Title: Shadows In The Dark
Author: Ebony-Jayne
Notes: Casey and Olivia prepare to confront Ella about her marriage. But they don't get the chance because someone else gets to her first...
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or the show or the storylines on the show. I do, however, own the characters that I make up so please don't steal them. Any resemblance to anyone or anyplace is a coincidence.
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Chapter Five: Snatched
Ring, ring. Ring, ring. Ring, ring. Olivia jumped up and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?" she asked sleepily.
"Olivia?" came a distressed little voice.
"Gracie? Yeah it's me," she assured the little girl.
"Olivia you have to help us!" Grace sounded terrified.
"Gracie, honey, what happened? Are you Ok?" Olivia was putting her clothes on as she spoke.
"Daddy found us Olivia! He hurt Mamma real bad and took her away in a big black van. And we're all alone now 'cause Auntie Kendra and Uncle Joel and Emma and Josh went away 'cause Joel's Mamma died," Grace was crying now.
"Ok, Gracie I want you to lock all of the doors and only open them when you hear my voice ok? Promise me Grace," Olivia cursed under her breath as she got caught up in her bra.
"I promise. Hurry Olivia we're really, really scared," behind Graces sobbing she could hear Blaike crying and Bronté screaming.
"I'll be there really soon Ok?" Olivia promised.
"Ok-," the phone cut off.
"Shit!" Olivia cursed. She hoped to god George hadn't come back for the kids. She rang Elliot and Cragen on the way to Kendra's house and told them what Grace had told her and to meet her there. She arrived at Kendra's and retrieved her gun. She cocked it and carefully stepped out of the car. She kept her eyes trained on her surroundings trying to detect any movements. She nearly shot a cat when it jumped out of a rubbish bin in her peripheral vision. She had just put her hand on the door handle when a shot rang out. It landed about five inches left of her head. "Gracie honey it's Olivia. You have to let me in. Quick," she called out.
The lock clicked and the door opened revealing Grace in her pink nightie. Olivia quickly went in and locked the door just as another shot rang out. Grace screamed and started to cry even harder. "Come here sweetie," Olivia scooped her up and hugged her close. She turned off all of the lights and rang 911. She reported the shots and then rang Elliot and Cragen again to warn them. Then she headed into Bronté's room. Blaike had managed to climb into her crib. He had her head in his lap and was stroking her fine hair as he cried his little heart out. Bronté was asleep again and so Olivia just shifted her slightly and scooped Blaike out of the crib.
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When the sounds of a patrol car sounded in the distance, tyres screeched outside and Olivia saw a large unmarked black van screech out of the street. By the time the cars pulled up outside the van was long gone. Elliot jumped out of the car and Olivia realized he had Casey with him.
"Liv!" he called as she opened the door to let him in.
"Powice tar," Blaike sniffled from where he had his head tucked against Olivia's shoulder.
"Yeah those are police cars," Olivia smiled. Grace wiggled in her arms and Olivia set her down. She ran to Casey and started to cry all over again when she saw Casey's tears.
"Gracie baby it's ok," Casey tried to comfort her. "I knew it Olivia! I knew something happened," she sobbed herself. Olivia pulled her into an awkward one armed hug trying to comfort her and not drop or squash Blaike.
"It's ok Case. We'll get her back. We'll find her," Olivia soothed.
"She's really hurt Olivia. I can just feel it," Casey sobbed.
"Hey," Olivia stepped back and took Casey's chin in her hand. "We will find her Casey. I swear to you we will fond her," she promised.
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Ella awoke in absolute agony. Her arms had been wrenched back and taped tightly behind her back and her ankles were taped together too. She groaned in pain, tears spilling down her cheeks. Her face felt like it was on fire and so did her stomach. Her shoulders ached from where they had been pulled back. She tried to scream but there was a piece of tape across her mouth. She couldn't breathe through her nose properly either. She began to panic, whimpering desperately and straining against her bonds. Suddenly a hand reached around and pulled the tape off.
"What's wrong baby?" a voice asked.
"I…couldn't…breathe…bastard," Ella gasped out.
"Ellie baby. You brought this on yourself. You know that. You brought it on yourself when you disappeared in the middle of the night with my children," George came into her line of sight.
"Don't call me baby you bastard," Ella snarled. "I disappeared in the middle of the night because you hit me in front of my child," she coughed, more tears spilling down her cheeks from the pain that caused her.
"You should know that you will never get away from me. So I think I'll leave you here for a couple of days before I kill you. Then I'll present with a solid alibi and take my children back to San Francisco with me. Maybe that nasty twin of yours too. I know that she saw me first. She was so mad when I chose you. But I knew that you would be the easier one to control. But Casey'll learn," George laughed. He kicked Ella hard in the ribs before striding out the room laughing. Ella screamed and writhed in pain. 'Oh god," she thought desperately. 'I have to get out of here…'
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