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p class="MsoNoSpacing"span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"When Jake returned to the precinct he wasn't surprised at the welcoming party. Several officers had him in their sights, including Cooper. "Well I'm back." He said absentmindedly. "Welcome back indeed Mr. Ross." Said Tanner. "Now if you would please dispose of your weapons and come quietly, I don't want to make this any more difficult." Surprisingly, Tanner seemed calm, maybe too calm. Jake dropped all his guns and held out his wrists. "Mr., Cooper, if you please." Cooper smirked and strode up to Jake. "Been wanting to arrest your sorry ass for years now." He sneered. Just as Cooper was tightening the cuffs, the portal flickered, and another individual came through. "Oh, for crying out loud what now!" Tanner yelled. The individual stood, be it a bit shakily and looked around. "Wow it's huge. I never imagined it to be this big." Jake's jaw dropped. "Nami? What are you doing here? Did you seriously jump through the portal after me? That's dangerous! You could have gotten hurt or worse!" "Well I wasn't going to let you get hauled away without a fight!" she argued back. "Young lady, while I don't mind being interrupted may I please ask that you save your bickering until after we incarcerate Mr. Ross?" droned Tanner. "Like hell I will!" she yelled. She marched up to Tanner and slammed both hands on the desk. "You're in charge, here right?" Tanner's face didn't change. "Yes, I am now miss if you have something to say, and by the looks of it you do then please enlighten us." He gestured around the room. Nami didn't move, instead focusing on Tanner. "His job is to save people, right?" She pointed at Jake. "So why the hell are you arresting him for doing his job?" Now Tanner's expression changed. He rose from his seat and glared at the Whispered girl. "I am arresting him for breaking the god damn law! Disobeying a direct order, using police equipment without permission, physically attacking my personal security detail, not to mention damage done to the precinct! Young lady I applaud your courage to try to defend your friend, but next time get your facts straight before barging in here claiming injustice has been served!" the girl was taken aback./span/p
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p class="MsoNoSpacing"span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Wait, hey boss I just thought of something, she's the girl, the one Ross saved." Stated Coper. Tanner smirked, "Well so you're the reason for all this trouble hmm? I wonder." He looked at Jake. He then stood up and walked over to the TDVI controls. "Mr. Ross, I know you studied the TDVI manual, so would you mind telling me about warning number 7 please."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanJake froze, wondering if he had misheard the man's request. "He asked you a question dumbass." Cooper prodded. Jake steadied his breathing and spoke. "Warning 7 states that should any person or persons saved from a life ending decision be put back into their original timeline then they run the risk of being erased from existence." "Exactly Mr. Ross, very good." Tanner then tinkered with the controls and once done started the machine. "Tanner what are you doing?" questioned Jake. "Simple, I'm teaching a lesson, and that lesson is don't test my resolve!" yelled the man. "Men grab the girl!" 2 officers then grabbed Nami, holding her arms behind her back. "Hey, let me go! get off!" she tried to free herself, but it was futile. Jake yanked free of Cooper's grip and ran towards Tanner, but he was restrained by several guards. "Tanner don't you dare! Stop this, let her go, she's innocent!" "She may be, but that's the consequence for disobedience Mr. Ross." Jake tried to move but couldn't. he watched, helplessly as Tanner approached the girl, who was now fully frightened. "Shhh don't worry you won't even feel it." He cooed. "Do it." He stated. The men began dragging the girl towards the portal. Jake was enraged. He only ever wanted to kill 2 people: Mark Danielson, head of Albatross, and Dragvik, the man who killed Molly. But now he could add Tanner to that list. "Tanner you piece of shit let her go! LET HER GO GOD DAMN IT! KILL ME INSTEAD!" the entire room went quiet, even the guards dragging Nami stopped. "My life for hers, throw me in prison, torture me, I don't care just let her go." Tanner approached, "Are you sure? If you do you know there's no getting out of this. You will spend the rest of your life in prison." "Doesn't matter to me, as long as she's safe." He said tiredly. "Well unfortunately for you I don't care! You're going to prison but first your going to watch all your hard work go down the drain!" "NO!" screamed Jake. Suddenly, the doors to the TDVI facility burst open, revealing chief Roland as well as a slew of SWAT officers. "Drop your weapons everyone on the floor now!" said the SWAT commander. "Now Commander please can't you s- ""Shut it Tanner you're under arrest." Said Roland. Tanner glared at the man. "Roland you listen here, you have no authority to do this! I am the juristically head of this precinct an- ""Correction, you were the juristically head there will be a new election in 2 weeks." Came a new voice. A man wearing a suit and tie strode into the room. "Councilman Davis, glad to see you." Replied Tanner. "Wish I could say the same Tanner, Commander arrest this man." Tanner was promptly arrested and led out of the room. "You two release the girl now." Both officers released Nami and she moved a good distance away from the portal. Roland walked over and shut it off. "It's ok now kid it's off." He said reassuringly. He turned toward Jake. "Ross my office now." Jake followed his superior out, telling the girl that he would be back shortly./span/p
