I am so sorry for the not updating sooner. I've posting this story at my D&E board and I totally forgot about updating it here.LOL! If anyone is still reading, I won't forget again.
Part II: The Search Rages On
" There has to be something we're missing, Jack." Anna says as she looks through the few Proteus files she has.
" This is all that's left from the fire." He says throwing the files on the coffee table, " There's nothing here."
" Just find my baby, Jack." Erica says from behind him.
Jack and Anna turn around slowly, their eyes landing on a physically and emotionally exhausted Erica Kane. " I'm doing everything I…"
They all nearly jump when the phone begins to ring. They look at each other, not sure who should answer the phone. David answers the unspoken question for them, by picking up the phone.
" Hello?" He says quietly.
The other side of the phone remains silent, "Hello?" He says again, still getting no response.
" Daddy?" Dylan says a few seconds later, his voice practically a whisper.
" Dylan." David says back into the phone. Erica gasps as she walks over to David, " Hey buddy." David says, calmly.
" Daddy, I want to come home." He says tearfully.
" I know, I know Dylan. I'll come get you as soon as I can, but right now I need you to listen to me, you just do what Vanessa tells you to do."
" Ok, daddy, but I don't like it here." He cries into the phone.
David takes a deep breath trying fight back his tears, " Dylan…it's going to be ok, I promise."
" Ok." He says quietly.
" I'm going to let you talk to mommy. I love you Dylan."
" I love you too Daddy." He says, as Erica takes the phone from David.
" Dylan?" Erica says, already in tears.
" Mommy." He sobs into the phone.
" Oh, my baby." Erica sobs.
" I'm scared."
" I know I sweetheart. Your daddy and I are going to find you, very soon. You just do what you're told."
" Come get me mommy." He cries practically inaudible.
Erica covers her mouth in an attempt to hid her sobs from Dylan, " Dylan, you just be brave, listen to Vanessa, and don't be scared. I'll be there as soon as I can. I love you honey." She sobs to him.
" Love you…" He's cut as someone takes the phone from him.
" Good morning, Erica." Vanessa says into the phone.
" Vanessa…" Erica says back to her, tear filled voice instantly filling with anger, " So help me…if you hurt a hair on his head…."
" My my, you do sound a little tense, is something the matter?" She asks with a smug laugh.
Erica takes a deep breath, knowing that it's best not to make Vanessa angry, " Let him go, and we'll give you whatever you want, name it."
" Where's the fun in that, Erica?"
" This isn't a game, Vanessa. I want my son back."
" Give my what's mine and you can have him back." Vanessa tells her smugly, " You better figure it out soon, you only have 36 hours." She says with a laugh, before hanging up.
" Damn her." Erica yells, slamming the phone down.
Erica hangs up the phone, not moving as she sobs.
" Erica…" Jack says, placing his hand on her shoulder as he comes to stand behind her.
She shrugs his hand away, " No please."
" Erica we're going to…" He stops as Erica turns to face him.
" Don't you dare tell me that's he's going to be fine, that we'll find him. " She yells, silent tears streaming down her cheeks, " You didn't hear the fear in his voice. He's four years old, Jack. He's supposed to be here with me. His only worry is supposed to be what kind of cake he wants at his birthday party."
" Erica…" David says quietly, his own eyes filled with tears.
" I will bring him home to you, safe and sound, I promise." Jack vows to her.
She shakes her head, " No, no that's not good enough, Jack." She says as she walks past him.
They all watch her walk to the door, taking her coat of the rack.
" Erica, where…" Jack asks as she opens the door, " I don't think you should…" He stops as she closes the door behind her.
Jack instantly starts to follow her, but is stopped dead in his tracks as David steps in front of him,
" It's ok, let her go."
BJ's is empty except for one table, where Kendall, Simone, Greenlee and Maggie sit.
Kendall nods to the waitress as she pours her more coffee.
" I can't believe its only 8:00, it feels like we've been up for hours." Simone says her head in her hands.
