Chapter 10
Ty got to her Mustang just as she heard Liz call her name. "Hey. How's Joey doing?" Ty asked, turning to face her sister. She crossed her arms under her chest and leaned against the hood of her car.
"The doctor just upped his morphine drip. He was in a lot of pain." Liz grimaced, remembering the haunted look in Joe's eyes.
"He'll heal and be back to himself in no time." Ty said, pulling her sister into a hug.
"How's Billy?"
"He was sleeping when I left. He was a bit…feisty when I said goodbye so I'm sure he'll be trying to get himself discharged tomorrow." Ty rolled her eyes and Liz laughed.
"Good luck keeping him in a hospital bed until he should actually be out." Liz laughed lightly. "I'm so glad I have the more manageable brother. So what are you doing tonight?"
"I've gotta get the money from the guys day and then we have some planning to do."
"What kind of planning? Or do I not want to know?" Liz asked, trying unsuccessfully to stare Ty down.
"Retribution." Ty said, her upper lip curling back in sneer.
"What are you talking about Ty?"
"You didn't honestly think that I would let Danny and his boys shoot our men, almost kill both of them, trespass in our territory and just let them go?" Ty released a feral sounding growl and Liz instinctually took a step backwards. The anger radiating off of Ty was practically visible and Liz was truly frightened of her sister for the first time. She was very glad that she wasn't going to be on the receiving end of all of that hostility.
"Okay, it's one of those times that I don't want to know. When will you be home?"
"I don't know. Late." Ty said, getting into her car and slamming the door. She flipped her phone open and pressed the speed dial number 5.
"Bodie?"
'Sup Ty?
"Call everyone. Have them meet me in a half hour at the Four Roses."
Sure. Whatever you say boss. Ty flipped her phone closed and started the car. Feeling the need to scream she put on her favorite Atreyu song.
'And it pulses through,
The desire to change
To deconstruct,
All of my,
All of my past failings,
But where to begin,
Because when you live in sin it's Hard to look at saints,
Without them reflecting your jet black aura back at you,
And all I have is hope,
My Inner burn's not fading,
I wipe the blood from my cheek and get on with my day,
Will you still hold me when you see what I have done,
Will you still kiss me the same when you taste my victims blood,
So Crimson and Red,
I feel it flowing from your lips,
(Crimson and Red),
My heart is dead and so are you,
Ty pulled up outside of the bar just as the song finished. She got out of the car and walked into the bar. She ordered three shots of Jack and a beer. "Thanks Mike. It's been a rough day." Ty did the shots back to back with barely a breath in between and chugged half of the beer. She sat down on the bar stool in front of her with a contented sigh.
"How are Billy and Joe?" Mike asked, taking her empty shot glasses and wiping down the bar in front of her.
"They're good. They'll both be in the hospital for a while but they'll be back to normal in no time."
"That's great. Can't have my two best customers dying on me." Mike joked, pouring two more shots of Jack and setting one down in front of Ty. They clinked glasses and did the shot to the health of the recovering patients.
Ty smiled as she heard the familiar rumble of Billy and Heco's cars pulling up outside the bar. "No shots for the boys tonight Mike until we are done with our meeting." Ty said, getting up from her stool as the guys walked in. They took up their usual spots around the tables, leaving Billy's seat open for her. She sat down and Baggy handed her the canvas bag. She took it and put it under her seat.
"Okay. Down to business. We are going to get Danny and his boys back for this attack. We are going to make an example out of the mother fuckers. No one fucks with our territory and gets away with it. Now here's what we're gonna do." Ty leaned forward conspiratorially and the men leaned toward her to catch her harshly whispered words.
Five minutes later Bodie sat back grinning. "There's no way they're getting out of this."
"Damn right. That's the idea." Ty smirked and they all laughed. "Give me a couple of days to get the details worked out with Danny then we'll do this." She signaled to Mike and he brought over a round of Jack shots and a full bottle.
After doing a shot to the success of their plan Ty got up and walked out the front door of the bar. She lit up a cigarette and took a drag before dialing Danny's number.
Hello? Danny's gravelly bass voice answered.
"Danny, this is Ty."
Ty? He asked, obviously confused.
"Ty Mills."
Darley's bitch? What the fuck do you want? His tone demanding but slightly intrigued.
"After the shooting today I'm in charge and I'm sick of fighting your gang. I was thinking that we could talk about an alliance?" Ty asked, taking another drag of her cigarette and blowing it slowly through pursed lips.
Why would I be interested in something like that? Danny laughed outright at her suggestion.
"Besides increased territory and a stronger force to protect it?" Ty feigned innocence.
Did you forget what I said the last time we talked?
"No, that's not the kind of thing a girl forgets very easily. I was counting on it actually. I'm tired of Billy's bullshit and I think its time I had a real man to back me up."
A real man huh? I think I can handle that. When do you want to meet?
