Alex had been at the hospital with Claire for most of the afternoon.
Claire was out of surgery and was going to be fine. The bullet had just
hit her side and missed all her major organs. Alex was asleep in the chair
that was next to Claire's bed, when Jack walked in. He picked up Claire's
chart and looked it over, then gently woke up Alex.
"Alex." Said Jack as he woke her up. She slowly opened her eyes.
"What's up?" she whispered.
"The police scoured the building and didn't find any bomb."
"Do you think that it was ploy to get us outside?" Alex asked.
"It might have been a ploy to get to you," Said Jack, "and Claire was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"Great, now he's taking out my friends." Sighed Alex as a tear rolled down her cheek, "I have to go." With that Alex stood up and walked out of Claire's hospital room.
"Alex, wait!" said Jack as he followed her out.
"No, Jack, as long as this guy is out there, everyone I love is in danger. He will continue after me as long as I live. I cannot take the risk of loosing everyone." Said Alex as she walked away.
"And if you leave, you're at a greater risk." Jack yelled to her as she walked away. She walked through the set of double doors and out of Jack's eye site. He pulled out his cell phone and called Munch.
"Munch." John said as he answer.
"Det. Munch, this is Jack McCoy, Alex has just left the hospital."
"Was she with anyone?" John asked.
"No, she's pretty up set." Said Jack, "She thinks that she's putting everyone in danger. The police seem to think the bomb scare was a way of getting everyone out of the building. Claire got shot in the confusion."
"Oh god." Said John, "Did she say where she was going?"
"No, she might go to her parents in Connecticut. But that's just a guess." Said Jack.
"How is Claire?"
"She's going to be fine." Said Jack.
"Don't worry about Alex, I'll find her." Said John.
John hung up his cell phone and handed it to Fin who was sitting next to him.
"Alex thinks she putting everyone in danger by being around." Said John, "We have to go pick up Kurt."
"That's a great plan John, but where is the question." Said Fin. John grabbed his cell back from Fin and called Stabler.
"Stabler." Answered Elliot.
"Hey it's me. Go to Kurt Nomed's house and pick him up. His mother said he was always home around 6pm." Said Munch.
"What do we do if he's not there?" asked Stabler.
"Call me back." Said Munch.
"What are you doing?" asked Stabler.
"We're going to find Alex." Said Munch, "She left the hospital."
"Alright, we're on it," said Stabler as he hung up.
"So where are we going first." Said Fin.
"Her apartment." Said Munch.
Alex walked into her apartment and b-lined for her bedroom. She grabbed her suitcase out of her closet and grabbed her clothes, all her pictures, and a few other personal items and threw them into her suitcase and closed it. She walked into her kitchen and opened up a drawer next to the fridge and pulled out a set of keys. With that she bolted out of her apartment and didn't even bother to shut the door behind her. She walked down to the elevators and put her back to the wall as she waiting to see which one would open up first. The one on the far right opened up and she instantly got on and hit the button that would take her down to the garage. Just as her elevator shut, the one on the far left opened up and Munch and Fin walked out. They walked down to Alex's apartment. As Munch saw her door opened he began to run towards it.
"Alex!" Yelled Munch as he ran through her apartment.
"I don't think she's here." Said Fin, "There's no sign of a struggle. She might have just left."
"She might be in the garage." Said Munch, with that they left the apartment and ran down the stairwell.
Alex walked up to her car and popped her trunk and threw the suitcase in, and then she opened her door. She got into her car, almost in a panicked state, turned her car she was about to put her car in drive when there was a knock at her window. She looked to her window and found herself looking down the barrel of a gun. She looked up to see a man she didn't recognize behind the gun.
"GET OUT OF THE CAR!" he screamed. Alex slowly opened her door and slowly got out as she got out, Kurt grabbed her arm and threw her against the wall.
"What do you want with me?" Alex mumbled.
"Do you really think I can take care of my mother, Roger was supposed to and you sent him to jail." Growled Kurt, "It was you, YOU, that fucking sent my brother to jail. You told him if he told you where the body's where, you would give him less time in jail, instead you gave him the max."
"I'm sorry, but your brother killed people, it is my job to make sure he is punished for his crime, I'm sorry." Said Alex, "But doing this to me won't get him out."
"No, it won't. But it will make me feel better, and it will make Roger feel better."
"Please don't do this." Pleaded Alex.
"I am going to do this." Said Kurt, "Because of you, I have to take care of my mother for the rest of her life and my brother will be in jail for her funeral."
"That is not my fault." Said Alex, "Think about this logically. The police are all ready on to you, there is a boat load of evidence, they have your picture, you can be identified by my doorman, and two teenage girls. What is your mother going to do if you go to jail too?"
