A/N: It's been a VERY LONG time since I've updated this story, I know, but this writer's block just won't let me go! I apologize for taking so long and keeping those who are still interested in this story in suspense. I finally got inspired by reading some BobbyOC fics, so thank you to all those author's for finding my writing for this story again.

Just so you guys know my writing has improved since I last wrote this story, so you will see a huge difference since the beginning. And I think this story will be ending soon, in three or four chapters. Oh, also, where there is a second scene with Vanessa you guys should play Salvami by Sonohra (http: / / www. youtube . com/ watch?v= nvC7zzxVS-Q). It's an Italian group and the words in English don't make too much sense, but I felt the melody and the lovely language was appropriate for the ending part. You don't have to listen to it, but I that last part of this chapter was inspired further by that song.

Sorry for the long author's note, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and please don't forget to review!

Shadow's Memories

Chapter Twenty-Five

Bobby Mercer was having a good dream concerning of a past memory containing his brothers, his mother, and his sister at home eating dinner–which didn't contain too much eating, rather it was being thrown around. But the phone ringing interrupted that one peaceful moment as Bobby groaned in frustration, looking for the phone on the night stand to curse at the one who was calling.

"What the fuck! Do you know what fucking time it is, you stupid asshole!" Bobby had yelled into the phone. "Either someone better be dead or I'll be tracking you down and kill you myself!"

"Sorry Bobby, but we have a problem!" Seth's voice was full of fear and panic on the other line.

Bobby woke up completely, wondering what exactly happened. He had never heard Seth's voice full of fear as he was at that moment. Bobby sat up straight in bed, frowning into the darkness. He turned to the digital clock nearby and noticed that it was time for Vanessa to have gotten off of work already.

"Seth? What's wrong? Is Vanessa with you?" Bobby asked desperately.

Fear gripped at his heart. Normally he wouldn't subject to the gut feeling he sometimes get, but when it came to his baby sister he couldn't help listen to it–especially with her bastard of a father and brother still out and about. Then Seth's next words caught at his heart, the fear becoming tenfold at what he was hearting started to sink in.

"Mike, the door man at Cradle's, said that she got into Dario's car, but the thing is that he heard Vanessa scream and that the windows were tinted." Seth said hurriedly, trying his best not to let the older man hear him cry. "I think that the other brother has kidnapped her."

Bobby's heart gave a fearful leap, anger building inside him. He took hold of the anger, knowing that it was that one emotion that helped him get through his mother's murder and it would be the only emotion he would need to get his baby sister back. And despite what the other brothers want, Bobby knew that he was going to be the one to kill their father, not them.

"Seth, stay there at Cradle's, we'll start from there."

And he hung up without a responds. Bobby quickly got up and got dressed, rushing out of his room as his heart wouldn't slow down. He yelled at the top of his lungs, knowing that once his words sunk into his brothers, they would immediately get dressed and get moving. He was also dialing Jeremiah's number at the same time, knowing that he would have to call the Zamora's brothers right after.

"Vanessa's father got her, get your asses up now!"

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—Unknown—

Vanessa groaned, her head feeling heavy as her mind was both groggy and foggy. She couldn't remember what happened or where exactly she was at. Of course, that was due to the fact that she still had her eyes closed. Then a deep, menacing chuckle was heard from the woman's right.

"You're finally awake, Shadow."

It was a statement rather a question. Vanessa's eyes snapped opened and stared at the darkness to the right of her. She slowly pushed up, schooling her emotions from showing as she saw dark eyes that glowed brightly from the sole light bulb shining just above her. But she knew very well who that man was, his voice always haunted her dreams, and she knew exactly what he wanted from her.

"My brother's are going to kill you when they find out I got kidnapped!" she told him in an anger whispered, trying hard not to show her fear.

The man laughed as another joined him. "I doubt Terence and Dario would do anything to their own family." Leon said with confident, walking next to their father.

Vanessa smirked evilly, as she said even more quietly, "I wasn't talking about them."