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p class="MsoNoSpacing"span style="font-size: 16.0pt;""Sit down." Jake sat. "Now, I heard you were successful in saving that girl." "Yes, sir I was." "Good cause your still fired." Jake sighed, "I figured as much." He rose to leave. "Hey, I didn't say you could leave yet." Jake took his seat again as Roland opened a drawer and tossed him something. Flipping it open he recognized it as a detective's badge. "I thought I was fired?" he questioned. "You are, as a police officer. Nothing says I can't rehire you in a different department." Jake smiled and extended his hand. "Thanks Roland I mean it." Roland shook it. "Ahh don't mention it, besides it would have been a shame to waste a man of your talents, oh and your gonna need a secretary just so you know." "Sure, thing I'll get on that." He turned and walked out the door./span/p
p class="MsoNoSpacing"span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"When he got back to the TDVI building he spotted Nami talking with Benson. "Hey guys." Benson smiled, "Hey man, look I'm really sorry about the whole you getting fired thing…" Jake held up the badge to his friend. "Wait you serious? So, you're not fired?" "Nope, just a new position is all." Said Jake. Nami beamed up at him. "Knew they wouldn't fire you, your too good at your job." "Well I don't know about that, I mean I did fail once or twice." "Doesn't matter silly, what matters is you did the right thing, you're a good person." She said. "Besides this also means you won't be seeing the last of me for sure." Jake smiled, "So I'm guessing that means I'm visiting more often then." She blushed a bit. "Well duh haha I mean why would I invite you anyways if I didn't want you to visit?" "True, plus you could show me around your old village, I mean if you want to." "I'd really like that, but first…" she stood up. "I'm gonna need to save up a whole lot of money!" "I think I can help with that." Jake stated. "The precinct has a trust fund that gets constantly refiled so I'll ask around and see if we can spare a few thousand dollars." He chuckled. /span/p
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p class="MsoNoSpacing"span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"When Jake returned to the precinct he wasn't surprised at the welcoming party. Several officers had him in their sights, including Cooper. "Well I'm back." He said absentmindedly. "Welcome back indeed Mr. Ross." Said Tanner. "Now if you would please dispose of your weapons and come quietly, I don't want to make this any more difficult." Surprisingly, Tanner seemed calm, maybe too calm. Jake dropped all his guns and held out his wrists. "Mr., Cooper, if you please." Cooper smirked and strode up to Jake. "Been wanting to arrest your sorry ass for years now." He sneered. Just as Cooper was tightening the cuffs, the portal flickered, and another individual came through. "Oh, for crying out loud what now!" Tanner yelled. The individual stood, be it a bit shakily and looked around. "Wow it's huge. I never imagined it to be this big." Jake's jaw dropped. "Nami? What are you doing here? Did you seriously jump through the portal after me? That's dangerous! You could have gotten hurt or worse!" "Well I wasn't going to let you get hauled away without a fight!" she argued back. "Young lady, while I don't mind being interrupted may I please ask that you save your bickering until after we incarcerate Mr. Ross?" droned Tanner. "Like hell I will!" she yelled. She marched up to Tanner and slammed both hands on the desk. "You're in charge, here right?" Tanner's face didn't change. "Yes, I am now miss if you have something to say, and by the looks of it you do then please enlighten us." He gestured around the room. Nami didn't move, instead focusing on Tanner. "His job is to save people, right?" She pointed at Jake. "So why the hell are you arresting him for doing his job?" Now Tanner's expression changed. He rose from his seat and glared at the Whispered girl. "I am arresting him for breaking the god damn law! Disobeying a direct order, using police equipment without permission, physically attacking my personal security detail, not to mention damage done to the precinct! Young lady I applaud your courage to try to defend your friend, but next time get your facts straight before barging in here claiming injustice has been served!" the girl was taken aback./span/p
