Saving Ma
Summary: After Frank proposed to Natalia, Rafe Ave and Emma team up to help their moms.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and I do not make any profit from this
Chapter 32
Olivia had just been brought in quickly. Rick met them at the door. "It's been a while Olivia, I was missing you. We have you regular room ready."
Olivia glared playfully at him. "Ha Ha Rickers. Let's just get this over before my wife gets here and I tell her your being mean to me."
Rick looked stricken. "Hey, it's not fair to bring out the big guns like that when I'm just making friendly conversation." He looked over to the nurse's. "Ok guy let's get her in a room and run a full work up and CT of that head and chest. Page plastics to get that face sutured. I don't want to fear Natalia's wrath if we mare her wife's face unnecessarily."
They moved her into a room and got started. Ava and Rafe got out of the car just as Doris was running through the parking lot toward them. "What the hell happened? The call came over the scanner about an explosion at the Beacon and that Olivia was being transported. Is she ok?"
Ava hugged her. "I think so. Remy thought she may have a concussion and she had some pretty bad cuts but otherwise she seemed fine. She said she hit the auto start button on the car and the thing blew up."
Doris looked around. "Is Natalia already in there?"
Rafe shook his head. "She took the boys home early because they were sick. We haven't been able to get her on the phone yet."
Doris looked shocked. "That doesn't sound like her at all. She would never ignore your calls."
Ava shrugged. "I don't know, maybe Mateo was throwing up again. I'll keep trying."
They entered and saw Rick. Ava made it to him first. "Rick, how's mom?"
Rick smiled. "Surly as ever. I ordered a head and chest CT and a full work up. We'll know more soon. Where's your Ma? I have papers for her."
Ava sighed. "I'm going to try her cell and the house phone again."
Rafe and Doris went in while she tried Natalia again. When she just got voicemail she started to get worried. She entered her mom's room. Olivia looked over. "Is Natalia freaking out yet?"
Ava shook her head. "I haven't been able to get her on the phone. I don't know mom."
Olivia looked at Rafe. "That's not like her to not answer her phone for that long. Son, go home and check on them. Their probably fine but just go and let her know what's going on."
Rafe shook his head. "I didn't bring the truck."
Greg grabbed his arm. "I'll drive you out there." Rafe nodded and they headed out.
When they arrived at the house Rafe walked in to find Natalio sitting in his bed whimpering with tears streaming and his little lip quivering. Rafe scooped him up. "Hey buddy, what's wrong? Where's Ma?" He walked into the downstairs bath expecting to find Mateo bent over the toilet with Ma helping him. Nothing. "Ma" he called out as he looked in the kitchen seeing the chicken soup on the stove, and the mess from the preparation. "Ma!"
He took the stairs as quickly as he could with the baby in his arms. He searched every room. He was starting to panic. He went back down and out the back toward the pond. "MA! MATEO!"
Greg had seen him come out in a panic. He got out of the car and ran over to him. "What's wrong?"
Rafe rushed back into the house. He grabbed Natalio's bag and threw the meds on the coffee table into the bag. "Ma and Mateo aren't here. Just Natalio. Somethings wrong, Ma would never leave him like this." He grabbed the bag and headed back into the kitchen to grab bottles and formula.
Greg looked over to the table seeing the note. He picked it up and read it gasping. "Rafe!"
Rafe came over and grabbed the note reading it. "This is bullshit. We need to get back to mom. Someone took them."
He finished filling the baby's bag and ran back into the living room Greg in tow. "Grab the car seat out of that closet. We gotta get back now."
They loaded the baby and his things and were off again. Rafe rushed through the doors of Cedars and made a beeline for his mom and Doris. He burst through the door finding only Ava and Doris. "Where's mom?" He asked panicked.
The got up and went to him. Ava took a still agitated Natalio. "Where's Ma? What's wrong?"
Rafe sobbed, "She's gone. She and Mateo are gone."
Doris grabbed his arm, "what do you mean there gone?"
Rafe took a breath. "When I got to the house I found Natalio in his porta crib alone. Ma and Mateo are not there. I searched everywhere." He pulled the note out of his pocket and handed it to Doris. "This was all I found. Its bullshit, Ma loves us, she would never leave us. Especially leaving Natalio alone like that. Somethings wrong."
Doris read the note. "Your right this is bullshit. I'm calling this in. I'm starting to think your mom's accident wasn't an accident after all." Doris left the room dialing her phone.
Rafe looked to Ava panicked. "How do we tell mom. She needs to be here to be treated but the second she knows she will be up and gone to find her."
Ava shook her head. "I don't know, but we can't lie to her, she'd kill us. We have to tell her when they bring her back."
Olivia was wheeled back into the room. Upon seeing Natalio she held out her hands to him and he practically jumped out of Ava's arm. He buried his face in her neck and whimpered. "Awe, poor baby, he still don't feel good." She looked up and saw the looks on their faces. "What's going on? Where's your Ma and Mateo."
Rafe sighed, walked over sitting on the edge of her bed and told her everything and showed her the note. "This is bullshit." She said as Rick was coming into the room.
Rick had a look of shock on his face as he saw that she was trying to pull off all her wires. "Hey I know this isn't the Beacon with our hospitality, but those are there for a reason."
Olivia continued to pull on wires. "I need to get out of here. I have to go."
Rick stepped forward, "Hey stop your scaring your baby." He said and she deflated slightly holding him close. "You have a mild concussion and other then a few cuts and bruises you are fine."
Olivia sat forward again. "Good now get this shit off of me I need to go."
