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BA was furious. How dare that bitch do this to Face? He had been watching TV when Hannibal had carried him home and when he first saw how broken his little brother was he wanted to kill someone. It had taken hours of working out and hitting the punching bag for him to be able to control his temper. He couldn't believe that Sosa had just left. It was one thing to break up with a guy but a whole other world to just vanish with a note.
It was Friday night now and Face was still moping around, and BA had decided that enough was enough. "Get dressed pretty boy. We are going out." That's what they needed BA decided, a guys night out where they could drink some beer and watch the game. He over rode Face's protests and dragged his two little bros to his van.
The bar was crowded when they walked in so they had to fight their way through to reach the bar. BA ordered them all a beer and they pushed their way to a little back table with a decent view of the game. At first there was the awkward silence of three guys who didn't want to get emotional but as the night wore on the alcohol started to erode their walls.
"Face, honestly she's not worth it! She was a bitch and only cared about herself." BA slurred as he threw his arm around Face's shoulders. Face smiled and heartily agreed as he tossed back his drink.
"Ya Facey, you got us and we are so much better than el Diablo." Murdock giggled manically to himself as he sang drunkenly. Face joined in and ended the song with another toast. Then the boys looked sadly at their empty bottles. "Your turn BA. Chop chop my big friend."
Face grinned as BA staggered up to the bar again. They'd been sending him to get the drinks for the last three rounds. Wait, Face thought anxiously and tried to count how much they had drank. After they had drank the first round, Murdock had gotten one, and then BA got three. Soo that would make this drink number… "5!" he exclaimed proudly. He realized that they were pushing Hannibal's limits about now and shuddered at the thought of another talk with his dad about drinking. Yah this would be his last one, he decided.
What Face didn't know was that BA had drank more than that. Every time he had been sent up to get drinks he had ordered himself a shot of scotch and now he was having a hard time standing up straight. He stumbled his way through their order and clumsily made his way back to the table. He was almost there when he realized his friends weren't alone. Pike and 2 of his lackeys were blocking his way.
"I hear that you lost your girlfriend, Peck. What happened? She get tired of faking? No? Well then maybe she didn't want to join your threesome with the brawn and crazy over here." Pike jeered trying to get a rise from Face.
However Face was luckily a happy drunk who kept some common sense and he just smiled and turned back to Murdock. "Well captain. He would know about threesomes, what with tweedledee and tweedle dum over there." Murdock laughed at that and the Lackeys glared and started clenching fists. "Lets go BA, this place lets in every piece of shit that walks to the door."
Pike turned around to look at BA. "Oh there you are BA. Thought you might have been too stupid to find your way back without a guide."
BA stalked toward Pike threateningly, ready to kick his ass, but Face and Murdock grabbed his arms. "Come on big guy. He's not worth it and we really should get back before Hannibal gets pissed off." Face said soothingly. He kept it up till he felt BA relax. They let go and started heading towards the door.
Pike glared angrily as he watched his fight leave. "Yeah you better go home. Its past your bedtime." He spat. That's it BA thought. He'd been angry all week that he couldn't help Face get over Sosa, that he couldn't kick her ass for hurting his bro. Now here Pike was, making himself a perfect target for his anger, yet another person trying to hurt his family. BA snapped and swung at Pike's annoying smirk.
Now when BA was sober he would have been able to take down the three men easy, as it was he could barely stand so the tussle was taking some time. BA could feel their punches landing as he rocked on his feet but it would take more than that to knock BA down. He was so absorbed in fighting his enemies and trying to shake his brothers off his arms that he didn't hear the sirens.
It was a complete shock to him when the cop grabbed him forcibly and snapped on cuffs. Shit Hannibal was not going to be pleased with him. He made eye contact with Face and Murdock and sent them a silent plea to leave Hannibal out of it as he was led out the door and pushed into the waiting police car.
