In Today's Case: Protecting Rachel Part 2
Tess followed the man quietly and slowly up the porch. When he looked threw a window of the house he saw Rachel and Sirena sitting at the kitchen table. Conan came up the steps and stood next to Tess. They watched the man as he looked to his right and then left. He pulled out a pistol from his holster and held it at the window.
"NO!!" Conan yelled as Conan jumped onto the man.
"CONAN!!" Tess yelled. The man's gun went off shooting the window. Sirena and Rachel shrieked as they ducked their heads. They heard someone wrestling the porch. They walked over to the window then looked. They Saw Conan on the man's back with his hands wrapped around his neck. The man had his hands Conan's arms trying to get him off of his back. Tess stepped up trying to grab the gun out of his hand when he smacked her with the gun. Tess flung back and hit the riling to the steps. She then rolled down hitting the brick walkway. The man slammed Conan in the beams of the porch. He slammed his back everywhere he could trying to get Conan off of him. He then hit the beam to hard. The man broke it him and Conan fell into a ditch covered in leaves and grass. The heavy beams fell onto Conan.
The man pushed the beams off of himself. He pointed the gun to Conan. Conan struggled to get up. But when he heard the gun click ready to fire he stared at it. Rachel flung open the back and screen door. She ran toward the broke beam area and looked down.
"CONAN!" Rachel yelled. The man turned around to see Rachel. He smiled. He pointed the gun at Rachel.
"RACHEL!!!" Sirena yelled as she came out of the house. Rachel stepped back. The man was getting ready to fire when Conan got the beam off of him. He pressed the button on his shoe, he kicked the man in the back of his knee. His knee caps popped out. The man fired the gun as he shouted.
"AHHH!!!" the bullet bounce off of one of the broken beams and hit the gutter above Sirena. Sirena covered her head at the sound of the bullet. The man turned around as he pointed the gun to Conan. Conan pressed the button on his shoe again and he kicked the gun out of the man's hands. The gun went into the air and landed behind Conan. The man gripped his fist when he heard a click of a gun getting ready. He turned to look at Rachel when he saw Tess standing in front of her with the gun pointed at him. Blood went down her nose where he had hit her with his gun. Blood ran down her forehead from a cut on her head when he fell down the stairs. Tess glared at the man. She looked up at Conan.
"Are you all right Conan?" Tess asked. Conan nodded his head. "Get the gun for me." She said as she looked back at the man. Conan turned around then picked up the gun. He walked past the man. The man was about to grab Conan's ankle when... "Don't touch him!" Tess yelled. The man pulled back his hand. Conan stood up onto his tip toes as he reached for Tess. Tess bent down and grabbed the gun. She pulled up Conan with the gun. She set him next to her as Conan let go of the gun. She got ready to fire that gun. She lowered her gun which was full of rubber bullets. She pointed his gun at him. "Who are you?" she asked. The man put up his hands in a sigh of peace.
"I was sent here by Zach to kill Rachel Moore."
'I knew it.' Tess thought. The man noticed her jacket.
"You're wearing our color, shoot her!" the man yelled. Tess turned around to look at Rachel. Conan's mouth dropped as Tess pointed the gun to Rachel. The gun went off.
"RACHEL!!!" Conan yelled. Rachel tightly closed her eyes. She reopened them to see that Tess had shot the man. The man was standing up with a knife in his right hand. The man fell over as his mouth dropped open. Smoke came out of the gun as she lowered it. Conan looked down at the body and noticed that she had hit him square in the heart.
"You got him right in the heart." Conan stated. Tess looked away as she tossed the gun down. It landed on his chest. She lowered her hand as she leaned up against the house. Rachel watched Tess.
"What did he mean...? 'Our colors'?" Rachel asked. Tess sighed. She looked at Sirena as Sirena stared at Tess. Tess placed her gun back in her holster. She placed her hands in her jacket pockets.
"Call the police." Tess said to Sirena. Sirena nodded her head as she walked into the house. Rachel slammed her fists by her side. She walked right up to Tess. She was throwing her fist when Conan's mouth dropped again.
'Rachel's going to kill her with the punch!' he thought. Rachel slammed her fist into the house missing Tess' serious face by a hair. The siding on the house started to crack.
