"Why did we just let them let them leave?" As soon as the front door slammed shut, I felt the air hit me like a ton of bricks. My mind still couldn't wrap around the entire situation and I just wanted to fall down and die. "Fuck…Jess you alright?" Logan appeared in front of me, out of nowhere and his hands where on my face.
"Yeah this is Agent Diamond…I need to talk to Brown…yes please." Logan turned his head away from me and I gently pushed him back. I turned facing James who was staring at me, unmoved by my broken heart. "Brown it's Diamond…well I'm calling because I'm out of the Garcia's…yeah they found me out. No I'm fine…but listen, the Garcia's aren't the problem it's the chief of police here. He's been working with the Cristiano's…yes Don Cristiano. They've been in town for years, but on the down low." He paused and quickly pulled out a cigarette box form his sweater pocket. When he started lighting it up, hearing his lighter click, seemed to hit me hard in the face. I moved forward quick and ripped the lighter and the cigarette out of his hands. His mouth fell open, still listening to his phone call and I turned walking to my back door. I shoved the glass door open and tossed the cigarette and lighter out. "Yeah call me back." I turned leaving the door open and saw James giving me a dirty look. "You're the reason they found me out. How could you have been so stupid to get involved with a guy like Kendall Knight?" I saw Logan move up quick and stand in front of him, blocking us from each other.
"Back off. She didn't do it to ruin your stupid operation. She's not stupid either, so watch or your mouth I'll give your head to Garcia on a silver plate." I couldn't help but smirk seeing Logan stick up for me and crossed my arms over my chest. "What are you going to be doing about the Cristiano's Mr. F.B.I?" James breathed out hard and made his way to my kitchen. Logan looked back at me and gave me a concerned look but I smiled and walked to him kissing his cheek. I walked past him and followed in after James, who had my laptop open on my table, and was leaning over it, typing something fast.
Looking more at James, I could tell he was a little grateful for not working with the Garcia's anymore. He looked really pissed off but like he was able to breathe again. I walked to the chair opposite him and sat down staring at his face. He had stubble on his jaw and chin and going down his neck. He had bright hazel eyes that had dark bag sunder them. His hair, which looked clean and shiny, but just a little messy. If he wasn't such a jerk about this whole thing, I'd find him slightly attractive. But his personality and attitude were very ugly and I hated him a little.
I turned hearing and seeing Logan sitting down next to me and wanted nothing more than to crawl on his lap and sleep away my worries. But having a federal agent in my house might make him think I'm more incapable of being a cop. Or at least a good one. James stood up, and sighed out pulling out his phone again. "As of right now, you two are on leave, and were taking over your station." I looked down at my hands and crossed my legs, not really caring. "A couple more agents will be flying in to set up, and I'm going to need all your reports and information on the Garcia's and Don. I'll also need to see your chief." I saw Logan nod standing up and pulling out his own phone. "Benson…the day that girls apartment was hit with the homemade explosives, was there anything it pointing to Cristiano?"
"There was a tape of her with Matthew, Don's son. She was going to be doing her first lien of coke, and then it was of them having sex." He sat down slowly staring at me, intently and I shrugged sighing. "She got messed up with the wrong guys. I think she wanted out, but was too scared to actually do it. Matthew found out and beat her, and told her it was Kendall."
"Still think he's a good guy?" I sat up quick and swallowed hard my temper rising.
"He didn't od anything to that girl. I know he didn't kill her because the night she was killed he was with me." James sat back a little and I crossed my arms over my chest. "Why didn't you arrest Carlos and Kendall when you had the chance?"
"Don't fucking turn this around on me Benson." I raised an eyebrow and he went quiet. I heard Logan's voice form the other room and saw James shake his head. "To be completely honest…" He leaned forward and scratched at his chin. "I got to know them really well…I literally waited three long years to get something on them and nothing happened. Until Kendall put a bullet in Matthew Cristiano's head." My mouth fell open and he chuckled. "Yeah that was my reaction too. It was the first time they did anything in front of me. I guess I had proven myself long enough. Anyway…that's the only thing I have on them. I'm going to try to convince my boss to let me take down the Cristiano's. And as soon as I hear form Ben I can do that. I just need solid proof any organized crime is going in with them."
"Wait…" He looked up at me eyebrows raised and I scooted closer to the table. "You're not going to tell your boss about Kendall killing…" He shook his head fast and scooted closer as well, clearing his voice.
"Jessica…they became my family. I mean…holy fuck I was trained with this. TO not get sucked into this bullshit but these guys…these guys look out for each other. They are honest to God business men and are damn good at it." He smiled small and shook his head. "As soon as I take down the Cristiano's I'm going to quit my job." I raised an eyebrow and he nodded sitting back. "If Garcia doesn't send out a hit on my head I might even stay here and…" He was cut off by Logan walking in shoving his phone in his pocket and sitting down, a confused look on his face.
