Alexis sighed and put down her wineglass on the coffee table in Jesse's
apartment. Jesse set down a plate of veggies and dip on the table than sat
down next to his girlfriend.
"That's all I have," he told her with a grin. "I just ordered Chinese."
"Okay." His grin fell.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm just letting this all sink in. I'm sorry if I'm being a drag."
"You could never be a drag. You'd have even a harder time sinking the Titanic than that iceberg did." She gave him a puzzled look. "I was trying to make you feel better."
"Oh, nice try."
"You look beautiful. Even with that large bandage covering the majority of your shoulder." Alexis just shook her head. "Something is definitely on your mind. I know finding everything out about Steve and your father is mind boggling, but sometimes you just have to let yourself go and enjoy life." Alexis looked at him and smiled.
"You're right," she agreed. "I knew there was some reason I loved you." She leaned back against the couch and cuddled against Jesse who took a sip of his wine. "I want to give Community General five million dollars." The young man spit out the wine in his mouth and jumped up.
"First, ow," Jesse said. "Second, why?"
"Because I can," Alexis answered as she stood up. "I have more than enough money to live on. It's mere pocket change."
"I know, but it's still quite a bit of money. What's the catch? Do you want a wing named after you or something?"
"No, because that's for egotistical people. And if they decide to create a new wing they should name it after Mark. He does deserve it for all the years he's spent in that hospital," Alexis replied. "I want to do something with the money I have and this is something good. I may even start a charity or donate a lot to one. I want to give something back, Jesse." He sat back down.
"Sorry, I over reacted," he said. "I just get a little self-conscious since you have so much money. You know the whole macho guy bit."
"Yeah, I heard it after I knocked Snape out," Alexis responded. "It's almost as bad as the whole doctor speech."
"Hey!" She laughed.
"I'm kidding, Jess. I'm lightening up and it's fun to pick on you. You know I don't really mean it." She kissed him. "Maybe we could just skip the Chinese food."
"But I ordered you're favorite. Not that I don't want to do what I know you're suggesting. I just want to eat a little than we can do the other." Alexis rolled her eyes.
"Okay, eat than do. Right now kiss." She pushed Jesse back and his head ending up on the left armrest of the couch. The actress took a position on top of him, careful of her left arm and his stomach, than placed her lips on his. He returned it and they started kissing passionately only to be interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Go away," Alexis mumbled through the kissing. Jesse gently lifted her off himself. "Unfair."
"We can continue after I get the food," he told her. He opened his apartment door only to receive a punch in the gut. He doubled over and fell to the floor as he was pushed. A figure dressed in all black walked in and closed the door.
"What do you want?" Alexis asked as she went over to Jesse who was trying to sit up despite all the pain. The figure removed his ski mask and the couple stared at the person.
"To finish what I started," Snape/Fitzpatrick answered. "I know Lt. Sloan has the entire LAPD looking for me and I decided if I was going down I'd take some people with me." He pulled a gun out from the waistband of his pants.
"You're going to kill us just because you're angry your father was sent to prison for the crimes he committed?" Jesse said. "He should have never murdered those innocent people in the first place." Snape pulled the injured doctor up by the front of his shirt and put the gun in his right hand to Jesse's head.
"Shut-up," he growled. Alexis stood up.
"Let him go," she said in a wavering voice. Snape threw Jesse onto the coffee table causing to break under the young man's weight. He grabbed the woman.
"I'd rather hurt you anyway." She whimpered as he tightened the grip on her right wrist. "You act like a big hero real well, but you're a pathetic, dumb blonde."
"At least I don't have to kill to show that I'm a bigger person," she replied. He struck across the face with the gun and let her fall on to the floor. The man noticed a movement on his left and turned to Jesse who held a broken coffee table leg like a bat.
"What are you going to do?" Snape asked. "I can shoot and kill you in the time it takes you to swing that thing." He leveled the gun at Jesse's head. "So, do you feel lucky?"
"That's all you got? Clint Eastwood knock off lines," Jesse retorted.
"You talk big for someone who's about to die."
"Shoot already. If you really wanted to kill me you would have already. You really aren't anything, but a big, cowering idiot." Snape slowly lowered the gun and looked down.
"Maybe you're right," he said quietly. Jesse let the table leg drop.
"If you give yourself up now than maybe the police won't be so hard on you with the charges," Jesse told him. He took a step towards the man. "Now, just give me the gun." Snape looked back up with an evil smile.
"You think I'm that stupid, don't you?" Jesse swallowed. The two ducked as the door to the apartment was kicked in and Steve along with a few officers came in with their guns raised. Snape pulled Jesse in front of him and used him as a shield.
"Let him go, Snape!" Steve shouted. Jesse began to feel sick when he felt the gun pushed against his temple. He looked at Steve who was glaring at Snape.
"Hey, Snape." The man turned around to see Alexis holding the table leg Jesse had dropped. She swung it and hit the man. The killer fell unconscious onto the remains of Jesse's table. She looked down at the fallen man. "For your information I am quite strong." Steve walked over to the couple as he put away his gun.
"I wouldn't have gotten here sooner, but Snape so kindly made sure the elevators wouldn't work," Steve said. Jesse took Alexis into the small kitchen and started to dab her cuts with a damp washcloth.
"It's a good thing you got here when you did," Jesse replied. "I almost got myself killed trying to be a hero. It isn't as easy as it looks."
"Yeah, well, you shouldn't be doing this," Alexis said. "You look worse than I do. Give me that." She took the washcloth and dabbed his cuts. "I also bet you've got some bleeding going on where you got stabbed."
"I probably do," Jesse agreed. He clutched his stomach. "Thanks for reminding me." Steve shook his head.