"Don't ignore me! Tell me what he meant!" Rachel yelled. Conan stepped back.
'No I know why not to get on her nerves.' Conan thought. Tess pushed herself off the house with her back.
"All right I'll tell you." Tess stated. Before the cops showed up with Inspector Maguire and Richard Tess had told Rachel the whole story. "Don't tell the Inspector or Richard all right." Rachel nodded her head. Richard and Inspector Maguire had ran up the steps as Sirena came out of the house. Inspector Maguire looked over the broken beams as he saw the man lying there. Richard placed his hands on Rachel's shoulders.
"Are you all right?" Richard asked. Rachel nodded her head. One of the officers saw blood on the brick walkway. They pointed to it.
"Inspector there's blood over here."
"Hmm." Inspector Maguire said as he turned around. He walked over and looked at it. He saw the puddle of blood on the ground. "Where did that come from?" he asked. Tess walked over as she raised her hand when she was standing next to Inspector Maguire.
"Me Inspector." Tess stated. Inspector Maguire looked over at her as he saw the blood. Richard turned around.
"What happened to you?" Richard asked. Tess turned around.
"I was hit in the face with a gun then I fell down the stairs." Tess answered. Richard looked over at the broken beams. He walked over.
"AWSOME!!! A MURDERER TO SOLVE!!" Richard yelled.
"No." Conan stated. Richard turned around as he picked up Conan by the back of his shirt.
"What do you mean?" Richard asked.
"I shot him." Tess stated. Richard looked over at Tess as Inspector Maguire's mouth dropped open.
"You what?!"
"She killed him self-defense!" Rachel yelled. Inspector Maguire looked over at Tess.
"Is that true?" he asked. Tess nodded her head.
Later that day in a ware house. A man with a blue bandanna, a black leather jacket, a white T-shirt, and blue jeans was standing in the dark when a boy maybe 15 walked up to him wearing a black leather jacket.
"Zach, Mike was killed."
"By who?"
"Tess." The man turned around to look at his gang member.
"So she's back from America."
"Yes, and she's still wearing our colors."
"Good."
"Not good."
"What do you mean?" Zach asked.
"She save Rachel Moore."
"DAMN IT!!" he yelled as the place echoed. "IF SHE WANTS TO BE LIKE THAT THEN FINE!! SEND ALL OF OUR BEST SHOOTERS OUT THERE TO KILL RACHEL MOORE!!!" the man yelled.
"But..."
"NOW!" the man yelled as he pointed to the left. The boy nodded his head and took off running toward the group. The man lowered his arm as he turned around to be looking at a picture of Conan, Rachel, and Tess. He pulled out a pistol and shot all of them. But he shot all of them with one sound of a bullet. Smoke started to come out. He lifted the gun toward his lips. He blew blowing away the smoke. "Don't forget Tess, I trained you, I can kill you as well... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" the man laughed.
Tess was treated at the hospital. Once they cleaned the blood off her forehead there was a gash there on the right side. They placed a butterfly stitch to keep it closed. It wasn't deep enough to give her stitches. They stopped the blood from her nose placing a butterfly stitch on there. They looked at Conan's back to find any sprains, breaks, or fraters but didn't find anyway. What they did find was that his hand was sprained so they wrapped it up in an ace-bandage. They told Inspector Maguire everything how they followed the man to Sirena's house to the point where Tess shot him. Once they were done they went back to the apartment about 8 o'clock.
Tess sat down onto the couch as she placed her chin on the palms of her hands. Richard was the last to walk in. he slammed the door behind him which made Tess jump. She turned around to look at him.
"Conan. Have a seat!" he yelled as he pointed to the seat next to Tess. Tess pushed over as Conan sat down next to her. He looked at Rachel. Rachel walked into a different room. He sat down onto the couch in front of them. Tess leaned back onto the couch. She knew that she and Conan were going to get yelled at. "WHAT WERE YOU TWO THINKING?!" Richard yelled. Tess rolled her eyes.
"Nothing." Tess answered.
