Title: - Endings.
Author: - Katt.
E-mail: - kattanonhotmail.com
Rating: - R.
Feedback: - Like it or loathe it let me know.
Archive: - Archived at the Shield Fanfiction Archive.
Disclaimer: - I don't own any of the characters of The Shield, they all belong to Shawn Ryan and FX.
Author's Notes: - A response to the 200 word challenge issued at the Shield Fanfiction Archive to write a story with the theme "endings". As you can see I shamelessly pinched this theme as my title. One day The Shield will come to an end (frightening but sadly true), when it does this is my take on where the characters will be when those credits roll for the last time.
Lem.
No prison time, no life on the run. He was a free man. Free with no job, no friends, no self-respect. Free, but unable to look at himself in the mirror.
He'd always had reservations about the direction the team had been taking. At first it had been cutting a few corners to get a conviction, giving justice a helping hand. Then a hand in the drugs trade, to keep peace on the streets. Then came the Money Train. With the Money Train they became criminals, and Lem had known that it was going to end badly.
He'd turned rat. He'd handed his friends over to IAD. No prosecution for him if he gave a full statement, if he stood up in court and spilled his guts.
He'd never have done it, but Vic had gone too far. Dutch had been getting close. He was smart, and had been putting the puzzle together. Vic had said he had to be "removed". Christ, he'd wanted to kill him. Lem hadn't believed he'd do it, it was just talk, until Shane told him it wouldn't be the first time they'd killed a cop.
He'd turned rat so Dutch wouldn't become another Terry.