I See You

Chapter 3

Liv got the news only seconds after Amanda. The brunette disconnected the call just as she saw the blonde disappear down the hall. "Fuck!" she muttered under her breath, grabbed her belongings and rushed after her colleague. When she got out the main entrence Amanda was nowhere to be found. Groaning loudly and letting out a rhyme of curses, which caused bypassers to give her strange glances, she quickly got in to her car and sped off.

Their main suspect was not missing anymore. Taking her girlfriend hostage in an old warehouse he was now trying to get a deal. Drop the rape and assult charges and he would let Emily go. Fin, Carisi and Dodds were first on the scene and was now negotiating Josh's options. He was not backing down, adamant that he would be released. Fin took the lead since he was senior and somehow managed to convince Josh to come inside and talk more privately, on one condition, no gun.

Fin surrendered his firearm and slowly made his way in, hands up in the air to indicate he ment no harm and, that in fact, he was unarmed. There were now two hostages. Emily looked physically okay. A few scrapes and bruises on her face, arms and hands and terror evident in her tearfilled eyes.

As Fin tried to talk some sense and reason into the man, Amanda was making her way to the location with Liv hot on her heels. Hearing that her partner Fin was in trouble made her blood boil. They were ery close, Amanda and Fin, they were partners after all but there was also a sense of siblingship between them. He was almost like a brother to her, a brother and a family member she never had before and to think that she might lose him or him getting injured was just unimaginable. She stepped on the accelerator, reashing her destination in half the time. She knew Liv was not far behind which made her anxious and antsy. All she could think of was her partner being held hostage unarmed with some crazy ass lunatic pointing a gun to his head.

Getting out as quick as she could from the car she hurried over to where Carisi and Dodds were standing. Dodds were on the phone trying to get in contact with a professional negotiator on the SWAT team but it would be awhile before they could get there. She ran straight up to Carisi who was holding his police radio ready in his hand. "Hey," she panted, "anything new?" she asked.

Carisi shook his head. "No, he's still in there trying to talk him out of it. A few officers are trying to locate emergency exits and other ways to get in. Don't worry, he'll be fine. Fin is hard ass."

Rollins didn't look convinced. She didn't think twize about what she was about to do. She made sure her gun was securely fastened at her hip and took of towards the run down deserted building.

"Rollins?!" she could hear Carisi and Dodds shouting after her as she ran but ignored their screams. She had to find a way in herself. It was like an unwritten oath to protect your partner and have each others backs and that kept running through Amanda's head as she desperately tried to find a way in. She quickly scanned the side of the building without any luck. Passing around a corner she spotted a secluded area full of rubbish containers and skips. Her gun was firmly held in her hands as she canvassed the scene. There were no doors in sight or any windows positioned low enough for her to climb in through.

Sighing she decided to continue around to the other side when something caught her eye. Behind one of the larger skips she could make out a smaller emergency exit hidden from view and headed straight for it praying to, whatever higher power out there, that it would be open. Her prayer must have been answered cause by some miracle it was unlocked. She got in and secured the area quickly before continuing down a dark narrow corridor with cement walls, ceiling and floor. It was cold and damp inside, small pools of water had gathered in the grooves on the ground and some was dripping down from above.

As she hurried down the tight passage she bagan to hear faint voices. It was hard to tell which exact direction they came from due to the echoing between the walls and rooms. Frowning she headed towards where she thought they were coming from and was relieved when the voices became louder and more clear.

"Carisi! Dodds!" Olivia ran up to her two detectives with concern showing on her face. Her coat was tightly buttoned, a deep purple scarf wrapped around her neck and her breath was fogging the air in the biting cold.

Dodds was still in the phone so Carisi informed his sargeant about the whole situation. "So there's now three of them in there, including the perp and Rollins took off on some rescue mission and..."

"Wait, what?!" Liv shouted, "Rollins went in? On her own? What were you thining? Why didn't you stop her?" she was furious, worried and pissed at the same time.

Carisi held his hands up in defens. "We tried sarge, but she wouldn't listen. She ran that way." he indicated towards where Amanda had disappeared. "We really tried sarge but she was too fast." The brunette didn't waste any time and immediately ran off following Rollins exact footsteps, determined to find her before trouble found her.

