Taken (Gold)

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

Abi had returned home room the school. The house was silent and the door was unlocked. Abi thought nothing about the second. She just figured that she had forgotten to lock the door this morning. Abi had been the last one out after Gold.

Normally she locked the door but she had forgotten on occasion before. She just wouldn't tell Gold about this. He would be upset by it. Abi figured no on would have entered the house anyways. They were too afraid of Gold. So she stepped inside and then locked the door behind her. Abi did not think to check around.

She just put her things on the dinning room table and then moved towards the kitchen. She had gotten herself a drink when there was a bang from inside the house. Abi jumped and she stiffened. She had not seen Gold's car outside. She knew he was not yet home. Abi slowly stepped forward. She was nervous now but she needed to know what the sound was.

It would look ridiculous if she ran to Gold because a picture fell or something. Abi left the kitchen and moved slowly down the hallway. She was passing the living room and suddenly she was struck from behind. The blow was to her head and she slumped forward unconscious. At the same moment, a rock was hurled through the front window of Gold's Pawn Shop. A note was wrapped around it.

The note read "You have taken what is mine. Now I have taken what is yours. I'll be in touch."

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold was at his pawn shop, where he could not wait to return home to Abi the idea put a smile on his face thankful none where around for right now. How ever when the rock came threw his window of his shop, he was even more grateful that none where hurt because of it. He moved to where the rock landed, only to see the paper attached, he picked up the rock to read the note & his anger flickered, who ever did this would pay he would make sure of it, if he had to tare Storybrooke apart he would do so & when he found them & he would, what he did to Moe French would be nothing to what he would do to the one or ones that took Abi.

Of course, for the time he had to make a call to Miss. Swan to let he know what happened & that also lead to calling in so called help to put wood for the time being in where the broken window was & making plains for a new one to be put in. Though when Swan showed up, that lead to questions & answers, some that he was not so wanting to answer, a long with at times he threatened to do something to who ever, when he caught them. It sounded much like when he lost the chipped cup, all over again & he was sure that Swan knew now that it would be a race against time, for if Gold found the men first there was no saying what she would do.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

When Abi came to, there was a blinding pain behind her eyes and the back of her head hurt. She brought her fingers back gingerly to touch the sore spot on her head and she could feel the crispiness of dried blood and matted hair. She sat up lowly now. Where was she? Tears automatically sprung to her eyes but she tried not to let them fall. She was in darkness and could see nothing. There was silence all around her though she tried to listen intently. Why had she been so stupid to leave the door open.... She had let the people who had attacked her into the house and now she might die from her mistake.

She was terrified. Faintly, Abi began to hear footsteps. She stiffened and before she could think of what to do, light was let into the room when a door opened to her left and a light was flicked on. Two people stepped into the room and Abi instantly backed away until her back came up against the far wall. There was nowhere for her to run and nothing for her to try and defend herself. The room was obviously a large closet of sorts but it was bare.

Abi was still sitting on the floor when the two came towards her slowly. Though they wore black masks to cover their heads, Abi could tell by the girth and build that both were male. "Why am I here?" Abi asked now. "What do you want?" Her voice was a whisper. Neither answered her. One reached her first and taking her by the hair, yanked her to her feet causing fresh pain in the back off her head. Abi screamed at the pain and the sudden movement. She had no way of knowing that scream was being recorded for a future phone call. She fought as best she could but was quickly over powered and pulled from the room.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold had finished with Miss. Swan, though in that time it did little to lessen his anger & hate, there was the hint of murder in his eyes of course he was waned once more by Swan to not do anything foolish, of course he really did not hear her or more or less did not care he would find Abi & he would make someone pay.

For though, he had to get home form there he could start planing & also call in for help, as much as the idea of calling in so called help he would do it to find Abi & he was not short of offering a great deal on money to have her back. Once home, his mood only grew darker & it was good that none where around or hell would of broke loss.

As he moved threw the house, something caught his eye more it did not look right & as he inspected it more, he could tell it was blood his anger of flickered more deadly, then before.

