Chapter 12: Liar Hunter Part 2


Hello there! Time for a new chapter!

This is more Carlton and Katie fluff. Enjoy!

A/n - this chapter has been updated.

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Chapter 12

Bounty Hunter Part 2

or

Lier Hunter Part 2

"You know, people are going to look into the car and see me with a knife and call the cops, leaving a trail to the house boat." I said to Tancana while looking at him through the mirror. The crazy look had lessened from his eyes for now.

"You don't know that." He said. "No one will find you until I want you found." The knife went deeper, more blood came out of my neck.

"You're underestimating the police intelligence, which is not smart. Especial with Shawn and Carlton. He would put the pieces together. Just take the knife away from my neck. I can't drive if I'm dead."

The car was silent for a moment, the only sounds to be heard was his breathing which I could feel on my neck. When he finally removed the knife I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. Keeping one hand on the wheel, I reached over to my glove compartment and grabbed the scarf I always left there. Where I come from it gets cold fast, and a scarf can mean the difference from being freezing or being warm.

"What are you doing?" Tancana asked.

"I'm just grabbing a scarf to wrap around my neck. To stop the bleeding and to hide the blood"

"I got it. Focus on driving." He grabbed the scarf and wrapped it around my neck pretty gently but firm.

" I'm still driving. But let me make this clear, it is NOT for you or because I like you. It is because I could not live with myself if I helped put a man behind bars for a crime he didn't commit." I said.

"I understand. Sorry I freaked, but I just couldn't go to jail for as long as they were saying, and I freaked."

"It's fine. Now what boat do we use?" I asked as we pulled into the marina.

"This way" He said as we left the car. No one was around and, though the thought was scary that no one was around if he decided to actually kill me, I knew he was alright now.

I am defending the man who just kidnapped me. What the hell?

Maybe I'm in shock.

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The walk was spent in silence. Once we finally got to the boat, we climbed on board.

"Alright, I'm going to look for some proof. Stay here." He said. He walked towards the front and I sat down on some crates. I adjusted the scarf around my neck and held it tight to the cut. It hurt a lot, and the front of my shirt was stained with blood. I would never get it out.

A few moments later I could hear a motorboat, and knew it was Shawn and Gus coming.

The way I saw it, I had two options. Options one, stay. Have Shawn and Gus notice me, convince them to go help the man who kidnapped me instead of getting me medical attention. Gus would never go for it. I honestly don't think Shawn will either, not after he cut me.

Which left option two. Hide. I knew that if I stayed out in the opened Gus would convince Shawn not to go after Tancana and he needed to find the necklace. I hide behind a few crates and not a moment later I heard Shawn and Gus come aboard.

I heard one of the Shush the other one and then footsteps getting increasingly louder as the neared where I was hiding. They didn't stop though and continued towards the back getting quieter.

I now had to think of what I should do about Bird, who would be arriving next. It would be best from him to believe I was still Tancana's hostage. I saw some rope laying next to me and grabbed it. I used it to tie myself out in the opened. I know Shawn would question it, having already been here and obviously did not see me, but I needed to be seen by Bird.

Not a minute too soon, because I heard a moater and two gun shots. Then another two before Bird shouting.

"Give it up, peon"

His boat came closer and Bird climbed aboard. He walked right over to me.

"Back there." I attempted to nod in the guys direction, but the cut on my throat flared up in pain. I tried not to make a sound but it hurt a lot. Bird untied me then and I grabbed the scarf and pressed it closer to my throat. It wouldn't need stitches, but it bleed a lot. Of course, since I had to make it look like I was kidnapped by a suspected murderer I had to tie the rope tight. The rope was very scratchy and rough so it hurt my wrists a lot. A few scratches were even bleeding.

"Can you get to my boat?" He questioned. I nodded as he helped me up. Everything was spinning, and I leaned against a crate until it stopped. He ran towards the back and I, yet again, had a choice.

Go to his boat, go to Shawn's boat and be forced to go with Tancana again. Well, Shawn and Gus went with Bird anyway eventually. Besides, It would look way too suspicious if I didn't go to the boat.

Another gun shot from bird and more yelling.

"Open up, I will shot you!"

I forgot about Shawn shifting the gears forward, so when he did, I went flying off the boat.

