Chapter Eleven:

The next day Aaron was in the middle of a normal day at work when someone walked in that set his mind racing with about five seconds to come up with a plan. He grabbed the man he was working with and quietly but seriously gave an order, "Call the police. Now!". He took one last glance at the sketch he'd hung up on the wall before marching over to the man he knew was the same person. With as much civilness and benefit of the doubt as he could muster, he firmly grabbed the man's arm. "Sir, I'm going to need to to stay here until the police can come clear up something." he said.

The man instantly tried to run, giving Aaron all the proof - and the perfect excuse - he needed. He put all his weight into a single punch and managed to knock the man down in a burst of adrenaline. He sat on the man and called for help. "Someone help me hold him until the police get here! He's wanted!" he yelled. When he didn't get any responce fast enough he tried again. "He's the man from the news! The guy in that sketch over there!" he pointed to wall behind the bar, when the man luckily hadn't looked when he walked in "He's the one that raped the little boy!". With that he had about five other people helping to hold the man down.

A crowd formed around them, insuring that even if the man somehow escaped the six people holding him down, he was not getting away. "You made the worst mistake of your life." Aaron whispered to the man with more venom then the most poisonous creature in the world. "That boy is my cousin. And he's a cop's son. Not only is the law not fond of monsters that hurt children, you've hurt one of their own this time. You. Will. Pay." he finished. The man said nothing and gave up his fight, realizing he had no escape.


Jack hung up his phone and headed straight for his ex-wife's house. When she opened the door for him he walked right in. "They caught him." he said. Carly instantly threw her arms around him and squealed. When she pulled away she noticed Jack looked no where near as thrilled as she was. "JJ has to identify him. I have to take him to the station." he said. Carly's hands flew up to her mouth. "No! Jack, he's not ready!" she said. "We don't have a choice. They have to have something to hold him on so they can do the DNA test." he replied.

Carly called the boys downstairs and as soon as they saw their parents the knew it wasn't good. Jack took a deep breath before explaining what was going on. "They caught him. But you have to identify him." he gently told his youngest son. JJ instantly paled and looked like he was about to collapse. Parker gently pushed him into a chair while whispering "It'll be ok." to him. "Matching the description and the description of the car isn't enough to hold him on. We don't have a choice, I'll be with you and he won't be able to see you, JJ. We'll get it over as fast as possible. Once you identify him we can do the DNA test and they'll be no getting out of it when it matches. He won't be able to hurt you again, the trial will practically just be a formality." Jack reassured his son.


JJ felt every eye in the station on him and filled with sympathy when he walked in. He was trying his best to distance himself from what he was about to do. They all watched as the pale, terrified little boy with bruises and scars that had yet to fade was lead into the room where he would identify his attacker. JJ tried to reassure himself that if he had to be in public, at least he was no longer limping from that twisted ankle. It didn't do much good. After a short walk that felt like forever to the child, they made it to the room.

There were a couple other people in the room, as JJ had been told there would be. But that didn't make it any easier. As they called the men into the lineup JJ backed up against his father in terror. Then he froze. A man stepped out of the car walked towards him. / The man was beating him. The bright moonlight made it easy took make out the face he would never forget. / He was on his stomach on the ground. The man pulled off his pants. He knew what was going to happen. Then it did. He was screaming and crying and the man was inside him. "JJ! JJ are you ok!" Jack said, now kneeled in front of his hyperventilating son. "Number four. It's number four." the child managed to say, trying to calm himself down. "Are you sure?" a woman asked. "That's him. I know it." was the reply.

JJ forced himself to look away and Jack wrapped his arms around his shaking son. The woman called for the men to be lead back out and nodded to Jack, giving him a thumbs up as she left with the man who was with her. "You did it. That was him. He can't hurt you or anybody else. You're safe." Jack told now silently crying little boy. After a couple minutes JJ seemed to calm down a little bit and he gently pulled away from his father. "You did great, JJ. Now let's go home." Jack said.


Author's Note: Again, NOT the end. This will go through the trial and probably past that, It's not going to end any time soon. I know the way the man was caught was rather unlikely, but hey, it's a fan-fic for a soap. I'm allowed unlikely. Thanks so much to L.i.n.D.s.A.Y and y and r fan for the reviews! Please review and let me know what you think, this was a big chapter, I hope you guys liked it!