Chapter 68
It had been a month and Amanda was on her last day of punishment. "Fin guess what? Tomorrow's Saturday and I get my stuff back! Next week is spring break and I'm free! Amanda was spinning in the chair while Olivia shook her head. Fin laughed, "Yeah well I hope it lasts this time. If you ask me Liv should have gone old school and tore that butt up. I'm not with all that timeout stuff." Amanda stopped spinning and Olivia laughed, "oh don't worry Fin, that was her last chance, thanks for the advice." Amanda hit him in the arm, "Fin I thought you were on my side."
The weekend passed and Amanda got all of her stuff as promised. She even found out how much Olivia loved her. She recorded every show she missed during the month and they watched everything over the weekend. Even though she had been on punishment Olivia asked her if she wanted to go somewhere for spring break. Amanda told her she would rather do something once she finished school. She went to work with Liv that week as usual, but she didn't have any school work and got to be around the squad. Amanda was hanging with Cragen when he got a call.
Olivia and Fin, they need you at this address. Teenage vic, hurry. They were gone for about 30 minutes and Cragen received another call and Amanda thought they were busy today. "What do you mean? You sent my detectives in without a search of the entire house." Amanda started listening carefully, Cragen forgot she was in the room. Amanda started to panic, when she heard him say Tutuola and Benson. "Damnit!" Amanda stood up, "Captain what's wrong with Fin and Liv? Are they hurt?" Cragen sat her down, "Hey calm down for me. Listen I'm gonna be honest with you okay. I let you hang around, but you know how this job can be and Olivia would want you to be calm. They are okay, but they're being held hostage in the house they went to." Amanda felt like the world stopped. What if something happened? What if she never saw Liv or Fin again? "I've got to go now." Amanda grabbed the Captain's hand, "Please take me. I promise to stay out of the way. I just want to be there when she gets out."
Cragen knew he wasn't supposed to and shouldn't take her, but he did anyway. He made her change into police gear. He fastened a vest on her and put her in a jacket. "This is breaking all the rules Amanda Rollins. Keep your head down." He put a hat over her blonde hair and they left. When they got to the house, he found Nick and Munch. They saw Amanda and shook their head. "Cap really?" He told her to sit in the car and not move. They ran towards the house where they were being held. Cragen left his radio behind and Amanda could hear everything. They were talking to Olivia in the house. She was okay, but Fin wasn't. The dad hit him in the head, knocking him out and tied him up. Olivia told the police that she was a little banged up and she had two kids with her. One was a 15 year old girl and 8 year boy. She only said the boy was not injured. Olivia was speaking in codes and Amanda knew something happened in that house.
The standoff went on for the next hour and they finally got Fin out. Amanda saw him being put in the ambulance. She relaxed a little when she saw him point his hand. There was still no sign of Olivia. Cragen came to the car and saw Amanda had the radio. "You've heard the whole thing. Olivia's gonna kill me." Amanda looked toward the house, "Captain is she ok?" Cragen shook his head, "We got Fin, she's next okay." He went back and left the radio. Olivia was so smart, she spoke in a calm manner and finally got the man to come out. Amanda got out of the car and saw Liv holding the kid's hands, but froze completely when she saw the man holding a gun to Liv's head. The man took Olivia's vest and she had no protection. She turned the radio up, but didn't move. She heard Liv's voice again, "He's letting the kids go." The kids ran to safety. She saw the girl's shirt was ripped and she wasn't wearing pants. The radio went off again, but it wasn't Liv's voice, "Don't let them get into the car, when you have a shot, take it." Amanda's heart started beating fast and she wondered what was going through Liv's head. She heard Liv's voice again, "Thank you Joe for getting my partner help and letting the kids go. Now just let me tell my captain the plan." He was still holding the gun to her head, "No I'm telling him the plan." Amanda saw him turn and Liv ducked, elbowed him, grabbed his arm with the gun, and then she heard a shot. Amanda dropped the radio.