Under normal circumstances, I would have been fine. I was a very good swimmer. But I was lightheaded from loss of blood. Had I really lost that much? The cuts and bruises stung and It was very disorienting. I couldn't tell up from down. Left from right. Was this really how I was going to die? By drowning?

Suddenly, someone was pulling on my wrist. It hurt, badly. and on reaction I opened my mouth on instinct to breath but instead got a mouth full of water.

Some say when you are about to die, your whole life flashes before your eyes. Some say they are wrong. It just goes black.

The people who are right, well, lets just say I'm one of them.

They only thing that flashes before your eyes are the important parts.

I saw my mom, training me. I saw Shawn teasing me about my dress. I saw Gus and I laughing at Shawn hitting on some poor girl. I saw me and Juliet throwing popcorn at each other while watching bones last weekend. I saw mine and Carlton's first kiss we shared, and his face afterwards.

Those were the last things I saw before my world went blank.

Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, the next thing I saw was Birds face extremely close to my own. I started coughing up water and he leaned back and sighed.

"You alright?"

"Why wouldn't I be? Just been tied up, choked, drowned, kidnapped and had a knife held to my neck. In fact I'm just peachy." I said sarcastically. It hurt to talk and my voice was scratchy.

"Hey, I saved your life. You should be thanking me." He said, Sitting back and closing his eyes. I glared at him for a moment while his back was turned before sighing. He was right.

"Sorry, thanks." I said. "Do you have a phone?"

"What, you don't?" he asked opening an eye to give me a questioning glance

"I had it on me when I went under." I said. He nodded and stood up to grab a phone sitting on the dashboard. He tossed it back to me.

"Here. I'm going to go get you buddies. They jumped when I shot at them."

"Thanks. Feel free to not help them on here." I said while dialed in a number I knew by heart. It rang a few times before a very worn out voice answered the phone.

"Carlton Lassiter speaking."

"Carlton!" I said very loud, which, wasn't really loud at all and just made my throat irritated. I had a small coughing fit but when I stopped he immediately went to questions.

"Katie? Is that you? Where are you? Are you hurt?" He asked in a rush.

"Yes, it me. I'm o.k. I'm on a boat."

"Boat?" He questioned.

"Yeah, Tancana wants to find evidence he didn't do it. Bird saved me. And Shawn and Gus." I added, so they wouldn't be in trouble. I started to cough again from the throat irritation.

By this time, Shawn and Gus had gotten on the boat. The were both out of breath and laying down. Any other time I would have laughed and joked, but it really hurt to much.

At the mention of his name, Shawn's head popped up. He motioned for the phone but I shook my head in a small motion that wouldn't hurt to much. He gave me a puppy dog face and I still shook my head. He frowned at me and huffed. I handed him the phone and he looked shocked, then smiled at me.

"Hey Lassie….Yeah I helped. She's… no…yes… NO!… Well Bird… But.. Yeah… The marina… The only one in Santa Barbra…Alright…Bye" Shawn hung up the phone and turned to me.

"You alright?" He asked.

"Yeah." I said

"Lassie is coming to pick you up. He should be there when we get back to land." I nodded my head again and leaned back. I must have fell asleep, because the next thing I know Carlton is shaking me awake.

"Hey. Katie, can you hear me? Katie."

"Hmmm. Carlton?"

"Yeah, its me. Can you walk?" He asked. I nodded my head and went to stand, but I couldn't get my legs to cooperate. I felt Carlton's arms go under my legs as he picked me up bridal style. The day was finally catching up with me, adrenalin wearing off.

"You know, you really shouldn't be this light." He said to me, worry covering his voice.

"You're acting like my mother" I mumbled. That got a chuckle out of him, though slightly hysterical.

"Did he drug you? You're shivering. Gosh, and blood. What happened to you?" He asked.

"You voice is higher than normal, which suggest that you are worried." I said.

"No its" I started to say in an even higher pitched voice. He coughed and he tried to speak in a normal voice. "I am worried. But my voice does not go higher when I am."

"Can't lie to me." I said. I started coughing again. The salt water really does a toll on the throat.

"Wouldn't want to." He said, putting me in the front seat of his car. He ran around to the other side and got into the driver side. He turned the heat up as soon as he started the car. "How did you end up it the ocean?"

