Authors Note: Again guys, sorry for the wait but between university and NaNoWriMo I've had no life. Here's the final chapter, I hope it was worth the wait and huge thanks to; jessicaflack, saturn567, blackandblueangel, lily moonlight, CSI4lyfNCIS13, afrozenheart412 and Lays for their reviews on the previous chapter, love you guys.

Chapter 12

"She's still not answering her cell phone," Don declared as he walked in the room. Stella was on her phone, sitting on the edge of his desk with a worried look on her face.

"Adam traced Jess's cell phone to a sandwich shop a couple of blocks from here, Mac is in his way there," Stella told him and Don could vaguely hear the sound of a voice coming through the phone. He watched her anxiously but her face didn't change, didn't give any indication of what was going on. He impatiently called Jess's cell phone again, listening to it ring several times and dreading her voicemail picking up again.

"Come on Jess, pick up the phone," he muttered quietly but it continued to ring. He noticed the look Stella was giving him just as he got through to her voicemail again.

"Mac found her phone," she told him, "on the sidewalk."

He closed his eyes knowing what that meant and half wanting to call her phone again even knowing that it was in Mac's hand and not Jess's. Stella hung up the phone and put a hand on his shoulder.

"He's going to ask around, see if anyone saw anything, I have to head over there, are you going to be..." she began to ask him but he cut her off.

"I'll be okay when we have Jess back," he told her. "Until then, no, I'm not okay."

She nodded as she left and Don walked into the locker room, punching the first locker he got near to and cursing into the empty room. He shouldn't have let her go without him, but then how was he supposed to know that Kyle was after her? He was the one who had brought up food; she had left to get them both something to eat because he had mentioned not having eaten all day. He punched the lockeragain as he wound himself up with guilty thoughts and then took a breath, he needed to focus, he needed to find Jess.

He left the locker room and went to the captain's office, not even knocking on the door before he walked in.

"Detective Flack," the captain greeted in surprise but quickly realised something was wrong. "What's...?"

"Jess is missing," he told the captain, realising that in their haste to find Jess they hadn't told him what Craig had said.

"What do you mean?" the captain stood up, alert but understandable confused.

"Kyle Philips took her," he told the man, his impatience getting the better of him so he took another breath and started again. "Craig told us that Kyle wanted Jess, they'd told him no but it didn't deter him. We tried to call her, Adam traced her cell phone and Mac went to find her but her phone was just lying on the sidewalk. Mac and Stella are there now."

The captain was out of the room and barking orders to everyone in seconds, the room was suddenly alive with activity, the air thick with tension. Realisation struck Don and he wanted to hit himself in the head for not thinking of this sooner. He ran passed the captain and ignored the man's questions as he ran down the corridor to the interrogation room they were keeping Joseph in.

"Your brother has taken Detective Angell," Don announced as he rushed into the room, not even closing the door behind him.

"What?" Joseph asked.

"Where would he take her, where is he?" Don shouted as he heard people run into the room behind him, stopping at the doorway.

"I don't know," Joseph replied fearfully.

"Then you better start thinking..." Don yelled, getting into Joseph's face before a hand on his shoulder pulled him back slightly, a voice warning him off, some part of him registering that it was Danny but the rest of him not paying enough attention to care.

Joseph stuttered for a moment. "He'd go somewhere he feels safe, I... I don't, our father, he and his wife have a house, they're out of town, maybe he would go there, yeah he would, he'd feel safe there and it's not far from here."

"You better hope you're right," Don told him, his voice low and threatening. Joseph visibly paled, shrinking back into his chair, trying to make himself as small as possible.

"Address?" Danny questioned as he stepped forward and the words were barely out of Joseph's mouth before Don was walking out of the room.

It seemed that no one had seen anything and Stella had to marvel at how a woman could be taken right off the street in broad daylight and no one saw a thing, or if they had, didn't do or say anything about it. There was nothing in the area to indicate where Kyle might have taken Jess, not that she really expected there to be, she'd had to check though. Mac was still speaking to one of the customers at the sandwich shop but she could tell by the look on his face that he hadn't gotten anything useful. Stella walked outside, taking a deep breath and looking at the spot on the ground where Mac told her Jess's cell phone had been, probably the last place she had been standing.

The hand on her shoulder made her jump and she turned to Mac who held up his hands, his face apologetic. "We've got nothing here."

"I've called Adam, he's working on CCTV footage now," she told him and he nodded his head. "She has to be okay Mac," she continued, not knowing why she needed to tell him that, he knew that as well as she did. "She has to be okay, not to mention what this would do to Don."

"I know," he replied. "She's tough."

She sighed just as her cell phone started ringing and she answered it quickly. She was greeted by the sound of sirens on the other end of the line, Danny shouting to be heard over it.

"Joseph gave us an address, their father's house, apparently they're out of town, we're on our, Jeez Flack, watch out, we're on our way there now," Danny told her and she relayed the information to Mac, the two of them jumping into his car and leaving hers where it was, she could pick it up later.