"SHUT UP YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Kurt yelled. Just then Kurt fired a shot at Alex, but missed her head by a good foot. Alex dropped to her knees crying. Just then Kurt felt something cold against his head.
"Drop your weapon." Munch spoke slowly.
"And if I don't?" Kurt asked
"There is no if you don't." said Fin as he held his gun up, "You will drop your weapon."
"I promised my brother I would kill Alex Cabot." Said Kurt, "and I'll do it, even if I die trying."
"Is your brother really worth all this?" asked Fin. Munch slowly moved until he was standing in front of the gun, still holding his own gun to Kurt's head.
"Make your shot now." Said Munch, "You can shoot me, Fin will shoot you, Alex will still live, and you will have failed."
"Come on Kurt. You can't go out like this. If you drop your weapon, the judge might take some pity on you, and your mother can be placed in a nice home."
"Fuck You! That's what that bitch told my brother." said Kurt. Alex looked up from her place on the ground and saw John and Fin in a stand still with her attacker. She took it as her cue to slowly move away. She quietly crawled away from them. She crawled behind the car next to hers tried to stay as quiet as possible.
"Come on Kurt, drop the weapon." Said Munch, "and you can sleep easier tonight, we all can."
"I don't give a fuck about you!" screamed Kurt. With that Kurt backed away from Munch and noticed that Alex was no longer behind Munch, "Where the fuck is she?!"
"She's gone and you have failed." Said Fin, "So drop you weapon, and give up." Anger could be seen radiating in Kurt's eyes. His hands began to shake with the gun in it. Munch looked at him shaking, and decide it was an ample time to remove the gun from his hand. Munch quickly grabbed his hand, which held the gun, and raised it into the air. Kurt clicked the trigger a couple time setting off 4 rounds. Fin grabbed Kurt's other arm and pulled him to the ground while Munch held on to the gun. Fin put cuffs on the man, while Munch called for a squad car.
"Can you handle him while I find Alex?" asked Munch.
"Yea, go find her." Said Fin. Munch walked down the way a bit.
"Alex!" he yelled, "You can come out. We have him down. He can't hurt you." Just then Munch saw someone's head stick out from behind a car. Munch breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the blond hair. He ran to her as he watched her shake as she tried to stand up. He grabbed onto her as he helped her up. Munch looked over as he saw a squad car pull up and Fin shoved Kurt into the car. Munch looked at Alex as she tried to speak, but too stifled in fear to do so, "It's ok." Munch wrapped his arms around her and held her close to him as he stroked her hair.
"Alex." Said Jack as he woke her up. She slowly opened her eyes.
"What's up?" she whispered.
"The police scoured the building and didn't find any bomb."
"Do you think that it was ploy to get us outside?" Alex asked.
"It might have been a ploy to get to you," Said Jack, "and Claire was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"Great, now he's taking out my friends." Sighed Alex as a tear rolled down her cheek, "I have to go." With that Alex stood up and walked out of Claire's hospital room.
"Alex, wait!" said Jack as he followed her out.
"No, Jack, as long as this guy is out there, everyone I love is in danger. He will continue after me as long as I live. I cannot take the risk of loosing everyone." Said Alex as she walked away.
"And if you leave, you're at a greater risk." Jack yelled to her as she walked away. She walked through the set of double doors and out of Jack's eye site. He pulled out his cell phone and called Munch.
"Munch." John said as he answer.
"Det. Munch, this is Jack McCoy, Alex has just left the hospital."
"Was she with anyone?" John asked.
"No, she's pretty up set." Said Jack, "She thinks that she's putting everyone in danger. The police seem to think the bomb scare was a way of getting everyone out of the building. Claire got shot in the confusion."
"Oh god." Said John, "Did she say where she was going?"
"No, she might go to her parents in Connecticut. But that's just a guess." Said Jack.
"How is Claire?"
"She's going to be fine." Said Jack.
"Don't worry about Alex, I'll find her." Said John.
John hung up his cell phone and handed it to Fin who was sitting next to him.
"Alex thinks she putting everyone in danger by being around." Said John, "We have to go pick up Kurt."
"That's a great plan John, but where is the question." Said Fin. John grabbed his cell back from Fin and called Stabler.
"Stabler." Answered Elliot.
"Hey it's me. Go to Kurt Nomed's house and pick him up. His mother said he was always home around 6pm." Said Munch.
"What do we do if he's not there?" asked Stabler.
"Call me back." Said Munch.
"What are you doing?" asked Stabler.
"We're going to find Alex." Said Munch, "She left the hospital."
"Alright, we're on it," said Stabler as he hung up.
"So where are we going first." Said Fin.
"Her apartment." Said Munch.
