Chapter 20: Winning the Battle, Losing the War
(Narrator POV)
It had been a little over two weeks since Christmas and life was great for the couple. They hadn't seen each other every day but they were very happy. Although Olivia had been complaining about stomach pains, she was only about 6-7 weeks pregnant. They both said that it was nothing which it was and if there was something wrong their first appointment was a few days away but there was absolutely nothing to worry about. It common for that to happen when you're pregnant, especially with your first. Your stomach is stretch and your body is preparing for a baby. But other than that life was good Edgar was starting physical therapy and could apply pressure on his foot still using the crutches more often than not.
Lucy had stopped by to see Olivia and Noah.
It had been the second her and Olivia spoke, but the first tome in person. Since her mom's medical emergency but she was doing fine now with the proper care. "Hey guys!"
"Hi Lucy!" Noah screamed and ran up to her and gave her a hug. They moved over to sit on the sofa.
"So how have you been?" Liv asked.
"Since we first talked about a week ago, I have started working again for one family. So that I don't over work myself."
"Trying to ease back to normal. That's understandable."
"Yeah, but I should be on my way to work and I'm sure you do as well. I can take Noah to school if you'd like?"
"Noah would you like that?"
"Yes!"
"Okay well get your shoes and Lucy will take you to school but I or Edgar will pick you up."
"Okay." He ran off to grab his things for school.
"Oh yeah... how's that going?"
"What?"
"You and Edgar."
"Oh it's been crazy but wonderful. Can I tell you a secret you have to promise to keep?"
"Yeah sure. Should I be scared?"
"Unless handling a baby scares you, no."
"You're kidding! Wow, Olivia, Congratulations!"
"Thank you Lucy. I don't want to tell many people yet only Noah and Edgar's family know. And a friend but they don't live too close to here so. Keep it on the down low too many things are too uncertain."
"Promise." Lucy and Noah left. Olivia had to finish getting ready for work. Today's outfit was a white blouse with a bright red blazer under a black quarter zip and a heavy duty grey trench coat, with the usual black pants but she switched her boots to the open heel than the normal closed heel. She felt a pain in her stomach but cut was full and brushed it off. Picked up her bag, keys, and was out the door. In the car she was waiting for the the windshield to defrost, she hadn't quite figured out her new car. She knew there was some way to remote start the car but she couldn't figure out. After it was clear to see she pulled out of her parking space and Edgar called.
"Hey baby." Olivia spoke first.
"Morning." He said very dully
"Everything okay?"
"Yeah. I'm just woke up? But had to make sure you and Noah were good since we haven't seen or talked in a few days."
"Okay, I'm sorry work has just been busy, but we closed the case. Now it's just time for a bunch of paper work; unless another person decided to be an ass today."
"I don't think you should use that language with out baby around."
"It can't here me yet so?" She received a text for Lucy there was an attachment she open it up and it was screenshot of text messages between Lucy and another person. Saying help and a lot of other things but she saw 'help! Gun. Dead.' That's all she needed. "Edgar, honey, I'm gonna have to call you back."
"Okay love you."
"Love you too bye." She hung up the phone and called Lucy. "Lucy who is that?"
"It's another one of my family's I sit for. Their son I'm at the house right now. I'm gonna go inside."
"Lucy don't go inside you don't know what all is happening."
"Liv I have to do something. They could be hurt!"
"You could get hurt. Is Noah still with you?"
"No I wouldn't do that to you. I would never put him in that kind of danger. But I have to go inside."
"Lucy. Don't go inside of the house, where is the house?"
"It's down the street from Bellevue, it's a brownstone lots of flowers around it. I'm going inside Liv!"
"Lucy! No you coul-" the line ended. She wasn't in her cop car, of all of the days why this one. It took about seven minutes to arrive at the brownstone. She parked all the way up the street. There was no sign of forced entry from what she could see when she walked up. She knocked at the door. There was a voice that screamed "who is it!"
"It's Olivia your neighbor. I came because your son didn't meet with the other kids to got to school the nanny didn't show so I taking the kids." He came to the door and opened it to the point where you could only see him.
"Uhh yeah they were running a bit late, you could come in for a cup of coffee while they finish getting ready."
"No I'm fine I'll wait out here."
"No it's freezing please come inside." He was getting antsy.