" That's because we have," Maggie says quietly, "and we're still no closer to finding Dylan."
" We've done everything we possible can, for now anyway." Greenlee says taking a sip of her coffee.
Kendall shakes her head, " No, we haven't done enough until he's back home safe and sound."
" He's a tough kid Kendall, he'll be fine." Simone says, covering Kendall's hand with hers.
" He maybe tough and the son of Erica Kane and David Hayward, but that doesn't change the fact that he's only four." Kendall says, her voice shaky as she fights off her tears.
" He's going to be five next week isn't he?" Simone asks.
Kendall nods, flashing her a sad smile. " Ya, Erica has a huge party planned for him."
" Erica always has huge birthday parties for him." Simone says.
" Erica spoils him, so does David. They love him so much."
" I think it's a mutual thing, Dylan worships the ground they walk on." Maggie says with a smile.
Greenlee smiles at her, her eyes filled with tears, " I don't want to think what will happen if they lose him."
" Then don't." Kendall tells her firmly, " We're going find him, and bring him home."
" How?" Maggie asks, her eyes meeting Kendall. " Ryan, Boyd, JR, Jamie have looked everywhere, Adam has his security team out looking for him, Tad's using his PI skills, Aidan's gone into special ops mode…and still no one has found a trace of them."
" Maybe we're not looking in the right places." Greenlee muses.
" What do you mean? There's no where else to look." Maggie asks.
" They've been looking in the obvious places…but Vanessa is smarter then that. She's not going to hide in some abandoned building on the outskirts of town." Greenlee tells them.
" I never thought about that. Vanessa is twisted enough to hide in plain sight." Maggie says, already starting to clue in on where Vanessa may be hiding.
" Exactly. Vanessa has to be hiding somewhere with all the commodity's she's used to." Kendall adds." She has to be somewhere, in plain sight, where no one would think to look."
" Oh my god." Maggie says, as it dawns on her where Vanessa is hiding. She grabs her purse and stands up.
" Maggie what is?" Kendall asks, all of their eyes on her.
" I know where they are."
To be continued…
Part II: The Search Rages On
" There has to be something we're missing, Jack." Anna says as she looks through the few Proteus files she has.
" This is all that's left from the fire." He says throwing the files on the coffee table, " There's nothing here."
" Just find my baby, Jack." Erica says from behind him.
Jack and Anna turn around slowly, their eyes landing on a physically and emotionally exhausted Erica Kane. " I'm doing everything I…"
They all nearly jump when the phone begins to ring. They look at each other, not sure who should answer the phone. David answers the unspoken question for them, by picking up the phone.
" Hello?" He says quietly.
The other side of the phone remains silent, "Hello?" He says again, still getting no response.
" Daddy?" Dylan says a few seconds later, his voice practically a whisper.
" Dylan." David says back into the phone. Erica gasps as she walks over to David, " Hey buddy." David says, calmly.
" Daddy, I want to come home." He says tearfully.
" I know, I know Dylan. I'll come get you as soon as I can, but right now I need you to listen to me, you just do what Vanessa tells you to do."
" Ok, daddy, but I don't like it here." He cries into the phone.
David takes a deep breath trying fight back his tears, " Dylan…it's going to be ok, I promise."
" Ok." He says quietly.
" I'm going to let you talk to mommy. I love you Dylan."
" I love you too Daddy." He says, as Erica takes the phone from David.
" Dylan?" Erica says, already in tears.
" Mommy." He sobs into the phone.
" Oh, my baby." Erica sobs.
" I'm scared."
" I know I sweetheart. Your daddy and I are going to find you, very soon. You just do what you're told."
" Come get me mommy." He cries practically inaudible.
Erica covers her mouth in an attempt to hid her sobs from Dylan, " Dylan, you just be brave, listen to Vanessa, and don't be scared. I'll be there as soon as I can. I love you honey." She sobs to him.
" Love you…" He's cut as someone takes the phone from him.
" Good morning, Erica." Vanessa says into the phone.