Jess woke up with a headache and it took a moment for her eyes to focus on her surroundings and another moment for her mind to realise something was wrong. She moved to sit up only for something around her hands to stop her, a quick look to either side of her head and she realised she was tied to a bed. There was a few seconds where she panicked, trying to pull her hands free and scream, only to then realise she had been gagged and any noise she tried to make was muffled and quiet.

She stopped herself, taking a deep breath, as much as she could while gagged, and then did a quick mental run down of what she remembered. Joseph's confession, talking to Don, going to get something to eat and then... something hit her... and then nothing. She was a smart woman, and a smart cop, it didn't take much to figure out what had happened.

How long had she been gone? If it was more than a couple of hours then Don would already have noticed, he would have called her and when she didn't answer, he'd start to worry, even if they hadn't sent out the search party yet, Don would at least be worried. She wanted to panic some more but she took another breath and looked at her hand again; it was tied to the bed by a blue tie. The knot was tight, but maybe she could get it loose, maybe she could get her hand free. Her other hand was tied by another tie, this was a red and green striped one, the blue one was looser.

She wriggled her hand, trying to create some slack, trying to see how much she could manoeuvre it. She heard a bang, it sounded like it came from below her, so maybe she was on a second floor, or there was a basement. She looked at the door, listening for any further sound but not hearing it and she mentally calmed herself down and continued to work on the tie. She was getting fabric burns from it but she thought she might be getting somewhere when she heard footsteps outside the door. She turned her head to look at it, her heart beating faster and breaths coming quicker.

The door handle turned and the door opened, she wasn't surprised to see Kyle walk through it but that didn't make her any less terrified as he closed the door behind him. She could feel herself panicking, she couldn't panic, she had to stop panicking; she couldn't.

"Look who's finally awake," he said, a smile appearing on his face. "I was starting to think I'd have to have my fun with you unconscious."

He walked toward her and she panicked a little more, her short and fast breaths struggling to make it passed the gag as he sat next to her on the bed. She flinched away from his hand as he touched her face, ran his fingers down her cheek and neck, across her collar bone. She tried to move away from him but he pulled her back, his hand running down her side and she started to struggle, pulling at the ties that were keeping her in place.

She felt her hand come loose, the tie slacken enough for her to pull her hand free. It was just one hand but it gave her back enough of her calm back to punch him in the face. It lacked the power she would usually put into a punch and he turned angry eyes back to her, his hands going for her throat. She brought her knee up and caught him in the side, knocking him off balance long enough to get her foot into position to kick him. He fell off the bed and hit the floor and she took the opportunity to swing her legs off the bed. One of her hands was still bound, the knot was tight and she tried to get it loose but there was no ways she had the time. Kyle was already off the floor and he grabbed her hair, swearing at her as he pulled her head back.

Kyle Philips car was parked in the driveway and the house was surrounded. The only thing that had stopped Don from marching straight in there was the hand Danny had wrapped around his arm to keep him in place long enough for everyone to get in position. Mac and Stella had just arrived and Don was just waiting on the team at the back of the house to radio that they were in position. Jess was here, she was on the other side of the door he was standing right next to, he just wanted to go in and find her. His training and every bit of sense it had instilled in him told that it would only put Jess in more danger if he did.

The go ahead finally came through from the team at the back and Danny stepped forward, trying the door handle and Don was only slightly surprised that it wasn't locked. Kyle Philips really didn't give much thought to getting caught; they would have had him at the first girl if it hadn't been for his brothers.

They filed into the house quietly, letting the team at the back know to wait where they were, if they could get in unnoticed this would go a lot better. They cleared the living room and the kitchen easily and a couple of officers unlocked the back door while Don and Danny headed upstairs with Mac and Stella. It wasn't until he got to the top of the stairs that he heard a man's voice swearing and he followed it quickly to a closed door. He stood at one side, Mac at the other and Danny and Stella behind them. He gave Mac a nod and opened the door.

Jess was crouched down at the side of the bed, one hand tied to the metal railings of the headboard. Kyle Philips was picking himself up from the floor and he lunged at her, grabbing her hair and pulling her head back sharply. Don ran over and grabbed him, throwing him back onto the floor at Mac and Danny's feet. He made sure they had him before turning back to Jess who was still crouching by the side of the bed.

"Jess," he said and reached out to touch her but she flinched at the contact. "It's alright, it's me."

She nodded, she looked terrified, ready to cry and if Mac and Danny weren't shoving a shouting protesting Kyle out of the room already he might have done something he'd regret later. He untied her hand from the bed and the second she was free she got up and walked out of the room, not saying a word.

He followed her out of the room and down the stairs; she was wasting no time in getting out of the house. She walked out the front door and around the side of the building until she was out of sight of the officers and detectives that had swarmed the building.

