Chapter 2
As the team rushes Casey into the ambulance, a shot goes off in the building followed by the wailings of an injured child. Casey comes to, and tries to get up to help Anna but is pushed back down by Olivia and Elliot. "My poor little girl, he's going to hurt her, Liv. I know he's going to he thinks that I'm either dead or close to it and I won't keep my promise to him," Casey mumbles fading in and out of conciousness.
"Casey,I'll take care of her and keep your promise, you just have to stay with us, kay?" Olivia replies. She starts to walk towards the building but stops when she hears Casey say something.
"What Casey?" Olivia asks.
"Be careful and don't kill him, let me do that myself."
"kay." Olivia says resuming her walk towards the building. She forces her way through the SWAT team and stops in the deserted squad room.Wow, this has to be the emptiest I've ever seen this place. She thinks as she goes towards the stairs, as she starts up them a small figure comes tumbling towards her. "Anna, sweetie are you okay?" Olivia whispers as she cradles the small girl.
"Momma, is that you?" Anna whimpers,"please save me from daddy, I promise to be a good girl, momma."
"It's Liv, sweetie and I'll protect you from him, in fact we're getting you out of here now, alright?" Olivia says sweetly, picking up Anna and taking her outside. She sets Anna down by Elliot and tells him to watch her. Then she marches into the building gun aimed for taking Charlie down if he tries to shoot her. She makes to Casey's office when he tackles her from behind and puts the gun to her head. Holy shit Batman,what was that? Olivia thinks as she's shoved to the ground. She gets her gun up and tries to shoot but stops.
"I've got four pounds of pressure, on a five pound trigger even if you shoot me, my finger would twitch and you would be dead,too. And you wouldn't be very good to me dead now would you, detective?" Charlie growls.
Meanwhile in the ambulance, Casey is thinking of the series of circumstances that lead to this.
December of 2004
"I'm leaving, Charlie, and I'm taking Anna with me."Casey says as she takes the last box from the apartment to the taxi.
"No don't leave me please Casey, please,"Charlie begs her,"at least let me give Cassey a kiss goodbye."
"Alright, but her name's Anna," Casey says as she hands the infant to Charlie.
"Bye Cassey, I'll see you soon, kay?" Charlie says to the little girl.
January of 2006
"Ms.Novak we're sorry to inform you that Anna Cassey Novak died of Infant Death Syndrome this morning at 11," the doctor says sadly.
"How could she have died of that she's in a freakin' hospital!"Casey yells. Charlie walks away from the hospital with little Cassey in his arms whispering "I told you I'd see you soon, sweetie."He bribed the doctors into telling Casey that she was dead.
January of 2008
Knock,knock,knock."I'm coming, I'm coming." Casey opens the door and sees a small girl standing in front of her."Hey, what's your name, cutie?" she asks the little girl.
"My daddy calls me Cassey but my momma used to call me Anna, so I guess you could call me either,"Cassey Anna says.
"Where is your daddy and momma?You shouldn't be out here alone, sweetie."Casey asks.
"My new momma dropped me off here and said I was gonna stay with my real momma now," Anna replies.
"Why did her momma think I was her momma?"Casey asks herself."She heard it from my daddy he was mumbling something about Casey Novak being better than her or something like that..."Anna answers.
"What's your daddy's name, Anna?"
"Charlie..."
"Oh My God!"
"What is it? Did I say something wrong?" Anna flinches as she asks.
"No,sweetheart, you didn't do anything wrong,"Casey bends down and scoops up Anna and brings her into the apartment.
"I guess I'm your real momma, one sec what's your full name,"Casey asks as she sets Anna down on the couch.
"Anna Cassey No...vak or something like that...why?"Anna answers carefully.
"Because once upon a time I had a little girl with that name...but she died..." Casey says slowly.
June of 2008
"Anna don't run off too far,"Casey yells.
"Okay,momma"Anna answers.
The park was peaceful that day. It reminded Casey of the times when she was a little girl that she loved the park.
They were meeting the detectives today for a picnic.It was the first time Anna would meet them and she was excited. Casey had only invited Olivia and Elliot but those were the only two who really mattered, to her. Olivia arrived first and when she saw Casey laying down on the red and white checkered blanket with a mini me next to her, she was amazed. Anna really looked like her mother with strawberry blond hair and sparkling green eyes, thin and small. Olivia sets down the potatoe salad and joins them on the blanket.
"Casey, whose the little girl?" Olivia asks.
"Why, she's my little girl.Her name's Anna by the way."Casey replies.
Present Day
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppppppp..."CLEAR...Clear...Clear!" the medics yelling as they try to jumpstart her heart.Beep,Beep.Beep."She's back!"
