Insatiable Heart
Following the Lead...
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~~Fake and all the characters belong to the wonderful
sweetly and walks to Van, where it's moving suspiciously and the side door pops
open with Dee all tied up, trying to escape with Ryo. I push him back in and
just wink at them both as I drive away laughing.*~~
Insatiable Heart
Chapter 5: Following the Lead…
“Are you
sure you got the correct information? This lead was already on a thin thread…”
Dee did not
even glance over to his partner, angry that he didn’t trust his judgment.
“Will you
just hang in with me here, Ryo? I didn’t make this decision off the whim.”
Though many decisions Dee did make was on pure gut feeling…
They drove
to this old warehouse that was used for storage. It was virtually abandoned but
several witnesses said that there had been some activity in that area. Ryo was
still lost in the case for leads but Dee found some and wanted this case done
and over with. The criminals wanted were facing charges of thievery, murder and
needed to be taken off the streets right away.
Dee parked
a block away near an apartment building. Pulling up there was not uncommon and
would not seem suspicious. Dee’s emerald eyes scanned the area; everything
seemed normal but from what the witnesses that he interviewed had said the
description of the criminals matched.
He turned
to Ryo, suddenly getting an awful feeling in the pit of this stomach. Ryo felt
his watchful gaze and glanced in his direction only to be halted by the insecurity
exposed on Dee’s face. It was something Dee rarely ever revealed.
“What is
it?” He watched Dee look away, like he was embarrassed being caught staring but
Ryo now was beginning to feel uneasy.
“I…” Dee
started but turned back to Ryo. “Just be careful okay, partner?”
Ryo’s dark
eyes never left Dee’s and nodded slightly.
“You’re
really sure about this aren’t you?” Dee nodded and pulled out his gun.
“M'>“Maybe we should come back
tomorrow. It’s getting dark.” Dee checked the bullets and reached for the glove
compartment to retrieve an extra clip, making a total of four magazines in his
possession.
“No and take
another clip just in case.”
“Dee, I
have two guns on I thI think I’m okay.”
“Please,”
Ryo sighed. It wasn’t often that Dee begged him and felt this insecure. Wasn’t
it always his job to be cautious?
stepped out of the car.
The wind blew lightly and the
bottom of their trench coats billowed behind them as they casually walked
across the street.
Ryo was
prepared, watching everything around them, eyes darting to the shadows. Dee
glanced down the alley way right before the warehouse and motioned Ryo to
follow.
“Keep
alert. I told headquarters that if we don’t report to them within twenty
minutes, they are going to send backup.”
Dee nodded,
already knowing this information but it was nice hearing Ryo’s strong voice
right now. He tried to squash that feeling of unease but it wouldn’t disappear.
The things that these guys have done were terrible and though Ryo knew all that
they have committed, Dee knew better than he did about the street gangs and
such that were out there. As he was growing up, he heard something about this
gang. Something about a man named Norris but it was never pursued nor followed
in by any detectives. They have their warrant for the place, everything was set
and now it was just the matter of finding something for them to continue on the
lead and land them to the gold.
His eyes
stared into Ryo’s deep onyx eyes. He almost couldn’t make them out in their
dark settings but nevertheless, Ryo was always something wonderful to gaze upon.
“Dee, don’t
you think we should head over there now?”
“Yea, we
are. I just wanted…” And Dee lifted his hand to cup Ryo’s face and bring it
forward but the other man pulled away.
“What are
you doing? We are a very dangerous setting and possible murderers running
around and you want to kiss?” Ryo asked incredulously.
“Yes.” Dee
said firmly. And he pulled Ryo forward and quickly planted his lips on his
partners. Though Ryo was going to protest, the kiss immediately eased to being
soft, chaste and basically an inno tou touch of lips. Ryo felt his face flush
slightly but enjoyed the soft caress. Dee’s hand found its way inside of Ryo’s silky
hair and slowly smoothed down to the side of his face. Dee pulled away and Ryo
was left licking his lips and the lingering taste of his partner. There was a
moment that seemed so long to them that they stared at each other but it was
only a matter of seconds before Dee got into gear.
“Let’s go.”
They walked
out and stealthily reached the large dark building. Dee found that there were
several entrances but also a broken hole in the wall. They had to crouch
slightly to get in but once they did, it was almost pitch black. Darkness had
seemed to envelop the sky in the matter of seconds not helping their vision any
and the floor creaked where they stood. The wood could have been weak and
perhaps there were some holes that they could not make out.
Ryo placed
his hand on Dee’s shoulder and pulled him near to whisper in his ear.
