Chapter 23

Riley look down at his blood covered hand. "Got to hurt like hell don't it Riley?" Dean asks. "Just get over with," Riley says. Dean cocks his gun again. "Nah see I want you suffer. So she gets it first," Dean says before aiming at Mandy. She tenses up and closes eyes. The last thing she sees is Morgan mouthing I'm sorry. She hears the shot but to her shock doesn't feel pain. In the past she had wondered what it be like to be shot. She figured it would be seering pain maybe some kind of burning unless it killed her instantly. Finally she opened her eyes and to her shock Ambrose had fallen to his knees a hole in his head as he fell over. In the door way stood Shawn Michaels holding a gun. "Riley," he yells running in the room.

"Officer Down! Officer Down!" Shawn yells. Soon the rest of Intelligence enter the house. "Dana free ADA Rose," Roode orders Brooke. "This looks bad we can't wait for a bus," Gargano yells. Dana Brooke gets the gag out of Mandy's mouth. "Are you okay?" Dana asks. "I'll be fine. How is he?" Mandy asks. "Its not good," Brooke admits. Keith Lee picks Riley up and follows Michaels out of the door. "Bobby take control of the scene… Dispatch this is Heat Break 1996 inform Memorial I am in route..." His voice fades as he and Lee run out of the door carrying Riley. Brooke and James free Mandy from her restraints. "I'm okay," Mandy says. "We should get you check out just the same," Roode says. Mandy looks down at Ambrose non moving body. "What about him?" "He's dead this time for real. Who the fuck cares," Johnny says with disgust.

One week later

Mandy stood in a grave yard in a black dress and over coat. She looked across the way at Sonya who was also there in her dress blues standing next to other cops. The casket containing Liv Morgan's body was already been placed above its grave waiting to be lowered. The NYPD pipe band began to play as Michaels stood by a herst in front of the rest of his unit. The Sargent began to call out a series of orders that saw the casket removed from the herst and carried by the rest of Intelligence to a grave. The cops in attendance saluted. Once the casket was in place a twenty one gun salute took place. Finally the priest spoke. "This is not a sad time my children. Riley and Olivia are reunited with there father in God's Kingdom."

Mandy watched as Sargent Michaels walked over to the head stone next to Riley and Liv's graves. If she had to guess he was whispering some kind of apology to Robert Morgan. The formal part of the funeral was over. Mandy walked over to Sonya who was talking to a few other cops. "I can't believe he's gone. Guy seemed like freaking Superman at times," one of the cops says. Sonya walks away from the group and to Mandy. "Rough day," Sonya says. "You did the right thing coming. I know you and Morgan had problems," Mandy says. "Least I could do for a fellow cop and the guy that saved my best friend's life," Sonya admits. Off to the side Johnny Gargano hugs his wife Candice and they walk off.

By the Docks

It was late that same night. Mike knew he was taking a risk but this was a key chance to more or less wrap up the election. Another term as DA and than he could run for Mayor or maybe even Governor. Of course any election needed money. And this guy had plenty of it. "Finally," Adam Cole says as Mike approached him. "Sorry about keeping you waiting. But I had to wrap things up at the office. Things are a bit chaotic right now. Death of a cop gets people demanding we crack down. Give it a week many of those same people will say we are to hard on offenders," Mike says. He can tell Cole isn't in a good mode. Mike sees a speed boat and get nervous. He doesn't wan to know he's here. Someone hops off the boat to the dock not even bothering to look at Mike.

"I am grateful for you meeting with me," Mike says getting serious. "I will level with you I only took this meeting as a favor to on old friend," Adam says. "What friend?" Mike asks very confused. "How you been Mike," A voice from the past says behind him. He looks over at the speed boat. The guy from earlier stands up aim a gun and takes off his hat. "You're dead!" Mike says. "Get on the boat," Riley says. Mike turns to Cole to see he's got a gun as well. "I'm the DA people know I'm here," Mike claims. "No they don't," Riley says. Mike steps onto the boat. Waiting are Cole's guy Fish and O'Reily. Morgan unties the lines and they boat leaves the dock. "We can work this out," Mike says. No one says anything. Finally the get far enough out for what they want to do. Fish takes out a cinder block, a chain and a pair of locks. He locks the chain on the cinder block and than wraps it around Mike's neck.

"NO NO NO! Morgan you're a cop you know this isn't right. I should have a trail," Mike begs. "In an ideal world Mike I find the proof to put away on my own. I arrests you and you go to trail get convicted. But even than it would create a problem with it tainting every case you ever touched. And in the world we live in I only got the confession due to me breaking the law. And if I tried to take you in you would drag down every single member of Intelligence," Riley says. "Riley I have been a good DA that has to make up for a mistake I made as a kid," Mike pleads. "That mistake was killing my father. And since you became a DA you have targeted the NYPD and me to cover your own tracks. You worked with Dean and gave my personal file to the nut job Orton," Riley says. "How you know that?" Mike asks stunned.

"Our tech finally tracked the leak. You used your access to get it. You also helped Dean killed Mia Yim a girl that paid her debt to society. You also hired the men that killed that baby sister. And you still think of yourself as a good man," Riley says. "We can make a deal," Mike says. "No more deals. Its time you pay. I wish I could just put you in jail. But the damage you would doing trying to saver yourself can't happen," Riley says. "It was a mistake I panicked," Mike yells. "Mike you panicked when you shot my father. The rest you can't keep claiming that. See you in hell Mike," Riley says before tossing the block into the water. Mike's eyes go wide in panic just before the chain catches and pulls him over the rail. Riley watches as the man he hunted and hated since he was teenager is pulled the water. Once Mike was gone he looked up at the sky and thought his father sister. "The best I could do to get you justice,'' he thought.