Chapter Fourteen

A young man with dishwater brown hair, which fell shaggily in his face, was brought into the interrogation room and made to sit in one of the chairs. He sat silently with his blue eyes staring down at his handcuffed hands. Squid placed a fresh toothpick into his mouth before standing up with a file of papers in his grasp.

"Bradley Perkins," Squid said, his eyes reading the profile. "So you're the little brother of Josie Perkins?"

Brad only nodded with his tanned cheeks flaring bright red. "I'm not exactly proud of it... Being the little brother of that slut," he hissed, still unable to make eye contact with Squid.

Squid glanced back down at Brad's profile and blinked. "It seems you're the only member of the Crypts who hasn't got a record with us of any major charges..." commented Squid."Why would you kill someone?"

Brad looked up from the floor for the first time, the color in his well-tanned face flushed. "Kill someone?" he asked, timidly. "I never killed anyone... I may have beaten a few people up here and there but never KILLED anyone."

Staring into Brad face, Squid studied his eyes that were filled with confusion. Brad seemed to be telling the truth so far. "Have you gotten into any fights recently?" asked Squid, curiously, as he sat in his chair. Brad looked away from Squid and nodded. "With who?"

Brad sighed as he placed his arms onto the table and looked up into Squid's face. "One of the Killers the other night... Jumped me and started pelting me into the face and so I started fighting back out of defense. And he punched me into the ground and starting walking away muttering to himself how he was going to kill Hayden and Justin." Brad explained, closing his blue eyes.

Squid leaned forward slightly. "So he was making death threats to one of your friends and Hayden. Why would David do that?" said Squid, nibbling on his toothpick a little more nervously.

Brad's cheeks flared a bright red color. "Well... Justin and Hayden have been - er... 'messing around' you might say," explained Brad, fidgeting in his seat uncomfortably. Nodding, Squid began writing notes as to what Brad said. "So what happened was I pulled out my gun and I shot him in the leg to stop him... I couldn't bare hearing from someone that Justin and Hayden being dead. And I ran..."

Squid sighed and stood up from his chair. He exited the interrogation room and found Zigzag. "Keep him here until we find out his story checks out," Squid said, tossing his notepad to Zigzag, who caught it with ease. "I've got to get home now." Squid grabbed his coat from his desk before noticing the smirk on Zigzag's face and making out the word 'pathetic' from Zigzag's muttering. Squid rolled his eyes. "It's not like that between me and her... We're just friends."

Zigzag's lips cracked into a smile. "Yeah right and you never were a criminal..."

Squid's right eye twitched slightly with annoyance. "Listen! Bri and I are not having THAT kind of a relationship... We're not even together!"

Zigzag snorted. "I can't wait to see what your kids will be like..."

Squid blinked, staring at Zigzag confused. "What?"

"Never mind... That just flew way over your head didn't it?"

"Shut up!"

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Brianna got up from Squid's couch and walked into his office room. Slowly, she made her way to his desk and sat down in his large, leather covered chair. She rummaged through the mess, which was made of hundreds of papers scattered all over his desk space. "Pig," she murmured, opening the drawer to his desk and found something that caught her interest. "What's this?" she asked herself aloud, picking up a photograph that was faced upside down on his desk. Brianna stared, slightly confused as she picked it up and then turned it over. Blinking uncontrollably, Brianna clasped her hand over her mouth as she gasped when she saw the photograph...

Tears stung at her eyes as ran her fingers down the picture and over the happy couple from so many years ago... She stared at a picture of her and Squid on a cruise together, dancing and holding each other as if their very lives depended on it... The very picture that Brianna had thrown at Squid when she had caught him cheating on her.

"He kept it," Brianna murmured, staring teary-eyed at the photograph. "I can't believe it... He kept it..."

Suddenly, she heard the front door shut and footsteps, coming toward Squid's office. Brianna's eyes widened as she quickly placed the picture in its previous place. She quickly sat in his office chair and spun around as she saw Squid enter the office room. She giggled at him. "Hey Alan..." she giggled, still spinning.

Squid laughed at her. "You look like a little kid Bri," he said, stopping her from spinning anymore and kissing her on the neck. Brianna accidentally let out a brief moan. Squid smirked at her. "You liked that?"

"Alan don't get any ideas..." she hissed at him. He laughed and kissed her on the cheek. "What did Zigzag want?" she asked, changing the subject.

Squid sighed and leaned up against his desk. "There was another murder, but this time an ACTUAL murder..." he began. "But so far, by what the killer had said, it was out of self-defense... But we're going to keep him at the station until everything checks out."

"But who-?"

"Bradley Perkins stabbed a Killer by the name of David. I guess what had happened was David's ex-girlfriend had been messing around with Justin from The Crypts and Bradley over heard David saying how he was going to kill them both so Bradley punched him. David got mad and a fight broke out and Brad got freaked and shot David in the leg and ran..." Squid explained.

