A/N: The first chapter to the 4th and final Lethal Weapon ff is now here! :) With more changes of my own of course, an older Henry and a few surprises. Happy reading and I anxiously await your reviews!
I'm sure you have by now, but to any of you who haven't read parts 1, 2, & 3 yet. I advice you to read those first as they are all obviously connected.
It was a rainy night as Sgt's. Regina Mills and Emma Swan drove their way down a street, answering to another dispatch call about a crazy arsen situation, involving a lunatic with a flamethrower. With their career as cops keeping both women pretty busy, Henry now moved out of the house as he was now 20 years old, having found a job as a successful young writer. Not to mention, the blonde and brunette's relationship was still holding on stronger than ever. Life was pretty good.
"Swan, are you sure we're on the right street?" asked Regina, looking over at her partner.
"Yeah." replied Emma.
"Are absolutely sure?" Regina asked.
"We must be getting warm. Do you see anything?" she asked.
"I don't see anything." Regina looked around, keeping her eyes sharp for anything suspicious.
"This must be the place." Emma stepped on the breaks as gunfire was heard as before them, a few feet away a man, wearing a gas tank strapped to his back and a helmet was firing at a window to what looked to be from a trophy store.
"What the hell is that?" asked Regina, not believing at all what she was seeing.
Both pairs of green and brown eyes grew wide, their mouths partially opened as the man fired the flamethrower as the store was soon caught on fire.
"Who the hell is this?" asked Regina, looking over at Emma.
"I don't know. A spokesman for the NRA." Emma checked her weapon for ammo, as did Regina while they sat inside the vehicle.
"What do we do now?" asked the brunette, her eyes never leaving the man before them as he was having a blast burning down the place.
"Run him over." Emma suggested.
"What if he turns around and shoots at us with that rifle?" asked the brunette with concern in her voice.
"He hasn't yet. Maybe he won't." Emma looked over at Regina.
"What if he does?"
"Don't be a don't-bee. Be a do-bee. Be positive."
"Positive?" shouted the brunette as another huge flame was fired from the man's flamethrower towards another direction.
"Let's run him over." Emma suggested once again.
"I'm glad you see things my way. I hope he doesn't turn around." Regina glared over at Emma.
"He won't." Emma assured her girlfriend, "We'll creep up on him slowly so he won't notice."
Regina nodded, knowing well how wreckless Emma could get by now, "Fine. Okay."
"Will him not to turn. Power of positive thinking." said Emma.
"Will him?" Regina glared at the blonde as she stepped on the gas, slowly driving up to the man.
"Will him not to turn. Come on, will him with me." said Emma, slowly stepping on the gas as the vehicle moved forward.
"Are you out of your mind?" Regina asked.
"Don't turn around." Emma spoke out loud as she kept up her driving.
Regina looked up ahead at the man as she began repeating with Emma, even as her heart started rapidly pounding, "Don't turn around."
"We're better than him. Just believe." Emma slammed her fist on the steering wheel as they were coming closer and closer to the man.
"Don't turn around." Regina repeated, almost believing it herself.
Emma's eyes grew wide as the guy suddenly turned, firing the flame right towards her yellow bug, "He's turning." she swerved the car hard to the left as the tires screeched while her car rapidly slid while he began firing shots their way. "I was wrong, I was wrong. Get down." Emma shouted as they both ducked down, the brunette lying on top of the blonde in the process.
Emma opened up the driver's side door as she slid right out, followed by Regina, both taking cover behind the blonde's car as they quickly fired shots right at the man. Only bullets didn't harm him as they only seemed to bounce right off the man's suit.
"They just bounce right off of him!" shouted Emma.
"I can see that. We're really in trouble now!" Regina shouted as another flame was fired their way.
Emma ducked her head down as she looked over at her girlfriend, "Shit. I'll draw his fire. You run for cover." she suggested.
"Why don't I draw his fire and you run for cover?" asked the brunette, feeling more nervous by the minute.
"Are you out of your mind? You have Henry. I have less to lose!" Emma shouted, both taking cover as more shots were fired their way, leaving the blonde's bug nicely decorated with bullet holes.
"Damn it, Swan! We're your family too. If anything happens to you-"
"Gina, go- I'll cover you!" Emma shouted as she fired a few more shots towards the man.
"Emma, I wasn't supposed to tell you this until Henry came home for the summer, but the adoption came through. We're going to have a baby."
