Chapter 26
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26. To Be Afraid Or Not To Be
3 Days Later
"I had a great time Rafi." Jocelyn turned to Barba, who walked her up to her apartment complex. It was that play that he invited her a while back. It finally happened.
"I should really start bringing you to these. You don't talk during the play." She threw her head back as she laughed. "My mother alway has something to say."
"Growing up, my dad would want to go to see a movie, but my mom and my siblings always had some commentaries. He noticed that I never talked, so he started taking me Friday nights to watch the movie, we would sit there in peace, nobody asking questions. And then Saturday comes by, he would take the whole family and he lets them talk and ask questions." Jocelyn formed a smile as she remembered her father.
"Smart guy."
"Yeah, he was." She looked at Barba again. "Thank you again, really I had a great time."
"No worries, maybe next time you can drag me out to whatever you want." She knew Barba wouldn't want to sit to watch a game with her, but its the thought that counts.
"Dont say something you don't mean counselor." She placed a kiss on his cheek to say goodnight. "Have a nice night, ill see you at work."
"Have a nice one Jo." All of the sudden, Jocelyn felt this burning sensation on her upper chest, Rafael closes his eyes as blood splattered all over his face. Jocelyn tumbled down the steps and laid there. She was shot, she knew the pain all too well.
It took Barba a few seconds to come back to reality before he knew what just happened. He looked everywhere where the bullet came from but when he saw Jocelyn laying on the ground, he raced down there, he didn't care if the bullet was meant for him, he needed to be with her.
"Jocelyn!" He took off his blazer, placing it on her bleeding wound. She held onto his arm, gasping for air. One of her neighbors came out, nearly passing out as she saw Jocelyn bleeding out. "Call 911! Get an ambulance!" Barba snaps at him. Everyone in the complex started to come out, watching her bleed. "Hey! Hey!" Rafael shakes her. "Dont close your eyes. Stay with me Jocelyn!" Jocelyns eyes started get heavy, but with Barba yelling and tapping her cheek was keeping her up.
"Rafa i need-" She pulled him closer. All she could think was Sonny.
"Dont say anything. Keep your energy." He looks up to see the block outside. "Wheres the goddamn ambulance?!" Barba looks at her again, he saw how white she was getting. He made her hold his hand, and not let go. Tears were coming out and down to the sides of her face. It just felt cold. "Keep your eyes on me, dont close them."
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Olivia got the call from Barba. She quickly stood up and headed to the bullpen to notify the squad.
"Peña is heading to bellevue" She said. Sonny's head snapped at her, making him jump from his chair from the news. Everyone turned at Olivia, shocked to the news.
"What-what happened?" Rollins got up and grabbed her coat. Olivia rubs her face, trying to get it together.
"She was shot. She was with Barba outside her apartment complex and someone shot her in the chest." What was she doing back there? She was supposed to go to Sonnys.
"Im heading to meet her there." Sonny says.
"Carisi wait-" Sonny grabs his coat before Liv said anything else. How could this happen? Carisi wasn't in the right headspace right now, that was his girlfriend, his partner, the woman he likes. Who would do this? What kind of monster would such a thing? Carisi made it to the hospital, shoving people as he tried to get to the front desk.
"Im looking for Jocelyn Peña, bullet wound to the upper chest area." Sonny tells the nurse, shaking his hand in stress.
"Let me check." Said a nurse. Sonny was getting impatient as she slowly types. "Did you say Peña or Piña?" You had to be kidding me.
"Sonny!" Alex comes running in. "What the hell happened? I got a call from some Barba guy saying that JP got shot!?" Sonny takes Alex to the waiting room, somewhere to actually talk.
"Im on the same boat as you Alex, thats why I'm here." Alex looks at his phone.
"Shit. Its Evelyn." When Alex got the call, he left the family at home. He didn't saying anything but 'Jocelyn is hurt' and left to come here. Alex went outside to take the call. Sonny sat there, bouncing his legs, nervous. Alex comes back, sitting down next to the detective. "Evelyn is gonna call our mom." He runs his hands over his hair. "How can this happen?"
"We're going to catch this son of bitch." Alex starts cracking up, shaking his head. It did creep Sonny out for a bit.
"Sorry, sorry. Its just this isn't her first time getting shot." He looks at Sonny. "JP hates hospitals, like really hates them." No wonder she kinda is quiet whenever they went to question the victims. She always seemed, ghostly in a way. "But she always has a way back here."
