Danny rushed up the stairs. He was going to save his cousin and rush out of there. He wondered what was taking Gary and his boys so long. Danny finally reached the top of the stairs and opened the door. He got in just in time to see Tay throwing Houston into a closet. It was obvious it couldn't open from the inside.
"Let him go!" yelled Danny.
Tay turned around. There was a mark on his fore head from the fight with Alex.
"Not until I get rid of you! I bet you think you're lucky I have no more bullets. But now you'll have more pain before you die!"
Tay walked towards Danny. Danny readied himself. Tay was one tough guy. He had taken on two guys at once and won. But Danny would do anything for his family. He charged Tay.
Tay tried to swing on Danny but he was anticipating this and ducked his head down. They were throwing punches and kicks like crazy. At one point, Tay shoved Danny into the wall. He was right next to the closet. He charged at Danny, but Danny moved just in time to dodge Tay. Tay slammed himself into the wall, and fell on the ground clutching his head.
Danny saw this as his chance to get Houston out of there. Danny got up and opened the closet door. Houston fell out. Tay tried to get back up but Danny slammed the door into his face as hard as he could. Tay fell on the ground again.
Houston got back up and yelled,
"Danny! You're bleeding!"
Danny touched the side of his head and saw blood on his hands. It must have been when Tay cracked him on the side of his head. He was getting dizzy after that hit.
"I'll be fine. Just go!"
"What about you?"
"I'll be fine. Tay is getting back up. Just run while I stall him."
Houston ran out of there with no hesitation. He knew when Danny was yelling like that, he was in no mood for arguments. This reminded Danny of the night when the socs wanted to get Houston for taking out Matt's sister.
Danny looked at Tay. He was just about on his feet now. They started having it out again.
Danny would have ran out with Houston, but he had to at least knock out Tay. Otherwise Tay would have gotten up and caught the both of them. When Tay is motivated, he would push himself a lot.
Tay started gaining the advantage because of Danny's dizziness. Tay just started slapping him around. Danny could see the smile on Tay's face as he kept slapping. Finally, Tay punched Danny in the mouth and Danny tasted a little blood.
Danny hit the ground but he could still stand up. He could hear Tay moving around but didn't pay any mind to it. He was trying to keep from passing out. He finally got straight and stood back up, but as soon as he was on his feet, something collided with the back of his head. He dropped right there and his face collided the floor. This made his headache worse.
Danny couldn't move at all. It was like when he was hit by those socs the night his dad came back, but he couldn't move a muscle at all. He was too tired and weak. He had just given up right then. He vision was barely clear. He was fading in and out.
Suddenly, Tay had turned over Danny. Danny lied there on his back with his hands outward. He could see Tay looking over at him. At first he was frowning but then he smiled. Tay's lip was bleeding and he mark had started bleeding.
He was laughing. Tay could hear him talking now.
"I don't know what made you think you could take me."
Danny could see what was in Tay's hand. It was a chair. He could see the dent in the chair. Danny felt like he was on the WWE. Tay continued.
"I rule you, and all the streets of Atlanta. That shows you can't get away from me that easily-"
Tay was cut off short because someone came out of no where and tackled Tay. Danny could hear a lot of punching. Someone then lifted him up and leaned him against the wall. It was Houston.
"Danny! Are you okay?"
"Yeah…I'm…fine. Who's that fighting…Tay."
"Your dad."
'Dad!' thought Danny. He felt good then. His dad was gonna take care of him. It seemed like seconds, but then Trix came over to check on his son.
"Is he okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine," said Danny weakly.
"C'mon. The police are on their way."
Trix scooped his son into his arms and he walked down the stairs carefully. Danny could still see and his vision was getting a little better. When they reached the outside, he saw an ambulance and police cars. The police were rushing into the building to arrest Tay.
Danny saw Alex in one ambulance with a doctor wrapping a bandage around his arm. Danny didn't have time to call out Alex's name because he was then put onto a stretcher.
"Dad," called Danny.
His dad turned around.
"I'm going to the hospital?"
"Yeah. They're just checking for a concussion. You'll be fine."
"Okay."
Danny then passed out. He was exhausted.
