Kate's – POV

I kiss Elliot as I head to the door for my last day at work before my wedding, When I reach the door I check to make sure I have everything, wallet, my cell phone, work bag and my lipstick tracker that I place in my back pocket.

I exit the house and see Stacy standing next to the door of my new Range Rover, Elliot decided that I needed a new vehicle since I was joining the Grey's and it should be some sort of SUV. I decided on a Range Rover for style and comfort.

Stacy opens my door as I hand her the keys and climb in, "Good Morning Kate."… She says with a smile, "Good morning Stacy."

As we pull out of the driveway I get out some notes on some possible topics for work while we make our way to The Seattle Times. I feel sluggish from all the wedding planning and the parties over the weekend, "Stacy can we stop at the coffee shop, I'm really dragging ass today."

She smiles at me through the rearview mirror, "Sure, I could use a boost as well."…. I know we are supposed to be formal with each other per Christian's request, but I just can't do it. Besides I will be getting married in a few days and there is already one Mrs. Grey out there, I don't need the extra attention that comes with that name; how Ana does it I have no idea.

We pull into the parking lot of Star Bucks and find a spot; I wait for Stacy to open my door taking out my phone as she opens my door I climb out. We just look like a couple of friends going in to work together as Stacy doesn't wear the usual security uniform of a pants suite and blazer or jacket. She says it helps her blend in and we have been photographed a few times with no knowledge of who she is and the team would like to keep it that way she tell me. Maybe to throw off any suspects.

We enter the shop and given the time of day the place is packed as we go and stand in line I continue scrolling through my phone to relieve the boredom and send a text to Elliot.

-Only a few more days until I will be your wife-

He responds a few minutes later… -I cant wait baby-

I smile as we move closer to the counter with three more people to go. A few minutes later we are next inline when I have a sudden urge to pee. I look at my phone and we will be cutting it close if I wait. I should go now while Stacy gets our coffee. "I have to use the restroom could you get my latté's for me?"…. Stacy nods, "I will meet you outside the restrooms."

I nod and head off to the restrooms passing a guy pushing a mop bucket who has a smirk on his face for some reason. I shake my head as I enter the restroom.

I have just finished washing my hands when I hear the door open glancing at my phone it's 8:45 and we need to get going so it's probably Stacy coming to get me. I take a paper towel out of the holder and dry my hands and drop it in the trash can, I turn expecting to see Stacy waiting impatiently for me, but that's not at all what I see.

Standing ten feet away from me is the guy that was pushing the mop bucket and at his feet lying unconscious is Stacy. He pulls a gun out of the back of his waist band pointing it at me, "Hello there Ms. Kavanagh you are coming with me ,Put her in the furthest stall to the back."

I look at Stacy and back to him, "Do it, now!"… I walk over to Stacy leaning down I wrap my arms around her midsection lifting her up as I drag her to the stall he points the gun at me.

As I reach the stall I set her down and open the door, think Kate what do I do. I know Stacy carries a gun, I look at her midsection looking for her gun or a cell phone as I drag her into the stall, but I can't find it anywhere.

"Looking for this?"… He says when he sees me searching Stacy's body; I look up to see the gun in his hand and her cell in the other. Shit! What do I do now?

Once Stacy is all the way inside the stall I make my way out as he walks over to me holding out his hand, "Your cell phone."… I reach into my pocket and get my cell placing it in his hand which he tosses in the trash, then he takes my bag and throws it into the stall with Stacy. "Let's go."… He says as he comes over and places the gun against my lower back.

As we reach the door he takes his hat and apron off wads it up and places them in the trash by the door when we exit the restroom. We take a left and follow the hallway that leads out the back of the coffee shop to a side alley where there is a truck waiting, "Open the door and get in."

I open the door and climb in the back passenger side, "Put your seatbelt on, were going for a ride."… As I am putting on the seatbelt he takes out a needle and sticks me in the arm, "Wouldn't want to ruin the surprise now would we."… Immediately my vision goes blurry and my eyes get heavy, then everything goes black.

I hear voices, shouting actually, I open my eyes slowly to adjust to the light. I try and move my arms but can't, they are tied above my head. I look up and see a rope wrapped around my wrist to the bed post.

I try and loosen the knot so I can get my hand free, I won't be able to escape since I have no idea where I even am. But at least I can get the lipstick in my back pocket and activate the tracker. As I am trying to loosen the knot I can hear the people talking in the other room quite clear since they are almost shouting at each other.

"What the hell happened? Where are Jeff and Terry?"… I stop what I'm doing to listen better, "They are either dead or in jail"… "What do you mean?"… "What I mean is you forgot to mention she can fight, and she sure as hell can shoot!"….. "What are you talking about?"