"Jocelyn Peña." A doctor called out. The two men that are important in Jocelyn's life stood up.
"What is it Doc?" Alex started to play with the rubber band on his wrist.
"Jocelyn is going to make a full recovery." They both chuckled and laughed from the good news. Cheated death once again. "The bullet hit her upper chest, hitting an artery, but we were able to stop it. Shes one lucky woman because the bullet was a few inches away from her heart."
"When can we see her?"
"She's still out of it, but if you want to see her, you cant stay with her." The doctor nods and heads off.
"You can see her first, I think she'll like that." Alex tells Sonny.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I gotta call the family and tell them that shes gonna make it. I wont mind, i bet that she'll like to see you instead of me." Alex pats his back and went to dial his wife. Sonny walks up to the room. He sees her through the window, her lying there, so still. He walks in, quietly. His heart drops, she looks so small, so weak. He holds her hand. Sonny smiles, she's going to be okay. Shes okay. Jocelyn slowly started to wake up, opening her eyes and the first person she saw it was Sonny by her side.
"Hiya doll." He places a kiss on her head. She had this headache, her head was pounding.
"Dom, where am I?" She can hear the machines beeping and people talking. Her face turned white. No.
"You were shot, you're at a hospital." She was now fully awake, trying to get out of bed. Sonny held her down, stopping her from leaving.
"I can't be here. I don't want to be here." She looked at him, holding onto his hand. Sonny pulls her into his chest and rubs her back to let everything out.
"You're okay. Im here." The door opens and Sonny jumps back. It was Liv and Fin. The air got thick. "Just came in." Liv nods her head and came to Jocelyn.
"Barba? Is he okay? Please tell me he's not hurt." The panic she felt as she remembered Rafael.
"He's okay. He's not hurt." Liv reaches to her. Jocelyn knew where this was going. She was going to treat her like a victim. "I have to-"
"I know." She shuts her eyes.
"Okay." She clears her throat. "Have you had any problems with anyone?" She shook her head.
"What about past relationships? Anyone got a grudge?" Fin steps in. Nope.
"I dont know. I put away a lot of people, i know they all hate me. Uh Jensen wouldn't kill me, that I know." Jocelyn laid there, looking at them. They felt sorry, she could tell by the way they were looking at her. "Im sorry, but I don't know." Olivia closes her notebook and pats her hand. The card, the flowers. "Remember when i got those flowers the other day?" Jocelyn had to tell them. "I've had this stalker..."
"You said it was nothing." Sonny bounced. She told him everything but this? She lied. He knew that something was wrong, why would she keep this from him? "Why didn't you say anything!" Fin calms Carisi down.
"Because he stopped when I moved here. I don't even know if its really him." Liv looks at her. "When I got in and out of the academy, I started getting letters, I thought it was romantic but it's started to get bad when I was with Jensen, telling me that he was going to hurt anyone who will even just look at me."
"Why didn't you tell the academy?"
"I did, they said they would check on it and never got back to me. When I went into homicide, it stopped for a bit, since I moved in with Jensen but, the cards and those stupid lilies showed up to my moms house."
"We're going to need that card."
"You can go to Alex, he has the spare key. The card and flowers are in the trash."
"We're going to catch this guy, I promise you." The two stepped out and left Jocelyn with Sonny. He sits on the bed, holding her hand again. Just with that, she burst into tears. Who would do such a thing?
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As Jocelyn went to get discharged, Liv wanted her to stay home, no going out. She was making Rollins, Fin and even Sonny stand guard to protect her. They pointed that the shot wasn't for Barba, it was meant for her due to the forensic evidence.
Alex and Evelyn were allowed to see her for an hour due to the risks. It broke her heart, this wasn't the first time they seen her like this. And now that her mother was on her way, she knew she going to get chewed out. One of these days, she think shes going to give her mom a heart attack due to the shootings.
"Barba is coming over." Fin said as they made it her apartment. He whistled as he steps in. "Nice place."
"Thanks." She had this stupid arm sling because they didn't want her moving and redoing the stitches. "You're more than welcome to do anything. Bathroom is down there on your right and food, well, I don't have any."
"I'll see if I can get someone to deliver something." Mulder comes in, jumping around Fin.
"Vein mi amor." She kneeled down. He started giving her kisses.
