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After spending a great amount of time wallowing in self pity, Sean finally left the control room and went back down to the stage. When he left Ashley looked at Marcus and Q curiously.


“How are we supposed to take him down if he leaves?”


“Let him leave for now we aren’t quite ready yet anyway we still have some things to work through.”


“Yeah and we will just lure him up here again when it’s time.”


“Well, I think I have a plan for Riley” Ashley replied and Marcus and Q both looked at her curiously.


“Well, are you going to share it with the rest of us?” Ashley sat there thinking things through quietly for a few seconds and then nodded and turned to look at Nick who was watching Sean but instantly turned and looked at her too in return. He gave her a questioning look and she mouthed


“Brian.” Nick turned his attention on Brian then and gently nudged him in the arm. Brian looked at him curiously looking very much like he regrets turning his undivided attention away from Riley for even a second. Nick motioned toward Ashley causing him to look up there. Ashley gave him a small sympathetic look.


“How is she?” she mouthed.


“Not so great. Stressing big time” Brian mouthed back.


“Get her out of here Brian.”


“How?” Brian asked looking deeply stressed himself and Ashley motioned toward Ellie who was currently sitting with Kristin and mouthed “You’re Ellie’s family. Use that.” Brian looked down at Riley then who was lying there gazing up at him, watching him talk to Ashley.


“I won’t leave you,” She whispered tearfully.


“You will, for your sake and the baby’s.”


“But—“


“—I will be fine sweetie. I’m a Littrell…Sean practically treats me like royalty.” He then looked over at Sean who was discussing something with Trevor and spoke up.


“Hey Sean?”


“What?” Sean asked in an irritable tone and he turned to look at him.


“As you can see…my wife is very much pregnant here,” Brian stated and he looked past Sean to Trevor giving him a look that clearly said work with me here.


“Your wife?” Sean asked in surprise. “You’re married?”


“Yes, very much so” Brian answered and he held out Riley’s hand showing off her ring. “And like I said, she is very pregnant.”


“So? What’s your point? Am I supposed to congratulate you or something?”


“She is under a lot of stress being in here,” Brian answered while moving his hand down to her stomach and gently rubbing it. “Too much stress can be dangerous to the baby. My Baby – Ellie’s future cousin.” Sean looked at Trevor who was looking at Brian in pure amusement though he nodded at Sean nonetheless giving him the confirmation that he was looking for.


“He is right Sean. Too much stress is dangerous to the baby and Brian’s wife. It could cause her to miscarriage…do you really want to deal with that?” He asked while still looking at Brian who was giving him a grateful look for not calling him out on his little white lie.


“What do you suggest I do?” Sean asked Brian stressfully.


“Let her go…please.”


“We’ve already established that it’s not possible to do that. There is a man even madder than I am on the loose, remember?”


“Surely you can figure out a way to get Ellie’s future baby cousin and its mother out of here safely,” Harry spoke up pleadingly.


“And my mother and Josh.”


“And my mom too,” Jerald added. “Ellie’s Grandmother.”


“They really have no business being in here baby…and while we’re at it we might as well let the other kids go too” Trevor urged gently.


“How do you suppose we do that, Trev? Please share with me because I wouldn’t mind getting Ellie out either.” Trevor stood there thinking for a long moment, and then held his hand out to Sean.


“Let me have your phone.”


“What? Why?”


“Just trust me and give it to me.” Sean narrowed his eyes at him but handed his phone over to him nonetheless. Trevor flipped it open, hit the number 2 speed dial button, and then placed the phone to his ear. After listening to the phone ring a couple of times, Detective Stabler picked up.


“What now, Sean?”


“One it’s not Sean its Trevor and Two I don’t think I like that tone of voice you are using with him. You could have a little more respect for the person who has control of what happens to all of the people you care about in here.”


“One, you called me on his phone so it would be understandable for me to think it was him who is calling and two, I don’t have respect for people who hurt others just so they can feel better about themselves. So how about you tell me why you are calling me otherwise I am just going to hang up the phone. You are wasting precious time that I could be using to save all of those innocent people n there.”