"No thank yo-"
"Bitch I said come in the got damn house!" He yanked her inside the house slammed her up against the door "Oww!" There were three guns pointed at her no more than 4 inches. Still focusing their guns on Olivia the man who opened the door said "tie her up... extra tight." He dropped his gun from her head while the other two kept steady. "I like this one, she's cute." He said as he ran his hands down her breast, then down her sides. He felt something on her right side raised her jacket up and saw her badge. "The bitch is a cop! Check her for a gun." They took both guns from her and backed away to their 'positions'. "I knew I liked you for a reason. Lady cops are feisty. And you're a sex... detective."
"No if you could read it says captain on my badge and on there dumbass!" Olivia didn't know what ice she was treading on but she was just test the water around it.
"Did I ask you to talk?" He put the gun to her head. "You think I won't shoot you?"
"Did I hit a nerve? You don't have the balls to shoot me."
"I will!" She pulled her off the wall and sat her on a chair. All he did was point the gun at her after a few second Olivia started taunting him again. She stood up and as she walked up to him she said "would you like me to pull the trigger for you?" He pistol whipped her not hard enough to to knock her out but hard enough for to fall to the ground and she started bleeding from the gash on her head. "I won't shoot you this time. It wouldn't do me any good. I'm saving you for later; then you're gonna wish I had just shot you in the first place." He looked at the two ladies in the kitchen tie her up in the the room upstairs. Maybe that's where everyone else was because it only looked like the the mom and dad were down stairs. The dad was probably dead by the looks of it and the mom was bleeding severely from her leg.
Upstairs in the room there was Lucy and five kids one teenage boy, one teenage girl, one boy around Noah's age, and two infants. They were mixed; dad is white and the mom is black. They were all crying but the babies were wailing and screaming so loud. And it wasn't helping Olivia headache but they couldn't help it. They tied Olivia on the closet door handle. Once the ring leader left and was all the way down stairs the woman in the room spoke. "I'm Nora, I don't like people so don't try anything with me cop lady."
"Heard."
"Can one of you shut those babies up!" Lucy was holding one and the eldest boy was holding the other.
"We're trying they are hungry and only my mom can help them." Gavin the boy spoke.
"Put them in the car seats. I'll take them to her. While I'm gone don't try anything because I will shoot you and I'm not kidding."
Once she was completely gone Olivia started asking a lot of questions. "Is everyone okay?" They nodded being as quiet as possible. "What's your first and last names?"
"I'm Gavin, that's my sister Jessa, thats my little brother Kai, we're the Troy's. And she is Kai, Jordan, and Jazmine's baby sister; Lucy."
"I know Lucy. How long have you guys been like this?"
"Maybe an hour." Jessa added.
"Okay. I'm a police officer, I'm gonna help you guys get out of here, okay? Just trust me a little bit it may take a while but I promise I will get all of you out of here, even on my last breath. Who is the one in charge?"
"That's Rick I think that what I keep hearing." Lucy said.
There was a silence in the room to here the yelling and screaming from down stairs. It sounded like Nora, Rick, and the mom yelling. The babies were still crying. "Where is the money!" Rick raged so loudly. Then there was two gun shots fired... the babies were no longer crying. All you heard was the mom screaming and crying. "Oh my gosh." Olivia said she started to tear up. But somebody had to have heard the shots and help would be on the way. Then Olivia's phone rang, they all heard people rush up the stairs to the room in cake three people Nora, Rick, and some other guy. "Where's the phone?" The grabbed Olivia's coat and pulled her phone out of her coat, Edgar was calling. "Answer it. If you don't he'll know somethings wrong."
"Act. Normal." He said sternly. He put the phone on speaker.
'Olivia?'
"Hey Edgar."
'You okay? I came to the precinct to see you. They said you never showed.'
"I'm fine Edgar I just stopped for some breakfast and coffee lines are very long."
'Okay I'll wait here for you unless I get called in for a meeting.'
Rick covered the speaker, not very good though. "Get him to leave."
'What was that? Leave where?"
"I didn't say anything. I don't wanna keep you waiting go to the doctor see if you can get in early."
'Nah. I'll wait it's no biggie'
"No Edgar leave." She held in a strong pain.
'Are you sure you're okay? You don't sound right?'
Rick yanked the phone away and ended the call. "Bitch! You were supposed to make him go away!" He hit her multiple times and Olivia cried out in pain.
"Please don't hurt her." Lucy exclaimed.
"Shut up!" Nora yelled.
"If I see a red or blue light- ya know what let them come they can get me what I want."