Amanda could tell she was close. The voices were now audible enough to make out most words. She heard Fin's voice and she couldn't help but to smile slightly to heself in relief. She then heard another man's voice which couldn't have been anybody else's but the perp's. There was also a sniffling and a muffled sound which she quickly assumed were coming from Emily, which mentvthat they were all still alive and breathing. She heard Fin trying his best to convince Josh to put his gun down and for him to calm down. She got closer until thete was only a thick concrete wall between them. Luckily for her the way the wall was turning she could peek around the corner to get a clear view of the area. Amanda could see the perp holding onto the terrified woman, pointing his gun hard against her temple, and Fin was standing about ten feet away doing his best to save everybody.

The blonde was about twelve feet away from Fin. Her head was running wild, trying to think of something that would get them all out safe and sound before anyone got shot or killed.

"Look man, all you gotta do is let Emily go and you walk out of here a free man. How's that?"

Josh snorted and snarled. "You think I'm stupid? I know you've got the whole building surrounded with uniforms. There's no way I'm walking out of here a free man." he was sweating profusely and his hands were shaking, voice trembling and breathing short and shallow. "And if I don't get out of here alive, no one will."

His voice was deep and threatening, on the verge of explosion, and Amanda could hear the hammer on the gun being pulled knowing that the trigger would soon be pressed and the gun would fire. Not thinking twize about her actions she emerged from around the corner, her own gun drawn, just in time to see the perp aim his firearm at her partner.

Two shots were fired almost simultaneously, one was the perps and the other from Amanda's gun, just as the blonde threw herself in front of her partner, acting as a shield. Her bullet hit the target and Josh fell down onto his knees bringing Emily with him as she cried out in fear and relief.

There was a dead silence for a few seconds before Fin moaned as he slowly got up from the concrete floor, his head sore from the fall. Suddenly the place was swarming with officers and EMT's. Shaking his head to clear it he looked to his left hand side to see what or who had hit him. "Amanda!" he shouted and knelt down next to her, scanning her body for any injury.

Amanda felt like the wind had been knocked out of her. She had landed on her right shoulder and it was more than likely dislocated. A cut above her eyebrow, from the fall, was bleeding and the left side of her torso was hurting real bad. Groaning she tried to sit up but was stopped by Fin's firm hands. "Don't get up Manda, you've been shot. Just lay still, help is on the way." he added pressure onto her bleeding side by using his jacket while speaking calmly to her.

"Amanda!?" Liv shouted as she saw the blonde pregnant detective laying on the floor bleeding. Quickly she ran towards her colleagues and scooted down next to Fin, placing a hand on Amanda's protruding belly and one on her cheek, forcing the blonde to look at her.

"You're okay, Amanda. We're gonna get you some help." looking around fiercely she spotted a couple of EMT's heading towards them. "Hurry!" Liv cried, "officer down and she's between six and seven months pregnant." she turned her attention back on Amanda, watching as her face drained it's usual rosy colour to a deathly pale ashen shade. "Just hold on Amanda. You're gonna be okay." she repeated gently as the EMTs started working on her.

"We need to take her in now. She's losing a lot of blood." one of the male paramedics stated.

"I'll ride with her." Fin said as he rubbed the back of his head feeling a nice size bump that had already popped up.

Liv glared at him, angry at him for making such a stupid decision by walking into a hostage situation unarmed. "No, you need to be checked over you could have a concussion. I'll ride with her." Fin could sense her anger and disappointment and did not argue.

In the ambulance Amanda was quickly hooked up with a drip and a pain relief was administered to take the edge off. Fin's jacket was still working as a pressure aid until it was replaced with a pile of gauze, that Olivia tightly held on to, adding just the right amount of pressure. Suddenly the blonde on the stretcher cried out and clutched at her stomach, her whole face scrunched up in pain. "Ahhh!" she screamed as she threw her head back in agony.

Liv looked at the paramedic with concern on her face. "What's happening?"

"The baby is in distress. There's nothing I can do until we get her to the hospital. Should only be a few minutes now."

Liv held on to the gauze steadily and gently stroked Amanda's blonde hair away from her painfilled face. "Amanda, you're gonna be fine honey. Stay with us, we're almost there. A few more minutes and it'll all be over. You're gonna be fine." she continued speaking soothingly to her young detective. She couldn't believe what Amanda had just done. Throwing herself in front of her partner, taking a bullet that was ment for him, risking her life and her baby. All she wanted to do was to grab a hold of her and give her a firm shake, shout at her for the stupid and irresponsible thing she did. Looking down at the blonde, seeing tears falling down her cheeks, made her rage slowly evaporate and turn into compassion and concern. This was not the time to scold and be angry. Her detective was injured in the line of duty and it was her job to make sure things got straightened out. Amanda needed her now even though Liv knew that the pregnant woman would not admit to it.