"Jess," he said as he caught up with her and she wordlessly turned to him and buried herself in his chest. He could feel her shaking as he wrapped his arms around her. He held her tightly, whispering a few reassuring words but mostly just holding her. He didn't know how long they were stood there for before Stella came around the corner, her eyes meeting Don's for a moment before she nodded her head and walked away again.

"I want to leave Don, I want to go, now," she said and he stepped back from her.

"Alright," he said and led her to his car; he put her in the passenger seat and then went to tell Mac they were leaving before taking her to the station. She seemed slightly better once they'd put some distance between them and the house.

Jess went straight to the locker room when they arrived and immediately pulled out her change of clothes, announcing that she was burning the clothes that she was wearing as soon as she'd showered. Don left her to shower alone, letting her have some time alone while he went to speak to the captain who told him that Kyle was in one of the interrogation rooms. Don wanted to go in there, he wanted to make the man pay for what he'd done to Jess but the captain put a hand on his shoulder and told him to go and see Jess, she was his priority now.

He got back to the locker room in time to see Jess putting her jacket on, her wet hair tied back. "Now I feel a little better," she stated when she spotted him.

"How about I just take you home," he stated but she shook her head.

"I have to give my statement," she told him.

"It can wait," he replied as he watched her close her locker and shake her head again.

"No, I want to do it now, I want it over with," she said taking a deep breath and closing her eyes for a moment. He walked over to her and put his arms around her. "Then I want you to take me home."

"Okay," he said as he let go of her. "Are you alright?"

"Right at this moment, no," she replied. "But I will be when Kyle Philips and his sick brothers are on their way to a very long stay in jail."

It was later than they had been expecting when they got to Don's apartment and Jess immediately went into the bedroom to change while Don searched his kitchen for the takeout menu to Jess's favourite pizza place. He ordered some pizzas, Jess coming out of the bedroom halfway through the phone call dressed in sweat pants and one of his hoodies. She settled down on the coach and Don finished ordering their food before going to sit next to her, putting the TV on as he did so.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" he asked as she settled herself back against his chest and he put his arms around her.

She shrugged and he flicked through the channels until he found what looked like a romantic comedy and left that on. He didn't really care what was on the TV and he knew she didn't either, she just wanted to sit there with him and he was fine with that. He ran the fingers of one hand up and down her arm, keeping his other arm wrapped around her as they sat their quietly. She laid her head back on his chest and he could tell she was falling asleep, he could tell the exact moment that she actually fell to sleep and he continued to sit the quietly, just glad that they were both there.

Kyle Philips had confessed to the whole thing, Don had briefly slipped into the observation room while Jess had been giving her statement and Mac and Danny had been questioning Kyle. Stella had given him a wary look when he'd walked in but he'd just looked through the window silently and she hadn't pushed the matter.

There had been more than enough evidence against Kyle to convict him, a full confession from Joseph, a confession from Craig, the DNA evidence and the statement of a whole bunch of cops for what he'd done to Jess. The man had known he was going down and he didn't even bother to deny anything. He'd happily stated that he'd killed those women, he'd eagerly told them about Ashley Williams and then he'd moved onto Jess. Stella had glanced at him several more times as he'd talked about seeing her working the case, how he'd wanted her, followed her and how he'd taken her from the middle of the street. He talked about what he would have done to her and then swore he would get his chance; that he would still get to have her.

One of the other detectives had stuck her head into the observation room then to tell him that Jess had finished giving her statement a while ago and he should probably go and take her home. He'd given Kyle one last hateful glance before going to find Jess.

There was a knock at the door and Don glanced down at Jess, hating the thought of waking her but knowing that she'd barely eaten all day. He manoeuvred her off him, somehow managing not to wake her and went to pay for the pizza. He left them on the coffee table while he woke Jess, she jumped away, sitting up quickly but it didn't take her long to realise she was in his apartment and she was safe. They ate the pizza and watched the end of the movie, neither knowing what was actually going on, before they went to bed. Don got changed and Jess gave his tie a strange look as he took it off and she took it from him, walking out of the room with and coming back without it.

She got into bed and he climbed in next to her, she settled her head against his chest again and he wrapped his arms around her.

"Can you not wear the blue tie for a while?" she questioned and he realised why she had take it out of the room. One the ties on the bed in Kyle's fathers house had been blue.

"How about I just throw it out?" he replied and she shook her head.

"No, it's one of your only nice ties," she stated and he smiled slightly. "Just don't wear it for a while."

"Okay," he replied and kissed the top of her head. She fell back to sleep again within minutes but despite his exhaustion Don laid there staring at the ceiling, his mind conjuring up other ways this day could have ended. He shook those thoughts off, she was here, she was relatively unhurt and in time she would be back to her usual self. He tightened his arms around her, breathing her in and finally fell asleep.

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Authors Note: Thank you so much to those of you who have stuck with me on this, it's been a bumpy ride but we've finally gotten here. Thank you to everyone who reviewed and I hope you all enjoyed the story.