AN: Here it is! I think this time I was able to update in a month's time, which is pretty awesome. I edited this once so if there are mistakes sorry! I wanted to post this on the 25th (As a gift to the readers) but I was pretty sick and couldn't finish. But ITS HERE! One in the morning on the 26th but none-the-less here! So enjoy! :)

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Chapter 18 Kat POV

The night was cold and a light frost covered the ground. The chilling air nipped my cheeks, but it didn't bother me all that much. For once I didn't feel like all my work would be hopeless. I could feel it in my heart that I would soon hold Hale in my arms. I would get to tell him how much I love him. How much I needed him and how much I missed him. I never in a million year want to lose him again. I don't know if I could handle the same situation once more. I found comfort on the roof; much like Stacy I found peace. I wasn't quite sure what it was that made me feel so at ease. I knew it wasn't the sky. Every time I looked at it all I could see was darkness; an empty abyss that held no hope. Stacy claims that the stars always made her feel better but not me. I felt no comfort in the stars. I suppose I felt comfort in being able to see everything below me as if I was some sort of ruler. I could just wave my hand and have everything that I wanted fixed, changed; perfect. I could have my Hale back and no of this would happen. It felt nice to be able to feel in control of my life for once. And I would have that control; nothing was going to stop me.

I wasn't alone on the roof. Stacy was here with me but she never said much of anything. She always seemed to be lost in her head, dealing with everything that happened. I constantly wondered what goes on in Stacy's head. Does she worry like I do or does she think of different ways to kill Taccone? Honestly I don't think I've figured her out yet. She doesn't smile and is always angry. She's sort of a short fuse…quick to burn. The more I wanted to understand Stacy, the more I was pushed away and the more my crew resented me for it. It's not like I was watching a movie and seeing what others saw or heard what others thought. That's that hard part about life. You never really ever know what others really think or how they truly feel. Moments like those only came once in a life time. Not everyone shares what the feel or what they think.

The wind brushed against my cheek and I could feel the burn. I hadn't noticed I was shivering or that I was clinging to my knees. My hands were cold and my finger nails had turned a purplish blue. I must have been outside for a good solid hour in the cold night. I didn't even know the time but I didn't care. I wasn't planning to sleep tonight. I rubbed by hands together to warm them up but the night was too cold for that to work.

"Here." Stacy passed me some black gloves.

"Thanks." I slipped the gloves one and looked at her. "Aren't you cold?"

"Not really but the cold does remind me of Sapph."

"It does?" I asked, "Why?"

"The cold…well winter it's her favorite time of year. The snow, the cold temperatures and all the cheer is kind of her favorite thing of winter."

"But it's the fall."

"Yeah but it still really cold tonight out tonight." Stacy sighed, "Sapphire never really liked the heat anyways."

"Hu?"

"Sapph is like the snow, cold. I'm her opposite, fire." She looked at her hand, "Oh never mind I'm probably not making any sense."

"No, not really."

"Right, maybe you should go and see how Simon is doing." She looked at me, "Maybe he found something."

I nodded, "Yeah you're right. He might have found something already." I stood up and walked to the roof door. I could feel the cold air more as I moved towards the door. It brushed against my skin causing me to shiver. I opened the door and warmth wrapped around me in a hug; very much like the ones Hale would give me. I sighed, put the thought aside and stepped inside. I walked down the steps; down into the warehouse. Simon was sitting at the computer station that Stacy had let him borrow. Of course, Simon wouldn't have needed to borrow all the computers if we weren't rushed into coming to the warehouse. I walked over to Simon, who was frowning as he stared at the computer screen.

"Hey, Simon, how's it going?" I asked him.

"Hmn, not too well." He looked at me, "Taccone has really covered his tracks this time. He really doesn't want you to find them."

"No I guess he wouldn't."

"We'll find him Kat." Simon smiled, "There's nothing we haven't been able to do."

"But what if we don't find them in time?"

"Don't think like that. We will."

