August 30th, 2007

The sun was burning into the ground, making things about a hundred degrees. Ice cream cones melted within seconds. Bottles of sun block were being used. Everyone had to love heat waves.

Caroline slapped the water in the kiddy pool. She giggled wildly looking at her parents. She dipped her lips into the water and blew water bubbles. Jade jumped into the pool knocking Caroline over.

"Dade!!" Caroline cried. Jade giggled wildly and started splashing her. Caroline whimpered.

"Jade, please don't do that." Alex said as she sat down beneath a tree. She sipped her lemon aide.

"It's fun though." Jade giggled softly.

"I think Jade is the same way I was when I was that age." Ty said.

"So Maggie tells me." Alex said.

"Anyone home?" Ren walked into the back yard.

"Hey, Sis." Ty didn't even look up from his newspaper.

"Aunt Ren!" Jade jumped out of the pool and ran over to her.

"Child, you're going to get me wet." Ren laughed.

"Where are the kids?" Ty looked up at her.

"Mall. You know how teens are." Ren smiled weakly looking at Alex, "You pregnant?" Alex choked on her lemonade and looked at her sister in law.

"Excuse me?? No!" Alex laughed, "What gave you that idea?"

"Sorry." Ren smiled pulling up a chair, "Ma mentioned you were looking like you put on a couple of pounds and you were acting a little tired." Alex held her hands up.

"I'm not pregnant. I swear." She said. Ren nodded.

"Too bad. I need a nephew." She winked looking at her brother. Ty chuckled.

"When Caroline starts school, you may get one." He said nonchalantly. Alex arched her eyebrow.

"Are you going to get on me about that now?" She chuckled. Jade jumped into pool knocking Caroline over. Caroline giggled wildly.

"You know how Ty is." Ren winked. Ty folded the paper up and looked at his sister.

"Girl, what the hell dogging me in my own back yard?" He asked her. Ren chuckled.

"I'm not dogging you. I just came to check on Alex and see if the pregnancy rumour was true or not." Ren said. Alex shook her head once again.

"Can you tell all of the Davis family that I'm not pregnant?" Alex asked finishing off her lemonade, "My mother will be down here asking a million of questions." Ren stood up nodding her head.

"I'll make sure of it." She said glancing at her watch, "Sorry to cut this short, but…you know motherhood calls." Alex chuckled.

"You and the kids needs to stop by sometime for dinner or something." Ty said. Ren nodded as she backed away from the pool.

"I will. As long as I don't do the cooking." She smiled, "Bye Jade. Bye Carrie." Jade waved from the pool.

"Bye Auntie Ren. You come back and play." Jade yelled at her. Ren nodded.

"Bye." She walked out of the back yard. Alex shook her head.

"I can't believe they think I've gained weight. I've had two children and still weigh one-twenty." Alex muttered. Ty looked at her.

"One-twenty?" He asked. Alex narrowed her eyes and nodded.

"Yes, Tyrone. One-twenty." She said closing her eyes, "I think that's pretty good." Ty nodded.

"Yeah. It's pretty good if you're shaving off fifteen pounds." He said.

"I'm not shaving anything." Alex growled as she wiped sweat off of her forehead.

"Right. I know you're not." Ty chuckled. Alex shook her head and watched the girls.

"Bring them in the house in a second. I don't want them getting heat stroke." Alex said. Ty nodded as he looked at her. She looked tired. Ty chuckled softly and stood up.

"Come on. All three of you inside. It's nap time." Ty said. Jade growled. Alex looked at him thankfully.

"Can I have ice cream instead of a nap, Daddy?" Jade asked. Ty chuckled as he picked Caroline up. He nodded and led his girls inside. Alex smiled and followed them. Maybe another baby in a couple of years would be great. As long as it was a boy this time.

September 13th, 2007

Alex pushed the stroller through the mall. The girls needed new shoes so Ty told Alex she could go this trip. Ty loathed going shoe shopping with the girls.

"Momma, can I get candy out of the machine?" jade asked.

"No. You need shoes and not cavities." Alex pushed the carried to the shoe store. Jade ran ahead of them whining.

"I'll be go for the rest of the day." She said. Alex shook her head as she looked at a display.

"No you wont and you know it." She laughed. Jade pouted.

"Please, Momma." She sighed deeply.

"Fine." Alex pulled out a quarter and went over to the candy machines that were near the register. Jade cheered loudly.

"I want a pink gum." Jade said.

"You'll get whatever the machine gives you." Alex chuckled as she turned the dial. A pink gumball fell down. "Here you go."

"Thank you." Jade popped it into her mouth.

"Your welcome, Ladybug." Alex smiled and turned around. "Cricket?" She stepped around the counter where she left the stroller, but it wasn't there, "Caroline?" Alex's eyes scanned the store. "Caroline? Jade, where's your sister?" Jade shrugged.

