Part 2

"What the hell did you did you do to her?" a deep voice growled. "You weren't suppose to kill her for fuck sakes."

"I didn't kill her, Chad. I just knocked her out with some shit." He held up a dirty rag. "That bitch can fight."

"You're lucky. The boss would have had you fitted with some cement shoes and lots of water." Chad smacked the other man on the back of the head. "Any clue when Darren will be back?"

"He said he had to start the ball rolling," the man replied as he rubbed the back of his head.

Chad looked at his friend with a questioning look. "What the hell do you mean by that? The damn ball has started by us grabbing her." He pointed over at BJ's still body.

"He went to deliver a note so the bitch who put Royal in jail will know who is in charge, and that she will forever be sorry." The man laughed. "I would love to be a fly on the wall when the little cunt wakes up and realizes what's what."

"No kidding." Chad grabbed a pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket. "I'm betting it will be awhile before she even wakes up. That one dude really hit her head. All that damn blood and the sound." He shivered from the memory.

"Guess the cop in him had a little aggression that needed to get out." Chad's buddy laughed. "I'm just glad it was her head and not mine."

"No shit." Chad nodded in agreement as he took a long drag from his cigarette. He saw BJ's body stir slightly. "Looks like movie queen is waking up. We should close the doors so she doesn't see us."

The two men quickly slid the metal door shut and wrapped the large chain around the handles so they could padlock them together.

The first thing BJ noticed was the smell of old oil and grease. Slowly she opened her eyes and looked around, but the smallest movement of her head made the pounding in her head increase tenfold. "Oh shit, my head hurts." She grabbed her head with her dirty hands.

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Barbara sat in the rocking chair with her grandson. She had hummed softly until he had fallen asleep sucking on his tiny fists. "You sleep now my little angel. Your mammas will be home soon and everything will be back to normal."

"He sleeping?" Leo asked from the doorway.

Barbara nodded as she kissed the baby's head. "Been asleep for about thirty minutes."

"Good," the tired man replied with a sigh.

"Any news on Tyler's condition?" the exhausted woman questioned as she started to stand to set the baby in his bed.

Leo shook his head. "She was still unconscious when we left." He closed his eyes and fought back the tears that threatened to fall. "Mike just called that Detective Rush, and still no news on BJ either."

Barbara didn't try to fight the emotions. She let the tears fall as she walked across the darkened room. "Do you think we'll get my daughter back?"

"We will," Mike stated with conviction as he stepped up next to his partner. "As soon as Tyler is awake nothing, and I mean nothing, will keep her stuck in that hospital bed."

"That's true, but what if for some reason she is unable to do anything? What if that blow to her head damaged her somehow?" the now crying woman asked. "My poor baby is out there in the hands of some lunatic. What if…"

Mike and Leo quickly wrapped their arms around Barbara and each other.

"No what ifs." Leo hugged the older woman tighter. "Everything and everyone will be okay and home soon."

"I hope you're right, Leo," Barbara mumbled through her sobs. "God, I hope you're right."

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BJ coughed as she slowly turned onto her back and opened her eyes. The dimly light prison was smelly and hot. "Where the hell am I?"

She sat up and tried to figure out where or what she was in. The walls were metal and green. Old oil stains and dirt covered the walls. She could make out graffiti against one wall done up in white and black paint as well as a small sign saying, 'Bolds Railroad'.

"Taking a guess, I'm in an old box car." BJ swung her feet off the mattresses she was on and stood up. As soon as she could keep the world around her from spinning and making her nauseous, she carefully stepped to the side where the door was located.

She grabbed a hold of the door handle and pulled with all her might. "Nothing. Knew it wouldn't, but had to try," she mumbled as she looked around for another possible exit. "Shit, shit, shit."

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"Good morning," the nurse at the nurse's station said as she greeted Leo and Mike. "There have not been any changes to Ms. Jones's condition. Though her heart rate did increase for a small amount of time after you left last night, it went back to normal."

"Thank you," Leo replied. "When will the doctor be around?"

"He should be doing his rounds at anytime. You can go ahead and sit in the room with Ms. Jones." The nurse gestured towards Tyler's room door.

Mike nodded and held onto Leo's hand. "Thanks for everything you all are doing for Tyler."

"Not a problem. I just wish I could do more to help," the nurse replied with another smile. "Oh by the way, the card that you left on Ms. Jones' lap is sitting on the dresser next to the bed."

"What card?" the two men asked at the same time, then looked at each other.

"You didn't leave a card?" the nurse asked with concern. "I found it after you were asked to leave last night. No one else has been in that room but the night nurses."

"Call Detective Rush immediately," Mike ordered and took off with Leo right on his heels.

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"Did anyone touch it?" Detective Rush asked when she walked into the hospital room.