"Simon is right, Kitty Kat we will find them." Gabrielle told me as she walked over with two glasses of water. She handed one to Simon while she sipped from the other. I nodded and sat with them. I watched Simon work on surveillance feed in the area near Hale's home. It was all conveniently down when Taccone was in that area. Only one camera caught a glimpse of Taccone and that baldheaded bully Alejandro. They were walking into a small Café. From what we were able to see they were meeting someone there but I couldn't tell who it was. I was pretty sure that there was no one else that they would console with but I could be mistaken. They spent only a few minutes in the café and returned to the car. They drove off into the down town area. Now all Simon had to do was check the city camera feed and we might have a location….hopefully.

"Stay on the line" I heard Stacy say. I looked up behind me and saw Stacy rush down the steps. She had her cell phone in her hand and held it out. "No, don't hang up. I can trace this."

"Stacy what's going on?" I asked.

"Simon, my sister is on the line. Trace the call." She handed Simon her phone. "Sapph don't hang up, Simon is tracing the call."

"Hurry." A whisper if barely words at all came out of the phone. Simon quickly set to work on tracing the call. His fingers moved swiftly across the keyboard as he worked. Stacy frowned and crossed her arms as she waited. There was only a faint hum coming from the other end of the phone line. It buzzed as time passed only endangering Sapphire more.

"Just a bit more and I've got it." Simon looked at Stacy and smiled. Suddenly there was a scream.

"No!" Stacy yelled, "Sapphire!" The phone had gone silent again, the buzz filling where the scream had once been. I looked at Stacy, she had no expression. I couldn't tell but I was pretty sure she might snap at any moment.

"St…Stacy?" A faint shaky voice said. The phone was still on; Sapphire was still on the line. "Ah! Stacy… No, no please don't. Alejandro no. Please!"

"Trace the call!" Stacy yelled at Simon but the line had died and all that was left was the dial tone.

Simon looked at her, "I have and I know where they're at."

"Where? Where are they?!"

"Stacy you need to calm down." I said.

"Calm down?" She scoffed, "You must be demented, Bishop. My sister just called and got caught. Who knows what that ass of Alejandro will do to my sister?" She pushed Simon aside and looked at the computer screen. "She's not that far from here. C'mon before they move."

"You mean we go now?" Gabrielle asked, "What about our plan?"

"They're probably moving to get my sister and Hale out of that place." She pointed to the computer screen. "So we have to move to intercept them or follow them to their next location. So everyone up; we go now."

No one moved.

"Stacy this is risky, we aren't fighters." I said.

"Bull shit, I'm going." She walked to the black car nearest the warehouse car entrance. She got in and drove off.

"Do you think that was a good idea?' Nick asked, "Letting her go off like that?"

"No," I shook my head, "No it wasn't but I wasn't going against her." I sighed, "She's dangerous." I hated to admit it but it was true. She was dangerous when she was upset and I won't risk another death to my crew because of her temper.

"We should follow her. She could get hurt and we can't afford to lose anymore crew members."

I nodded, "The van is still outside." I looked at Simon, "You have the location right?"

He nodded and stood, "We should hurry before we get too far behind."

"Right." I grabbed the knife Stacy had lent me and the crystal necklace she had left behind. I rushed out to the van outside the warehouse with the others. Nick drove, Simon was up front giving directions. I got smushed between the Hamish brothers again. Gabs was sitting on the floor, but it didn't really matter where we were sitting. At the moment it just mattered that we arrived before Hale was gone and before Stacy made any stupid mistakes.

Stacy had been right; the place where the signal of Sapphire's phone came from wasn't too far. Five minute drive at the most. Nick made sure to park a block away. The only problem was we didn't see Stacy or her car. The lights in the warehouse, where the signal came from, were all on. There was no sign that Hale and Sapphire would ever be moved from their location.

"You don't think it's a trap do you?" Hamish asked.

"Why would they go through such a big deal just for a trap?" Angus asked his brother.

"I don't know. I'm not a crazy bald man."

"You've got to admit though, it's kind of suspicious." Gabrielle looked at me, "There's no movement and they should have done something by now."

I nodded, "Simon you find anything on the security camera feeds?"

"Yeah, Alejandro is in there."

My heart skipped a beat and butterflies fluttered in my stomach, "So they must still be in there."

"I think so, but he doesn't look happy."

