Title: Shadows In The Dark
Author: Ebony-Jayne
Notes: The team is getting closer and closer to George…Will they finally catch up to him or will he slip through their fingers again?
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 Ten: Blood Drops
"Hey Eames!" Elliot called across the major cases squad room.
"Yeah," she answered absently.
"That your coat ringing?" he pointed to the coat on the back of a chair.
"Oh crap!" Eames dived for her phone pulling it out of her coat pocket. "Eames. Really?…all right, we'll be there soon," she hung up the phone. "We've found George Stevens' base of operations. Anonymous tip on the hotline said that he was staying in a hotel room not that far from here," she told them.
"Right let's go," Elliot said, putting his coat on.
"CSU is meeting us there," Eames told him.
"What was the phone number?" Goren asked randomly.
"What?" Eames was confused.
"Of the anonymous tipper," Goren clarified.
"Oh. I don't know," Eames answered.
"Ok. I'm going to stay here. I have a hunch," Goren turned to Olivia.
"Wanna stay here and help me try to prove my hunch?" he asked.
"Uh yeah," Olivia nodded. Goren's hunches usually had at least some substance to them.
"Great," he smiled kindly.
"We'll call you and let you know what we find," Elliot told them.
"Ok," Olivia nodded. Elliot turned and followed Eames out of the building.
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"Goren. Yeah…really?...Who?...mmhmm…ok thanks," Goren hung up his phone and looked at Olivia who had been listening to his side of the conversation. "They got the blood and print results back off the letter," he told her. "There were only four sets of identifiable prints on the envelope; yours, Ella Stevens', the on duty nurse's and George Stevens'," he told her.
"That means-," Olivia began.
"He was there. In the hospital," Goren finished.A manhandedGoren a sheet withthe phone number for the anonymous tipster.He stared at the number in front of him. "And that is George Stevens' cell phone number," he told her.
"Ella…" Olivia trailed off realizing what was going on.
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At the same time Elliot and Eames were looking through the hotel room George Stevens had been staying in. There were a few clothes and bags, nothing particularly incriminating. Elliot wandered over to the bed and lifted one of the pillows with gloved hands. He found a book that looked kind of like a diary underneath it. He opened it and began to read the last page. Eames watched as the color drained from his face.
"You detectives really are nosy bastards aren't you? No respect for one's privacy. At least if you are reading this you were stupid enough to follow my anonymous tip. She'll be in hell when you find her this time. I'll make damn sure of that. Tick tock, tick tock, BOOM. You're out of time Detectives," he read the last entry out loud. "Eames this was a set up. He phoned in the anonymous tip to distract us," Elliot stated the obvious. His phone chose that moment to ring. "Stabler…yeah I know…WHAT! Ok we'll meet you there," he hung up and turned to Eames. "We need to get to the hospital. Now," He told her.
"There's police guarding her how can he get in?" she asked.
"I don't know but according to our partners he's gotten in before," he told her.
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She wasn't in her room and the nurse didn't know where she was.
"Oh god," Olivia groaned. There were police stationed at every possible exit point. If he was still in the hospital he wasn't getting out.
"Hey look at this," Goren pointed to some tiny blood drops on the floor. He grabbed a rubber glove from his pocket and touched one of the blood drops. "They're fresh," he told Olivia. "There's a trail. It goes all the way out the door," he stated. He began to follow the drops, Elliot and Eames met them just as they exited the room. They all followed the blood drops into an elevator and out again at the top floor the elevator went to. Then they went up a flight of stairs that led to the roof. The four Detectives pulled out their weapons and quietly emerged onto the sunny roof each one with a sinking feeling in their stomach. Olivia spotted them first. She nudged Eames and nodded toward the two figures on a ledge at the edge of the roof. They crept closer until they could hear what George was saying.
"You won't survive a fall like this one Briella. No way. You shouldn't have survived your little swim in the Hudson either but you got lucky," George sneered. "Any last words you want me to pass on to the kids?" he asked her.
"Yeah," Ella replied. "Tell them Mamma didn't go down without a fight."
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Ella suddenly lunged at George knocking him off the ledge and onto the roof. She threw her elbow back and hit him in the jaw.
"BITCH!" George screamed. Eames had run forward by now and Goren was hot on her heels. The larger than life detective grabbed George who had managed to flip so he was on top of Ella and hauled him to his feet. Though George certainly wasn't small he looked it compared to the detective who was now manhandling him so his partner could slap some cuffs on him.
"George Stevens you are under arrest for attempted murder. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law…" Eames voice faded into the background as Olivia ran to Ella's side. She was shaking and as white as a sheet.
"Ellie, its ok honey. It's over. We've got you now. It's ok now," she pulled Ella onto her feet gently and led her away from the ruckus.
"You found my trail?" Ella asked thickly. Her bottom lip was swollen and bleeding.
"Yeah. You did good Ellie," Olivia told her. They stood quietly for a moment watching as Goren and Eames got one of George's wrists cuffed and writhed as they tried to get the other one on, screaming abuse and threats at the top of his lungs. Elliot happily stepped in then grabbing George in a headlock so they could cuff his wrist. The worst was finally over.
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I think maybe one more chapter after this and I'll finish it up?
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