Endless

16 Days Before

16 DAYS BEFORE

1:34am, that little shit got a hold of a phone, who knows how long it will take the authorities to arrive. Then again it is Benson and Stabler. Peyton is like their daughter, it won't take them very long to get here especially if they managed to track her phone call. God damn I knew the moment they brought her inside that it was a bad idea, and that she would be our downfall. Hopefully the bullet wound i put in her side will cause her to bleed out before they arrive and she has the time to tell them it was me.

I move to the end of the hallway, to the set of emergency exit stairs. I don't pass anyone else on the way and i hurriedly take the stairs two at a time. The sooner i can get out of here the better. I push the heavy door open and hit the freezing cold air outside. The frost of the morning is starting to settle and i can see my breath as i breathe out. I look around me to make sure the coast is clear and glance up at the dark building i have emerged from.

I will not be taken down with this, I am smarter than that. Why did they have to go and ruin it? I took children no one would notice, children no one would miss. Unwanted children left out on the street to fend for themselves. Why did they have to take her? God damn it! The idiots.

I run through the shadows towards the forest behind, making sure to stay out of any light that may shine on me, exposing my getaway. I can hear the movement from within the building as the men try and organise the girls inside. The boys are chained downstairs in the basement, as i run, every so often i can hear the quiet clink of their chains as they move about.

I hit the covered edge of the forest and turn to admire the house and my swift get away. I notice the silent stream of dark police cars as they come from both ends of the street meeting in the middle. A huge armoured S.W.A.T van moves to sit opposite the house on the street. I move along so i am to the side of the house but still hidden, so that i can watch the madness unfold.

They set up barrers and cameras, all silently and in the dark. The cops all put on their bulletproof vests, and remove their service weapons from their holisters. They move swiftly and all at once, completely insync. The door is crashed in, the screaming and gunshots begin.

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"Liv you need to stay here." the anger and pain in her eyes shoots through me. I reach my hand out and grab her chin, "I will find her i promise," she nods her head before i place a soft kiss on her lips.
"Be careful," she whispers out tears in her eyes.
"I will Fin's got my back." She bites her bottom lip, doing her best not to protest. "Marcus!" i watch him jog towards us, tears also pilled in his eyes. "You keep her safe." I state clearly, no room for error.
"You bring Peyton out, I've got Liv." We nod a silent agreement before i turn and head into the house, towards the gunshots and screams.

 Fin and I run up the stairs behind the SWAT team kicking in doors, finding room after room after room filled with battered damaged children. Some with dead bodies on the floor, others almost dead, some completely unharmed. The younger ones have no marks on them but we know they have witnessed some of the most horrific things no human being should ever have to see. 

"Zara! Zara!" Nick and Amanda's voices can be heard over the commotion as we pull children from rooms and give them to the officers as they pass us. Bodies of shooters are getting dragged out, both dead and alive. The casualties way to high for our liking, but i would prefer more of them shooters and less of the innocent children. I look at Fin and both of us want to yell Peyton's name but both of us know she won't hear us and will not reply. We head down the hall to help Nick out as we head up another set of stairs, making our way up and through this abandoned school.

We kind of stop at the top of the stairs and just stare down another long hallway. Taking a deep breath realising this is so much bigger than we thought.
"The boys are in the basement. Johnny cover me."
The officers start heading down stairs towards the boys while we step towards the other rooms. Nick kicks open the first door on our right.
"Zara! Zara!" he yells into the room agitated.
"Daddy?" her quiet voice filtering from the room. Thats the que, me and Fin leave those two to deal with them while we search for Peyton, knowing if she hasn't died from her injuries yet that she doesnt have much time left.