Disclaimer: I'm not a McMahon meaning anything that is familiar to you, they belong to Vince and themselves.
AN: I'm very sorry about taking forever and a day to update. I've had a bit of writers block concerning this story. Then there were some other issues I had with ff.net but I'm back in action
Unexpected
Chapter Seven
Mark could never remember it taking this long to get anywhere. Despite the lack of traffic things didn't seem to go any faster.
Mark and Stephanie quickly went over the plan again, but after that drove the rest of the way in silence.
Stephanie knew that things weren't going to be pleasant when they found Savannah. She wasn't sure if it was common sense or woman's intuition. Either way she wasn't going to tell Mark how unpleasant she thought things were going to be because he would get irate then they may never make it.
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Savannah tried to think of a way out. She knew she could kick him again, but then what? She'd be stuck with an even angrier monster. She couldn't run because assuming his goons weren't around she wouldn't get very far with how weak she was feeling.
She had no way out. That was the first time since this thing began that she admitted that. Vince could feel the desperation in her movements and that gave him even more of a rush. Before she knew what was going on he was again roughly kissing her. She was hoping if she put up enough resistance then someone would save her before things got out of hand. Right now the possibility looked remote, but she saw a door that she thought went to the entrance way then outside.
A few moments later she heard a truck come down the road. She noted that it sounded like her father's, but she figured that any truck right now would sound like his. Vince didn't notice the noise as quickly as Savannah but he did notice before he heard someone pull up the driveway.
"If you make a sound I swear I'll kill you," Vince hissed in Savannah's ear before he got up to check out the noise.
Savannah pulled a blanket off the back of the couch. It was old and warn but it covered her sufficiently.
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Mark kept his ears open for any sounds that might indicate anyone's presence in the house. All of his instincts told him that his daughter was in the house and he was going to follow those instincts.
He then attempted to put his key in the lock but it didn't fit. He let out a few curses in his mind but made sure he had the right key and tried again. Again he failed and was about ready to break down the door.
"The locks have been changed," Mark whispered in a low growl. He was trying to keep calm.
"Then that confirms our suspicions," Stephanie whispered to him. She hoped he didn't know that they were there.
Mark went around the property silently not wanting to tip anyone off that there was someone sneaking around outside. They still had the element of surprise.
Mark took a few minutes before realizing that there was no way in. This fact alone was enough to raise his anger enough to want to storm in there, it took all the self control he had to not break down the door and barge in there like a crazy man.
Stephanie whispered soothing words, she wasn't sure if it was for her own benefit or someone else's.
Mark knocked loudly on the door before he heard the voice of his daughter. "Daddy, help me."
That was what finally broke his self control. He couldn't stand to know is baby was being hurt.
"Mark calm down," Stephanie tried quietly knowing that it probably wouldn't help. The next thing she knew the door was broken down. 'Shit,' she thought. She knew this was going to turn bout badly there was no way that it couldn't.
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The moment he heard the truck Vince got on his phone calling his associates back. There was no way that he could face this, be it Mark the police or some innocent bystander, by himself. He needed back up and as quickly as possible. Vince wasn't going to go down without a fight.
He'd just finished when he heard Savannah scream. He knew that she was convinced that it was her father outside. She had been since the moment that she heard the truck. He knew it more than just the childish hope that she had before, she wouldn't have risked his wrath if she hadn't been almost positive Mark was on the other side of the door. That's when he heard one of the loudest crashes that he'd had ever heard in his life.
Vince gulped, that couldn't be anything good. He could still get away now, but that would mean that he wouldn't have the girl. He quickly weighed the options and slipped out the back door at least until his associates arrived.
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"Be careful," Stephanie reminded him as the pair entered the entrance way. "He could be anywhere.
Mark heard a door open and the next thing he knew there was the body that he quickly identified as his daughters flying at him.
Stephanie couldn't help but to smile even though she knew that she was going to have to go back and have to deal with Paul and everything else that is going on back in Connecticut. She couldn't help smile at a normal father daughter relationship. That was something that she always wanted.
