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Officer Lyle looked around the Miami-Dade Correctional Facility. Something wasn't right. It was too... quiet... here. Way too quiet.
Suddenly the officer's walkie-talkie crackled to life. "Officer Lyle, one of the innmates has been stabbed over here! We need your help immediately!" The younger officer's voice cracked on the last word.
"I'm on my way," Officer Lyle replied, and took off around the side of the building. What he saw when he arrived was several police officers leading inmates back to their cells and one inmate lying in a pool of blood by the basketball goal.
He walked over to the man and checked his pulse, then looked up at the young officer who stood nervously beside him. "He's dead," he said quietly.
Alexx sat in the corner trying to stop her tears. Her head and sides ached from being beaten, and bruises were already beginning to form. She kept replaying what had happened again and again in her mind.
She had been on the phone with Horatio when the man had come in. That terrible man, who had nothing but hatred in his eyes. Alexx had no idea why, but she could tell the man's hatred was completely directed at her.
After beating her, the man had grabbed Alexx by the back of the neck and forced her to look him in the eye. "If you ever try anything smart like that again," he said in a menacing whisper, "I'll kill you."
As Alexx thought about it, she was sure that death would be better than whatever this man had in store for her. She could only pray that Horatio and the others found her soon.
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Alexx's attacker went by the name of Jay Rogers. He was a man to be feared, his eyes filled with hatred for everyone. Everyone, that is, except for one person: his younger brother.
And though his eyes held such intense hatred for all, that hatred tan deepest for the woman he held hostage - Alexx Woods.
Ever since Jay and his brother, Jimmy, had been young boys they had been close. Both of their parents had died when Jay was 12 and Jimmy was 10. Since then, they had depended on each other for everything. They had helped each other survive. Because of that, the two had grown closer than most siblings ever became.
And now, because of Alexx Woods, all that was about to be taken from him. Because of that despicable woman, his little brother had been put on death row. She had been the person who found that one piece of evidence that had incriminated Jimmy.
Now, Jay was going to use her as a trade...or make her pay dearly for the pain she had caused him. In fact, he thought, if he was careful not to kill her, he could do both.
"What if they tracked her phone call and are on their way here now?"Jay's coworker, Howard, asked, drawing Jay from his thoughts.
"Then we'll destroy the phone," Jay replied as he sat down on the couch in front of the television. He tossed the object in question to the other man. "Take it to the river and throw it in. And stop being so worried. It's good that she called them. Now we're sure they know she's missing, and they know she's alive, for now, anyway. All we have to do is give them our demands, and they'll be more than happy to oblige.
Ryan walked up behind Calleigh and Horatio seconds after Horatio had closed his phone. Seeing his friends' worried looks, he asked, "Did she call?"
Horatio explained what Alexx had told him. When he had finished, Ryan said, "I'll be right back." He turned toward the door.
"Where are you going?" Calleigh asked, her southern accent made heavier by the stress she felt.
"I've got an idea," was Ryan's only reply before walking out the door.
Sorry it took so long to get chapter 3 up. I hope you enjoyed it. Please R&R. And again, constructive criticism is welcome. I hope to have chapter 4 up later this week.
