CHAPTER 7
They met the others at the cabin. "Has anyone gone in?" Cragen asked. "No, we only checked the car, we were waiting for you." Olivia said
"Good any sign of the girls?" the detectives shook their heads. "None," Prue made her way down to the river as Cragen and Munch followed. "Where are you going?"
"The lake, I remember leaving something down there." Prue said as she walked to the small dock where a boat was floating.
"This is actually a river that flows to the Hudson." Prue got into the boat and went over to the fishing rods that were wet. "These were recently used and mom hasn't left the house and I haven't used them in three days." Prue looked up. "And there were two boats here." Prue pulled out her keys and put the boat key in the ignition and started the boat. "I'll be back in a bit." Cragen jumped in. "Tell them we went to check out the river and see if he took them around." Munch nodded as Prue and Cragen floated off in the small boat.
"Where are they going?" Olivia asked, "To check out the river and see if whoever did this is around."
Cragen and Prue walked into the squad room two hours later. "We got nothing." Cragen said as Prue dropped some McDonalds bags on their desks. "Here we still need to eat." Prue said as she pulled out her vibrating iPhone and answered. "Hello? Who is this?" Olivia looked at her. "Why are you doing this? I don't even know you." The line went dead and Prue sighed. "Kayla, we'll find them don't worry."
"A bit late for that Liv." Prue smirked as Olivia nodded.
"Well you don't need to be stressed out anymore than you already are." Prue nodded.
Prue went up to the crib three hours later after hearing there was no change and found Casey and Serena there talking. "When are you planning on telling the others?" Casey asked as she noticed Prue.
Serena sighed. "By all means Serena tell the cute ADA everything." Prue said as she turned to leave. "Prue..." Casey started as Prue turned around with tears forming in her eyes.
Serena went over and hugged her. "Sweetie you have to understand if she is going to prosecute she has to know the truth." Prue nodded as she wiped her eyes. "I just can't wait till all this is behind me." Prue realized something. "If you're here who's with mom?" Serena gasped. "I'll go back in a minute." She kissed Casey on the cheek, "I have to go watch her for me, she tends to attract trouble like Alex." Casey nodded as Serena ran out.
"So why the tears?" Casey asked, "Nothing the only people that called me Prue since witness protection are being held hostage who knows where and I guess hearing other people say my name is a happy or great thing for me." Casey nodded. "Those bags are bigger than my briefcase now get some sleep." Prue nodded as she laid down on one of the beds and fell asleep almost instantly.
When she woke up she was being cradled in Casey's arms. She looked up at her. "Hey you were thrashing." Prue nodded. "What time is it?" Prue asked figuring must be late since the moon was out and shining into the room. "It's about two thirty in the morning, the others got a hit on the girls whereabouts and they all went for it." Prue nodded as she stood up and stretched. "Where did they go?"
"A warehouse on the outskirts of town, its a few miles west down the river from the cabin."
"Thanks, can you take me there?"
"Olivia told me to keep you here."
"Casey, we can do this the easy way where you take me there, or we do this the hard way, where I sneak out and you get blamed if something happens to me on my way there." Casey thought for a second before standing up and getting her keys. "Fine."
It didn't take long for the two to get there and they found Cragen, Elliot and Munch outside with the rest of the back up squad. "Hey."
"Hey, Liv's inside with Fin they are trying to talk this guy down, the girls are scared out of their skin." Elliot said as Prue looked at the monitor in front of them. She noticed the inside of the building and went over to a stack of Kevlar vests and pulled one on running past the detectives and cops.
"Kayla get your ass back here!" Cragen yelled as Prue jumped getting to an open window and climbed in. Prue knew this building like the chords to the songs she played with Dana.
"Come on, let them go." "No not till I get what I want." Prue could hear the conversation from the beams she was balancing across as she mad her way to the center as she made sure the specific guns were hung in the right places and the crates were hung right, and the bullet proof blanket was hanging over the girls.
Prue propelled down using the rope she had found with climbing equipment landing between Olivia and the man holding a gun he fired knocking Prue back into Olivia's arms.
Prue stood up with Olivia's help and Fin looked to make sure she was ok. "Amazing, most girls your age would be out cold." Olivia commented as Prue nodded as she stood straight and cleared her throat going over to the girls and the man just followed her with his gun. "Are you ok?" they all nodded as Prue cut them loose and she pulled off the Kevlar vest placing it over Dana. "We'll have you out soon." they nodded.
Prue pulled out a pocket knife snapping it open cutting a rope as the bullet proof blanket fell from the ceiling on top of the girls. "Stay under here." Prue looked straight at the man. "You gonna shoot me again?" his hands were shaking. "Come on, I got nothing to lose." Prue walked up to him and got in his face.
"You gonna pull the trigger or what?" Prue asked as she cut another rope and a crate swung down head for both of them. The man tried to run but Prue hugged him to her as the crate smashed into both of them sending them flying.
Fin and Olivia were shocked and outside everyone else had the same expression.
"He's not trying to hurt her, then why the hell is she hurting both of them?" Casey demanded as she shook Elliot. "We don't know." Elliot said as they turned back to the screen.
Prue stood up and so did the man. "Why do you ruin my life?" Prue asked as she tackled him down. "Huh Mike?!" "You're my daughter." everyone gasped.