"The nurse did," Leo replied looking at the small white envelope resting on the dresser. "Otherwise no one."

Detective Rush slipped on a pair of see-through gloves before she picked the card up and opened it. Slowly she scanned the typed message before she showed it to Leo and Mike. "Looks like the people who have BJ are trying to torment Tyler."

We have your precious wife.

She will know what it's like to be locked up with no chance of freedom. I thought it was only right to get paybacks and take something away from you. Make you feel the loneliness of not having your family near. Knowing that your family member will never see the light of day again as a free person makes me very happy.

Have a good life Tyler Jones.

"Any clue who this person is?" Detective Rush asked as she put the note in a plastic bag.

"As of right now, no." Leo watched the brown haired police officer. "Give us time." He looked the woman straight in the eyes. "Just give us time."

"Just make sure you don't do anything that would get you arrested," Rush stated, knowing that it would be ignored.

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BJ slumped down onto the mattress and rested her head in her hands. "Damn it." She let the tears fall down her dirty face. "Tyler baby I hope like hell you are okay and find me soon."

A noise from outside the train car made the captured woman look towards the door. After several long minutes the sound of the chain being moved and the door opening made BJ scoot over to the corner.

"I see that you are awake now." Chad smiled as he tossed in a box of stuff. "I would suggest you save what you can of this stuff. Since it may be the last food and water you get for a while."

"What the hell do you want with me? I don't even know you." BJ stood up and headed towards the open door.

Chad reached into his back pocket and pulled out a gun. "I suggest you get your pretty ass back on that bed."

"Not until you tell me how Tyler is." BJ stopped just shy of the door as she tried her best to calm her fast-beating heart. "Since I'm guessing you were one of the assholes that grabbed me."

"Sure I was one of them." Chad laughed. "And as for your bitch of a girlfriend, she is snug as a bug in a rug at the hospital. Last I heard she still had not woken up from the nasty hit to her head."

"You mother-fucking asshole." BJ wanted to run straight for the man, but knew that he would pull the trigger and any hopes of her getting out of this alive would vanish in a flash.

Chad laughed harder. "Boy, for someone who is supposed to be Hollywood's sweetest star, you sure do have one hell of a mouth on you."

"What did you do with my son?" BJ seethed at the laughing man.

"We didn't want the baby," Chad replied with a shake of his head. "Though that would be the icing on the cake."

"You are sick," BJ spat.

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"Can you hear me Tyler?" Leo said as he watched his friend move her head slightly. "Come on Tyler. We need you to wake up."

"Hmmm," Tyler moaned.

Mike grabbed a hold of Tyler's hand. "You can do it."

Tyler blinked fast before her eyes opened half way. "BJ?"

"Sorry buddy, it's just Leo and me." Mike squeezed the small hand he held. "How do you feel?"

"I don't even want to go there," Tyler mumbled. "Got any water?"

Leo quickly poured some into a paper cup and added a straw. "Mike help her sit up a little." He held the straw still. "Take small sips."

Tyler was glad she had help, because she wasn't sure she could move even an inch without passing out from exhaustion. "Thanks, guys."

"Not a problem," Leo and Mike replied at the same time.

Tyler looked from one man to the other before she asked. "Where's BJ?" She didn't like how they looked up and then at each other. "And what the hell happened?"

"You don't remember?" Leo ran a hand through his hair.

Tyler shook her head. "Sorry guys, I don't."

Leo stayed and told Tyler all that they knew about the kidnapping, and how Tyler had received her injures. Mike went into the hallway to call Detective Rush and let her know that Tyler wasn't any help as of right now.

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"You might get some memories back," Dr. Jameson said as he flipped through his notes on Tyler. "Just give it time."

"I don't have time. My wife is out there, God only knows where, and I can't remember a damn thing to help find her. So I suggest you come up with a better answer than that Doc," Tyler yelled out in frustration.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Jones, but that is the only answer I have for you," Dr. Jameson replied calmly. "If all your tests come back with good news, you can be released in a few days."

Tyler waited for the doctor to leave and the door to close before she tossed the blankets off her legs.

"What are you doing?" Leo walked up to her.

Tyler pulled the IV out of her arm, not caring about the blood dripping on the bed. "I'm getting out of here."

"Do you think that is a good idea?" the very concerned man asked as he offered his arm for support.

Tyler looked into his eyes. "What would you do if it was Mike?"

They both knew the answer to the question, and with Leo's nod of the head they finished getting ready to sneak out of the hospital.

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"What in the hell are you doing home?" Barbara asked Tyler as soon as she saw her walk into the house. "You should still be in bed." Tyler didn't have to say a word as Barbara watched the tears start to fall. "Come here."

Tyler didn't need to be told twice. She walked on still unsteady feet towards the woman who had become a mother to her. "I'm so sorry. So, so sorry."