"She came," Savannah spit finally noticing her father had a companion. She couldn't believe he had the nerve to bring her.
"We'll discuss this at home," Mark said, "we're leaving now."
Savannah let it drop for now. She'd heard her father use that tone, and it left no room for any argument. Savannah couldn't really blame him for wanting to get out of here; it was the thing she wanted the most in the world.
Savannah was silent the whole way home. She couldn't believe after all the things Vince had said about his daughter that her father had the nerve to bring Stephanie with him. She mentally berated herself. She shouldn't let a mad man's opinion of anyone influence her opinion of a person she didn't know, but somehow she couldn't help but let it.
"Okay now if you can be civilized we can discuss this," Mark told his daughter.
"You brought her to save your daughter," Savannah started.
"Your point being? We didn't expect things to be as easy as they were," Mark said calmly.
"She's married and she's interested in you," Savannah shot back. Savannah could be a lot of things but she knew what she saw in the eyes of the woman that was sitting across from her at the kitchen table.
"Divorced," Stephanie interrupted. "I volunteered to help Mark find you; I wouldn't take no for an answer. Then when we thought we knew where you were I wouldn't let your father come without me. He didn't want me to come with him."
Savannah had to admire the woman. She stood her ground unlike most of the women her father had taken an interest in him. Sara wouldn't stand up to Savannah instead she would blow it out of proportion and tell Mark.
"Why did you want to help him so much?" Savannah asked. She wasn't happy that the woman in front of her would demand that she help someone she barely knew.
"Because I heard my dad planning to kidnap you and I didn't think anyone deserved that, so I decided that your father had the right to know. I've spent twenty six years in terror of him and I knew that he was capable of anything. Mark stood up for me once and it started wanting to repay the favor." Stephanie hadn't realized the last sentence come out until it had already came out. She was almost positive that it wouldn't be pretty.
"Savannah go upstairs and get some sleep. You've had a rough week," Mark told his daughter. She knew that there was something on his mind, something that he didn't want her to hear, at least yet.
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Not that you've read my story please review. I love reviews.
AN: I'm very sorry about taking forever and a day to update. I've had a bit of writers block concerning this story. Then there were some other issues I had with ff.net but I'm back in action
Unexpected
Chapter Seven
Mark could never remember it taking this long to get anywhere. Despite the lack of traffic things didn't seem to go any faster.
Mark and Stephanie quickly went over the plan again, but after that drove the rest of the way in silence.
Stephanie knew that things weren't going to be pleasant when they found Savannah. She wasn't sure if it was common sense or woman's intuition. Either way she wasn't going to tell Mark how unpleasant she thought things were going to be because he would get irate then they may never make it.
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Savannah tried to think of a way out. She knew she could kick him again, but then what? She'd be stuck with an even angrier monster. She couldn't run because assuming his goons weren't around she wouldn't get very far with how weak she was feeling.
She had no way out. That was the first time since this thing began that she admitted that. Vince could feel the desperation in her movements and that gave him even more of a rush. Before she knew what was going on he was again roughly kissing her. She was hoping if she put up enough resistance then someone would save her before things got out of hand. Right now the possibility looked remote, but she saw a door that she thought went to the entrance way then outside.
A few moments later she heard a truck come down the road. She noted that it sounded like her father's, but she figured that any truck right now would sound like his. Vince didn't notice the noise as quickly as Savannah but he did notice before he heard someone pull up the driveway.
"If you make a sound I swear I'll kill you," Vince hissed in Savannah's ear before he got up to check out the noise.
Savannah pulled a blanket off the back of the couch. It was old and warn but it covered her sufficiently.
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Mark kept his ears open for any sounds that might indicate anyone's presence in the house. All of his instincts told him that his daughter was in the house and he was going to follow those instincts.
He then attempted to put his key in the lock but it didn't fit. He let out a few curses in his mind but made sure he had the right key and tried again. Again he failed and was about ready to break down the door.
"The locks have been changed," Mark whispered in a low growl. He was trying to keep calm.