"She shot Jeff from like twenty yards away, and when Terry tried to take her she head butt him and kicked him in the balls, then her bodyguard shot him while her other bodyguard pulled up and started shooting at me so I took off."

"What the hell, how are we suppose to get the money now?"… "The deal was $50 Million for the sisters and $100 Million for the wife, we were suppose to get $150 Million now all we have is $25 Million for one of the sisters."

Holy shit they tried to take Ana and she shot one of them and kicked the other guy in the balls after head butting him. If I ever get out of this I need to learn to defend myself like Ana.

I work my hands apart creating some space between them and the rope, it wasn't tied very well, and probably considering I was unconscious they probably didn't need to tie me up at all.

I close my thumb to my pinky making my hand smaller and mover my wrist in a circular motion I am able to slip my hand out of the knot. I reach into my back pocket and get my lipstick, holding it up to my other hand I take off the cap and twist the bottom activating the tracker.

I put the cap back on and slip it back into my pocket placing my free hand back into the ropes so it appears I am still tied up should they happen to check on me.

There's nothing I can do now but wait and hope Christian's security team can make it here soon. I close my eyes still feeling the effects of the drugs as I drift off to sleep again.

I am startled awake by the sounds of guns being fired from the next room as I hear voices outside, yelling from the guys that brought me here, then different voices three other men. Then more shots are fired, and then it just stops.

I hear my name being called, by the sound of their voice it sounds like Christian's head of security Taylor, "Ms. Kavanagh? Are you in here, Ms. Kavanagh?"…. "I'm in here!"… I shout as I get my hand free from the ropes as the door opens and Taylor is standing there with Reynolds behind him.

He enters the room and takes a knife out of his tactical jacket and cuts the rope from the bead post then around my wrist. "Are you alright Ms. Kavanagh, did they hurt you?"… I shake my head, "No they just drugged me and tied me to the bed. I was able to free my hand to activate the tracker, but I didn't know where I was and the drugs were still affecting me. I just went back to sleep hoping you guys would find me."

He helps me up as I am still a bit groggy, "Let's get you out of here and back to Seattle."… He says as he helps me out of the room where Ryan and Melissa are waiting by the door. Melissa comes up to me as Taylor heads in the other room where two guys I have never seen before are watching over the suspects.

Melissa leads me to the SUV and opens the door I climb in as she enters behind me shutting the door. A few minutes later Taylor exits the house and gets in the drivers side and starts the Audi, "Ryan and Reynolds aren't coming with us?"… Taylor glances at me in the rearview mirror, "No Ma'am, they are going to wait for the authorities to arrive and make sure our suspects don't wander off."

Taylor presses a few buttons on the steering wheel and the phone starts ringing through the speakers, "Grey."… "Mr. Grey the situation has been handled Ms. Kavanagh is safe and we are on our way home, I left Reynolds and Ryan at the house and the authorities have been contacted. Patterson and Blake are there also so there wont be a problem."… "Thank you Taylor, I will let everyone know."…. The phone cuts off, no good byes or anything.

I turn to Melissa, "Can I barrow your phone I need to call Elliot."… She reaches into a bag I hadn't noticed on the floor, it's my bag from the coffee shop and hands me my phone, "Here you go, we located it in the trash at the coffee shop along with Stacy's phone."

I scroll through my contacts and call Elliot, "Kate?"… I smile, "Yes Elliot I'm alright, just a bit groggy from the drugs."… "I'm so glad your alright baby, did they hurt you?"… "No they just drugged me and tied me to a bed."…. "Did you recognize them?"…. "No I have never seen the guy that took me before and I never really had a chance to see the other guy."…. "Ok baby I'm just glad your alright and I will see you when you get home."... I smile, "Yes I will see you soon, I love you bye."…. "I love you too baby.".. I end the call and lay my head back against the head rest closing my eyes thankful that I am out of that place thanks to my over protective new brother and his security team.

Ana's – POV

I am sitting on the couch with Mia who has just finished feeding Teddy a bottle and now has him on her lap as she plays with one of his stuffed animals, while I am flipping through a magazine not really reading the articles just looking at pictures to pass the time when I hear voices from the hallway. Glancing at Mia who is making faces at Teddy, she pauses looking to me.

I look up to see Christian enter the room with a smile on his face, behind him is Elliot with his arm around Kate. I jump up from the couch dropping the magazine on the floor and run towards Kate as Elliot let's go of her as she meets me halfway. I knock her back a bit as I wrap my arms around her neck hugging her tight.

"Oh Kate I'm so glad you alright, I was so worried."…. She smiles, "I'm ok, just a little hazy from the drugs."… Mia is by our side holding Teddy with one arm the other she throws around Kate in a hug, "Kate I'm so glad your alright, it has been crazy around here all day, guys tried to grab Ana, then they tried to run us off the road earlier on the way here."

