Author's Note: Raul and Tonio have Alyssa. They moved her because they don't trust Garrett who also was going to attempt to take Alyssa from them. Raul & Tonio got to her first. I'd always planned for Alyssa to be taken. When I wrote the first chapter, I had originally planned for her to be taken after Jason and Kelly got married. when I write I tend to of an idea when I think certain key things will happen, but sometimes it get shifted sooner or later depending on how the story flows. I probably won't ever start a story with that type of a time jump forward and then going backward to get to it. But given that the meeting in the first chapter isn't complete yet, there's room to make the lack of acknowledgement of Alyssa being missing and whether or not Kellie knows they're involved make sense. Happy Thanksgiving!
When Alyssa was left alone in the room that was set up for her, she shut herself in the closet. She pulled out the cell phone she'd managed to swipe from one of the guards.
She called 911.
"911 what's your emergency?" The dispatcher answered.
"My name is Alyssa Scott and some scary men took me," Alyssa whispered into the phone.
"Alyssa, are you from Port Charles?" The dispatcher asked.
"My mom is," Alyssa answered.
"Alyssa, do you know where you are?" The dispatcher asked, starting to trace the call.
"In a house, I think," Alyssa said.
"Are the men that took you still nearby," the dispatcher asked.
"Yes," Alyssa said.
"I'm trying to trace the call and location," the dispatcher said, "I need you to stay on the line as long as you can. If for some reason, you need to hide the phone, don't disconnect the call and hopefully I can finish the trace. Do you understand, Alyssa?" the dispatcher asked.
"Yes," Alyssa said.
"Can you tell me anything about the men that took you," the dispatcher asked, "like their names maybe."
"No," Alyssa said, "Except for Spencer. He's nice. He said he'd help me. Then the men moved me again."
There were footsteps and voices outside the room.
"I have to go," Alyssa said.
"Don't disconnect the call," the dispatcher said.
Alyssa hid the phone in the corner of the closet, still on, and stood, banging the door open and shut.
That was how the guards found her. They scanned the room.
"it's not here," one said, "And you, stop banging the door open and shut."
He moved her to the bed.
"Just don't move," the second one said.
They left the room.
Port Charles Police Department
Chase went into Jordan's office, holding some papers.
"Have you been able to follow up on the tip we got of a little girl matching Alyssa's description by the industrial warehouses?" Jordan asked.
"We have a partial plate on the vehicle," Chase said, "We're still running it through the DMV records. We have another lead. 911 Dispatch got a call from a girl who says she's Alyssa. There were able trace the call to a location."
"Have you dispatched officers to the location?" Jordan asked.
"As we speak," Chase said, "However, it's not an exact location. We have a six block radius to search. We'll canvas traffic cameras for that vehicle."
"That's good news," Jordan said, picking up the phone, "Let's hope that we find her."
Back in D.C. Kellie, Dante, and Lorenzo had just arrived at the church when her phone rang. Kellie answered, "Hello."
"Kellie, this is Jordan Ashford, Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department," Jordan replied, "We have a possible location on Alyssa. My officers will be searching the area. Your daughter somehow managed to get a hold of a cell phone and called 911 dispatch who traced the call."
"I'll be on a flight to Port Charles as soon as I can," Kellie said, "Please keep me posted."
"Of course," Jordan said.
"Oh and one other thing," Kellie said, "If you should locate my daughter, can you find a way to do it quietly? I want the perpetrators to think somehow they might still have her, even if they don't. If the people I think I may be involved have her, I need the element of surprise on my side. Especially, if all we find are hired goons."
"That's a tall order," Jordan said, "But we'll do our best. No guarantees though."
"All you can do is try," Kellie said, "That's all I'm asking. I'm in the middle of something. But I have an idea I want to run by you once I get back to Port Charles. I should be back by morning. But that's privileged information."
"I won't say a word. I'll be in touch," Jordan said, disconnecting the call.
"The PCPD has a lead?" Lorenzo asked as Jason and Jimmy joined them, having walked from the front of the church to the back of the church.
"Alyssa apparently was able to call 911 and they traced the call," Kellie said, "They have it it narrowed down to a six block radius."
"That's good news then," Jimmy said.
"She is her mother's daughter at least in that regard," Lorenzo said, "Here's hoping the cops are successful in finding her."
"Do you still want to go through with this?" Dante said, "You could wait and see if Alyssa comes back. Maybe you can negotiate this another way."
Kellie didn't respond immediately.
"We're still doing this," Kellie said, "Alyssa's not rescued yet. Even when she's rescued we still have to deal this particular demand of the families."
"She's right," Diane said, "If she doesn't do this now, the families could push harder or do worse."
"Is this wedding or a funeral?" The voice of Tony DiNozzo carried forward, catching their attention, "I thought I was here for a wedding."
Dante and Jason closed ranks getting between Kellie and Tony.
"Is this clown a friend of yours, Kellie?" Dante asked.
"Ouch, such hostility," Tony said, "You must be Kellie's baby brother and this glaring guy must be the lucky groom."
Tony snapped in front of Jason's face to try to get him to blink. If it was possible Jason glared harder without blinking.
"Baby brother," Dante replied, "What? I'm her older brother."
"I know," Tony said.