"Shawn." I said.

"Shawn?" He repeated back confused.

"He didn't mean to." I said. "He didn't know I was by the edge and that Bird untied me." I said.

"So its Birds fault?" He asked.

"No. Bird saved me from drowning. Actually, he resuscitated me too. I would be dead if it weren't for Bird." I said truthfully. When I didn't hear anything I looked at him. He was looking at me with the expression I still couldn't recognize. That, and worry with a little jealousy and a lot of sadness.

I knew why those were on his face. Worry over my injuries, Jealousy over Birds lips touching mine and sadness because, well, I just told him I almost died.

I wanted to reassure him, but my eyes felt very heavy. The heat felt so nice.

"Don't worry, I won't die. I won't leave you." I mumbled. My eyes were shutting, but I saw him smile.

"Go to sleep. You've had an interesting day." He said to me before my world went to black. Only this time, I know I would wake up later.

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The next time my eyes opened In a bed I did not recognize. I was in a white t-shirt and gray sweat pants. Completely confused and slightly scared at this point, I quietly got up.

There were bandages on the scrapes on my wrist and neck. I was fully confident Carlton would never let someone kidnap and rape me. And what kidnapper/rapist would bandage up their victim?

No, I think I was in Carlton's house. I never saw the bedroom in the show. I bet there were about 2 guns stored here. No photos were around, also it was very neat. A clock said it was about 3 a.m. Meaning…meaning what? I think Shawn and Gus should have figured out who did it. Or was it tomorrow night? No. I'm pretty sure it was today. Dang, I missed another wrap up. That sucks. I also missed the 'very close talking'

Double damn.

I opened the door and walked down the hall very quietly. Looking around I saw there as a TV on and Carlton was passed out on the couch. He looked so cute, so peaceful.

I walked over to the kitchen and opened up the cupboards. I found a cup and turned on the sink to get some water. Suddenly arms wrapped around my waist and I jumped, splashing water on who ever came up behind me. I turned to see a shocked looking Carlton with water dripping down his shirt. I stared for about a minute before laughing.

"I *gasp* am so *Gasp* Sorry!" I said while trying to stop laughing. He started laughing to and soon we were both laughing. When we finally calmed down we both had tears streaming down our faces.

"A little jumpy?" He questioned.

"Well I woke up in a strange bed with different clothes on. Wouldn't you be jumpy in my position?" I questioned raising my eyebrows. He blushed a bit.

"I'm sorry. I should have told you. I didn't look or anything, your clothes were still wet and I thought I would put them in the dryer. You seemed to find the cups o.k though." He pointed out at the end.

"Yes well, I figured you wouldn't be letting me out of your sight for a while so I was safe where ever I was." I said smiling. He nodded and gave me a kiss.

"You got that right. I am not letting you out of my sight ever again. You don't know how happy I was when I found out you were alright. Well, sort of alright." He added with a frown.

"Hey. None of this was your fault." I pointed out.

"Yes but-"

"There was nothing you could have done." I added.

"You were kidnapped in front of the police department. While I was the chief." He said frustrated.

"Carlton. Was there anything you could have done? Did you knowingly give me to him? No. You did not. Please don't blame yourself" I said. He sighed and I knew I won, to a certain extent.

"You had a very exciting day. Why don't you get to sleep." I said.

"Me? Exciting day? Not compared to you." He said.

"Again, I wasn't worried about myself. I was worried about you. How you would feel if something happened to me. Lets just go to bed." I said. He nodded and we walked back to his bedroom.

Once we got there we stood by the bed. We looked at it for a good two minutes, before glancing at each other. He was blushing as I'm sure I was.

"I just go to the couch" He said pointing to the door.

"No, I will"

"No, you're hurt."

"Your bed."

"You're my guest."

"Please stay." We both said at the same time. We smiled and both climbed into the bed. My back was towards him and He took the opportunity to wrapped his arms around me but kept me at a slight distance. I snuggled a bit closer to him and noticed why he was keeping me there, If you catch my drift, but didn't say anything. I closed my eyes and dreamed.

Dreamed of a future where my friends knew my secret and me and Carlton were together. Hopefully, that would come true. But first I had to live through season two!