Title: Hostage
Chapter 1 – Black Monday

Summary: One civilian is dead and four others are hostage along with one Detective Danny Raegen. Will his partner and family be able to save him in time before he becomes the next victim? Or will he make the ultimate sacrifice. Peril/Angst ficlet Danny/Linda

Disclaimer: I own nothing from Blue Bloods.

A/N: Okay everyone am taking a HUGE leap of faith here and trying a story for BB. I used to love writing gritty/angsty/tense cop stuff and now it seems I have a new outlet. I had this outline just sitting around and thought I'd build a short ficlet around it. I am EXTREMELY nervous about this b/c it's my own idea and not eppy based.

I went back to using Danny's first partner, Demarcus King b/c it just kinda fit the situation better, even though his female partners have been kick ass. Also I don't remember the name of the station house he's assigned so am just making up the 55. IF anyone can remember, please tell me and I'll change. Also I looked up Danny's boss and came up with two last names: Neary or Gormley. Gosh I'm going with Gormley b/c that was the most recent but again if you guys can confirm that would be great! Lol even IMDB had both names down. Okay enough from me. Please enjoy.

Warning: major angst


If someone were to ask me what a 'Moon Dog' was I would probably give them the same answer everyone else does. It's that ring around the moon when it's full in winter. However today, in this store I learned the term Moon Dog can refer to something else entirely, or even someone else. That someone else has just severely beaten a male worker, murdered an innocent woman, threatened three others and has me trapped in the corner with my hands cuffed behind my back, sporting bruises from the beating I sustained while trying to help the others. I sit here helpless and in pain and wonder if I'm next, while my partner races to either find a way to rescue me and my father works to negotiate my release. Sadly I don't think today is going to end very peacefully for me or anyone else.

But let me start at the beginning.

Monday, 3:00 PM – Station House 55 – Locker Room

"Last call of the day," Detective Danny Reagan utters, walking into the locker room.

"What's that big smile," his partner Detective Demarcus King asks Danny as he watches him near. "You and Linda have a quickie at lunch?"

"If we did, do you think I'm gonna tell?" Danny shoots back.

"Actually please don't. The less I know about your uh…sordid sexual escapades the better," King smirks.

"That's good because I was actually someplace else and," Danny agrees, reaching into his pocket and pulling out two tickets, "I got these for you."

"Tickets to the midnight comedy fest?" King inquires with arched brows. "Man these have been sold out for weeks and you knew I wanted to go. How on earth did you get them?"

"Not telling," Danny retorts with a wink.

"Ah yeah right, friends in low places," King laughs as he turns back to his locker. "But two tickets?" King asked with a frown. "Who else am I going to take? You know the wife is outta town."

"Well…how about your partner and best male friend?" Danny suggest casually.

"Linda busy?" King smirks.

"Actually she and the boys are off to her mom's today and won't be back until later tonight, so I thought that…look if you want to go with someone el…and trust me it's not Jamie's thing."

"I think it would be great if the two of us went," King quickly corrects. "It's uh been a long time since we just you know hung out."

"It's a date then," Danny teases as he closes his locker door shut.

"Just don't go telling everyone that," King laments in a huff.

"Hey I have more to lose than you on that front," Danny laughs as they head toward their desks to see what the day head would hold.

"Very funny," King retorts dryly. He looks at the tickets and smile. "I bet he cancels last minute," he chuckles to himself as he leaves the locker room.

"I heard that," Danny shouts back with a smirk on his face.

Monday, 3:15 PM – Station House 55 – Suspect Briefing

"So here is a sketch composite of our latest fellon. Well actually he is on the run for killing a cop in Jersey and has made his way here. Name is Aaron Donelli but goes by the alias 'Moon Dog'," Gormley says as he hands the file print out to both Danny and King. "Can be identified by the large tattoo on his upper left arm. Can't miss it. If you see anyone with this description or tattoo approach with extreme caution after you have called for backup! He is capable of killing a cop on sight and has a short fuse. He can be set off by anything, anyone or at anytime. Hates cops with a passion. Even seeing a cop could send him into a violent frenzy."