"Ohhhh... What about the ex-girlfriend? Was she upset?"

"To me she didn't seem to care at all..." Squid said, looking up at the ceiling. "Which seems a little strange..."

Brianna gasped. "You don't think she hired Bradley to kill David, do you?" she asked, staring at Squid and awaiting his answer.

Squid looked down at her and shrugged. "With what's been going on already, I wouldn't put it past these gangs to do such a thing. All that goes on in them is drugs, violence, and sex..."

Brianna smirked slightly. "And deep down you wish you were in a gang because you haven't had sex since you were with me..." laughed Brianna.

Squid stared at her, flabbergasted. "Oh that's hilarious!" he said, sarcastically. He then looked seriously into her emerald colored eyes and smiled. "I'm so sorry that I think there's only one girl worth having sex with in my life..." he said. "And that only girl would be you."

Brianna blushed slightly and looked away.

"You know I want to be with you forever, right?" he whispered.

Brianna sighed, "I know... but..."

"But what?"

Brianna looked back to Squid and blinked. She shook her head. "Never mind... it's nothing, really," she murmured to him. "How do you think Shannon and Ryan are holding up?"

Squid smiled. "I think they're doing just fine..."

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"RYAN JEAN-CLAUDE BRANT! STOP EATING ALL THE PIZZA!" shouted Shannon, snatching a slice of pizza from Ryan's grasp. He blinked at her confused. He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out of his mouth, not a single sound. Bliss giggled wildly as she watched Shannon yell at Ryan for eating too much pizza.

Ryan stared at Shannon, looking pathetic. "But baby..." he whined.

"Hehehe," giggled Bliss, clapping her hands together multiple times. Ryan grinned when he heard her giggling. He walked over to Bliss and picked her up in his arms.

"Bliss loves her Daddy, doesn't she? She's Daddy's little angel," Ryan cooed to Bliss and tickling her tummy. She squealed with laughter, which made even Shannon smile. Ryan kissed Bliss gently on the forehead. "You're so adorable. You take after your sexy mother, but of course you get my drop dead gorgeous eyes..."

"RYAN!"

"Hehehe," Ryan said, smiling cheesily at Shannon. "Sorry about that..."

"You're so conceited!" Shannon shouted.

Bliss giggled once again.

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Zigzag sat at his desk, trying to finish all the work Squid had dumped onto him because Squid just HAD to see Brianna... Zigzag cursed angrily. It was happening all over again. "That bastard," he muttered, cursing Squid. "Every time SHE'S around, he has to run off with her and not do anything and dump all HIS work on ME!" shouted Zigzag, glaring at the reports in front of him.

Stanley only laughed at Zigzag. "Oh calm down. Leave Squid alone. He's in love and I bet once you finally find a girl to have in your life, you'll be the exact same way," Stanley said, planting more papers on Zigzag's desk.

Zigzag glared at Stanley. "God dammit! No I won't!" he shouted, beginning to do his work, still annoyed by the fact Brianna and Squid had gotten back together. "It's so stupid! She's going to come to the station EVERYDAY and distract him from his work and be the most annoying person in the building. They'll end up having sex everywhere-"

"I highly doubt Brianna would let that happen... She seems more of a stay at home type..."

Zigzag continued as though Stanley had not made the comment. "Squid will just turn into a complete idiot... All hell's going to break loose when they break up-"

"Who said they were going to break up this time?" Stanley said, interrupting Zigzag.

"It's almost impossible. Squid cheated on her once. A guy who does that... He'll do it again..."

"I don't see why you're so pissed Zigzag!" Stanley shouted, angrily.

"I DON'T WANT THEM BACK TOGETHER IF I HAVE TO DO ALL THE WORK AROUND HERE!"

Suddenly, the front door to the station swung open and hit the wall hard. A girl with raven black hair that fell just past her shoulders and sharp grey eyes stormed into the station. "Where the hell did you take my Bradley!" she hissed, angrily, bringing out a switchblade from her back pocket. "How dare you even TRY to take him away from me let alone arrest him you bunch of smart ass bastards..."

Zigzag stared at the girl. He looked at the switchblade and saw the inscription "Bandit" upon the switchblade in diamond. Diamonds... "Oh god... It's a Cajun Cinq..." He moaned as he called for the rest of the officers to try to get her into handcuffs, which ended up not working. The girl screamed loudly as she punched two officers out before she was put into handcuffs and made to sit in a chair. She cursed all the officers.

"Bunch of pigs..." she growled. "Let Brad out of here! He didn't do anything!"

"We can't..." Zigzag said, calmly. The girl glared at him and kicked him in the stomach, since her legs were free. Zigzag winced and held his stomach, but also felt relieved she didn't kick in another area. "Please. Miss... Just calm down..."