"Tyler, why are you sorry? You didn't do anything," the older woman whispered as she held on tight to the shaking woman.

"It's all my fault. I couldn't protect her, and I can't even remember what the hell happened," the distraught woman cried. "What am I going to do?"

"You are going to do what you do best." Barbara moved so she could look the small blonde straight in the eyes. "You are going to find the bastard that took my baby and bring her home to me safe and sound."

Nothing but silence filled the room, until a gurgle was heard.

Tyler turned her head and a smile formed across her face. "Hey buddy." She sat down in the closest chair and waited for Leo to bring him to her.

As soon as TJ heard Tyler's voice he started to kick and swing his arms.

Barbara and Leo watched for several seconds before they left the room so Tyler could have some time with her boy.

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BJ leaned against the side of the prison with her knees bent. Tears that had stopped began to fall again. "I feel in my heart that you're alive my love, but the image of you getting hit, plays over and over in my mind."

Several long minutes went by before BJ took in a deep breath. "TJ, my son, I know Mom will take great care of you, and I know that we'll all be together soon."

"Tyler, please Baby, come find me. I'm waiting for you. You're my only way out of here," BJ thought before she lay down and fell into a restless sleep.

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Sitting up in bed Tyler gasped for air. Visions of BJ in a dark place crying filled her mind. "I'll find you and bring you home where you belong."

Pulling the covers off her body, she slid out of bed and headed to the bathroom. Tyler flicked on the light and stood in front of the big mirror above the double sink. With shaky hands, she pulled off the large white bandage from the back of her head. Tossing it in the garbage can, she grabbed BJ's hand mirror and held it behind her head so she could see what it looked like.

Staples closed the long incision from the base of her skull to almost the top. A small amount of dried blood clung to the metal and the hair that surrounded it.

"Guess I'll have to wear a hat." Tyler carefully touched one of the staples and cringed. "Frankenstein looking."

Tyler carefully brushed her hair after she washed her face. She grabbed a pair of dark jeans and a pullover sweatshirt and walked to her dresser for some fresh socks. She stared at the empty bed and sighed. "Hold on BJ. I'm coming."

She walked out of the bedroom only stopping to pull her boots on and to grab her coat. Stopping just before she closed the back door Tyler looked around she closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. The smell alone reminded her of what she had here. "Home."

Taking one last look she closed the door and headed to the guesthouse. She banged hard on the front door until Leo opened it in his boxers. "Grab Mike, we are heading out and not coming back until BJ is with us."

Leo nodded. "Mike get dressed, it's time."

Tyler didn't wait for them. She headed to the garage and the locked cabinet that held her weapons from when she was a bodyguard. "Hate to say I knew at some point I would need these again," she whispered as she unlocked the gray door.

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"How is our guest?" the boss asked before he took a long drag off of his cigar and blew the white smoke into the air above his head.

Darren smiled. "She has been welcomed with open arms."

The boss nodded staring at the greasy man. "How about the note?"

"Been delivered," Darren replied as he clasped his hands behind his back. "What do you want us to do next?"

"Depends on what Ms. Jones does. Has she been discharged from the hospital yet?" The large man leaned forward in his chair to rest his elbows on the desktop.

"She is no longer at the hospital. Seems she didn't wait for the discharge papers and just left yesterday afternoon."

"Figured she'd do that." Blowing another puff of smoke into the air the large man thought for a few seconds. "Just make sure Ms. Stanton has all the comforts of home until we see what Ms. Jones does."

"Yes, Sir," Darren grinned and headed out of the room. He would make BJ fell right at home in more ways then one.

"Darren," the boss yelled. "Make sure you don't do anything stupid."

The grin on Darren's face slipped and turned to a scowl. "Yes, Sir."

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Tyler, Leo and Mike sat in the jeep - watching people walking and out of the building they were parked in front of. They were waiting for a certain person to head in before they would enter.

"You sure he will be here?" Mike asked through a large yawn. "It's been how many years since you saw him last?"

"He'll be here," Tyler replied looking down the street and then back the other way. "He comes to this bar every night, rain or shine."

"Do you want me to go look again? Maybe I missed him when I went and looked the first time." Leo took a sip of his lukewarm coffee.

Tyler shook her head.

Thirty minutes later Tyler pointed to an old man slowly making his way down the sidewalk with a cane in one hand and a dog on a leash in the other. "There he is."

The three stepped out of the jeep and waited for the man to come closer. He stopped about twenty feet from the trio.

"Knew you'd be stopping by soon," he said and started walking towards them. "Buy me a drink and I'll tell you what I know."

"Thanks, Bing." Tyler opened the door and followed the man in knowing Mike and Leo would follow her.