"Get going, get-" Emma's eyes grew wide as the brunette's words hit her ears, "What did you say?" she asked in shock. With Emma now being 34 and Regina almost entering 48 years of age, they were going to be adding a new member to their family pretty soon. They had been trying for adoption ever since Henry left for college with no success at all, until now.
"You're going to be a mom, Emma!" Regina shouted as Emma's eyes softened before her, "I'm sorry I had to tell you this way, but I needed you to know."
"Well shit." Emma smiled as sirens were heard off in the distance from an incoming police cruiser that was up in flames as the guy in the helmet fired his flamethrower at the vehicle. "Now that we're opening up, there's something I'm not supposed to tell you too."
"What?" Regina asked, remaining in cover along with the blonde behind her yellow bug.
"It seems Henry met someone while he was away that he doesn't want you to know about just yet. Things seem pretty serious as he called me the other day, he told me they may now be expecting a baby."
"Excuse me?" Regina's brow arched up in surprise, not at all expecting the news.
A helicopter was heard off in the distance as it was now making its way to the scene.
Regina crawled her way closer to Emma, worry now taking over her voice the same as her eyes, "But, Henry can't possibly be thinking clearly. He's not even married- he's 20 years old!"
"Well, Gina sometimes these things happen. I don't think the kid intended for things to end up that way." Emma replied.
Another cruiser was heard as the sirens were blaring off in the distance as they neared the scene, only to be stopped by a huge flame that was thrown their way. It caused the officers to quickly back away as they crashed into the other police cruiser. The guy aimed his flamethrower up towards the helicopter as he opened fire with flame, causing the helicopter to flee as well. All while Emma and Regina still talked behind the blonde's car.
"He's making me a grandmother?" Regina's tone was sad, but still in shock at the sudden news.
Emma nodded, "Yeah."
Officers were now firing shots at the man as he only turned up the rock music he had been listening to on his headphones as he fired shots of his own. Emma stood from behind her car, firind shots of her own at him, even as the bullets bounced back.
"I have an idea." said Emma as she hid behind her car again, looking right at the brunette, "Here's what we'll do. Take your clothes off."
Regina looked over at the blonde as if she were crazy, "What the hell for?" she asked as Emma soon explained.
"You run. Flame-O here turns, sees you in your undies. It'll distract him, and that's when I shoot."
"Shoot what?" asked Regina.
"The valve on that napalm tank."
"Are you looking to have me killed? He might shoot me before you get to shoot that damn tank!" Regina shouted.
Fires were shot over at the blonde's car as they kept hidden behind it. Emma stood up, firing more shots over at the masked man as she quickly hid back down, changing the clip on her weapon as Regina began undressing.
"She's not a cop, is she?" Regina asked.
"There's too much armor on, I can't tell if he's a she or an actual he." replied Emma.
Regina shook her head, "Not him! The girl my son is seeing!"
The masked man neared the blonde's car as he fired shots directly at it.
"Get going! Here he comes!" shouted Emma, her eyes focusing on the brunette's body as she wore all black panties and bra. Her eyes filling with lust, "Are those silk?" she asked.
"Not now, Swan. Just hit the damn valve!" shouted the brunette, pulling off the remainder of her soaked pants as they tightly gripped on to her wet skin due to the rain.
"Okay. Also, flap your arms and make noises like a bird." Emma suggested.
"Flap my arms? Why?" Regina asked her, not believing what she was hearing.
"It'll distract him more. I need him to turn." shouted Emma.
"You are going to owe me so big for this." Regina said through gritted teeth, as she quickly ran out, doing exactly as the blonde instructed her to do. "God hates me!" she shouted as her eyes grew wide with worry as the man turned to face her. "He turned, Emma! Shoot him!"
Emma fired five rapid shots as the last one hit the valve, causing the man to slide across the wet pavement as air hissed out of the tank. His body slammed right into an 18 wheeler filled with a tank of gas as both women made a run for it as the explosion followed after was rather big. It was so big, the tank flew up in the air as it landed right on top of the gas station which rapidly caught fire.
"I can't believe your crazy plan actually helped." Regina smiled as she looked over at her girlfriend.
Emma's shoulders shook with suppressed laughter as she chuckled, "To be honest with you, it would have worked even with your clothes on. I just wanted to see if you would actually do it."
