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Chapter 11: Are you Happy Now

Catherine was headed to her car during her lunch break to go get Italian food for her and Tess when she got a phone call from Evan. She answered even though her phone was nearly dead she had forgotten to put her phone on the charger last night. It didn't usually slip her mind but since she slept with Vincent it did.

"Evan what's up," she asks

"Hey, I need a favor come with me to Brighton Beach I need your help with something?"

"Sure but I need to tell Tess I was supposed to be getting us lunch"

"It's ok I will let her know right now"

"Good because my phone is about to die any second now"

"I know where you are parked I will be over in one minute," he says getting into his own car.

As soon as Catherine hung up the phone with Evan her phone died completely. Soon after that Evan came pulling up in his Jaguar making Catherine smile she always did like his car.

"So what is at Brighton beach?" Catherine asks getting into the front seat and buckling her seat belt.

"Crime scene clues," Evan says sounding weird.

"Ok, well why did you need me?" She asks frowning.

"Ok, actually I just wanted to spend time with you" Evan admits.

"Evan we have already been through this before" Catherine sighs wishing she had told him no instead. Catherine had hooked up with him a few times in the past but nothing ever came out of it. Catherine never got any sparks with Evan as attractive and smooth as he was he just wasn't what she wanted.

"I know you said you don't see me in that way, I get that but I thought we were friends and as friends I wanted to spend time with you is that so bad?"

"I guess that is ok," Catherine says smiling at Evan. "But I have to get back to the precinct after a while me and Tess need to question a witness"

"We won't be long I just want to talk to you," Evan says. Catherine thought Evan was acting so strange she couldn't pinpoint what it was but he just didn't seem like his usual self.

They arrived at Brighton Beach and got out of the car. They walked along the boardwalk taking in the sites and doing small talk before Evan finally said what he really wanted.

"Catherine I asked you here because I want to ask you something I heard about you"

"Ok," Catherine says confused

"I heard you were dating someone now"

"Yes and why is that a big deal?" she asks

"I heard he was married," Evan says bluntly.

Catherine stops in her tracks and turns to him "Who did you hear this from and why are you questioning me about my personal life" she says getting defensive.

"Listen I didn't mean to upset you I am just worried. This man could ruin you" Evan says

She looks at him and frowns. "ruin me are you kidding? Evan who have you been talking to someone has badly brainwashed you I getting out of here take me back to the precinct" she demands as she turns and marches back towards his car.

"Cat I am trying to protect you, Vincent is not stable," Evan says

"How do you know him, Evan? Who told you that?" she questions.

Two men walk up to Catherine and one points a gun at her using his jacket to cover it.

"Scream and you will be shot now follow us," says the one with the gun. Both of the men were dressed like some men in black type of characters one bald and the other with an army crew cut both wearing sunglasses.

"Hey stop! What are you doing?" Evan says trying to stop them from taking Cat.

"Your services are no longer needed," the one with the crew cut says and hits Evan over the head with the bud of his gun.

Catherine gasped seeing Evan falling to the ground now unconscious as blood starts to seep from his head.

"Let's go," the bald one says pushing his gun into Catherine's back and moving her forward. They force Catherine into the back of an unmarked van and drove off. She had so many thoughts going through her head. Who were these people? why were they taking her? How did they know Evan? Was Evan part of this? She wonders if that was the reason he wanted her to come here. This was the one time she wished she had charged her phone.

They drove around for about ten minutes before they opened the door to let her out. Before she stepped out they put a blindfold on her and she could no longer see anything. They also tied her hands behind her back as well. They walked her into some kind of building Catherine guessed a warehouse but wasn't sure. She having never been kidnapped was really starting to fear for her life, she don't know what was going to happen to her or how she was going to be able to get help. She kept wondering if Tess noticed she wasn't back yet or if Evan even told her she was with him. If Evan did tell her then Tess wouldn't be looking for her anytime soon. Catherine sighed as they lead her to a chair and sat her down and tied her down to that as well before they walked out leaving her alone.