"When is he ever happy?" Gabrielle asked as she brushed out her hair. I looked at the warehouse building. I was so close but yet I didn't know where to begin. Hale could be in a closet or in the biggest room. I didn't know but I wanted to run in there and grab Hale and run out with him. The building had to have a substantial amount of guards. Alejandro was working with Taccone and he knew Stacy well enough to know her skill set. He would up the security if he knew he was up against Stacy.

"We're going in." I said. I had made up my mind. I would go in there. I'd be winging it but this was our only chance before the days were up. We only had one day left I wasn't going to waste it.

"What?" Gabs frowned at me, "We don't know what we're up against."

"Simon, what are we up against?"

There was a long pause with the sound of the computer keys clicking, "Three guards outside the back door, one up front. Camera's in almost every corner. There aren't any useful blind spots."

"What about inside?"

"Five guards in the main room, playing cards. Alejandro is on the phone…and there are two guards near a door. That must be where they have Hale and Sapphire."

"And how exactly are we going to go up against twelve trained guards?"

I smiled, "Like we always do, a distraction." I looked at my cousin and she frowned at me.

"Oh no, no Kitty Kat this is not the same as museum security guards."

"No but you can get them all to follow you, at least half of them." I looked at Hamish, "How fast can you make a smoke bomb?"

"If we have all the supplies? Two minutes, but if we don't…maybe ten."

"Could you make a few?"

"Anything for you Kitty Kat." Hamish smiles and jumped over the seat to the back of the van. Angus followed behind and they set to work.

"What are you planning Kitty Kat?" Gabrielle asked me.

I glanced at the warehouse and remembered our original plan, "Divide and Conquer; that's exactly what we're going to do."

The next few minutes we spent preparing for the heist. Hamish and Angus made a few smoke bombs, a flash bomb and other small bombs that we could attach to the cars or the walls of the warehouse. They worked fast with the supplies we had in the van. I was glad I had them in my crew. Hopefully we wouldn't need the explosives to destroy the warehouse. Gabs slipped on her running shoes and put her hair up. Simon worked on the security feed so we wouldn't be traced or noticed. Nick would pick Gabs up after she ran a long distance. We were ready. I could feel it. I would finally get Hale back; we'd be together again.

I looked at my crew, my family and smiled. They were all determined; ready to start. I slipped in my coms unit as did the others. "Is everyone ready?"

"Ready, Kitty Kat." Gabrielle smiled. My cousin opened the door and hopped out then ran out across the street and in front of the warehouse, where the guard could see her. She jumped and waved her hands, teasing the guard. He yelled back at her and she kept teasing him. It was funny to see the guard so flustered. He eventually called a few others to help him chase after Gabs. That was our cue to approach. We used the front door since it was unguarded and not a place they would expect to be used. Hamish was with me while Angus went out to the back to throw a distraction bomb on the guards.

Hamish and I approached the door and waited for our cue. If Simon had done his job, we'd be safe from the cameras. We waited a minute or so when a loud explosion disrupted the silent night. "I think that's our cue." I told Hamish.

He shook his head, "Wait." Suddenly there was yelling outside in the back area of the warehouse. "Now we go in." Hamish stepped inside first. He threw a flash bomb and ran back outside; just in time to avoid the bright light. He nodded and we charged in. Alejandro was dazed and clinging to the table. The ground around the table had cards scattered and a few dollar bills. The two guards by the door had passed out, which was just sheer luck.

"What did you put in that flash bomb?" I asked as I set to work on the door's lock.

"Oh a little bit of tranquillizer, but Alejandro was too far from the center."

"He looks ready to pass out to me." I fiddled with the pins, moving each one and listening to the faint clicks. When the tension was perfect I twisted the knob and it opened. I smiled and stood up. I took a deep breath and stepped inside. The room was dark, smelled musty. No something like what spoiled bread might smeeled. That seemed the best way to describe the room. I almost lost my lunch, a sandwich that Marcus had insisted on preparing. That wasn't the worst of what I saw. In the corner was Sapphire curled up, shivering and bloody.

Hale wasn't there.

