AN: I haven't done this in this particular fic yet, but I think I should. I'll thank you guys individually…
Googi: Well, here come more chapters… Thanks for reviewing.
Scullymulder1234: Yay! I updated again!
ANewChramedFan: Well, I'm glad I was able to fool you guys into thinking Frank was the one, even if it seemed obvious (and most of you seemed to think it's either him or Keren). I'll to keep doing good work.
Miggs: Where do I come up with this? Not sure. I have this sick mind that helps me. I actually had the plot of this story written out before I started it, so it keeps me on track, and I made sure you guys wouldn't guess on Harriet, even though she was the first person (together with Frank) from Lustville that the girls met. Maggs and Miggs is very close, I agree. Love your name! Lol, I was hoping to get through the whole Harriet madness thing (which you'll see more of this chapter). Thanks for the review!
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Carey: Hmmm… I don't know… you'll see! It will get a bit complicated though.
Psychokitty3: Get her out of this mess? Hmm… I'll think about it! Lol
Patricia: Well, I guess your suspicions came true… Glad you're liking Maggie! Thanks for your review.
Piperleo4eva: Knight in shining armor ha? We'll see about him. Let's just say that things will turn a bit unexpectedly (wink).
Christine Marquez: didn't see Harriet ha? That sneaky little rat. Lol. Thanks for the review, very much appreciated.
Cutleryismyfriend: She is kind of easy to hate ha? A 'Delusional Bitch'… Oh, I love the title!
I-Chant-Think-Of-A-Name-Lol: No one suspected Harriet ha? Oh, and thanks for the Hanukkah wish, I am infect Jewish and celebrate it. Happy holidays to you too!
Kalena: Well, you got Mar right… Yeah, I wanted to keep her as just a 'happy citizen', the wife of the 'evil', the little frightened one. Glad I fooled ya. Will Piper get out of this one? Hmm… too soon to tell!
Piper-Loves-Leo: Sorry, every chapter has to end sometime… but only for a new one to start. It's great that you read and liked my other stories too… Thanks!
OTHCharmedFreak: I'm hurrying! I really am! Lol
Nicole812us: Yep, a brick in a purse. Thought it was Keren ha? Harriet is stupid.. you'll see more of that in this chapter. She isn't the perfect crime persona like I had in my last fiction… I went for a change.
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Alleria: I'm glad you liked Fast Woman… Also glad you're liking this one. I promise there will be more to come.
PiPeRAnGeL39: Yep… Sweet old Harriet. And I love Maggie too. She does have great love and respect for Piper… (Already! Yay!)
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Enjoy my peeps!
Chapter 16
OoO If it's Not Too Late OoO
"Look Leo, I just want to make sure you know what you are doing here…" Rob was trying.
Leo grabbed his keys and stuffed them into his pocket, only half listening to his friend officer.
They were both in the station, and after about five hours of waiting Leo has decided to do something about it.
"Look, I know Piper; she wouldn't just take off this carelessly. Frank has something to do with this, and I'm sure as hell not going to keep sitting here with no purpose." Leo said, and grabbed his gun from the table, tucking it in.
"Leo… We won't need that." Rob warned.
"We just might."
Leo finally put on his jacket and walked out into the pouring rain.
Rob ran out after him, and watched miserably as Leo was getting into his car.
"Well? You coming or what?" Leo asked, already starting the frozen engine.
"Fuck you Leo." Rob said, getting into the passenger seat.
"Thanks." Leo said, and pulled out of the police station garage.
About three minutes later they were down at the Tucker's house.
"Leo, I'm serious, you can't just burst in there with accusations. Again." Rob was saying as Leo was already walking out of the car.
"Watch me." Leo muttered.
Rob ran out of the car to catch up with his frantic friend.
"You are unbelievable Leo. And just so you know; you're not getting my vote in the elections next week, you are a damn lunatic." Rub said, waiting next to Leo after he knocked quite firmly on the Tucker door.
"Thanks." Leo said, just as the door was opened, revealing Frank Tucker.
"Bloody hell, not you again…" He muttered, and went to close back the door, but Leo's foot was in the way.
Angered, Frank opened the door again.
"What do you want?" Frank asked, annoyed.
"Where is she?" Leo asked patiently.
