Title: Punish the Children (18/?)
Author: Lynne Facella
Category: Drama/Angst
Email: lynne1919@aol.com
Spoilers: Through current season 4
Disclaimer: All characters are the property of John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero. I wish they were mine but unfortunately they're not.
Summary: Ty's life becomes a living hell when he becomes the target of a man his father put in prison 25 years ago, endangering him and all those around him.
Notes: Thanks so much for the continued feedback and support for this story. As always, I very much appreciate it :)
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Ty headed out of Sully's building and quickly flagged down a taxicab. "Action Car Rental," he said as he climbed into the back of the taxi and closed the door. As the vehicle moved through the city streets, Ty found himself continuously looking over his shoulder, half expecting to see Sully or one of his other colleagues trailing behind in an RMP. Man, he was really jumpy. He definitely needed to get a grip. In any case, he found that he was extremely relieved when the taxi driver pulled up in front of the car rental agency with no sign of any cruisers. Maybe he really was going to be able to pull this off on his own.
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Sully walked down the hallway and paused outside the bathroom door. He could hear the shower still running, but he was extremely uneasy. Ty didn't usually take long showers, certainly not this long. For some reason, his mind went back to the day Kim had tried to commit suicide and they'd found her lying in her bathtub. He could feel a huge knot beginning to develop in his stomach. Surely Ty couldn't...he wouldn't... Would he? When Ty had been thanking him a short while ago, had it all been because he was planning to kill himself? Taking a deep breath, Sully rapped softly on the door, straining to hear any sound besides that of the running water. "Ty?" he finally called after a few more moments. "Ty are you okay?" More silence. Now Sully was definitely alarmed. "Ty!" He shouted loudly as he pounded on the door. "Ty what's going on?" Still no answer. Sully turned the doorknob and opened the bathroom door, actually surprised when he found that it wasn't locked. Feeling positively sick to his stomach, he flung aside the shower curtain expecting to see the worst. When he found that the tub was empty, his first reaction was that of intense relief, but it was only momentary as the painful truth dawned on him...his partner was gone.
"God, Ty...what have you done?"
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Rebecca Waters sat on the bed in her hotel room, holding the newspaper she was reading with trembling hands. Dear God...was Seth actually responsible for all of this? She couldn't even bear the thought of it. As much as she tried to deny it to herself though...she knew that it was true. Seth had always gotten into trouble, but she had always thought it was a phase, that he was really a good person and he would grow out of it. Now though she had to face the truth. He was just bad through and through. She thanked God her husband had not lived to see this. She knew he wouldn't have been able to bear the pain of what their only son had become. She didn't know what to do. She knew Seth was responsible for these horrendous acts and it wasn't right to keep it to herself. She couldn't even begin to imagine what he was planning to do next. She looked at the picture of the young police officer in the newspaper and knew he didn't deserve what was happening. None of these people did. She needed to try to put a stop to it.
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"Sully, calm down, okay? Maybe you're wrong...maybe he just needed to go for a walk or something."
"He went to the trouble of putting the shower on so I wouldn't know he was gone. I don't think he just went out for a stroll!" Sully realized he was screaming into the phone and he made a determined effort to calm himself down. "I'm sorry, Faith... I just...I don't know what to do here. I have no idea where he's gone, what the hell he's gotten himself into."
"I know you're upset, Sully..." Faith looked over at Bosco who was watching her intently as she tried to think of something helpful to say. "Have you tried to call him?"
"Call?" Sully shook his head dumbly. God...how stupid was he? He'd been so busy freaking out he hadn't even thought to call him. "No...no, Faith. I haven't. I'll do that now. I'll call you back."
Faith opened her mouth to respond, but Sully was already gone. She clicked off her phone with a sigh.
"Now what?" Bosco asked, not even sure he wanted to know. "Something happen to Davis?"
"He's gone...he left..."
"Left? How? Where'd he go?" Bosco asked, shaking his head in confusion. "Sully let him go? How could he do that?"
"He didn't let him go, Bos. Ty... I don't know...He set him up. He snuck out of Sully's apartment. It doesn't really matter how. What matters is we need to find him before something happens."
"You should go, Faith. Go to Sully. Help him find Ty..."
"Are you sure?" Faith asked as she got to her feet, already knowing his answer.
Bosco nodded. "I'm sure, Faith. Go... Help them get this guy."
Faith gave Bosco a long look and then hugged him briefly, pressing a soft kiss onto his forehead. "You take care of yourself. I'll keep you posted."
"You take care too, Faith," Bosco said softly, watching her yearningly as she headed towards the door, wishing more than anything that he could be out there with her. "Be careful."
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It didn't take long before Ty was behind the wheel of an SUV and on his way. He had a long drive ahead of him. The directions the guy had given him were taking him to, of all places, the Hamptons. The Hamptons...It just didn't make any sense...none of it. Why the hell would someone want to meet him there? The ringing of his cell phone startled him, bringing him out of his thoughts. He grabbed the phone, noting that the Caller ID was blocked, just as it had been when the guy called earlier. "Hello?" he said, warily speaking into the phone.
