AN- Hahah! I love the power of the cliffhanger! Anyway....I think I may take this story farther after this case is solved. Maybe somebody from Roses' past coming back and getting between him and Dee? It would be a second story though. Kind of like a sequel sort of thing. I don't know. Tell me what you guys think I should do. I if I do that though, you can expect me to be updating like crazy...I want to get this and Untitled Melody done before August 23. That's when I start school...school sucks. Oh! Did I mention that this chapter will be nothing but pure Sap? Yeah this will be really sappy at the end. Berkeley and Dee just need something to test their feelings for one another. Anyway...Enjoy!

Chapter 12

Berkeley wasn't sure what he should do.

"Dee....he...he's in trouble. I need to go to him!"

Just as Berkeley jumped up to leave, the phone rang.

"Dee? Hello?"

"Hey...Berkeley..."

"Holy Shit Dee! Are you ok? Where are you?"

"I...I don't know...so dark...so very dark and cold...almost like a.... freezer."

Berkeley thought for a second.

"You are in a freezer? Dee! Where are the others?"

"I...I don't know...I think Ted...He....He maybe with them....Bomb...they plan to ...blow the place sky high."

Berkeley began to panic.

"Dee, are you hurt seriously? Can you move and tell me exactly where JJ and Ted are?"

"No...I can't move...so cold...so very cold....pain shoots through...my body...they beat us until...we were unconscious."

Berkeley starting putting pieces together. Dee wasn't making sense because he was cold and in pain. He had to be...

"I know where you are! You are at the loading docks by the pier! That's further away from where everyone thinks you guys are at. I'll be there shortly Dee. Hang on, ok?"

"Wait.... before you hang up...I...I...."

The line went dead, and the moment it did, Berkeley was out the door. There was a bomb, and lord only knows when it will go off. He didn't even know how Dee was doing, or how bad he was hurt. He didn't know the location of the others so his plans to just storm the place where knocked out. He had to figure out a way to get in there without letting the chief or anyone else for that matter see him.

'Maybe I can park a few feet away and sneak into the docks? No. Won't do. I'll be seen walking. Maybe I can tell the chief about the bomb, and when he's not looking sneak in? Yeah. That one sounds good. One draw back....the guys who are holding them hostage will see. Then as soon as I tell the chief about the bomb, I gotta make tracks and get to the docks. There will be so much chaos that I won't be noticed, with any luck.'

Berkeley smirked to himself.

'Perfect.'



"Who the HELL were you on the phone with?"

Dee didn't speak. He didn't dare tell them that he had called for help.

"Won't speak then. I guess we have to kill one of you...how about that little pipsqueak."

The guy grabbed JJ and held the gun to him.

"No....don't kill him please....If there's anyone who...needs punished....it's me."

Dee could barely breath, and when he did it sent pain down his body. He could hardly move without something hurting. He knew his ankle was broken, and that he had a few broken ribs. He just hoped that he didn't have a pierced lung as well.

"That's very brave of you. Considering the condition you're in, I am surprised you even woke up at all."

Dee winced at he flipped the light on. Dee was indeed in some type of freezer. JJ was on the floor next to the guy. He had blood dripping down his face, and it was bruised badly. He didn't see Ted anywhere.

"Since you offered so kindly to be the one who receives punishment, I guess I have to give it to you."

The guy strode over to Dee, and kicked him hard in the stomach. Dee gasped for air. So much pain coursed its way through his body.

"Devon! That will be enough. Don't kill him yet. We want the blast to do that."

Another guy came in dragging Ted with him. Dee looked at his unconscious friends. Ted looked to be worse then JJ. He could see that his leg was broken, and he was bleeding from various places.

"You...you guys killed them?"

Devon chuckled.

"Nope. We only roughed them up a bit. It doesn't matter who you called anyway, because in a few minutes this place will blow sky high. With you and those other guys in it. So...so long pig. I hope you enjoy the after life."

And with that, the door closed and the two men escaped the building.



"What! There is a bomb in side?!"

The chief yelled at Berkeley.

"Yes sir. Dee called me in pain and said there was a bomb inside. He didn't tell me his wear-a-bouts though."

"I see. So we have three hostages, and a bomb to deal with."

The chief turned away from Berkeley for just a second, and then turned back around.

"You know...Aww Shit! He's gone. God damn it Berkeley! Now I have 4 bodies."

