Hayden drove directly to Roman's house, jumped out of the car, and walked up the driveway. She entered the house without knocking.
"Roman!" She yelled.
She heard him laugh from further inside the house. With her gun drawn, she moved further in and found him in the living room where he was leaning up against the window sill.
"I knew you'd figure it out eventually," he said.
"What the fuck did you do?" She asked.
"You already know that. Don't insult my or your own intelligence like that," he said.
"Why did you do it?" She asked.
He licked his lips and started grinning.
"To get your attention," he said. "You made it pretty fucking clear that you don't want anything to do with me after you left me. You blocked me on everything. Even facebook. Who the fuck still uses facebook?"
"Apparently you do," she said.
"See, that's the sarcasm I both miss and hate about you," he chuckled. "I should have taken your tongue while I had the chance. When women can't speak, they can't break up with you. You fucking belong to me, Hayden, and you know it. I don't care how much you'll argue against that. You're gonna be with me or you're gonna have to fucking kill me. Or I'll kill you. You're not getting out of this house with both of us alive."
"So that's why you took their tongues? To keep them silent? To avoid them telling you they didn't want you?" She asked.
"Fuck you!" He screamed.
He took a step forward but decided against it. He took a deep breath and leaned back against the window sill.
"I will not allow you to make me angry. Angry people make mistakes," he said. "I just didn't want to hear them beg. I just wanted to see the fear in their eyes. I don't care if they wanted me or not. I never fucked them. Why would I when I'm still waiting for you to come back? You're the only one I wanna fuck."
"You did make a mistake. There was a camera you didn't know about. That's why I found you so quickly after you called in an anonymous tip," she said.
"I did all this for you! For you, you ungrateful bitch!" He yelled.
"You're fucking sick in the head, Roman!" She yelled back.
He started laughing again. He knew he wasn't exactly normal thinking but he didn't care.
"You're not as smart as you think. You didn't find three of them," he said.
"You're the one who placed them where no one ever goes," she said.
"You found my first spot too easy so I tried making it harder. I realized after three that it was too hard so I found a new spot. She was found before a day had passed," he said.
He licked his lips and smirked at her.
"They were all a gift to you. Don't you like my gifts?" Roman asked.
"No," Hayden answered.
"I'm right here, Hayden," AJ said.
AJ stepped inside the living room with his gun raised.
"And the hero comes to the rescue," Roman clapped his hands together. "You might be too late, AJ. Only time will tell."
"I can take you down easy," AJ said.
"So why don't you?" Roman smirked. "Oh, I know why. Hayden has to give the order. Why the fuck is a man older than her not the boss of her? How the fuck do you look yourself in the mirror when you have to answer to a woman?"
"Don't take the bait," Hayden said.
"Because I'm not a whiny, little bitch-boy with low self esteem," AJ said.
Hayden couldn't help but chuckle at that comment. It was rare that AJ used naughty words. Those times he did, they really mattered.
"Burritos are on me all month," Hayden said.
"Aw, thank you," AJ said.
Roman couldn't control his anger. They were laughing at him. He jumped forward as fast as he could and tumbled down on the ground with Hayden. She found herself on her stomach with his knee pressed down into her back, a hand in her hair yanking her head up, and her own gun pointing at her skull.
"I'll fucking kill you!" Roman screamed.
"Drop the gun!" AJ barked.
Roman looked over at AJ and gave the smaller man a cruel smile.
"There's only one way to stop me and you know it," Roman said.
"Don't do it, AJ," Hayden said.
"Fuck," AJ whispered.
"It's a fucking order, AJ! I demand you don't pull the trigger!" Hayden yelled.
"I'll kill you if he doesn't," Roman said.
"Go ahead. You don't have the balls," Hayden mocked. "AJ said it best. You're a whiny, little bitch-boy with low self esteem."
Roman gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger. The gun clicked.
"What the fuck?" He asked.
He sat back and pulled the magazine out of the gun. There was no bullets in it. She had tricked him. Before he could realize what was happening, she used the momentum of him moving his knee away from her back. She rolled around and punched him in the balls as hard as she could. He let out a whimpering sound and fell to the side. AJ jumped over there fast, rolled Roman around, and placed a knee in the bigger man's back.
"Wanna do the honor?" AJ asked.
"With pleasure," Hayden said. "Roman Reigns, you're under arrest."
AJ handed Hayden his handcuffs, and she cuffed Roman. Roman struggled the best he could but they kept him down while calling it in.
AJ smiled when Hayden handed him a burrito.
"You're aware this is our second burrito today, right?" He asked.
"Lunch and dinner. I'm spoiling you," she smiled. "Besides, I swapped out the kebab with falafel this time around to spice it up."
"Nice," he chuckled.
They both took a bite and sighed happily.
"How did you know?" He asked.
"On my way there I just ran all the creepy stuff through my head that I remembered him saying. One time he told me he would never let us cops take him alive. He fears prison. So I took out the bullets to bait him because I knew you'd arrive sooner or later. Thank you, partner," she said.
"Anytime, partner," he chuckled.
They finished their burritos while talking about the case. Someone knocked on the door. They both looked over to see Xavier standing there.
"Ready?" Xavier asked.
"I'm ready," Hayden stood up. "I'll see you tomorrow, AJ."
"Where are you going?" AJ asked.
"To grab a cup of coffee," Hayden winked. "Don't worry. Put away dad-mode. I'm okay."
A/N:
Once again a thank you goes out to LetsGiveThisOneMoreShot. We were talking one day, and she said she had an idea with a killer using Roman numerals, but she didn't know what else to do with it from there, and it didn't feel like her thing to write. I asked if I could adopt the idea, and she gave me the green light. Thank you, cupcake demon.