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Chapter 8

Livie ran out of the Jeffersonion tears streaming down her cheeks she stopped eventually and sat by the fountain again holding her mobile, she could call Sweets again, he would be a great listener but that didn't feel right, she wanted to talk to a friend.

Slowly she pulled out her phone and went onto the contacts list scrolling down until she came to a name, a name that was a great friend and an awesome listener, she pressed dial and lifted the phone to her ear wrapping her arms around herself to protect herself from the gentle bite of the wind as she listened to the phone ringing, then he picked up.

"Ryan"

"hey Ryan it's Livie" she said softly, instantly he voice became warm and soft "hey there mini Beckett how's it going" she gave a small smile as she played with the zipper of her fleece "not that great actually, I take it you know about the case and the teams" "yeah" he said and she heard him murmur something in the background "hold on kid Espo wants to say hi" there was a click and the other warm familiar voice spoke up "yo mini Beckett how's you, I hear from Lanie you've made new friends" Livie smiled "hey Javi I'm ok thanks, yeah I have and they are great, how are you" "ah you know, still handsome so can't complain" she let out a small laugh "god what does Lanie see in you" she asked, "that is a question I have been asking myself since they hooked up" Ryan piped up "dude" Esposito said "really, now you are ganging up on me" Livie smiled, she missed them and their playful banter

"so how's the case going kiddo, the teams working well together, your mom working hard" her smile faltered "um yeah mom's working hard, wouldn't say the case is going well though" instantly they picked up that something was wrong "hey Liv what's wrong" Ryan asked gently, she sighed "mom is getting in too deep in the case" "ah" they both said, they had seen her mom on one of her episodes, "is she ok" Esposito asked, she sighed "no she isn't she is so stressed, and working constantly, and today she was so bad and I tried to get her to stop" she paused "she snapped at me, like proper shouted at me, she has never done anything like that to me before, it hurt so bad"

"oh Livs" Ryan said gently "it's ok, she didn't mean it" Livie sighed "I know it is just I was only trying to help and recently she has been putting the case first, everyone has, me Tali, April, and Alexis all slept on the sofa in the Jeffersonion last night, it was ok and we treated it like a massive sleepover but we were worried all our parents were getting in too deep, mine was just the first to show it"

"what did you do" Esposito asked gently, she ducked her head "I reminded her of the last time she snapped at me and told her I was only trying to look after her like we always have for each other, then I ran out, I just wanted space but I wanted to talk to someone and you guys were the first ones I thought of and I'm sorry to be burdening you with my troubles" "hey it's ok" Esposito said "that case you are dealing with, it is a really big one Livie anyone would get stressed by it, and your mom has been through a lot recently, she is bound to be on edge and this is a really personal case" "do you think I over reacted" she mumbled

"no sweetheart you didn't" Ryan said gently "everyone has their moments ok, just take a moment to breathe, allow her to do the same and then move on yeah" she nodded to herself "yeah, thanks guys" she looked at her watch "are you guys still at the precinct, it is a bit late isn't it" "naw" Ryan said "we are having a gaming night" she laughed "I won't tell Rick that" they laughed "yeah we are trying to level up a bit before he gets back so we can whoop his ass" she laughed again "ok guys thanks, that really helped, enjoy your game, see you soon yeah" "yeah later kid, call if you need to talk again" Ryan said "thanks night" "night" they both chorused before she hung up, then she put her head in her hands and just sat there in silence listening to the world moving around her.

She heard movement and then Alexis was sitting next to her pulling her into her arms "oh Livie" she said softly "it's ok" she hugged her sister tightly "I know" she mumbled "I know it's ok, it just doesn't feel ok" Alexis rubbed her back comfortingly, looking over Alexis' shoulder she saw April and Tali standing at a respectful distance, they both smiled supportively at her which she returned gratefully, Alexis pulled away to look at her "you ok" she asked, Livie nodded "I just need a bit of time" Alexis nodded understandingly.