“This is
very dangerous. There could be holes in the floor that we can’t see. Watch your
footing.”
He felt the
collar of Dee’s coat moving, knowing that his partner nodded.
They could
barely make out the distance from them but the far-off light shining in from
the street was a lot of help. They rounded some boxes, their eyes adapted to
the near darkness, making it easier for them to see. Dee noticed a light and
didn’t doubt that Ryo spotted it too. This was the first sign that this
warehouse was not abandoned.
About
halfway to the room, another light came on, shining into the full warehouse
room, giving everything around them a solid shape and color. Though it was a
dim light, it was enough for whoever was there to get by, to see the doors to
the warehouse and work in there without much problem. The two detectives
crouched down behind the boxes in front of them and stayed immobile until they
began to hear voices rising in volume as the men grew nearer.
“What the
hell are you talking about, Dorz.” One man said.
“We’ve been here for five months without encounter from anyone.”
The voice t
hat just spoke held doubt of what the other man was speaking of.
“I got word
that the cops are closing in on us. They spoke to some of the people who live
in the building down the street.”
“Are you
fucking serious?”
“Word gets
around and Carl’s mother is the friend of the woman they questioned.”
Dee peaked
over and watched the two men stroll through the warehouse, patrolling he
guessed.
“You need
to tell Norris as soon as he gets in.”
places longer but we can’t trust anyone really to keep us locked down.
Information starts to leak.” Dorz said as Dee watched
the man run a hand through his dirtond ond hair. He wore dark denim jeans and
an off white shirt. The man beside him was a brunet with a faded green shirt
and raggedy jeans.
As they
continued their conversation that turned raunchy, Ryo noticed that they weren’t
hidden very well and need to get back up. They only saw two men but who knew
how many were still hiding out in the warehouse. And with what the men said,
more people were coming, including the head honcho.
“Dee…” Ryo
barely was audible but his partner turned around and nodded. They turned away
from the boxes to see what was behind them and found more boxes. Ryo cocked his
head in the direction of the better hiding spot. They crouched low to the
ground and went behind the boxes and now they were definitely out of sight.
“Wait; let
me grab the extra weapons that came in. I’ll show ya.”
They still had the men insight but Dorz, the dirty
blond, left their view. Dee was trying to get in a full picture of what they
were dealing with. How many people were in the building, what were in the
boxes, who was their top leader and though they had
already answered some questions they still needed to find out more before back
up came to arrest them. If they could find out anything else it would be a
great help to find all the members and the people who have killed. Dee was
focused on two more men coming out from the lit office but Ryo turned around
because he heard a noise and found himself staring at
the man who went to look for the weapons.
Dee jumped
but turned quickly to find a Ryo staring the the barrel of a gun and not a
moment later, a gun was shoved to his head.
“Drop the
guns, pigs.” Dee’s eyes searched for Ryo’s but he noticed the brunet was
already putting his gun down.
‘Shit.’
They jerked
them both to their feet and pushed them out into the open.
‘A
little over ten minutes, that’s all we need to stall for.’ Dee thought as
they stripped himself and Ryo of their coats and extra ammunition.
“Fancy guns
there, coppers.” Dorz said. “Guess we heard about you
guys coming hear a little too late but you’re gonna
wish you never messed with us.”
Ryo was
forced to sit down while they tied his hands behind a thin pole. Dee watched
them handle Ryo which was why he never saw the hard right hook that knocked him
to the ground.
“Dee!” Ryo
shouted as his partner cradled his jaw and ran his finger tips over his lip. He
pulled his fingers away to see blood on them.
the copper one bit.” The other man in the green shirt said. “He can take more
than that.”
Dee stood
up aware that he had three men surrounding him.
“Yea,
you’re right.” Dee said lowly. “What kind of hit was that? I bet a little girl
could punch better than you.”
Another
hard right with a fist finding its way to his stomach had Dee grunting
painfully. All three men started to beat on the detective.
Ryo tried
stopping them as he tried to also stall for their back up but the man next to
him decided to answer his question.
“This will do nothing detective
because by the time we’re done with you, you both will be dead.”
Dee screamed in pain as his body
collapsed to the ground and barely moved. His body felt weak to him but he
managed to push his upper body on his arms and the men around him thought it to
be entertaining.
“Wow, you still can move? We were
beating on you for a while. This arm,” The man said as he nudged Dee’s left arm
roughly. “…Should be broken.” And he pulled his leg back and kicked him hard.
Dee couldn’t hold in his pain any longer. Dorz walked
up to him and swiftly kicked him in the stomaevereveral times before Dee wasn’t
moving anymore.