"Cute dog." He scans the place, checking everything and it was clear. "Carisi got the night shift." Shes surprised that they even let him. Even though nobody knew about them, they were close, too close.
"Cant wait." She fed Mulder and did some cleaning. She just needed to do something so she wouldn't go crazy. Who knew how long this was going to take. Fin stepped into the bathroom and she heard a knock. She race to the door, checking the peephole, Rafael. Jocelyn unchained the locks and let him in. "Thank god." I hugged him.
"I needed to say that im sorry."
"You saved my life Rafa, you don't have to say anything more." She held his arm. She couldn't help but to hug him again. "Thank you." Mulder comes by and starts sniffing Barba. "He doesn't bite."
"He looks like he does." She went to pick him up, Mulder smiles and licks her.
"He loves to kill you with his kisses."
"Liv told me everything. I told Alex that whatever he needs, including your mom, I got you."
"Thank you Rafael." Fin comes out and saw them, close.
"I can go to the bathroom for another 2 minutes so I give you two some privacy." He pointed back at the back room.
"I was just leaving." Barba clears his throat. She walked him to the door. "Call me if anything."
"Of course." Shs closed the door and looked at Fin, who threw his hands up. "How many times I gotta say, me and Barba are nothing but friends."
"I said nothing." Fin watched TV with her, watching lame show that probably nobody watches but it pasted the time. It was time to switch shifts. The door knocked.
"Its Carisi." Fin gets up and opens the door. She hugged herself as she got closer to the men. Sonny had a bag and it smelled good.
"Alright, see you guys later." Fin waves and headed out. Sonny walked up to her, wrapping his long arms around me.
"I told my ma about you." He goes around the island table, taking out the food from the bag. "She wanted to make you something. Even your favorite." She sat on the high stool, watching him as he made himself at home. "She insisted."
"Well tell mama Carisi, thank you." He looked so constrained as he made dinner, well, putting them on the plates. They made their way to eat in the living room, enjoying the food and drinks. Mulder had come and laid on Sonnys lap. "Any leads yet?"
"We checked the flower shop, they said that it was a online order and the card was stolen. Rollins got a description of the possible suspect, shes doing a facial recognition right now, Fin got the cameras from here, the flower shop and the precinct to see what we can find." She looked forward. He just sounds like a ghost. What if they cant catch him? Her? Sonny noticed that she was out of it. He put his finger under her chin, making her look at him. "Stop thinking about that." Some how he knew what she was thinking, it was scary but it was good because he would say the right thing. "We won't stop until we catch this son of a bitch. I won't stop."
"Listen..." She turned to him. "I should've gone to your place. I just wanted to be home for a little bit before-."
"Hey hey." He calms her down. "Don't blame yourself."
"I could've hurt Barba." She sighed. She had to start putting herself out there. She gotta let everything go. Sonny turns to her, holding her hand. Sonny pulls her in and starts rubbing her back. "What if it hit him? I could've just gone to you."
"No no doll. Barba is alright. Hes good. You didn't know." She placed her head on Sonnys chest. "I can take ya to bed."
"No, i wanna be here, with you." Sonny had taken the blanket from the couch and wrapped themselves with it. Listening to his heart beat made her feel sleepier.
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Jocelyn woke to find Sonny getting ready to leave. She wrapped herself with the blanket and walked over to him. He slightly smiles at her, pulling her face to him.
"Mornin'"
"Do you have to leave? Now?"
"Yes Doll." He places his lips on hers. "Remember I'll call ya if anything. Do you want me to call your ma or-"
"No, Ill be okay." There was the secret knock, Rollins. Dom gave her another kiss and opened the door. Rollins steps in and takes a look around.
"Wow."
"Thats what I said when I walked in." They hid their smiles. "Well good luck, she'll bore ya to death."
"Who?" Rollins turns to him.
"Im talking to Rollins."
"Oh ha-ha." Jocelyn fakes a laugh. Sonny smiles one last time at Jocelyn and leaves. "I have no food, i think i have some leftover food from Carisi's mom, if you want some."
"Im good, I had an early breakfast with Jessie." Jocelyn nods as she heads to sit on the sofa. "How was it?" Jocelyn frowns at Rollins who sits next to her. "Oh don't give me that look."
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"You and Carisi." She smiles. Jocelyn lets out a little chuckle. "Everyone sees it. The way he looks at you."
"And?"