April spoke up "do you want to get out of here, there is a funfair somewhere near the woods, we could go spend some time there", Livie thought "go on" Alexis encouraged "you should go relax a bit" Livie smiled "ok then" she said "let's go" "um don't you need a coat" Tali asked, Livie thought "nah I'll be fine" she said "let's go now" she didn't want to go back into the Jeffersonion and see her mom right now, she wanted to go and have some fun, April and Tali both grinned at her "coming Alexis" April asked, the oldest girl shook her head "no thanks" she said "I'll stay and go tell your mom that you're ok yeah" she looked at Livie who nodded "thanks Lexie" she mumbled giving her sister a hug "no problem Livs" she said with a smile, she kissed her little sister's forehead before heading back towards the lab.

"Come on then" April said "haven't been to the fair in ages" Tali grinned "me neither, not for a couple of years now" Livie grinned "can't wait to see it" she said as they linked arms and headed off towards the gates.

XOXOXO

Kate sat staring blankly over the lab waiting for her daughter to return so she could apologise again, the guilt felt like it was almost crushing her, she hated it, and she felt so bad for what she had done. She heard someone approaching and out of the corner of her eye she saw Rick sit down next to her, she sighed "do you know why I named my daughter Olivia" he looked at her "I assumed that as you are a bit of a book worm it was after a character" she nodded "partly, Twelfth Night by Shakespeare", Rick nodded "I remember the story" she smiled

"I remember lying in that hospital bed looking down at her and wanting to name her something beautiful, and I thought of how when I was little my mom had sat and read Twelfth Night to me and then I thought yes that name was beautiful and it had so many wonderful memories attached to it, and it symbolises beauty, peace and dignity and that was everything I wanted for my little girl"

"It is a beautiful name" Rick said softly "just like her" she smiled and looked at him "I hate myself for what I did to her today" she said softly "don't" Rick said "you shouldn't Kate, everyone has their moments and you shouldn't hate yourself for one moment out of thousands" she looked at him miserably her eyes still full of tears, he sighed and pulled her into his arms holding her tightly.

"why you sad Kate" they both looked up to see Libby standing a few feet away looking at them concerned, her big blue eyes burned with curiosity, Kate smiled at her, pulling on a brave face in front of the five year old "I did something silly" she said "something I shouldn't have" Libby looked at her "everyone does silly things" she said "you shouldn't be sad" Kate smiled at the clever little girl "I know Libs I know" she said, Libby clambered onto the sofa next to her "so be happy" she commanded and Kate saw Rick smile, "ok then" she said with a smile, touching the child on the nose making her giggle and Kate smile "happy now, thank you Libby", the girl grinned and then leaned forward and hugged Kate who stiffened in surprise before she hugged her back, holding her, remembering when her own daughter had been that size.

She hugged the little girl until she chimed "hi Lexie" and they all looked up as Alexis appeared at the end of the platform and made her way over, instantly Kate stood releasing the little girl to Rick who tickled her tummy making her giggle loudly "where's Livie" Kate asked instantly anxious when she could still not see her daughter, Alexis smiled gently "she's fine Kate" she said reassuringly "she went with April and Tali out, there is a fair or something going on and I think those two are trying to give her every DC experience before she leaves" Kate nodded and ducked her head "Kate" Alexis said softly "she isn't mad at you" Kate sighed "she should be" she mumbled "no" Alexis said moving forward to hug her stepmother "she shouldn't be and she isn't, she loves you so much, every mother and child goes through a rough spot, hell I am constantly annoyed with dad, but I love him and that always over rules my anger, Livie didn't even feel mad at you, just a little confused, so relax, the girls are taking her to help her forget and by the time she gets back the two of you can go back to the amazing close relationship you had before this whole thing began"

Kate smiled "thanks Lex" she said softly hugging her tightly, Alexis hugged her back "no problem Kate, just quit worrying will you" Kate nodded uncertainly before releasing her daughter and then she looked at Rick who nodded and picked Libby up and carried her down back to Angela's office where everyone was sitting waiting, they all greeted them cheerfully "better" Booth asked gently, she nodded "sorry guys" she said softly "ah don't worry about it" Tony said "we are all feeling the same, you were just the first to show it" everyone nodded, Rick set Libby down and she ran over to Brennan who picked her up cuddling her on her lap running her fingers through her hair.

