Protecting Your Own Part 2 - Scene of the Crime
Summary - Stef gets a frantic call from Callie and goes to see what happened with her and Brandon.
"What happened honey?" Stef asked as she got up from the couch.
"It was Liam." Callie stammered with a shaken voice.
"What did he do?"
"Me and Brandon went to get some ice cream from the store and he came out of his jeep, telling me that it was my fault his life is screwed up, he grabbed me and then he and Brandon got into a fight."
Stef was immediately filled with dread and a sickeningly sense of fear that Liam hurt Brandon.
"Is Brandon alright?"
"Brandon is shaken up and bruised," Callie replied "but Liam is hurt pretty badly."
"How bad is he?"
"Brandon hit him in the head with a pipe pretty hard and he started shaking and his head started bleeding."
Stef rushed upstairs to her and Lena`s bedroom where she entered the combination to the safe where she got her Glock 9mm and then picked up her badge from the dresser.
"Are you still there?" Callie asked.
"Yeah sweetie." Stef replied as she got her brown leather jacket from the closet. "What did you and Brandon do afterwards?"
"I went back in the store to get help and Brandon called 911."
"Listen Callie i need you and Brandon to stay where you are. I`m going to call Mike and we`ll be there in a few minutes."
"Okay." Callie said.
"We`ll take of this alright."
Stef hanged up on the call and traced where Brandon and Callie were. Lena came into the room as Stef was putting on a pair of sneakers.
"What happened." Lena said with a worried look on her face.
"Brandon and Callie ran into Liam." Stef replied as she finished tying her shoes.
Lena`s heart immediately starting beating faster at the mention of Liam. "Did he do anything to them?"
"Callie told me that Liam confronted her, which led to him and Brandon getting into a fight where Brandon ended up hitting him pretty hard in the head with a pipe."
Stef and Lena then headed downstairs and went outside on the porch. Lena was filled with worry and looked on glumly as Stef called Mike.
"Hey Mike. Something happened with Brandon and Callie a few minutes ago."
"What happened?" Mike asked with an anxious tone in his voice.
"Remember that guy Liam that i told you about?"
"Yeah. Let me guess, he went after Brandon and Callie. Please tell me that he didn`t do anything to them."
"Callie told me that he confronted her and it led to a fight where Brandon ended up hitting Liam pretty hard in the head."
"How badly is he hurt?"
"Callie told me that he was in pretty bad shape. She went to get help and Brandon called 911."
"Where are they are at?"
"They`re at the Exxon station on Mission Bay Drive."
"I`ll meet you there."
Stef got in the SVU after finishing the call with Mike while Lena looked on with a sad look on her face.
"Please bring them home Stef." Lena said.
"I will." Stef said before she kissed Lena goodbye and drove off into the night.
Lena could only look on as Stef drove away. She hated feeling so helpless whenever Stef got an emergency call and felt even more so with Brandon and Callie in danger. She couldn`t get the shooting out of her mind and sometimes wondered if something terrible would happened since Stef went back on duty.
"Hey what happened?" Jesus asked as he and Mariana met Lena outside.
"Something happened with Brandon and Callie." Lena replied. "Liam confronted them."
"Please tell me that he didn`t do anything to them." Mariana said with a frantic look on her face,
"I don`t know the exact details yet, but Callie told Stef that Brandon hit Liam in the head with a pipe and he`s hurt badly."
"How are Brandon and Callie? Jesus asked. "Are they alright?"
"Callie said that Brandon was a bit roughed up. That`s all i know right now. Listen lets go back inside."
Lena, Jesus and Mariana immediately went back in the house and resumed watching TV. However all they could think about was Brandon and Callie. After a few minutes, they turned off the TV and headed to bed.
"Hey guys." Lena said before the twins went to their rooms. "I know that you`re worried about Brandon and Callie, but you have to believe that Stef is going to bring them back home safe. Alright."
Jesus and Mariana could only nod in reply. Lena hugged them both before they went their separate ways for a sleepless night.
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Stef drove fast as legally possible to the store. She had the police scanner on to hear any updates from the store. Stef felt a mixture of worry and regret. She knew that Liam was bad news, but didn`t think that he would go after her kids. However Stef felt a renewed determination to do whatever it took to protect her kids even more than ever. Then she saw Mike driving behind her and had him follow her to the store, which had three police cars and a couple of ambulances with their red and blue lights flashing. Stef and Mike parked their cars a few feet from the scene and immediately went over to the scene as soon as they got out of their cars.
"Hey could you two stay behind the line?" Said a young officer.
"We`re cops too." Stef said as she and Mike flashed their badges. "Is there a young man and young woman named Brandon Foster and Callie Jacob over there?"
"Yeah. Are they any relations to you?"
"He`s our son and she lives with Stef." Mike said.
The young officer immediately guided Stef and Mike to the scene where they saw Callie standing by one of the ambulances. Stef ran over and embraced her in a hug.
"Are you alright sweetie?" Stef asked.
"I`m fine." Callie replied with a worried look on her face.
"Where`s Brandon?" Mike asked.
"He`s over there." Callie said pointing to Brandon being given an ice pack for his ribs.
Stef, Mike and Callie immediately rushed over to Brandon and saw that he was bruised up with a bloodied lip and some swelling on the left side of his face, but was fine physically otherwise.
"Oh B." Stef said as she hugged him.
"Ouch Mom." Brandon moaned as Stef touched his battered ribs.
"I`m sorry baby. Are you alright?"
"Yeah. Just some bumps and bruises."
"Where`s Liam?" Mike asked.
Brandon immediately pointed over to where three EMTs were working on him. Liam was unconscious on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on his face, his head heavily bandaged and a neck brace to stablize his neck and spine. Stef and Mike looked on stoically as Liam was lifted into the ambulance. Then as Liam was being taken away to the hospital, Stef and Mike saw the old lead pipe that Brandon hit Liam with being held by an officer in a plastic bag along with a spot of blood on the ground where Liam was lying. They had seen many scenes like this before, but now their immediate concern was on what could happen next with Brandon and Callie, especially if Liam doesn`t make it.
"Brandon we need to know what happened." Mike said.
to be continued.
"Where`s Brandon?" Mike asked.
"He`s over there." Callie said pointing to Brandon being given an ice pack for his ribs.
Stef, Mike and Callie immediately rushed over to Brandon and saw that he was bruised up with a bloodied lip and some swelling on the left side of his face, but was fine physically otherwise.
"Oh B." Stef said as she hugged him.
"Ouch Mom." Brandon moaned as Stef touched his battered ribs.
"I`m sorry baby. Are you alright?"
"Yeah. Just some bumps and bruises."
"Where`s Liam?" Mike asked.
Brandon immediately pointed over to where three EMTs were working on him. Liam was unconscious on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on his face, his head heavily bandaged and a neck brace to stablize his neck and spine. Stef and Mike looked on stoticly as Liam was lifted into the ambulance. Then as Liam was being taken away to the hospital, Stef and Mike saw the old lead pipe that Brandon hit Liam with being held by an officer in a plastic bag along with a spot of blood on the ground where Liam was lying. They had seen many scenes like this before, but now their immediate concern was on what could happen next, especially if Liam doesn`t make it.
"Brandon we need to know what happened." Mike said.
to be continued.