Regina's jaw tightened before the blonde, removing her arm as Emma wanted to wrap a single arm around her waist, "Go to hell, Swan."
Emma laughed as she wrapped removed her jacket, placing it over the brunette, "Come on, this is a good look for you. When we get home I'll warm you up- how does that sound?"
A week later, both women were out in the middle of the night, (as it had now become a routine) finishing on the brunette's boat at sea. With Henry out of the house, they had more time to themselves to do that now. A small lantern was on the boat as it provided light for them & Leroy to see. It was still a romantic moment, even when Leroy there.
Regina glanced down at the baby shark that was flapping around inside the boat that somehow Leroy managed to catch.
"If that shark damages my new boat, I'm taking it out on you, Leroy." the brunette warned him.
Leroy rolled his eyes, "Hey, I didn't mean to catch it, alright sister?"
"Why do you want to keep a shark for anyway?" asked Regina.
Leroy smiled as he held onto the rails that covered the outboard part of the brunette's boat, "Are you kidding? This thing's teeth would look great on my wall!" the shorter man smiled excitedly as he glanced down at the shark.
"It needs to stop snapping its gums at you first." said the blonde, looking down at the shark as she stood next to her girlfriend on top of the outboard.
"Maybe it'll fall asleep." Leroy looked down at it, a smile on his face.
"Why don't you go down there and talk to it? That'll put him to sleep." Emma joked as Regina smirked.
"I don't know, Emma, shark doesn't look too tired to me." Regina played along as Emma chuckled.
"Maybe chewing on Leroy will wear him out."
"Do you think sharks eat their own kind?" asked the brunette as both women burst into laughter.
Leroy mocked their laughing, "Oh, stop it. You guys are killing me! Alright, where's my bag? I have to take a picture of this baby."
"Starboard side aft." replied Regina as Leroy looked up at her with a confused look on his face.
"Starboard, that's left, right?" he asked.
Emma rolled her eyes as Regina provided him with an answer, "No, port's left. Starboard's right."
"Right." the blonde nodded.
"Right, yeah. Right side aft. Got it." Leroy began making his way down the outboard with ease.
"Check both sides, you'll find it." said Emma, looking down at the now scared man as he tried stepping over the moving shark, "Careful down there!"
Regina laughed as Emma began humming the theme song to jaws as Leroy quickly moved out of the way in fear.
"Maybe we should throw him overboard." Emma looked over at the brunette, suggesting they let the shark go.
"We'll throw them both overboard." replied Regina.
Emma chuckled, "With no witnesses out here tonight, we'd probably get away with it."
Both women sat down in their seats as they continued to enjoy the peaceful night along with the cool breeze blowing their way.
"You know, I was thinking…" Regina broke the silence as she looked over at her girlfriend, "With this adoption going through and happening soon. You won't be able to be so reckless anymore. That baby will need you, same as I need you."
Emma looked straight ahead, a small smile forming on her lips, "I know. Work is just too much fun. But, we will have to start thinking more clearly with a baby around. You're right."
"Are you changing your mind?" asked Regina, worry lingering in her voice.
Emma shook her head as she answered quickly, "No. We're doing this. I want to do this."
Regina waited a minute or two before speaking, "I know that look in your eyes, Swan. You want to do this, but you're scared."
Emma looked straight ahead yet again, replying in a soft tone of voice, "You know, when I lost Hope, I lost myself a great deal. And, then you came along with Henry and changed everything for me- it almost felt like I was on this long rollercoaster ride and I was falling, until it rose up again." her green eyes locked onto the brunette's, "There's no doubt in my mind that I want this next chapter in our lives for us. And, I know that you want more out of it. I see in your eyes whenever I look into them." she paused, "You're wondering if weather or not I'll want to get married next."
Regina's eyes blinked a few times as she looked away from Emma's. Truth is, she did wonder. Everyday, since Emma agreed to live with her and share a life for good together, she wondered if that was their next step. It scared her, but it also made her feel this excitement that she tried to control around the blonde. The last thing she wanted was for her to run away from it all again.
Both women turned to look over their shoulders as Leroy came back up, his eyes finding Regina's.
"Okay, you did say aft?" asked the man, not giving the brunette a chance to reply to the blonde's last words regarding marriage.
Regina rolled her eyes at the man, "A-F-T. Aft."
"That's a fucking word?" asked Leroy.
"Go to the back of the cabin on the right side, Leroy!" shouted the brunette, already losing her patience with the man.
