CH 18

"What the hell did you just say?" Anna said with shock on her face. There was a hush over the entire court room. Partly due to fear of the woman holding the gun, but also with intrigue and curiosity.

"You heard me, Commissioner." Dr. Obrecht replied

"I don't know what kind of stunt your trying to pull here, Doctor, but I'm not falling for it. Drop your weapon!"

"It's no stunt. Your precious Robin is alive and well."

"You really expect me to believe that?" Anna asked

"Well you did before, remember? You tracked her all the way to Switzerland."

"Anna what the hell is she talking about?" Patrick interjected

"Ah, you didn't fill Dr. Drake in on your little adventure last year, I see."

"It was a wild goose chase, Patrick. There was nothing to tell." Anna replied

"Oh Commissioner, you have no clue how close you actually were. Robert knows though. He actually saw her his little girl. That's why he had to be silenced." Dr. Obrecht said referring to Robin's father who was still in a coma almost a year later. Anna looked at Patrick then back at Dr. Obrecht. This couldn't possibly be true.

"This is ridiculous. Your feeding me lies and false dreams is not going to save your daughter!" Anna yelled.

"And you sending my daughter off the prison won't save yours." She retuned keeping the gun pointed squarely at Anna. "I see that you need proof. And lucky for you I have that." She slowly reached into her pocket with her free hand and pulled out a cellphone and tossed it to Anna.

"I will have order in my court room!" Judge Matthews tried to intervene banging her gavel.

"What the hell am I looking at?" Anna asked ignoring the judge.

"That would be a live feed of her hospital room."

Anna looked at the video on the phone and all the color drained from her face. There she was. Her little girl lying in a hospital bed. Patrick looked over to see what Anna was looking at and damn near lost control of his legs. Surely his eyes were deceiving him. As they were trying to make out the image on the phone, Sabrina who had remained seated on the bench in shock slowly made her way toward the prosecutions table.

"I… I don't understand. What kind of game is this?" Anna said

"No game Commissioner. That is a live video of your daughter alive at Ferncliff as we speak."

"No…. I looked there… " Anna whispered

"Anna, what the hell is going on?! What is she talking about?!" Patrick's voice rose with each word.

Anna looked at the distress on Patrick's face and realized she had to tell him the truth. She told him about how she decided to follow up on Heather's claim about seeing Robin at Ferncliff and then following that lead to Switzerland. "I know I should have told you Patrick. I'm sorry, but what was I going to tell you? Every lead I found was just another dead end." She sighed.

"And how do we know this is real?" Patrick asked looking back at the video feed on the cellphone.

"Look at the time stamp, Dr. Drake. That is a live video." Patrick looked again and saw Robin shift in her bed. She opened her eyes and looked around the empty room with sadness on her face. He couldn't believe his eyes. His first love, the mother of his daughter was alive. He traced the outline of her face with his hand on the phone in disbelief. When he lost her he felt like he had lost his ability to breathe, to live. But there she was. He couldn't stop the tears from falling.

"So here's the deal" Dr. Obrecht began breaking into the silence "You give me my daughter, and I will give you yours."

Before Anna could respond 2 officers in civilian clothing ran through the entrance behind Dr. Obrecht and attempted to restrain her.

"Wait! NO!" Anna screamed as everyone once again hit the floor at the sight of the gun flailing around during the struggle.

Ethan's eyes followed the direction of the gun and saw that it was pointed directly at Sabrina who was now standing in the isle between the defense and prosecution tables. Without hesitation, he jumped over the barrier and threw himself over her just as the gun went off.

"Put the cuffs on her!" Anna called to the officers as they finally rustled the gun away from Dr. Obrecht's grip.

"Sabrina!" Patrick yelled as he and Sonny damn near knocked each other over trying to get to her. The image of blood made them stop dead in their tracks.

"Get a medic in here!" Dante screamed.

"Sabrina?!" Patrick was in a full panic trying to carefully lift Ethan up.

"There's so much blood." Sonny said.

"It's not mine!" Sabrina yelled. "I'm fine. Ethan? Ethan?!"

"I have a civilian down. Male, mid-twenties, single gunshot wound to the lower back. Send all available units." Dante said into his phone. "Ok, I need everyone out now!" He called ushering all of the spectators into the hall.

"Give me something to stop the bleeding!" Sabrina yelled. "Ethan, can you hear me? It's ok. You're going to be just fine."