Alex stood in a room staring at Catherine who sat tied to a chair in the middle of the floor. She had just got off the phone with Vincent and walked into the room where she had her men take Catherine. She hated this woman and didn't even know her. Yet that phone call she just had with Vincent left an even sour taste in her mouth. Catherine sat quietly with a blindfold over her eyes hands tied behind her back right in the middle of the room. She was calm for someone who had just been kidnapped Alex thought. Alex walked over and snatched the blindfold off Catherine's face. Catherine looked at her in shock, she knew men had taken her but she didn't expect Alex to be the one behind it. She has completely lost her mind Catherine thought.

"So you're the infamous Catherine," Alex says circling her comparing in her mind Catherine to herself. "You don't seem all that special to me" Alex stares at Catherine's wardrobe her hair, her eyes, and her makeup down to every detail.

Catherine sighed rolling her eyes she wasn't about to debate with this insecure woman. She wasn't going to say a thing. Explaining why this woman's husband is in love with her wasn't her job and she wasn't going to pay for it either. Any chance she got she was going to take out Alex or anyone who stood in her way she wasn't going to die here.

"So how does it feel to know you are a home wrecker?" Alex asks. Catherine again says nothing she just stares back at Alex not intimidated at all. That pissed Alex off she wanted to put fear in Catherine. She slapped Catherine across the face hurting her own hand in the process. Catherine took the slap it hurt but she wasn't going to let Alex know that. She continued to look unfazed which pissed Alex off even more. Alex rubbed her stinging hand and the look Catherine was giving her shook her to her core. She saw fire in her eyes but she wasn't going to let on that she was slightly scared. She too tried to toughen up and appear in control.

"Listen, I didn't have anything against you until I saw you with having sex my husband the other night," Alex says watching Catherine's mouth drop after finding out she had been spying on them "I just wanted him back, but you crawled your way into our lives and destroyed everything. Now I have to go through drastic measures to get my husband back. Do you think I wanted to do this? No, I just wanted things to be the way they were a week ago. They will be once I get Vincent to do what I say"

"And what is that?" Catherine finally spoke. She really wanted to know how a woman would make up such a stupid plan just to get her husband back. Vincent already hates her and the fact that she kidnapped her plus made up some evil scheme to get him back was only going to make him hate her even more.

"Like I would tell you whore" Alex says as she slowly starts pacing. Catherine rolls her eyes and struggles to get her hands loose from the rope around her wrist.

Two of the guys who grabbed Catherine earlier came walking into the room.

"What do you want us to do next?" the men asked Alex

"I need you to get my husband here, I am going to give him the ultimatum of a lifetime" she smirked. " but let him sweat it out for a few hours I want you guys to set up that contraption you told me about I definitely want to use that" Alex smiled wickedly at Catherine. Catherine swallowed hard she didn't know what Alex had planned for her but she knew she needed to get out of here because she damn sure didn't want to find out.

Evan gained consciousness a few minutes after being hit in the head. He was surrounded by people trying to help me. He immediately got up and ran to his car, just as he saw the van they put Catherine into pulling off. He hurried into his car and followed them making sure to not be noticed along the way he called Tess but she didn't answer. He continued to follow them until they turned into what looked to be an abandoned warehouse. He pulled his car into the parking lot as close as he could without them seeing him and watched as they took Catherine out. Evan took his cell out and called Joe his boss.

"Joe this is Evan I have an emergency Catherine's been kidnapped and I know where they are holding her we need backup down here fast"

"Is Vargas with her?"

"No"

"Tess isn't at her desk either are you sure?"

"Yes I am sure Catherine was with me when she was taken they hit me over the head and took off with her"

"What is the address," he asks

Evan looked around trying to find an address he only knew the street name but couldn't see the address. He told him the street and the intersection.

"You hold tight while I track down Vargas and get a SWAT team ready," Joe says before hanging up.

Evan grabbed some napkins out of his glove compartment finally wiping away the blood that dripped down his face from his gash. He was cut pretty bad but he wasn't bleeding heavy so he figured he would be alright. He stayed camped out near the building to make sure they didn't leave. He felt so bad knowing he got Catherine into this mess. Alex had approached him earlier today and asked him to get Catherine to a location so she could talk to her and explain how unstable her husband is. Only wanting to protect Catherine he obliged not thinking anything of it. I should have known better he thought. He picked up his cell and called Tess again this time she did answer.