Who ever did this had indeed awoken a dragon, that was going to show them the meaning of pain when he found them & he would, with out question he would. He made a few calls, to the few he trusted enough to be watchful to anything out of place, of course he did not trust as well like Abi, but then he head his reasons & those did not matter now.

Of course he knew that thinking on who did it or could of done it was a long list & he knew that he had to wait for who ever to make the first contacted, unless he heard something other wise he had no real lead to go on. Though he started to go over people in Storybrooke, to start some form of narrowing them down on who it could be & he also went over footage form the cameras he had around, to see if he could find any clues.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

She was taken to another room. She had figured by now that the building she was in was not lived in. There was very little furniture and a few paper fast food bags. One for the men forced Abi into a wooden chair at a bare table. She did not dare to move from the seat as they stepped away from her whispering to each other. Abi did however look around slowly trying to think of a way to escape. She was trying to hear what the men were saying but could not.

In fact what they were talking about was ransom. They did not want to hurt her. They knew that Gold would kill them if they actually hurt her. Though a little pain on her part might be necessary to get Gold to comply. Gold had foreclosed on their house. Brothers they were. They had put everything into that house furnishing and upgrades. It was something they were working to fix up and sell for a higher price. But as it had turned out, that they had put all of their money into if and then Gold had ripped it from them when they were behind a few months on payments to him. They had known the risks when they had gotten the loan from Gold. But they had not expected it to happen.

So now they were going to ask for triple the original loan. nearly 1.5 million. He had it. They knew he did. The ransom was not a lot of money but enough for them to get out of this town and start new lives. The one brother looked to Abi now and then stepped up behind her. He had been to one to take her from the house. He grabbed her hair pulling her head all the way back and then bent down close to her ear. "Such a pretty girl..." He told her now and Abi squeezed her eyes shut as her one hand close around his wrist. "How much would Gold be willing to spend to keep you safe. To keep us from hurting you?" He asked. "Nothing at all." Abi lied instantly. "You think he cares for me?" She was trying to confuse them.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold had not heard form ether those he had asked for help or who ever took Abi, though as he went threw video & papers, he had narrowed down many of those in Storybrooke, the idea the mayor had her hand in it was not lost to him, but even she knew that such a move would anger him to a point that could turn very bad for her later, more or less the reason she did not do it before. He was mostly watching the video now, though it did not help much he did get a few moments of seeing Abi & then her being taken out of the house, though he could not get the plate of the car so that left him only a make that no promise on who owned it if the right people.

He had taken a moment to get something to drink, in between everything though it was hard to really drink, eat or think about anything, but he knew that he should drink if just to help him keep up, though as he saw Abi placed in the car limp the idea that they hurt her tore threw him & the glass that was in his hand hit the wall with a crass, glass going ever where & the drink in side mostly running down the wall, he would find them for now he knew there was two, so that was another clue to who it was, it did not matter if it was a hundreds he would make them all pay for there actions.

Oddly he got a call for one of the law enforcement people in storybrooke that they wanted, to put a tracer on his phone for when he was called about Abi, a first he was against the idea since he wanted the people himself, but decided that for Abi sake he would agree.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

The men did not believe her of course. They had seen Gold and this woman together and they knew. The second male came to the table and he placed a sheet of paper and a cell phone in front of her. On the paper were typed words in black ink. The one with a hold on her head now shoved her head forward. "Read it." He ordered and Abi hesitated for a moment before taking the paper in her hand and reading it to herself. It was a script it seemed. The words here frightened her.

Abi's breathing picked up as she placed the paper down again. She was afraid to look at them now. "Call him." the first male gave his next order. "Who?" Abi whispered before she could stop herself. The second male smack her in the back of the head hard and Abi cried out again. She could feel a fresh flow of blood on the back of her head now. "Call Gold!" He barked at her now. Abi took the phone slowly .

She did not know what time it was but she would try the house. She started to dial. "When he answers, if he answers read the paper and read it right or you'll you did." Abi took a deep breath and then brought the phone to her ear. When the phone on Gold's end was picked up she heard his voice. Now the tears that she had been fighting came forward though she tried to stop them.

