Title: Shadows In The Dark
Author: Ebony-Jayne
Notes: The detectives are working around the clock. Will they get Ella out alive…?
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 Six: Missing
Olivia yawned and took in the scene around her. Elliot was sitting at his desk, phone in one hand, head resting on the other. Munch was digging through a box of documents trying to find something, anything to help them find Ella. Every few minutes he would take his glasses off and rub his eyes. Fin was also on the phone but he apparently wasn't getting anywhere because he clearly wasn't happy. Casey had curled up on one of the chairs and was sound asleep with her head on her knees, her hair obscuring her face. Olivia watched her for a few seconds before deciding that she couldn't let her sleep like that because she'd be extremely sore when she woke up. She got up and walked over to the sleeping woman.
"Casey, Casey come on," Olivia reached over and rubbed her back. Casey lifted her head turning her bleary eyes toward Olivia.
"What's going on?" she asked sleepily.
"Nothing. You can't sleep in that chair like that Casey it'll hurt like hell. Come and find a bed in the crib," Olivia answered. Casey obeyed and Olivia led her into the crib and got her into a bed. She was asleep within seconds of lying down. Olivia tucked a blanket around her and left the crib closing the door behind her.
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Ella was awake again but George was nowhere to be seen. She was taking in her surroundings. She was in a warehouse somewhere. There was some old furniture in there but not much else. Suddenly she spotted it. Her cell phone was lying on the floor underneath an old couch. She looked around her and then tried to wriggle closer to the couch. It took her a while and it hurt a lot but she finally managed to get to her phone. She picked it up and held it behind her pushing the buttons and hoping she had the right number. She dropped the phone and leaned down beside it.
"Hello?" the voice on the other end of the phone answered.
"C-Casey?" Ella said.
"Ellie! Oh my god!" Casey gasped. "Where are you?"
"D-don't know. W-Warehouse somewhere. I'm going to leave my phone on. I-It has GPS on it. P-put a trace out on it Casey," Ella instructed.
"Ok. I love you Ellie," Casey whispered.
"I-I love you too," Ella hung up the phone.
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"Olivia!" Casey called out as she came rushing back into the room. "Ellie just rang me. She told me she's going to leave her Cell on. She's got GPS on it because it's a new phone so she told me to tell you to put a trace on it," She said breathlessly."
"Ok I'm on it," Olivia and the rest of the squad sprang into action. Soon they had a read on Ella's cell phone. It was in a warehouse not far from Kendra and Joel's house.
"Think it'd be worth dragging SWAT out?" Elliot asked.
"Absolutely. We have no idea whether or not he's armed. This is what SWAT is trained for," Cragen told them.
"Ok let's get going," Olivia said. They jumped into their cars and headed for the warehouse SWAT had already responded by the time they got there.
"There's no-one here at all Detectives," the leader of the SWAT team told them.
"What?" Olivia asked incredulously.
"Your guy must have figured her out," he held up a cell phone in a gloved hand. Olivia took it and looked at the display, Ellie Novak.
"It's her phone," Olivia told the others. She sighed deeply. She should've known fate would never let them off that easily.
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Ella was asleep when she suddenly felt strange. She opened her eyes and realized that she was no longer in the warehouse. She was back in the van and she was moving. She shifted and realized that her arms were now in front of her and her feet weren't taped together anymore. She realized that her plan was now totally shot. She just hoped that George was stupid enough to leave the detectives something to go on. Suddenly the van stopped. Without the hum of the engine she could hear the sounds of flowing water. She started to panic and hyperventilate. The back doors of the van were thrown open and George's furious face peered in.
"You stupid bitch! You led them right to me! Not going to happen again though," he laughed as he dragged her out of the van. She realized that they were right down on the banks of the Hudson River. George had her under the arms and he gently lowered her into the freezing water. "You're going to hell tonight Briella," he whispered.
"I'll see you there George," she whispered. Then he let her go. Her head ducked under and she flailed around trying to get above the water again. She did briefly and managed to suck in a breath of air. She went under and came back up over and over again as she floated down the river. Her lungs and throat burned and she was exhausted and in agony. She realized that this was it. She realized that she would probably die here tonight. She fought harder and harder until finally she had no fight left in her and the world slowly faded to black.
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Sorry for the cliffie (author laughs evilly).
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