A/N: I hope the wait for this chapter wasn't to long. I will try some new POV's in this chapter. Tell me if you liked it. I didn't had the time to proofread this chapter so there will be more mistakes with grammar and spelling than usual. Sorry for that but otherwise I wouldn't have been able to update until tonight...
Disclaimer: All characters, except for a few new ones, belong to E.L. James. The storyline is mine.
Taylor's POV
Fucking Sawyer, how could he not watch Ana until she was safely in the fucking elevator. And damn myself for allowing that he just dropped her off out front. The boss is clearly out of his mind once he sees the blood on the ground. It's not enough for a deadly injury but who ever this blood belonged to must be badly injured.
And suddenly it's all slow motion. Grey nearly jumps into the bushes only to take a step back and then he sacks to his knees on the ground with a pained cry. And that's the moment where I'm convinced that he just found Ana's body. Sawyer is standing behind me muttering sorry over and over again, but I have to see her for myself.
I take a step forward and all I can see in the dim light of the sunset is a body lying behind the bushes at the outside wall of the building. I can't see the face but it is cleary a petite woman with lots of dark hair and Miss Steele's purse is next to her. I know I need to check her vitals but let me tell you I was in the army and if you see a body on the ground with arms and legs twisted in an angle like the body in front of me you won't find any vitals.
But I kneel down turn her over and jump up. Fuck my life it's not Ana. Thank fuck for that. It's that junkie, the bosses birthmother and from the looks of it she is at least 24 hours dead and has a bullet hole in the middle of her forehead. I get out of the bushes and crouch down next to the boss.
Fuck me he is crying. I didn't even think he was capable of that but since Ana came into his life he changed. Let's hope we can find her.
"Sir. It's not Ana." He is so fast on his feet that I nearly end up on my ass and looks at his dead birthmother. His expression changes from utterly broken into a mask of pure fury in less then a nanosecond.
" Taylor call the police and Welch I want everyone we can get to help find Ana. I don't care who you have to hire, bribe or even blackmail, just fucking find her!" Grey yells and I can tell he is clearly on the edge of losing his sanity. Shit I need to get him out of here before the cops arrive. He will get himself arested if he freaks out in front of them.
"Yes Sir. Umm what about the guests?"
"I'll tell them. We need to find Elena fucking Lincoln this is her doing" he hisses and storms off. I call the cops and let Welch now that Miss Steele is missing and that the old bitch must have her hands in it. Damn it I will kill her myself if she has hurt Miss Steele or worse.
Grey has still no idea that he is head over heels in love with little Miss Steele though to anyone else it's pretty obvious that she has him by the balls. I knew it when he threw a fit and she just walked in and told to quit acting like that. Obediently the fucker did. Still he has no clue. I suspect thats because he never saw women for more than a vagina on legs before.
When the cops arrive the fuckers are all over who killed Grey's birthmother when all I want them to do is remove the body and go find Miss Steele. Sad to say, but there is no one who will lose sleep about Grey's dead birthmother. Finally they understand that whoever killed her has most likely kidnapped a young woman. Of course they want to talk to the boss so I get them into the penthouse and Grey and his father take them into his study.
I take a look into the greatroom and the atmosphere in there has gone from surprise party to funeral. Grace and Mia Grey are trying to comfort Miss Steele's mother who is crying hysterically. Miss Steele's cousins are sitting in one corner holding hands, Elliot is holding Miss Kavanagh who is sobbing and the dance dude and his boyfriend are talking to Miss Steele's brother who is also crying. Ana's Dad is pacing the room and mumbles something I can't hear but I guess he is silently praying for his daughter to come back unharmed.
"Jason?" I turn and see Gail she has tears in her eyes too so I pull her into my arms.
"Do you think Miss Steele is alright?"
"I hope so."
"T, you have to see this" I turn to look at Ryan. "What?"
"The CCTV. You can see what happened."
Gail pulls herself together and leaves to see if someone wants a tea while I get the boss, his Dad and the cops into my office and let Ryan play the security bitch.