"Gentlemen, meet former NCIS special agent, Anthony DiNozzo," Kellie said, pushing Jason and Dante aside.
"You can just call me Tony," Tony replied extending his free hand out to Dante and Jason. Neither one reciprocated.
"How come no one told me you were in town," Kellie said, directing at glance at Jimmy.
"I just got here to visit my dad," Tony said, "Heard my own personal Connie Corleone was in town and getting married. I must say I'm a little hurt to not get an invitation."
"I think you're laying it on a little thick Tony," Kellie said, "You can stay if you want. How's Tali?"
"Growing like a sprout, a weed," Tony replied, "Where's the rest of the wedding guests?"
"This is it," Jimmy said.
"It's a small impromptu wedding," Diane said, "I hope you understand the importance of keeping your mouth shut. We don't want news about it getting out before we're ready."
"What about Gibbs and Bishop and the rest of the team?" Tony asked.
"Tony, you do realize I'm marrying Jason Morgan," Kellie said.
"Where have I heard that name before?" Tony replied, "Oh right, the mob hitman that came back from the dead. Someone forgot to mention that." Tony directed a look at Jimmy.
"If it got out that federal agents were at this wedding," Kellie said, "It wouldn't look so good for them."
"It's a good thing I'm no longer an agent," Tony said.
"Kellie has two sons and hopefully her daughter to get home to," Dante said, "Maybe the reunion chit chat can wait."
"I suggest we get started," Diane said.
"Tali sent you a gift," Toni said, pulling a ringlet of ribbons out of the bag, "It's a very unintentionally appropriate."
"With my jeans and t-shirt?" Kellie said.
"And firearms. A touch of romance combined with femme fatale," Tony said, "Sounds about right."
"Agent Donatto," Lorenzo said, "If you could be kind enough to sit down."
"It's DiNozzo," Tony said.
"Tony," Ducky said, "The sooner we sit down, the sooner we can offer the new Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, our congratulations."
"Only because you asked, Ducky," Tony said.
"Ducky, you shouldn't be here," Kellie said.
"I'm technically a college professor and author," Ducky said, "Besides someone here has to keep an eye on Tony."
"Your friend is exhausting," Lorenzo said as Ducky and Tony, escorted by Diane, walked into the church and took their seats.
"A word, Dr. Palmer," Lorenzo said, "Just a few ceremonial details."
"Whatever you say," Jimmy said as they moved off to the side.
Did you seriously tell that doofus I'm the younger sibling?" Dante asked.
"No, he over heard one of my conversation with you where I told you to stop referring to me as little sister," Kellie smirked, "I had nothing to do with him referring to you as my baby brother. But now that he has, I might have to call you that sometime."
"You know my sister's a handful right, Jason?" Dante said.
"I'm not answering that," Jason said.
Kellie elbowed Jason, "Thanks a lot, Mob Boy."
"With that, I'm going to go take a seat," Dante said.
"Are you going to wear the ribbons?" Jason asked.
"Tony's daughter would be very disappointed if I don't," Kellie said.
"You've met Tali, is that her name?" Jason asked.
"Rescued her," Kellie said, "First case I ever worked with NCIS. Parisian traffickers had abducted her."
"She was lucky to have you on her case," Jason said, grabbing the ringlet from Kellie, "Are you ready to do this?"
"As I will ever be," Kellie said, "It's funny. Molly and Kristina made a ringlet of flowers for me when I married Tyler."
"I remember," Jason said, putting the ringlet on Kellie's head, "They made Sam help them find the flowers."
"Thank you," Kellie said, "For all of this, for marrying me. I wish I hadn't have had to ask like this."
"I know if you could find another way, you would," Jason said, "We'll get married, go back to Port Charles, and bring Alyssa home. And before I forget, I have the engagement ring."
Jason pulled a ring box out of his jacket.
"A wedding band would have," Kellie said as Jason opened the box. She stopped mid-sentence when she saw the Amethyst stone flanked by two diamonds, set in white gold.
"Wow," Kellie said stunned, "That's gorgeous and my birthstone. I'm surprised that you would have thought of something like that."
"I didn't," Jason said, taking the ring out of the box, "Agent Sloane came up with it and sent the information to Diane. I'm just glad you like it."
Kellie paused and held out her hand to Jason. He slid the ring on her finger.
"We're really going to do this," Kellie said, staring at the ring, "Sorry, the ring…it just makes it more real…But right now, that's beside the point. I guess you should take your place at the front of the church."
Jason kissed Kellie's forehead before walking to the front of the church, along with Jimmy.
Lorenzo approached Kellie, "You can still make a run for it if you want to."
"You know I won't, Uncle Lo," Kellie said.
"I know," Lorenzo said, "I just wanted you to know you have the option."
"Thank you," Kellie said, "I know you wish this wasn't the answer."
"That is an understatement," Lorenzo said, "I just want you to be safe and happy. If this is what it takes to get there and Jason helps you move on, makes you happy in the process, I can't really say much."
"It's okay that you're not okay with this right," Kellie said, "All I ask if that you respect my my choices like you've always done."
"I try," Lorenzo said, "Just promise me one thing. Don't let Jason, your father, that life get you all twisted up inside."
"I'll be okay," Kellie said, "It's time, Uncle Lo."
Lorenzo hugged her before taking her arm and they faced the front of the church.