Chapter 2 - The Lead
11th Floor
Alex didn't say another word until they got to back to their office on the eleventh floor. Bobby was really concerned about his partner life. He wasn't to sure if she liked him hanging around twenty-four seven but he couldn't do anything. The funerals for the three officers were in about a week's time because they had to run tests on all the bodies. They knew exactly how they died easily but for other reasons. Deakins advised everyone of the eleventh floor that they don't blab to anyone, not even the paparazzi.
While Alex and Bobby were filling out paperwork, Alex jumped as the phone rang suddenly. She grabbed it before it made to it two rings.
"Hello, Major Case Squad Detective Eames speaking," she answered, in a professional voice.
"At least I know who I'm looking at," the voice answered. Alex's stomach knotted in fear. He could see her, he could probably hear her. She started to look around but decided it might look she wanted to see him.
"What do you want?" she asked, firmly, sliding under her desk, trying not to draw attention to yourself.
"C'mon Alex, you know what I want, I want justice. I already have justice from three of your friends, that's a start," he laughed. Bobby suddenly looked up as he felt something was wrong. "Now, my next trick would probably get the big hulk out of the way first before I could get you," he hissed.
"No, don't touch him, he didn't put you in jail, I did," she argued angrily, tears were welling in her eyes but she didn't want to excite him.
"Exactly get him out of the way then he won't get hurt," he said in a non-emotion voice and hung up the phone. She still held the phone even though she could hear the other still beeping of being hung up. She sat up and found her partner staring at her in confusion.
"Do you have a private club down there or something?" he teased, smiling at her, his eyes sparkling at her.
"Ha, ha," she answered, sarcastically, sitting up in her chair again. Bobby was suddenly looking at her curiously and studying her movements. She felt like someone was watching her and she found Goren staring at her.
"What?" she asked, half-annoyed at Bobby.
"It was him wasn't it?" he asked.
"Yeah, and he wants you out of the way," she muttered, angrily.
"You're not going anywhere alone, Captain's orders," Goren told Eames quickly.
"I'm plenty old enough to take care of myself, thank you very much," she shot back at him. Deakins came over just as Alex got up angrily.
"Sit down detective," he ordered, firmly.
"This perp knows where you work, he can see you and now we want you to be under witness protection now,"
"But –"
"No, buts," he snapped. "Goren take her home and get her stuff then meet us out of the front," he said firmly, and glancing at Alex. She was about to argue when a sudden scream down the near the elevators interrupted them.
"Detectives I think you should see this!" a guard yelled. Eames and Goren ran straight to guard and found another person the same case but now half out of the elevator dead. Stabbing wounds were on his neck and shoulders and one in his stomach. This time it was a Crime Scene Unit team member that worked with Detective Colin Marks.
"Shit," Deakins muttered under his breath. "We have to catch this bastard," he confirmed, angrily and stormed away. Goren leaned down and saw white piece of paper hanging out from his pocket. It was a receipt from a hotdog stand down the street.
"What's that?" Eames asked, curiously.
"Let's get some lunch," he answered, making Eames following him in confusion.
5th Avenue – Ralf's Hot Dogs Stand.
"Have you seen this guy hanging around?" Eames asked, shoving a photo of Zane Callahan in the hotdog guys face. He jerked his head back as if he was slapped.
"No, ma'am sorry," he answered, softly.
"Are you sure?" Goren asked, firmly. "Coz if you're lying, you could go to jail," he warned him, waving handcuffs in his face. His face went red as the ketchup that was on his hotdog.
"Ok, I saw him," he confessed, looking down.
"Well, where?"
"Over there," he said pointing to a nearby booze shop that was on the corner. "He looked very nervous and he seemed paranoid about who was coming. When he saw me looking at him he sort of warned me. He put his finger up to his neck and put it across his neck. Like he was slicing his neck off to warn me if I told anyone," he sobbed.
"Thank you," Eames told him, following Goren to the booze shop. They walked in and found Zane talking to the person on the front counter. Eames and Goren glanced at each other. Goren walked up.
"Hey, do you have any Midori left?" he asked, like every customer would ask.
