As soon as Tobias hears the front door close he starts searching for anything to get him unshackled from this bed. He hears soft footsteps above him and the door unlocking and timid footsteps descend down the stairs. Myra cautiously approaches him with a plate that contains a sandwich and a bottle of water.
Tobias doesn't say anything but watches her intently as she walks slowly toward him.
"I thought you might be hungry, they won't be gone long so you have to eat quickly' she says quietly, not looking Tobias in the eye.
"Thank you, Myra." He says taking the plate. He was starving and quickly devoured the sandwich and the bottle of water.
As soon as he handed her the plate back she turned to go back up the stairs.
"Myra, please I need you to help me. I'm not going to make it out of here alive if I don't get unchained from this bed. I know you are scared but I promise you I will get us both out of here or die trying." Tobias pleads.
"I..I.. " Myra stammers.
"Tris is pregnant, he's going to kill me and I will do whatever I need to do to keep him from hurting my child and Tris and now you. You can get us out of this, I just need you to be brave. Please help me, help all of us" Tobias says desperately. He knows this is his only chance to make this work.
Tears are rolling down Myra's face now and she nods and turns and goes back up the steps. Tobias is beginning to lose hope when she comes back down the stairs and hands him the key to the shackles with her hands visibly shaking.
"Thank you, Myra, Thank you, everything is going to be alright I promise." Tobias soothes as he holds her hand steady for a second when she gives him the key.
She nods in response. "I'm so scared, you don't know how he can be," she whispers letting another tear fall.
"Do you have a phone?" he asks and Myra shakes her head in response.
"As soon as you can run, I need you to get Detective Zeke Pedrad. He's with the Chicago Police Department. Tell him where I am and he needs to move quickly but quietly. Tell him Molly is helping Al." Tobis instructs as he unlocks the shackle and hands her back the key. "Put this back so it doesn't look like it's missing"
Myra nods in response, "Why won't you come with me?" she asks, her voice still shaking.
"If he brings Tris here I need to be able to protect her. Do you understand?" Myra again nods. "You can do this Myra, I know you can, be brave," Tobias says encouragingly giving her shoulder a squeeze.
He instructs Myra to go upstairs in case they are back soon. He scours the room for any type of weapon and finds an old screwdriver that he sticks in his pocket. He hears the front door open and voices. He quickly moves back to his bed and adjusts the shackle so it looks like it's still closed.
Tobias hears the basement door open and his breath hitches when he hears Tris's voice. He had to make his move at the right time.
"Get your filthy hands off of me" Tris spits out as she descends the stairs. As soon as she reaches the bottom she sees Tobias and moves to run toward him.
"Tobias" she breathes out with tears in her eyes as she takes in the shackle on his ankle and the dimly lit room.
"No you don't, over there," Molly says coldly, she's holding a pistol at Tris and nudges her in the back with it directing her away from Tobias.
"Tris, Baby do what she says, please" Tobias instructs and Tris puts her hands up and backs slowly toward the other side of the room near the bed where Myra had been chained.
Tobias hears voices upstairs and then Heavy footsteps descend the steps and Tobias knows its Al. He said a silent prayer that Myra could make her getaway now that Molly and Al were both in the basement and he hopes he can keep them distracted long enough for her to get to Zeke.
"Now the fun can begin," Al says darkly with an evil smirk on his lips as he rubs his hands together.
As soon as Al heads to the basement, Myra doesn't waste any time and quietly slips out the front door. Hopefully, she was quiet enough that he wouldn't notice she was gone until she had a chance to get to safety. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her with Tobias's words echoing in her head as she ran. Be Brave, she chanted them over and over to herself as she ran.
When she ran away the month before she knew that there was a corner store a few blocks away. She had just made it to the corner the last time when Al caught up with her. She had thought that if she slipped away while he and Molly were sleeping she could make it to call for help but she had been wrong and spent a month chained in the basement to pay for it.
Her legs and her chest burned as she turned the corner but she had to keep going. She wasn't going to let Al do to Tris and her baby what he did to her and Molly. The past 4 years had been nothing but hell and Tobias had given her hope that she could get out of this.
Breathing heavily and leaning down with her hands on her knees she takes deep breaths with tears streaming down her face and looks up to see if anyone was behind her. Relief floods her seeing that she hadn't been followed and she throws herself through the doors of the convenience store.
"Please, someone help me" she pleads, her legs giving out.
The clerk behind the counter and a man and a woman who had been shopping rush over to her as she collapses to the floor.
"Just hang on sweetie, take a deep breath. Are you hurt?" The clerk instructs. "Someone hand me a bottle of water"
Myra shakes her head pushing the bottle of water away.
"I need to call the police, I don't have a lot of time, I need to call Detective Zeke Pedrad, Now!" Myra says frantically.
"Okay, okay," The male says, pushing the bottle of water to her again. "My brother is a cop, I'll call him right now and see if he can get this detective, Joanna call 911".