"Ty! Don't hang up!" The sound of Sully's obviously panicked voice, threw Ty momentarily, rendering him speechless. "Hello? Are you there? Ty can you hear me?"
"Yeah...yeah, I can hear you," Ty answered. "Sully...listen I'm okay. Everything is going to be okay."
"Don't...don't even say that..." Sully paced around the apartment like a caged animal as he spoke. "You've got to tell me what's going on, partner. You're meeting him, aren't you? That whole cellular phone thing was all a put on for my benefit. Tell me where you're going, Ty. Tell me."
Ty noticed that the traffic was beginning to get congested up ahead and he put his foot on the brake to slow down the SUV. "I can't tell you, Sul...I'm sorry. He said just me. That's the way it has to be."
"He said just you because it's a trap!" Sully yelled. "I know you're not stupid. Surely you can see that."
"I have my gun..." He did have his weapon with him, but he was under no delusions that that was going to be easy. He knew that Sully was right, that he was almost assuredly walking into a trap. He only hoped that he would be able to find a way to handle it. All he knew was he couldn't go on living that way he was. There had already been too much loss and heartache. It was up to him to try to put a stop to it without involving anyone else.
"You have your gun?" Sully realized that he was still yelling, but he couldn't seem to stop. He was unbelievably frustrated and scared to death that Ty was going to go off and get himself killed. "Well he has a gun too, Ty. Haven't you noticed? He has guns and bombs and God only knows what else. Maybe he's planning to blow you up the same way he blew up Krista. Did you think of that? Think of your mother, Ty...your sisters. Damn it, think about someone besides yourself!"
Ty swallowed hard, trying to ignore the hurt Sully's words were causing. He knew that was what Sully intended. He was deliberately trying to make him feel bad so he'd turn around and go back, but it wasn't going to work. There was nothing Sully could say to make him change his mind. "This guy is cocky. He wants to meet me one-on-one. He isn't going to just blow me up. That wouldn't be fun enough for him."
"Fun enough?" Sully asked incredulously, unable to believe his ears. "Are you even listening to what you're saying?"
"Sully..." Ty shook his head, needing to end this conversation. Sully was making him lose focus and he couldn't afford to do that. "I've got to go."
"NO! Ty don't hang up!" Sully commanded loudly, then lowered his voice plaintively. "Please."
"I...I'm sorry..." Ty said, his voice cracking as he spoke. "I...I'll be okay, Sully...I promise. I'll see you soon." He quickly clicked off the phone and turned the power off. He couldn't take any more phone calls like that. He just needed to get this done and then he would see his friends and family again.
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Author: Lynne Facella
Category: Drama/Angst
Email: lynne1919@aol.com
Spoilers: Through current season 4
Disclaimer: All characters are the property of John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero. I wish they were mine but unfortunately they're not.
Summary: Ty's life becomes a living hell when he becomes the target of a man his father put in prison 25 years ago, endangering him and all those around him.
Notes: Thanks so much for the continued feedback and support for this story. As always, I very much appreciate it :)
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Ty headed out of Sully's building and quickly flagged down a taxicab. "Action Car Rental," he said as he climbed into the back of the taxi and closed the door. As the vehicle moved through the city streets, Ty found himself continuously looking over his shoulder, half expecting to see Sully or one of his other colleagues trailing behind in an RMP. Man, he was really jumpy. He definitely needed to get a grip. In any case, he found that he was extremely relieved when the taxi driver pulled up in front of the car rental agency with no sign of any cruisers. Maybe he really was going to be able to pull this off on his own.
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Sully walked down the hallway and paused outside the bathroom door. He could hear the shower still running, but he was extremely uneasy. Ty didn't usually take long showers, certainly not this long. For some reason, his mind went back to the day Kim had tried to commit suicide and they'd found her lying in her bathtub. He could feel a huge knot beginning to develop in his stomach. Surely Ty couldn't...he wouldn't... Would he? When Ty had been thanking him a short while ago, had it all been because he was planning to kill himself? Taking a deep breath, Sully rapped softly on the door, straining to hear any sound besides that of the running water. "Ty?" he finally called after a few more moments. "Ty are you okay?" More silence. Now Sully was definitely alarmed. "Ty!" He shouted loudly as he pounded on the door. "Ty what's going on?" Still no answer. Sully turned the doorknob and opened the bathroom door, actually surprised when he found that it wasn't locked. Feeling positively sick to his stomach, he flung aside the shower curtain expecting to see the worst. When he found that the tub was empty, his first reaction was that of intense relief, but it was only momentary as the painful truth dawned on him...his partner was gone.
"God, Ty...what have you done?"
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Rebecca Waters sat on the bed in her hotel room, holding the newspaper she was reading with trembling hands. Dear God...was Seth actually responsible for all of this? She couldn't even bear the thought of it. As much as she tried to deny it to herself though...she knew that it was true. Seth had always gotten into trouble, but she had always thought it was a phase, that he was really a good person and he would grow out of it. Now though she had to face the truth. He was just bad through and through. She thanked God her husband had not lived to see this. She knew he wouldn't have been able to bear the pain of what their only son had become. She didn't know what to do. She knew Seth was responsible for these horrendous acts and it wasn't right to keep it to herself. She couldn't even begin to imagine what he was planning to do next. She looked at the picture of the young police officer in the newspaper and knew he didn't deserve what was happening. None of these people did. She needed to try to put a stop to it.