"I don't feel so fine at the moment" Ethan managed to say through the pain.

"I know, but I need you to stay with me, ok?" Sabrina replied placing Sonny's coat over the Ethan's wound. "Why did you do that?"

"It was my job…" Ethan smiled before losing consciousness.

"He's over there" Dante directed the EMTs as they rushed over and took Sabrina place at Ethan's side.

"He has a pulse. Let's get him up." The EMT said.

"Are you happy now?" Anna asked walking over to Dr. Obrecht who had her hands handcuffed behind her back. "All this chaos you've created just to delay the inevitable. Your daughter is still going to jail. And you'll be in the cell right next to her."

"If anything happens to me or my daughter, the men I have watching Robin have the order to dispose of her. Now, is that really what you want, Commissioner? To lose your precious Robin all over again?" Dr. Obrecht smirked

Anna exchanged looks with Patrick "Fine. Take her and Dr. Westbourne to the station. Put them in a holding cell. I'm going to Ferncliff to check this story of hers out. And if it's another wild goose chase, I promise you'll regret it." Anna warned.

Patrick looked back at Sabrina who was helping the EMT's with Ethan. "Sabrina, I…"

"It's fine Patrick. Go with Anna. Find out what the hell is going on. I'm going to the hospital with Ethan."

"I'll be right behind you." Sonny added as they began wheeling Ethan's gurney out the courtroom and down the hall.

Before Sabrina could leave, Patrick grabbed her by the hand and gave her an apologetic look.

"I have to go" Sabrina said pulling her hand from his and running out of the room.

"Did you know anything about this?" Patrick turned to face Britt who looked just as shocked as everyone else.

"No. I… I don't know what is going on. I swear, Patrick." She replied.

"Patrick lets go" Anna called halfway out the door. They didn't know what to believe or what to expect, but if there was a chance Robin was out there somewhere. They were determined to bring her home.

Sabrina paced back and forth in the hallway waiting for the Doctor to come out and tell her something about Ethan's condition.

"You're going to wear a track in the floor." Sonny said. "Maybe you should sit down."

"Sabrina! What the hell happened?!" Felix called running up and pulling her into a hug.

"Ethan... um. He was… Britt... her mother... Robin… I…" Sabrina was incoherent at best.

"Ok you're shaking like a leaf and not making a bit of sense. Here, sit down" Felix said easing her into a chair. "Sonny, care to fill me in?"

Sabrina sat there stone faced as Sonny rehashed the morning's events at the court house. It sounded just as crazy the second time around.

"So Dr. Scorpio-Drake is alive?" Felix asked with confusion in his voice.

"It appears that way, but we don't know. Anna and Patrick went to find out for sure." Sonny responded.

"And Ethan took a bullet for you?" Felix asked Sabrina but didn't get a reply. She was staring at the floor in utter disbelief. So much had happened that she wasn't even sure what the concentrate on first. Her entire world had once again been flipped upside down. If what Britt's mother said was true, Sabrina had just lost everything she worked so hard to get. Her soul mate.

"Patrick stand back" Anna instructed with her gun drawn outside of the door they were instructed Robin was in. Slowly they opened the door and stepped in. Anna and Patrick both stood in the doorway looking at a dark haired woman with her head turned away from them.

"Robin?" Anna said.

The woman turned her head to face them and smiled. "Hi Mom."

"Oh my god…." Patrick said barely above a whisper.

Anna ran to her daughter and began to loosen the restraints around her hands and feet "Is it really you?" She asked tears streaming down her face.

"It's me. I knew you would find me." She replied wrapping her arms around Anna's neck after her hands were free.

Patrick stayed in the doorway frozen in disbelief as Anna and Robin were reunited. It was as if his feet were encased in cement. His mind kept flashing back to that day in the lab. The worse day of his life. Saying goodbye to her was the hardest thing he'd even done, and in the blink of an eye, it was all undone. His wife was in arms reach. He should be running to her to lifting her into his arms. But he couldn't move.

"Patrick…" Robin whispered with tears in her eyes. She held out her hand silently pleading for him to come to her. She had dreamed of this day for over 18 months. She was finally going home to the man that she loved, the daughter that she adored and the life she had built. She kept her arm raised towards Patrick. He in return smiled at the woman he once loved more than life, but he didn't move from his spot in the doorway.