"WELL IT WAS SOMETHING IF YOU SHOT AND KILLED A MAN!!" Richard yelled. "WHAT WERE YOU TWO THINKING?!" Richard asked again. Tess or Conan didn't answer. "ANSWER ME!" Richard yelled.
"WE WERE FOLLOWING THAT MAN!!" Tess yelled.
"DO YOU THINK I SHOULD BELIEVE THAT?! YOU SHOT AND KILLED A MAN TESS! YOU MIGHT BE CHARGED WITH MURDER ON A FIRST DREGEE!" Richard yelled. Tess leaned forward as she slammed her fist onto the coffee table.
"IF I DIDN'T RACHEL OR I WOULDN'T BE HERE!!" Tess yelled. She stood up. "You should be saying thank you to Conan. He saved her life." Tess said. She turned around and walked out the door slamming it behind her. Conan and Richard watched her. Rachel was listening to the conversation by leaving the door opened a little. Rachel sighed.
"If I've never went to the store the night." Rachel stated. Richard and Conan looked at Rachel as she stepped out of the room.
"It's not you're fault Rachel." Richard said. Rachel walked past Richard and Conan as she headed toward the door. "Where are you going?"
"After Tess." Rachel answered. As she left the house. Conan stood up and followed Rachel out the door. Richard sighed. He placed his hand on his forehead. He leaned back onto the couch.
"What am I going to do with these kids...?" Richard asked himself.
Tess walked down the street with her hands in her pockets. She entered a parking lot. She weaved in and out of the cars.
"TESS!!" Rachel yelled. Tess stopped. She turned around to see Rachel waving her hand in the air as she ran toward her with Conan by her side. Tess turned fully around as Rachel and Conan caught up to her.
"What are you doing by yourself?" Tess asked. Conan rolled his eyes. Tess saw him. "I'm sorry Conan." Conan looked up at Tess.
"Why did you leave like that?" Rachel asked. Tess shrugged and didn't answer. Conan heard something run by him to his left. He looked over to see nothing. Conan then heard it by Tess. Conan jumped onto Rachel and Tess.
"GET DOWN!!" Conan yelled as bullets started to come out of nowhere. Tess pulled out her gun. They crawled over and took cover on the right side of a blue car. Tess looked over head. When she saw the man's hat she shot at it. The hat bounced off the car. It was just resting on the car.
"Dang it." Tess said. Conan's mouth dropped opened.
'I could have told you that.' Conan thought. Then the bullets started to hit the ground in front of them. They went to move when...
"DON'T MOVE!!" a man yelled. Tess glared around the place. Conan looked over to the right then he saw a shadow. He pointed.
"OVER THERE!!" Conan yelled. Tess looked over and shot. The man came tumbling down off of a hill. They all stood up and ran over. They looked down to see that Tess had hit him in the head.
"Oops." Tess said. Conan saw another shadow.
"RACHEL!!!" then someone shot a bullet. Rachel waited. Conan pushed her as they hit the ground as the bullet went flying past them. Tess watched them. She looked forward and shot. She hit the guy in the shoulder. Then she turned to her right and shot again. She kept on shooting people till she had one bullet left. A man dressed in a blue bandanna, a black leather jacket, a white T-shirt, and blue jeans. Conan and Rachel stood up. Tess placed her arms in front of them as she pointed her gun at the man. The man started to laugh.
"You pointing a gun at me Tess?" he asked. Tess glared at the man. Conan looked up at Tess as he looked into her serious eyes. He knew she might kill him. The man pulled out a gun and pointed it at her. "You have one bullet left... and I have 6. Move so I can finish my job."
"No."
"What?"
"You heard me. I'm not moving Zach. Rachel is my cousin."
"After I took care of you, you're going to betray me?"
"Yup."
"YOU!!! WICH!!!!" he pulled the tiger as Tess pulled hers. Rachel covered her mouth with her hand. Tess and Zach glared at each other. Then Zach fell to his knees. Conan heard something drip. He looked down as blood started to drip. He looked at Tess' arm but it was her shoulder. Tess lowered her arm. Police sirens started to go off. They waited for the police to show.
Next Time on Case Closed: "The killer is..." Conan solves a killing by himself after Tess was knocked out... WHAT'S GOING ON?! The mansion is huge! What will happen?
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