"Tomorrow night at the Asylum?"
Alone?
"Just this first time. I don't want to have to share your attention." Ty purred suggestively.
Danny laughed. I'll be there at 7. See you there love.
Ty flipped her phone closed and resisted the urge to throw it across the parking lot. She shivered from head to toe thinking about what she had to do the next evening. She walked back into the bar and sat down in her seat. Bodie looked at her expectantly and she grimaced. "Step one complete." She poured herself a shot half the size of a beer glass and drank the whole thing down in one gulp. She grimaced slightly as she set the empty glass down.
"That bad huh?" Spink asked, sitting down next to her.
"Flirting? With a guy that isn't Billy?" Ty snorted in disgust. "Yeah, it's that bad." Ty shivered again. "Alright, I'm going home before that alcohol has a chance to kick in. Heco, Baggy, it's your turn for the corner. I expect you to be here when I get done with Danny." They nodded in acknowledgement of the order. She got up and went out to her car. She was feeling slightly tipsy but didn't want to bother the guys so she drove herself home. She made it back to Liz's apartment and was surprised to note that it was only midnight. She was exhausted and felt like she hadn't slept in weeks. She went into the guest room and lay down on the bed.
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The next thing she knew sunlight was streaming into her eyes from the window whose curtains she had forgotten to close the night before. She was pleasantly surprised to find that she didn't have a hang over from all of the Jack she drank last night. Maybe I'm finally getting my tolerance back? She thought to herself hopefully.
She got out of bed and took a quick shower before heading to the hospital. She checked in on Joe who was sleeping peacefully. She didn't want to wake him so she went to go see Billy. Walking down the hallway, she saw a tray come flying out of Billy's door. One of the cups of Jello hit the wall and exploded, spraying its sticky green contents everywhere.
"What the fuck? I'm not fucking eating Jello. That's NOT food." Billy shouted as a nurse practically ran from the room. Ty walked in the door as Billy attempted to storm towards it still attached to his I.V.
"Get your retarded ass back in that bed before I make you wish the bullets had killed you." Ty growled, stalking over to Billy and shoving him harshly back down on the bed. "Did the doctor say you could get out of bed?" She demanded angrily.
Billy glared up at her defiantly. "Do you think I give a flying fuck what the doctor said?"
"You'll care when you need more surgery for them to scrape the decaying flesh out of your wound."
"That won't happen." Billy said, a touch of concern underlying his otherwise confident tone.
"Try it and see." Ty said, turning around and walking towards the door.
"Ty…"
"Yeah?" she asked, looking at him over her shoulder.
"You don't have to leave." He suggested almost petulantly.
"Are you going to stop acting like an idiot?" Billy sniffed and Ty saw him nod almost imperceptibly. She smiled and relented. "I'll stay but I gotta leave at 4."
"Why?" he asked, leaning against the raised head of the bed.
"I have an appointment with Bones and then I got shit to do with Liz." Ty lied easily.
"Alright." Billy reluctantly agreed. He patted the bed on his left side and scooted over to let her lay next to him. She smiled at him and curled up against his side, resting her head on his chest. He wrapped his good arm around her and trailed his fingers over her ribs, just enjoying being close to her.
"How did you manage that?" Billy asked a few minutes later.
"Manage what?"
"I went from a first class asshole to voluntarily laying here as calm as I've ever been. How did you do that?" He quirked an eyebrow, looking down at her.
She looked up at him and smirked. "Please. I've been dealing with our son's temper tantrums since he was born. Believe me when I say that your little fit there was nothing in comparison to Will when he doesn't get his way. He's as sharp as a tack and stubborn as a mule, even more so than I am." Billy snorted in disbelief. "You think I'm kidding? Just wait 'til you tell him he can't do something then come tell me I'm wrong." She laughed and draped her arm across his stomach. "We made one great kid William. I can't wait for you to meet him."
"I'm not so sure that's a good idea." Billy said, uncertainty evident in his voice.
"Why not? Don't you want to be a part of his life?" Ty demanded angrily.
"Yeah, I do. I'm just not sure that's what would be best for him. I don't…I don't want him to turn out like me."
"There are lots of worse people that he could choose to be like. You are a good man and I would be proud of him if he turned out to be like you. I don't think he'll turn out to be like either of us, though."
"Why do you say that?" Billy asked, truly curious to hear her reasons.
"For one thing, he is much smarter than either of us. I mean, I know we are both more intelligent than the average person but Will, god, he watches Discovery Channel for fun and gets mad at me if I make him go to bed before Nova is over. He wants to go to college and do something in the sciences. He can't decide between marine biology and archeology. He loves ancient Egyptian mythology and can name practically every pharaoh and the highlights of their reigns. Most importantly, you aren't Bones and would never do to Will what Bones did to you. He has me and I'm not going anywhere. There's also Liz and my other family who love him and would take him in a heartbeat. Anyway, long story short, there is no way that Will isn't going to do something with his life. Right now he needs his father to teach him how to fight and curse. Show him that it's okay for a man to be loving without being a pussy." She smiled up at him and he grimaced. "Alright, just the fighting and cursing for now."