"Tess Cat been kidnapped and it's all my fault I didn't know this would happen," Evan says

"I know I am with Vincent, he just got off the phone with his crazy wife," Tess says frustrated.

"I followed them and I know where they are holding her," Evan says.

"Where?" Vincent and Tess both say at the same time.

He gives them his location and Vincent and Tess rushed over immediately to where he is at. Vincent and Tess weren't too far from the area and arrived ten minutes later due to Vincent speeding down the street like a race car driver. As much as Vincent made fun of having a Porsche it came in handy the speed was everything he needed. Once he and Tess arrived outside the building Evan flagged them down so they wouldn't be seen. Evan had just got off the phone with Joe and SWAT was headed there.

"I am going in you guys should stay here," Vincent says

"What?" Evan and Tess say at the same time. They all were standing outside the cars coming up with a plan.

"Yes I don't want you guys getting hurt, especially you Tess Cat would kill me if something happens to you," Vincent says as Tess rolls her eyes.

"I can handle myself I didn't go to the police academy and get all those years of being a beat cop to just be sitting around while someone kidnaps my partner," Tess says

"I know but you should wait to come in with Joe and the SWAT to be on the safe side." Vincent says "Evan needs to see a doctor you should stay here and make sure he is ok"

Tess smacks her lips and sighs "fine".

"Wait a minute you can't go in there by yourself," Evan says to Vincent

"I can and I will you guys just stay here," Vincent says walking off.

Catherine still sitting tied to the chair continued to struggle to get her wrist free. She wasn't having much progress they tied her up really well.

"Fuck" she shouts in frustration just as the door opens in the room and in walks Ryan. Catherine froze she finally was face to face with the spitting image of Vincent. The first time she saw Ryan at their home that day she didn't get a good look at him she was too livid to pay attention but now seeing him standing in front of she saw all the similarities.

"Aren't you the lady who hurt my dad?" he asks as her walks up to her.

"Um yes but that was a misunderstanding," Catherine says.

He gave her a weird look and then walks around the chair she was in noticing she was tired up. He walked back in front of her "why are you tied up?"

"I was kidnapped," she says

Ryan's mouth dropped then he laughs "Grownups can't get kidnapped" he held his stomach laughing.

Catherine even smiled for a second amused by his innocence he was so freaking cute is made her sad to know all this craziness was going on around him and he probably didn't even know about it.

"It's true Ryan grownups can get kidnapped. Why don't you help me get untied and I'll take you to your dad" she says.

"Ok," he says excited and walked back behind her chair and tries to get the rope loose.

Alex comes walking in and notices Ryan trying to untie Catherine "Ryan! Stop!" she screamed at him running toward him. She slaps him across the face "why would you do that she is a bad person" she screams as Ryan starts to cry. Alex hurries and reties would Ryan did manage to get loose of the rope. Catherine was beyond pissed she roughly tried to get out seeing Alex slap Ryan like that made her extremely angry.

Alex walked over to Ryan feeling bad about what she had done "Ryan I am so sorry, mommy is so sorry. I didn't mean it" she says hugging him.

"You stay away from my son," Alex says to Catherine shooting daggers' at her. She picked Ryan up and walked out of the room with him.

A few minutes after Alex walked out the two guys walked in from earlier the crew cut guy had a shotgun in his hand. Catherine swallowed hard nervous at the sight of that big gun, she had no idea what was about to happen but she was now fearing for her life. The bald guy had a chair in his hand with some kind of mechanism attached to the back of it. The guy with the shotgun untied Catherine's hands from the chairs and made her stand up. They replaced the chair she had been sitting in with the one the bald guy brought in. They then locked Catherine's arms and legs to the chair with shackles attached to the chair. The crew cut guy set the shotgun up on the mechanism attached to the back of the chair. It was then Catherine realized they rigged the chair. Catherine knew then she was definitely stuck now she was starting to lose hope already. She only hoped that Vincent would come to her rescue as she did for him.