“Awww,
and I thought he was going to last a little longer. That was longer than anyone
else we ever beat. Wow, guys a new record. Copper lasted several minutes.” They
laughed but the man was not done. “He’s no fun anymore but we do have pretty
boy over there.”
“..n-no...” There was a small voice.
“You’re not done with me.” Dee wheezed as he struggled to get himself standing
on wobbly legs. His arm hung loosely at his side and bruises and blood marred
his beautiful face. “Before you get to him, you have to finish me, don’t you?”
“Ah, now that’s the figg
sg
spirit. Wow, I really like you man. Giving me more fun but I believe one more
hit and you’ll go down.” The amusement was in his voice but the way Dee was
staring at him, even if one eye was almost swollen shut, was slightly
intimidating.
“Dee, stop!” Ryo tried but the man
didn’t listen to him.
“Hush there, fruitcake. I
Dee grinned, it was painful but he
managed.
“Don’t think you’re all that. I’ve
had worst beatings than this.” The man’s face twisted to anger.
“Well I’ll fucking make sure that
this ranks as you’re top beating of all time!”
He went after Dee and launched a
punch that Dee somehow managed to block and landed a solid punch in his
opponents face with his right fist. Dee was glad that he could gather enough
strength to deliver that punch but that was all he had left. The thug stumbled
and growled angrily as his lip bled.
“You’re going to pay for that,
bitch.”
“I thought bitches were people who
needed other guys to help them fight.”
“Get him.” The man said
menacingly. And Dee spun to parry one
blow but with two men fighting against him and one of his arms rendered
useless, their blows landed solidly.
Ryo was trying to work his
restraints as fast as possible. They didn’t tie them correctly so Ryo finally
managed to slip his hand out and watched as Dee couldn’t stand any longer and
dropped to the ground battered and bloodied.
“
heh. You were fun copper but play time is over
for you.” And Ryo’s eyes widened as the man pulled out a gun and began to
direct it at the immobile figure on the floor.
Without really thinking about it,
Ryo reached for his ankle and withdrew that second gun he had and shot the man
once in a killing blow to the forehead. The gun fell and so did the thug.
He shot the other three men as he
jumpe beh behind some boxes. He kept shooting at them to keep their attention
drawn on him. If someone was smart and wanted them dead they would have aimed
for the easy target on the floor. Ryo found a man running across his sight and
shot him somewhere in his shoulder. He went do with a cry.
“Don’t do anything else, Mclean.”
Ryo paused at the new voice. “Your partner is lying on the ground here and
you’re willing to shoot up my men without protecting him?”
“All right!”
Ryo said. “I give up, just don’t hurt him anymore.” Ryo was nervous. It should
have been time for the force to be there by now. He tried to fumble with his
cell and called the force.
“27th precinct, this is
Ted-”
“Ted! Send a force down now! Dee
and I are caught. Dee’s hurt badly and-”
“Come on copper. Drop that gun or
your partner is going to get it.”
“Ok, I’ll slide my gun out.” And
Ryo turned back to the phone. “There’s a hole in the back, sneak in and help us
out! We’re going to die if you don’t come now.” And while he said this he slid
his gun out in the open.
“We don’t have all fucking day,
detective.”
“Now!” He
whispered harshly in the phone before putting it down and walking out with his
hands raised in the air. He looked down at the ground
where his partner lied and hoped they didn’t kill them; hoped that they had
enough strength to last until help had arrived.
~~*~~
Ted jumped out of his chair and
left the phone off the hook.
“Rose! Rose!! Chief!”
He yelled and had the attention of the whole office. Both men he called for
were out of their office and looking to see who called them. They saw Ted
running towards them.
“Dee and Ryo got caught at the
warehouse. The case they were working on with the killers! They’re going to die
if we donurryurry now. Ryo said that Dee was hurt badly and I heard him giving
up his gun.”
Rose ran to his office and came
back with his coat and gun.
“Ted, Drake, JJ!” Drake and JJ came
out of the office in the matter of seconds.
“Gather the emergency police unit
and lead them to the warehouse now.”
“Ryo left his cell on…” Ted said.
“Can you hear anything?” Rose said
as he walked toward Ted to grab the phone.
“There’s something but hard to make
out.” Rose grabbed the phone and put it to his ear. For all he was worth, he
could barely make out what was being said because of all the noise in the
office.
“QUIET!!” He yelled sharply after
he put his hand on the receiver. The whole office went dead silent as he put
the phone back to his ear. There was some laughter and thumping.
“Kick that fucking pig’s ass!