"Um….I, think we do have some," the front counter person answered, and went out the back. Eames went up beside Zane. He glanced at her then at Goren. His eyes turned into terror, he was just about run. Before he could move, Eames pulled him back and slammed him against the counter.
"Whoa! Settle down bitch," he sneered at her.
"Zane Callahan you're under arrest," she answered, firmly and Goren grabbed the other side of Zane.
Interrogation Room
Zane Callahan smiled at Alex Eames or referred to four years ago as 'Allie' or 'Lexie' when they found him. He remembered from four years ago. She changed a lot from all those years; she had long blond hair, but now just short now. She looked even hotter than four years ago. Also she had dark streaks in her hair when she went undercover when they arrested him. He remembered her all right clear as sunshine any day. If course she was still has short as she was.
"So why am I here?" he asked her leaning towards her, see if she would take his challenge like most Detectives do.
"You know damn well why you're here," she answered, firmly, opening a file that had his name on it in bold letters.
"Still the tough little Allie from the drugs store, huh?" he mocked her and laughed. Detective Goren was behind me in his little corner where he liked to think about the suspect. This time he couldn't really think about the suspect more like his partner this time. She'd already lost four old friends she used to work now the bastard was hitting on right there in front of him. She was strong but some people just under her skin pretty well.
"Don't make me do something I'll regret," she told him.
"I don't regret anything I said or did to you," he whispered to her, and put his hand out to stroke her cheek but she pulled away.
"Ok, that's enough," Goren said firmly, grabbing a chair and sitting in close to Zane. "Let's talk about your childhood? Did you like it?"
"So what if I did or didn't?" Zane asked, shrugging and smiling at Alex. She glanced from Goren to Zane.
"C'mon it's that big of secret, I'll tell you mine, I hated it! It was a nightmare!" he yelled, making Zane jump a mile off his seat. "I have a feeling yours wasn't that crash hot either…Jesus Christ you're really a little shit like Alex told me," he sighed, leaning closer to Zane. Zane glared at him angrily and then Allie. She was smiling and raised an eyebrow at him.
"You slut!" he yelled, lunging at her angrily. Alex backed away quickly. Goren grabbed Zane by the arms and shoved him back down.
"You shouldn't throw yourself around, Zane you know what that can do to you," he said firmly, waving a finger at him like a child.
The door burst open and there was Zane's mother. Lilly Callahan, she hadn't changed much since Alex remembered. Her hair was still at her shoulders but a little greyer now, and her eyes were the same but they looked a tinged darker than ever.
"What have they done to you, darling," she hugged her son tightly, like he was her lifeguard.
She turned from Goren to Eames and jumped back as her eyes lay on Alex.
"You!" she screamed, jabbing her finger in her direction, angrily. "You're the one you put my son in jail. You a sin, a bad sin and I hope you burn in hell for it!" she said leading her son of out the interrogation room.
"I want to file a complaint against you, Alexandra Eames!" she yelled and found Deakins office. She barged in where Carver and Deakins were talking.
"Hi, I'm Lilly Callahan and I want to make a complaint about one of your Detectives," she informed them. Goren and Eames walked in as Lilly was making a list of what Alex done to her poor son and Deakins was trying to defend her.
"Look, I'm sorry, Mrs. Callahan but I can't fire one of my detectives because you seem to have a grudge against one of them," Deakins said firmly.
"Do you want me to bring this matter up with the chef of detectives?" she threatened, glanced at Zane in amusement. Alex looked from Goren, to Carver to Deakins in confusion.
"Captain," she said. "Whatever Lilly said to you is a load of bullshit ok, you really think I would do those things?" she asked, glaring at Mrs. Callahan.
"Don't set yourself high Detective you should be out of here by tomorrow," Lilly Callahan smirked and stormed out, leading Zane along with her. He gave a sly smile then followed his mother out of the door.
"Do both of you believe her?" Alex asked the two men. Goren was standing behind her, edging to hear what they had to say.
"We can't really fire you on the spot because this Lilly Callahan has a grudge against you," Carver answered. "But unfortunately she put a restraining order against you for the rest of this case before you walked in," he informed Alex, giving her the restraining order file that had a complaint about her.
"Great," she murmured, angrily and gave it back to Carver.
