Ranger's Pov

Santos and I jumped from the truck and checked our weapons before entering The Fish. When we opened the door and stepped inside it took a minute for our eyes to adjust even though is was early evening outside and the sun was still up. Looking around the bar, I spotted Ram sitting in a corner nursing a beer, we locked eyes and he nodded his head over towards the bar and then got up to join Santos and me. I slowly and calmly walked over to the bar where my FTA was sitting downing some amber liquid in a glass. As I approached I felt the hatred for this man come to the surface as I recalled the photos of his wife after he was done with her. I then had a flash of Steph covered in those same bruises and the resolve I'm known to have almost snapped as I saw red.

"Slowly get up and put your hands behind your back and walk out with me. You missed your court date and you are under arrest" I said behind him. If he followed my orders no one would be the wiser and we wouldn't cause a bar brawl.

My FTA picked his glass up and swallowed the last bit of his drink, I was about to say my command one more time when he swung around hitting me in the face with the glass he had been drinking from. I felt the instant sting on my cheek and knew I had to have been cut. In an instant Santos and Ram had the guy on his stomach on the dirty bar floor and I jumped on to his back placing my cuff around his wrist.

"Could have done it the easy way" I said as the second cuff clicked onto his wrist "But no"

"Screw you" he yelled back

I hopped off his back and let Ram and Santos pick him up. I was telling Ram to transport him to TPD when someone out of nowhere came out and cracked Les over the back with a chair. Les went to his knee and I jumped the would be fighter, subduing him, and made a warning to anyone else who was thinking about interfering.

"Anyone else?" I asked looking at everyone who was left in the bar "Smart" I said when no one accepted the challenge.

"You ok?" I asked as Santos picked himself up

"Yea, but that could have knocked me out" he said glaring back at the guy who'd hit him

We had come for one criminal and we left with two. I followed Ram to the police department and handed off our perps and the papers for the FTA.

"This one attacked one of my men after we'd secured my FTA with a chair to the back. I want him charged with interference and assault" I told the cop who took him away. We collected our body receipt and walked out of the police department.

All I could think of when we were inside with the FTA was Stephanie and how much I wanted to see her right now. I needed to make sure she was ok and safe. I knew she was, but getting my FTA and knowing what he was capable of made the need to wrap her in my arms that much more.

"Hey did you get your guy?" her sweet voice asked when our phones connected

"Hello Babe" I chuckled "and yes we did" I told her

"Great"

"Where are you?" I asked hearing music playing in her back ground

"I'm in my car. I was heading over to see Eden and maybe go out to eat dinner with her" she told me

"Ok Babe" I said a little disappointed that she wasn't at home

"Have fun Batman, I'll see you in a little while"

"You too Babe"

Les and I got into the truck and he pulled up to the entrance and exit of the police department turning his blinker on to make a right hand turn to go back to the office. "Head to the house where Eden is staying" I told him. He looked over at me and hesitated for a minute trying to get a read on why I wanted to go there, but then turned the blinker to the left and pulled out. We didn't speak during our trip there and I was relived when we pulled up that Stephs car was parked in the driveway. When we got out and walked up to the porch the door opened and Steph came out looking at us with confusion on her face.

"OH MY GOD RANGER" she cried out and instantly touched my face. I'd completely forgotten about the cut from the glass until she touched it.

"What the hell happened, are you ok?"

"I'm fine Babe" I assured her as we walked into the house

"We need to clean that up and maybe call Bobby" she said leading me to the bathroom. I hadn't seen the cut, but I didn't think Bobby would be needed and besides he was tending to a very sick Tank.

"What happened?" she asked wetting a wash cloth and tenderly washing the cheek the cut was on. When she pulled back to change to another clean spot on the cloth, I looked down and saw the reddish brown stain, the cut had bled.

"Tried to reason with him, but he decided he didn't want to reason"

"Here are some strips and ointment" Eden said coming into the bathroom and handing them over to Steph

"Thanks" Steph told her as she backed out of the bathroom "Bobby needs to see you when we get home. I don't think it's too bad and it's already forming a scab" she said putting the ointment and the strips over the cut.

"Babe" I said sliding my hands onto her hips. She finished what she was doing and I pulled her to me and did what I wanted to do all along, hold her in my arms.

Lester's Pov

I watched as Eden came back from the bathroom from giving Steph the things I felt she would need to clean up Ranger's face. My own waist and back were starting to kill me where the chair had made contact with my back. I lowered myself onto the couch but couldn't find a comfortable spot. Eden came over and sat on the other side of the couch and I looked at her as she never acknowledged me.

"I'm fine by the way" I said picking at her. Steph helped Ranger with his injury and even though I wasn't cut or bleeding, it would be nice to be tended to as well.

"Were you hurt?" she asked turning to look at me her eyes wide

"Nothing I can't handle, but it sure hurts like hell"

Eden got up from the couch and stood in front of me. I looked up and her brown eyes were staring back at me "Can I see?" she asked

I got up from the couch and turned my back to her. I pulled the gun from my waist and dropped it to the cushion next to me. I pulled my shirt over my head and heard her suck in a breath.

"Nothing you can do to help, it isn't like a cut like Ranger got" I told her

"You have red welts all over your back"

"Yea a chair to the back'll do it" I said with a little laugh. The laugh quickly died when I felt her fingertips touch and trace over the welts on my back. My eyes closed and I had to bite down on my tongue to keep from moaning. Her fingers we so warm and soft touching me and when they did I swear I felt little electric shocks where she touched me.

"Uhh there's no open cuts that I could find, just some raised welts" she said

"Yea like I said there not really anything you can do" I said putting my shirt back on and turning to face her. When I did I was certain her cheeks had more color in them then they normally did. Before I could scrutinize her and she found out how turned on she had made me, Ranger and Steph came out of the bathroom.

"Carlos is taking all of us out to dinner" Steph announced when they got into the living room and I saw Eden go rigid.

"We are going home to change" she said and I nodded

"We will go get cleaned up and changed and Eden we will be back to pick you up" Ranger told her. I watched as Steph left Rangers side and pulled Eden into the bedroom, I looked over at Ranger asking him what was going on and he just shrugged his shoulders.