Leroy was the next one to get irritated with all this confusion, "Well, why didn't you just say that to begin with, Regina? I don't understand how people get around botas and water, everything becomes fucking nautical! Astern! Avast, you landlubbers! It's all very confusing!"
"Alright!" both women shouted in unison as Leroy held up his hands in defense as he made his way down again, leaving them alone.
Emma shook her head as Regina released a long sigh as they turned back around in their seats.
"You don't think Henry will want to get married, do you?" asked Regina.
"He didn't really mention marriage to me. But, he seems very taken with this girl, I think she may be good for him." Emma looked over at the brunette as she stared in silence, "What?"
"Have you met her?" Regina asked, scoffing as the blonde remained silent, "Why is it that he can't tell me these things? I'm his mother."
"Well, the kid's lived with you for a long time, maybe he knows how you would react to the news." she reached over for her girlfriend's hand as she gave it a light squeeze, "Come on, Gina. You're his mother, he wants you to know, he's just slowly getting there. He wants you to like this girl."
The blonde turned her head over as she heard a gun being cocked behind them.
"Do we want Leroy to shoot the shark?" Emma asked calmly, as the brunette turned over in confusion, only for her eyes to grow wide at the sight of the man with a gun in his hand.
"Leroy!" Regina shouted, snatching the gun away from the man as he was startled by the sudden shout, "What the hell are you thinking shooting a shark?" she handed the gun over to Emma.
"What's the big deal?" Leroy asked.
"You don't shoot a gun on a boat!" replied the brunette as Emma made her way down with Leroy.
"I'm not shooting your boat, I'm shooting Jaws here!" Leroy motioned towards the fish.
"The shark isn't dying. I'm not letting a good animal die just so you can have its teeth." replied Regina.
"Don't get mad at me just because your son can't wear protection and decided that you may become a grandmother." Leroy's feet fidgeted as Emma was now standing too close to him, nudging his back as his body moved against the shark.
The blonde spinned the weapon Leroy had taken around her index finger in a playful manner as she pushed Leroy up towards the shark, "Get off me, will you?" she smirked as Leroy squirmed.
"Swan! Don't fool around!" shouted Leroy as he gripped on the blonde's leather jacket
Emma laughed as she held on to Leroy's weapon. It was a Colt Commander with a custom engraved slide, "Hey, this is some piece of hardware, Leroy. You have a permit for this?"
"I'm a P.I. now. Of course I do." Leroy replied as he looked down at his gun, which the blonde still held.
"A P what?" shouted Regina as she looked down at him.
"A P.I., a gumshoe! You know, you get into ugly situations. I got guns, everything."
"You are an ugly situation." said Regina.
Emma's eyes remained on Leroy's weapon, "Oh well, permit or no permit, you don't deserve to have this. You're not safe."
"Hey!" Leroy shouted as Emma tossed the weapon at sea over her shoulder.
A gunshot was heard followed by many as a huge ship swam right past the brunette's boat. From their angle the ship looked just as big as the Titanic.
"They're gonna hit us!" Leroy shouted, running behind Emma as she quickly climbed up to where her girlfriend was.
Regina spoke into her walkie, calling it in, "Coast Guard, this is Code 7…"
The brunette's boat shook as the bigger ship was scraping right past it.
"We have to go, Gina." said Emma as Regina soon started the boat, sailing it behind the bigger ship.
"Want me to help?" Leroy reached over for the steering wheel as the brunette pushed his hands away.
"Get out of the way, Leroy! I'm driving!" shouted the brunette.
Leroy glanced down at the blonde's Beretta as he noticed she had installed a laser into it, "Hey, is that a laser?" he asked, impressed.
"Yeah, you want some laser surgery?" asked Emma as she aimed the laser right to the man's eyes.
"Hey, hey!" Leroy shouted as he quickly covered his eyes, "You could blind somebody with that thing!"
"Coast Guard, this is Code 7, in pursuit of freighter. Heading North. Awaiting instructions. Over." Regina spoke into her walkie as they followed behind the ship.
Code 7, this is U.S. Coast Guard. Maintain your present course. We have a cutter en route.
"Why are you slowing down?" asked the blonde.
"We'll just wait here. Coast Guard will be here soon." replied Regina.
Soon enough, the ship itself slowed down as a giant, bright light was shined their way.
"What do we do now?" Emma asked Regina as they had been exposed.
