Disclaimer: I do not own FAKE or any of its characters. I do own Dr. Curtis, Nurse Vee, and Jonathon Adams. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
Ryo knocked on the chief's door. "WHAT?" came the chief's voice from inside the office. Three detectives jumped and looked at each other before Ryo opened the door. "You wanted to see us sir?" Ryo asked poking his head in along with Dee and Drake.
"Yes, get in here." The chief said gruffly. Ryo opened the door fully and, after letting Dee and Drake enter, he shut the door behind them. The three men took a seat in front of their superior's desk. "The reason I have called you three in here is because of JJ's case. I have been debating with myself whether or not to take Parker here off the case and let you two handle it and I know the commissioner has already informed you of my decision," he said indicating Dee and Ryo.
The two detectives just nodded their heads. Drake got an angry look on his face and slammed his fist down onto the chief's desk. "Chief you can't do that! JJ is my partner! I have a right to help find the bastard who shot…"
"SILENCE PARKER!" The chief yelled. All three men winced at the chief's gruffness. "Now I will allow you to stay on the case provided that Laytner and Maclean make the actual arrest when you do find him. I don't want you going near the suspect for fear that you let your emotions get the better of you."
"What do you mean chief?" Drake asked confused.
"Everyone in the precinct knows you have feelings for Detective Adams. Well everyone that is except for Detective Adams. I don't want your emotions getting in the way and end up with you killing this guy. Now I know Laytner has had problems with that in the past but I trust Maclean to keep him under control, but I don't think he can handle both of you."
"Hey! What are you trying to say chief?" Dee was a little offended by that remark.
"I'm saying that you have anger control issues but as long as Maclean is around he'll keep you in line." Ryo chuckled at the pout on Dee's face. Dee mumbled to himself and crossed his arms over his chest sitting back in his chair. "Now get out of my office and Parker remember what I said." The three stood, saluted their chief, and left the office with Dee closing the door behind them.
Drake looked at his watch. 15 minutes had gone by and he sighed. It was 11:00 and the official time for him to be on the clock. The three walked down hall and entered Drake's office. Drake sat at his desk and looked at Dee and Ryo standing by the door. "Guys the chief's right. If I ever get my hands on the dickhead that shot JJ I will kill him. Please make sure that I don't end up a murderer."
Dee and Ryo looked at each other. Ryo walked over to Drake and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry Drake. We promise we won't let you do anything crazy. Right Dee?" Ryo looked over his shoulder at Dee. Dee walked over to them. "Yeah buddy. Ryo's right. We won't let you do anything stupid. You can count on us."
Drake cracked a small. "Thanks guys. I know I can count on Ryo." He purposely left Dee out of that sentence and Dee noticed. "What about me?"
"Please. You can't even stop yourself from doing something stupid." Drake giggled.
"Hey I resent that. Name one time when I did something stupid."
"How about the time when you and Ryo went on vacation in England and that hotel manager tried to kill Ryo and then you tried to beat him to death." Dee folded his arms across his chest and scoffed. "He hurt my Ryo and that pissed me off."
"Or last year on Halloween when you tried to sneak up and jump on Ryo but you landed on top of the chief instead and your lips locked." Drake snickered. Ryo started laughing.
Dee gasped in surprise. He had been hoping Drake wouldn't bring that up again. That had been one of the most embarrassing nights of his life. "That's not fair. I didn't know the chief was there. I thought he had gone outside for a smoke and Ryo moved on me."
"You shouldn't have tried to jump me in the first place Dee." Ryo said laughing. Dee looked at Ryo with a hurt look on his face. "Et tu Ryo?"
"Or the time-"
"Ok ok. Dude I said name one time jeez. I get the point." Ryo and Drake laughed and Dee just sat there and pouted. Everyone loved to pick on him about stupid stuff in his past. Ryo watched Dee pout for a second then walked over and lightly kissed his cheek. "Feel better?" A small smile graced Dee's lips. "A little."
Drake watched the scene. He sighed and prayed that one day he would get the chance to tell JJ how he felt about him. He wanted to be with JJ but now he might not get the chance. 'No! Stop thinking that. He is going to be fine.' He mentally screamed at himself.