Alex walked into her apartment and b-lined for her bedroom. She grabbed her suitcase out of her closet and grabbed her clothes, all her pictures, and a few other personal items and threw them into her suitcase and closed it. She walked into her kitchen and opened up a drawer next to the fridge and pulled out a set of keys. With that she bolted out of her apartment and didn't even bother to shut the door behind her. She walked down to the elevators and put her back to the wall as she waiting to see which one would open up first. The one on the far right opened up and she instantly got on and hit the button that would take her down to the garage. Just as her elevator shut, the one on the far left opened up and Munch and Fin walked out. They walked down to Alex's apartment. As Munch saw her door opened he began to run towards it.
"Alex!" Yelled Munch as he ran through her apartment.
"I don't think she's here." Said Fin, "There's no sign of a struggle. She might have just left."
"She might be in the garage." Said Munch, with that they left the apartment and ran down the stairwell.
Alex walked up to her car and popped her trunk and threw the suitcase in, and then she opened her door. She got into her car, almost in a panicked state, turned her car she was about to put her car in drive when there was a knock at her window. She looked to her window and found herself looking down the barrel of a gun. She looked up to see a man she didn't recognize behind the gun.
"GET OUT OF THE CAR!" he screamed. Alex slowly opened her door and slowly got out as she got out, Kurt grabbed her arm and threw her against the wall.
"What do you want with me?" Alex mumbled.
"Do you really think I can take care of my mother, Roger was supposed to and you sent him to jail." Growled Kurt, "It was you, YOU, that fucking sent my brother to jail. You told him if he told you where the body's where, you would give him less time in jail, instead you gave him the max."
"I'm sorry, but your brother killed people, it is my job to make sure he is punished for his crime, I'm sorry." Said Alex, "But doing this to me won't get him out."
"No, it won't. But it will make me feel better, and it will make Roger feel better."
"Please don't do this." Pleaded Alex.
"I am going to do this." Said Kurt, "Because of you, I have to take care of my mother for the rest of her life and my brother will be in jail for her funeral."
"That is not my fault." Said Alex, "Think about this logically. The police are all ready on to you, there is a boat load of evidence, they have your picture, you can be identified by my doorman, and two teenage girls. What is your mother going to do if you go to jail too?"
"SHUT UP YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Kurt yelled. Just then Kurt fired a shot at Alex, but missed her head by a good foot. Alex dropped to her knees crying. Just then Kurt felt something cold against his head.
"Drop your weapon." Munch spoke slowly.
"And if I don't?" Kurt asked
"There is no if you don't." said Fin as he held his gun up, "You will drop your weapon."
"I promised my brother I would kill Alex Cabot." Said Kurt, "and I'll do it, even if I die trying."
"Is your brother really worth all this?" asked Fin. Munch slowly moved until he was standing in front of the gun, still holding his own gun to Kurt's head.
"Make your shot now." Said Munch, "You can shoot me, Fin will shoot you, Alex will still live, and you will have failed."
"Come on Kurt. You can't go out like this. If you drop your weapon, the judge might take some pity on you, and your mother can be placed in a nice home."
"Fuck You! That's what that bitch told my brother." said Kurt. Alex looked up from her place on the ground and saw John and Fin in a stand still with her attacker. She took it as her cue to slowly move away. She quietly crawled away from them. She crawled behind the car next to hers tried to stay as quiet as possible.
"Come on Kurt, drop the weapon." Said Munch, "and you can sleep easier tonight, we all can."
"I don't give a fuck about you!" screamed Kurt. With that Kurt backed away from Munch and noticed that Alex was no longer behind Munch, "Where the fuck is she?!"
"She's gone and you have failed." Said Fin, "So drop you weapon, and give up." Anger could be seen radiating in Kurt's eyes. His hands began to shake with the gun in it. Munch looked at him shaking, and decide it was an ample time to remove the gun from his hand. Munch quickly grabbed his hand, which held the gun, and raised it into the air. Kurt clicked the trigger a couple time setting off 4 rounds. Fin grabbed Kurt's other arm and pulled him to the ground while Munch held on to the gun. Fin put cuffs on the man, while Munch called for a squad car.
"Can you handle him while I find Alex?" asked Munch.
"Yea, go find her." Said Fin. Munch walked down the way a bit.
"Alex!" he yelled, "You can come out. We have him down. He can't hurt you." Just then Munch saw someone's head stick out from behind a car. Munch breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the blond hair. He ran to her as he watched her shake as she tried to stand up. He grabbed onto her as he helped her up. Munch looked over as he saw a squad car pull up and Fin shoved Kurt into the car. Munch looked at Alex as she tried to speak, but too stifled in fear to do so, "It's ok." Munch wrapped his arms around her and held her close to him as he stroked her hair.