Thorny Rose

Chapter Eight: Justice is Done

By: Ree

Pairing: Ryo/Dee, Berkley/Ryo

Rating: R

Ages: Thank you to one of my reviewers! Now I can say that Ryo is around 27-28, Dee is 26-27, and Berkley is in his mid-30's. Thank you very much for that review, it's really helped.

Summary: Berkley Rose is used to getting what he wants. What he wants is Ryo and he's bound and determined to get him no matter what the cost. Taking advantage of Dee's leave of absence, he begins his carefully planned seduction of the naïve man. What will Dee think when he comes back?

Disclaimer: I do not own Fake. The series is Sanami Matoh's, so don't sue me because ya won't get anything.

Author's Notes: All right, before I start the story, I have an UUBER HUGE poll for all of my readers. So, if you read this fic, PLEASE put in your opinion because I think I may be onto something.

A while after the whole "Rose" incident...should Dee consider popping the question to Ryo? And if he does...should Ryo say yes?

This is very important, because I want opinions of people who have read and understand FAKE very well. If you think Dee should pop the question or not, please tell me why and again, if you think Ryo should say yes or no, please tell me why. I'd like good sound opinions from my fabulous reviewers out there . You all are very important because you help keep me writing.

Dee and Ryo tore through the streets as they headed for Eric's house. Ryo prayed they weren't too late and they would get there in time. After all, it wasn't just the chance to finally nail Ed that he was worried about, Ryo was also concerned about Eric. I won't let him get hurt...Ryo vowed as he glanced over at Dee. The other officer looked deadly serious as he drove. Going through the streets, both of them were silent, lost in their thoughts. When they pulled up into the driveway, his heart plummeted as he saw a Porsche parked in the drive, knowing that Ed had beat them there. As Dee took down the license plate quickly, they headed inside the large house, careful to keep quiet. Moving as stealthily as they could, the two men stood outside a large door where they heard voices inside.

"Listen here Eric, if you don't hand over your son, I can make all of this disappear...including him. It's very simple, you let me use Rick to service my clients whenever they wish and in return you get all of this wealth and more," Ed's voice rang through the hall.

"But we told you, Eric isn't here at the moment," a male voice answered. "He's still at school."

"Yeah right, I've already taken the liberty of calling the school and they said he was suspiciously absent, now why is that? Could it be because you both are hiding him from me?"

"Dee, when should we...?" Ryo mouthed.

"When we know that Ed is alone," Dee mouthed back as they waited, hidden in the shadows.

After a few moments, Ed sent his goons out to spend a few moments alone with the parents. Luckily, there were only two of them so Ryo and Dee managed to slink down the stairs behind them without being seen. Quickly, the chestnut-haired man reached back and smacked the first one in the back of the head with his gun. Dee followed his example and clubbed the second one over the head, looking very satisfied as he saw the man fall. Snapping handcuffs on their wrists, Dee went out to radio for backup as Ryo began to search the house. Going through all of the rooms, he finally came across Eric's room. Looking around, he had to admit that the room seemed to reflect the boy very well. Art supplies were scattered everywhere and so were clothes and other momentos.

"Obviously a pack rat and into art," he chuckled but then froze when he heard something shift.

Turning around slowly, he glanced at the laundry hamper. He could have sworn he'd heard the noise from there. Going over to it, he examined the back and found a large hole drilled into it. That's odd, why would anyone drill a hole in the back of a laundry hamper? Unless... Flipping open the lid, he came across a mop of blonde hair buried underneath some clothes that was moving slightly.

"Are you Eric?" he whispered.

"Who...who are you?" the boy asked quietly, poking his head out of the hamper. "Are you one of Ed's guys?"

"No, my name is Randy McLean, I'm a detective. My partner and I are here to help you and your folks get out of this. You stay here, and no matter what, don't leave this room," Ryo warned.

Nodding, Eric slipped back into the hamper as Ryo headed back to the main room. Dee met up with him and the two of them burst through the door. Ed turned around to find a gun pointed at his forehead. The dark eyes that bore into his were alight with fury.

"Ed, you are under arrest for the prostitution of minors," Ryo snapped in a deadly calm voice.

The man held at gunpoint opened his mouth to say something when a loud SMACK echoed through the room. Eyes widening, Ryo saw Ed collapse onto the ground with Dee standing behind him, hand clenched around his gun. Nodding in satisfaction, he glanced at Ryo.

"He had it coming," he offered as a way of explanation.

"All right, let's get him out of here. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, you'd better come with us as well to answer a few questions," Ryo replied, turning to the parents. "You're lucky we got here when we did."

Dee managed to haul Ed out and down to where some of the other cops from the precinct were waiting. Going back upstairs, Ryo pulled the lid off of the hamper and found Eric still sitting in there. Smiling, he reached in and helped the slight boy out and knelt down in front of him. Looking up into the terrified eyes, he smiled and placed a hand on the boy's shoulder comfortingly.

"It's over, Eric, we arrested Ed. He won't be coming around here anymore," Ryo explained.

"Thank you so much detective!" Eric smiled. "Listen, my parents have a safe in their office...I don't know the combination, but it's hidden behind a painting. You could find some things there."

