Chapter Fifteen
Rick Stetler was driving down Simmons road when he saw a woman walking along the side of the road slowly. He noticed that her clothes were tattered and there was some blood on them. He stopped the car and got out. "Are you okay, ma'am?" He asked.
She looked up at the sound of his voice. "Stetler!" She exclaimed. "I never thought I'd be so happy to see you in my life!"
"Ms. Boa Vista, are you okay?"
"I don't know."
"Everyone has been looking for you."
"Someone grabbed me from behind and knocked me out with chloroform."
"Are you bleeding?"
"It's not my blood. It's one of the kidnappers' blood."
"There was more than one?"
"Two I think. One left and the other came into the room I was in. I heard him coming and was prepared. I think I killed him. I managed to escape before the second guy returned."
"Okay, let's get you to the hospital and get you checked out just to be sure."
"Yeah, I need to make sure it's okay."
"What?" He asked before realization set in. "Oh."
"Eric doesn't know. I got the call right before I was abducted. I didn't get the chance to tell him."
"My lips are sealed." He said, opening the passenger side door for her. She got inside and he shut the door. He went around to the driver's side and got in the car.
"Thank you." Natalia said.
"No problem." He replied, starting the car. He pulled out onto the road and then pulled out his phone. "Horatio, it's Rick."
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Eric was pacing back and forth. Ryan and Calleigh were trying to calm him when Horatio walked in.
"Eric." H said.
"H. Has there been any news?"
"Yes, there has. Rick just called and said he found her on Simmons road. She seems okay, but he's going to take her to the hospital as a precaution. She said there were two kidnappers. One left and she managed to kill the other one when he tried to attack her. She escaped before the second guy returned."
"But, she's okay?"
Horatio nodded. "I'll drive you to the hospital."
"Okay."
"We'll meet you there." Ryan told him as H and Eric left, taking Frank with them.
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"Natalia!" Eric said, running into the hospital room.
"Eric!" She exclaimed.
"Are you okay?" He hugged her.
She nodded. "We're fine."
"We?" He questioned.
"Before I was abducted, my doctor called. I didn't get a chance to tell you before that guy grabbed me."
"Tell me what?"
"I'm pregnant." She said. "Luckily those guys didn't hurt us. I don't know what they wanted with me, but they..." She started to cry and he hugged her again.
"Talia, what is it?"
"They took my ring. It was gone when I woke up after being chloroformed."
"Was there an inscription on the ring, Eric?" Frank inquired.
"Yes, there was."
"There was?" Natalia asked.
"You didn't see it?"
"Didn't get the chance."
"It said 'To my True North' in Russian." Eric told Frank and Natalia.
"True North?" Frank asked.
"It's our song." Natalia answered. "It was playing on our first date... the first time we got together that is."
"I'll have all the pawn shops alerted. If anyone brings in a ring with that description, we'll be notified. We'll catch the second guy and anyone else who is involved."
(end of chapter)
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This is not how I originally meant for this storyline to go, but it just sort of wrote itself. :lol: