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WARNING: there is rape in this cahpter. Don't read if you can't stomach that.

Chapter three: Life and Death

Paul threw down his headphones in disgust. Why had even bothered to bug the dressing room? Now that those two were dating, his plans were all for naught. But that was of little consequence; all he had to so was play telephone at school, and she'd be at his mercy again. And that bouncer, he would be the laughingstock of the entire school. Or he could..yes. An evil smile formed on Paul's face.

As Xander left, he began to think. Why would Dave ask her now of all times, when she was getting naked for a living? He must really like her if that was the case. His train of thought was interrupted by a police car pulling up in front of the club. "Shit!" he swore. His father had just placed him in charge of the club and already the cops were showing up. As the officer driving stepped out, he swore again. It was Vida. Didn't she ever learn?

"What, Vida?" he said tiredly. "I need to talk to Madison. It's about that guy who bailed her out of jail." she said frantically. "The new bouncer? What about him?" Xander asked, not liking where this was going. "He's part of really dangerous street gang, and he's also wanted in Angel Grove." she revealed. Xander suddenly feklt sick. He had hired a criminal? "This is gonna break her heart.." he muttered. "What was that?" Vida asked. "Your baby sister just started dating me, officer." Dave said as he emerged from the club, carrying another drunken fool.

Dave looked at Vida for about five seconds before he spoke again. "And if this is about what happened in Angel Grove, that's already been sorted out, and the gang was disbanded a month ago." he stated as she reached for her handcuffs. "What I wanna know, is who told you all this." he said as she snapped the cuffs on him. "An anyonmous tip." Vida replied. "Lemme guess, it was Paul." he said with a roll of his eyes. Vida nodded. "In that case tell him I said fuck off." he said as he got into the squad car. Madison came out at that exact moment. "Vida, waht are you doing?" she yelled at her sister. "He's dangerous, Madison. And you're gonna hafta come with me as well, Mom's on her way to the station." she said heavily.

The ride to the police station was relatively quiet, mostly because Dave was plotting how best to murder Paul. The desert fire ants was appealing, but where would get em? 'Ah, hell with it. I'll just go with the execution style shooting method. It always worked for John Wayne.' he thought as the car pulled in. Dave was escorted to a cell, whilst Madison was sat in the front room. Dave looked around at his surroundings, remembering Ian telling him that everything made of stone had a breaking point, you just had to find it.

Outside, Paul sat on the hood of an impounded car, snickering to himself. "I guess you think that's funny, don't you, stalker?" an ice cold voice asked him. He spun around to see a person standing there dressed like Trinity from the Matrix. "Who the hell are you?" Paul sputtered. "Never you mind. I'm only gonna tell you this once, so listen up: keep the fuck away from Madison and her friends, or you will regret it." the person said icily as she brushed past. As Paul reached for the gun in his pocket, he heard the person again. "You don't want to do that. Trust me." she said as she walked into the police station. Madison was sitting outside the cells in front of Vida, trying to make her change her mind. "Plaese, sis, I don't wanna go back! You have no idea what it was like there?" she pleaded. Vida shook her head. "Your right. I don't." "Then why are you gonna let them send me back?" Madison asked. Vida sighed and looked away. She hated doing this to her sister, but she didn't have a choice. "Because it's my job."

"That's the lamest exuse I've ever heard, and I've heard a lot of em." the person from outside said. Vida looked up. "Who are you?" she asked. "I'm here to bail Dave out." she said. "Can't He has to stay here until he can be transported back to Angel Grove, where he gets tried for murder." Vida said. The person removed her sungalsses, revealing a pair of brown eyes that seemed to look straight into your soul. "Hey sis!" Dave yelled merrilly from his cell as he jimmied the lock. She sighed. He never changed. "Dave, what would dad say?" she asked exasperated. "Damn that was fun, let's do it again?" he said stupidly, earning a chuckle from everyone in the room.

The door blew open again, this time revealing a stylishly dressed woman who appeared to be in her mid thirties, with the same brown eyes as Madison and Vida, with jet black hair. "Alright Vida, where is she?" she said in a superior tone. Vida nodded toward her baby sister, feeling sorry for her. "Young lady, it is high time you actually started behaving yourself." she began, only to be cut off by a snort of laughter. Dave stood framed in the doorway, shaking his head. "That's a nice speech. By the sounds of it, you been spoutin that one off for a fair few years now." he said between laughs. His sister rolled her eyes and slapped him on the back of the head. Mrs. Rocca glared at him.

"And I take it your the delinquent that's been terrorizing this town?" she asked distastefully. "Did I make the front page?" he asked innocently. Madison glanced at him, silently hoping he would get the message and shut the hell up. No such luck. "So, do you like seeing your kids suffer, or are do you just not like them?" he asked conversationally. This earned him another slap on the back of the head from his sister. "Madison, we're going." her mother said sternly. As Madison brushed past Dave, she slipped a piece of paper into his hand and winked. He nodded and went back into his cell.

As Madison got in the back of her mother's limo, she was horrified to see Paul sitting there, grinning triumphantly. "Madison, Paul here has told me of your new career, and I must say, I am very disappointed in you." she lectured. Madison edged as far away from the both of them as she could. This was turning into a living nightmare.

In the building, Dave's sister stared at Vida. "Why didn't you do anything?" she asked as she pulled out a chair and sat down. "Becuse if I did, she would arrange for me to be fired, and then I wouldn't be able to help you guys anymore, Trini." she said as she resumed her solitare. "Back up. You two know each other?" Dave yelled from his cell. "Yeah. Sorority sisters." Trini yelled back as Vida grabbed the keys and handed them to Trini. "Get your brother, and get out of my city." she said quietly. Trini nodded and unlocked the door to his cell. "Sis, did you ride your bike here?" he asked. She nodded. Dave looked at Vida. "You got any bikes in that impound yard?" he asked. She pionted at a whole section of motorcycles, dirt bikes, and the like. Dave rubbed his hands together with great glee as he hotwired a PCJ-600 and mounted it. "Thanks, Vi." Trini said as the pair hugged. Dave revved the engine and tore off into the night, not really caring where he was going.

Back at Dave's mom's house, Ashlee hung up her cell phone. She poked Ian awake, who in turn rolled over. "Ian. Dave's out. We ahve to move. Now." she said, shaking him violently. "You're leaving already?" her mom's voice came from the doorway. Ashlee nodded apologetically. "it's okay dear, do what you have to do." she said with a smile. Ashlee nodded and hugged her mom. She hated having to this to her so often, but it was part of who they were. As the pair packed and left on their own pair of PCJs, Naomi whispered "God be with you.." before she went back in the house.

At the Rocca mansion, Madison was currently trying to explain to her mother WHY she kicked Paul to the curb in the first place. "Mom, I walked in on him and his stupid friends having a beer bash in my apartment! AND I caught him fucking a whore!" she yelled at her mother in the kitchen. Paul was sitting out in the den, smirking. He had always been good at talking to women and getting what he wanted through his vocal talents. A trait he and his father shared. "Don't try to lie to me, young lady! He told me all about your tryst with that new bouncer! And don't try to deny it! And another thing! Stripping?" her mother screamed. Madison rolled her eyes. "Dancing, mother." she corrected automatically, albeit tiredly. "Um, Mrs. Rocca, I think that she's just very confused and needs some rest." Paul's silk voice said. "Of course. Be a dear and escort to her room, will you Paul?" she said briskly as she grabbed her coat and prepared to go. Paul grinned evilly once the two were alone in the room. Madison began backing away in fear. "Don't worry, I'll take REAL good care of you.." he hissed as he advanced.