I looked at the picture and thought nothing of him more than a man who made a few bad choices and would soon pay the price for his death dealing ways. I just never imagined the role I'd play in his deadly scheme or how my being in the wrong place at the wrong time would result in a tragedy.

"What a beauty," Danny snides. "Can't wait to take this guy down. And it looks like we got our first two leads."

"Yeah a real winner here," King adds. "But that's good right, we can get this day over with already and maybe get dinner first," King mentions as they head toward their car.

"Sounds good," Danny answers absently. "Just keep an eye out for Mr. Moon Dog."

"Trust me he sees a cop he's gone," Danny muses.

"Unless he's mad," King utters fatefully.

"Well I get mad too," Danny offers.

"Last time you were mad, how many did you kill?"

"Just one."

"Did he deserve it?" King counters seriously.

4:00 pm – Corner of Front Street and 16th Avenue

"So you and Linda made up after your fifteen seconds of fame with the female uni-bomber last week?" King inquires lightly.

"She gave me my fifteen seconds of hell, like I deserved and then that was it," Danny explains with a loving smile. "The rest...well she forgave me later that night by...well you don't wanna know how."

"Right, I don't wanna know," King nods with a knowing glance. They casually chat about their case and the neighbourhood and what they might encounter should they run into 'Moon Dog'.

"Okay so here we go. A side by side. I'll take the store."

"I get the adult video shop?" King asks with a groan. "Are you serious?"

"Hey I just got back in Linda's good books, I ain't blowin' it now."

"And now it's my turn to be in the dog house?"

"Why? Are you going to pick something up?" Danny counters with a sideways smirk. "Besides he'll probably be in there."

"Gee thanks."

"See you soon."

Danny enters a store he knows fairly well and nods hello to the cashier before he casually heads to the back to start his search. With people inside and if there was a chance that their suspect was hiding in the store, he wanted as little harm as possible to come to those nearby. Something shiny catches his eye and he quickly bends to pick it up, grasping at the small shell casing and then feeling his heart rate starting to increase. Was their perp here? Right now? With his hand about to phone his partner and just as he is about to get up, a question followed by an answer stops him cold.

"Hey mister what's that tattoo supposed to be?" A small child asks.

"It's called a Moon Dog sweetie," his mother replies. "Isn't that right?" She queries in a non assuming tone.

"Yeah so what," comes the gruff reply.

"What's a moon dog?"

"Beat it kid!"

'Moon Dog! Damn it!' Danny curses inwardly. He feels his heart start race as he slowly reaches for his phone; wanting to text King instead of raising a huge alarm. Damn it, this is not going to end well if I'm heard.

"I wanna know. The name of your dog?" The kid asks again; his pestering voice starting to grate on both the hardened felon and the seasoned Detective.

"None of your business!" The man snaps as he turns; Danny listening to heavy footsteps heading away from him.

If I stand up things could get tense, Danny reasons so he stays low. Danny hears the door open and some footsteps getting quieter and quieter and decides to chance calling King on his phone, thinking he had left. "King…" Danny starts in a whisper.

"Danny?" King's loud voice is heard.

Danny quickly covers the phone and looks around. He lets out a small sigh of relief when no one comes his way. "King…Moon Dog…just left the store and…" he stops and listens again. Thankfully nothing. Then just as King's voice boomed back Danny's world crashed to a halt.

"Danny, repeat that. Did you say Moon…"

"Hey mister are you a cop?" The little kid asks, instantly drawing attention to himself and totally unaware of what was about to happen.

Before Danny can answer, he feels the cold hard steel of the barrel of a .45 stick in his neck and knows things just got worse. "Answer the kid, cop," Moon Dog growls. "Or maybe I should ask your partner on that phone of yours."

"My partner is just outside," Danny states in a firm voice. "He knows you're…"

"Good then he can be the eye witness to your untimely death. Shouldn't have tried to tell him about me," Moon Dog snarls. "Everyone in this store come and stand in front of the Officer. Cashier, lock the door, turn off the front lights and join us. If anyone fails to listen this child dies. NOW!"

Danny watches the cashier, the child's mother and two young women come and stand before him with terrified looks on their faces.

"They're on to you," Danny warns. "My partner knows you're in here; it's just a matter of time before you are six feet under."

"Shut up," Moon Dog snaps at Danny.

"This place will be surrounded in seconds."

"I said shut up!" Moon Dog yells in Danny's ear; his fingers now grasping the back of his suit jacket and jerking his body backward.

Danny looks at the people before him and knows he has to do something or it won't be just him they'll be wheeling out. Would he really have to pay the ultimate price now?

"What's your name kid?" Moon Dog asks the child before him.

"Cory."

"Cory I want you to take this officers gun out of his holster and put it on the floor and then kick it in the opposite direction. If you do not listen to me, I will kill you and do it myself," Moon Dog angrily dictates.

Danny watches as the trembling child moves toward him and then stops.

"It's going to be okay," Danny whispers. "Come closer."

Danny waits until the kid's fingers are almost at his holster when he sends his head backward into the face of the large man holding him captive. However, his captor counters, sending the butt end of his gun into the side of Danny's head, temporarily dazing him but causing Moon Dog's arm to wrap around his neck and Danny's gun to fall to the floor, where it's kicked away, coming to rest just under a ledge behind the man who is now in charge.

"Let them go," Danny tries in a calm voice.

"And have them miss the party?" Moon Dog snides. "Wouldn't dream of it."

"They don't need to be here," Danny insist.

"Then you shouldn't have tried to be a hero and use your phone!" Moon Dog yells as he hits Danny in the side with the gun. "Now Officer I'm going to take your cuffs out and put them on you. If you resist I will kill you and then these people and then myself. Understand?"

"My partner is just outsi…" Danny starts only to have Moon Dog hit him on the back of his head with the gun. The mother of Cory stifles a gasp but Danny continues to hold his ground despite the fact that his head is throbbing even more and causing the room to lightly spin.

"Another word about your partner and he's just as dead. Now shut up!" Moon Dog snaps as he yanks Danny's phone out of his upper pocket shoves it into his own.

But as he grabs at Danny's cuffs Danny twists his body around and tries to attack Moon Dog. Moon Dog however, counters and punches Danny hard in the jaw. Danny's head snaps back and Moon Dog punches him hard in the gut sending him to his knees before Danny could counter with another hit. "Very stupid move cop!" Moon Dog yells at Danny as he jerks one of his arms behind his back, wraps the cuff around it and then does the same with the other, totally immobilizing him. "There now I don't have to worry about you," he hisses in Danny's ear. Danny shifts uncomfortably on his knees but is more concerned for the people around him. Then all hell breaks loose.

Out of the corner of his eye, Moon Dog spies movement. He turns and watches as the cashier tries to get at something; Danny assumes that it was a gun. Danny takes the opportunity to push himself backwards into Moon Dog only to have him fire off a shot, just grazing the older man in the arm before the two of them crash to the floor. The two young women duck, screaming and hugging each other; Cory's mom pulls him close to her and holds him tight while the cashier holds his arm in pain trying to stop the blood.

"Anyone else want to try to be a hero?" Moon Dog shouts as he pulls himself out from under Danny and hauls Danny back to his knees and then his feet. "Time to talk to your partner," Moon Dog states firmly as he yanks Danny back from the others.

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Offering another curse at Danny's silence, King hurries for the store, phone in hand and back up already on the way.

"What the hell?"

He was just about to enter the store when a shot was fired, forcing him to duck for cover instantly and place another urgent call for backup.

King races for the back of the store only to be stopped once again in his tracks by his phone buzzing to life, Danny's name as the caller.

"Danny?"

"Try again officer," Moon Dog smirks.

"Who the hell is this?" King demands.

"This is Aaron Donelli, but you can call me Moon Dog. I have your partner and a few others at my mercy. If you try anything he'll be the first to witness an innocent death just before his own."

"What do you want?" King demands in anger.

