Rescue Me (Sidney Crosby)

Chapter Eighty Two

-Julie-

"Mommy!" I heard Josh calling me, but I couldn't see him, there were too many people cramped into one room, "Mommy!"

"Josh!"

"Mommy!"

"Josh!"

"Over here Jewels!" I heard and then saw Matt Cooke holding my son on his shoulders so that I could see that he was all right, they were about a half a room away from me. I needed to do some serious pushing and shove and saying 'sorry' a lot just to get to them, "There's your mom."

"Mommy," Josh said and then Matt brought him down and he wrapped his arms around my neck.

"Thank you," I said and Matt nodded his head and I held Josh close to me, "Where's Sid?"

"Out there," Pascal said next to me, holding his daughter, "With Flower, Geno, Matt, Tanger, and I don't know who else."

"Vero called the police," Catherine said to me as she shoved her way over, "But I don't know where she went."

"What?" I asked.

"I checked this whole room, Vero's not here," Catherine said as she held her cranky son, "I think she followed Marc."

"Jesus!" Matt said and I gasped, "Crazy French woman trying to get herself killed!"

"Baby, will you stay here," I said and Josh whined against my shoulder, "Josh please, I have to find Auntie V, you'll be safe here. Be brave for mommy."

"Find daddy too," he muttered against me and I kissed his forehead and set him front of Catherine.

"Where are you going?!" Cooke asked as I started to push away.

"To find Vero! I had one friend kidnapped from me because of these assholes, I don't need two!" I said and Cooke shook his head.

"You were also shot, you're not going anywhere near these people," he said and Pascal shook his head.

"He's right, don't go out there."

"It's Vero!" I said and then turned around and heard Cooke curse and then grab my wrist, "No-"

"If you're gunna go out there at least let me come with you!" Cooke said and I nodded my head and he grabbed James, Chris Kunitz and Deryk Engelland.

'...If these guys don't scare anyone off, then I don't know who will...' I thought as I saw the big guys walk out the door with me and made sure that they were always around me as we searched for Vero.

-Sidney-

'...Where are these bastard hiding?...' I thought as we quietly made our way out of our locker room after putting our shoes on.

"Where are they?" Marc asked and I nodded my head, wondering the same thing.

We stopped when we heard footsteps coming down the hall, Geno held out his arm and peaked his head around the corner. We saw his shoulders relax and he walked around telling us that it was all right. I followed and turned the corner to see Cooke, Kunitz, Neal and Engelland, surrounding Julie.

"What are you doing here?"

"Vero's out here!" she said and Marc pushed me against the wall and stood in front of Julie.

"What?" he asked shocked and scared, "Where?"

"I don't know, Catherine said that she thinks that she followed you," Julie said and I looked around, hoping that Vero was all right.

"Your girl here would change her mind from coming out, so we came with her to look for V," Cooke said and I nodded my head, knowing that Julie wouldn't give up until she had her way.

"We have to find Veronique!" Marc said and I nodded my head.

"We will," I said and Marc grabbed his phone and probably called her, but that must have not worked because he pulled the phone away and cursed, "That would be too easy."

"Where would she go?" I asked and Marc shook his head. We heard Julie gasp and then shot our heads towards her to see her darting past us and turned the corner, "Julie! Wait!"

I cursed when she didn't wait for us and it seemed like she was running faster. The guys and I were fast, we had muscles, we had speed on the ice, but not on the ground, not if we're running against Julie. All of our muscle was slowing us down. But I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw her heading for the ice, but the stopped and looked around.

"What is it?" Marc asked as Julie looked around the arena.

"I thought she might be here," Julie said and we looked around the arena as well, "I thought if she was looking for you then she might there that you were here."

"We might get a good view of where Boris is," Matt said my eyes scanned the whole arena at least three times.

"Nothing," I growled and felt Julie's hand on my arm, "Try her cell again."

"All right," Marc said and dialed Vero's number and placed the phone to his ear.

I felt Julie tense next to me and I looked down at her, "Julie-"

"Shush," she hushed and then looked around, "Guys, shut up!"

Everyone was quiet and we listened. My heard nearly dropped when we heard Vero's cell phone ringing in the stands, but we didn't see Vero.

"Vero!" Marc called and I watched as Julie jumped onto the poles and climbed under them, making her way into the stands with us following behind her.

"Vero!" Julie yelled and I watched as she pulled her phone out and started to call her.

"Where's it coming from?!" Cooke asked as he ran to the top of the stairs and looked around.

"There! That section!" Deryk yelled and we ran two sections over and went up and down the rows, calling the phone and finding it under a seat.

I picked it up and saw all of the missed calls. I looked up towards me teammates and Julie and saw the pained and scared look on Marc's face, the same look I had when Julie was taken. I handed Marc the phone and Julie looked around, calling Vero's name along with the rest of us.

"There!" James yelled and we turned to where his finger was pointing and I saw a figure running in the halls outside the stands.

"Vero!" Julie yelled and then turned around and started to run up the stairs and towards the halls, the place where all of the fans enter through.

We followed Julie and started to run again, "V!" Marc yelled when we saw Vero running towards us.

She collided with Marc so hard that the small goalie fell to the ground on his back, laughing and hugging his wife tightly. Marc said something in French and Vero sat up and said something back. Julie gasped and Kris walked forward.

"What?" I asked and the others who didn't speak French shook their heads, and that was all but Kris, Julie, Marc and Vero.

"They're coming," Kris said as he stood in front of Julie, "Get the girls out of here!"

"Julie, go! Take Vero and get out of here!" I said and Julie nodded her head and looked towards Vero, holding out her hand.

"Go," Marc said to Vero and then stood up behind her, "You both stay safe!"

"I love you," Julie said as she walked over and pressed her lips onto mine, "Please stay safe, all of you!"

"I love you too," I and then nudged my head, "Get going, find Josh, get out of here."

She nodded her head and then grabbed Vero's hand, they started to run back down the way that we came.

"Didn't Vero call the cops?" Matt asked as she saw some of Boris' guys show up.

"Thought that's what Julie said," Kris said.

"Police work at its finest," Marc growled, "Touch my wife and think they can get away with it."

"This ends now," I growled and looked at the four big guys with sly smirks on their face.

-Julie-

"Where are we going?!" Vero asked as we ran down the powered off escalators.

"For help!" I said as I reached the bottom and ran to the door to find it locked, "What the hell?"

"I thought you were still able to open them this way?" Vero asked as she moved to the next door to find it locked as well.

"Try the others!" I said, but they were all locked, "Other gate!"

"You're not getting out of here," I heard and Vero and I turned to see Boris walking down the stairs with two big guys behind him.

'...Sid...'

"Hello Julie."