"I dunno. You left her right there." Jade pointed.

"Oh god…" Alex ran out of the store. Her heart pounded in her chest. Her entire body was tingling. "CAROLINE!!!" She wasn't there. Caroline wasn't there .No stroller. No baby. Alex ran back into the store, "She's gone!! My daughter is gone! She was right there!!! Where is she!?" Alex started to scream for help.

"Okay." The cashier called the head office; "We need an Amber alert. A little girl was taken."

"SH-She's only twenty months old. Sh-She needs me." Alex sobbed.

"I'm calling the police ma'am." She said.

"Fifty-fifth. Make sure it's the fifty-fifth precinct." Alex's body trembled. The cashier nodded. "Jade??"

"I'm right here, Mommy." Jade whispered. Alex gathered Jade into her arms. She cried into her mother's arms, knowing it was all bad.

* * *

Ty drummed his fingers on the dashboard. Bailey hummed alone with the music. The men chuckled.

"You gotta love some Joplin." Bailey said.

"Man, Boy, you've got the right." Ty chuckled, "Glad you got transferred here." Bailey smiled.

"Me too." He said, "You think we were separated at birth?"

"You're white." Ty laughed.

"55-Charlie, call back to central." Bailey picked up the radio.

"55-Charlie to central." Bailey said.

"55-Charlie, your assistance is requested at the Riverview mall." Ty chuckled loudly.

"A little shopping?" He asked Bailey.

"Maybe. 55-Charlie to central, our assistance was requested?"

"Officer Davis was." Ty frowned.

"Shoplifter?" Bailey asked.

"Child abduction."

"Shit." Ty growled and flipped the sirens on. "55-Charlie on route to Riverview mall." Bailey sighed deeply.

"I've never done a child abduction." He said. Ty glanced at him.

"They're the worse. Watching the parents…God…it makes you want to go right home and hug your own kids." Ty said.

"All units respond to kidnapping. Nineteen month old girl. Blue eyes and dark blond hair." Ty growled deeply.

"Nineteen months old. Shit, Caroline is Nineteen months old." He said shaking his head. "This is going to be hard. Both y girls have blue eyes and Carrie…Man, This sucks."

"Last seen wearing purple overalls. She may or may not answer to the name Caroline." Ty hit the breaks. Bailey braced himself against the dashboard. He looked at his partner.

"Did they…Did they say Caroline?" Ty choked out. Bailey nodded.

"I think so." He murmured.

"My baby…" Ty sped up again going towards the mall. All her could think about was his daughters. The panic in his chest when Jade was lost for those few minutes a few years ago had returned, but it was worse slightly. Sweat was beading down his face. This was a nightmare. That's all it was. That's all it had to be. As Ty stopped at the mall, he saw all the cop cars. Most of them were from the fifty-fifth, but there were some other precincts there also.

Ty jumped out of the car. Everyone turned and looked at him. He dashed inside, pushing past a crowd of people. Alex was sitting on a bench, sobbing into her hands. Jade was sitting quietly.

"Alex…" He whispered. She looked up. She looked so terrified. Her body was trembling.

"I w-was…I just turned around for a second." Alex whispered. Ty nodded as he walked over to her. He gathered her into his arms.

"I know. She'll be okay." Ty whispered. His heart was thumping in his chest. Bosco glanced at Faith.

"Taking a cops kid. It's not very smart." Bosco whispered. Faith nodded.

"Let's just find her, Bos." Faith said glancing at Ty and Alex, "Do you have a recent picture of her?" Ty glanced up at Faith; "It'll help other people. We'll give it to the news."

"Yeah…." Ty whispered pulling out his pocket. His fingers trembled as he pulled out a photo. "Th-This was taken…The f-fourth of July picnic…" Faith took the photo from him. "She's not even two yet, Yokas." Faith nodded.

"I know." She said softly, "I won't sleep until we find her." Ty nodded and sat back down.

"I'm going to go look for her, Alex." Ty whispered. Alex looked at him.

"I won't be able to go on if I don't get her back." She took in a shuddery breath. Ty nodded.

"I'm going to find her." Ty looked at Faith, "Take her and Jade home. Don't leave their side." Faith nodded.

* * *

Ty looked out the window, scanning everywhere the spotlight was falling to. He hated kidnappings, but when it was your own child…When it was your own child, every single thing changed.

"We can try East Side if you want." Bailey said. Ty shook his head.

"We're here." Ty murmured. His eyes scanned the surroundings when he saw a stroller. "Stop the damn car!!"

"You see her??" Bailey asked.

"Her stroller!!" Ty jumped out of the car before it even stopped fully. His hands were shaking, "CAROLINE!!" He yelled as he ran over to the stroller. Ty looked into it. It was empty. He threw the blankets out, "Carrie?? Where are you??" Ty tore apart the stroller. "CARRIE!!!!" He screamed out of anger and desperation.