Drake yelped and jumped when his cell went off in his pocket. He forgot that he had put it on vibrate. Ryo and Dee looked at him strangely for a second and Drake chuckled sheepishly. He pulled his cell out of pocket. "Forgot I had it on vibrate. It surprised me." Dee and Ryo chuckled. Drake flipped it open his phone but didn't recognize the number. He answered anyway. "Detective Parker."
"How does it feel Detective to have someone close to you get hurt?" The voice on the other end sounded raspy and Drake could faintly hear cars in the background. "Who is this?" At the sound of Drake's stern voice and the look of confusion and anger on his face Ryo and Dee knew it had to be the shooter. Drake put the phone on loudspeaker so Ryo and Dee could here. "Oh you'll find out soon detective but first how is your friend Jemmy doing?"
"You son of bitch how the hell do you think he is doing? You shot him you bastard! You better count your blessings he isn't dead or I'll send you to your grave when I get a hold of you."
"Temper Temper Mr. Parker. I'm only putting you through the same torture you put me through." The three detectives could easily hear the venom in the perp's voice. Drake honestly had no idea what this guy was talking about. What did he mean? He looked at Dee and Ryo who both shrugged. Obviously Drake had done something in the past to hurt this guy and now he is seeking revenge but what. "What are you talking about?" Drake asked confused.
"Again you'll find that out soon enough Detective. In the mean time I would keep a close eye on my friends if I were you. Goodbye for now. I'll call you again soon. Oh and tell Detectives Maclean and Laytner who are listening in on this call not to bother with trying to trace it. It won't work. Bye."
With that the call ended and the three officers were left listening to a dial tone. Drake flipped his phone closed and with shock written on his face he looked toward the other two people in the room. Dee and Ryo looked equally as shocked. "How did he know we were here?" Dee asked after a few minutes silence.
"He must be watching us. We didn't make a sound so there is no other way he could have known we were in here unless he was watching." Ryo had a point. Not once during the call did Dee or Ryo move to indicate they were there. Drake went to the window and looked outside for anything suspicious but all he saw was the normal hustle and bustle of the busy streets of New York. He moved away from the window and sat back down at his desk. "I'm gonna get started trying to track down this lunatic."
"Alright. Ryo and I will try to round up some witnesses that might have seen something we didn't. If you get a call from the hospital call us and let us know how JJ is doing." Dee said
"I will. Good luck guys." With that said Dee and Ryo left to enter to crowed streets of the city. Drake sighed to himself. He pulled out some papers from a folder on his desk labeled "Adam's Case" and starting going through them.
After about an hour of looking through the file for any leads Drake sighed and laid his head on his desk. He couldn't find anything. He left the office and headed toward the break room to get some coffee when his cell rang for the third time that day. He checked the number. It was Dee. "Hey Dee."
"Hey Drake. Ryo and I have a little bit of a lead on the shooter. We found a witness who was able to give us a vague description of the suspect in question. It's not much but it should help some. We are going to pick up something to eat before we come back in. Do you want anything?"
"What are you going to get?"
"Ryo wants to try this new Japanese place that just opened which is understandable considering he is half-Japanese."
"Sounds good. Just bring me back whatever. Thanks."
"Alright. Later." Drake flipped his phone shut and sighed. He entered the break room and saw Ted drinking some coffee. "Hey Ted." He greeted his friend while pouring himself a cup of coffee.
"Hey man." Ted saw that Drake looked a little frazzled. "Are you ok?"
"I'm just a little stressed from JJ's case that's all." He added some sugar and creamer into his cup and started to stir it. "Speaking of JJ, how is he?"
"Doctor called me this morning and said that he is suffering from a severe infection and a high fever."
"Is he going to be ok?"
Drake took a sip of his coffee before answering, "Doc said he was giving him some antibiotics to fight the infection but it will take some time to see if they work." Drake wasn't for sure but he thought he a small mincing look in Ted's eyes. 'That's crazy. Why would Ted hurt JJ? He is our friend. I must be losing my mind.' He quickly dismissed the idea. "Well I hope JJ gets better. Have you got any leads on the shooter?" Ted asked while taking a sip of his coffee.