"I just called Ben, asking him if you could set up at the station and he asked me where I was and….he said he was on his way over here. He sounded…out of breath… I don't know…it was weird." I stared at him for a minute noticing that his breathing seemed labored himself and glanced down at his side. The plain white shirt he had put on had just a little bit of blood poking through and I turned to him completely.
"You need to change your bandage." He waved me off and leaned on the table breathing out hard. "You're so stubborn Mitchell." He smiled small and I turned back to James. "What will be the first thing you do?" I had always been curious about the F.B.I. but I always stayed in the police force because I was used to it.
"Get as much information on the Cristiano's as I can and get a team ready to take them down." I nodded and sat back. I felt an empty hole in my chest, where my heart used to be remembering Kendall leaving but telling em he loved me. Where did that leave us? What did that mean we were? Obviously, because of how things have turned out, I wasn't ever going to have a real relationship with him, and that completely turned my whole world upside down . Because for whatever reason this man had been the center of my entire life and I without him, I think I would die. I know it sounds cheesy and stupid but it's true. "…maybe she should lie down. She looks a little ill." I looked up, not even noticing I had zoned out and saw both of them staring at me. I smiled and stood up stretching.
"Anyone need some coffee?" James chuckled and nodded also standing up. I turned, towards Logan and put a hand on his shoulder, walking behind him, dragging my hand across his back. I slowly started walking into the kitchen, rubbing my other hand on the back of neck when I heard tires screeching outside. I turned quick to the front of my house and saw Logan and James already walking to the front door. I followed after quick and when I heard the slam of a car door, and then, more tires, I went to reach for my gun in my holster but it wasn't there. I heard shouting, the shouting of Ben, and turned to grab my gun on the coffee table. That's when all hell broke loose.
The shouting got louder and more car doors were slammed. It actually sounded like there was about 50 cars outside my house, and to make my point guns started going off towards my house. I heard glass breaking and bullets whiz by my head, just as I was slammed into my a large body. We hit the floor hard, and this time, I covered my head so it didn't smack the floor. One hand covered my forehead protecting it from the ground and one covered the back of my head. The gun fire didn't stop until all sixteen of the rounds, from the guns, or at least I assumed sixteen rounds. When they did stop, I moved slightly and the body over me, pushed down harder. I heard shouting from outside, but it didn't come in clear all the way. "Fuck…it's Don….with Ben." Logan's voice seemed so far away and I knew it was James over top of me. "God damn-it." James pushed off me slowly and I got up quick, grabbing the gun I had been reaching for. I cocked it and turned to see Logan peeking out behind my window outside.
"Don't kill them! Their fucking innocent!" Logan turned to me and we locked eyes. I swallowed hard hearing Ben's distraught voice and slowly stood up, James getting in front of me. It was pretty cute how James acted towards me in the last few minutes.
"Get out of my way old man….or suffer along with them. This is your fault. You old me if you couldn't pay me back, I'd get those two precious detectives you don't even care about anyway. So get out of my fucking way…or you die." It went completely outside and James and I moved slowly to the door to look out. "Fine…we'll play your way." Just as I pushed between James and Logan, and put my eye on the peep hole, I saw a gun get raised to my bosses head, and the trigger was pulled. A scream left my mouth seeing his dead body fall tot eh ground, but it was cut short with someone covering my mouth and pulling em back. I recognized the scent and the soft touch to be Logan's and turned into him quick, so I could continue screaming in his body. In my entire years as a cop, I had never seen anyone get a bullet in their head. I had never seen someone get killed. Because I was always there after. I was used to dead bodies, but not fresh, and not of my boss. A man I looked up to. "Go get them." When my screaming had stopped, I heard Don's voice again. I also heard footsteps and when I looked up and turned back around, my front door was pushed open hard. James stepped back, and raised his gun fast. Four guys walked in, all holding their own guns pointing them at the three of us. Logan hold on one of my arms tightened as he tried to get in front of me. I stood tall and made him just stand beside me.
"Put your weapons down. Special agent Diamond." I saw James square his shoulders and look intimidating, but all four of the guys acted like he wasn't even there and turned to us.
"You two…lets go." One moved their guns between Logan and I swallowed hard.
"You are taking her."
"Don't worry buddy, you'll be with her." Logan sighed and took a step closer.
"No…you aren't taking her. At all." One of the guys laughed and moved forward getting close to Logan. I saw I the corner of my eye James tighten around his gun, just as the other guy swung hard and fast and hit Logan, making him fall to the floor hard. Logan groaned out and I moved to help him get up, but one of the guys got to me first and wrapped around my body. I quickly started pushing away from him, but another one of the guys moved forward and brought out a white cloth from his pocket. He put it to my face quick and covered my nose and mouth. I inhaled a sharp bitter and disgusting smell just as I heard Logan and James yell and I blacked out.