AN: I'm just going to continue with this story until I finish it and then I'm planning to finish off another story.
Love and Death in Las Vegas
By Cat
Chapter five
Danny took deep breaths as he tried to figure out a plan of attack. He had only just realized that the owner of the voice had been Fox Connell, Frank Connell's nephew. Danny and Fox had not got off on the right foot ever since day one, they had started a fight on the first day of school- when they first met- and over the years, neither had remembered what the fight had been about. All either could remember was that they hated each other very much.
First of all, Danny needed to find out where they had taken Mary and in doing so he needed to enlist the help of a few old school friends. After a moment of thinking of who he could go to, he took out his mobile and dialed a number that he hadn't used in years, he had memorized the number though; an act of habit.
He hung up about five minutes later, after arranging plans to meet. He then made a few more calls and sat back in the chair of the plush coffee shop he had taken refuge in for a few moments.
Danny sat back in a tired lust for Mary. He missed her, but that was an understatement. He missed her a lot; he had not yearned for her like this since when he was in the marines. His lust for her had grown over the few days he had just spent in hospital; his growing need to find out whether she was okay was burning itself into his heart, making a large mark on his conscience.
Danny sat in the chair for about half an hour more, just thinking about what it was like without Mary. He then looked up with a slight surprise as he heard a familiar voice say his name, he sighed with relief when he saw it was only one of his old contacts; an ex-marine as Danny was, he had also worked at one of Larry McCoy's building sites for a little while.
"Hey Danny," the long-time friend of Danny's said, his dark eyes were staring at Danny with such an interest that confused him more than he had been when he had received Danny's call. The man had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes that toed the line between brown and black. His pale skin gave him a look that was almost ghost-like and his expression was a mixed façade of confusion and sympathy.
"Hey Tim," Danny replied, standing up to greet his long-time friend- Tim Webb. "Thanks for coming," he said as shook Tim's hand.
They sat down and Danny took a deep breath, trying to figure out what to say. "I'm sorry that we never really saw eye-to-eye in anything. But I really need your help right now." Danny said as he looked into Tim's dark eyes, trying to search for the lost emotions and charm they used to have.
The Montecito, Ed's office
Ed looked out the glass paneled sliding doors onto the first floor of the surveillance room. His bored expression was tinged with concern at the thought of the situation; Mary had been kidnapped and Danny had been shot, Danny had then insisted his help and upon his rejection had run away to get Mary back himself.
For as long as Ed had known Danny, the younger employee of the Montecito security personnel had been smart, he had never caused much trouble, but Danny had always been stubborn; especially when someone's life was at risk. It had always been Danny's weak point, even more so since he had returned from the marines.
But Danny's biggest weak point was Mary. Ed had always assumed that the story between them was almost fairytale-like. But just before Danny's return towards the marines, Mary's father- Frank Connell- had shown up and had apparently caused a big commotion down in the Bella-Sara. Ed had later on viewed Danny and Mary both talking to Mary's father; Ed had sensed that something was wrong. But before he could do something about it, Frank Connell had been shooed away by Danny. Ed had, later on, summoned the pair to his office and they had- surprisingly with a lack of thumb screws- come clean about Mary's past.
There was a lot that had become clear to Ed and now he knew why Danny had always been so protective of Mary. But then Ed had been even more wary about Danny and Mary's relationship. Ed assumed that Danny would now be very dangerous in his attempts to try and recapture Mary. Ed didn't know how far Danny would go, though.
Las Vegas Metro Police Department, Luis Perez' office
Luis hung up the phone with a heavy sigh, he had been making and taking multiple calls all evening; multiple citizens had all rung up all hoping for a reward for an exchange of information about Mary. Luis was betting himself that most of the information was false anyway.
As far as the information went, Luis has pieced together parts of what he already had and the only new thing he had was that Fox Connell apparently had a nurse girlfriend. That bit of information was almost useless unless the informant could give a name. All Luis could hope was that she happened to see the news reports about the Connell 'family,' and voluntarily contribute any information.
Luis stood up and raced out of the office before the phone could start ringing again. He closed the door behind himself and leaned on it, taking deep breaths. He couldn't stand how this had all happened so suddenly. Luis looked around after a moment and headed for the break room, the coffee in there tasted more like sludge but at least it was quieter and more out of the way.
As much as he needed to find her, Luis needed to sort out his feelings for her a lot more. He had known Danny and Mary for ages, since grade school, and since around that time; he had felt a more than friendly attraction to her. Luis had originally met them when Danny had stood up to some bullies that had been picking on him in year two. He had found himself very impressed by Danny's courage to stand up to the sixth graders, who were about three times his size. Although Danny had suffered a violent loss that day, Luis had admired the way that Danny had stood up, not only for Luis but for the rest of the second grade. He had never realized about his strange attraction to Mary before fourth grade, though, when he had seen Danny kiss Mary behind the swings. Luis had been very jealous at that time. He had felt betrayed, disappointed, but most of all he felt that they had never felt really bad about himself.
Later on, while Danny was in the marines, he had asked Mary out on a few dates. Yet, nothing special had happened between them, he wished with all his heart that something had, but to no prevail. He had looked on as a betrayed man whenever he saw them together, he felt jealous that Mary had chosen Danny over him.
Now Luis felt that his and Danny's unseen hatred for each other was sort of stupid. He needed to find someone to love for himself. He needed someone who loved him back.
An abandoned warehouse/ the enemy's lair
Danny kneeled down behind a few crates, holding a hand to his chest in pain. He looked out towards the gathering of men who seemed to be talking. Danny recognized two of them immediately as Fox and Frank Connell. He studied the other people in the group which consisted of two more men and a female. The two men were very muscular and heavily built; they were very obviously acting as body guard for the pair of kidnappers. Whereas the woman was very petite, she looked very young; around twenty two or twenty five. She looked to be a nurse; she was wearing blue scrubs as if she had just come from working at the hospital. She looked very nervous and angry; as if she didn't approve of doing Frank's bidding. She seemed to be having an argument with Frank and Fox, whom both appeared to be very nervous and displeased with the way things were going at the moment.
'Why ever could they need a nurse?' Danny thought glumly. 'I do hope that they haven't hurt her.' Danny turned around and sat down, leaning against the crates in pain. For the next few moments he just listened to what the lady was saying.
"I can't be expected to do this, Fox!" She shouted, "I don't want to lose my job over something stupid that you and these idiots have done! I may not get paid very well but at least I don't have to kidnap anyone to pay the bills."
"Neither do we," Danny heard Frank say. It was a voice that Danny hadn't heard in years, nor was it a voice he ever had forgotten. "We didn't kidnap her for money you stupid girl. She is my daughter and if you don't help her then I'll make sure that no-one will dare help you again." Danny heard a gasp from the girl.
"Don't threaten me!" The girl screamed. "I don't want to help you, in fact I'd rather die than help you!" Although Danny felt that she had made some horrible mistakes by bothering to stick by Fox, he knew that she didn't deserve to die. She was innocent and Danny didn't want anybody apart from Frank, Fox and the two thugs to die during his quest to try and get Mary back.
"Then that will be so," Frank said as he pulled out a gun and aimed it at the girl, "go to hell!" He yelled before taking off the safety and pulling back the trigger.
"No!"
To be continued…
AN: Sorry about the wait. I'm thinking of making the next chapter the final, however that might change. I was going to make this one the final, but I couldn't find a way to finish it. You guys already know that I like feedback, and I'd love to hear what you guys think about the story.
