Chapter Nine- Nightmares

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Olivia stayed up all night watching her daughter sleep with a smile on her face. Her little girl had pulled through and Olivia was on top of the world again. Across from her, Elliot was asleep with his hand tightly wrapped around Olivia's and his other hand on his daughter's hand. Olivia smiled in satisfaction but there was still fear on her mind. Richard White hadn't been caught yet, and Olivia knew he would rest until he took his revenge on both her and Alex. Thinking of that thought, Olivia realized that Alex wasn't there anymore.

Casey peeked into the room. She was dressed in casual clothes, changing in her office after her long hours. Seeing that Olivia was awake, Casey slipped into the room.

"Hey." She said quietly, careful not to wake Elliot or Emily.

"Hey. How's Alex?" Olivia asked just as quietly but with concern in her eyes.

Casey drew a breath. "Not good. I think she's hurting more than she's letting on." Casey said.

Olivia bit her lip. She had been so concerned about her daughter she hadn't realized that her best friend may have been hurting afterthe loss of her husband.

"Where is she?" Olivia asked.

"She went home with the twins." Casey said softly.

Olivia stared observing this piece of information. "She had twins?" she asked. She hadn't even noticed the children before, so focused was her attention on Emily.

Casey nodded. "Yeah a boy and a girl. It's a miracle that they survived the crash."

Olivia covered her mouth with her hands. "Oh my gosh. I can't believe this." She breathed. She couldn't believe the blessing Alex had received but disguised as a curse due to the dire situation. "She can do this." She said determinedly.

Casey wasn't as convinced. "I hope you're right." She said softly. "I damn sure hope you are."

Secretly, Olivia was scared out of her mind. Before in happier times, Olivia, Alex, Casey and Melinda always joked that they would be there for the birth of Alex's baby, just like they had been there for Emily's birth. Olivia was worried about Alex, worried about her children, worried about everything. Casey was the only who had made good on the promise. Olivia felt tears come to her eyes once again, but fought them back. She couldn't be weak now. Not when everything was starting to come back together. She just had to be strong...for Casey, for Emily, for Elliot and at the moment, most of all for Alex.

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Munch and Fin had gone over every single file pertaining to White. Nothing suggested where he was staying or if he had contacted anyone. After a while, Melinda walked in to join them.

"Casey called Emily's awake and she's gonna make it." She announced.

Both of the detectives leaped out of their chair with broad smiles on their faces. Munch suddenly grabbed Melinda by the hands and swung her around. Fin raised his eyebrows.

"Get off me, John." Melinda said at an overjoyed Munch.

"Yeah man, what's wrong with you?" Fin asked as Munch hopped up and down.

"I'm just really glad Emily's gonna pull through." He said finally calming down.

Fin rolled his eyes. "See what I have to deal with everyday?" he muttered to Melinda.

Melinda giggled. "Yeah…you must be insane yourself. Now let's get back to the case."

"You're not a detective." Fin mentioned.

"Yeah, but I have a knack for noticing details or else I wouldn't be the M.E." she retorted.

None of them had an answer to that.

"I cannot believe this is happening." Melinda sighed after about two hours of work. "I cannot believe this moronic idiot is this smart."

"If he were a moronic idiot, he wouldn't be smart." Munch pointed out.

Fin groaned. "Don't get him started."

"Too late." Melinda muttered back.

Munch started to ramble about the true definition of a moronic idiot.

Melinda kept typing on the computer, searching every database for any sign of White. Finally she got a hit.

"Guys I got something."

The other two crowded around.

"Oh shit man, he lives three doors down from Alex."

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Alex was trying her best to distract herself. Her files and paperwork were stacked to over her head and she wasn't even glancing at the pile that was threatening to tilt over. Her head was bent in the paper and her children were fast asleep in their crib. It was quiet. Alex had never been around kids so much. The crying was continuous, but their little faces and the gurgling sounds they made were enough to keep her wits together. But she did look forward to her peace and quiet. Alex managed to coo, coax, and rock James and Faith until they were both sound asleep. She looked up to glance at them. They were beautiful a product of her and Jackson and the only thing he left behind. At that thought, she turned back to her files, trying to erase all the memories with one official document after another.

There was a bang on the door. Alex's head shot up and she got up to investigate. She reached for her gun and cocked it. As she walked out of her bedroom door, she locked it behind her. She had no problem getting back in, since she knew how to pick locks in her sleep, due to the amount of time she kept locking herself out of her house and then losing her key in her stack of files. She slowly walked down the stairs.

"Who's there?" she asked, her voice confident, even if her hands were trembling.

"Hello Alex." Came a soft venomous voice.

Alex froze at the sound. She knew who it was. Richard White. He had screamed at her in court that she would regret what she had done, but she had a look on her face as hard as stone that day and walked away.

"Richard." She said whirling around to face him.

"It's been a while, Alex. Why don't you drop the gun and we can talk." He said, his face coming out of the shadows.

"There's nothing to talk about." Alex said sharply, not lowering her gun, which was pointing straight at his chest.

"Oh there is. There is a lot to talk about before I bury you beside your husband Alex and then Olivia will follow and then your children." He said.

Alex's eyes narrowed, but Richard smiled in satisfaction when he saw a trace of fear cross her sapphire eyes. Suddenly, there came a wail from upstairs. Alex was distracted, fear constricting her heart at the thought of one of her babies being hurt or upset. Richard took advantage of the moment. He knocked the gun out of her hands and scrambled for it. Alex came back to her senses and dived for it. It was knocked away from both their hands and they fought. Alex using every ounce of knowledge she had learned from Olivia in self defense, wishing she had spent more time learning than doing paperwork. Alex was no match for Richard, who was bigger and by far stronger.

He wrestled her to the ground as she fought and screamed at him. He slapped her hard across the face and pulled out a shiny knife and held it in front of her. She saw her own terrified reflection on the sliver blade.

"Say good night Alexandra Cabot." Richard said coldly with a sick smile on his face.

Alex closed her eyes, anticipating the feel of the cold blade on her neck and praying that death would take her quickly and painlessly. Her mind gripped with fear at the thought of Faith and James losing both parents before they turned a week old.

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Casey's phone rang. She was on her way to Alex's place to check on her. Melinda's frantic voice came over the line.

"Casey. White lives three doors down from Alex. We figured out that in order for him to know about her life and Olivia's life he had to be close and must've tapped the phones or something. We looked up the calls from his phone and we traced it to a location near her house. Munch managed to narrow it down to an exact location. Casey, where's Olivia?" Melinda rambled, fear in her voice.

Casey felt a sense of dread. "Oh my gosh, Alex's is home alone." She screamed.

"I know. That's why we need Olivia there now!" Melinda yelled back.

"I'm on my way there." Casey said pushing on the gas pedal harder as her car sped down the road and other cars honked their horns and shouted profanities at her.

"Hurry." Melinda's voice said, more much softly, filling Casey with more panic.

She finally reached the front of Alex's house. She paused for half a second to catch her breath. Suddenly, she heard a frightened scream and a baby's wail.

"Alex!" Casey cried. Thinking fast she pushed the speed dial on her phone for Olivia and left it in the car, racing into the house scared for her best friend.

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I think I told everyone that updates will be much slower now that I'm taking classes again. Which sucks of course, but I will certainly try my best to update all my stories. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and thanks to all who reviewed. R&R and make me wanna write lol…well I like to write either way, but it makes the whole thing a little sweeter. Heh hehe.