Jessica was sitting on the counter in the kitchen. She could not believe what they found out. She watched as Veronica paced back and forth. "I did not sign up for this." Veronica said nervously. "What do you want us to do? Wave a white flag to them call time out?" Nick retorted sarcastically. Jessica looked at him with a glare. "Watch your tone." she threatened. sliding off the counter. "We just want to get Lincoln off death row alright not cause a world wide conspiracy." Jessica said back to Nick. "Lincoln? We just discovered that Vice President Reynolds donated hundreds of thousands of research funds into her brother's company. That money was sent into smaller accounts that got funded toward her campaign. This set her up to be the leader of this country. This does not end with us just stopping an execution." Nick raised his voice at Jessica. Jessica looked to LJ before answering him. "For me it does." Jessica declared looking Nick dead in the eye. Nick rolled his eyes and looked toward Veronica before walking past Jessica bumping her shoulder with his. Unknown to them Quinn was outside. He was staging himself to get inside the cabin.
Jessica was still angrily pacing the kitchen. LJ walked up to her. "Jess. I want to apologize for what I said to you yesterday. I don't blame you. I never did. I was just mad and hurt and I took it out on you." he told her looking guilty. She turned to face him. "I know you didn't mean it. This whole thing is tough on all of us." she said to him giving him a hug. "If we're able to free my dad are you going to get back together?" he asked her looking up at her with hopeful eyes. She looked at him not knowing how to answer. "I know that you're with Jason and everything, but I remember how good you and my dad were together. A lot of kids they always wish that their parents would stay together...but I was always happy with you with my dad. Nobody ever made him as happy as you did." he spilled to her. "Look at me." she said waiting til he looked at her. "I love your father. I do. I tried not to. I thought that he didn't love me anymore...But I know that's not true. I wish things could be different I really do. But i honestly don't think things could ever go back to the way they were." she finally confessed to him. He pulled away with tears in his eyes and gave her a sad smile before turning away from the room. Jess stood there with tears in her eyes. She brushed them away angrily and looked back out the window.
Later that night Jessica woke up hearing a noise. She looked beside her and seen that Veronica was still sleeping. She crawled out of the bed and grabbed her gun. She started to walk out when Veronica woke up. She looked to Jessica standing by the door with her gun drawn. Jessica signaled for her to be quiet and made her way out to the living room. Nick was already awake with his gun drawn. "Help!" they heard from outside. "I wrecked my car and I'm hurt can you please help me!" they heard the distress of the man. Nick and Jessica slowly crept closer to the door. There was another knocking on the door. "Is anybody there? Can you please help me! Oh god!" the stranger kept exclaiming through the other side of the door. "We can't just ignore him." Veronica whispered to Nick and Jessica. "The hell we can't." LJ commented standing beside Veronica. Jessica rolled her eyes. "LJ, Veronica stay back." she whispered to them as Nick crept closer to the door. Jessica kept her gun drawn standing protectively in front of LJ and Veronica. Nick looked through the peep hole before looking back to Jessica. "He looks hurt." he informed her, She nodded her head and Nick opened the door. Quinn walked in acting distressed. "What happened?" Nick asked Quinn. "I must have dozed off...I don't know." he acted upset making everyone believe his story. "Should I get him some water from the well?" LJ asked already backing up to get it. Nick shook his head. "The well is dried up." he said. Jessica lowered her gun. "There's a first aid kit." she said pointing to the kitchen. Nick nodded and walked past to get it. A gun shot went off and Nick got shot in the shoulder. Jessica turned and raised her gun. Quinn raised his gun at LJ. "Drop the gun Jessica." Quinn demanded. "Do you really want to see who is faster?" he imputed causing her to raise her hands in defeat and drop the gun on the floor. "Good girl, Now slide it over." he demanded. Jessica glared at him while sliding her gun over to him. "Good. Now no one is going anywhere." he said keeping his gun raised while Jessica kept a defensive stance in front of LJ.
Jessica was tied on the couch while LJ and Veronica were tied up in chairs. She tried to loosen the knot that was tied tightly around her wrists. She watched as Quinn picked up both hers and Nick's guns and put them on the kitchen counter. He walked up behind LJ. "Say goodbye to junior." he said dragging LJ in the chair into the bedroom. Jessica screamed but it was muffled due to the duct tape. She struggled with her restraints and glared at Quinn. He shut the door so nobody could see LJ and walked back over to a recliner in the living room across from Jessica and Veronica. He sat and down and looked straight at them. "Do you know how many pints are in the human body?" he asked as Jessica glared at him. She knew exactly how many there were. "The answer is 10, but I'm sure with your background and training Jessica you already knew that." he stated looking to Jessica. He looked down to Nick laying on the floor. "How many do you think prince charming has left, seven or eight?" he asked asking the two of them. "I tell you what, I'm gonna take Mr. Sarvin out in the woods to the shed and I want you two to sit and ponder on this...I want to know what all you found out about the Burrow's case and who you have all told and I might just let you go in time to take Nick here to the hospital." he leaned forward in his heat. "Whose life is more important? Now I know Jessica, Burrow's is your ex husband and that's his kid in there I get that. But who is more important? The guy waiting to die or the guy wishing he was already dead? You figure it out." he stood up and made his way into the bedroom with LJ. Jessica started fighting back on the knots trying to loosen them.