"Hi," She told him. "It's me." She took a deep breath. One of the men were motioning for her to read the paper. And she took it up again. "I've been kidnapped." Abi read with a shaking voice. "I don't know where I am and I don't know who the men are. They want one million five hundred thousand dollars for me. They say they'll..." She started to shake but she had to continue or he would start talking and Abi would not be able to finish. "Rape and kill me if they don't get it." Abi met the one attackers eyes as she said his part and she shivered. "Don't pay them them...."

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

He was surprised to hear Abi voice, it was a blessing as well to know she was alive, he knew he had to play her cards right, though with the words they would rape her he had ideas when he caught these men to make them wish for death long before it came, the idea to stripe skin form them was not far off ether from his train of though. With her heard her last words, she should of known better she likely did he would pay for her safe return though, he would see to it that the men payed even more greatly.

Though with her last words, he feared she would hang up or worse & he was quick to speak her name "Abigail" For he was at a lose, he wanted her back he would give everything he had to keep her safe & yet he felt he had failed her because she was in danger & he had promised her that he would keep her safe.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

The man was motioning for her to hang up now and the other was moving for the phone. Abi was about to take it away from her ear when she heard him say her name. Abi brought the phone back to her ear. "I love you," She told him. "and I'm sorry." That was the last thing she got to say to him before the phone was ripped from her hand.

The male that had been behind her spoke into the phone now. "You have twenty-four hours, Gold." He said. "Meet us a bridge tomorrow night at nine pm. If you don't' show up, you don't have the money in cash, or you bring the cops, we'll kill her. And just to show we mean it..." He took the recorder now and turned the volume all the way up. When he pushed play, her recorded scream rang out and into the phone making even Abi jump. Then the man hung up the phone.

Abi looked down at the table now. She was scared and she did not know that the men had no intention of raping her or killing her. At least not the last part unless it was a last resort. The second man came around the table now and took her roughly by the arm pulling her to her feet and without a word, he pulled her along back through the house.

Bringing her back to the closet, he shoved her roughly back into the closet and she stumbled and then fell onto her hands and knees. Abi yelped in pain and then the light was turned out again and the door shut and locked . Abi found the wall in the dark and then leaned against it and cried.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold heard Abi last words, though he did not get the chance to speak them back he hopped that she knew that he loved her. With the other mans words, he listened & with her last it was hearing Abi scream that made him drop the phone, he would kill them, give them a thousand deaths before he allowed them to die, his anger spiked to such a point the closest item he found thankful nothing of importance the threw against the wall, smashing it.

The officer that was a cross form him, had reordered the message though as they looked at Gold it was clear they where not sure what to say to the man. If looks could kill, then those men where dead if not now then later, the officer spoke of setting something up to catch the men, but Gold was quick to say no he would do it there way, but he would have other ways to see that no harm came to Abi.

They offered to at least be allowed to use the tracking, to see if they could get Abi out safely & if not then watch the place, Gold had though to say no though he agreed, but before anything was full carried out he wanted to know first & then would say fully yes at the idea or no.

He knew he would not be sleeping tonight & besides that he had money to get, so he start by calling his back manager he did not care the hour the person was going to be awakened if he had to go over to there house & break the door down, thankful for them they answered likely having caller idea & seeing it was Gold, he told them the amount he need & by when & also that there was no ifs on getting the amount of money, heads would roll if they did not have it by when he wanted it.

From there he escorted the officer out of his home, before he moved to take a seat at the couch he knew sleep would not come to night so he started working on a plan & with it he moved to reach for a draw under the coffee table pulling out a gun, if it came to it he would not think twice, those men would matter nothing compared to Abi safety & he was sure that, if they where shot no jury in the world would be upset that he shot a man to protected someone they kidnapped & that.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

Time had no meaning for Abi. She had cried herself to sleep a few times but had no idea how long she had been sleeping. There were no sounds here each time she woke. Once she thought they may have left and she had tried to find the door to try and get out but the door would not budge. A few times, she heard voices and what sounded like a tv. She smelled food but nothing was given to her. Before long she had hunger pains as well as the still dull throb in her head.

