Later
that day Brian was at the church with Kevin and AJ getting ready.
“nervous Bri” AJ asked
“nawww” Brian said nonchalantly
“no lying in a church Bri” Kevin
laughed while straightening his jacket out.
“fine in a little nervous, but
its only because im going to be infront of so many people”
“you love people Brian”
“I know but I don’t want to be
married infront of them” he said “but all well never mind”
Nick
was sitting in the chair next to ginas bed watching her sleep.
‘I really wanted us to be
married before the baby came’ he thought ‘well were getting married as soon as
we get home’ he watched as her eyes slowly fluttered open.
“hey” she yawned
“hi sweetie” he said leaning
down and givng her a kiss.
“how is she” Gina asked looking
twards the small crib.
“shes been sleeping since Brian
and Melissa left”
“oh” she replied looking at the
clock. “arent you going to the wedding”
“no” he replied “I cant”
“yeah you can, you cant let your
best friend get married without you, go”
“what about you”
“give them a hug for me, I'll be
fine”
“are you sure, because they said
they wouldn’t mind if we stayed”
“no you have to go Nick”
“fine I will, but ill be back as
soon as its over. Page me if you need me”
“ok I love you bye”
“bye” he leaned down and gave
her another passionate kiss. “I love you too”
he went over and picked Kennedy
up from her crib. He gently kissed her head and told her he loved her.
“will you give her to me, I
wanna feed her”
“here” he said handing her to
Gina. “bye” he kissed her cheek and walked out.
Nick
arrived at the church and ran inside and to the room the guys were meeting in.
“hey you made it” Brian smiled
“yeah I did” he smiled
“congradulations Nick” Kevin
said
“yeah and were sorry about last
night, we were a little tipsy” AJ said
“its alright and thanks” Nick
smiled
“come on guys, its time” Brians
father said sticking his head in the door.
“ok dad we’ll be right out”
Brian said with a smile.
“I have to change” Nick said
grabbing his tux and running into the bathroom.
“hes happy” Kevin laughed
“yeah” Brian and AJ agreed
“Brian are you ready to get
married, this is it, the big day”
“I know” he smiled “and im more
than ready”
“I guess that’s not a bad thing”
AJ laughed as Nick came out of the bathroom.
“im ready lets go” he said they
walked out Nick and Kevin took their spots at the alter, Nick and AJ took their
seats in the first row.
The music started and Jennah
walked down the isle im a pale blue off the shoulder dress. Brian smiled when
Melissa appeared in the doorway wearing a sleevless off the shoulder white gown
that flowed out at the bottom with a simple train trailing behind her.
Gina
was in her room feeding Kennedy, she ran her fingers over her fuzzy brown hair
and smiled.
“your so beautiful” she
whispered putting her on her shoulder and patting her back. a nurse walked in
and smiled at her. “hi”
“hello Gina” she smiled “I have
to take your baby just for a minute, I have to give her a quick bath and then
I'll bring her right back”
“aww do you really have to take
her” she asked
“yes, if you want you can call
down to the cafateria and have them bring you up some lunch while you have a
minute”
“ok” she said giving her baby a
kiss and then handing her over to the nurse.
About a half hour later Gina was
laying in her bed watching tv, some sort of alarm went off and a bunch of
people started running by the room. A nurse and a doctor stopped outside her
room.
“whats the alarm for” the nurse
asked the doctor.
“a baby is missing apparently
the nurse left for a second to get a towel and when she came back the baby was
gone”
“oh no whos was it”
“the Carter baby I think” he
replied, Gina gasped and then started hysterically crying.
Melissa walked up to the alter
and smiled at Brian. He smiled back and slowly mouthed the words ‘I love you’
to her. She mothed them back and they turned to face the priest. He started
said a few things and were inturupted by the sound of a pager going off.
Nick looked down at his pager,
‘911’. He got up and walked up to the alter.
“im sorry guys, Gina 911” he
said quietly giving them both hugs.
“its ok Nick thanks for coming”
Brian said
“yeah hope everythings ok”
Melissa smiled
“thanks and im sorry I
inturupted” he said walking down the isle and out the door.
“he just had a baby” Brian told
the priest, he smiled and continuted the ceremony.
Nick
walked into the hospital and took the elevator to their floor.
“what the hell, this is a
hospital not dunkin donuts” he said seeing all the police swarming around.
“excuse me sir, you cant come in
here” an officer said to him.
“but my girlfriend just had a
baby, im supposed to be here” Nick replied
“whats your name son” he asked
“Nick Carter” he replied the
officers face fell a little.
“go ahead” he said quietly, Nick
walked to ginas room and was surprised to see a doctor in there and a police
officer.
“hey Gina whats going on” he
asked, he saw she was crying.
“oh Nick” she cried holding her
arms out to him. He sat down on her bed and wrapped his arms around her.
“whats wrong sweetheart” he
asked she just cried harder not being able to talk. He looked at the doctor for
an explanation.