“Well how about I just give most of them to you instead?”


“What’s the catch?”


“The catch is I’m going to make you work for them. You want them back…you have to help us out in return.”


“I’ve already made it very clear that I am not going to make things easier in there for you people.”


“There is a very pregnant woman in here that is under a lot of stress, Detective! Do you want her to miscarriage?” Detective Stabler was silent for a moment on the other end and then spoke softly.


“What do you want us to do?”


“That’s what I thought. I knew you would see things my way… now listen carefully. There are some very bad men in this building…men that are even madder than Sean believe it or not.”


“Yeah I think we might have met them earlier…”


“The leader of the gang would be a man named Damien Simmons. He is the man who murdered Thomas O’ Ryan and his wife. Remember him?”


“Shit…”


“Yeah well now he is apparently here to mess with Sean and me, he’s already attacked me once this evening. As long as they are out there hiding only god knows where we can’t be sure it’s safe to release Riley. That is where you come in.”


“And just exactly what are we supposed to do?”


“I need you to get them clear on the other side of the building and distract them so that I can take Riley to the playground and let her go.”


“How do you suppose we’re going to do that?”


“You are a Detective, I am sure you’ll figure it out. When you make it happen…call me. I suggest you hurry though because like I said…pregnant woman under a LOT of stress.”


“Okay…” Detective Stabler replied with an anguished tone in his voice and he hung up and handed Sean his phone back. Sean pocketed it and then slid his arms around Trevor’s waist and pulled him into his arms for a hug while burying his face in his neck.


“Have I told you yet that you are a genius baby?” Trevor hugged him back and kissed his forehead softly before answering.


“You might have mentioned it once or twice today.” Trevor looked at Brian then over his shoulder and Brian mouthed,


“Thank you…so much.” Trevor shrugged and looked away from him and he continued to soak up all of the love he can get from Sean.


~*~*~*~*~


“I don’t even know where to begin,” Detective Stabler announced stressfully after hanging up the phone and looking at Captain Craigen and his partners.


“We have a name,” Detective Tutuola replied. “Damien Simmons – we can get his cell phone number and lure him over to the Hospital Wing somehow.”


“We could tell him that Ben is messing with him somehow…get him so pissed off at him that he’ll want to pay him a visit,” Detective Stabler agreed.


“We’ll want to get Ben on the phone too so that we can make sure we know where he and all of his people are at too. I could just see us luring one group of baddies away and another interfering at the same time.”


“I don’t know I kind of have a feeling about Ben” Captain Craigen spoke up. “We haven’t quite figured out what his motive is but my gut feeling is telling me that he might be the “good guy” in all of this.”


“How do you figure?” Detective Stabler asked while arching his eyebrow.


“Just by the way that he acts,” Dr. Huang spoke up for the first time.


“Think about it El…have you heard any gunshots coming from the Hospital wing all night?” Detective Benson asked. “There hasn’t been any screaming either. He’s been awful quiet – and the way he talks to the Captain he just doesn’t seem like he’s the bad guy.”


“Then why is keeping hostages in there huh? How do you explain that? If he was so good wouldn’t he have let them go by now? Or at least some of them? Or given us some kind of clue that he wasn’t the bad guy?”


“He’s putting on an act for Sean. He knows that Sean can see his every move and doesn’t want to do anything to blow his cover.”


“And if Damien is as bad as Trevor says he is, I don’t want him anywhere near those innocent people that Ben is guarding…and if my gut instincts are correct…protecting.”


“I want to talk to Ben,” Detective Stabler announced.


“After we get Riley out. He isn’t really our top priority right now…he’s not hurting anyone.” Detective Benson pulled her phone out then and walked off to call the station so they can get Damien’s number.


“Says you, he could be taking quieter measures to hurt people.”


“We’re concentrating on Riley right now Elliot. The last thing we want is for her to miscarriage.” When Detective Benson returned with Damien’s number the three of them began devising a plan.