"Then that confirms our suspicions," Stephanie whispered to him. She hoped he didn't know that they were there.
Mark went around the property silently not wanting to tip anyone off that there was someone sneaking around outside. They still had the element of surprise.
Mark took a few minutes before realizing that there was no way in. This fact alone was enough to raise his anger enough to want to storm in there, it took all the self control he had to not break down the door and barge in there like a crazy man.
Stephanie whispered soothing words, she wasn't sure if it was for her own benefit or someone else's.
Mark knocked loudly on the door before he heard the voice of his daughter. "Daddy, help me."
That was what finally broke his self control. He couldn't stand to know is baby was being hurt.
"Mark calm down," Stephanie tried quietly knowing that it probably wouldn't help. The next thing she knew the door was broken down. 'Shit,' she thought. She knew this was going to turn bout badly there was no way that it couldn't.
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The moment he heard the truck Vince got on his phone calling his associates back. There was no way that he could face this, be it Mark the police or some innocent bystander, by himself. He needed back up and as quickly as possible. Vince wasn't going to go down without a fight.
He'd just finished when he heard Savannah scream. He knew that she was convinced that it was her father outside. She had been since the moment that she heard the truck. He knew it more than just the childish hope that she had before, she wouldn't have risked his wrath if she hadn't been almost positive Mark was on the other side of the door. That's when he heard one of the loudest crashes that he'd had ever heard in his life.
Vince gulped, that couldn't be anything good. He could still get away now, but that would mean that he wouldn't have the girl. He quickly weighed the options and slipped out the back door at least until his associates arrived.
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"Be careful," Stephanie reminded him as the pair entered the entrance way. "He could be anywhere.
Mark heard a door open and the next thing he knew there was the body that he quickly identified as his daughters flying at him.
Stephanie couldn't help but to smile even though she knew that she was going to have to go back and have to deal with Paul and everything else that is going on back in Connecticut. She couldn't help smile at a normal father daughter relationship. That was something that she always wanted.
"She came," Savannah spit finally noticing her father had a companion. She couldn't believe he had the nerve to bring her.
"We'll discuss this at home," Mark said, "we're leaving now."
Savannah let it drop for now. She'd heard her father use that tone, and it left no room for any argument. Savannah couldn't really blame him for wanting to get out of here; it was the thing she wanted the most in the world.
Savannah was silent the whole way home. She couldn't believe after all the things Vince had said about his daughter that her father had the nerve to bring Stephanie with him. She mentally berated herself. She shouldn't let a mad man's opinion of anyone influence her opinion of a person she didn't know, but somehow she couldn't help but let it.
"Okay now if you can be civilized we can discuss this," Mark told his daughter.
"You brought her to save your daughter," Savannah started.
"Your point being? We didn't expect things to be as easy as they were," Mark said calmly.
"She's married and she's interested in you," Savannah shot back. Savannah could be a lot of things but she knew what she saw in the eyes of the woman that was sitting across from her at the kitchen table.
"Divorced," Stephanie interrupted. "I volunteered to help Mark find you; I wouldn't take no for an answer. Then when we thought we knew where you were I wouldn't let your father come without me. He didn't want me to come with him."
Savannah had to admire the woman. She stood her ground unlike most of the women her father had taken an interest in him. Sara wouldn't stand up to Savannah instead she would blow it out of proportion and tell Mark.
"Why did you want to help him so much?" Savannah asked. She wasn't happy that the woman in front of her would demand that she help someone she barely knew.
"Because I heard my dad planning to kidnap you and I didn't think anyone deserved that, so I decided that your father had the right to know. I've spent twenty six years in terror of him and I knew that he was capable of anything. Mark stood up for me once and it started wanting to repay the favor." Stephanie hadn't realized the last sentence come out until it had already came out. She was almost positive that it wouldn't be pretty.
"Savannah go upstairs and get some sleep. You've had a rough week," Mark told his daughter. She knew that there was something on his mind, something that he didn't want her to hear, at least yet.
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