" Vanessa…" Erica says back to her, tear filled voice instantly filling with anger, " So help me…if you hurt a hair on his head…."
" My my, you do sound a little tense, is something the matter?" She asks with a smug laugh.
Erica takes a deep breath, knowing that it's best not to make Vanessa angry, " Let him go, and we'll give you whatever you want, name it."
" Where's the fun in that, Erica?"
" This isn't a game, Vanessa. I want my son back."
" Give my what's mine and you can have him back." Vanessa tells her smugly, " You better figure it out soon, you only have 36 hours." She says with a laugh, before hanging up.
" Damn her." Erica yells, slamming the phone down.
Erica hangs up the phone, not moving as she sobs.
" Erica…" Jack says, placing his hand on her shoulder as he comes to stand behind her.
She shrugs his hand away, " No please."
" Erica we're going to…" He stops as Erica turns to face him.
" Don't you dare tell me that's he's going to be fine, that we'll find him. " She yells, silent tears streaming down her cheeks, " You didn't hear the fear in his voice. He's four years old, Jack. He's supposed to be here with me. His only worry is supposed to be what kind of cake he wants at his birthday party."
" Erica…" David says quietly, his own eyes filled with tears.
" I will bring him home to you, safe and sound, I promise." Jack vows to her.
She shakes her head, " No, no that's not good enough, Jack." She says as she walks past him.
They all watch her walk to the door, taking her coat of the rack.
" Erica, where…" Jack asks as she opens the door, " I don't think you should…" He stops as she closes the door behind her.
Jack instantly starts to follow her, but is stopped dead in his tracks as David steps in front of him,
" It's ok, let her go."
BJ's is empty except for one table, where Kendall, Simone, Greenlee and Maggie sit.
Kendall nods to the waitress as she pours her more coffee.
" I can't believe its only 8:00, it feels like we've been up for hours." Simone says her head in her hands.
" That's because we have," Maggie says quietly, "and we're still no closer to finding Dylan."
" We've done everything we possible can, for now anyway." Greenlee says taking a sip of her coffee.
Kendall shakes her head, " No, we haven't done enough until he's back home safe and sound."
" He's a tough kid Kendall, he'll be fine." Simone says, covering Kendall's hand with hers.
" He maybe tough and the son of Erica Kane and David Hayward, but that doesn't change the fact that he's only four." Kendall says, her voice shaky as she fights off her tears.
" He's going to be five next week isn't he?" Simone asks.
Kendall nods, flashing her a sad smile. " Ya, Erica has a huge party planned for him."
" Erica always has huge birthday parties for him." Simone says.
" Erica spoils him, so does David. They love him so much."
" I think it's a mutual thing, Dylan worships the ground they walk on." Maggie says with a smile.
Greenlee smiles at her, her eyes filled with tears, " I don't want to think what will happen if they lose him."
" Then don't." Kendall tells her firmly, " We're going find him, and bring him home."
" How?" Maggie asks, her eyes meeting Kendall. " Ryan, Boyd, JR, Jamie have looked everywhere, Adam has his security team out looking for him, Tad's using his PI skills, Aidan's gone into special ops mode…and still no one has found a trace of them."
" Maybe we're not looking in the right places." Greenlee muses.
" What do you mean? There's no where else to look." Maggie asks.
" They've been looking in the obvious places…but Vanessa is smarter then that. She's not going to hide in some abandoned building on the outskirts of town." Greenlee tells them.
" I never thought about that. Vanessa is twisted enough to hide in plain sight." Maggie says, already starting to clue in on where Vanessa may be hiding.
" Exactly. Vanessa has to be hiding somewhere with all the commodity's she's used to." Kendall adds." She has to be somewhere, in plain sight, where no one would think to look."
" Oh my god." Maggie says, as it dawns on her where Vanessa is hiding. She grabs her purse and stands up.
" Maggie what is?" Kendall asks, all of their eyes on her.
" I know where they are."
To be continued…