"Youre telling me that you and him have not at least ONCE tried to make out?" Jocelyn shakes, lying. "Kiss?" Lying again. "You had to at least thought of him naked or some crazy sex dream." Jocelyn gets up, laughs.
"Hes just a partner, thats all." Rollins hums. "Maybe i have thought about it in a dream once or twice." Rollins smile widens, knowing it was true. "Just don't say anything."
"Pinky promise." Rollins looks around the small living room, it was nice, a good space for Peña. "What about Barba?"
"What? No. Hes a great guy and all, but I don't see anything there." Jocelyn starts to get red. "Can we not talk about my relationship with guys on the squad? That would be amazing."
"Fin said you and Barba were looking quite friendly yesterday." She puts her hands up. "Just trying to see which guy to root for. Carisi is a gentleman."
"Anything new on the case?" Jocelyn switches it up.
"Liv said not to say anything yet." She groans. "Its hard, we tried speaking to Jensen but he has no clue who, Carisi has been trying to get on hold with your academy, no call backs. All we know is hes tall, brown hair, medium built, and a scar on his right cheek. Do you anyone like that?"
"I don't." Jocelyn sighs.
"Hey, we're gonna catch him." Rollins pats her back. She then gets a call. Fin. Rollins steps into one of the rooms and Jocelyn tries to hear in but there was nothing.
"What they say?" Jocelyn turns to Amanda as she finishes the call.
"Forensics found out where the bullet came from." She walks up to the window. "That building. They found fingerprints and they're scanning them now. Tenets say the same guy we have the description of stayed there for a while now and hasn't seen him since that night." Jocelyn got chills. How long has this man been stalking her? "Im afraid that im going to leave you alone, unless you want-"
"Liv made it clear that she doesn't want me near this. I think be being here for a couple of hours alone is fine." Being watched like a hawk in her own home, being alone is all she wanted for a bit. "Amanda, its fine, youll be back in the morning. What going to happen less than 24 hours?" Amanda sighs. Debating on leaving or staying. "Go." Jocelyn goes to the door and shows Amanda out. Now, the apartment was empty and quiet. She sits on her used couch and looked out the window, staring at the building where that psycho shot her in.
She sat there, going insane so redid the living room, dragging and pulling stuff with one arm. The couch went there the TV was, chairs by windows, bookshelves by windows. She wanted to be kept busy. She sat on her new located couch, watching TV. She took her pain meds and ate whatever she had. Her head was pounding, it was time to call it. She sends her text to Sonny and goes to her room.
She drags her feet, rubbing her temples and closed her eyes. Then a gust of wind blows in the room. She immediately snaps out of her tiredness, eyes wide. She didn't open the window. Jocelyn looks to her right and sees a shadow figure standing there and she immediately books it but the shadow figure knocks her out. Jocelyn goes out cold.
She wakes up tied up to her chair. How long has she been out for? She had the sun was rising. She wiggles out of the tight rope and looks around. The shadow figure pops out from the kitchen and sits down in front of her.
"Do you remember me?" She sees the scar, reminds her of Joker. Her frowning made him drop his head. "The academy? Jensens roommate, i introduced you to him, you liked me first." It clicked.
"Kevin." She whispers. He takes her chin, making her stare at him. "I-" Someone knocks on the door. They both snap at the door. Kevin pulls her back.
"Whos that? It cant be your people. They won't-"
"Let me talk to them, get them out of here." Jocelyn plays off. Kevin gives in, cutting her loose.
"One word of you calling for help, i will shoot you." He places his gun to her head. He follows her to the door and tells her to open it. Jocelyn closes her eyes and opens her door.
"Jake!" She fakes a smile. "What, what are you doing here?"
"I came for Mulder, its his walking time." He was going to come in but she pushes him to stay out.
"Mulder-" She feels the gun digging into her skull. Kevin is being impatient and telling her to wrap it up. "Hes with my brother. Im heading to LA since my dads sick, check in with Alex." She closes the door in his face. "There, hes gone!" He grabs her arm and takes her back to the living room, this time he didnt tie her. "Why are you doing this?"
"Whats the saying? If I cant have you, nobody can?" He waves the gun at her face.
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"We got the prints!" Finn yells as he walks into bullpen. Everyone rushes in. "Prints came from a background check, Los Angeles police Department hired the guy." Liv looks through the pages, "Kevin Teller, he was in same Academy as Peña, then moved to the city of LA to work for the police and still works there now."