"where are the others" Booth asked Alexis "going to some fair" she said "ah" Booth said "I know the one, April used to love it when she was tiny" "I think I know it too" Tony said "we used to take Tali to it didn't we Zee" Ziva nodded from where she was bottle feeding AJ, Booth looked at his watch "they will be a couple of hours there" he said, he looked around "do we want to continue" he asked, everyone shrugged "how about some food" Rick suggested "my treat" "won't say no to that" Tony said with a grin leaning back in his chair.

XOXOXO

Half an hour later the table was littered with empty Chinese boxes and everyone was leaning back, working on the case calmly and relaxed, AJ had been passed from embrace to embrace and was currently sitting on Kate's knee reaching up to play with her hair, she smiled at him looking into his chocolate eyes, carbon copies of his mother's.

"so" Tony said tentatively "if we appear to be choosing his next victims, what do we do now" Booth groaned and rubbed his face "I don't know, work it without questioning anyone in person" "that will be difficult" Gibbs said from where he sat allowing Libby to play with his badge "how can we find him without asking people if they have seen anything suspicious" Booth shrugged and ran a hand through his hair, Kate thought "how does he know" she wondered out loud, they all looked up at her "what" Tony asked, she looked at them "how does he know who we are speaking too" she asked "he must be following us" Ziva realised, Booth turned to Angela "can you run facial recognition against all our crime scene photos" he asked "look for anyone who appears multiple times" she nodded getting to her feet "it might take a while though" she said as she typed in the instructions into her computer.

They all mulled more theories for nearly an hour before quietening down, sprawling across the chairs much as their daughters had done last night, Kate curled up leaning against Rick playing gently with AJ wiggling her fingers in front of him smiling as he grabbed at them giggling gently.

Suddenly there was a loud beeping sound and they all sat up suddenly, Kate catching AJ before he was dislodged by her jerking upwards, they all stared at the screen where four pictures could be seen, one from each of their crime scenes, and each picture had zoomed in to show the same figure, wearing a hooded jumper, with the hood shadowing his face and large sunglasses hiding his eyes, they all stared "that's him" Kate breathed "that is our killer" she gazed at him frowning, she had the strangest feeling that she had seen him before, but she couldn't see him properly and she couldn't have, it was impossible.

"We've got him" Booth said "we have his picture, we can send it to every unit in the city and someone will have to see him right I mean…whoa"

Everyone froze as the images disappeared "Angie" Booth said uncertainly "not me" she said looking confused "I am not doing…oh" her gasp mingled with everyone else's as a message flashed on the screen:

'BACK OFF'

They all looked at each other "um Ange hilarious joke" Booth said "hey I am not even holding the controller now" Angela said indignantly showing them her empty hands, "that's how he does it" Kate said "he hacked us, somehow he got through all the firewalls and hacked us, he has been watching our every step, now we are too close, he is warning us away"

They all looked at each other "um, now what" Rick asked "Ange do you think you can back trace the signal" Booth asked, she shrugged "I can give it a try" she said sitting down "hey McGee come give me a hand" she called, McGee leapt up and ran to help her, their fingers flew across the keyboard as they typed furiously before McGee growled "no, he sensed us coming, he blocked me" they all looked up as another message flashed up:

'I Warned You'

It disappeared and was replaced by an image, an image that nearly made their hearts stop and their throats run dry.

Three girls sat on a bench side by side grinning at each other, laughing at some unheard joke, their eyes shining, oblivious to the danger that could be seen behind them, the shadows of a group of men all watching them.

Tony reacted the fasted, he yanked out his phone and was calling his daughter putting it on speaker "hey dad" Tali said chirpily "Tali" he shouted "run now, all of you run" "what" she said confused "go get out of there, you're in danger go" Tony shouted, there was a gasp and then Tali was saying "hey guys let's go" they could hear the murmur of the other two obviously asking what was wrong "let's go" Tali said firmly, and then they could hear the sounds of them moving "stick to the crowds" Tony said "keep talking to me Tali and don't lose the others, we are on our way" they were all running towards their cars clambering in to two of them "dad what's wrong" Tali asked "just get out of there find somewhere crowded and stay there" Tony said as Ziva pulled away with a screech of tyres heading out of the grounds speeding along with Booth right behind her, frantically she pushed the peddle down desperate to get to her daughter.