They grabbed a table in a corner. Bing had his dog lay on the floor between himself and Tyler before she lit a cigarette and spoke. "You want to know about BJ Stanton." It wasn't a question, but a statement.

Tyler nodded and waited for him to continue.

Leo and Mike leaned back in their chairs glancing around the room to make sure no one would start any trouble.

"I heard that she was taken because someone has a big grudge against you," Bing said as he scratched his dog's head. "You pissed off some bigwig, and they knew that she was the only way to get to you."

"We know that already. They left me a note while I was in the hospital. We just don't have a clue who it is." Tyler leaned her elbows on the dirty table. "Is there any word on the street who it is? Where they might have her? Anything, anything at all?"

Bing set his cigarette down in the ashtray. "The only name on the street is some punk of a guy named Darren. He is talking more than he should, and that is the only reason I know that. Otherwise that's it."

"Darren? Where can I find this guy?" Tyler reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a wad of money. She tugged out a couple of hundred dollar bills and slipped them into the old man's wrinkled hand. "Please, Bing, anything else you know?"

"You don't have to pay me anything," Bing replied, trying to hand the money back. "I do this for you for free. You're the only one besides your grandfather that ever cared a rat's ass about me."

"Keep it. I know you can use it." Tyler stood up. "If you hear of anything else give me a call." She handed Bing her card that already had her cell phone number written on the back. "Use the one on the back. I'll have my cell on and with me at all times."

"You got it kid." Bing stuffed the money in his shirt pocket.

Tyler bent down and petted the old dog that was sound asleep on the floor. "See you still have Rags with ya."

"He goes where I go." Bing smiled.

Tyler nodded and stood up. Thoughts of Bandit ran through her mind. "I just lost my dog not so long ago. Got hit by a car."

"Sorry to hear that. They're like children at times," Bing replied softly. "You go get your girl and make those sons of bitches pay for what they did."

"I will." Tyler walked away.

Leo and Mike pushed their chairs back and started to follow but Bing's voice stopped them.

"Boys, watch over her. She may take a turn down a dark path and find it hard to come back."

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Barbara opened the door and greeted Detective Rush. "Morning, please come in. Would you like some coffee?"

"That would be great." Rush smiled. "Thanks."

The two women walked into the bright kitchen. The Detective noticed TJ swinging in his bay swing and walked over. "Isn't he the cutest baby."

Barbara grinned. "How do you like your coffee?"

"Black is good." Rush wiggled a little toe before she took a seat at the table. "I need to talk with Tyler and see if she remembers anything since yesterday. Is she around?"

Barbara set the coffee cup down in front of the seated woman. "I'm sorry, she's not here."

Rush lifted the cup up to take a sip, but stopped. "She's out hunting down who did this isn't she?"

The older woman nodded as she took a sip of her own coffee. "They left in the middle of the night, last night." She took in a deep breath. "I found a note from Mike on the table this morning when I woke up. I doubt they will be home until they find my daughter."

"Damn," Rush groaned out. "I knew she would do this. I just had hoped she'd wait a few days."

"I was surprised she didn't leave as soon as she got home," Barbara stated. "She looked so lost as she walked around the house after she put TJ to bed. I knew I couldn't do anything for her, so I just let her pace around. I heard her finally go to bed around eleven."

"Do you have any clue where she might go or who she might have contact with?" Rush questioned, already knowing the answer.

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't even take a guess." Barb sighed softly.

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"Wakey, wakey," Darren yelled out as he pounded on the side of the train car. He unlocked the padlock and slid the door open to reveal a grumpy BJ. "Well, good morning Sunshine. How did you sleep last night?"

"Who the hell are you?" BJ snapped as she stood up.

Darren pulled himself up through the door. "I'm gonna be your best friend."

"Bullshit," BJ spat. "You're going to pay for what you've done to me. When Tyler gets a hold of you…" She was interrupted by a deep laugh from Darren.

"Last time I saw your girlfriend she was out like a light with bandages wrapped around her head like a mummy." Darren didn't stop laughing. "I could have killed her with one hand tied around my back."

BJ darted towards the grungy man. "You bastard."

Darren quickly wrapped his arms around the fighting woman. Once he knew she couldn't get away he whispered in her ear. "Careful sweet thing. You wouldn't want me to hurt you." He then licked the side of BJ's face. "You and I could become real close. So close you'd forget your girlfriend's name and only want me."

BJ cringed at the gross smell of the man's breath and the feel of his tongue against her skin. "You'd have to kill me first."

"That could be arranged." Darren circled around and tossed BJ towards the mattresses. "And so much fun."

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This story will take more time to do as school and things have been driving me crazy, but every chance I get I will write and get as many parts done for the reader as I can. I will be posting updates in 15-20 page updates instead of small ones here and there… So I'm hoping I will have a new post every month until it's finished...
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Continued in part three


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