Prologue:
A/N: This story is going to be kind of based off of the movie 12 Rounds, the prologue is supposed to be like the movie to somewhat set up the foundation for this story.
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own the movie 12 Rounds or Glee.
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"Santana!" You hear from down the hall.
"Yeah," You yell back feeding your puppy some treats.
"You're not feeding the dog are you?"
"Of course not, I'm looking for my badge," You walk down the hall and into your bedroom and pick up your duty belt "You get two things when you're a cop. A gun and a fucking badge, I only have one," You mumble to yourself.
You walk into the living room almost tripping over the four year old laying on the floor playing with his cars. You start looking through the boxes near the fireplace.
"I can't find my badge," You yell at your wife.
"It's on the thing," You frown.
"The what?"
"The thing."
"What the hell is the thing?" You mutter under your breath. You grab the bag of treats you left on the piano and start feeding the puppy again. "Don't worry Rocky, I'm gonna feed you and make you strong, but don't tell mommy."
"Santana Lopez," Your wife says shaking her head.
"What?" You ask and she clicks her tongue. "I'm trying to build the world's most talented pitbull, he's going through a bulking phase," You explain as she walks over and picks up the puppy.
"Mommy's bad," She says petting Rocky. "Come on I'll show you the thing San,"
"'It's by the thing', I was just over by the thing, it's not there," You mumble as you follow her into the hallway and down about six feet, then stop in front of a small shelf, your wife uses Rocky's paw to point to where your badge lies. You shake your head and pick it up.
"This is the thing?" You ask and your wife nods her head "Britt, I didn't know you meant this thing," She chuckles and shakes her head at you.
"I know you didn't."
"You know, I still have about ten minutes right?" You ask seductively wiggling your eyebrows as you follow Brittany, Brittany laughs and turns to face you.
"Come on San, you know it only takes you about three minutes," She teases and you mock offence.
"Hey, it's a strong three minutes. Besides how could anybody last more than three minutes with your talent?" You ask and she grins at you.
"Go to work," She steps forward and pecks your lips "Be safe."
"Always," You say and you feel a tug at your pants. You look down to see your son looking up at you, you pick him up and he puts his hands on both your cheeks.
"Mommy go catch bad guys?"
"Yeah buddy."
"Mommy be safe?" He asks.
"Of course Trey," You kiss him on the forehead.
"Good," He kisses your nose and starts squirming in your arms so you place him on the floor, Brittany does the same with Rocky. Your son runs over to Rocky and starts playing with him. You hear a car horn being honked outside, you roll your eyes knowing that it's your partner Puck.
"Go," Brittany says as she opens the door.
"Hey, Brittany!" Puck yells from inside the squad car
"Hey, Noah," Brittany yells back, you walk over to the squad car and see Puck trying to figure out a Rubik's cube.
"Damn, I am most definitely not smarter than a fifth grader," He sighs and puts the cube on the dashboard.
"You aren't much smarter than a first grader either," You says as you get into the car.
"Ouch Lopez, just rip out my heart why don't cha."
"Oh grow a pair Puckerman."
"So you gotta ask the wife and kid for permission to come to work now?"
"No actually, just the dog," you say and Puck starts laughing. He reaches to the mini TV in the car and turns it towards you, you see the picture of a man probably in his early thirties, the name below the picture says Daniel Kane. Puck starts the car and backs out of the driveway.
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Twenty minutes later you're talking to the dispatcher, when the light turns red, Puck isn't paying attention and is staring at you.
"Noah!" You yell, he looks back at the road and stops right before a truck drives by "Watch the fucking road, dumbass."
"I'm sorry," You shake your head and look over at the car that pulls up next to you, the female driver that was staring at you turns her head and starts fixing her hair. You raise an eyebrow at her curiously, after a few seconds you shake your head and look forward again. The light turns green and Puck starts driving again, you start looking through the pictures on the monitor, you recognize the girl with Daniel as the girl that you saw two seconds ago.
"Turn around," You say abruptly.
"What?"
"Turn around."
"Why?" You point to the picture of Daniel and the girl.
"That's the girl that was in the car next to us at the stop light," You explain hurriedly
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm one thousand percent sure."
"Jesus," He says as he makes an illegal U turn and starts speeding back the way you came and makes a right turn where you think the car turned because it didn't continue forward like the squad car. "I don't see anything."
"Just keep going, Puckerman."
You and Puck see the car after about ten minutes of driving through streets. You pick up the speaker and tell her to stop the vehicle, once she stops Puck stops a few feet behind her.