"I'll let you know…later. For now, I'm gonna get to know these people a little better."

"Wait!" King shouts just as the radio goes dead. "Damn it!" He curses, hitting the side of a nearby building.

King looks at the store in horror. It was dark and he couldn't see anything inside, much less the man holding his partner and a few civilians hostage. A man known for his hatred of cops and would think nothing of killing one just to make a point. "I knew today was going to be a bad day," King lets out his own growl. "Danny hang in there," King mutters under his breath as he waits for the sirens to get closer. "Just hold on."

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"Anyone else want to be a hero?" Moon Dog shouts at the trembling group before him.

"I…I just wanted…" the cashier starts in a small voice.

"I said shut up!"

"You have to let me help him," Danny pleads as he struggles to keep upright in Moon Dog's tough grasp.

"And you…" Moon Dog sneers at Danny. "I have just started my fun with you. I HATE cops, you are no exception."

And before Danny can react Moon Dog once again uses the butt end of the gun and hits him in the back of the head once more with it. Danny cries out as he falters, his head really starting to throb, a small tear of skin opening and forcing his judgement and reflexes to wane. Moon Dog hits him again and this time he sags to his knees. Another hit to the side and Danny finally hits the floor, making one of the women scream. "I'm not going to kill you yet," Moon Dog warns as he pushes the end of the gun into Danny's cheek, as Danny lay on his stomach breathing hard. "But if you try anything one of these people die and you'll be to blame."

"Sir send out Mr. Kamani, he's injured and ne…"

"His injury is his own fault. Now no one leaves until I say they can!" Moon Dog yells as he fires off another shot, this one shattering some glass jars on a shelf behind the two young women, causing them to scream out once more. Danny looks at the two women and cringes, his mind praying for a quick miracle. King I just pray you find a way to end this and fast.

King hears the second shot and ducks behind the side of his car while he waits for backup. His heart starts to race at the thought that any second that madman would radio him and tell him his partner was shot trying to be a hero. He balls up his fists to keep himself from charging the building to get the others out. Danny is a good cop, he tells himself, he survived Iraq, he knows how to remain calm in a situation like this. Sadly he didn't realize just what the man holding his partner was capable of doing. The sirens finally converge on him and he knows today is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. And it starts, he said inside.

5:00 pm – Corner of Front Street and 16th Avenue

"Time to put you someplace I don't have to worry about you," Moon Dog huffs as he grabs the back of Danny's jacket collar and yanks Danny to his butt and drags him to the far corner, away from the others but still able to see them. "Now sit there and behave and perhaps you can save these people. Piss me off in the least and one by one they will die before your eyes and then you'll follow," he warns as he shoves Danny into the corner, landing awkwardly on his trapped and hurting wrists.

"At least one of them help Mr. Kamani's arm. It needs to be wrapped," Danny tries once more as he struggles to sit himself up in a better position.

"Fine!" Moon Dog yells. "Tell them what to do."

Danny looks at the scared group before him and heaves a large sigh. "Any volunteers?" He asks softly. "Please, the blood flow needs to be stopped."

One of the young women slowly raises a trembling hand. "I…um…have some…uh…first aid…training," she admits in a small voice.

"What's your name?"

"Amy."

"Amy I'm Danny Reagan," he said with a faint smile. "Would you mind wrapping Mr. Kamani's arm to stop the blood flow. Do you think you can remember how to do that?" He asks kindly.

"Y-yeah," she stammers.

"Where are the bandages?" Danny asks looking up at the man with the gun a few feet from him.

"No bandages," Moon Dog snaps.

"But…" Danny starts only to received a vicious backhand to the right side of his face. He winces in pain as his head jerks to one side and he tastes his own blood in his mouth from his cut lip. I refuse to show this asshole fear, he reminds himself inside as he quickly recovers and tries again. "Please let her get some bandages."

Moon Dog glares at Danny evilly and rushes up to the young woman. He yanks her to her feet by her arm and drags her to the middle isle. "Hurry up," he growls in annoyance. The young woman reaches a trembling hand to the shelf to get some boxes to fix the wound.