"Oh please, not this again…" Frank was about to close the door again, but this time Leo pushed it open.
"Where is she?" Leo repeated.
"She? I don't know who you are talking about!" Frank said, letting the door go, probably seeing that Leo was not even closed to being finished, and the door wasn't closing even if he tried.
"Don't you play these fucking games with me. I told you I will finish you off if you touch her, and I'm keeping that promise." Leo warned, getting closer to Frank as the bastard was backing away.
That was when Harriet ran into the kitchen.
"Leo! What are you doing?!" She asked, frightened.
"Leo, control yourself…" Rob reminded.
Leo ignored.
"Where the fuck is Piper?" Leo asked –again- as calmly as he could, looking down at the slightly shorter Frank, now only a few inches away from him.
"Leo, what is wrong with you!?" Harriet exclaimed.
"Look Harriet, I know your husband has something to do with my girlfriend's disappearance, and I'm not leaving here until he talks."
Harriet face crumpled.
Oh, fuck, he called Piper his girlfriend. He's completely forgotten that he's (supposedly) engaged to Mar…
He hoped that Harriet would ignore that comment, but she obviously wasn't about to.
"I just don't understand you Leo! Why do you insist on having this ridiculously abrupt fling with that woman?!"
"Harriet, not now…" Frank started.
"No Frank! I will not put up with this any longer." She said, turning to Leo. "You need to take responsibility and realize what is best for all! Now forget about that whore and concentrate on Margaret." Harriet said as a matter of fact.
Leo, tired of it, looked away from frank to Harriet.
"Look, I'm sorry to break this to you, but I have no interest in your daughter whatsoever. Never did, never will." Leo said as carefully as he could, seeing Harriet's features begin to redden.
"Leo, you are making a big mistake… Don't even go there. Margaret is so much better then that woman. You need to start listening to your mother and do what she says." Harriet was saying.
"Read my lips Harriet. I DO NOT want to marry, or be in any kind of a relationship with your daughter, and I doubt she wants it either. I don't have any feelings for her; I'm with ANOTHER woman. You two need to get that through your heads." Leo snapped.
Harriet was in shock, and Leo refused to waist any more time on her. He turned back to his target – Frank.
"Last time. Where is Piper?"
Frank smiled, starting to chuckle.
"Leo lets go." Rob said behind him.
Leo considered exploding again, but knew it was to no use. Frank either didn't know where Piper was, or wouldn't tell him. Either way, he wasn't going to find Piper this way.
He turned on his heals, and left the house, knowing that he had no time to waste. He had to find Piper.
What Leo didn't know was that his outburst on Harriet would cause the unpredictable following events of later that night.
--OoO—
She heard the door slamming shut.
Piper tried to call for help, knowing that the new voice coming from upstairs belonged to Leo, but no one heard.
The towel wrapped around her head and held tightly between her teeth might have done the job.
She groaned desperately, wondering how much longer this will go on.
Harriet was hiding her in the basement from Frank, Piper realized as she half laid on a couch, now properly tied up.
When she heard someone coming down the steps, she flung her troubling head up, expecting to see Harriet.
But it wasn't Harriet; it was Mar, whose eyes went wide when they saw Piper.
"Piper? What are you doing here?" She asked, looking confused.
Piper moaned underneath the piece of fabric covering her mouth, and Mar came closer to unwrap it.
"What are you doing?!" Harriet's voice came.
Mar spun around with surprise. "Mom? What's going on?" She asked, pointing to Piper.
Harriet ignored her daughter, and stormed straight towards Piper.
"You little bitch! How in hell did you dare to come into this peaceful town and shit on everybody?" Harriet exclaimed frantically; though not loudly since Frank was probably still upstairs.
She pushed her daughter out of the way to grab a hold of Piper's chin, and held it tightly between her fingers, digging her nails into Piper's skin.
"Mother!" Mare called.
"You turned my future son in law into a fucking bastard!" Harriet screamed quietly.
Her face was as red as her hair; she looked like she was about to have a stroke.
"Mom…" Mar pleaded, seeming frightened.
"Watch her!" Harriet said, letting go of Piper and lunching to another side of the lime green basement.
Mar stayed silent as Harriet was digging something out of a pile of boxes.
Finally, after about three silent minutes, she came out with a box of matches.