"C'mon, Mr. Hero," Steve said. "Let's get you and Alexis to the hospital."
"That's all I have," he told her with a grin. "I just ordered Chinese."
"Okay." His grin fell.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm just letting this all sink in. I'm sorry if I'm being a drag."
"You could never be a drag. You'd have even a harder time sinking the Titanic than that iceberg did." She gave him a puzzled look. "I was trying to make you feel better."
"Oh, nice try."
"You look beautiful. Even with that large bandage covering the majority of your shoulder." Alexis just shook her head. "Something is definitely on your mind. I know finding everything out about Steve and your father is mind boggling, but sometimes you just have to let yourself go and enjoy life." Alexis looked at him and smiled.
"You're right," she agreed. "I knew there was some reason I loved you." She leaned back against the couch and cuddled against Jesse who took a sip of his wine. "I want to give Community General five million dollars." The young man spit out the wine in his mouth and jumped up.
"First, ow," Jesse said. "Second, why?"
"Because I can," Alexis answered as she stood up. "I have more than enough money to live on. It's mere pocket change."
"I know, but it's still quite a bit of money. What's the catch? Do you want a wing named after you or something?"
"No, because that's for egotistical people. And if they decide to create a new wing they should name it after Mark. He does deserve it for all the years he's spent in that hospital," Alexis replied. "I want to do something with the money I have and this is something good. I may even start a charity or donate a lot to one. I want to give something back, Jesse." He sat back down.
"Sorry, I over reacted," he said. "I just get a little self-conscious since you have so much money. You know the whole macho guy bit."
"Yeah, I heard it after I knocked Snape out," Alexis responded. "It's almost as bad as the whole doctor speech."
"Hey!" She laughed.
"I'm kidding, Jess. I'm lightening up and it's fun to pick on you. You know I don't really mean it." She kissed him. "Maybe we could just skip the Chinese food."
"But I ordered you're favorite. Not that I don't want to do what I know you're suggesting. I just want to eat a little than we can do the other." Alexis rolled her eyes.
"Okay, eat than do. Right now kiss." She pushed Jesse back and his head ending up on the left armrest of the couch. The actress took a position on top of him, careful of her left arm and his stomach, than placed her lips on his. He returned it and they started kissing passionately only to be interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Go away," Alexis mumbled through the kissing. Jesse gently lifted her off himself. "Unfair."
"We can continue after I get the food," he told her. He opened his apartment door only to receive a punch in the gut. He doubled over and fell to the floor as he was pushed. A figure dressed in all black walked in and closed the door.
"What do you want?" Alexis asked as she went over to Jesse who was trying to sit up despite all the pain. The figure removed his ski mask and the couple stared at the person.
"To finish what I started," Snape/Fitzpatrick answered. "I know Lt. Sloan has the entire LAPD looking for me and I decided if I was going down I'd take some people with me." He pulled a gun out from the waistband of his pants.
"You're going to kill us just because you're angry your father was sent to prison for the crimes he committed?" Jesse said. "He should have never murdered those innocent people in the first place." Snape pulled the injured doctor up by the front of his shirt and put the gun in his right hand to Jesse's head.
"Shut-up," he growled. Alexis stood up.
"Let him go," she said in a wavering voice. Snape threw Jesse onto the coffee table causing to break under the young man's weight. He grabbed the woman.
"I'd rather hurt you anyway." She whimpered as he tightened the grip on her right wrist. "You act like a big hero real well, but you're a pathetic, dumb blonde."
"At least I don't have to kill to show that I'm a bigger person," she replied. He struck across the face with the gun and let her fall on to the floor. The man noticed a movement on his left and turned to Jesse who held a broken coffee table leg like a bat.
"What are you going to do?" Snape asked. "I can shoot and kill you in the time it takes you to swing that thing." He leveled the gun at Jesse's head. "So, do you feel lucky?"
"That's all you got? Clint Eastwood knock off lines," Jesse retorted.
"You talk big for someone who's about to die."
"Shoot already. If you really wanted to kill me you would have already. You really aren't anything, but a big, cowering idiot." Snape slowly lowered the gun and looked down.
"Maybe you're right," he said quietly. Jesse let the table leg drop.
"If you give yourself up now than maybe the police won't be so hard on you with the charges," Jesse told him. He took a step towards the man. "Now, just give me the gun." Snape looked back up with an evil smile.
"You think I'm that stupid, don't you?" Jesse swallowed. The two ducked as the door to the apartment was kicked in and Steve along with a few officers came in with their guns raised. Snape pulled Jesse in front of him and used him as a shield.
"Let him go, Snape!" Steve shouted. Jesse began to feel sick when he felt the gun pushed against his temple. He looked at Steve who was glaring at Snape.
"Hey, Snape." The man turned around to see Alexis holding the table leg Jesse had dropped. She swung it and hit the man. The killer fell unconscious onto the remains of Jesse's table. She looked down at the fallen man. "For your information I am quite strong." Steve walked over to the couple as he put away his gun.
"I wouldn't have gotten here sooner, but Snape so kindly made sure the elevators wouldn't work," Steve said. Jesse took Alexis into the small kitchen and started to dab her cuts with a damp washcloth.
"It's a good thing you got here when you did," Jesse replied. "I almost got myself killed trying to be a hero. It isn't as easy as it looks."
"Yeah, well, you shouldn't be doing this," Alexis said. "You look worse than I do. Give me that." She took the washcloth and dabbed his cuts. "I also bet you've got some bleeding going on where you got stabbed."
"I probably do," Jesse agreed. He clutched his stomach. "Thanks for reminding me." Steve shook his head.
"C'mon, Mr. Hero," Steve said. "Let's get you and Alexis to the hospital."