XOXOXO

Tali frowned in confusion at her father's tone, he caught hold of Livie's hand and motioned for her to do the same to April, then they were heading back to the main part of the fair where crowds of people were, then she froze as she sensed movement behind her and looking up she saw two men standing in their path.

"Tali" she heard her dad say, but she didn't respond, she lowered the phone away from her ear and then slowly slipped it into her pocket as she glanced over and saw more men coming from either side of them, she heard Livie gasp and the three of them bunched together protecting each other's backs as they stared at the circle of men around them.

Nobody moved except for Tali, who looked around the circle frantically searching for an escape, but there were none visible, then the men pounced, there was no visible command, they just all reacted at the same time. Tali yelled as she felt them grab her and Livie and April both cried out, they were placing a rag over her mouth and nose, and the cloying smell made her feel dizzy, 'no' she thought grimly, 'not today'.

She struck out with her leg kicking one in his crotch; he swore loudly doubling over allowing her to elbow him in the face and send him falling backwards, instantly she swung her free arm up punching the other one in the nose, he swore and swung his arm at her but she blocked his blow and rammed herself into him, sending him to the floor, she leapt away from him and saw that the other men were dragging Livie and April away hands clamped over their mouths to muffle their cries, "hey" she shouted and ran at them tackling the ones holding April and swinging her leg out from the floor to kick the one holding Livie making him stop, eyes wide Livie jammed her elbows into his stomach and he staggered backwards, she yanked herself forward and away stumbling away, he launched for her again but Tali stepped in punching him in the throat sending him sprawling to the floor.

Livie stared at them April was staggering away from her captors breathing hard, "you ok" she asked, she and Tali nodded shakily, suddenly they heard a growl and saw Tali's captors heading for them again and the others were staggering to their feet, Livie felt Tali shove her, "go" she shouted "move, now, RUN", neither she or April hesitated, they both bolted away from the men, into the woods.

XOXOXO

Branches lashed at me, tearing at my skin, roots grabbed at my ankles trying to drag me down, it felt like even nature itself was against me, determined to stop me. But the angry nature wasn't the scariest thing out here so I pressed on, forcing myself to run faster, to be stronger. I forced my way through a thicket, vines wrapped around my wrists, like the fingers on those snatching hands that were chasing me, thorns cut through my skin as easily as though it were air, leaving bloody red furrows running up and down my arms.

I could hear shouting from behind me, and I struggled on breaking branches that blocked my path, the loud cracks they made echoed through the silent night no doubt alerting my chasers to my location. Crack, crack, crack. This time it was not I who made those cracks, they were from my chasers, they were gunshots, and the bullets were aimed at me.

At last I broke free of the thicket, though branches still clung to me, snagging my hair, more gunshots sounded and I heard a gentle 'pft' as a bullet buried itself into the trunk of the tree, against was I was leaning, catching my breath. I bolted. My lungs ached, I had been running for so long, they screamed at me to stop and breathe but every other fibre of my being screamed at me to not stop, to find safety, and that was the part of me that I decided to follow, adrenaline drove me on.

More roots grabbed me and this time they succeeded, I tumbled to the ground. Gasping I scrambled up only to freeze still breathing hard as I felt something cold get pressed against my neck "don't move" was growled in my ear and too exhausted to fight I obeyed. I turned when told to stare into my triumphant opponent's face, he leered at me, slowly the gun still pointed at my head he raised his hand, inside which a walkie talkie rested, smiling victoriously at me he lifted it to his he mouth.