"Mom, what are these for?" Mar asked.
"I'll be back late. Don't let her out of your sight." Harriet instructed. "Actually; feel free to kill her. You can use my expensive kitchen knives."
"What? Wait, mom, where are you going?"
"If Leo won't have my daughter… Then Leo won't have it." Harriet said, and walked angrily upstairs.
The last Piper heard was Frank asking "Where the fuck are you going?" and Harriet answering "Go to HELL!"
Piper turned to look at Mar, who had her hands covering her face with shock.
"Mmmm!!" Piper moaned, hoping that Mar might be a help.
Mar just looked blankly at her.
"Piper, I'm so, so sorry… But I can't cross with my mother… You have to understand that…"
Piper sighed, trying not to turn desperate.
She had a nagging feeling in her chest that kept repeating Harriet's words; 'If Leo won't have my daughter… Then Leo won't have it'
Oh god… No no no no…
Piper was afraid to think of what Harriet might do with the matches she took, and she
felt herself begin to breathe faster.
"Piper? Piper, are you ok?" Mar, who seemed a bit more aware of the situation asked.
"Mmmm!!!" Piper tried as loud as she could.
"Ssshhhh! Daddy will hear you." Mar warned, but it looked like she had no idea what she should do. "Look just… stay here." She said, as if Piper could do anything else, and left upstairs.
She couldn't bare thinking that Harriet took those matches and was going to do something with them… to Leo. She tried making as much sound as she can with the fabric between her teeth, hoping that Frank might have a different view on whether she should be released, but there were no signs of him.
She was in a dead end.
The story of my life.
--OoO--
"Clam down Paige." Leo said to the frantic sister.
"How do you want me to calm down Leo? It's been over twelve hours!"
"TWELVE HOURS!" Phoebe added in frustration.
Leo frowned, and looked at his watch. It was just a bit over 10 pm, and Piper was still missing.
"Look, I'm going for a search tonight with Rob and some other officers. You two get some rest now." Leo said, placing a comforting hand on Paige's shoulder.
He looked over at Phoebe, but her comforting was already taken care of by Rob.
"Who is staying with Maggie?" He asked.
"My mom, I called her and she'll sleep at my house tonight. Didn't want to wake Maggie up and send her over there." Leo said.
"Alright. You two will be ok?" Rob asked lastly.
"Yeah, Fine." Phoebe nodded, and the two officers left.
"Where are we going?" Rob a bit later.
Leo sighed, hating his answer.
"To check around the river. Alert the others, and spread them around. I want to find her alive Rob." Leo said, taking a shattered breath.
"We will." Rob assured, and turned to the radio, calling the other officers from their questioning with the random citizens.
--OoO--
It must have been hours later, because when Piper was next aware of her surroundings she was tired and thirsty and hungry.
She looked around to see what woke her up, and found Mar standing in the sea of lime green, a tray in front of her.
"I brought you something to eat." She announced, walking closer to her. "I'll take that towel off, if you promise you won't scream."
Piper nodded in cooperation, trying to ignore her aching head.
The towel was taken off, and Piper let herself breathe through her mouth –finally.
"Oww… It's about time." She groaned. Then remembered.
"Mar, listen to me- you HAVE to let me go…" Piper pleaded.
"No Piper, I can't, mom told me not to." Mar said bitterly.
"You don't understand… She might try and kill Leo." Piper said, and that seemed to hit Mar.
"No… That's none sense."
"What else would she have needed those matches for?! Margaret, PLEASE… You have to let me out of here…" Piper continued, trying hard not to let her tears slide.
Mar shook her head, beginning to cry herself.
"I can't Piper… I just can't. My mother will kill me if I do."
Piper almost felt sorry for Mar. Infect- She felt very sorry for her. But that didn't change anything. She had to get out of there and warn Leo… If it wasn't too late already.
AN: Well peeps… what'd ya think? This was pretty much a filler to what will happen in the next chapter, which I can promise you I will enjoy writing, and you might very well enjoy reading. This story only has two more chapters left (sadly), maybe three to the most. So don't forget to leave me that review!
Oh, and if you are confused about the whole – "What Leo didn't know was that his outburst on Harriet would cause the unpredictable following events later of that night." Line, it will get clear next chapter (wink).