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"Sully, calm down, okay? Maybe you're wrong...maybe he just needed to go for a walk or something."
"He went to the trouble of putting the shower on so I wouldn't know he was gone. I don't think he just went out for a stroll!" Sully realized he was screaming into the phone and he made a determined effort to calm himself down. "I'm sorry, Faith... I just...I don't know what to do here. I have no idea where he's gone, what the hell he's gotten himself into."
"I know you're upset, Sully..." Faith looked over at Bosco who was watching her intently as she tried to think of something helpful to say. "Have you tried to call him?"
"Call?" Sully shook his head dumbly. God...how stupid was he? He'd been so busy freaking out he hadn't even thought to call him. "No...no, Faith. I haven't. I'll do that now. I'll call you back."
Faith opened her mouth to respond, but Sully was already gone. She clicked off her phone with a sigh.
"Now what?" Bosco asked, not even sure he wanted to know. "Something happen to Davis?"
"He's gone...he left..."
"Left? How? Where'd he go?" Bosco asked, shaking his head in confusion. "Sully let him go? How could he do that?"
"He didn't let him go, Bos. Ty... I don't know...He set him up. He snuck out of Sully's apartment. It doesn't really matter how. What matters is we need to find him before something happens."
"You should go, Faith. Go to Sully. Help him find Ty..."
"Are you sure?" Faith asked as she got to her feet, already knowing his answer.
Bosco nodded. "I'm sure, Faith. Go... Help them get this guy."
Faith gave Bosco a long look and then hugged him briefly, pressing a soft kiss onto his forehead. "You take care of yourself. I'll keep you posted."
"You take care too, Faith," Bosco said softly, watching her yearningly as she headed towards the door, wishing more than anything that he could be out there with her. "Be careful."
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It didn't take long before Ty was behind the wheel of an SUV and on his way. He had a long drive ahead of him. The directions the guy had given him were taking him to, of all places, the Hamptons. The Hamptons...It just didn't make any sense...none of it. Why the hell would someone want to meet him there? The ringing of his cell phone startled him, bringing him out of his thoughts. He grabbed the phone, noting that the Caller ID was blocked, just as it had been when the guy called earlier. "Hello?" he said, warily speaking into the phone.
"Ty! Don't hang up!" The sound of Sully's obviously panicked voice, threw Ty momentarily, rendering him speechless. "Hello? Are you there? Ty can you hear me?"
"Yeah...yeah, I can hear you," Ty answered. "Sully...listen I'm okay. Everything is going to be okay."
"Don't...don't even say that..." Sully paced around the apartment like a caged animal as he spoke. "You've got to tell me what's going on, partner. You're meeting him, aren't you? That whole cellular phone thing was all a put on for my benefit. Tell me where you're going, Ty. Tell me."
Ty noticed that the traffic was beginning to get congested up ahead and he put his foot on the brake to slow down the SUV. "I can't tell you, Sul...I'm sorry. He said just me. That's the way it has to be."
"He said just you because it's a trap!" Sully yelled. "I know you're not stupid. Surely you can see that."
"I have my gun..." He did have his weapon with him, but he was under no delusions that that was going to be easy. He knew that Sully was right, that he was almost assuredly walking into a trap. He only hoped that he would be able to find a way to handle it. All he knew was he couldn't go on living that way he was. There had already been too much loss and heartache. It was up to him to try to put a stop to it without involving anyone else.
"You have your gun?" Sully realized that he was still yelling, but he couldn't seem to stop. He was unbelievably frustrated and scared to death that Ty was going to go off and get himself killed. "Well he has a gun too, Ty. Haven't you noticed? He has guns and bombs and God only knows what else. Maybe he's planning to blow you up the same way he blew up Krista. Did you think of that? Think of your mother, Ty...your sisters. Damn it, think about someone besides yourself!"
Ty swallowed hard, trying to ignore the hurt Sully's words were causing. He knew that was what Sully intended. He was deliberately trying to make him feel bad so he'd turn around and go back, but it wasn't going to work. There was nothing Sully could say to make him change his mind. "This guy is cocky. He wants to meet me one-on-one. He isn't going to just blow me up. That wouldn't be fun enough for him."
"Fun enough?" Sully asked incredulously, unable to believe his ears. "Are you even listening to what you're saying?"
"Sully..." Ty shook his head, needing to end this conversation. Sully was making him lose focus and he couldn't afford to do that. "I've got to go."
"NO! Ty don't hang up!" Sully commanded loudly, then lowered his voice plaintively. "Please."
"I...I'm sorry..." Ty said, his voice cracking as he spoke. "I...I'll be okay, Sully...I promise. I'll see you soon." He quickly clicked off the phone and turned the power off. He couldn't take any more phone calls like that. He just needed to get this done and then he would see his friends and family again.
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