At that moment there was a savage strangled angry cry and he spun round only to yelp as a heavy log collided with his face, he dropped to the floor without making a sound, without reporting our position, I looked at my saviour, her clothes like mine were torn and her arms and cheeks were covered in cuts, her hair was ragged but her rich brown eyes gleamed with the excitement of the chase, the thrill of fear that she felt, "thanks" I said panting "any time" she said with a small grin also breathing hard. Then her face turned serious "where's Tali" she asked, I didn't need to answer, the look on my face said it all, I didn't know, and neither did she. Suddenly there was shouting and we both dropped to the ground hiding between the roots of a tree, a small dark shape rushed past and we both hissed out to her, she turned and relief was written across her face, then she looked up and it was replaced by fear, she looked at us and then gave a small smile, illuminated by the little light that the moon gave us, we stared at her in horror, shaking our heads frantically but she looked determined, 'run' she mouthed then she turned and fled.

I tried to leap up after her but April held me down, her hand over my mouth as more dark shapes rushed past us, there was silence, then three loud cracks that made us flinch, they seemed even louder than they should be in the silent forest, listening hard we heard a muffled thump and then the sound of our attackers cheering. We stared at each other in horror "no not Tali" I whispered, shock and fear consuming me, Tali was the strongest out of the three of us, she couldn't have been captured, but she had.

We weren't safe there and although it pained us to do so, to leave our friend, not knowing her fate, we leapt up and stumbled away. We stayed close together, determined not to be separated again, for fear of capture, we moved as silently as possible through the dark trees, looking desperately for an escape, a friendly light, a gap in the trees, anything. But there was nothing, we were in the middle of nowhere, all alone, except for each other with men with guns out to get us.

Suddenly from behind there was shouting and before we could stumble more than a few steps, there was a crack, April groaned, and then staggered before falling, a tranquiliser dart in her side, "April" I gasped terrified falling to my knees beside her, "run" she gasped. I looked over my shoulder, in what little light there was I saw our abductors moving towards us, one of which I could see was holding a limp figure slung over his shoulder. Tali. "Livie" April gasped, her voice was beginning to slur "run", there was a shout as one of the men spotted me still standing.

But I didn't move, as scared as I was I knew my place, and that was here with my new friends, I wouldn't abandon them, we were so alike, we understood each other better than anyone else did. So I stood there frozen to the spot, trembling, strong arms grabbed me, a cloth was placed over my mouth and nose, but I didn't fight, I began to feel dizzy as I breathed in whatever was on the cloth, the world swayed and my body went limp as I fell to the floor, as my eyes began to droop I stared at the canopy of trees above me, and the beautiful moon, glowing above me, then the world went black.

XOXOXO

He stood there leaning against his car waiting impatiently, he looked at his watch and then sighed and tapped his foot, trying not to get too angry, where were they, they should be here by now.

He looked up as he heard a car approaching and a white van pulled up next to him and the thugs he had hired climbed out, he looked at them "did you get her" he asked, the leader nodded angrily "we got them all" he said and he yanked the door to the van open, he eyed him, he had a broken nose "wasn't that easy I take it" he said, he scowled and yanked one of the girls out "this one is lethal" he snarled "she can fight" he eyed her "hmm" he said looking at her "if you don't want her I will have her" the thug said producing a large knife and holding it to the girl's slender throat "I want to hurt her and kill her" he breathed.

He looked at him "put them in my car" he said "all of them", the thugs lifted the three girls and placed them in the boot of his SUV, they had tied their wrists with flexi cuffs and they were all unconscious. "well" the leader of the thugs demanded "where is our money", he considered killing them, it was the cheaper, cleaner way, but he didn't feel like it so he handed over a bag containing their money "speak of this to no one" he warned "otherwise I will kill you", they nodded and grabbed the bag before jumping into their van and driving off.

He moved round to the boot and studied the three girls, his gaze lingered on his target, curled up in between the other two, he had only wanted her, he would have taken her anyway, the others were just to keep the parents at bay. He gazed at her, lying there unconscious and he smiled before reaching in and running his fingers through her long brown hair, then he slammed the boot shut and clambered into the driver's seat and started the engine and drove off with his precious cargo.

Haha cliffhanger, I know I am cruel.

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