"Thanks Eric. Come on, we'll find you a place to stay until they're finished questioning your parents."

With that, Ryo led the young boy down the stairs and out to his car. Dee was talking to some of the other officers but at the sight of Ryo, he turned and headed for the car. As they climbed inside, Dee grinned.

"We finally nailed Ed! He was caught red handed and we'll be able to get him for the Rod incident!"

"That's great. Make sure to have the others check behind a painting in one of the offices. There's a safe there that Eric says may have some things in it that will prove helpful in the investigation," Ryo added.

"Oh, all right," Dee replied and rolled down his window to give one of the officers the tidbit.

"Eric, your friend Jason is staying over at my place...would you like to stay with him?" Ryo asked.

"Ryo, you've already got Bikky, and you know how much Carole is over there. Now with Jason and Eric, that's too many. I think the most logical solution is-"

"For you to stay over and help me keep an eye on them," Ryo replied as he kept his eyes on the road. "Do you think you can handle helping me out, Dee?"

"Wait, you're willingly inviting me over? To stay the night? Wow, you have come a long way," Dee laughed.

Looking over at Dee for a moment, Ryo merely gave him a smile. "I feel it's the least I can do...after what happened. We have to stop by the precinct before we head back to my place."

"All right!" Dee grinned evilly as he punched his hand. "Now I can totally kill that bastard!"

"Dee, come on now. You can't go around killing other officers; it'd make you a murderer!"

"I don't care! He deserves it after what he did to you! I'm going to make sure that he doesn't do that again..." Dee muttered under his breath, clenching his hand into a tight fist.

"You can't!"

Sighing heavily, Ryo pulled into the precinct and told Eric to come into the building with them. Dee barged through the area looking even madder than anyone had ever seen him. Everyone backed out of his way as he stormed through the desks and headed for Rose's office.

"ROSE!" he screamed as he slammed the door open.

"Dee?!" the surprised man gasped as his square-shaped glasses fell askew on his straight nose. "What are you doing here? You weren't supposed to be back until the end of the week!"

"Well, surprise, surprise, and guess what I found out. It turns out you decided to have a little fun while I was away!" he shouted, enraged as he stormed over and grabbed the other by the collar. "I should have you arrested for drugging a police officer and attempting to rape him!"

"Now, now Dee, please be reasonable about this..."

"REASONABLE MY ASS!!!! YOU TRIED TO RAPE MY BOYFRIEND!!!" Dee roared so loudly that the entire precinct froze on the spot and all eyes turned towards the office.

Rose tried to speak, but Dee reached back and punched him hard across the face. Hearing the satisfying crack that meant he had broken something, Dee reached back once more and punched Rose again and again before pushing him back against the wall, lip split and nose bloody.

"Dee, you could be arrested for this..." Rose managed to say, coughing and spitting a bit of blood.

"I don't care...if you don't resign from this precinct and never look at Ryo again, I'll make sure you never touch another thing for the rest of your life. Now, what are you going to do?" Dee hissed.

"If you think some threat like that..."

"I said," Dee snarled, tightening his grip on Rose's collar. "You're going to resign and move to another district. Also, if I ever see you go near Ryo again, I'll make sure that you're put away for attempted rape on an officer and have your badge taken away permanently."

Frowning, Rose knew that he was outmaneuvered. Damn, this moron is actually smarter than he looks. I guess I have no other choice, he thought with a mental sigh and glared at Dee.

"Very well, Mr. Laytner, I'll resign and move to another precinct," Rose agreed. "And stay away from Ryo."

"Good," he said and released him, before he glowered down at the other man. "By the way, you're not fit to lick the shit off of Ryo's shoes after that stunt. I hope you're proud of yourself."

Turning on his heel, Dee stalked out of the office, wiping his hands on a handkerchief with satisfaction. As he met up with Ryo, he jerked his head to the door and headed for the car.

"All right Eric, you and Jason will stay overnight at your relative's tonight. I've already called Carole and Bikky and asked them to bring him over. You make sure you stay here, all right?" Ryo cautioned.

"I will, thank you," Eric smiled.

"Come on, Ryo, while we're young!" Dee shouted from the door and then froze for a moment. "Oh no..."

"DEE!!" an overenthusiastic voice shouted before a body crashed right into the startled man. "You're back, you're back, I missed you soooooo much while you were away on your vacation!"

"LET GO OF ME JJ!!" Dee screamed, eyes widening in panic. "I SAID LET GO YOU BASTARD!!"

Frowning, Ryo snorted and stormed out of the precinct as Dee gallantly tried to disentangle himself from JJ's iron grip. Pleading with Ryo to help him, Dee finally smacked JJ across the head and headed for the other man, pleading with him even as Ryo gave him the cold shoulder.

"Come on, Ryo, this isn't fair! You know that JJ doesn't mean anything romantically to me at all! Come on man, talk to me, you know you want to!" Dee's pleas could be heard ringing through the precinct as he and Ryo left.

That's not the end, oh no! There's more to come! Make sure that you give me your opinions when you review and I will reward you all with a tangy lemon scene in the next chappie! Review please!

Ree