“Nick, your baby was kidnaped
about 20 minutes ago. The nurse was giving her a bath and left her for a
second” he answered
“we think it’s the same people
that kidnaped Gina blew up your bus and killed Howie” the officer said “were
looking for her but we really don’t know where to look”
“but…” Nick started to cry.
“shes not even a day old, her eyes arent even open yet how can they take her
from us”
“I don’t know Nick, they must be
some pretty sick people”
Melissa
looked into Brians eyes and held back her tears.
“I do” she said quietly
“and do you Brian take Melissa
to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward through sickness and
in health till death do you part, as long as you both shall live” (*AN: I don’t
know much about wedding vows, I havent had the opportunity to say them yet*)
“I do” he smiled
“by the power given to me by the
state of kentucky I now pronounce you man and wife, you may now kiss the bride”
Brian leaned in to kiss her but
stopped.
“what is that smell” he asked
sniffing the air.
“smells like smoke” Kevin said
walking twards the window. He looked out and saw that the whole outside of the
church was on fire. “everybody out the church is on fire” he yelled everyone
started screaming and running for the doors.
“their locked from the outside”
AJ said trying to push them open.
“oh my god were going to die were
going to die” Laura screamed
“no Laura we just have to get
the doors open” AJ said Brians father, Kevin, and a few more men came up to
help open the door. They didn’t know that their efforts were pointless because
the doors were chained closed on the other side.
Nick
still sat with Gina, they were both crying. They couldn’t even think of their
little newborn daughter in the hands of some psycho killer.
“I cant sit here and do nothing”
Nick said standing up. “im going to get the guys and see if they’ll help me
look for her, we found you last time. Hopefully we’ll be able to find her”
“ok, just please be careful” she
said giving him a hug and a kiss. “I love you so much”
“I love you too” he said
starting to walk out.
“and Nick, please bring her
back” she said he turned back around.
“I'll try my hardest, I'll do
anything I can. Please don’t get your hopes up”
“I I won…” she started “I cant
say it, of course im going to hope you find her, but I wont be mad at you if
you don’t”
“ok I'll be back” he said
wallking out. He walked right by all the officers and dectives and went to his
car. He drove to the reception hall and saw that they werent there yet. “they
must still be at the church” he pulled out and drove to the church. “what the
fuck” he said looking at the flaming building. All of the cars were still
there. He parked and got out. He heard some pounding at the door and saw the
chain around the handles. The flames were more on the sides and the back of the
building so he just went right up to the doors. “hello”
“Nick” AJ yelled “is that you”
“yeah what the hell is going on”
“the church is on fire”
“I know that dipshit, how am I
going to get you out”
“whats blocking the door”
“a chain, and its locked”
“shit” about 10 people said.
“Nick” Brians dad said
“yeah”
“go to my truck, get the big
chain out of the back. hook it to the
truck and the other end to the door. Use my truck to pull the doors open.”
“ok I will” he said running over
to Brians dads truck. “where are the keys” he said running back over to the
door. “Mr.Littrell where are the keys”
“oh damn I have them” he said
“Nick do you remember when you
were 16 I thought you how to hotwire a car” AJ yelled through the door as the
church got even hotter and more smoke filled the room.
“umm I don’t know if I remember”
“you have to try”
“ok” Nick ran back over to the
car and went to work. “YES” he screamed when he heard the engine start up. He
quickly backed up to the door and pulled out the chain.
“hurry Nick” everyone was saying
from inside. He made sure the chain was securely fastened to the door and then
got back in the truck. He put the pedal to the floor and the door slowly
started to break of its hinges. It finally broke free and the truck flew
forward. Nick stepped on the brake and put it in park. He jumped out and ran
over to everyone.
“thank you so much Nick” Melissa
said “as much as I hate how my wedding was ruined, it would be more ruined if
we had died”
“welcome, is everyone ok” he
asked
“yeah” they all replied some
fire trucks pulled in and went to work putting out the fire. They checked
everyone to make sure they were ok. The only injuries were some smoke filled
lungs and some brused shoulders from trying to break down the door.
“Nick what did you come back
for” Brian asked when Nick walked over to where him Melissa Laura AJ Kevin and
Jennah were standing.
“oh shit I almost forgot why I
came” he said “Kennedy was stolen from the hospital today, I was going to go
look for her”
“she was what” Laura screamed
“who would do that” everyone loooked to the burning chuch and there was her
answer.
“come on we have to find her” AJ
said “girls go back to Brians”
“no go to the hospital and stay
with Gina” Kevin said “we’ll call”
“let me get something from my
car” Brian said walking over to his car. Opening the door he saw a note laying
on the seat. He brought it over to the guys and read it.
‘want your baby back? meet us
tomorrow afternoon with EVERYONE at the following location. Bring police and the
baby will suffer the concequences. Don’t try anything because we have the
little shit head’ it had and address written on the bottom.
“so we don’t go now do we” Brian
asked
“no we should wait, if we piss
them off its only putting Kennedy in danger”
Nick said
“by the looks of things they’re
already pissed off” AJ said looking at the remains of the blakened church.