"Where is he now?" Sonny clenches his jaw.
"Called his Captain, Teller is on vacation." He pauses. "To New York to see his one true love." Sonny looks at the mans Officer Photo. He is filled with rage.
"Sonny!" Alex runs in. All eyes went to him. Alex goes up to him. "JP, shes in trouble." Everyone drops everything. Amanda pushes everyone away to get to Alex.
"What do you mean?" Sonny says to him.
"Her walker, he came to the house, wanting for Mulder."
"Whats wrong with that?" Fin crosses his arms.
"I have Mulder." Sonny says as he closes his eyes.
"Maybe confused?"
"She said that she was leaving for LA today, dad is sick." Alex saw the look Sonny made. Shes in trouble.
"Hes with her." Sonny says. "He has her." Amanda looks away from the group and covers her mouth. She left her alone. She let that happen.
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"Why?" She told Teller. "Why are you doing this? You know how this all goes, you're a cop, they will find out whats happening."
"Why?" Teller micks her. "Was I not good enough? We met first, we kissed, we-" He takes a breather.
"You were a friend..."
"Friends don't kiss and have sex! Friends don't do that!" He gets up slaps her with the gun. Jocelyn falls down to the floor. The pistol to the face gave her a busted lip. She spits out the blood onto her rug. "Jensen! You choose Jensen! He was nothing! Why him!" He kept hitting her, kicking her side. Jocelyn yelps and holds herself. She manages to get herself up, slowly but she did.
"I was wrong about him." She tells him. "We got divorced and and-" She winced at the pain from her side.
"Is that supposed to make me feel better? I gave you everything, i showed you what love was and you threw it away for Rogers! now that partner you have, i see him staying with you, kissing you." He hits her again. She falls again and she tries to crawl again. "And that ADA you went out with." She gets up, he's following her. behind. "Whats so different about me?" He shoots one bullet, missing her. Jocelyn freezes. "Why not me?"
Everyone, the squad, police, swat, was outside of the apartment complex, telling people to get out and wait to see what the situation is. There's nothing yet. Everyone was on their feet. Whats going on? Then they heard the gun. They cant move in yet, theres no eyes.
Teller sees the block closed and the sirens. This ticks him. He's going to loose it. Jocelyn knew that them knocking on the door and demanding things will break him. Jocelyn stands behind him, she wants to at least lock herself in the room and go down from the fire escape. It's all about timing and out running him. She sees the knife he used to cut her out of the ties were next to her. Stupid plan, she keeps telling her. Then she sees the gun on the coffee table. Her thoughts running through, she's panicking. She needs to think fast.
Jocelyn grabs the gun, immediately she gets it, Teller runs after her. She books it to her room but he tackles her down. Her head hits the table from the tackle.The gun slides away from them, shes trying to get away, crawling away. He grabs her leg, pulling her in.
"No! No!" She cried. He flips her over, making her look at him. He chokes her, his large hands wrapped around her throat. Her eyes widen, popping out from her head, her legs kicking him but he wasn't bother by it. Her nails digging his hands, but nothing was working. Hes hitting her now. She takes his hand and bites his arm. He screams and she gets up. Jocelyn gets her bat and swings at him. He falls, but he finds the gun and shoots her. Jocelyn falls and holds her stomach. He gets the knife and cuts her leg.
Everyone hears more gunshots, now freaking out. Sonny runs in. Liv is yelling at him to come back and follows him. There was no way to see them, or whats happening still. They're going in blind.
Teller grabs her leg, pulling her to him and slices her arm and leg again. She hits his hand as he was going for another cut to the face, he drops it and she scatters to find the knife, she stabs him multiple times, back, stomach, arms, chest. She screams as she does this. Teller stops and falls on top of her, lifeless. She lays under him, looking up at the ceiling and her eyes start to get heavy. She hears the them banging on the door, it's all muffled. Jocelyn's eye lids start to close and she knocks out.
cops, swat, Liv and Sonny scanned the room and they all stopped to see Jocelyn and Teller. No one was moving and the floor was covered in blood. Sonny falls back and Liv takes him out. EMTs started to do their job, on both and carried them out.
"Shes alive." Amanda says as they use an oxygen mask on her. She's relieved that Jocelyn was okay but she will never forgive herself for leaving her alone. This happened because of her.
"So is he." Fin looks so see Teller also in an mask.
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