"Yeah it's been a bad day for all of us."… We nod, "How about we all eat now."… Kate nods, "Yes I'm starving I haven't eaten anything all day."… I turn to Christian, "Do you guys want to eat now?"…. "They all smile, "Yes that sounds good, I'm sure Gail has prepared quite a few meals waiting for all the drama to end."

I head to the kitchen as Kate follows me, "I'll help you Ana."… We head to the kitchen as I make my way to the fridge opening it glancing at the dishes that are labeled. Kate gets close to me lowering her voice, "I need to talk to you alone for a minute, that's why I volunteered."… I smile taking out a bowl labeled chili, "Does chili sound good guys?"… I look to the great room to see them sitting on the couch as Grace enter the room taking Teddy form Mia.

"That would be great Ana"… Elliot says as he heads to the fridge getting a soda, I turn to Kate, "Could you get the big pot from under the counter it's to the left of the stove."… she leans down as I place the bowl on the kitchen island and take out a big ladle while Kate place the pot on the stove.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?"…. She glances to the great room to see everyone is talking, "Well I want to learn to defend myself, like you Ana."…. I stare at Kate, did I just her here right, "Kate I'm sure Elliot will let you do it."…. She nods, "Yea I know that, it's Christian that will be the problem, because I want you and Sawyer to teach me."

I look at Kate like she has grown two heads, "Me, why would you want me to train you?"…. She smiles, "Because you're a little bad ass Ana."… I laugh, "I am, am I?"… Now she laughs, "Yes Ana, I know you are, and so do the guys that tried to take you today, the guy that took me was arguing with that guy that got away in the van. He was quite impressed with your skills."

I poor the chili into the pot and turn the stove on ¾ of the way to get it heated as it's a large pot. "I'll ask Christian and tell you what he says."… She nods as Mia comes in to see how the chili is coming along.

Once the chili is done I pull out the bowls and call the group for dinner as Elliot is already in the kitchen before I have finished the sentence with a bowl in his hand. I hand him the ladle and stand back.

"This chili is delicious did you make it?"…. Elliot says heading back to the kitchen for another bowl, "No Mrs. Taylor made it earlier today."… He nods and scopes out another bowl as Christian takes the ladle from him.

Once we have finished eating everyone heads to the great room talking about this weeks events leading up to the wedding, Kate ask me what's the plan for tomorrow, "I have to go into work in the morning, I had two meetings today that I had to move to tomorrow then Ray will be here in the afternoon and my mom is flying in the next day."

"Do you mind if I stop by after work?"… I smile, "No that would be great, we can map out where you want everything for the layout of the wedding, since the people setting up the tents will arrive on Thursday."… She nods, "I have to head into work in the morning for my last day, and then I will be over."

About an hour later everyone packs up ready to leave after Grace has inspected Kate for the second time after she has eaten, she seems to be back to her old self as Carrick and Grace hug her along with Mia and say their goodbyes. Kate gives me a hug, "I'm so glad you're alright."….. She smiles, "I'm glad you're ok also, please ask Christian for me."… I nod, "I will let you know tomorrow."

Once everyone has taken their leave I head to my office to get some reading done before my meetings with the author. It's a good book that has some potential to be a series. I am on the last chapter when I feel like I'm being watched, I look up to see Christian standing a few feet away from me.

"Time for bed baby."… I look at my watch, it's already 10:30, where did the time go. I nod, "How are you doing?"… I smile as I close the manuscript, "I'm fine, I just got into this story I am working on for my meeting with a potential new author I hope to sign."

He chuckles, "I meant how are you doing with what happened to you and Kate earlier today."… I smile, "I'm fine, but I think Kate is having a hard time with it."…. He nods, "I'm sure she is, Elliot will help her through it."…. "I know but she needs my help also."

He looks at me with a questioning look, "What do you mean?"… "She asked me today if I would teach her how to defend herself, well me and Sawyer."… He nods, "Yes I was talking to Elliot earlier and we both think that would be a good idea for Mia and Kate."

"She wants Sawyer and Claude to train her, just like they trained me."… He smiles, "Yes but Ray has been showing you how to defend yourself long before we met."… I laugh, "Yes it was right around the same time the boys started to take notice of me."

He pulls me into his arms, "What boys?"…. I shake my head, "Christian you know you're the only one I have ever been interested in."… He nods, "I know Ana,, I'm just saying that you could teach her better than the security team as she will have to start with the basics, maybe Ray could teach her a few things as well."

I smile, "Yes I'm sure he would do that, he should be here after I get home from work, I can't wait to see him, I can ask him then since Kate will be stopping by after work."…. He nods then kisses me as we make our way to the bedroom.