I'm sorry these will be short chapters but I'll try to update as often as I can. Someone wanted me to write another Fastlane fic after I finished the NCIS one I was writing so this is for her and also for my angst pal Ang.

Road Rage

Chapter one

Candy Store

"Where are you?" Deaq asked as he answered his cell phone. The reception on the phone was very bad and he could barely hear Van through all the static.

"I'm on my way in…uh, is Billie there yet?"

Deaq glanced across the table at Billie who didn't look too happy.

"Uh … yeah."

"Oh great…Is she pissed off?"

"Yeah, you could say that."

"Is that Van?" Billie asked.

Deaq hesitated for a few seconds. He wanted to cover for his partner but he didn't want to lie to Billie.

"Yeah…he's uh, running late."

Billie looked at her watch.

"He was suppose to be here a half hour ago. You tell him to get in here now!"

"I heard that." Van said. "There is a slight problem…I'm lost."

"Lost!" Deaq blurted out then looked at Billie who rolled her eyes. "How can you be lost?"

"Well…I didn't go home last night."

"You didn't shack up with Sheila did you?" He and Van had gone out to a bar last night and had met some women there. Deaq had left early but Van had stayed.

"Yeah I did…Hey, she asked me to follow her home, which I did. The only trouble is she lives way back in some canyon and I uh…kind of got twisted around and have no idea how to get out of here."

"You're lost in a canyon?" Deaq shook his head smiling, but dropped his smile when he looked at Billie's face, she was not amused.

"Hey, what can I say? There are no street signs."

"Put him on speaker." Billie told Deaq.

Deaq hit the speaker button on his phone then set it down on the table.

"Van, you get your ass in here in the next hour or I'm docking your pay for the day. Understood?" She wasn't about to let Van's social life interfere with work.

There was silence at the other end.

"Van? Van did you hear me?"

"Yeah, hold on for a second…What the hell is he doing?"

"What's going on Van?" Billie asked.

"There's some jerk riding my bumper…Hey, back off jerkoff!"

They could hear Van yelling at who ever was following him.

"Hey!...Damn it!"

"Hey partner, what's happening?" Deaq leaned toward the phone.

"The jerk hit my bumper! The son of a bitch is trying to pass me and there's no room!"

"Pull over somewhere and let him pass." Billie said as she looked at Deaq and could see that he also was beginning to get worried. They then heard the sound of metal hitting metal.

"Hey!" Van yelled.

"What's going on?" Billie asked.

"He just slammed into my side!...You son of a bitch!" Van shouted to the driver.

"Don't provoke him partner, let him by."

"Hell no!"

"Van let him by!" Billie shouted into the phone.

"The bastard hit my car, I'm not letting him get away with that!"

"Give us a description." Billie pulled out a piece of paper.

"Dark blue 2001 Cadillac…He's right next to me, I can't get a license plate…Damn he's going to kill someone!"

"Back off Van! Back off!" Deaq shouted as he stood up. He knew how these road rage confrontations usually ended up.

"Whoa!"

They heard two sharp bangs.

"Van! What the hell is happening?"

"The bastard is shooting at me! … I got to try and stop him or he's going to kill someone!"

"Van, back off that's an order!" Billie was also now standing. She knew Van's car was no match for a Cadillac and he was out there with no back up.

They listened to the sound of metal hitting metal as the two cars fought their way down the steep canyon road.

"Van! … Van answer me!...Damn it!" Deaq ran his hand over his face, his heart pounding.

They then heard the sounds of more gunfire and could hear Van cry out in pain, the next thing they heard was the sound of metal hitting rocks as Van's car flew off the edge of the road and rolled over and over into the canyon.

TBC