"Anybody without the key touches this chair you will be shot at close range my dear," the crew-cut guy says seeming impressed by it himself. "I designed it and there is no way you are getting out of that chair without the key".

Catherine felt her whole entire body start to get weak. In all the years she was a cop and then a detective she had never been so scared in her life. She felt tears wail up in her eyes, she tried to hold back her fear but it showed. I might not make it out of this place she kept thinking.

Alex came walking in at that point smiling "well now that we got you all set up it's time for me to call my husband" she says picking up her phone.

Vincent had quietly made his way into the warehouse and was creeping down a hallway listening at every door. Finally, he made it down the hallway he heard voices, creeping closer toward the door not trying to make a sound when his phone started ringing. His ringtone echoed through the warehouse.

"Whose phone is that?" Alex asks realizing as she said it that it's Vincent's phone. "He is here already" she shouts both the men head his way.

Vincent runs around the corner and attacks the first guy he sees which is the bald one. Catherine watches as he punches him square in the face and goes for the guy with the crew cut. The crew cut guy was ready he pulled his gun out and pointed at Vincent stopping him dead in his tracks.

"Yea stop right there," he says in a menacing tone. Vincent eyed Catherine seeing that she was ok he put his hands up and surrendered.

"Vincent so nice of you to show up," Alex says as she walked toward him. She cupped his face in her hands and kissed him. Vincent didn't return the kiss he just stood there looking at her in disgust as she pulled away.

"I just wanted to do that one last time" she stepped back from him "we could have been so happy together. You through it all a way for her well I am going to make you choose"

"Excuse me?" Vincent says.

"Yes, your son or Catherine. You pick Catherine you will never see Ryan again. You pick Ryan you will never see Catherine again" she states

"Alex are you nuts you can't make me choose between her and my own damn son"

"I can and I am you made it this way," she says as she walks out of the room.

The crew-cut guys still had the gun pointed at Vincent while the bald one that Vincent attacked held his bleeding nose wanting to get revenge on Vincent for punching him. Alex returned with Ryan who got excited seeing Vincent standing there.

"Daddy" he yells taking off toward him but Alex pulls him back by his shirt.

"No Ryan not yet, daddy has to make a choice first," Alex says looking back toward Vincent.

"Alex you can't ask me to do that, please don't" Vincent pleads

"why can't I ask that, you know this wench all of what five minutes you've known Ryan all his life you are his father the choice should be easy," Alex says rolling her eyes at Catherine.

"Just let Catherine go I will come with you and Ryan. I will come with you guys" Vincent says.

"Vincent now you know that is not true. I lost you as soon as you made love to her" Alex says pointing towards Catherine as tears wailed in her eyes. Vincent could tell she was still hurt about seeing that.

"Alex I am so sorry. I promise you I am sorry for hurting you but you have to let us go. This will not end well if you don't. Think about our son, think about Ryan" Vincent says looking over at Ryan who looked confused as to what was going on.

Alex looked as if she was going to give in but suddenly out of nowhere, there was a loud crash and the sound of SWAT coming into the warehouse. Alex picked up Ryan and took off down the hallway. The two guys that were with Alex ran towards where the SWAT was and got into a shootout. Shots rang out from all over the place as Vincent ran over to Catherine.

"Catherine I am so sorry I got you into this mess," Vincent says as he reaches out to unhook her handcuffs.

"Vincent stop!" Catherine shouts the chair is rigged the gun will go off you don't have the key.

Vincent looked stunned as he checked out the back of the chair seeing the shotgun.

"Who has the key?" Vincent yelled over the loud sound of gunfire in the background

"The guy with the crew cut, but I am ok SWAT is here to help. You need to go get Ryan Vincent Alex might hurt him go!" Catherine yelled.

"You sure? I don't want anything to happen to you" Vincent says hesitating to leave her side.

"Yes go your son needs you I will be fine just go!" Catherine says as a tear ran from her eyes. Vincent bent down to give her a quick kiss on the lips and ran off in the direction he saw Alex run off in.