At the precinct they were listening to the action going on the other side of the phone. Edgar had covered up the mic part and told everyone to get quiet. He put the phone on speaker and he couldn't believe what was happening. They traced the call and called CSU and Hostage negotiation.
"Don't hang up the phone! Put yourself on mute. If they hear you hang up or the slightest bit of noise that could cause more harm to Olivia. Matter of fact give me your name phone."Fin told Edgar.
"Why?"
"So that we can hear out there at the house."
"I'm coming."
"You know I can't let you do that."
"Look this is my family this guy is screwing with. I will sit in the van and be quiet but I have to be there whenever this unfolds."
"Fine but that's is all you do."
An hour had passed and the street was swarmed in swat vehicles, police cars, and ambulances. Not much had been accomplished because Olivia's phone was preoccupied. "How do we talk to this guy?" Tucker asked.
"There is a way it may not work but this guys sounds pretty high if someone else were to call Olivia's this phone it would still ring and look quite similar but it will say answer and hold as an option. But I don't think he will notice." Carisi explained.
"It's all we got..." Kat added.
"Give it shot." Tucker called Olivia.
"Who is Tucker?" He asked a visibly hurt Olivia she was in so much pain. She took a deep breath, "he- he's the person you want to talk to. H- he... can get you, what you want."
"Hi Tucker you're the person who can get me out of here huh?"
'Yes but I'm gonna need you cooperate with me so I can help you. Is there anyone under the age of 18 inside?'
"Yes. 3 kids."
'Okay is there anyone inside who need medical assistance?'
"Yes. 3 people."
'Okay thank you.'
"So that's it I cooperate with you and that's all you get everything you didn't even ask what I wanted."
'I was just getting to that. What do you want?'
"I want 5 million dollars in cash, two black trucks, a clear pathway to a private jet, no pilot."
'I will get right on that. But every time I give you something you have to give me on person.'
"No can do. I need all of them with me- well you can come get the dad. He's probably dead anyway. Won't do you any good." He said almost too calmly.
'Okay that's great Rick. I need you to tel-
"I'm sorry Mr. Tucker but that's all I can do for right now." He ended the call. Which ended all three lines. Edgar was frustrated but tried to keep his cool. Rick had moved everyone excepted for Olivia downstairs to the couch. He went upstairs and untied Olivia from the door and put her on the bed "I don't know about you but I'm about to enjoy this." He started stripping her.
"No please! Don't do this." She cried in agony. She was in agonizing, pure and utter pain.
"Too late for begging."
"Please I'm pregnant I don't want to lose my baby." He got so angry at her statement he started screaming how much her hated kids and babies. While hitting and punching Olivia she screamed and yelled for help and for him to stop. Her pain was just never ending. Meanwhile Kat and a medic come in and grab Mr. Troy. Kat couldn't believe her ears. It was so awful. When they got outside everyone wanted to know what was going on. But she wasn't sure how to tell them. "Uhh they are fine. But Olivia was upstairs and it sounded like she was struggling. She was screaming for help and for him to stop."
"Oh my gosh." Edgar stood up and walked out of the van.
Upstairs Olivia was getting tired but still was trying to get free and fight. She kicked him in the balls. He fell back on the floor. It wouldn't keep him down he was on Xanax and vodka not a good mix but he would feel a thing. "YOU BITCH!" He picked up the gun "you better be calmed down next time I come up here." He slammed the door shut. Olivia cried so hard the bed under her was covered in blood which made her cry even harder.
In the living Rick ordered the two males to takes the three kids in one car and in the other for Lucy, the mom saving two seats for Olivia and Rick for their plan. Everyone was outside. Rick stupidly was standing in the window watching "I've got eyes on the suspect." A sniper said.
"Take it!" The sniper took Rick out now all they had to do was come find Olivia. Edgar was moving as fast he could he "ran" in the house it's probably gonna set him back in physical therapy but is family was in danger. Olivia heard the door open from downstairs "HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME! AHHHH!" A searing pain ran through her stomach. In came the squad, Tucker, Edgar, and some other officers. "Edgar!" She cried out for him when she saw him.
"I'm here baby." He caressed her head. "Someone go get some towels." Looked back Olivia as she let out a guy wrench scream of pain. "Just breathe baby we're gonna get you taken care of we got you."
"I tried... to help every... one." Her words were slurred. "Th- they killed those two babies." She cried
"The babies are fine. Everyone is safe because of you." The got the towels and wrapped two around Olivia and put one between her legs. Met the EMT downstairs.
TBC...