Vanessa's head snapped to the left, her right cheek burning with a sting. Her father had stepped forward and slapped her, but the young woman wasn't able to get the smile off her face. She knew that once her foster brothers have gotten word of what's happened with her they would stop at nothing to retrieve her–especially Bobby as he always took care of the family. And once he was pissed off, there's no stopping him.

"I will kill those men before they can even reach you!" her father hissed, a bit of fear behind his words.

Vanessa laughed, looking towards her father and brother with a renewed courage within her. Just that hint of fear in his voice was all the courage she needed to return to her family. She knew that her father and brother had seen how tough her brothers were–looked what happened to Victor Sweet after he ordered the kill on their mother? And from all the stories of the Mercer's past, who in their right mind would mess with them?

"Then you haven't studied my brothers as well as I've known them."

Her father's eyes flashed with hatred, taking a step forward only to stop by Leon's hand on his arm. He wanted to teach his daughter all the rules she had seem to have forgotten having lived with that wretched family for so long. But they would be leaving this town soon, and he will have all the time in the world to put her in the place that she truly belongs.

"Don't worry, Sombra, you're going to return to what you once were." Esteban promised her with a sneer.

He turned to a couple of men of his standing near the door and nodded. They all grinned as they walked closer to Vanessa, who set her jaw with anger and fear as they started to undo their belts and pants. She could only pray that Bobby will get to her on time or she will be stuck in this life-style for the rest of her life.

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—Cradle's—

The four Mercer brothers, the two Zamora brothers, Seth, and Mike all stood in front of Cradle's entrance, the six brothers all glaring at Mike. He had explained what had happened and how he knew that it wasn't Dario who had came to pick her up. But he told them what he had told Seth, both he and Vanessa had thought that Seth had an emergency and didn't have a chance to call her and had asked one of her brothers to pick her up instead.

"Why the hell did you just let her get into the car!" Bobby had yelled angrily, wanting to punch the man.

"We both had thought it was Dario who came in Seth's place." Mike argued his defense again.

Although he has heard the explanation, Bobby couldn't help but continued to blame the bouncer for not taking care of his baby sister better. Everyone in the bar knew that she was in danger and yet they somehow had captured her after all the precaution.

"Calm down Bobby, this isn't going to solve anything!" Jeremiah said calmly, though he desperately wanted his baby sister back too.

"Calm down? Calm down! Our fucking baby sister has been kidnapped by a derange man who calls himself her father!" Bobby yelled.

He started to pace like a caged lion at the zoo or in the circus, wanting to do some damage to somebody. The anger continued to bubble over since the fear didn't want to leave him, trying it's hardest to take over instead. But Bobby didn't let it. He was fighting it tooth and nail. He needed the anger–fed on the anger–to concentrate in finding the bastards.

Seth sighed, thrusting a hand though his hair. "This is all my fault! If I wasn't late getting here this would never have happened!"

Bobby stopped his pacing and looked at the younger man, making him nervous from the deadly look he was giving him. Seth respected the older man, but he was also fearful after all he's heard what Bobby and the other Mercer's have done–not just in the past but in the present as well. Not that he blamed them with what happened with Victor Sweet, but Seth was still a bit wary of getting on his bad side.

"It wasn't your fault, sooner or later this would have happened." with the glower look that seemed to be permanent on his face, Bobby looked at the group. "Now, I think it's time teach that asshole not to mess with a Mercer–especially our baby sister!"

The group around them looked a bit queasy, not really liking the way Bobby was talking–then again, who did–once again. They knew and saw how Bobby was after the murder of their mother, now they can only imagine what he was going to do with the situation with Vanessa. However if it got their sister back perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea to follow the oldest Mercer's plan...again.

It took several hours to understand what Bobby was trying to make out, but in the end, everyone saw what was going through Bobby's head. The three other Mercer's frowned at their brother, wondering if he has gone mental or not, while Dario and Terence thought over the plan in silence. They were all back at the Mercer's home, throwing out ideas to form a good one.

"That's your big plan? Seriously, Bobby, that's the plan?" Jeremiah questioned incredulously.

