Dakota's father chuckled deeply as he pulled his daughter into the front seat by her legs.
"You should've known I'd get you back sweetie! Your my daughter, nothing can keep us apart!" He told her. He put a cool hand on her back and rubbed it slightly. Dakota held a look of disgust on her face as she stared at her father.
"Yea? You should've gotten hit by a bus!" she said boldly. Her head snapped back as her father punched her in the eye. His ring hit her eyebrow, making a small caught there. Blood streamed down her eye, blurring her vision as she cried. Her dad pulled to a stop and grabbed her by the hair, pulling her head back and straining her neck.
"You better watch how you talk to me you little bitch! And I see you've suddenly got your voice back!" he said. He smirked as he slightly caressed her chin. He licked the blood that trickled down her cheek, causing her to gag. Her father chuckled again before re-starting the car and driving off once again. It was nine o'clock at night and Jack, Angel, Bobby and Jerry Mercer were still awake. They all sat in chairs at police headquarters. They couldn't sit still, tears continued to spill from Jack and Angel's eyes. Bobby kept his fist clenched tightly, fighting the urge to punch the wall. And Jerry just sat there with his wife, not even responding to her cool supportive hand on his shoulder. Their little sister had been kidnapped by her psychotic step-father, they had been so close to getting her back but their hopes shattered like glass. Bobby couldn't take it anymore, he jumped up from his seat and stormed to the front desk. He slammed a fist down on the counter, making a number of police jump.
" Come on people! How long does it take to track down a kidnapper?" He spat. Jack got up and grabbed his arm. Bobby yanked his arm back. He was not in the mood right now.
"Sir, we're trying our best! Things like this take time!" said a female officer. She glared at Bobby and he glared right back.
"Yea? Well we don't have much time, my little sister could be being raped at this moment. Why don't you do more then just sit around?" Bobby roared. He ran his hands through his hair and once again yanked his arm from Jack's grip.
"Sit down sir! We are trying very hard to find your sister! We've got her face all over the news and have reported to radios. Now sit down or I'll see to it that you are escorted from the property." the officer told him firmly.
"Screw this! By the time these people find her, she'll be dead!" Bobby fumed. He grabbed his coat and ran out the station.
"What are you doing Bobby?" Jerry asked as he, Jack and Angel followed Bobby outside.
"What I should've done before, finding my sister and taking out the trash!" Bobby said calmly. He got into the car and began to back up. Letting out a small grunt, Angel ripped open the door and jumped in. Jack soon did the same along with Jerry. Bobby smirked.
"Like we said bro, we'll take care of Dakota, TOGETHER!" Angel said. He smiled around at his other brothers and earned smiles and nods right back.
"That's what I'm talkin' about!" Bobby said. He pulled the car out of the parking lot and sped down the street with a loud roar of the tires.
Dakota sighed as she tried to stay awake. She didn't trust her father enough to fall asleep around him. She just wanted her brothers, she wished she'd never wandered away. If she hadn't, she'd be with them right this minute, eating or watching TV. Dakota's father looked over at her and smirked.
"Come on baby girl. You need some sleep close your eyes and let go!" Dakota's father spoke. He stroked her hair and laughed as she pulled away. With a roll of her eyes, Dakota stuck up her middle finger, something she'd seen Bobby do a lot. He'd be proud. Her father chuckled and smacked her across the face. Busting her lip. Dakota was angry now, she just couldn't win. Just then blue and red lights flashed in the rear-veiw mirror.
"Fuck!" Dakota's father hissed. He pulled a gun out of the back and stuck it out the window, taking aim at the cop car behind him. Suddenly they were bumped from the side. Dakota's father screamed with fury as the gun fell from his hand, landing with a clang to the road below. He looked out Dakota's window and saw a cop car. He slammed his foot down on the gas petal sending them flying down the road. Dakota gripped the door handle tightly. As soon as her father had sped up, the car slowed down. Dakota looked out the windsheild to see a cop car sitting at the end of the road.
As Bobby drove down the road, he hummed slightly to himself, he was willing himself not to think that bad things were happening to his baby sister. He had been beating himself up, he was supposed to be the most protective one of all the guys and he'd let his sister be kidnapped from right under his nose. Jerry's cell phone ringing jerked him back to reality. "Hello?" Jerry answered the phone. He looked up from the floor, meeting Angel's eyes in the rear-veiw mirror. "Ok! You and the girls get home. We'll be there soon!" He hung up the phone.
"What was that about?" Jack asked anxiously from the back seat. Jerry ignored him and looked at Bobby.
"Turn left at the end of this road! They found Dakota and her father!" Jerry said. Bobby smirked as they came to the end of the road, he tunred with a squeal of the tires and drove faster then he ever had before.
The cop pin Dakota's father to the police car as another tended to Dakota's cuts and brusies.
"Your going to be ok now sweet pea. Your brothers are on their way!" the officer told Dakota. She smiled brightly, her eyes watering. They turned at the sound of struggling. Dakota's father broke free from the officer holding him and grabbed his gun. The other officer pulled Dakota down off the car as her father pulled the trigger. "Run!" he cried. He followed close behind her as the other three officer began firing at Dakota's fathter. They ran into the trees and stopped when the gunshots did.
"Dakota!" her father called out in a singsong voice. She wimpered and grabbed the officers hands. They were about to run when Dakota's father burst through the trees and hit Dakota over the head with his gun. He dropped the gun and began fighting the cop. Two shots rang out. The officer groaned as did Dakota's father. They had both shoot each other at the same time. Dakota's father feel to the ground, blood pooling around his. She got up and ran to the officer who was bleeding from his arm. Tires screeched and car doors slammed as she sat down beside him and he took her hand into his.
"Dakota?" called out a voice. Dakota stood up to see Jack running toward her. She let out a sob and closed her eyes.
"JACK!" she cried. She began to run towards him. A russle of leaves made her stop. She turned around just as her father sprug up, a gun in hand. He pointed it at Dakota with a smirk. His finger slowly inched the trigger back. Jack and his brothers stopped running. A gunshot rang through the night once more. Dakota opened her eyes as someone grabbed her. She saw the officer sitting up, a gun in his hand and her father lying on the ground, dead. The car ride home was queit. It was already two in the morning and Dakota was fast asleep, her head on Jack's lap.
"God, that was so close! We almost lost her!" Angel said. He locked eyes with Jerry.
"Its times like this that make you realize that you never know how precious something is until its gone!" Jerry said. His brothers all nodded in agreement.
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