#3 Sunshine And Roses

Chapter Nine

Alexa stirred, her eyes slowly opening. Looking down at her was the old man, Alexa realizing her top was missing. She looked around, two other men staring at her. "Where... Where am I?!" Alexa asked, the old man shrugging. "You're where you need to be," he replied kneeling down, staring into Alexa's eyes. "Let me formally introduce myself. Your name is Alexa right?" he asked, Alexa gulping and staring into the man's eyes, slowly nodding her head. "How'd you know that?" "He told me," the man replied as the two men pulled out Kelly, Alexa gasping. "Daddy?!" she squeaked, the men dropping Kelly, the old man smiling. "What'd you do to him?" Alexa asked biting her lip, the old man sighing. "He's my kid. I can do whatever I want with him," the old man replied, Alexa's eyes widening. "So you're..." "Yes that's right. I'm Benny, your grandfather" "No wonder why my parents didn't want me to know about you. You're messed up," Alexa said, Benny chuckling. "I'm messed up? Have you met your father?" Benny asked, Alexa nodding. "Yes I have actually. He's a better father than you'll ever be," Alexa replied, Benny slapping her face. "You're feisty like your mother" "You don't know who my mother is," Alexa growled, Benny taking out his phone, showing Alexa a photo. "You see this woman right here?" Benny asked as he pointed to Sylvie, Alexa nodding. "That's not her" "Don't lie to me!" Benny yelled, Alexa shrugging. "I hope you know you don't scare me. I have a ten year old brother that does that" Alexa replied, Benny looking at her and scratching his head. "Who's your brother?" Benny asked, Alexa shaking her head. "I'm not telling you" "You better not," Kelly said slowly sitting up, rubbing his forehead. "Ah, look who's awake" "Don't talk to me," Kelly said, Benny grabbing a pole, whacking Kelly's side. "Agh!" Kelly screamed, Alexa trying to cover her ears. "Stop it!" she yelled, Benny walking over to her. "Don't you touch her!" Kelly yelled. "Or what?" Benny asked leaning down and placing a finger on Alexa's shoulder, digging it into her skin. "Ow!" Alexa cried, Benny moving his finger, a bruise immediately appearing on her shoulder. "You bruise as quick as a grapefruit," Benny told her, Alexa looking at her father with her big blue eyes, Kelly sighing. "Let her go. Do what you want with me, but just let her go," Kelly said, Benny nodding. "Oh I'm going to let her go, just as soon as she's done watching me torture you," Benny replied swinging the pole, hitting Kelly right in the gut. Kelly fell onto his back and turned on his side facing away from Alexa, coughing up blood. "Leave him alone!" Alexa cried, Benny swinging the pole at Kelly in anger. "Shut up! You're only making it worse for him!" Benny yelled, Kelly scrunching up into a ball, covering his head with his arms.

"61 to 51 has anyone heard from Kelly?" Sylvie asked as she drove around with Gabby in the ambo, getting a response from Matt. "Negative 61. I have a bad feeling about this," he replied, Sylvie leaning against the seat and breathing heavy. "Copy Chief," Sylvie said as she lowered her radio, Gabby looking at Sylvie as she pulled up to a red light, turning off the sirens. "We'll find them," Gabby assured her, Sylvie shrugging. "I don't know. What if, what if they don't want to be found?" Sylvie asked, Gabby shaking her head. "Sylvie do you hear yourself? Of course Alexa will want to be found. Do you really think she would want to be out on the cold streets of Chicago, alone?" Gabby asked suddenly getting a gutsy feeling, Sylvie noticing it in Gabby's face. "What, what's wrong?" "Can you hand me my cellphone?" Gabby asked holding out her hand, Sylvie digging around in Gabby's purse and finding her cellphone, placing it in Gabby's hand. "What're you doing?" "I'm calling Antonio. I don't like the looks of this," she replied raising the phone to her ear, Sylvie staring out of the window. "Hello?" "Hey Antonio?" Gabby asked, waiting for a response. "Hey little sis what's up?" "I need you to look into something for me" "What?" "I need you to ping up Kelly's phone... Are you at work?" "Yeah let me hand you over to Mousé" Antonio replied handing the phone to Mousé, Mousé raising it to his ear. "Hello?" "Hey Mousé it's Gabby. Can you ping up the location by using Kelly's cellphone number?" "Of course I can. What's his number?" Gabby repeated the number and waited for a reply. "Um, Gabby..." Mousé said sounding worried, Gabby gulping. "What is it?" "You know where you are right now?" Mousé asked, Gabby nodding. "Yeah?" "Look to the left of you. You'll be staring right at him," Mousé replied as Gabby turned her head looking into the alley way, a dark figure standing by the trash can, twiddling around something in his fingers. "I don't like this. I'm calling you guys in. Tell Voight and the rest of Intelligence to come to the address that's pinging up on your computer. Bring the long guns. You guys are gonna need them," Gabby said ending the call and driving away, Gabby calling Matt.