Well, the long awaited sequal to Waylon County High is here...

Chapter 1

Hanson yawned as he slowly sat up in bed. He had heard a knock at the door. He flinched as he felt a pull at the tender skin beneath the gauze bandage on his stomach. His ribs were taped where he had been having trouble breathing from the previous damage. It was amazing he hadn't actually had any broken ribs from the assault of Darren Thompson and the endless compression when he came close to loosing his life.

"They're bruised, but there is a chance you were going to have a little trouble breathing, so we're gonna go ahead and wrap you really good." The doctor had explained. Hanson had welcomed anything to help as it had been almost suffocating more than once from the damage to his chest.

Hanson sat bare chested in his sleeping pants looking around the room. Booker had laughed at Hanson trying to deal with the grey and white hospital gown while walking up and down the hallway. He and Penhall had decided to get him a nice pair of flannel sleeping pants so he could loose the gown. Hanson had been overjoyed when the twosome had brought the blue and red flannel bottoms to him. His wrists were wrapped in white gauze strips as the lacerations on his wrists were bad enough there was fear they would become infected. He heard the knock again. Hanson cleared his throat and responded "Come in."

The door opened slowly revealing a petite blue eyed girl… Lexi George.

"Shit." Hanson thought to himself. His heart sank as she stared blankly at the officer in the bed in front of her. She faked a smile as the officer looked back. She was wearing very form fitting blue jeans with small embroidered flowers and sequins running down the seams. She wore a letterman's jacket with leather sleeves. Her perfectly sun streaked hair flowed down across the back of the purple and gold jacket. The face of an Indian adorning the back of the wool jacket, on the front the name Darren Thompson was stitched across it.

"Hi." Hanson stated as the girl meandered into the room. She was looking out the window of his room and down into the parking lot. She seemed distracted with her hands in her pockets she barley gave him a hello. Hanson watched as she stopped at the window and continued to start out. She was lost in thought. Perhaps lost in the idea that her perfect boyfriend was going to do serious jail time for the murder, whatever it was she was distracted.

"Tommy…" she asked looking at the confused officer.

"Yeah." He responded. He was watching her as she looked one more time out the window and smiled. Then turned and walked over towards the bed where Hanson sat running his fingers through his hair.

"Is it true?" She asked as she approached the young officer.

"Is what true?" Hanson asked furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.

"Are you a cop?" She was standing next to the officer fumbling with something in her pocket.

"What?" Hanson asked. He was starting to get nervous as she got closer to him. How did she find out about him? They were still officially undercover until the charges were filed and Dean released them. Dean wanted to be sure that all the responsible parties from the murder of Kirk Davis were officially charged. Until that happened Dean wanted to keep Booker, Penhall and Hanson undercover in Waylon.

"I don't…" Hanson froze midsentence as Lexi pulled a small .9mm handgun out of her pocket and shoved it into Hanson's face.

"I know that you are a cop." She stated very agitated. She cocked the hammer on the weapon and ordered the officer out of the bed.

Hanson stood slowly clutching his side where her boyfriend had buried his knife in his stomach. Hanson stood still as she circled him looking him up and down like a piece of meat. Hanson started to turn and face her as she threw a flannel button up shirt at the officer.

"Put this on and walk." She ordered.

"Lexi… whatever he told you to do…" Hanson tried to reason with the young girl.

"Shut up… just shut up and move." She raised her voice. She pointed the weapon at the officer again with her shaking hand.

"I… Lexi… please…"

"Shut up and go now. Put your arm around me and walk with me now." Hanson looked at the young girl giving him orders. He swallowed hard. He knew it was fall outside and he had no shoes and the little bit of clothing he had on wasn't going to prevent him from getting cold. He was wishing that the nurse hadn't taken the I.V. out of his arm the day before. "I will have this in my pocket and if you do something stupid I will use this."

Hanson looked at Lexi one more time as she pushed the weapon into his injured ribs. Hanson flinched and put his arm around her shoulder. The two walked out of the officer's room and down the hallway.

"Is everything alright Officer Hanson?" Tom wanted to die right then as the nurse officially blew his cover. Tom stopped and looked back at the nurse who was standing at her desk.

"Uh… yeah… I just need to step out and take a smoke break." Hanson stated hoping that his answer would indicate that there was trouble. The nurse looked at the young officer's charts and than at the officer and shrugged her shoulder and stated "Ok." She sat down and began working again.

Hanson walked slowly to the elevator. The two stepped into the small box shaped lift and Lexi pushed the button indicating LEVEL 1. The doors closed with a beep and then the lift began to move slowly down.

"I knew it." She responded. "Darren was right."

"Darren…" Hanson started to move away from the student when she pulled the weapon from her pocket and pointed at the officer again. The elevator came to a stop and she quickly pocketed the weapon and grabbed a hold of his half buttoned shirt walking him out of the elevator through the vacant lobby and out the doors.

The air was warm but it still had the light nip of fall in the air. Hanson hadn't been out in the sun for nearly five days since his brush with death. The bright sunlight flooded his eyes and he put a hand up to shield his eyes. Without missing a beat she yanked the officer's shirt and pulled him in the direction of a brown Pontiac near a corner of the building where a man wait with his face covered by a blue ball cap. There was little activity today at the hospital laving no way for Hanson to even try and signal for help. The young girl shoved the officer into the waiting man who lifted the bill on his cap to reveal Darren Thompson.

Hanson gasped as he froze in place his hand cupping his damaged stomach. He felt a nervous knot rise in his stomach as he stared into the face of his tormentor. This couldn't be he was supposed to be in jail. How on earth did he rope this good girl into doing his evil deeds?

"Hello Officer Tommy Hanson." Darren smiled at Tom while using an overly friendly voice. He popped the officer in the stomach his fist landing directly over where Darren had driven a knife into Hanson's stomach. The officer crumpled dropping to his knees holding his stomach. It was like a thousand blinding lights all hitting him at once when he felt Darren's hit. The student was powerful and the damage he had just inflicted on Hanson was felt all through his body.

Darren grabbed a handful of Hanson's hair dragging the young officer to his feet. Hanson held tight to the rubber gasket and top of the trunk which Lexi had hit a button to open. Hanson sucked a deep breath in through his clinched teeth. He looked up at Darren who glared back at Hanson.

"Don't do this Darren… don't get Lexi…" Darren interrupted Hanson by pulling the officer in towards him. His icy stare bore down on the officer.

"Get in the trunk." He stated. Hanson shook his head.

"Darren… don't do this…" Hanson tried to push past the bigger man who lifted the officer off of his feet by his collar ripping the material as he shoved the injured man into the confined back end of the car slamming the lid closed over his prisoner.

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