I rushed over to Sapphire. She looked much worse up close. Her eye was swollen and purple. Her lip was busted and little pieces of hair clung to her face. There were open cuts all over her arms and torso, which were still bleeding. I flinched, there was so much blood. Hamish helped Sapphire sit.

"Where's Hale?" He asked.

She shivered, "They…they took him. Wh…where is Stacy?"

"We don't know she came to look for you. She should have been here before us."

"Let's get her out of here." I said, "We can ask her questions later."

"N…no, you need to hack the computers in the other room." Sapphire shivered. "There's information there you can use."

"We don't have time for that. We got to go."

"No but you have too. T…take me I'll do it."

"Sapphire you're injured."

"Please." She looked at me. Her eyes said only one thing. She needed to hack those computers.

I sighed and helped her stand, "Alright but we can't take long."

"I won't…I promise." Sapphire leaned on me and on Hamish as we lead her out. Sapphire stumbled along as we walked to the computers near the table where Alejandro had passed out. We helped her sit at the computers; she reached out for the key board. Her hands were shaking. One of her fingers had a make shift splint and the other hand was wrapped in a piece of cloth. As I got a better look at Sapphire I noticed her clothes had been ripped and she wasn't wearing any shoes. Her skin was splotchy and pale and her eyes red. None of that was bothering Sapphire. Her fingers moved swiftly across the key board and a slight frown crossed her face. She reminded me of Stacy with a bit of Simon. It was a strange combination but Sapphire managed to pull that look off quite well. She got everything within a matter of minutes.

She pulled her hands into her chest and took a deep breath, "I've got it all. Sent it to a private untraceable place and left no trace of ever hacking the system."

"That was fast." Hamish said as he helped Sapphire up from the chair.

Sapphire stood tall and gave me a weak smile, "Yeah, let's go."

Hamish and I helped Sapphire back to the van. Gabs opened the door for us and helped Sapphire inside the van. I glanced back at the warehouse. I was once again fooled into believing Hale was going to be there when I arrived. First we saved Nick and now we saved Sapphire, but at least this time I knew we were closer. If my hunch was correct, Stacy would have followed Hale to the next location. From there we would find him and Sapphire would help. I was sure of it.

When we arrived at the warehouse, Stacy was there. She was at the computers working. "Where were you guys?"

"Stacy?" Sapphire asked.

Stacy looked up from the computers and looked at her sister. There was a silent moment between them as we all walked inside the warehouse. "Sapph, you're here!" Stacy quickly got up from her chair and ran towards us. She snatched Sapphire from between Hamish and I then hugged her.

"St…Stacy, you're hurting me."

Stacy quickly let go and lead her to the couch, "I'm so sorry. Where's Hale?"

"Taccone took him." She looked at Stacy, "Why weren't you there with Kat and her crew?"

"I saw Taccone drive off with a few henchmen so I followed but I lost them. I managed to place a tracer on the van so I came back here to check for it. I thought you were in the van."

"No Taccone split us up to make it harder on the both of you." She coughed into her hand. Blood splattered her pale hand. I stepped back at the sight of more blood. Stacy just frowned and got up. She came back with the emergency kit and worked on cleaning up her sister. Sapphire didn't protest and didn't seem all that bothered. "Simon, check your computer. I sent something to you." He didn't question it, but I was sure he had to be wondering how she managed to do that without him noticing.

I watched as Stacy cleaned up her sister. They had stopped talking but there still appeared to be a silent conversation happening between them. It was usual unlike anything I've ever seen. My guess was that this might have happened to them before or at least they were familiar with situations like this. I don't think I could ever be this…calm if it was me and Hale. I would be drilling him for questions, tending to his injuries, and staying really close to him. I wouldn't want let him go. I wasn't sure if it was the right thing to let this silent conversation continue but I thought they needed time alone. It was only fair, right?

I sat next to Simon and watched him work on his computer. I was and could always be amazed on how swiftly he could work on the computer. He had found the file that Sapphire had sent him. There was so much information I didn't know what we would need. I just watched Simon look through all the information that Sapphire had sent. There were plans that Alejandro had concocted to get rid of Sapphire and Stacy. There were blueprints of Hale's home and of the museum where the jewel heist took place. There were even blueprints of Silver's home; those blue prints where pages long. I was surprised at how many rooms and levels it contained. There were two basements, a main floor, and a second floor which was a total of four floors.

