Chapter 9

Rollins felt better knowing now what she was going to do, scared but determined to get justice for herself and any other victims of Chief Patton.

Leaving for work the following morning she decided to stop off and get doughnuts for the squad, as she pulled her car over to the kerb and got out she had a terrible feeling that she was being watched. She shook her self 'getting paranoid Amanda' she whispered under her breath and made her way into the shop.

Back in her car again she had that feeling of someone following her and looked through her mirror to see a small black car close behind her, she was sure the same car was parked outside her apartment when she came out this morning, remembered hearing the radio and looking across the road to see where the music was coming from. Not sure if she was being super sensitive she decided to find out if she was being followed.

She came to a Junction where she should of gone straight across but suddenly made a right turn, looking in her mirror she see the car swing wide to follow her. She pulled over to the kerb and got out at a newsagents, inside she bought a newspaper why looking through the shop window and sure enough the car had pulled up also, she could see the outline of a man at the steering wheel but had no idea who he was.

Getting back into her car she phoned Liv on her mobile. "Benson" Liv answered, "Serge, its Rollins, not sure if I'm having an attack of paranoia but I seem to have a tail, been following me since I left my apartment."

"Have you eye balled the driver?" Benson replied, feeling a little more than concern for her detective, "It's a male driver but don't recognise him" Rollins said. "Ok make your way home and stay there I will get Fin to come over and if he's still there he better have some good explanation as to why he following one of my squad."

"Serge, l'm nearer to the station than home, gonna try and get a registration number and run it through when I get in." "Ok Liv replied, I will get one of the guys to meet you outside, how long will you be?" "10 Minuets" Rollins responded and put down the phone.

At the next set of lights Rollins checked through her mirror and started to take down the registration of the vehicle following her, she managed to take down the first three digits when a horn blew causing Rollins to quickly look up, the lights had changed, pulling away she caught the vehicle swing to the next lane at the side of her. Looking straight in the driver's eyes he smirked as he pointed a gun and unloaded it straight at Rollins window. Ducking and slamming on her breaks she heard the glass shatter and the sound of screeching wheels just as she sat up in time to see the van in front of her. She had no way of avoiding the collision and the sound of the crunch of metal was the last thing she heard before the world went black.

Fin came back into the squad room after waiting outside 30 minutes, "You sure she said she was coming here and not going home, there's not sign of her."

Liv had a horrible feeling starting in the pit of her stomach as she replied "Right you come with me, let's see if she's at home." Fin nodded his own face matching the worry on his sergeants.

Five minutes from the station Liv and Fin could see the flashing lights on the other side of the road.

Reaching the scene Liv slowed down and looked over at the devastation. Then as if in sync both Liv and Fin mouthed "That's Rollins car." Pulling up and running over to where the ambulance, police and fire brigade were Liv flashed her badge. "That's my Detectives car, where is she, is she ok?" "The officer at the scene looked at the pair with sympathy in his eyes, "She had to be cut out of the wreck, ambulance are taking her now, they say it don't look good, we found bullets in the car, looks like someone tried to take her out".

Fin felt his stomach hit the floor and the anger build in his chest, looking at his Sergeant he said, "I swear I will get the bastard that did this." "You and me both" Liv said with tears in her eyes, go back to the squad let them know what's happened, I'm going to the hospital, meet me there, oh and Fin,"

Fin stopped and looked over his shoulder at Liv, "this is number one on our books, you get it, number one, and we don't stop until we get this son of a bitch."

At the hospital Liv pulled a doctor to the side and showed her badge, "one of my detectives was brought in, involved in a road collision." The doctor told her he would find out who was dealing with it and to take a seat. Liv couldn't sit, she paced the floor while her head raced, 'this has to have something to do with Patton', she thought to herself, who else would want Rollins Gone.

After wearing out the leather on her shoes for 20 minutes a doctor approached her, "are you here regarding Amanda Rollins?" he asked, "Yes I'm she sergeant Liv replied showing her badge, how is she?" "In surgery, she has a bleed on the brain probably caused by the impact, and we removed a bullet in her shoulder, its touch and go at the moment, we had to resus twice already, but she seems a fighter" the doctor replied trying to smile a confident smile.

Fin and Danny walked into the corridor just had the Doctor had finished talking to Liv, and from the look on her face they could tell this was serious, if Rollins died they were all thinking, and then shook the thought from their heads as it was too traumatic to think about.

The Three of them paced the corridor awaiting further news of their work colleague and friend, each lost with their own thoughts, but all three knowing that they wouldn't rest until they had the animal that did this.