~*~*~*~*~


Meanwhile in the orphanage, Jackie moved over to a very pale and weak Nick and slid her arms around him and gently made him lay back against her before leaning forward and planting a delicate kiss on his forehead.


“I wish Sean would let me take you out of here with me…you need help” she said quietly, and Nick noticed that she looks like she might cry. She has been more of a mother to him then his own ever was and he loves her so much. The last thing he wants is for her to cry. He reached up and cupped her cheek in his hand and pulled her face closer so he could kiss her cheek.


“Don’t cry Jackie…I’m going to be okay I promise. When the time comes I want you to get yourself out of here okay? Don’t worry about me.”


“But…”


“I need to stay here with Ashley. She needs me here to keep her going.”


“If I know Ashley at all…and I do very much so, she would want you to get out of here and get some help for yourself.” Nick looked up at the control room at Ashley then. He knew before he even looked that she was watching him. Jackie looked up at her too and Ashley nodded at Nick confirming what Jackie had said.


“Yeah well…it doesn’t matter does it? Sean isn’t going to let you take me out of here no matter what your last name is. I am the one thing that stood in his way all of these months from getting what he wants and you can be very sure that I am going to continue standing in his way injured or not. I already told her I am in this with her till the end whether she wants me to be or not. He isn’t going to kill my baby.” Jackie frowned slightly but deciding that he was right about Sean not letting him go she gave him a hug and he hugged her back with all of the strength he has left in him.


“Just promise me that you will take care of yourself okay?”


“I will. We will take care of each other…it’s what we’re good at. I love you Jackie…you’ve been more of a mom to me then my mother ever was.”


“I love you too but quit talking to me like you are never going to see me again. You’re going to tell me this again when you make it out of here, do you hear me?” Nick hugged her some more but otherwise didn’t respond. He doesn’t want to make any promises that he might not be able to keep.


“Why don’t you go spend some time with Brian?” he asked softly. “I’m sure he’ll want his mom right now more than anything.”


“Will you quit scaring my momma Nick?” Brian teased lightly as he scooted over and hugged them both. “Nick and I are going to see you in a few hours Momma and then if you are feeling up to it we might let you cook us some of your amazing dinner…right Frack?”


“Might? You know we will Momma Jackie…and I just know that the kids are going to want some of your special cookies. Huh Frick?”


“Oh yeah…and Stingy Kevin is going to have a hissy fit when we feed Ellie about five or six of them. Great times, great times…”


“And if Kevin isn’t feeling up to it, I just might. I’m the one stuck with father duty until he is better you know,” Jerald spoke up in a quiet whisper. Jackie shook her head smiling, taking the bait. She knows her sons and nephew are only trying to cheer up and get her mind off things but she’ll let them – for now.


“You ought to know by now that you and Kevin don’t get a say in how many of my cookies those kids get to eat. I’m the grandmother...it’s in my job description to spoil them.”


“Well I am cutting my niece off at three end of story.” Jackie and Brian both arched their eyebrows at Jerald then giving him a challenging look. “I’ll pick her up and carry her out of the room if I have to.”


“Not if we pick you up and carry you out of the room first,” Harry spoke up with a small smirk on his face deciding he would join in on the get Jackie’s mind off things project. Just then, Sean’s cell phone rang and all of their hard work faltered as everybody stopped to listen to who is on the phone. Nick who is still lying back against Jackie sunk into Jackie’s arms feeling kind of light headed and Jackie looked down at him and gently swept his hair to the side. As Jackie was busy mothering Nick, Brian grabbed his brother by the arm and pulled him away from them slightly so he could talk to him in private without their mother hearing.


“I want you to go with Mom and Riley,” he told him quietly giving his brother a pleading look. “If we have any chance at all in talking Riley into leaving willingly it will be because you are going with her. It’s no secret that she already loves you like sister in law and you always know how to make her feel at ease when I can’t. She’ll feel safest with you.”