Another file contained information that had been gathered on me and the crew. What we ate, what jobs we had done, and even pictures. There were a lot of pictures of private moments that one would never think would even be seen by…anyone. I shivered wondering how they were able to get so many pictures of private moments like those. We were all really happy in those pictures; oblivious of who was spying on us.

The last file that Simon had opened were plans and orders on what Taccone wanted his goons to do with Hale and Sapphire. It was clear that Taccone wanted to have a bit of fun and make my life miserable. He ordered Hale and Sapphire tortured for useless information. In the notes that had been passed on to Taccone there were no signs of anyone speaking. The note had stated that Sapphire was especially hard to get talking. Hale wouldn't speak either but by the sound of the notes, it wasn't going to be long before they "broke" Hale. What that meant I wasn't all too sure. In the last note it stated that Hale had broken and was going to be transferred to a safer location…Taccone's home. I finally knew where he was but the last time I checked, Taccone's home wasn't easy to break into.

I tapped my fingers along my thigh while I bit the finger nails on my other hand. It seemed so surreal to have such vital information, but things were never easy in the life of a thief. It comes as part of the job… making life hard. Maybe for once there could be an easy answer. After all, we had already gone through so much in the last few days. I needed some kind of break. We all needed a break.

I got up from where I was sitting and headed to the roof. I paused in front of Alex's bed and stared at it. He was gone, Hale was gone and I couldn't say if I was scared or relieved this was soon to be over. "Kat?" I heard a shaky voice call out my name. I turned and saw Sapphire and Stacy standing behind me. I hadn't heard them walk up behind me. I kept forgetting how silent these girls' footsteps were.

"What is it?" I asked.

Stacy helped Sapphire sit on Alex's bed. "Can we talk?"

I nodded, "Sure."

"Kat, I just wanted to tell you I'm sorry." Sapphire said.

"What for?"

"I couldn't stop them from taking Hale away. I knew I had to keep him close or else he'd fall apart. Kat, he really misses you."

"He…You tried; that's all that matters." I nodded and held myself together, "Simon found where Hale is and he's with Taccone."

"Good, now we know where to start." Sapphire shivered and Stacy covered her with a blanket.

"C'mon Sapph, you need to rest. We can't go stealing people with an ill crew member." Stacy said.

Sapphire smiled, "Okay, I'll sleep but we start work again in the morning. Hale should be safe till then." She had lay down on the bed and curled up to sleep.

Stacy pulled me aside, "Hey you do know Taccone will be upset with what you did right? He's going to contact you and threaten you. He's going to play with your head. Whatever he says, don't let it get to you no matter how horrible it is."

I looked at Stacy, "Will it get that bad?"

"Honestly I don't know but it's better to be prepared for the worst; better safe than sorry."

I nodded, "Thanks for the advice."

"Go rest. You need it after a crazy night."

"Sapphire kind of took my bed." I smiled.

"There's a bed over there." She pointed to the far back wall by the stairs that went up to the roof. "That's my bed, you can sleep there."

"What about you?"

"I'm going to be taking care of Sapph, so I won't need it. Go on; go sleep."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, thanks." I smiled, "I'll go sleep as soon as I talk to Simon."

"But don't stay up too late." She frowned at me and at that moment she sounded much like and older sibling. I didn't sleep in the bed Stacy had offered me. Instead I checked up on Simon. He was still at work; trying to figure out what we could use against Taccone. There wasn't much to use but I was sure he could find something. Simon had always been good at finding even the smallest window of opportunity. If I had any chance of getting to Hale I was going to take that chance. I wasn't going to back down now; not after everything. I took Stacy's advice and tried to be strong. I couldn't afford to let any of this bother me. I had to be strong, there was no second option. If I coward away I could lose my boyfriend, my best friend; an important member of this crew. I couldn't allow that. I was going to find Hale even if it killed me.

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Side note: It's coming to an end soon, this story, not exactly sure how many chapters I'm going write before it ends but I think it'll be ending soon. We'll see...