Face groaned as BA was led out. They were so screwed. He knew that BA wouldn't want Hannibal involved so he grabbed Murdock and they raced home. They had to get their money and bail out the stupid idiot who had ignored them and fought in a crowded bar. They snuck into their rooms and grabbed their cash before racing back downstairs. They were just leaving when they heard Hannibal's quiet voice behind them.
"Going somewhere boys? Maybe to bail BA out of trouble?" They froze guiltily and turned to look at their angry colonel. "Did you honestly think you could keep this from me?" Face quietly mumbled something but trailed off after a couple seconds, bowing his head. "Go to bed boys. We will talk when I get back." Hannibal was furious that BA had been arrested. They knew better than to attract attention and the fact that they weren't going to tell him made him angrier. It was a good thing he had some contacts in the police department. He had been called as soon as BA entered the station. He watched as his two other boys stumbled up the stairs. Apparently they had drunk a bit more than they should too. He sighed and headed to the station.
Hannibal talked to his friend in the police and managed to get the charges against BA dropped. The cop went to release BA but returned a few minutes later alone. Hannibal curiously raised his eyebrow. "When he heard you were here, he said that he'd rather stay. " the cop said with a laugh. Hannibal rolled his eyes and walked towards the pens in back.
There was BA, sitting against the wall in the back of the cell. He glanced up and flinched when he saw Hannibal's angry face. Hannibal beckoned him to get up but Ba immediately dropped his gaze back to the ground as he muttered out apologies. "Hannibal man, I'm sorry. Seriously I was stupid and it won't happen again I prom…." He trailed off as Hannibal grabbed his arm and hauled him to his feet, landing a painful swat on his behind for making Hannibal get him. He was then led past the grinning cop and pushed into the car.
The drive back home was silent after BA attempted to apologize and Hannibal had angrily told him he would be. BA cringed back in the seat and wondered how bad this was going to be.
Hannibal had punished him a couple times before but it was normally just groundings and extra training. He had earned one spanking before when he attacked Murdock after being tricked into flying and that one spanking had been enough. After that he got an occasional swat when Hannibal got annoyed with his attitude but that had always been enough of a warning for him to back off. He was pretty sure he had screwed up enough tonight to earn another spanking and the thought made him flinch.
They got home and BA obediently got out of the car and went to his bedroom. It was half an hour later when Hannibal walked in to call him out of the corner. Hannibal had used the time to check in on his two other boys. They'd reluctantly had told him what happened and he'd grounded them both for a week with an extra hour of training a day. A relatively mild punishment for them but they had tried to drag BA out of the bar.
"Over the desk BA. Now." BA looked pleadingly at Hannibal who just glared until he bent over. Hannibal let one hand rub BA's shaking back before starting his lecture with a steady swatting. "I don't know what you were thinking BA. When you go to a bar, you can drink a few beers but you know better than to get wasted. I can't believe you let your defences down so much that you couldn't take down three drunken idiots. That is unacceptable. What if you were attacked? How would you protect Murdock and Face?" BA was gasping by this point. The truth is he had never thought about being attacked. Ever since that first fight he had found himself being their protector, stepping in between them and whatever danger came along. He flinched at the thought of one of his friends getting hurt because he was too drunk to protect them.
Hannibal felt the flinch and realized he was getting through to BA. Normally when he was spanking his boys, he would wait till he felt them start to cry before finishing up but he knew that BA would never let himself reach that point. Face and Murdock could take a lot of pain but the guilt always broke them down into sobs. He knew that BA felt awful for what happened but he would never let anyone see him cry. "You don't pick fights. If someone attacks you, you defend yourself but you don't ever throw the first punch. I don't care what he said, he's a moron and his opinion doesn't matter. Do you hear me?" BA quickly gasped an affirmative and apologized desperately. Hannibal quickly did the next ten swats on his sitting spots and then pulled his boy up and into a hug.
Hannibal hated punishing the boys but the thought of them doing something stupid and getting in serious trouble insured he would do it. He had to make sure that they thought things through because he knew that he wouldn't always be able to be there. He continued rubbing BA's quivering back and thanked god that his kid hadn't been injured in his drunken battle.