Billy laughed. "Those I can handle. Enough touchy-feely shit." He laid his head against the pillow and quickly fell asleep.
Ty jolted awake several hours later to a noisy ruckus outside of Billy's closed door. She sat up, jostling Billy who groaned and rolled over onto his bad shoulder.
"Fuck!" He shouted, grabbing his arm to keep it from moving. "What the hell is that noise?"
Ty shook her head and went to stand up just as the door opened. Bodie, Heco, Baggy and Spink all stood there, grinning like idiots.
"What the fuck?" Billy asked, glaring at each of them in turn.
"Nothin'. Just happy to see you." Bodie said, grinning even bigger.
Ty cocked her eyebrow at them and noticed Spink wink at her. She got up and walked out into the hallway, claiming that she needed coffee if she was going to be able to deal with the goof-troop.
She and Spink walked down the hall until they were sure that they were out of earshot of Billy's room.
"Okay, spill. What the fuck is everybody so happy about?" Ty crossed her arms under her chest and waited.
"Danny and his men attacked B Street's territory last night and he got half of his men killed. B Street heard about Billy getting shot and was ready for something like that to happen to him." Spink said and Ty grinned.
"He just made our job so much easier. What the fuck is that jackass thinking? Does he think we're just going to roll over while he takes over all of Boston?" Ty shook her head in disbelief. "Our plan stays the same. This just means that we'll outnumber them almost two to one." Ty smiled. "Thanks for telling me before my 'date'. Speaking of which, I have to go get ready." She walked back into Billy's room and went over to the bed. She leaned over and pressed a kiss to Billy's forehead. He smiled and leaned back deeper into his pillows.
"I'll be back in the morning. Don't terrorize the nurses too much." Ty said, winking at Billy over her shoulder as she walked out of the room and down to her car. She got in and reached under her seat for the canvas bag that contained the money she owed Bones. Not finding the bag, she looked around the car and saw the bag sitting in plain sight on the passenger seat. She smiled when she saw the note written in Spink's writing on top of the bag.
Last night's 'contribution' is in here. Yell at me later about invading your personal space. Spink
She would yell at him later but for now she was just happy to have two nights work to take to Bones instead of one. She started up the car and drove over to the bodyshop. She parked behind the building and grabbed the canvas bag. She got out of the car and strode confidently into Bones office. Throwing the bag on his desk, she crossed her arms under her chest and waited.
Several minutes later a woman walked out of Bones' back room. She was hastily adjusting her too tight red tank-top and short black skirt. The woman squeaked and jumped when Bones smacked her ass playfully. Ty's jaw hit the floor when the woman turned and kissed Bones full on the mouth. After several moments of averting her eyes, she pulled herself together enough to clear her throat, alerting the couple to her presence. The woman jumped away from Bones as if burned, she blushed and Bones laughed.
"Ty, this is Sherry. Sherry, Ty." Ty nodded once to acknowledge the introduction, her mind racing to assimilate this new information. Sherry ran a manicured hand through her short, platinum blonde hair.
"It's nice to finally meet someone from his family." Ty smirked.
"I wouldn't really say I'm part of his family."
Sherry's leathered tan forehead wrinkled in confusion. "Bones said you were Billy's."
"I'm the mother of Billy's son but that's all." Ty stated, eyes narrowing into a defensive glare.
Sherry's ice-blue eyes sparkled in mirth. "In a gang, having the leader's baby makes you part of his family. You should know that hon." Sherry's voice took on a condescending tone that Ty immediately bristled at.
"Just who are you, again?" Ty glared at Sherry then shot a look at Bones as if to tell him to keep his bitch under control.
"She's my woman and B Street's mother so play nice." Bones growled, wrapping an oil-grimed hand around Sherry's waist.
"Whatever. The money's on the desk." Ty said, turning on her heel and stalking out of Bones shop.
"Just how does she get away with talking to me like that?" Sherry glared at Bones.
"She gets her job done, keeps her mouth shut and makes more money for me in one night than Billy did in a week." Bones shrugged when Sherry continued to glare at him.
"Ok, that I understand. But you didn't even tell her off for being disrespectful to you. You've killed people for less."
"Fuck. She…just doesn't…irritate me the way all of the rest of those punks that work for her do. I'd rather deal with her on a bad day than any one of those fucktards on a good day." Bones released Sherry's waist and went to sit at his desk, counting the money from the last two nights.
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Sorry about this chapter taking me so long to write. My muse has been extremely fickle and has managed to disappear again. I'm trying to write the rest of this but it might be a while again before I update. Reviews help kick my butt into gear so if you want a new chapter sooner, review! Love my faithful reviewers!