"Do you seriously think this is a good idea?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that dispatch said that we're looking for an Irish dude in a silver lexus, that car isn't silver or a lexus," You sigh and run a hand through your hair and open the door.
"Just ask her some questions Puck," You and Puck step out of the car, you stay behind the girl's car as Puck walks over to the now rolled down window.
"License and registration miss," Puck says as he leans down to look at the girl.
"Evening officer, what seems to be the problem?" She asks, you roll your eyes at her obvious attempt at feigning innocence.
"License and registration please," Puck says again.
"Yeah o-of course," She looks in the glove compartment and pulls out what Puck asked her for, she hands the items to Puck who looks over them. "How does everything look?"
"Fantastic. Can I ask you a question?" She nods her head "What's a beautiful lady like you doing driving around this neighborhood at this time of the night by herself?"
"Sometimes I just like to be alone, it gives me a chance to think."
"Give me a minute."
"Sure."
"Dude, everything is fine," Puck whispers to you and leans back down and gives the woman her things, "Listen, here's my card, if you ever, ever need anything don't hesitate to call," He gives her his card and she smiles.
"Ask her to pop the trunk," You say and he looks up at you in confusion.
"What the hell are you doing Lopez?"
"Ask her," You say firmly, he shakes his head and leans down again.
"Miss, I'm gonna need you to pop the trunk," She stalls for a minute before popping the trunk, Daniel pushes the trunk up and pulls out a gun.
"Gun," You yell, Puck looks over just as he starts shooting, Puck starts running and dives into a pile of trash.
"Shit," You hear him hiss.
"Go, go, go," Daniel says and a second later the car is taking off. You rush over to Puck to see if he's okay.
"Man he shot me in my ass," You have to bite your lip to stifle your laughter.
"Wait, he what?"
"Shut up," You look around and see the car almost get hit as it turns the corner, the gears in your head start turning as you watch.
"No, Santana don't try and be a hero, stay here and wait for backup," You stand up and start running towards the space between two houses.
"Stay here, keep pressure on your ass, three minutes until the ambulance comes," You yell over your shoulder. You take a short cut and run through the space between the houses. You hop over a few trash cans and press down on the radio on your shoulder, "Pursuit on foot, following on the south side of progress and steeles, suspects in a silver Lexus." The car drives by you, you pull out your gun and start firing, after about three rounds your gun starts making a clicking sound signalling that it's empty.
"Shit," You mumble, you start running after the car and try to refill the gun, which proves to be more difficult than you thought it would be. You run through another space between houses and almost get decapitated by a clothesline, you jump a fence and run into someone's house from the back, you run through the kitchen, into the living room and out the front door just in time to see Daniel's car drive by. You run past it and into another space, you pull open an already ripped fence and run through it not realizing that a pitbull resides in the yard until you hear it barking, you look back and see that it's right behind you. FUCK, FUCK, FUCK you chant in your head as you reach a tall fence, you climb over it just as the dog tries to bite your heel. You start to run until you realize you don't have your gun, you approach the fence again and see the dog chewing on it.
"Goddamn it," You push your hand through the split in the fence and almost get it bitten off by the dog. "Keep it you mutt."
You turn and start running again. By the time you make it out of the other space you're practically running through a forest, about three minutes later you run out of the forest and into the street and about twenty feet away from the Lexus that swerves and runs into a bus shelter. Both Daniel and the girl step out of the car, you point your gun at Daniel and tell him and the girl not to move.
"Run!" He yells as he and the girl take off.
"No stop," You yell, but are too late. The girl has already been hit by a green truck, Daniel stops running and just stares at her body, you run your free hand through your hair and place it on the barrel of your gun again. "Put your hands on your head."
"What's your name?" He asks turning to face you.
"Put your hands on your head," You repeat.
"Officer Lopez? I'm gonna remember that." He says as your back up shows up and cuffs him. "You're going to pay for what you did." You clench your jaw as he gets taken away.
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When you get home early the next morning, you walk into your son's room and kiss him on his forehead before heading to your and Brittany's room, you take off your uniform and get into bed snuggling up to your wife who turns to face you.
"How come you're awake?" You ask.
"I couldn't sleep. How was work?"
"Work was work."
"Anything interesting happen?"
"No, Puck and I just patrolled downtown," You lie, Brittany looks at you unconvinced but rests her head on your shoulder. A few minutes later you feel her warm, shallow breath on your shoulder. You can't fall asleep that night because Daniel's words keep running through your mind.
You're going to pay for what you did