Catherine sat in the chair as the gunfire continued to ring off. The Crew cut guy came running into the room he had been hit and was bleeding from his arm. The bald guy came running in as well and hid behind some crates and continued to shoot as the SWAT inched their way toward the room.

Vincent continued to run down the hall he saw Alex go down till he got to the end of the hall and went into an opened door that led into a basement. He hurried down the stairs and boxes and crates were everywhere but no sign of Alex or Ryan. He walked through the whole basement and could not figure out where they went it wasn't any other way out. He then noticed a small door hidden on the wall that was halfway opened. He ran over to it and saw that it was a tunnel he climbed in and followed the tunnel till the end it leads all the way out to the sewers. Vincent stopped the tunnels went on for miles he didn't know which way to go or where to look. Alex was long gone and he may have lost his son forever he sighed in frustration.

Vincent hurried back to get to Catherine at least he knew she was saw safe. By the time he got back to the basement, the gunfire had stopped which was a good thing. He assumed the two guys Alex was working with were captured and that Catherine was safe. Vincent made his way back toward the room the SWAT stopped him.

"Are you Vincent Keller?" one of them asked

"Yes is Catherine ok now," Vincent says trying to get past.

"Sir you might not want to go in there right now"

"What why…?"

"Noooooooo" Vincent heard a blood-wrenching scream Tess came walking out of the room screaming and crying. She saw Vincent and collapsed in his arms.

"She is gone Vincent she is gone. Cat is gone" Tess cried out

"No, she can't be," Vincent says letting go of Tess and pushing past the SWAT officers and into the room.

Vincent's whole entire body went numb, he went into complete shock. His eyes saw Catherine slumped over in a chair with her chest blowout blood everywhere. The gun went off he said in his mind. Vincent's knees buckled below him and tears pierced his eyes every horrible emotion any person can ever feel he felt all at once. Some of the SWAT officers walked over to help him up but Vincent could not move his legs felt like jello. He felt like he was in a dream a horrible nightmare he couldn't wake up from. He grabbed his chest he felt a pain in his heart, his heart was shattering into a million pieces he broke down and let out a pain-wrenching cry. He couldn't hold back his tears they came rushing down his face like a waterfall. His heart was breaking worse than he could ever think imaginable.

Some of the guys from the SWAT team picked him up and took him out of the room. They carried a bewildered Vincent outside the warehouse and to an ambulance to get monitored. Vincent and Tess were both in a state of shock neither one could fathom what happened to Catherine. Vincent just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that the love of his life was gone just like that. I shouldn't have left her, he kept saying over and over again in his head.

After sitting in the ambulance for what seemed like forever finally Vincent was able to go home. Joe told Vincent they would be looking for Alex and Ryan but she got away for now. JT came to get Vincent, Joe told him he was in no condition to drive. Vincent damn sure knew he was in no condition to drive. He felt like driving off the Brooklyn Bridge himself because the thought of being without Catherine was too hard to bare. Vincent never wanted to go back to the house he once shared with Alex so he told JT to take him to Catherine's. Although he didn't have a key he knew the one way to get in her fire escape window he prayed she left unlocked.

Vincent lifted the window open and climbed in the apartment, the sweet smell of her home hit is nose and tears came to his eyes again. He closed the window back and laid on her bed he could smell the shampoo she used on her pillow. He lay there staring at the wall for hours thinking of all the good times he had with Catherine. Seeing her smile on their all-day date as they rode the rollercoaster, the frowns she makes when she was mad at him, the way her cheeks would turn red whenever he said something that made her blush. He even thought about this morning how they had passionate hot sex on this very bed. He balled his fist up just thinking about never being able to touch her again tears flowed from his eyes again. Vincent knew he could never love another person the way he loved Catherine Chandler, ever. He fell asleep dreaming of his Beauty for the first time in the last week he finally dreamed. His beauty invaded his mind as if she was right next to him telling him that everything would be ok.

Another Note: I know I know... sorry! Don't kill me. Just keep reading it is a happy ending... MAYBE! (laughs wickedly) I am kidding!