The clerk goes behind the counter and starts dialing on her phone and Myra visibly relaxes but shakes. The man pulls out his phone and dials a number and the other woman rubs Myra's back as she sits on the floor sobbing
"It's okay sweetie, we are going to take care of you" The older woman soothes. "My name is Susan, can you tell me your name?"
"Myra, please don't let him take him back," she says quietly. Susan nods in responses and gets Myra to take another sip of water. "Bud's calling his brother right now and we've called 911."
"Hey, Gabe, do you know a CPD Detective, Ummm" the man looks at Myra for the name again.
"Pedrad, Zeke Pedrad" Myra confirms feeling like she might be finally free.
"Zeke Pedrad, Yeah, I have a lady here that needs to speak with him. Says it's urgent. We called 911 but she's really shaken up. Yeah, uh-huh, I won't leave her, just have him call me" Bud hangs up the phone. "Don't worry, he's calling him now, and the other cops will be here soon".
Myra closes her eyes and hopes that Tobias and Tris can hold on a little longer but the tears keep falling as she realizes she's really free this time.
Zeke steps back into the loft from the balcony. He and Harrison have been going back and forth about how to get a team in to rescue Tobias for the better part of 30 minutes. They need to go to the station to brief the team assigned and gear up. Tris was anxious and Zeke was trying his best to keep her out of details as much as possible. She was stubborn and he wasn't going to risk letting her put herself in harm's way.
"Tris, how about I take you to your parents' house?" Zeke says and his eyebrows furrow when he doesn't get an answer. "Tris" he calls out again as his eyes scan the room.
"God Damnit Tris," Zeke says, kicking the chair in front of him as Harrison hangs up his phone and enters the room from the balcony. Zeke pulls out his phone and dials his best friend's number knowing that Tris had his phone but she didn't pick up.
"What happened," Harrison asks confused.
"Tris fucking took off," Zeke says wiping his face.
"Fuck" Harrison says.
"Well we know exactly where she went, we still need to pin down the location on Eaton Street though. I think it's a waste of time to go to the meeting location." Zeke says with frustration.
"Agreed, Lets' head to the station we are going to need some gear" Harrison responds and Zeke nods.
When they arrive at the station, they brief Zeke's captain and the team to Harrison and Zeke. Zeke takes a deep breath as he fastens his bulletproof vest. He had a feeling this was going to get ugly and Al wasn't going to let himself be taken alive.
He sends Shauna a quick text that he loves her. He doesn't want to worry her or Tris's parents anymore. He had called Tobias's mother earlier that day and let her know what was happening. She had remarried a few years ago and her new husband was military and was stationed in Florida. She was furious for Tobias not telling her the severity of the situation. She had been happy that Tris and Tobias were back together again but Tobias had left out the details of Al stalking Tris. Evelyn was getting the first flight she could back to Chicago and Zeke had instructed her to go to Natalie and Andrew's house as soon as she got here. Zeke tried to get her to hang back until he called again but she wouldn't hear of it. She wanted to put her arms around her son as soon as he was found.
"Ready to do this?" Harrison asks and Zeke nods in response. As they walk to meet, the rest of the team Zeke's department issues phone rings.
"Pedrad, Uh-huh, what? Are you sure? Shit. Yeah, Yeah okay, text me the number, I'm headed there now."
Harrison looks confused as Zeke makes another call and quickly says "I think Tris is in trouble. That was another officer of the force who got a call from his brother in the area we know Tobias is in. She asked for me by name and said it was serious".
"Let's move" Harrison barks out to the three other officers joining them on the mission. Zeke hops in the passenger seat while Harrison cranks up the SUV, while the other team hops into their vehicle.
"Yeah, Bud, your brother said you have a vic that requested me. What's your location? Is she hurt? Good. okay, Can I speak to her?"
Harrison turns on the lights so they can go around the traffic, but he alerts the other officers on the radio to do the same but leaves the sirens off, he doesn't want Al to know they are coming in case he gets desperate.
"Tris are you okay, what happened? Wait what?" Zeke exclaims with his eyes wide and Harrison looks over at him. Zeke quickly puts his phone on speaker. "Can you say that again?"
"My name is Myra McKinney, Al has Tris and Tobias, please hurry. Molly is helping him. He's going to kill Tobias" she sobs through the phone.
"Holy Fuck" Harrison says out loud.
"Hang on Myra, I'm on my way, can you do that for me?" Zeke says trying to encourage her. "Bud will protect you, I'm coming as fast as I can, I promise"
"Okay, please hurry" Myra responds and then hangs up the phone. Harrison speeds up turning on the sirens now not caring about sneaking up on Al. He was going to put a bullet in Al's skull as soon as he could get a clean shot.
"All this time, how the fuck is Molly helping him?' Harrison wonders out loud.
Zeke blows out a breath as he closes his eyes, and places his hands on the arms of his bulletproof vest "Hang on you two, just hang on" he says in a whisper.
A/N: Who do you think is going to take Al down? Tris, Tobias, Zeke, or Harrison?