Too bad your buddy is dead; too dead to help you.” There was a loud yelp of
pain and Rose knew that was Ryo.
~~*~~
Ryo was on the ground next to Dee’s
body. They punched and kicked him everywhere and his body ached all over. It
was almost coming to the point where he was growing numb to the assault. His
ears ringed from all the chanting. It seemed as while he was getting pummeled
by four guys, more and more thugs were entering the warehouse. Ryo opened his
eyes to see his partner, uncoous.ous. He reached out a bruised arm and laid his
hand on the man’s neck. He had to know. Dee was a tough guy and he let out a
shaky breath of relief. Dee was still alive but his pulse was weak and his
breathing was shallow.
“Dee…” He barely whispered.
“Awwww,
isn’t this precious? You wanted to know if your partner was still alive.” The
man hovered above them and put his dirty hands in Dee’s hair and yanked his
head up in an awkward angle.
“Stop.”
Ryo pleaded.
“Oh? You want me to leave him
alone?” This guy was Norris. He was tall with long hair pulled back into a pony
tail though the sides and back of his head were shaved. He had reddish-brown
eyes and those eyes were staring at him with amusement. He knew he had them and
could kill them at any time he wished but he wanted to have fun torturing. “You
know he got a worse ass kicking than you did. We just got started playing with
you but,” He drawled. “I’ll think that it’s time to end this show.” Norris
pulled out Ryo’s gun that he had tucked in his pants.
“Who do you want to go first?”
Ryo glanced at Dee, seeing his
swelled face and wishing that he could see those beautiful green eyes now, to
help guide him like he always did, to give him strength… but those eyes never
opened.
“Please don’t, I’ll do anything.”
“Too late.”
The man said coldly and Ryo’s eyes widened as he moved the gun over Dee’s body.
Ryo jumped up as the man laughed and Ryo’s body fell on top of Dee’s when he
heard the trigger being pulled.
Silence filled the warehouse and
Ryo had his body sprawled over his partner. The blond detective didn’t register
any pain and no gunshot noise.
“Oops.” Norris laughed with a
wicked grin. “I forgot to put the clip in since the gun was taken from you.”
*Click*
The sound was heard and was loud in
the silent room. Ryo knew this was it and looked down and laid his head next to
lover…
“I’m sorry!” Ryo cried. “I couldn’t
protect you. I love you.”
“Die you bitches!”
A window shattered and something
fell to the ground. Ryo turned his head to see a hole in the middle of the
Norris’ forehead. He slumped to the ground and a man came to stand in his
place. He picked up the gun and it was shot out of his hands.
A door busted open and a swarm of
cops surround the enemies.
“Freeze!
We have you surrounded!” Ryo recognized the voice and watched as cops held
their guns trained on the group that was trying to kill them. It was the same
men who stole from families and killed off their loved ones. They were finally
caught. He felt somewhat at ease but he still had to protect Dee and get him
help. If only his vision would stop blurring on him but even as Ryo struggled
to keep conscious, his mind could not stay focused and darkness enveloped him.
~~*~~
Ryo awoke
to a white ceiling and even the dim light hurt his eyes. His mouth was dry and
when he tried to move, a sudden ache spread through him in a vicious wave.
“
“Well you
gained consciousness faster than I expected.” The familiar voice said.
got hit by a bus.
“JJ, you
owe me lunch. Ryo woke up first.”
There was a
grumble but Ryo could not hear what was said. His eyes closed and an imaged
flashed of Dee in the last state he’d seen of him.
“Dee?” He
said worriedly. Then it clicked how awful and serious a condition his partner
had been in. He shot up in bed and cried out softly from the pain. “Where’s
Dee?” He said breathily.
Drake
stared at him with a soft smile.
Ryo moved
his head to Dee surrounded by white. He was pale with wires coming from his
chest and wrist. There was a tube of IV and tubes in his nose to supply him
oxygen. There was a cast on his left arm. His arm was pushed up to make a
ninety degree angle for the cast. He was hurt on his upper arm. There were
bandages on his face and who knew where else. Ryo wanted to get up and do
something for him but didn’t know what. He wanted to cradle Dee in his arms and
whisper everything was fine but it wasn’t…
“You were
out for a couple of hours and Dee is still unconscious. He was in worse
condition than you were.”
“I know. I
saw them beating him up.” Drake’s small smile went grim. “Someone is going to
have to take your statement. Are you up for it?”
Ryo shook
his head.
“No, I…give me a few minutes.” Ryo
placed his hand on his head. “Is he in a coma?”
He watched JJ walk over from Dee’s
side and the man with the lavender hair shook his head no.
