Authors' Updates: Two days in a row! Hows that for updates? Anyhow there probably won't be any updates until friday because the next two days I've got stuff going on. Thank you to all of you who are reading. Enjoy. :)

Cigar smoke curled around Hannibal's head as he lifted the massive flare gun from his shoulder. It was impressive in the dark, even though all it did would be to launch a giant exploding sparkler in the air, making a loud noise. Right now it was for show, not tell. "In fact, I think it would be a better idea if you all just went home tonight."

All the boys turned and pulled guns of their own, all of them but Bobby who stayed frozen in place looking at Charissa and then at B.A. who was just to the right of him. He sat her gun down on the ground and lifted his hands behind his head having no idea if these guys were cops or just some do gooders or friends of hers, though the way she was looking at the big guy he was certain they all knew eachother.

"He's got a big gun Ricky… maybe we should listen to him." One of the boys stated with a very unsteady voice.

"I ain't scared of you Pops. What you gonna do beat us down with your cane?"

B.A. shook his head and stepped forward, "Yeah fool and I'm the cane." He stated, smacking his fist into the palm of his hand, "Now get. I'm sure all y'alls Mommas are wonderin' where their little boys are." He instructed.

Some of the boys scattered then, but Ricky and two others stuck, Bobby stood in place because he really didn't know what to do and he wondered if these men knew where his little brother was… he had promised to take care of him after all.

"We're your nightmares." Murdock said, eyes a little wild as he hefted an even larger gun and pointed it at them. This one was real - practically a rocket launcher - but wasn't primed for use, so nothing would happen. Still, the thing was almost as big as one of the kids.

That did the trick, the fact the skinny guy was holding something bigger than the others made the rest turn tails and run.

"An' we better not hear of any trouble caused by any of you!" B.A. called after them.

Charissa sagged against the wall, the back of her head hurt, but other than that and being scared for her life she was no worse for the wear.

Bobby shifted nervously and slowly lowered his hands and looked at the men and their big guns worriedly, " I… I need to find my brother… have you… um… seen him?" He glanced at Charissa and looked down at the ground, "Sorry about all that, I didn't know…"

She moved forward to the boy and picked her gun up and her badge that one of them had dropped as they ran and returned them to their rightful places on her person, "I don't blame you, and it's not me you need to apologize to, it's your little brother. He's safe at the Center." She assured him.

Murdock turned to Hannibal. "Can I put this down now?" he almost whined. Hannibal nodded and Murdock dropped it to his feet. It made a beeping noise and lit up a little, revealing it to be a child's toy.

Face hurried to Sosa and took her shoulders. "What did you think you were doing!"

Bobby arched a brow at the fact the gun the skinny guy had was merely a toy, "Wow." He commented, and decided that he would not be going back to that gang at all.

B.A. took the kid aside and began giving him a talking to and instructing him that he could spend some time volunteering at the Center to stay out of further trouble.

Her first instinct was to of course protest that she knew exactly what she had been doing, but she hadn't and it was a hard pill for her to swallow, "I'm sorry." Her voice sounded as small as it felt, "I just... just thought I could…" She didn't finish the sentence; she had no excuse, nothing for this mess up. Instead she averted her eyes from him and looked down.

Hannibal thrust the flare gun into Face's hands and told Murdock to get everyone in the van. He didn't have to grab Sosa to let her know that she was staying with him.

Bobby watched the woman and the good looking man as the big guy, B.A. as he referred to himself as talked to him. He had been right, she did have someone and there was something more here than just do gooders, they all knew one another well it seemed.

B.A. led the kid to the van and told him to stay in the back with Murdock and allowed Face up front, He gave a glance to Sosa that was filled with both pity and annoyance as he got into the driver's side and drove off once everyone was in and buckled up properly and headed back towards the Center to reunite the two brothers and make sure they got home okay.

Charissa stayed back with Hannibal, she knew what was coming and said nothing. This wasn't going to be pretty or nice… and considering this wasn't the first time she had screwed up she was bracing herself for the worst. She had never seen Hannibal's temper exactly, but she had a funny feeling she was about to get the front row experience.

Well the guys saved the day! But now Charissa has to answer for her not so smart decision making. Be warned Hannibal is not very happy. So get yourself geared up for the next chapter when he gives Charissa a piece of his mind.

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