Her mind continually went from Gold to her impending death. Even though she had told him not to, Abi knew Gold would pay the money. She just didn't know if she would live to see him again. Abi finally lay on the floor trying to stay calm and get comfortable somehow so that she she could sleep the time away. She could not get in trouble if she was a sleep. She slept for a few more hours and then was awoken by the bright light as it was flicked on in the room.

Abi sat up slowly. "Get up." The man told her. Abi was stiff and slow to move. He reached down and jerked her to her feet. "You better hope he shows up." The man hissed into her ear shoving Abi back against the wall now. When he advanced on her, Abi put her hands against his stomach trying to hold him back. She did hope Gold came, but at the same time, she knew his temper and his anger.

He leaned forward, too much weight for her to hold off, and seemed to crush her against the wall. Before she could stop him, he had her wrists in his hand and pulled her arms about her head. His mouth fastened on her throat and he was sucking hard at her flesh. When he back away moments later, there was a hickey there. He had marked her. He released her wrists now and Abi instantly rubbed at her throat trying to get rid of the feeling.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold had not sleep all night & the coming morning he was still on edge & agree, he did not bother to open his shop 1 so the repair could be made & 2 mostly so he did not rip someone a part that just walked in threw the door.

When the phone rang he answered it learning it was the the bank calling him telling him the money was ready, told them he would be in a little later to get it, as much as he wanted to go get it now having that much money lying around would not be good. He had cleaned & taken apart the gun, form the draw cheeking it once more to see it all worked as it should with out ammo in it.

Time for the rest of the day had no meaning, it at one point appeared to be stopped to touchier him & the next he was worried that something would go wrong, that harm was being brought onto Abi. It was good the gun was not loaded or there was little doubted that more things would of been broken.

He went out to pick up the money & thankful, he did not blow up anyone, but it was there ready just at the top of the surface. When it was time, Gold when out to his car, put the money into the car, he made sure his gun was in place & would not be scene before he drove for the meeting place at the bridge, once he go there he waited for the people to show up & a sign of Abi, he had the money with him, as well his gun ready if need be, it was loaded & one already in the chamber.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

It was night time when she was finally taken back out of the closet. Abi did not fight as she was ushered out of the house and into a black pickup truck. The men still wore masks and one now had a gun in his hand. Abi did not recognize where there were but she did not have much of a chance to look around. She was pushed into the cab of the truck between the to men with the barrel of the gun pressed against her side. She sat there silent and still. Abi knew she would see Gold soon. She just hoped that this was not the last time she would ever see him.

When they reached the bridge, Abi saw the familiar SUV right away and the tears started once again. She was sure that this as not going to just be a simple trade off. The men got out of the truck and then she was yanked out of the passenger side and now the gun was pressed to her back as the man gripped her arm tightly and pushed her ahead of him. At least she could see no police but that did not mean they were not there. That worried her. If there were police and they attacked, she could be killed. The men brought her to their side of the bridge and then stopped waiting.

Abi looked bad. The hickey on her neck was large and prominent. The blood had matted more of her hair and the back of her shirt was stained with it. She still had the head ache as well. She had tear stains on her face and she was pale and trembling.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold, had scene the approaching truck his anger flickered, but he knew that for the moment he had to keep it in cheek for Abi sake he had to hold of the anger that wanted to be unleashed, he got out of the care with the brief case as the truck stopped, as the men got out his eyes danced with anger & danger, it was only seeing Abi standing there that helped ease the anger & beast. The men approached with Abi in front for the moment, when they stopped Gold moved to his side of the bridge

"If you want the money, you will let her go & not do anything to harm her" There was no saying that his words would hold anything, but if they men wanted the money bad enough it might, so he was starting showing that if harm came to Abi, they where not getting the money.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

Abi's eyes lit up as Gold got out of his car. She foolishly took just one step forward and was roughly yanked backwards. She bit her lower lip looking down. "If you want the money, you will let her go & not do anything to harm her" Gold called and one of the men scoffed.

"I think not." The man not holding her called back. "You bring the briefcase half way across the bridge and leave it there. Go back to your side. I will get the money and if its there, he will let her go." Belle felt off about that arrangement but she thought it would be dangerous for her to speak out. Dangerous for everyone involved. He eyes were focused on Gold waiting to see what would happen.