"What is your name?" Danny asks the other young woman.

"Tracy," she said wiping some tears away.

"I'm Danny, this is Cory and his mother and that's Mr. Kamani."

Tracy looks at the others and nods before looking back at Danny. "Are we going to die?"

"No, you are going to be just fine," Danny tries to assure her. "My partner is just outside and will find a way to get us all out safely. Just try to remain calm okay?"

"A lot of chatter going on back here," Moon Dog shouts at Danny as he drags the girl back to Mr. Kamani. "Fix him and then get back with your friend. And you…" he says looking back down at Danny. "I said for you to shut up!"

"I was just telling them to remain calm," Danny counters, looking him in the eye and refusing to back down. "What is it that you want?"

"When I'm ready to tell you I will," Moon Dog retorts as he quickly look up as he hears sirens starting to surround the building. "And so it starts…" he states with an evil laugh as he looks back down at Danny and sneers. "I think your partner will be looking for a new guy soon." He bends down to Danny, whispering in his ear, "you see there is nothing I want more than to kill you and then myself - slowly. Doctor gave me some really bad news today and I am going to celebrate right now with you all here. Sadly it was bad news! Terminal liver cancer. With that information can you guess how this day is going to end?"

"It doesn't have to end like that."

"You got a family cop?" Moon Dog taunts. "Thinnk they'll miss you? Wife? Kids?"

Danny keeps his eyes fixed ahead but inside his heart starts to race and body to lightly tremble; this man has nothing to live for and no reason in the world to surrender, there really was no way out. "Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why are you doing this? You have nothing to gain."

"Because firstly today I was bored and secondly one of your kind murdered my brother and now it's time to pay the grim reaper before I do. And that…" he pauses, standing back up and looking down. "Would be me."

"Your brother wasn't murdered..."

"HE WAS SO!"

"Look if you want to kill me then fine, but please let them go. Especially Mr. Kamani and Cory."

"Kamani stays since the owner of this dump decided to hire his stupid ass. And Cory probably sees more violence on his stupid video games than this. He probably sees more than five people killed at a time hell he probably even killed more than that so he stays also. And I'm warning you cop, because I do need you for a bit - kinda wanted to enjoy the moment a bit longer you know? But if you cause me any kind of trouble one of the ladies gets it. And that will be your fault. I've killed a cop; do you think I care about killing a civilian?"

Danny looks up at him in hatred and anger. He could tell by the dead, haunted look in Moon Dog's eyes that this man had no intention of ever letting any of them live. The way he holds his body is that of a man who knows he is condemned to death and is going to go down in a blaze of glory, taking as many along as he could. It would have happened sooner or later, Danny tells himself inside. I was the catalyst that started him on his journey; I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Damn it! He leans his head back on the cold of the wall he was up against and sighs heavily.

So here I sit, captured and trapped, at the mercy of a man no regard for human life and obviously on the edge of something. My hands are really starting to hurt and so is my head from the hits, which I think I will sustain more of before this nightmare is over. I taste blood in my mouth and my eardrums are ready to explode. I have faced tense, near death situations before, but none where I had so much to lose. Iraq was different. I think about Linda, the love of my life and my two sons, the better part of my life and know that I have too much to lose to even think about giving up. But right now, I have to push those thoughts aside, allow my heart to keep them safe and think about the five people counting on me to get them out of this alive. They are scared and counting on me to keep them calm and reassure them that they will be rescued safe and sound. I wish I could assure them of all that. If something happens to one of them because of me how will I live with that? I hear sirens outside and close my eyes and pray. I just hope King can figure a way out of this peacefully, otherwise this really is the end. Linda I'm so sorry.


A/N: Okay so how was this start? It's gonna be tense and angsty, but you know I'd NEVER kill Danny, just hoping to make like the show a little bit in the grit factor. It'll only be a few chapters long but am hoping you like it so far and want to read more. Please review and let me know and thanks again! If it sucks and you want to flame, please just leave in peace. THANKS EVERYONE!

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