"Show them our badges." Regina held up hers as did Emma.
"N.Y.P.D! N.Y.P.D!" Leroy shouted as he held up his P.I. badge. Both women bringing his arm back down.
"New York Police Department! We heard gunfire! The Coast Guard's on the-" Emma's words were interrupted by sudden gunfire as bullets were being shot right at them, causing all three of them to duck down.
Emma shot several fires of her own as she killed two men that were standing near the searchlight. One of the goon's rifles fired on its own as sparks flew off from the searchlight while tanks of gas were now spilling over due to bullet holes.
The ship soon caught on fire as one of the gas tanks flew up high in the air. The goon driving the ship made his way out as he shouted instructions in Chinese over to other men that found themselves on the ship with him.
"Coast Guard! Freighter's on fire!" Regina reported the situation into the walkie as Emma kept her weapon on aim.
"Hey, let's board them!" shouted Leroy, ready for some action of his own.
Other men were climbing out of life boats as they were leaving the burning ship behind as Regina moved her boat over to them carefully.
"They're getting away. Get me up there!" Emma shouted, her weapon aimed right at them as she was prepared to jump off onto the ship.
"This is one hell of a fishing trip!" Leroy smiled.
"Leroy, shut up and keep your head down!" shouted the brunette.
Emma flashed her badge at the three men on the lifeboat, "N.Y.P.D! Hold it right there!" she was quick to jump on to the lifeboat, holding on to the rope as she held her badge in her mouth as the other men swam away. The blonde mumbled something over to the brunette.
"What'd she say?" asked Leroy.
"She said watch her back." Regina fired 3 direct shots at another Chiense man who was about to take a shot at Emma.
Leroy looked over at the brunette as he removed his hands from his ears, "Why didn't you tell me you were gonna shoot?" he shouted.
"Leroy, shut up!" Regina looked over at Emma who kept mumbling as she still held her badge in her mouth, needing to hold on to the rope. "What?"
"She said pull it up." Leroy told the brunette as they both yanked on the rope as fast as they could as the lifeboat rode up towards the ship, carrying the blonde along with it.
"That was great!" Leroy smiled, looking up at Emma.
Emma removed her badge from her mouth as she crossed over the rails of the ship, "What are you listening to Leroy for? I said keep the boat as close as you can!"
"We got you up there either way!" shouted Regina, her eyes filling with worry as the ship soon reached shore as the shatter alone caused the blonde to fall back.
Emma laid back on the deck, hiding behind some containers as a goon fired shots at her. She fired one back as she quickly laid back for cover.
"Are you alright, Emma?" asked Regina as another container filled with gas shot right up into the sky.
"Wow. Look at that." Leroy pointed towards the falling container as it was now falling its way on the brunette's boat.
"Jump, Leroy! Jump!" Regina's eyes grew wide as both her and Leroy jumped into the water as the container impacted the brunette's boat as it slowly began to sink.
Emma fired another shot as the goon hid. It was then she aimed her laser she had installed into her gun right at a steel weight that was behind the man, firing another shot. The goon grunted as the bullet bounced right back, impacting its way in through his back, puncturing the heart. She fired another shot as his body came up from the impact, firing a shot directly into his head.
"Hey, Regina. The shark." Leroy called for the brunette's attention as they both stayed up float in the water.
"What about the shark?" asked the brunette, her head turned towards a baby shark fin as it now swam off her sunken boat. "The shark!" she began swimming away, only for Leroy to cling to her back like a baby koala.
"Don't leave me!"
Emma kept her weapon on aim as she opened a door to the ship, only to be punched in the face by another Chinese guy as she ducked, avoiding two more thrown punches. She tried avoiding the third one coming her way, but the guy was too fast as he delivered it right to her face, followed by a sidekick to her chest, finishing off with a spinning round kick to her face as her body fell to the floor.
The goon fled, climbing down a rope as Regina and Leroy swam away from the shark and into a lifeboat that was still hanging off to the side of the ship.
Emma sat up, shaking her head as she still saw stars from all those hits she had taken, looking over the rails for the goon. Her head turned as she heard a light knocking coming from somewhere underneath the ship. She walked up to a rope that was attached to a door that was placed on deck, pulling downward as it slowly opened. Her green eyes falling upon a group of Chinese immigrants as they stared up at her in fear. Her eyes scanning at all the men, women and children within the group.