Chapter Eight- Relief

Larry pulled out his gun and aimed at the officer. "Get back in your car, or I'll kill you and the girl." Miley looked frantically between the two. The officer spun and shot his gun, but so did Larry. They were both hit square in the chest and fell to a heap on the pavement.

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"No!" Miley stumbled out of the trunk and staggered to the officer.

He sat up slowly. "But…how?"

The man smiled and opened his shirt to reveal a bullet proof vest. "That's gonna leave a mark."

Miley laughed for the first time in days and flung her arms around the man. "Wait, what about Larry?"

The officer stood up and walked over, he knelt down and felt for a pulse. "He's gone." Miley didn't know whether to cry or rejoice.

The man walked back to her and knelt down, "My name is Tim Landry. Who are you and who can I contact?"

She cleared her head, trying desperately to remember her phone number. After everything that had happened her mind just didn't want to function properly. "My name's Miley Stewart. You can call my dad." She told him the number and realized her leg was burning. "Mr. Landry?" He turned, the phone to his ear. "Larry shot me in the leg, I think the bullet's still in there." He looked down at her leg and grimaced at the blood stained rag. He closed his phone and put it in his pocket. He then picked Miley up and carried her to his car. It was then Miley realized they had attracted a crowd. Cars were stopped for miles, and people were getting out of their cars to come see what all the fuss was about. Tim gently sat Miley down in the passenger seat and picked up his radio.

After contacted the police department and telling him he'd found a missing girl and had a man down on the scene, he took a look at her leg. "Yeah, the bullet's still lodged in your leg. You'll probably have to have surgery to get it removed." She nodded and winced in pain as he re-wrapped it with a gauze from his emergency kit. "Now, let's get you to a hospital, then I'll personally take you home. How does that sound?"
"That sounds perfect." Other police had arrived on the scene and were taking car of the body, so Tim went ahead and drove Miley to the hospital. Not five minutes down the road and Miley passed out from exhaustion.

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Mr. Stewart was startled awake as the phone rang. He hadn't slept in the past few days, and had passed out on the couch without realizing it. "Hello?"

"Mr. Stewart?" A man asked on the other line.

"Yes, who is this?"

"My name is Tim Landry, I'm a police officer. I think I have someone here who would like to see you."

The man began crying, "You found her? Please tell me you found my little girl and she's okay."

The man smiled on the other end and glanced at the sleeping girl. "Yes sir, we found Miley. She has various cuts and bruises, and she's been shot in the leg. But with some surgery she should come out just fine. I'm taking her to Sea View Hospital right now, can you meet me there?"

Mr. Stewart was already pulling on shoes and calling for Jackson. "We'll be there as soon as possible."

The two hung up as Jackson came running down stairs, "What it is dad?"

He smiled for the first time in days, "They found Miley, son. She's alive."

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Jake paced back and forth in his room. He'd hoped that the investigator would have called back by now with some information. Just as he sat down the phone rang, making him jump back up and snatch it off its base. "Hello."

A man was sobbing on the other end and Jake's heart sank. It was Miley's dad, something had happened. "Jake…"

Jake sat down slowly, preparing for the blow that would ripe his heart apart, "Mr. Stewart? What's wrong? What happened?"

The man laughed through his tears, "Jake, they found her, she's at the hospital. She's gonna be okay. Can you call Lily and Oliver for me?"

Jake jumped up with renewed energy, "They found her!? I'm coming over to the hospital right now." He didn't even wait for a reply, he hung up the phone and practically flew out the door. On the way to the hospital he called Lily, Oliver was there with her, and told her the news.

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Lily hung up the phone, tears streaming down her face. Oliver looked at her worriedly, his heart sank. "Oliver, they found Miley. She's gonna be ok."

He looked up and saw her smiling through the tears, tears of joy. Oliver walked over to Lily and embraced her as both cried for their friend's safety.

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A/N YEAH!!!! They found Miley!!! And I finally killed Larry! Anywho, I still have a chapter or two I have to write to wrap things up, so this is not the end. If anyone really likes my writing, let me know, I have tons of ideas and I might write another fanfics! Review and I shall finish the tale! lol