***LINCOLN'S POV***
Lincoln was standing outside in the isolated yard. He felt worried that he hasn't heard from Jessica in a couple days. He knew that the last time they talked she said goodbye to him, but he knew that she was suppose to stop by to keep him updated on LJ. He walked up to where he could stand by Michael on the other side. "Hey have you heard from Jessica?" he asked him hoping he heard something. "No I haven't." he said not really paying attention to Lincoln. "Something doesn't feel right. I haven't heard from her. All I got was a note from LJ. She said she would be back." he whispered mostly to himself. "Something isn't right Michael I can feel it." he shouted making sure Michael paid attention to him. Michael turned to look at him. "Maybe she's busy. But if it helps I'll give her a call maybe she'll answer I'll tell her to stop by." Michael told his brother before walking off. Lincoln was still worried. He got a feeling in the pit of his stomach that Jessica was in distress./p
***END POV***
Jessica managed to crawl her way to the wood heater in the middle of the room. She was pressed up against it burning the plastic of the zip tie so she could save herself and her family. She heard Quinn on the porch so she quickly made her way back to the couch so she wouldn't get caught. He walked back in the cabin and made his way to stand in front of Jessica and Veronica. "So Jessica how is being a good detective treating you? If Lincoln had nailed a girl with half a brain he probably wouldn't be in this mess." he taunted her. She just glared at him. "I mean I did look at your background, very colorful all in your teenage years then you wised up and went to the police academy." he stared at her. "But my question is why get all these people involved. You had a good life. If your sister had just minded her own business people like Latoya Barrison and your sister's fiancée wouldn't be dead right now. I mean you even have a boyfriend of your own." she just glared at him. "Their deaths are on you and your sister." he taunted looking between Jessica and Veronica. Veronica was wide eyed that her fiancée was dead. Jessica looked over to Veronica hoping she was OK. "But the two of you can end all this right now. You just tell me everything and this will all be over." he looked between the both of them. "When you're ready to talk just nod." Jessica continued to glare and Veronica just looked at him. Quinn scoffed and shook his head. "You know I don't know what I guy like Lincoln Burrows did to have such loyalty." he stated standing up. "You two look like you're cold." he informed them grabbing a little heater and turning it on. Jessica struggled silently to pull apart the plastic binding her wrists together. She managed to finally free her hands. She jumped up as he was turning around and sucker punched him hard with all her power right in the temple. She took the tape off her mouth then ran to Veronica. She untied Veronica and removed the tape. "Go find Nick and get to the car I'm gonna get LJ." she commanded after releasing her sister. Veronica instantly ran out the door to find Nick.
Jessica ran into the bedroom to get LJ. She hurried up to untie him from the chair and take the tape off his mouth. "Where is he?" LJ asked nervously. "We don't have time we have to go!" Jessica exclaimed rushing him out the door. "Go find Veronica and Nick in the shed." she commanded to LJ as she ran to the counter to grab the gun. She checked that there were bullets and ran out the door toward the shed. "Where's the keys?" she exclaimed at Nick. "In my pocket." he whispered very weakly. Veronica grabbed his keys and threw them to LJ. "LJ go start the car!" Veronica shouted at him. Jessica and Veronica got on either side and lifted him up. They heard a gun shot making them jump.
Jessica leaned Nick against the side of the shed. "Get Nick to the car, I'm going after LJ." she stated dangerously checking the gun to make sure the safety was off. She ran off into the woods as Veronica was half dragging, half carrying Nick to the car. "LJ!" Jessica half shouted, half whispered. She keep the gun raised and quietly made her way through the woods in the direction the sounds were coming from. "LJ!" she exclaimed again before turning when she heard a noise. "Do you know what the Russians do?" Jessica turned to face Quinn with her gun drawn. "They let you live but they kill your entire family and everyone you ever associated with how does that sound?" he asked pointing his gun at her. "How about you just go to hell." she suggested making him laugh. "Is that any way for a lady like yourself to talk?" he asked her. She kept stepping back. She knew where they were at. If he took a couple more steps her way he would land in the well. He made a step toward her and noticed the board. "Seriously? Do you think I am that stupid?" he angrily retorted taking a step around so he wouldn't land in the well. Before she got a chance to shoot him LJ came running and body slammed into Quinn making him fall face first into the well. She instantly pulled LJ into her arms. "Are you OK?" she asked checking him for wounds.
They quickly made their way back to the car where Veronica and Nick were waiting. Jessica got in the driver's seat as LJ got in the passenger seat. She sped off back to the city toward the nearest hospital. "How is he?" Jessica asked looking back briefly toward Veronica. Veronica was looking through Jessica's med kit to take care of him. Trish made her way through the woods with Paul tracking Quinn's signal. She knew where she was going since it use to be her dad's cabin before her sister and Lincoln bought it. Trish started to smirk once they made there way to the well. She looked down and seen him sitting there at the bottom. She could tell that his leg and arm was broken and he had a very good wound on his head. "How'd it go?" Paul asked him sarcastically not really liking the guy. "Eh you know how this shit goes." he said lightly. "I think we all got off on the wrong foot." Trish scoffed humorlessly as Paul took off his jacket. "Oh yeah you are definitely right about that. I told you that you would regret going after my sister." Trish waved sarcastically as Paul put the board back on the top. "What are you doing? Don't be stupid!" he exclaimed as they stood there. "So we have a deal. You don't go after my sisters and LJ and I make sure that Lincoln stays in prison." Trish confirmed and shook his hand. "We have a deal." he smiled at her as they walked off back to the car.