"Fuck Ryan that is last night" I growl when the tape starts. "Just look" he mutters and we see a van pull up near the bushes and that fucking old bitch gets out and places the body behind the bushes. The van is there all day and then we see Miss Steele as she is about to enter the lobby but for some reason she turns around and looks down the street only to see Sawyer pull up in the garage. She follows him walks down the sidewalk but before she can turn the corner that bitch jumps out of the van, knocks Ana out with something that looks like a steelpipe and drags her into the van. Next the bitch places Miss Steele's purse next to the body and drives away.
"Can anyone identify the woman who attacked Miss Steele" the older one of the two cops wants to know.
"This is Elena Lincoln, the woman I told you about" Grey senior says. Good let him talk the boss would only manage to get himself into trouble in the state of mind he is in right now.
"Do you have any idea why she would kidnap Miss Steele?"
"For fucks sake, how long do you want to stay here and fucking talk you..." Grey senior grabs the boss by his shoulders and stares into his eyes.
"Christian let them do their job. I know you are worried but we have to stay calm. Now go and get a drink or call John and talk to him. I will handle this." From the looks of it the boss is inwardly counting to ten but then pulls himself together nods curtly and stalks out of the office.
"Please excuse my son but as you can see Miss Steele is very close to him. To answer your question. Mrs. Lincoln was recently released from prison on probation after she was incarcerated for more than 12 years. She wants revenge on my family. She is a pedophile and I was the one who gathered all the evidence against her. She was a close family friend before we discovered that she was a pedophile."
"I see but why did she take Miss Steele. If she wants revenge wouldn't she go after your family?"
"Detective Brooks, Mrs. Lincoln threatened to destroy my family she wants us to suffer. You have to understand that my son had a very complicated life before we adopted him. He was terribly abused. As a result of that he never trusted anyone outside the family. That was until he met Miss Steele. She changed him, made him happy and Mrs. Lincoln saw that obviously. If you ask me why she took Miss Steele, it is because she knows my son will never forgive himself if anything will happen to her and might end up even more closed up than he was before he met Miss Steele. I don't know if you have children but there is nothing that hurts my wife and me more than seeing our children hurt or suffering."
"I see. We will need a picture of Miss Steele and a copy of the CCTV tapes." he says and I take that as my cue to leave the office and check on the boss. I find him sitting on the piano bench staring at his phone. I look over his shoulder to see what he is looking at and see him scrolling through pictures of Miss Steele. I'm pretty sure she has no idea he has those as you can see her sleeping in most of them.
"Sir?" he looks up but says nothing. "The police will need a picture of Miss Steele." he nods gets up and walks into his study. I follow him and see him getting a picture frame out of his desk.
"Will that do Taylor?" he turns it to me and I see a picture of Miss Steele sitting on the sofa in the greatroom with a book in her hands but her face is turned to the camera and she is smiling brightly. Fuck please let her be ok.
"Yes that will do Sir." I take it and walk over to the security office and to hand the picture to the cops. The can look for her but as soon as they are out of the penthouse I get my own team together to look for Miss Steele. The cops need to follow a protocoll I on the other side have only one thing in my protocoll and that is to find Miss Steele, no matter what.
Kate's POV
I can't believe that this bitch has kidnapped Ana. It's all Christian's fault. I knew he was bad news right away but Ana wouldn't listen to me and now she is missing. Oh God please let her be alive. She is my bestfriend. Shit, why did we decide to plan a surprise party?!
Ana hates to celebrate her birthday because it only reminds her that her bitchy sister doesn't talk to her. If we hadn't planned this party and kept her outside of Escala to prepare the party she would be here now.
It's been three hours since the police left and we heard nothing. Elliot's parents invited Ana's family to stay at Bellevue and I couldn't believe it when shortly before they left Ana's sister had the balls to show up here to comfort her mother. That little bitch! How dare she come here as if she would care.
I have to say for a short second I wanted to cheer for Christian because he stared at her with so much hate that she nearly ran from the room. But then I reminded myself that if it wasn't for him Ana would be at our apartment by now.
"Kate I'm staying here tonight. Jose and Dave want to stay close so they will stay at your apartment. Do you want to go with them or stay here?" Elliot asks me.
"I'm staying I want to know immidiatly if something happens. I'm not going to sleep until Ana is home." I have to fight back my tears. I don't want to cry again. I need to be strong now. I need to do something.
"I'll clean up the decorations I need something to do." I mutter and Elliot nods and returns to the security office where he, his father, the security guys and Christian are trying to find out where that bitch could have taken Ana.
