Falling In Love Again
Chapter 1: A Life For A Life
He was laying on his couch. He sighed and looked around, he didn't want to do it again. He was not in the mood to go to work. He groaned when his phone went off. He moved and grabbed his phone. it was a text from Roger.
*SOS*
Riggs sat up quickly. He quickly moved and got his keys and wallet. He ran out to his truck and jumped in. The SOS meant that someone that they knew had been taken. He drove to LAPD in record time. He ran into Avery's office and saw Roger and Avery standing there. He looked at Avery.
"Who is it?" He asked out of breath.
"It's Palmer." Riggs looked over at Roger who had spoke.
"What?" He asked.
"She was taken from her hotel last night." Avery informed him. He looked over at him.
"What leads do we have?" He asked.
"We have video of three men walking up to her door and breaking in. Then there is video of them carrying her out and putting her into a van." Avery said and showed Riggs the video. He watched the video very closely. He noted the Palmer was out cold. He looked at the van very closely as well. He noticed that the van was an off red and that it had a black tiger outline on the sides. Roger and Avery were looking at him.
"Riggs what are you doing?" Roger asked him.
"I am studying the van and the men that took Palmer. So if I see them out on the street I can go after them or follow them." He told them.
"Well, Bailey found a traffic video of the same van heading towards the docks." Avery told him. Riggs looked over and then looked at Roger.
"Then why are we not down there?" He asked him.
"Cause Riggs, there are some many places that they could hide her or the…" Roger didn't finish. Riggs looked at him with a very serious and angry look.
"She is alive." He told him.
"Riggs, you don't know that." Avery said and Riggs looked at him.
"SHE IS ALIVE!" He yelled at him. Avery held up his hands as Riggs looked back at the screen. Avery looked over at Roger and gave him a look. Roger looked from Avery to Riggs. He had a feeling about something.
-Eight Hours Later-
Riggs and Roger and the other's had found out where Palmer was. She was at the docks yes but she was in a warehouse that was heavily guarded. Riggs looked down at the letter that he had gotten for the men. The note was addressed to him and him alone. It told him if he wanted to see his friend again, then he would have to trade his life for hers. Avery told him that there had to be another way to get her out alive. Riggs looked over at Roger who looked over at him.
"What?" He asked him. Riggs pulled him away from everyone.
"I'm going to do it, and I want you to go with me to get her out safety." He told him.
"No Riggs, there has to be."
"There no other way Rog. They will kill her in an hour if I don't show up and offer myself to them. I don't mind it."
"I know you want to die." He told him.
"No, I don't but I will to save her." He told him. Roger looked at him with an odd looking.
"Okay." He said and they moved and started to walk to the building. Avery looked over and saw them.
"What are they doing?" He asked as he saw Riggs take out the ear piece.
"Murtaugh?" He asked.
"Riggs is going to do it." He told him and took out the ear piece. They got to the door and the man let them in once he knew who they were. Riggs and Roger walked in and saw Palmer tied to a chair. She looked like she had been beaten. She looked up and saw Riggs and narrowed her eyes.
"Ah, Detective Riggs and Murtaugh." Said the man. Riggs knew that the man was from the Cartel.
"I'm here, now let her go and I will hand myself over to you." The man smiled and Palmer's eyes widen.
"And what is he doing here?" He asked him.
"He is here to make sure she gets out alive and to….get my body." He told him.
"Fine. Cut her lose." A man walked over and cut her lose. She got up and ran over to him. The men went to move but Riggs stopped them by saying.
"Can we at least say goodbye first?" He asked the man. He nodded his head and moved his hands to tell the others to lower there guns. Riggs looked at her.
"Who beat you?" He asked her.
"I did." One of the men said with a big smile. Riggs looked at the man and then at the one who was going to kill him.
"I tell you what, you let me kill him and then you can kill me." The man thought about it and said.
"Fine with me." The man that beat Palmer looked at his boss. The other men grabbed him and brought him over to their boss.
"Riggs you don't have to do that." She told him.
"No, I do. This is the only time I can protect you and I will make it count." He told her. He moved and reached down and got a metal pipe and he moved and swag the pipe and hit the man in the gut and then he dropped it and pouched the guy in the face repeatedly. Once the man was bloody he moved and got the pipe again. He looked at the man and then at Palmer. His blood boiled with anger when he saw the bruises on her. He looked at the man. He moved his arms up and trusted them down and hit the man in the head with the pipe. He also did this repeatedly. Once he was sure the man was dead he dropped the pipe. He walked over to her and saw the look of horror on her face and Roger's. Riggs made Palmer look at him. She looked into his hazel eyes and, he smiled at her as he looked into her green ones. He leaned down and kissed her. Once the kiss broke, he looked over at Roger. Roger looked at him.
"You take care of everyone okay." He told him. Roger nodded his head.
"Martin." He looked back at her.
"It's okay." He smiled and kissed her again and then once more. He moved from her arms and walked over and got on his knees in front of the man. The man moved his hand out with the gun in it. He pointed the gun at Riggs's head. Riggs closed his eyes and breathed in. Then…
BANG!
Palmer and Roger watched as Riggs fell over onto the ground. Palmer could feel tears running down her cheeks. Roger moved and hugged her.
"Well, that is done." The man said and nodded his head at them and walked off. He told his men to get the body of their man and to come on. The two watched as they drove off. After they were gone Palmer ran over to Riggs and rolled him over. She and Roger looked and saw that the man had shot Riggs in the side of the head.
"Why the side?" Roger asked. Palmer leaned down and laid her head on Riggs's chest and cried hard. Roger watched as she quickly raised back up.
"He's still alive." She told him.
"What?" Roger reached down and felt a pulse. "My god, he is." He added and moved and called for help. Avery and the other's came and then help did. Roger told them what had happened but he lift out the part of Riggs beating the man to death.
-At the Hospital-
Riggs was just brought out of surgery. Roger looked over and saw Palmer setting near the bed holding Riggs's hand. Riggs was still sleep. He walked over to her. Roger placed a hand on Palmer's shoulder, she looked up at him.
"He did this for me." She said and looked back at him.
"Yes he did." Roger moved and got a chair and sat down beside her. He looked at her and she was still crying.
"Palmer?" She looked at him again.
"Yes?"
"Why did they take you?" He asked her.
"I don't know. I was shocked when Riggs said that he was there to trade his life for mine." She told him. Roger looked away.
"They used you to get to Riggs." He said.
"But why?" She asked him.
"I don't know, but if they learn that he is alive then they will come after you to get to him again. They will know if it worked once then it will work again." She looked at him as he spoke.
"We have to find out who wants him dead." She said.
"Yeah we do." Roger agreed with her.
"Mmm." They hear from Riggs. Palmer stood up and leaned over to him. She watched as his eyes opened and he looked at her.
"Hey." He said in a very weak voice.
"Hey, your okay now." She told him. Riggs looked around and then back at Palmer.
"Why am I?" He asked.
"He shot you on the side of the head." Roger told him. Riggs looked over at him friend.
"Why?" He asked him.
"We don't know." She said. Riggs looked at her and smiled a weak smile.
"You okay?" He asked her.
"I'm fine." She told him. She watched as a smiled came to Riggs's face.
"Good." Palmer watched as Riggs's eyes closed and he said good one more time and went back to sleep. Roger smiled and looked at them. Palmer leaned over and kissed him on the forehead. She leaned back up and moved his hair with her fingers. Roger smiled and got up and walked out of the room.