The chief angrily told his men to move as fast as they could. He told them to look for four people, and negotiations were off.

Inside the building Berkeley ran frantically. He wasn't sure where to go. H knew that Dee was somewhere in here, and possible suffering from hypothermia by now.

'Oh God why didn't I just come down here sooner.'

Berkeley thought to himself. He heard footsteps approaching him. Afraid of being caught, Berkeley ducked behind some boxes. He waited until he couldn't hear the footsteps. He came out of hiding, and continued to look for something that could be used as a freezer. He figured that the docks had a freezer for when meat and stuff got delivered, and didn't get shipped out in time to the stores. That had to be where Dee was.

"Come on...where is it? The bomb is going to go off at any minute, and I still have three officers to get out."

Berkeley finally came upon a rather large metal door. He only assumed this was it.

'Shit! I can't open it.'

Berkeley then began to use his shoulder to push it open. He knew that he had hurt it, but when he used it, the door began to give way, and soon he was in the room.

"Dee!"

Berkeley ran towards Dee. The room was freezing, and Dee was shivering.

"Can you hear me Dee? Please say something!"

Berkeley cradled Dee's body to his. Trying to give him some sort of warmth.

"Berk.... Is that really you?"

Berkeley gasped when Dee began to speak.

"Oh God yes Dee! It is me! Can you walk at all?"

In the light from the outside, Berkeley could see Dee's injuries. He was bruised up pretty bad, and his breathing was harsh.

"Get JJ and....Ted out now....the bomb is...going to go...off any second."

Berkeley was puzzled. How in the hell was he going to get three grown and injured men out of here?

"I will not leave you Dee. Can you at least lean against the wall and walk?"

Dee shook his head.

"I can hardly...move without pain."

Berkeley sighed. There had to be a way out of this somehow.

"Please just get...them out of here...I am the...one who drug...them out here."

Berkeley hated his decision, but if he worked quickly there would be time to save all three of them.

"Ok Dee. I'll get them out, and come back after you. I promise I'll be back."

"I trust you."

Berkeley nodded and went to get JJ and Ted. He could carry those two out, get them far enough from the building, and save Dee. He only hoped he wouldn't cross any trouble on the way.



"Rose! God Damn it! Why in the hell did you go and run off like..."

The chief stopped when he saw that Berkeley had an unconscious JJ and Ted with him.

"Dee he's still inside. Take them....I need to go aback in for Dee."

The chief shook his head.

"No can do. Everyone else is out of that building. They can't disable the bomb in the time they have. There was only two minutes left on the thing."

Berkeley's eyes went wide.

"I have to go!"

"No wait!"

The chief sighed. There was no use. He would lose two men today.

"Shit. I need another job. You two! Get these guys to the ambulance ASAP. Everyone get as far away from here as possible! That bomb will go off any second."

Berkeley ran frantically back into the building. He knew he could save Dee in time...he just had to.

"Dee! I am back baby. Are you ok?"

Dee barely opened his eyes.

"Yeah....I knew that...you'd come back."

Berkeley smiled and felt his eyes tear up.

"We have to get out of here. I'll carry you."

Dee felt Berkeley pick him up. He hissed in pain as Berkeley moved his body.

"I'm sorry. Did I hurt you badly?"

"No...I'll be...fine."

Berkeley hurried down the hall. He tried not to jar Dee's body as he ran, but it was inevitable.

"I'm sorry. I promise as soon as we get outside there is an ambulance."

"Thank you...Berkeley."

Berkeley smiled. He could hear parts of the building exploding just as they got to the door. He ran outside as far as he could get from the building, and crouched down. He protected Dee's body as the building exploded.

"Berk...you ok?"

When he felt safe, Berkeley let himself get up off of Dee. He saw the chief come towards him.

"That was a stupid thing to do Rose! You endangered your life! Not only that, but you are still on medical leave! This wasn't even your case!"

Berkeley stepped back away from Dee as the paramedics came to help him. The firefighters were trying to put the building out.

"I know...but I had to. I will take any punishment you see fit."

The chief sighed.

"I am only going to suspend you for a week. After all, you did save Laytner here."

Berkeley smiled. He knew the chief was being uncharacteristically lenient.

AN- Awww! So sappy and really boring...I know. Anyway...next chapter will be the last. And tell me if you guys think I should do a sequel! Yay! I kind of want to...but I'm not sure. Anyway Review please!