"She's not here." Bailey said softly. Ty kicked the stroller.

"She has to be!!" He yelled.

"She's not." Bailey looked at his partner. Ty's lips trembled and he fell to the ground. He held one of her blankets tightly to his chest.

"Sh-She's so little. She'll b-be so scared." Ty sobbed. Bailey knelt down and shook his head.

"I'm sure some old woman found her and is keeping her nice and safe until she can bring her back to her." Bailey whispered.

"It t-took us awhile t-to get pregnant with her…" Ty smelled her blanket as if he hoped she would be wrapped up in it. It still smelled of her.

"Let's go and see how Alex is doing." Bailey said. "You really need to be with her." Ty looked at him sadly.

"How can I go back to her empty handed?" He whispered.

* * *

Alex stood in the kitchen staring at police cars sitting in front of her house. She stared. She stared right through them trying to force who ever took Caroline to bring her back with her mind.

"Alex?" Ty walked up behind her.

"What if she's hurt?" Alex whispered to him. Ty sighed softly.

"She's not. Caroline is okay." He said. Alex shook her head.

"She's not okay. She's not with us." Alex whimpered looking at him. Ty nodded slowly as Bosco walked into the kitchen.

"There's a sighting." He said.

"A sighting??" Alex spun around and looked at him. Bosco nodded.

"A woman in front of D and D with a child matching Caroline's description with a gun." Bosco said.

"A gun??" Ty stared at him.

"Yeah. Come on." Bosco led them out. Alex's heart pounded. A gun and Caroline in the same sentence. That chilled her veins. Ty and Alex climbed into the back of Bosco's cruiser.

"They found her, Alex." Ty said softly. Alex looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"With gunman." She whispered. Ty bit his lip and nodded.

"I know." He said as he rubbed her leg. Alex's heart pounded as they neared Dunkin Doughnuts. There were five cop cars and two FBI cars there. She could hear a woman screaming. Alex and Ty jumped out of the car and pushed past the crowd of cops. They stood in front of the barricades. There was Caroline in some woman's arms.

"Caroline!" Alex cried. Caroline started sobbing when she saw Ty and Alex.

"MOMMA!!!" She sobbed. Caroline reached out her arms trying to reach her mother and father. She was too young to understand what was going on. Hell, Alex and Ty didn't really understand what was going on.

"I'm here, Baby!" Alex clutched Ty's arm tightly. The woman looked at Ty and Alex.

"You don't understand what I'm going through. Madison is all I got. I can't loose her too!" The woman sobbed. Ty looked at the gun and nodded.

"You won't loose her." Ty said turning his eyes to her.

"I will! They said I would loose her eventually. I didn't think it'd be this soon!!" The woman hugged Caroline tightly; "I can't leave her. Madison is all I got. If she's going to die, I'm dying too." Alex's heart lurched in her throat.

"Madison isn't going to die. I won't let her die." Alex said, "I have two daughters, Jade and Caroline…I know I would try everything in my power to save them and not let them hurt." Alex looked at the look of fear on Caroline's face as she screamed for Ty and Alex. "How would Madison feel if you died?" The woman looked at Caroline.

"They said she wouldn't die!!" She screamed, "They said Maddie wouldn't die but she did!!!" The woman cocked the gun.

"Oh god…" Alex gasped.

"Madison wouldn't want you to do this, Ma'am." Ty whispered.

"You wouldn't know what she wanted! They killed her!!! The doctors killed her!!" She screamed and held the gun up to her head.

"Pl-please put her down." Alex whimpered.

"NO!!!" She screamed and pulled the trigger. Blood and brains shot out of her head covering the toddler she was holding. Alex screamed and covered her eyes. The gunshot was ringing in her ears. Ty pushed the barricades away and ran over to the body. He grabbed the screaming Caroline.

"I'm here. I'm here." Ty held her tightly, wiping her face off.

"Daddy!!! Daddy!!!" She screamed. Alex ran over to her. Her heart pounded in her chest as she saw all the blood and brains over her daughter.

"Oh C-Carrie!" She wrapped her arms around her and held her tightly. "I kn-knew you'd come home." Doc walked up to them.

"We should take her to Mercy, clean her up, and make sure she's okay." He said softly. Ty nodded slowly.

It was so great to have Caroline back. Such relief filled the Davis and Taylor family having her here. They found out that the woman, Sharon Burton, had suffered a great loss that made her go over the deep end. Her daughter, Madison, was diagnosed with cancer when she was six months old. Two days before Caroline was taken, Madison succumbed to her illness. Sharon had taken her death too hard and thought she could make it up by taking another child. Sharon and Madison were both lay to rest the next Thursday. They were buried next to each other.

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