"I'm sorry, Alex you're off this case for the time being," Deakins told her, he didn't really wanna kick her off but he had to.
"Fine," she answered, firmly and walked out the door slamming it behind her. The three men sat in silence as Alex presence was lingering in the office.
"You really shouldn't have done that captain," Goren broke the silence.
"I couldn't do anything else, Bobby you know that," he snapped. "Shouldn't you be working on that case?"
Goren nodded and walked out of the Captain's office.
Ron Carver saw the look on Bobby Goren's face. An expression of anger and confusion maybe, or just plain anger? But he wished he could help the detective but he was only a District Attorney that couldn't really make Captain Deakins what to do.
Goren's partner was sitting at her desk filing papers looking bored. Goren came up to her and leaned over her. He could see him whisper into her ear, she nodded thoughtfully and smiled. I swear something's going on between them, he thought but he knew they only had a professional relationship. Then he saw Goren had slid down her back and Eames smiling at him and pushed him away gently, still smiling at him.
"What are you staring at Carver?" Deakins asked, breaking his joy of the entertainment of watching the two detectives.
"Is something going on between, Goren and Eames?"
"I have a feeling there is but I can't be sure, why?"
"They just proved it right then," he smiled at Deakins. He laughed.
"Can we please go back to work, please?" Deakins asked, smiling impatiently.
"Sure."
Callahan's Apartment, Bronx, New York
Lilly Callahan smiled at her son. She knew that bitch that put him in jail in the first place would think of Zane done it. But hey she's glad that he got blamed not her. She didn't want to get caught anyway. Just hope that the giant that was with her isn't has smart as he thinks he is to figure out it was her. She would just pray that no one suspects the poor mother who son was ruined. By the time she kills that detective Alex Eames, Zane will be cooked like a thanksgiving turkey in jail, she thought her grin getting wider as she pricked her finger and sucked it. No body gives me strength but god, she thought.
One Police Plaza, 11th Floor
"Finally," Alex sighed as the laptop finally got onto the site she wanted. Her smile returned broadly as she explored the site. Goren hated it when she went on a site that wasn't work related. So since she was off the case she couldn't do anything else. She glanced at Goren across the desk from her; he was doing some paper work on the four murderer's case that she couldn't be in.
"Hey, Alex you want some lunch?" Goren asked, breaking her rhythm of reading.
"Yeah, sure," she answered.
"C'mon," he said, grabbed her arm and pulled her up. She put down her laptop on her desk and closed the site she was on. He got her coat and put it on her. She smiled at him. She grabbed her keys and followed him out of the door to the elevators. He glanced at Alex and smiled at her. Her small frame made everyone think that she was easy to get to and easy to manipulate. But she was strong, smart and not easy to manipulate. Although she was a woman she could really kick a guys ass but to their well of darkness. Not like he thought that no woman could do that but he knew she was the only one that understood in a way no one else did. As they got in the car there seemed to be a sudden silence around Alex.
"What did he do to you?" Goren asked, referring to Zane Callahan. She gave Goren a 'don't go any further' look and started the car. "He raped you, right?" he asked.
"NO!" she snapped angrily.
"Did he somehow take something away from you?"
"Goren, I don't want to talk about it, ok? It was nothing," she answered, firmly and putting the car in reverse then stopped as Goren was still staring at her. He gave her 'please tell me' look that made her heart jump. His puppy-look on his face made her feels bad not telling him about Zane Callahan about what he did to her.
"Ok, it was something big, bigger than anything that you'll ever know," Alex answered, tears springing to her eyes. Goren was listening he was very interested in the big story.
"I was pregnant with my husband baby that was before we broke up we rarely saw each other. He was in the chef of Detectives. Anyway when we actually caught the bastard, he kicked me as hard as he could. Right in the stomach," she started to sob. "I went through so much pain. He killed her, my and David's baby he loved the sight of me, just the look in his eye made me sick." Tears streaming down her face made Bobby want to cry too. He hugged her tightly; she seemed so fragile when she was upset about something. Now he really wanted to convict Zane Callahan again because he hurt his Alex. Now it was time for revenge.
A/N: hello, hoped you enjoyed the second chapter of Hold On. I love reviews and will try to get Chapter 3 up ASAP!