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p class="MsoNoSpacing"span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Wait, hey boss I just thought of something, she's the girl, the one Ross saved." Stated Coper. Tanner smirked, "Well so you're the reason for all this trouble hmm? I wonder." He looked at Jake. He then stood up and walked over to the TDVI controls. "Mr. Ross, I know you studied the TDVI manual, so would you mind telling me about warning number 7 please."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanJake froze, wondering if he had misheard the man's request. "He asked you a question dumbass." Cooper prodded. Jake steadied his breathing and spoke. "Warning 7 states that should any person or persons saved from a life ending decision be put back into their original timeline then they run the risk of being erased from existence." "Exactly Mr. Ross, very good." Tanner then tinkered with the controls and once done started the machine. "Tanner what are you doing?" questioned Jake. "Simple, I'm teaching a lesson, and that lesson is don't test my resolve!" yelled the man. "Men grab the girl!" 2 officers then grabbed Nami, holding her arms behind her back. "Hey, let me go! get off!" she tried to free herself, but it was futile. Jake yanked free of Cooper's grip and ran towards Tanner, but he was restrained by several guards. "Tanner don't you dare! Stop this, let her go, she's innocent!" "She may be, but that's the consequence for disobedience Mr. Ross." Jake tried to move but couldn't. he watched, helplessly as Tanner approached the girl, who was now fully frightened. "Shhh don't worry you won't even feel it." He cooed. "Do it." He stated. The men began dragging the girl towards the portal. Jake was enraged. He only ever wanted to kill 2 people: Mark Danielson, head of Albatross, and Dragvik, the man who killed Molly. But now he could add Tanner to that list. "Tanner you piece of shit let her go! LET HER GO GOD DAMN IT! KILL ME INSTEAD!" the entire room went quiet, even the guards dragging Nami stopped. "My life for hers, throw me in prison, torture me, I don't care just let her go." Tanner approached, "Are you sure? If you do you know there's no getting out of this. You will spend the rest of your life in prison." "Doesn't matter to me, as long as she's safe." He said tiredly. "Well unfortunately for you I don't care! You're going to prison but first your going to watch all your hard work go down the drain!" "NO!" screamed Jake. Suddenly, the doors to the TDVI facility burst open, revealing chief Roland as well as a slew of SWAT officers. "Drop your weapons everyone on the floor now!" said the SWAT commander. "Now Commander please can't you s- ""Shut it Tanner you're under arrest." Said Roland. Tanner glared at the man. "Roland you listen here, you have no authority to do this! I am the juristically head of this precinct an- ""Correction, you were the juristically head there will be a new election in 2 weeks." Came a new voice. A man wearing a suit and tie strode into the room. "Councilman Davis, glad to see you." Replied Tanner. "Wish I could say the same Tanner, Commander arrest this man." Tanner was promptly arrested and led out of the room. "You two release the girl now." Both officers released Nami and she moved a good distance away from the portal. Roland walked over and shut it off. "It's ok now kid it's off." He said reassuringly. He turned toward Jake. "Ross my office now." Jake followed his superior out, telling the girl that he would be back shortly./span/p
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p class="MsoNoSpacing"span style="font-size: 16.0pt;""Sit down." Jake sat. "Now, I heard you were successful in saving that girl." "Yes, sir I was." "Good cause your still fired." Jake sighed, "I figured as much." He rose to leave. "Hey, I didn't say you could leave yet." Jake took his seat again as Roland opened a drawer and tossed him something. Flipping it open he recognized it as a detective's badge. "I thought I was fired?" he questioned. "You are, as a police officer. Nothing says I can't rehire you in a different department." Jake smiled and extended his hand. "Thanks Roland I mean it." Roland shook it. "Ahh don't mention it, besides it would have been a shame to waste a man of your talents, oh and your gonna need a secretary just so you know." "Sure, thing I'll get on that." He turned and walked out the door./span/p
p class="MsoNoSpacing"span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"When he got back to the TDVI building he spotted Nami talking with Benson. "Hey guys." Benson smiled, "Hey man, look I'm really sorry about the whole you getting fired thing…" Jake held up the badge to his friend. "Wait you serious? So, you're not fired?" "Nope, just a new position is all." Said Jake. Nami beamed up at him. "Knew they wouldn't fire you, your too good at your job." "Well I don't know about that, I mean I did fail once or twice." "Doesn't matter silly, what matters is you did the right thing, you're a good person." She said. "Besides this also means you won't be seeing the last of me for sure." Jake smiled, "So I'm guessing that means I'm visiting more often then." She blushed a bit. "Well duh haha I mean why would I invite you anyways if I didn't want you to visit?" "True, plus you could show me around your old village, I mean if you want to." "I'd really like that, but first…" she stood up. "I'm gonna need to save up a whole lot of money!" "I think I can help with that." Jake stated. "The precinct has a trust fund that gets constantly refiled so I'll ask around and see if we can spare a few thousand dollars." He chuckled. /span/p
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