Please Ana be ok!
Carla's POV
Oh I can't believe this is happening. I almost lost my little angel once and now she has been kidnapped. Why did this happen to her? Oh my God am I a bad mother? I didn't even know that she is living with Christian Grey. All Ana told me was that they are friends. What else didn't she tell me? She is so closed up ever since what happened 4 years ago.
I remember how Jenny came to us crying and told us what had happened. It was the first and only time I ever slapped one of my children. I couldn't believe that Jenny let this terrible boy talk her into this. The girls were so close, closer as any other sisters I have ever met. I kept asking myself what I did wrong raising Jenny for her to do this. In the end I realised she was just young and stupid. She sat with Ana everyday while she was in coma begging her to forgive her, but once Ana was awake she couldn't face her.
Ray and I thought maybe she needed time to face her sister but Jenny never talked to her. When Ana lost it two years ago Jenny just took it as if she was waiting for her sister to punish her all that time. Now Ana is the one who doesn't even want to be anywhere near her sister. I have tried so many times but it was to no use. No matter how often I tried to get Ana in the same room as Jenny she just took off and when I begged Jenny to call her sister she said she couldn't. That she couldn't ask her sister to forgive her if she wasn't even able to forgive herself.
And now... now maybe it's too late. Oh please God, please let her be ok. "Mommy?" I look up and see Jenny. "Mommy please don't cry" she sits next to me and I hug her tightly.
"Ana is so strong Mommy she will be back soon."
"What if not? Oh God I'm going to lose my mind Jenny all I can think of is she still alive, injured, scared, hungry and I know I should be strong for you and your brother but I can't" I sob and hold on to my daughter.
"Ana is a fighter ok? She always was. Don't you remember when we were kids and ran off to play in the woods and couldn't find our way back."
"Oh my God don't remind me you were 6 and 4 I think and we couldn't find you anywhere."
"I know do you know what I never told you? I was so scared I started to cry and wouldn't walk. Do you know what Ana did? She carried me. I mean shit we wear almost the same size but she carried me on her back and wouldn't stop until we found the road again. And you know what from that moment on I always knew that Ana was a fighter she will always find her way home no matter what. She has to because if... if... she doesn't I can never tell her how much I love her... and... and how sorry I am." Jenny is now sobbing too and so we just hold onto each other silently praying for Ana to return home safely.
Mia's POV
I'm sitting on my bed wondering how Ana is. She has to be ok. She just has to. Christian wouldn't survive it otherwise. I look up when I hear a knock on my door and my mom comes in.
"Mia darling you need to sleep."
"I'm not tired Mom. Do you think Elena will hurt Ana?"
"I don't know. Darling how do you fell about Ella I'm mean she was your biological mother."
"Mom you are my mother, the only mother I ever had. That woman just gave birth to me nothing more. What she did to me while she was pregnant with me by taking drugs. Well maybe one day I would have been able to forgive her because she was a weak and very sick person, but what she did to Christian. No I'm not sorry that she is dead. She had choices in her life and she did it all wrong. I know this is going to sound cold but I feel nothing knowing that she is dead. Mommy do you think I'm a bad person for thinking that way?"
"No Darling, you are right, she made the wrong choices in life. But in on way I will always be thankful to her." I frown and look at my Mom.
"Why?"
"Because she brought two of the most important persons in my life into this world. Through her I got your brother and you and I couldn't even think of a life without you two."
We hug and then I look at my mom. "We should take care of her funeral. After all there will be no one else doing it. And even after all she did, she deserves to be laid to rest properly."
"Yes, we will take care of it."
"Mommy do you think that Elena...that she you know... do you think Ana is still alive?"
"Yes, we all need to believe that she is. And let me tell you Ana is a little fighter she won't go down without putting up one hell of a fight. If anyone can stand up to that terrible evil woman it's Ana."
I nod and hug my Mom again, silently praying that Ana will be home soon.
Elliot's POV
What a fucking desaster! It's been almost 10 hours since Ana went missing and the police has just told us that the found the van in a industrial area of Seattle with no sign of Elena or Ana. They found blood in the car but they told us it was not that much so if it was Ana's at least she is not seriously injured. Well at least that is what I chose to believe. If that fucking bitch murdered Ana then I will kill her myself.
