"Deadly Revelations"

Disclaimer:
As I said before, I own nothing but the plotlines and Jonathon and Kristal Ford. Also, I do not own Detective Bensen...And since I didn't post it in chapter 1, here's all the other good stuff I forgot...

Pairing:
No pairing. Gasps lol

Rating:
T (just to be safe) for themes and mild violence...

Overkill

Turning to Kristal, Jonathon Ford replied "The only thing I know to do to keep our daughter here..." Fearing the tone in Jonathon's voice-a threatening tone she'd never heard him use before-Kristal pleaded "Jonathon just please...don't do anything drastic..." Ignoring his wife's pleas, Jonathon simply made his way down the hall and into the bedroom he shared with his wife. Sighing exasperatedly, Kristal just followed Jonathon into the bedroom. I guess we'll just have to deal with this tomorrow...She thought to herself as she and Jonathon proceeded to get ready for bed in silence.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Kira had just finished making the arrangements to move in with Tommy. "All right, I'll see ya then...dad..." Kira spoke into the receiver on the cordless phone in her room while a smile slowly crept its way across her face. Hanging up the phone, she made her way over to her closet and took out the pajamas she had left out for tonight-everything else (minus clothes for the next day) had been packed into a meduim sized yellow duffle bag. As she climbed into bed, Kira reminisced on the day's events. Damn, I can't wait to get the hell away from...Mr. Jonathon Ford...Kira thought to herself as she turned off the lights and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, Kira had been off to Tommy's fairly early-around 9:00 a.m. Little did she know, however, that someone was already there and waiting for her...Somebody other than Tommy that is...

"Well, I guess this is it..." Kristal Ford told Kira as she loaded her bag into the bed of her yellow 2005 Chevy Silverado. Turning back to her, Kira replied "Don't worry...I'll always consider you my mom..." Wrapping her arms around Kristal, Kira embraced her in a final hug. Her eyes misting up with tears, Kristal replied "I know, sweetheart..." Trying to regain some composure, Kristal added "Well...You best get going..." Half smiling, Kira replied "Yeah, I guess I better...I'll see ya later, mom..." Smiling, Kristal replied "See ya, Kira..."

With that, Kira climbed inside the driver's side of the truck and started the engine. Carefully backing out of the driveway, Kira proceeded to make her way to Tommy's house. The entire time she kept thinking Man...It's so great to finally be able to live with my own flesh and blood...After all these years I can finally start to get some answers to the millions of questions I have...I can finally learn a little bit more of who I really am...

About half an hour later, Kira was pulling up into Tommy's driveway as he came out to greet her. Embracing his daughter in a hug, Tommy greeted her "Hey, Kira! I'm so glad you're finally here!" Smiling, Kira returned the embrace as she replied "You're not the only one..." Pulling away from Tommy after several moments, Kira turned to retrieve her bag from the bed of her truck. Suddenly, Tommy turned his head as he heard a faint rustling in a nearby oak tree.

"Did you hear something?" He asked Kira to confirm that he had actually heard some thing and wasn't just paranoid. Perking her head up to see if she could hear anything, Kira simply replied "Nope...Not a thing..." Keeping his fixed on the tree a moment longer, Tommy replied "Hmm...Must just be me...". Finally he just brushed it off as anxiety.

Just as Kira turned to follow him inside, a gunshot could be heard coming from the tree where Tommy had heard the rustling. The bullet hit Kira square in the chest, causing her to drop her bag to the ground as she began to fall to the ground herself. Shocked, Tommy quickly made to catch Kira on her way down. Catching her in his arms, Tommy eased her to the ground as tears began to cloud his vision. Watching as she began to lose consciousness, Tommy quickly pulled out his cell phone and dialed 9-1-1.

"9-1-1 Emergency...What is your emergency?" A young female voice calmly replied on the other end of the line. Frantically, Tommy replied "I need to report a shooting..." Rationally, the girl on the other end of the line replied "All right, sir...Can you tell me your address?" "1992 Valentia Road..." Tommy answered, a tone of panic continually increasing in his voice. As she dispatched police, the girl asked "Are there any casualties?" Panicked and growing impatient, Tommy replied "Yes, my daughter's been hit in the chest!" As she dispatched an ambulance as well, the girl replied "All right, sir...the police and ambulance are on their way...Would you like me to remain on the line until they arrive?" Semi-relieved to hear that help was on the way, Tommy added "No...Thank you..." With that, both Tommy and the girl on the other end of the line hung up and Tommy placed his phone carelessly back in his pocket as he returned his focus to Kira.

As he continued to hold her in his arms and watch helplessly as she slowly continued to bleed to death, Tommy stated "Come on, Kira...Hold on...Just hold on..." Damn it! Not her, too...I already lost Kim...I can't bear to lose Kira as well...Please...Just don't let me lose her, too...Tommy thought to himself as he heard the blaring wail of the sirens nearing his house.