"Dee and Ryo found a witness who was able to give us a vague description of the perpetrator. It's not much but it should help some." There it was again except it was a look of fear of finding out about the witness. 'Stop it Drake. Ted is our friend. He would never do anything to either of us. Pull yourself together.'
"Well don't worry yourself to much. I have no doubt that you will find your guy. You never know he could be closer than think." With that said Ted threw his coffee away and left the room heading back to his office. Drake just stood there staring at the door. 'What the heck did he mean by that?' Suddenly he remembered something the suspect said to him on the phone. "I'm only putting you through the same torture you put me through." That gave him and idea. Forgetting all about his coffee he left the break room. Instead of going to his office, Drake went down to the ground floor. He entered the file room and an officer greeted him. "Hello Detective Parker. Can I help you?"
"Yeah. I need the files of all the arrest I made in the last ten years." The officer began looking through a lot of file cabinets pulling together all the files of people that Drake arrested. When he was done he handed about 700 files to Drake. "Here you go."
"Thanks Officer David." With that Drake headed back to his office. When he got there he saw Dee and Ryo there with the food. "Dude what's all that for?" Dee asked curiously.
"Remember what the shooter said on the phone about putting me through the same torture I put him through?"
"Yeah. What about it?"
"That gave me an idea. Maybe the shooter is someone I arrested in the past who is out to get revenge on me."
"Then why shoot JJ? Why not just shoot you?"
"Maybe he wants him to suffer emotionally not physically because he might have been through some trauma while he was in jail." Ryo suggested. Drake looked like he was about to drop half the file so Ryo decided to help him by grabbing half of them and placing them on the desk. Drake put the other half down beside the other stack and turned to Dee and the bags of Japanese food. "What did y'all get?"
"I got a rice bowl with some Sushi and Ryo got something called Onigiri." Dee started taking the containers of food out of the bag and handing it to the correct person.
"What the heck is that?"
"Onigiri are rice balls made of cooked rice and wrapped with nori seaweed. They are slightly salted and contain additional food in the center, like an umeboshi, or pickled Japanese apricot, katsuobushi, or dried bonito shavings, tuna or salmon." Ryo said taking his food from Dee. Drake made a gagging noise and scrunched up his face like he smelled something awful. Ryo gave him a sour look. "Don't knock it till you try it."
"What did you get me?" Drake asked taking his food from Dee.
"Fried Rice." Drake opened his container and staring back at him was some delicious looking rice. He grabbed a fork off his desk and took a small bite. "Mmm."
"So anyway what did you find out about our shooter?"
"Like we said we didn't get much. The witness didn't get a real good look at the guy's face. He did tell us that it looked like he had either blue or green eyes and short blood red head hair. He was about 6ft' 4in, slender with a slight build and a slight tan. He was wearing blue jeans a black muscle shirt and a blue jeans jacket." Ryo describe before taking a bite of his own food.
Drake took another bite of rice. "Ok well lets finish eating and look through these files." After about thirty minutes when they were all through eating Dee cleaned up all the empty food containers and threw them away. All three of them grabbed a stack of files and started looking through them. They looked for about an hour until Dee came up with something. "Here's a guy that fits the witness description. James Richardson. Short red hair, green eyes, 6ft 5in, arrested by you seven years ago for sexual assault and murder of two teenage girls and attempted sexual assault on a third." While Dee was talking Ryo was busy on the computer looking up where James was now. Drake took the file and looked through it. Ryo found what he was looking for and got the other two detectives attention.
"Says here he was released about 3 to 4 weeks ago for good behavior after serving half his sentence and is now living up in the Bronx and working as a mechanic." Ryo printed out the home address and work address of James.
"Alright, we'll go check him out while you stay here and continue the search for more possible suspects."
"Alright. Good luck guys." Dee and Ryo grabbed their jackets and headed out the door while Drake continued to look through all the files.