Rick pushed her down by her arm. "Hey calm down before you throw yourself into a panic attack."
Olivia glared, "I am having a panic attack. My wife and other son are missing Rick. Someone took them from our home. I gotta get out of here and find them. NOW!"
Rick looked about to fall over at what she had just said. "Ok, I'll get you some scrubs to put on, the police took your clothes. They were toast anyway. They already stitched up your face, head and shoulder. I'll get your prescriptions for pain meds." And he was out the door passing Doris on his way out.
Olivia looked at her hopefully, "Anything?"
Doris rubbed the baby and Olivia's back. "I called it in. I have the state police working on this they will be here by the time they get you released. I called Jane and she is on her way to get Natalio. She already has Emma. She's taking them to the Beacon with my guards. I also have the bomb squad on their way to check out Ava and Rafe's cars to be on the safe side."
A state trooper came in as she finished talking. She told them everything, from when they moved in together, to the Frank debacle, adopting the boys and everything leading up to today. She told them how the car exploded when it started, and how Rafe found the baby and the note.
Olivia changed into the scrubs while she talked then held Natalio closely. "I know that son of a bitch took them. He has my wife and my son. Find him you find them."
The trooper shook his head. "Mrs. Spencer, we will look at every angle. I want to search your house for possible clues as to who took them if anyone did. We still have the note to consider."
Olivia handed the baby to Ava and walked over to the man. "That note was the biggest load of shit I have ever read. Even if, and that's the biggest if in the universe. If she left me, she would never abandon our kids and leave our sick baby unattended. That man is a cop and would know that you would get distracted by that note. That's why it was left. Don't be an idiot. You better find him, because if I find him first, I swear by all that is holy I will kill that bastard for putting my family through this."
The trooper didn't have a doubt as to her sincerity. He took a breath. "Let's go out to the farmhouse and look for clues."
About that time Jane came in to get Natalio. Emma was frantic when she saw her mom and found out that her Ma and brother were missing. Jane took them to the Beacon with Doris's bodyguards, while Olivia, Rafe, Ave, and Doris headed out to the farmhouse. Greg headed back to the Beacon to do damage control with the guests after the explosion.
Once at the farmhouse Olivia walked into the kitchen with the trooper. She looked around at the mess. "My wife would never leave her kitchen in this state or leave full pots of food out to ruin. He caught her in the process of cooking for our sick boy."
The troopers searched the house finding no clues but taking pictures of the downstairs rooms. They had patrols out looking and people trying to check credit card transactions for Frank and Natalia. Doris left to get the results from the bomb squad. Once the troopers left telling Olivia they would do everything they could, she grabbed Natalia's keys from her purse. Another sign that she was forcibly taken, and headed for the door.
Rafe right behind her, "Where we going mom?"
Ava came up behind them. "I'll drive, your head is hurt. Where to?"
Olivia handed her the keys, "Company I need to talk to Buzz." The kids nodded and they loaded up.
They arrived at Company and burst through the door. Olivia made a bee line for Blake. "Where's Buzz?"
Blake came around the counter and hugged her. "I just heard about the explosion. Are you ok?"
Olivia pulled away, "I'm fine but I need Buzz." She said in a rush.
Blake looked concerned. "He's in the back. I'll get him."
She came back with Buzz a few moments later. He could see the distress in them all. "Hey, what's going on?"
Olivia rushed to him. "Where's Frank Buzz?"
Buzz looked taken back. "He's camping this week. Took some time off to clear his head."
Olivia grabbed his hands. "Do you know where? Where does he camp?"
Buzz shook his head. "I don't know, some place up state. Why?"
Rafe stepped up. "Ma and Mateo are missing."
The recounted what had happened that day and Buzz was floored. "And you think Frank did this?"
Olivia nodded seriously, "There isn't a doubt in my mind."
Buzz shook his head. "Six months ago, I would have said not a chance in hell. Now, I just don't know. He's changed, something has been off in him for some time now. He camps a lot and keeps to himself. I have the key to his place if you want to take a look around. Technically it's my house, so no laws are broken."
Olivia nodded vigorously. "That would be awesome, thank you."
They headed over to Franks house and once there Buzz pulled out a box of cleaning gloves. "Don't want to tamper with anything. We go in we look only, don't touch any more than is necessary. If we find anything we call Doris."
Olivia took the gloves. "Agreed."
They headed in the kitchen door and found it filthy. There were empty take out containers littered all around. They move in through the living room and saw camping gear in the corner. Olivia shook her head, 'camping my ass' she thought.
They searched room by room and weren't having any luck finding anything but filth until Rafe opened a door, entered the room then called out. "Oh shit, mom you gotta see this."
Olivia rushed over to him and stopped dead at what he had found. The room was littered with papers, one wall covered in pictures of all of them. Any with her in them had her face scratched or blacked out.
Buzz came in and gasped. Ava came in and turned white. "I guess we know he probably was the one to rig your car. This is sick."
Olivia looked down at the papers on the desk. "There are papers here with our schedules, when and where we are at all times. He knows all the kids activities and our work and home routines." She looked around in desperation. "We have to find him fast."
Ava pulled out her phone and called Doris to tell her what they found. A few minutes later Doris arrived and came through the door. "Oh my god."
Olivia turned to her grabbing her hands. "We have to find them now Doris. This bastard is crazier than we thought."
Doris pulled her close. "We'll find them Olivia."
Olivia sobbed into her shoulder. "We have to, I need my son. I can't survive without my wife. Please Doris. I need them back."
Olivia continued to sob as her oldest children, clinging to each other, watching the strongest woman they knew fall to pieces.
