The day seemed to pass by slower and slower as Hanson laid there trying as best he could to find a state of oblivion, trying to ignore the screaming surrounding him and the ghostly whispers of the crazed man next to him. Wrapping his arms around himself he frowned and felt tears... realy tears warm and pain fillde tears falling from his eyes, no one was ever going to find him here, and no one was ever going to believe him enough to let him out of here, he was stuck... he was trapped... he was helpless.
"A-are you sure this is the place?" Penhall asked as they pulled into the parking lot of the STATE mental hospital his eyes caked in a slight case of fear as his brows furrowed.
"This is where the girl told me they sent him..."
"And your sure she wasn't just some wack job?"
"No.." Judy sighed as the car parked, "But it's worth a shot isn't it...?"
"I-I guess so yeah... it's just that these places give me the creeps and all... so"
"Why don't you and Ioki wait in the car and Judy and I will go in and check out the situation, if we need you we can radio you in."
Doug nodded and swollowed softly "O-okay good, that sounds good."
Fuller and Hoffs got out of the car and headed toward the building, "Doug isn't the only one who gets the creeps from this place aye captain?" Judy couldn't help but step closer to him as they stepped into the doors and checked the list of rooms and buildings...
"There are so many places here..." Fuller mumbled under his breath, "I suppose we just start at the bottom and work our way up."
"That's the only way I can think to go... I just hope this doesn't take long, he's already been here nearly 2 weeks captain... I hate to think of what this place is doing to him."
"We don't even know if he's here." The captain answered her stepping up to the admittance desk and pulling the picture of Tom from his jacket... "Hello, My name is Captain Adam Fuller, I am with the downtown precinct and I was wondering if you could check on a patient for me...?"
"Well Captain unless this is official police business..."
"It is, we believe that one of our officers, an undercover officer was brough here by mistake..."
"Oh no that is horrible."
"So- can you- will you please help us?"
"I'll see what I can do what is his name?" She asked stepping over to her computer and looking up at the captain.
"Tom... Tom Han-"
"If he's undercover he won't be using his real name" Adam whispered cutting judy off. "Listen he's about 5 foot 9 a hundred and sixty pounds, dark hair and eyes... he might have been brought in as long as 2 weeks ago..."
"2 Weeks!" The woman repeated. "Listen there could be a hundred and fifty men here matching that discription," She bit her lip a little uneasily, "If it was that long ago, chances are he's already in the wearhousing unit."
"The-the what?"
"The wearhousing unit, it is where we take the patients once we establish how dangerous they are and we need the rooms for the new arrivals so..."
"Where is it?"
"Fifth... fifth floor..."
Hoff and Fuller nodded and before anymore words could be spoken were on their way up the elevator to the wearhouse.
"This place is just..."
"Creepy?" Judy rose her brow looking at her captain as they stepped off the elevator letting their eyes scan the room carefully, there were so many people... so many strange and scary looking people, a man in a cowboy hat, the woman and her pet blanket... but the one person they didn't see was the one person they were looking for... "He's not here Captain..." Jody frowned and began to turn around when she noticed fullers eyes fixed on a bed not to far from where they stood a motionless lump beneathe its blanket.
Walkign over to it Judy followed him slowly and winced when he pulled the sheet down, there he lay coiled into a fetal position his arms wrapped losely around his knees, the color gone from his face except the dark grey around his eyes.
"Tommy?"
"Oh god, Hanson"
"Wake-up pal we've come to take you home, come on sit up." Captain fuller whispered helping the fragile form to a sitting position and putting his hand behind his back.
"isss... time to go..." Tommy slurred and pushed his limp body off the bed with the help of both Judy and Adam falling into his captain's body... "where were guys?"
"Hanson are you Okay?" Judy asked feeling even the wieght she was carrying as his arm was slid around her shoulder growing heavier...
"How do I look?" He mumbled feeling his feet drag behind them his stomach nausiated at the motion not having spent to much time on his feet these past 2 weeks.
"Are you alright?" She asked again as they stepped out into the hallway the florecent lighting smacking Tommys drugged and foggy form like a bolt of lightening.
"Just... just gimmie a minute." He frowned and before either one holding him up could stop him his body collapsed to the floor his eyes still wide open as he blinked up at his captain and one of his best friends above him..."Can't..."
"Alright Pal." Captain Fuller kneeled down and pulled out his walkie talkie radioing down to the car... "Penhall get up here would you please... He's in pretty bad shape man..."
"You found him you found Hanson?" The now elated cop asked hopping out of the car and heading into the building suddenly his own fears not of an issue."How is he?"
"Just get up to the fifth floor would you?"
"Aye Captain."
"We're gettin you some help." Fuller whispered pulling the doped man to a sitting position. "Just hang in there Tommy."
"Penhall?" He croaked out licking his lips to moisten them. "He...he came?"
"Of course he came Hanson, we all came..." Judy leaned down next to his other side.
"Thought... fogot."
"How could I ever forget about one of my best officers?" Adam smiled a little to make the younger man feel better. "You should have known we would come for you..."
"Took,-"
"HANSON!" Doug yelped getting off the elevator and immediately heading over to the 3 forns on the floor...
"Doug quiet this is still a hospital." His Captain demanded standing up.
"Sorry sir..." His eyes found their way down to his friend on the floor. "God what happened?"
"We're not to sure yet, he's pretty doped up... he can't walk, we drug him out here, but you know I can't lift him... my back."
"Sure thing Capt." Doug nodded pushing him lightly aside and stepping closer to his friend. "You so should have gone skiing..." He attempted a lame joke as he lifted the much smaller man up... "Your freezing..."
Feeling a severe relief washing over his body Tom was already fast asleep before they even stepped off the elevator and headed toward the car in the parking lot. almost making it to the front door when an orderly stopped them.
"Where do you think your taking him?"
Spinning around Fuller, Hoffs and Penhall all glared at the man in white. "What's it to you?" Penhall snapped his blood already boiling with anger about this whole situation."
"It is illegal to take a patient from our care."
"He is not one of your patients, he is one of our police officers." Fuller shoved his badge in the mans face. "And you can be expecting quite the repremand for what you have all done when Officer Hanson regains conciousness."
"But-"
"Get the hell out of my face before I punch your lights out..." Doug spat Hanson stirring back into conciousness in his arms.
"Doug..."
"It's alright buddy we're going." And without another word they all turned and left the building.
Climbing into the car this time Fuller slid into the front seat and Hoffs, Penhall and Hanson slid into the back.
"How is h-" Ioki looked into the rearview mirror and his words were silenced.
"He's gonna be fine Harry."
"Do you want me to head toward his house? Or the hospital?"
"No... no hospitals..." Doug frowned as he cought sight of his frineds wrist beneathe his sleeve and rolled them up slowly to see the bruises and needle marks from the last two weeks decorating his flesh... "No damn hospitals..."
"Doug what is-... Oh god." Judy frowned noticing what Doug was looking at. "Captain..."
Fuller shifted in his seat and looked into the back seat, unable to find the professional thing to say his throat ran dry on him as he looked up at Penhall giving him a concerned look.
"Take us to his house I'll stay there with him, I'll call Dorathy and let her know whats going on and if she gives me any shit...I'll just-"
"Alright." Fuller nodded turning back around and signaled to harry to exit the parking lot. "You heard the man, to Hanson's house."