While the police canvased the area, Tommy spoke with a detective about what had happened while the medics tended to Kira's gunshot wound. "Sir, my name is Detective Bensen. Can you tell me exactly what happened?" Thinking back on the incident, Tommy replied "Not really...All I know is I was helping Kira inside when I heard some rustling in the tree near the driveway...She hadn't heard anything so I just brushed it off as anxienty...Then, just as Kira and I were heading inside, we heard a gunshot and the next thing I know, Kira's lying in my arms, bleeding to death..." As he jotted down the highlights of Tommy's story, the detective asked "Did you see any part of the shooter?" Shaking his head, Tommy replied "No, I didn't...I couldn't see anything through the branches of the tree." Jotting down the last of her notes, the detective replied "Thank you Mr. Oliver...We'll be in touch if we need any more information." Nodding, Tommy replied "All right..." Noting that the ambulance had already left, he asked "Where'd they take my daughter?" After conferring with a fellow officer, Detective Bensen replied "They've taken your daughter down to Reefside Via Christi Hospital..." Nodding once more in acknowledgement, Tommy simply replied "Thank you..."

As the officers began filing out of his driveway, Tommy returned to the house only to grab the keys to his jeep. Emerging from the house, Tommy stopped a moment when he saw the puddle of blood Kira had left behind. Grimacing at the thought of what had just happened, Tommy brushed it off the best he could and climbed in his jeep and hurried off to the hospital where they had taken Kira.

About twenty minutes later, Tommy hurried in through the front doors and approached the front desk. "I'm here to see my daughter, Kira Ford..." Tommy stated. Before the receptionist could answer him, a young female hispanic appearing doctor approached him. "Mr. Oliver?" she asked Tommy upon reaching him. Turning to see who had addressed him, Tommy replied "Yes?" Resting a hand on his shoulder, the doctor lead him away from the crowd to speak with him in private. "My name is Lu Delgado...Please just call me Lu..." Nodding, Tommy asked "All right, Lu...Can you tell me about my daughter? Is she all right?" Frowning slightly, Lu sighed as she replied "I'm sorry, Mr. Oliver...She lost a lot of blood...She died in surgery..."

Feeling as though each word were a paper thin razor sharp blade stabbing him sharply in the chest and ripping out everything inside of him, Tommy just stood there silently with a look of mingled rage, shock and horror written on his face. Finally finding his voice, Tommy softly replied "Thank you...Thank you for telling me..." Understanding how hard it had been for him to hear that, Lu replied "I'm sorry for your loss..." With that, she walked off as Tommy began to make his way to the door.

As he approached the door, he was greeted by Conner, Trent and Ethan-all with looks worry and shock written on their faces. "How is she?" Trent asked as Conner followed up with "Is she all right?" Knowing full well who they were referring to, Tommy just shook his head and softly replied "No..." Sighing, he added "No...she's...She's gone..." With that, he just pushed his way past the three teens who shared his look of shock.

As he climbed inside his jeep, Tommy was just about to take off for home when he was stopped once again by Conner, Trent and Ethan. "Hey...Are you okay, Dr. O.?" Trent asked. Sighing, Tommy replied "Yeah...I'm just fine and dandy..." Knowing full well that he was lying, Conner asked "Dr. O. look we're all upset about Kira but-" Abruptly, Tommy cut him off as he interjected angrily "Look, Conner! I know you're all upset about Kira! Hell, I am, too! But you three didn't just lose half of what I just lost!...I just lost my daughter in there!"

With that, Tommy started up the jeep and took off for home. Unable to believe what they had just heard, Ethan asked "Did he just say what I think he just said?" Turning to Ethan, Trent replied "If you mean 'did he just say that Kira was his daughter?'...Then yeah...He did..." Just as shocked as they were, Conner just added "Dude...why didn't they ever tell us?..." Shrugging, Trent replied "I don't know, man...I don't know..." Eyebrows furrowed together in confusion, Ethan asked "Wait a minute...Kira's last name is..." Catching his mistake, Ethan grimly corrected himself "...Was Ford...That's not the same as Dr. O.'s..." Rolling his eyes, Trent replied "Dude...It's called adoption..." Having had enough for one day, Conner added "Look, I've had enough for today...I'm gonna head home..." Nodding in agreement, Trent added "Same here...I'll see you guys later..." As Conner and Trent made their way to their cars-Conner to his red sports car and Trent to his white 2005 Mistubishi Galant-Ethan added "Later, guys..." and made his way to his blue 2005 Chevy Impala. After saying their goodbyes, the three boys just made their way back home.

Meanwhile, back at his house, Tommy was sitting in the living room staring at a picture of him, Kim and Kira taken when they had first brought Kira home from the hospital the day she was born. God...Why did this have to happen?...Was it not enough I lost Kim!...Why Kira?...She didn't do anything to deserve this! She had so much ahead of her...And to think...I never even got to really know my daughter aside from what she wanted me and her friends to know...I never really got to see who she was...And now I never will get that chance...Tommy thought to himself as tears began stinging in his eyes for the first time in years. Just when he was finally getting a chance to get to know his daughter, she was ripped away from him in an instant. I swear to God...Whoever the son of a bitch is that did this...They better PRAY the cops get their hands on him before I do...Tommy added, wanting nothing more than to rip out the throat of whoever did this and make them suffer just as much as he was right now. Deciding he'd had enough for one day, Tommy noticed it was getting late and decided to head up to bed.

As he finished changing into his usual plain black pajamas, Tommy climbed into bed and lay awake as his mind drifted back to the events that had transpired that day. For hours, Tommy lay awake in bed as he tried desperately to get his mind off of what had happened to Kira, though deep down, he knew that would be impossible. Finally, around midnight, Tommy ended up crying himself to sleep just as he had done years ago when he had lost Kim.