“I can’t leave you here alone…it’s my duty as a brother to—“


“—I am asking you as your little brother to take care of my fiancée Harry…please.” Harry stared at him for a long moment as his eyes watered up slightly.


“I will on one condition.” Brian looked at him warily and Harry went on. “You have to promise me that you will be coming back to get her from me.”


“I promise,” Brian said while looking into his older brother’s eyes seriously. “Nothing is going to keep me from returning to my boys and fiancée tonight.”


“You are asking a lot of me to walk away from you tonight…you better hold up on your end of the deal or I am going to hold it against you forever,” Harry teased somewhat and he pulled his younger brother into a hug.


“No grudges or I will come back and haunt your sorry butt.”


“You are a Christian you aren’t supposed to believe in that stuff,” Harry rolled his eyes in a somewhat playful way.


“Honestly…it’s hard not to believe in ghosts these days,” Brian said while looking over at Ellie who still sat with Kristin and Harry looked over at her as well, the two of them completely unaware that both Sean and Trevor were listening to them. Sean arched his eyebrow curiously and opened his mouth to voice is curiosity when Trevor who foresaw this quickly interrupted.


“Well do you two want to get Riley out of here or not? I don’t have all night you know and neither does our diversion.” Brian turned and immediately went over to console Riley and say his goodbyes and love you’s and Harry followed his lead. Sean meanwhile, grabbed Trevor’s arm gently causing the other man to look at him warily.


“I don’t like the idea of you going out there alone again.”


“There isn’t much you can do about it, love. I am the only one you can trust right now,” Trevor said quietly.


“But—“


“—And you have to stay here and guard the hostages.”


“—But that doesn’t mean I have to like it.” Trevor reached out and gently caressed Sean’s cheek with his hand.


“Your random acts of kindness turns me on…I wish you would show it more.”


“Don’t try and butter me up” Sean said while rolling his eyes.


“Why not?” Trevor chuckled. “Because it’s working?” Sean scowled and Trevor smirked and linked his chin with his finger and drew him in for a brief kiss.


“Please be careful,” Sean urged when he pulled away.


“Don’t worry so much. You are beginning to sound like me.”


“You are lucky you aren’t with Thomas right now Trevor Adams! You came back here with your back all cut up! Stop taking this so lightly!” Trevor kissed him one last time and let his fingers dance over his cheek in a delicate caress.


“I love you baby, I will be right back” He reassured and he turned to yell at Brian again only to find him standing almost directly behind him with his arm around Riley and Harry and Jackie standing nearby.


“If you two are done now I would like to point out that you and the diversion don’t have all night,” Brian mocked and Trevor rolled his eyes.


“Just because you have special privileges around here it doesn’t give you a right to be a smart ass. It’s starting to get annoying and people get thrown across the room for being annoying just ask Max and Sean.”


“You will nots throw my cousin Brian across the room, Trevor!” Ellie ordered firmly and Trevor looked her way giving her a look that clearly says excuse me little one? Ellie stared at him right back evenly and after a moment he responded.


“Well your Cousin Brian had better behave himself and quit being cheeky otherwise you can count on me doing so missy.” Ellie stuck her tongue out at him stubbornly and Trevor shook his head.


“Shouldn’t I be taking the little brat with me?” Trevor asked Sean in a quiet whisper so that she wouldn’t over hear, knowing perfectly well that only he would ever get away with calling Ellie that.


“It’s too risky,” Sean sighed. “She’ll scream and cry the whole way out and just alert Damien.” Trevor nodded and then turned and headed for the only exit to the auditorium causing Harry to wrap his arm around Riley and guide her out as Jackie, Kristin, Annabelle, Leslie, and BJ took care of all of the children.” Sean watched Trevor until he could no longer see him, and then he turned around and eyed Brooke.


“Why aren’t you leaving? What is your purpose here?” he demanded.


“This is my building you’ve taken over here, that’s what,” Brooke answered in a tight tone. “Do you really think I am just going to leave it? You have another thing coming Ellerbee…and besides…you are on my shit list for shooting my boyfriend.”