Revenge
Chapter 28
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"You don't want to do that," Bosco said calmly as he pushed Lucas back behind him. The man hesitated and locked eyes with Bosco. Lucas whimpered, trying to stop himself from agitating the man any further. He knew the police officer had saved his life, at least for a moment, but he knew the man was injured badly and that he wouldn't be able to walk them out of there.
"Oh, but I do," he said, raising the gun again.
"No, you don't. Because if you kill this boy you'll be no better than all those years ago," Bosco retorted. The man stopped, the anger smoldering in his eyes.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked the man meanly.
"It means that you'll be responsible for yet another child's death," Bosco said, getting out of breath. He could feel himself getting weaker, the strain of trying to protect Lucas taking its toll when combined with his injuries. He could feel the boy tremble alongside him and he tightened his grasp on the boy to reassure him that he would let no harm come to him.
"I'll be responsible? I'll be responsible?!" Peterson exclaimed. "You're the one that ran down my family. You're the one that was driving too fast and skidded out of control," he reminded Bosco.
"You're the one that was driving drunk and ran into ME," Bosco replied, anger rising in him. "You're the one that made me hit those kids and that woman - your kids and wife."
"No! You did it! I didn't know you were there!" said Peterson becoming more enraged. He leveled the gun at Bosco, his hands shaking as he fought to control his anger.
Bosco felt the darkness returning and he fought to stay conscious.
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"Captain!" came an urgent voice from outside the house. The Captain stepped to the doorway and saw one of the officers walking a boy toward the house.
"Tommy!" cried his mother as she saw him through the window. "Thank God!" she said as everyone ran outside to greet them. As the worried parents poured out onto the front lawn, Lucas' parents looked for him in vain.
"Where's Lucas, Tommy?" Roger asked the boy. "Tommy! Where's Lucas?"
Tommy was still crying and trying to control himself enough to relay the information to the police officers.
"He's, he's in that house," Tommy finally got out, pointing toward the dilapidated house. "There's two men in that house. One of them is sick - really sick. The older man has a gun. Lucas tripped the man so that I could get out and come get help," Tommy said, finally succumbing to tears from his fear.
"It's okay, Tommy," said his mother. "The policemen will get Lucas out. Is Lucas hurt?"
"I don't know. Maybe. I heard him yell as I was running from the house. The one that's sick, I think maybe he's the policeman they've been looking for. He's pretty sick, I think," Tommy added as Faith, Sully, Ty and Lieutenant Swersky listened.
Suddenly, the afternoon was shattered by the sound of a gun being discharged, followed by the sound of falling glass. Everyone ducked and looked in the direction of the shot. They could see the broken window, but heard no noise.
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Rose, Trisha and Mikey were at the police station, listening to the news reports when they too heard the shot fired through the microphone from the reporter on the scene.
"Oh my God," Rose said, standing suddenly and gasping. "Oh my God."
Mikey and Trisha stood and without saying anything, the three of them instinctively moved in the direction of the door in order to get themselves over to the scene.
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"Lieu, I've gotta get over there," Faith said, starting to stand up. The Lieutenant grabbed her arm.
"No. Not until we know what's going on," he told her.
"We know what's going on. He's gonna kill Bosco and that kid," she said angrily.
"Faith," Sully interrupted. "We need to find out what kind of weapons the guy has, where they are in the house before we do anything. If we just go barging in there, Bosco and that kid are as good as dead if we can't get to them right away."
"I know," Faith said in disgust. "I just can't sit here and wait. I have to do something."
"I know. We will. Let's get some more information from that kid," Swersky added as they watched ESU set up around the house, preparing to take action if necessary.
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TBC...
Chapter 28
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"You don't want to do that," Bosco said calmly as he pushed Lucas back behind him. The man hesitated and locked eyes with Bosco. Lucas whimpered, trying to stop himself from agitating the man any further. He knew the police officer had saved his life, at least for a moment, but he knew the man was injured badly and that he wouldn't be able to walk them out of there.
"Oh, but I do," he said, raising the gun again.
"No, you don't. Because if you kill this boy you'll be no better than all those years ago," Bosco retorted. The man stopped, the anger smoldering in his eyes.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked the man meanly.
"It means that you'll be responsible for yet another child's death," Bosco said, getting out of breath. He could feel himself getting weaker, the strain of trying to protect Lucas taking its toll when combined with his injuries. He could feel the boy tremble alongside him and he tightened his grasp on the boy to reassure him that he would let no harm come to him.
"I'll be responsible? I'll be responsible?!" Peterson exclaimed. "You're the one that ran down my family. You're the one that was driving too fast and skidded out of control," he reminded Bosco.
"You're the one that was driving drunk and ran into ME," Bosco replied, anger rising in him. "You're the one that made me hit those kids and that woman - your kids and wife."
"No! You did it! I didn't know you were there!" said Peterson becoming more enraged. He leveled the gun at Bosco, his hands shaking as he fought to control his anger.
Bosco felt the darkness returning and he fought to stay conscious.
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"Captain!" came an urgent voice from outside the house. The Captain stepped to the doorway and saw one of the officers walking a boy toward the house.
"Tommy!" cried his mother as she saw him through the window. "Thank God!" she said as everyone ran outside to greet them. As the worried parents poured out onto the front lawn, Lucas' parents looked for him in vain.
"Where's Lucas, Tommy?" Roger asked the boy. "Tommy! Where's Lucas?"
Tommy was still crying and trying to control himself enough to relay the information to the police officers.
"He's, he's in that house," Tommy finally got out, pointing toward the dilapidated house. "There's two men in that house. One of them is sick - really sick. The older man has a gun. Lucas tripped the man so that I could get out and come get help," Tommy said, finally succumbing to tears from his fear.
"It's okay, Tommy," said his mother. "The policemen will get Lucas out. Is Lucas hurt?"
"I don't know. Maybe. I heard him yell as I was running from the house. The one that's sick, I think maybe he's the policeman they've been looking for. He's pretty sick, I think," Tommy added as Faith, Sully, Ty and Lieutenant Swersky listened.
Suddenly, the afternoon was shattered by the sound of a gun being discharged, followed by the sound of falling glass. Everyone ducked and looked in the direction of the shot. They could see the broken window, but heard no noise.
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Rose, Trisha and Mikey were at the police station, listening to the news reports when they too heard the shot fired through the microphone from the reporter on the scene.
"Oh my God," Rose said, standing suddenly and gasping. "Oh my God."
Mikey and Trisha stood and without saying anything, the three of them instinctively moved in the direction of the door in order to get themselves over to the scene.
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"Lieu, I've gotta get over there," Faith said, starting to stand up. The Lieutenant grabbed her arm.
"No. Not until we know what's going on," he told her.
"We know what's going on. He's gonna kill Bosco and that kid," she said angrily.
"Faith," Sully interrupted. "We need to find out what kind of weapons the guy has, where they are in the house before we do anything. If we just go barging in there, Bosco and that kid are as good as dead if we can't get to them right away."
"I know," Faith said in disgust. "I just can't sit here and wait. I have to do something."
"I know. We will. Let's get some more information from that kid," Swersky added as they watched ESU set up around the house, preparing to take action if necessary.
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TBC...