Sometimes Bobby had good plans–if sometimes a bit iffy–but he seemed to be off his rocker this time. Bobby thought it best to have guns blazing and gasoline pouring into wherever Esteban was hiding out to get to Vanessa. The bad part of this plan was that they didn't know how many men the man had or how fast they could get to Vanessa before they kill her.

Bobby frowned at him angrily, "Do you have a better one?"

Jack rolled his eyes, "Your plan will only work if we knew where Esteban was located!"

"Not to mention how many men he has!" Jeremiah put in.

"There has to be someone you guys know that may be working with Esteban?" Angel asked the two quiet Zamora brothers. "Someone that you guys can trust?"

Both Dario and Terence looked at each other, trying to think of anyone who they might know that was working with their father. However, not a single name came to their minds, but an old plan did pop up from the back of their minds where they had buried a while back.

"We can always say we're sorry and we finally see the ways of our father." Dario said quietly.

The Mercer's all looked at them curiously, waiting eagerly to hear what they had in store.

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–Unknown–

Vanessa moves away from the man once he finished, breathing hard from the beating she had received after he had raped her. It's been over thirteen years since what she had gone through in the last two hours with Colucci's group of five men that he brought. Vanessa was glaring at the grinning man as she painfully redressed herself, praying for her brothers to find her soon.

"Don't worry, my brother's are coming and they'll kill you and all those who did me wrong." Vanessa growled at them, satisfied to see the fear in their eyes.

The fear then disappeared and the man glared at her before smacking her. Vanessa gave a hollow laugh, holding a hand to her cheek.

"They aren't coming! They were glad to have gotten rid of you!" the man snarled.

Vanessa grinned, "Is that what your momma told you?"

"Bitch!"

The man went to hit her again, when a voice spoke up. "Enough!"

Colucci growled, pissed off that none of his men weren't able to break her, glaring at the young woman who was his daughter. Living with those four men had made her tougher than she was as a child. Luckily he was able to get the fake passports and names earlier that day, which was the reason he wanted to get back the woman who brought in more business than the ones he had at the other whore houses. They were located on the border of Michigan and Indiana so should the need arise to run when those four men and his two sons come looking for him, they can disappear again.

This time for good.

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–Mercer's Home–

Once they had a plan set everyone went their separate ways within the house. The Zamora brothers decided to make the call to their father in the morning, as they all needed to get their head wrapped around the plan and not let the fear or anger take over their emotions. Not all of them could be Bobby in letting the anger in to help them through what needed to be done.

Instead of sleeping Bobby was in Vanessa's room, crying quietly, as he held an old beat up stuffed bunny that he had bought her a week after she had gotten to the house. He was looking down at the one eye the bunny had left, smiling back at him. The oldest Mercer had remembered how Vanessa carried that thing everywhere in the house and when she had gone with them outside and watched as they played.

When she started school she had left it, but as soon as she was home the bunny was right back at her side, talking to it about her day, and right at her side as she slept–whether that was her room or in his when she had a nightmare about her past. Wiping at his tears, Bobby brought the bunny to his chest, holding it tightly.

"I'm sorry Nessa, I should have been there instead of leaving the house. You and Jack needed me the most and I just abandon you like everyone else in your life."

From the other side of the door Angel and Sophie stood outside with concern, listening to Bobby as he continued to cry, both of their hearts breaking at the tough man who couldn't hold it in anymore. Although they had their ups and downs, Sophie respected Bobby and knew that he loved his brother's and sister, but watching this man who seemed so angry and tough on the outside crying for his sister broke her heart and made her respect him even more as a man.

"I'll get you back, Nessa, and I promise you that no one will ever hurt you again. And if they do they're going to pay."

With that promise he broke down even more and laid sideways on her bed, smiling her scent from her pillow. He turned his face into it to block out his sobs, praying that he wouldn't lose another family member, let alone bury another one. Angel turned to Sophie and moved her to their room, deciding to leave Bobby to his own thoughts and demons, knowing that he would be beyond embarrassed if they knew that they heard his promises, let alone have seen him cried. Angel just hoped everything will be righted in their life again.