Fuck we should have seen that coming. She tried to hurt anyone close to Christian. First me in that accident, then Mia and our parents by telling Christian that Mia is his half sister and now she has taken Ana. To say Christian is a mess right now would be putting it lightly. He hired anyone he could get on such short notice to look for Ana. Thank fuck my Dad could convince him to stay here and wait for news. If he would be there when they find Ana I know he would kill Elena and no one would be able to stop him.
On the other hand if that bitch has harmed Ana I don't want him to see her before she is in the hospital. I have seen what this woman is capable of when Christian came home that night after she beat him up. Seeing Ana in such a condition would probably break him.
Fuck who am I kidding even this waiting is breaking him. I bet in his head he went throug every possible scenario a hundert times by now. I know he has no idea but my little brother is hopelessly in love with Ana. Everyone can see that. Actually it's kind of funny how you can see that they are totally in love but neither of them seems to gather to courage to just say it.
My phone rings and I see it's my mom so I leave the office and take the call.
"Hi Mom"
"Any news?"
"They found the car but it was empty no sign of Ana or that bitch."
"Oh God I hope they find her soon. Listen I had to give Carla something to sleep as she went into a panic attack. Her daughter is staying with her and I will stay with her too but her Stepdad and her brother couldn't stand to wait here any longer, they are coming back to Escala. Have Kate watch the boy ok?"
"Sure Mom how is Mia?"
"Sleeping I think she is waiting for news like the rest of us."
"Ok Mom I'll call you once we have news." I hang up and find Christian in his study drinking a whisky.
"Bro you should try and sleep for a while. You were up all night and ..."
"Sleep are you fucking kidding me? That fucking, sadistic psycho bitch has Ana how the fuck can you think I'm going to sleep before I have Ana back?" he yells.
"Calm down bro I know this is hard but it's no help if you keel over from exhaustion."
"I won't fuck I need to find her Elliot I promised Ana that she doesn't have to worry about the whole Elena thing. I promised to keep her safe. Fuck I never felt this useless or helpless. I can not think straight. Damn it I should have told her. What if that was my last chance?" Christian starts to pace the room and I have no idea what he is talking about.
"Bro please sit down and what are you talking about? What haven't you told her?"
"I talked to Flynn about it over and over again. And when she asked me I couldn't say it. I told her I had no idea when in reality I know it. I... I love her Elliot I want to spend the rest of my life with Ana and when she told me if I want her as my fuck buddy or girl friend I couldn't say it. I... I was afraid she didn't want the same or I don't know and now I might never see her again! Fuck I can't function like this Elliot I need her back. I mean what if that bitch does horrible things to her and it's my fault because I couldn't protect Ana and what if we find her and she doesn't want to see me again or..."
"Stop bro, please stop your talking yourself into a panic attack please calm down. Shit, listen Christian I know this is hard but you have to get it together. You are not helping Ana if you are losing it right now. You will get your chance to tell her, we will find her but you need to stay strong. No matter what Ana will need you once we've find her and stop that shit about her not wanting to see you again.
Fuck you offered her money for sex, called her a slut and acted like a complete dick but she still gave you a chance, eversince then there was more drama than anything yet she still stayed so there is no way she is going to run now, just keep it together bro." Fuck the last thing we need is for Christian to lose it.
"Yes, ok I need to hear if there is any update."
"Good oh and Mister Steele and the boy are coming back over the couldn't stay at Bellevue and just wait. Mom is looking after Ana's mom."
"Look after the boy ok? He doesn't need to hear us making emergency plans on what to do if we find Ana and that bitch is there."
"What plan?" Christian looks at me and I know I will never in my life forget that look and the words he says next.
"If we find her before the cops Elena Lincoln will disappear forever and no one will be able to find even the tiniest piece of her." and with that he leaves his study while it is now my turn to down a whisky.
Ana's POV
I wake completely disoriented and my head hurts so badly I can barely open my eyes. So I blink a couple of times before I open them.
"Well look who is awake now" I look up and see that bitch. Fuck!
A/N: I hope you liked the different POV's. I will go back to switch between Ana's and Christian's in the next chapter. The next update will be tomorrow... until then please leave a review and thanks for reading :)
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