“Dee is just unconscious.” JJ said
as he stared at Ryo but his gaze advert to the other unconscious detective.
“They said that he is healing. A lot of his energy was gone and they were glad
that he got to the hospital in time for them to take care of him fully. Don’t
worry. He’ll be fine.”
“But…” Ryo was about to break. He
felt the tears begin to sting his eyes as he realized how close he was to
loosing Dee. “I couldn’t do anything to help him. I couldn’t stop them.” The
tears slipped down his reddened cheeks and he moved to whip them with the back
of his hand…but more tears slid down.
“Please don’t cry.” A scratchy
voice said. Everyone’s head snapped to the dark haired figure on the bed. His
eyes were still closed and for a second they all thought that it was in their
heads that they heard the man but eyes blinked open and Dee’s head tilted to
see JJ, Ryo and Drake. His eyes settled on the man in bed and smiled slightly.
“There’s no reason to cry, Ryo. I told them. I’ve taken harsher beatings than
that.”
Ryo choked up on his tears and a
shaky hand covered his mouth. Dee was okay and he was still the same.
Everything was okay and they were still alive. The smile left Dee’s face and he
winced as he tried to move his hand to hold it out to Ryo.
He watched as Ryo began taking off
all the wires and stuff from his body and stiffly got off his bed to lean
against Dee. Ryo leaned his head against Dee’s pillow, the sides of their faces
touched lightly and he let his tears soak into the white pillow.
Drake stood up aouchouched
scene and up into Drake’s eyes.
“Come on.” He said lowly and helped
JJ to his feet. They left the couple to themselves and Dee managed to move his
body over a little to allow some space for his partner. His right hand was
pressed securely on Ryo’s back and pulled him closer.
“Get in bed, babe.” Ryo pulled
away. His face was red, eyes puffy and tears streaks down his cheeks.
“But…” Dee closed his eyes and
shook his head.
“Just do it and give me some
carefully got into the bed. He groaned in pain but finally settled next to Dee
and he ran his hand lightly over the side of Dee’s face. His fingertips brushed
over the bandage on his eye but touched the skin of his cheek. Ryo couldn’t
help but just stare into those emerald eyes. One of his thoughts was that he
wasn’t ever going to be able to lose himself in them again.
“I love you.” He whispered and
watched those eyes lightened up in response. Ryo felt a small pressure on his
back and leaned forward, closer to those beautiful eyes.
“I love you too, Ryo. I will always
and I’m so happy that you’re ok. I’m so happy…” Dee’s eyes closed and so did
Ryo’s. Their lips met and lingered happily against the other. The kiss was soft
and loving. When Dee moved his head slightly, their lips parted to breathe.
Dee’s green orbs shone through and stared into Ryo’s half lidded eyes.
“Hurry up and recover.” Ryo said as
he snuggled up against Dee. There was a small chuckle.
“Yea, so we can go on our vacation.
God, I can’t wait to go.” Dee felt a small pressure is cis chin.
“We can definitely get an extended
vacation. So let’s rest now so we can get to it sooner.” Dee closed his eyes
along with Ryo and they submitted to their exhausted bodies.
~~*~~
“You better
let me see him!”
“We will!” “Figures
Chill kid! I’ll bring you up to them. They’re going to be okay.” Drake said as
Carol and Bikky walked in to the hospital accompanied
by Carol’s aunt. Drake walked them up to their rooms and Drake asked that they
be quiet.
she was worried but Bikky was overly worried and
didn’t take what anyone was saying to the heart. He was too afraid that he
would loose Ryo and wanted to make sure that the man was okay himself. She
didn’t doubt that he was also worried because he loved Ryo…and Dee. Carol’s aunt
was talking to Drake while they slipped inside the room unnoticed. In one bed
they both saw Dee and Ryo, cuddled up against each other.
the perv…” Bikky cut
himself off as he noticed the shape the two adults in bed were in. He noticed
the cast and the bandages and glanced to their calm slumbering faces.
must’ve gone through a lot today, Bikky. But they’re
okay now so there’s no need to worry.” Bikky turned
to deny that he was ever worried about them but was cut short when Cal put her
finger on his lips. She shook her head, her blond hair falling in front of her
eyes and she pulled Bikky into a hug. It was
something she needed but mostly for him. He needed the comfort and had to know
that everything was going to be okay.
“Everything
is fine now.” Bikky smiled and hugged the girl in his
arms.
“I know.
Thank you, Cal.” They stayed like that for a while before they walked out of
the room hand in hand. Everything would be fine.
~~*~~