Lexi. He walked a little ways down the street when he spotted something sitting along the road. He carefully picked up the tiny orange sock. The sock wasn't weathered or torn so it hadn't been on the side of the road very long. Danny hopped it would lead him to Lexi. He was getting ready to go back to the house when he heard a noise. It was real faint and it sound far. Wait were those bushes crying?
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Back in the house
Adam was sitting behind the couch with the others. He did not like the way that Jake guy was looking at Angell. He watched as Angell got up to go let the paramedics into the house and show them down the hall. No one in the living room was real sure what happened but they guessed Kenize was hurt. He turned to see Stella laying up against her mother in-law a look of fear and pain spread over her face she was taking deep breathes. He scooted over to her.
"Stella are you ok?" he asked.
He knew it was a stupid question. She didn't look ok but he really wasn't sure what else to do or ask.
"I'm fine. I'm just having a couple of pains it's nothing," Stella said, her voice quivering.
"She's not fine she's having contractions," Michelle said.
"I can't be having contractions. I'm not due for six weeks," Stella argued. Then let out a yelp of pain.
"Stella, you need to go to the hospital," Sid said,in a tone that said don't argue.
"I'll go see if the EMT's will call for a back up bus," Adam said, jumping up before anyone could respond.
He headed down the hall and entered the bedroom. He saw little Kenize on the floor her head covered in blood. She had on a neck brace and she had all kinds of wires hanging off of her. Adam was shocked that the once vibrant little girl was in such bad shape.
"Ok she's stable now we can move her" said one of the EMTs.
They moved her tiny body on to the big gurney and began to bring her in to the hall. Don Sr. and Mac, who looked like he was in shock, followed them. Angell followed them and then finally Adam seemed to be able to get his legs to work tried to catch up with the EMTs.
Adam was almost out of the hall when he heard a noise behind him. He saw a man step out of the hall closet and point a gun not at him but past him. He guessed his instincts took over before his brain because the last thing he remembered was he heard a shot as he was pushing Angell out of the way. Then there was a searing pain in his shoulder. He thought he heard one more shot.
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Don was happy when Danny headed for the bushes.
"Damn kid," Brian said, as he put the window back up.
"We have company heading this way," Jay said, when he saw Danny heading towards them in the rear view mirror.
"That's one of those crime scene dorks boss talked about. We better get out of here," Brian said, putting Lexi on the floor board and pulled out a gun from the glove box.
"Don't use that unless you have to we don't want to draw more attention to ourselves," Jay said as he started the car.
"Come on Danny hurry. Hurry please Danny. Come get Lexi" Don chanted.
He concentrated so hard on urging Danny toward the car that when the car suddenly shot out of the bushes he fell out of the car.
"NO! NO!" Don screamed, as he chased after the car.
Danny began to chase the car but wasn't close enough to shoot out one of the tires.
As the car rounded the corner Don saw that they almost ran over Peyton and Hawkes. Don ran over to tell Hawkes what happened.
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Hawkes and Peyton were heading back to the house. He felt much better after talking to her. He wasn't sure if she believe him but it felt good to get such a big secret off his chest. They were crossing the street when a grey Toyota almost ran them over. It would have if he hadn't pulled Peyton out of the way.
"He's driving like a mad man," Peyton said, as she watched the car sped out of the quite neighborhood. Was that Danny following after it?
"Hawkes! Hawkes man I know this isn't a good time but two creeps just got away with Lexi in that car," Don said, panicking.
"What? How did that happen?" Hawkes asked Don.
"I don't know who they are but three men snuck in to the house took Lexi and hurt Kenize. I followed them to the car but I fell out when it started moving. Danny is still following but he will lose them when they hit the main road. I did get a license plate number but the car is probable stolen. I will find Lexi I promise tell Peyton that ok?" Don rattle off quickly.
"Sheldon, who are you talking to?" Peyton asked.
Hawkes took a deep breath.
"I was talking to Don. We need to get back to the house something has happened," he said, taking her by the arm.
"What happened? Tell me what is going on?" she asked, her voice rising.
"I don't know why or how but Lexi has been kidnapped and Kenize has been. We need to get to the house now," Hawkes blurted out, knowing there was no easy way to tell her.
Peyton took off at a full run towards her house. She let out a scream when she saw a ambulance leave from in front of her house. She bolted though the door as a shot rang out. They saw Don Sr. lower his gun. Angell and Adam were lying just outside the hall way and a man dressed in black was lying by the closet.
"What the hell happened? Where are my babies?," Peyton cried.
No one answered her but she felt someone pull her into an embrace where she stayed and sobbed.
Hawkes walked over to Angell when he saw her start to move.
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One minute she was following Mac the next thing she knew she felt herself falling to the ground and a shot being fired followed by another shot. Now she was trapped under something heavy face down. She began to assess how much of her body she could move. She could lift her head and move her arms and shoulders it seemed to be from the middle of her back and down that was trapped by… by something warm? She looked over her shoulder to see it was Adam Ross that had taken a bullet for her. Now he was unconscious and bleeding on top of her. She wondered how long she had been lying there. Where was everybody? Soon she heard a familiar voice.
"Jen are you shot?" Hawkes asked, kneeling down beside her.
"No, how's Adam?" she asked, weakly.
She felt Adam's body lifted off hers.
"He took one in the shoulder but he's going to be ok," Hawkes said and then helped her sit up.
Once she sat up and looked around in confusion. Peyton was sobbing into a lab techs arms. Sid was putting pressure on Adam's wound and trying to get him to awake up.
"What was Adam doing out here?" Angell asked, confused.
"Stella's having contractions he came to get the EMT to call a back up ambulance," Sid said and then turned back to Adam.
Angell was sure Don Sr. summed it up when he exclaimed
"Shit!," then ran in the other room to his daughter in-law.
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A BREAKING NEWS STORY
"One year old Alexis Abigail Taylor or Lexi as her family calls her was taken from her home early today. She was last seen wearing a red Elmo outfit and orange socks. She has hazel eyes and brown hair. She weighs around twenty-five pounds. The police believe she may have been taken in a grey Toyota license plate number 356 MAR. If you have any information about this car or have seen this child please contact the number on your screen. The parents are planning on releasing a statement early tomorrow"