"I WANT BRAD OUT NOW!"

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Squid and Brianna sat on Squid's couch, watching television. Brianna felt Squid's arm slowly slip his arm around her waist and hold her tightly. She smiled gently and turned her head toward Squid. She gently kissed his cheek. Squid turned to her confused. A mischievous grin spread across Brianna's almost innocent like face. She kissed him on the mouth passionately.

"Brianna?" he asked, blinking. Brianna giggled and snuggled up against Squid and closed her eyes. She silently fall into a deep slumber. Squid sighed and smiled and gently ran his fingers through her soft hair and then... The phone rang...

Squid cursed loudly as he reached for his phone and answered it. "What do you want!" he shouted, angrily. "I'm watching television with Brianna right now!" He instantly knew it had to be Zigzag on the other end.

"Oh... sorry Squid... But I thought you should know... there's a girl down at the station... She's already punched out two officers... She wants Bradley out of jail," Zigzag said, panting. "She took a few swings at me too... You better get your sorry ass here."

"Who the hell is she!" Squid shouted and accidentally awoke Brianna. He looked down at her, kissed her gently, and mouthed the words 'I'm sorry' to her. She only smiled back in reply, laid her head in his lap, and fell back asleep.

Zigzag took a deep breath. "Her name's Lee... She's a Cajun Cinq... I take it she's one of the many lovers of Bradley since I know he messes around with a Shadow named Kaitlyn... But I think this Lee girl is his actual girlfriend?"

Squid slapped his forehead. "What else could possibly happen!"

Zigzag sighed loudly. "I don't know, but we need you here now... So stop screwing around with Brianna and get your ass here NOW!" Zigzag shouted and then hung up the phone instantly afterwards... Squid cursed loudly and awoke Brianna once again.

"Sorry babe," he murmured. "But I gotta get back to the station. There's a girl having a violent streak there... I'll be back before you know it. Help yourself to what ever you want..."

Brianna sighed and nodded. "Okay..." she murmured, sitting up from the couch and watching him leave. "Bye..."

"Bye," he said, and left to the station.

Brianna yawned and realized exactly how sleepy she was. She got up, knowing how she hated to be alone sleeping on the couch and went in search of a bedroom, which she thought Squid wouldn't mind her sleeping in until he returned. She came upon a bedroom and sighed as she laid down. She wrapped the blanket tightly around her and fell asleep...

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Bliss was down for her nap and Shannon was sleeping soundly in Ryan's lap as he watched television. And then as if out of nowhere and crashing noise was heard from outside. Ryan turned his head and got up and made sure Shannon didn't wake up. He went outside, his switchblade drawn. He looked around carefully into the darkness of the night and could not see anything...

"Brant! Brant!" hissed a familiar voice.

Ryan turned to the voice. "Justin?" he gapped. Just a flashlight was turned on and revealed a very handsome blonde with sky blue eyes, standing before Ryan with a smirk upon his face. Ryan glared at Justin. "What the hell do you want!" he shouted, anger rising deep inside of him.

"Dude chill... I'm here to see if you're okay. You know me. I wouldn't do anything to kill you. Or your family. Trust me... I wouldn't. Especially since I'm gonna find out what it's like... I got Hayden pregnant," Justin said, shaking his head.

Ryan rolled his eyes. "Haven't you people ever heard of condoms!"

"Well you're one to talk..."

Ryan folded his arms across his chest. "Me and Shannon were different. We were planning on getting married when I got her pregnant. And I know you have commitment problems... So we're way different. But what the hell are you doing here...? And weren't you in jail?"

"Well Hayden bailed me out..." Justin said, shrugging. "But I just wanted to make sure you guys get outta here before morning..."

Ryan stared. "What? Why!"

"Josie's gang is coming after Shannon... They're very very pissed at the moment. Hell... Shell was trying to kill me for leaving her and getting with Hayden. You guys just need to get outta here." Justin said, sighing.

Ryan look at Justin suspiciously. "Why should I trust you?"

Justin looked down at the ground. "Because I'm the only one who hasn't had a fit about you leaving and I haven't tried to kill your ass..."

Ryan smiled slightly. "Thanks dude," he said, doing the little gangster hand shake most guys do.

"So you're gonna get outta here right?" Justin asked, trying to make sure.

Ryan nodded. "I got a place in mind already. Thanks. I'll talk to you later some time."

"Well better if you don't. Stay low." Justin said and he quickly left.

Ryan hurried inside and shook Shannon until she awoke. "Pack your things babe. We gotta get to Squid's. Josie's gang is coming in the morning with a vengeance..." he said.

Shannon stared at Ryan. "How d'you kno-"

"I'll explain everything later. Get Bliss and your things. We gotta get to Squid's NOW..."