As Dave rode down the highway, he couldn't shake the feeling that there was something going in here that they weren't telling him. As he pulled to stop in front of what appeared to be a biker bar, he thanked his stars that he ahd gotten marked when he still ran with the Dragons. As he entered the building, he noticed how everyone seemed to be staring at him. Taking a seat at the bar, he signalled the bar tender for a beer. He really needed to quit drinking, another habit rehab had faikled to break. "Hey muscle head!" some one called out. "If yer talkin to me, fuck yerself, bitch." Dave retorted loud enough for half the bar to hear. The bar went silent as the biggest dude Dave had ever seen spun him around. Dave looked up casually, and took a drink of his beer, then sprayed the said beer all over the front of the man's shirt. "Now get yer Gaddam hands off me, street pizza." he said quietly. It was quiet for a moment, until the man punched Dave across the face. Then all hell broke loose.

Trini, Ian, and Ashlle all met outside the bar. "You know where Dave is?" Ian asked as he got off his bike. His question was answered as a guy was flung through the window of the bar. "If I had to guess, he's in the dead centre of that bar fight." Ashlee said as she pulled off her helmet, knowing that her brother loved nothing more than to be in thick of things if it cuased chaos. Ian sighed and kicked the door open, and automatically ducked under a chair. With a lightning fast movement, he punched the guy three times in the torso, dropping him like a sack of horse shit. Trini and Ashlee entered, putting their praying mantis styles to good use. As the fight wound to a close, they saw a battered dave holding the big guy a foot of the ground. "Call me a muscle head again, and you'll be breathing out the other side of your face." he said as he flung the guy like a rag doll. "Yer late." he muttered to Ian as the three joined him at the bar.

At the Rocca mansion, Madison found herself tied to her bed, completly naked, not to mention spread eagled. she raised her head to see Paul advancing on her, with a wicked gleam in his hazel eyes. "No.." she whispered as she felt him entering her. She began screaming as he had his way with her, not really caring if he hurt her or not. "Shut up, bitch!" he snarled as he slapped her across the face and continued raping her. She did the only thing she could do. She cried.

Back at the bar. dave pulled out the piece of paper she had given him back in the bin. Walking over to the pay phone, he slipped a few quarters in the slot, watching amusment as his sister's shot down any attempts to hit on them. Afetr the third ring, some one picked up. And it wasn't Madison. It was Paul. "Hello?" he said silkily. "What the hell did you do you do to her?" Dave hissed into the phone. "Why don't you ask her?" Paul sneered. there was a sound of rustling fabric. "Dave?" she whispered, sounding scared and hurt. "What happened?" he asked. Her response made his blood boil with rage. "He raped me." With a savage roar, Dave slammed the phone down, and stormed out of the bar. As his friends attempted to follow they heard him. "Go. I'll meet you later." With that, he climbed on his bike and roared off. "I pity whoever he's goin after." Ian snorted as the remain three climbed on thier bikes and rode off in the oppisite direction.

As the scenery whipped past him, dave was busy cursing himself for actually leaving. The one time he actually listened to a cop, his woman got raped. Now he really was gonna kill Paul, and all his lackeys. And if anyone tried to stop him, the affair with the torching of the Angel Grove DA's house would look mild compared to the chaos and desrtuction he would unleash.

Paul sat in front of his conquest as he was calling her now, holding his camera. Others found this sort of thing perverted, whilst other foundit erotic. He could make huge money off of these on the internet. Snapping another picture, he noticed she was crying. Again. "Shut it. I already told you, he's not coming back for you. And even if he does, he'll never touch you again." he snapped at her. Her reply was cut off by the sound of a motorcycle pulling up. Rushing to the window, he saw it was Dave. That bastard had uncanny timing. "I guess he will befucking you soon." he sneered as he left the room.

Dave entered the massive house and drew his weapon. He was gonna kill him right now, and be done with it. There was a sound from the upstairs, sounding oddly like a body hitting the floor. The hairs on the back of his neck stood on end as he rushed up the stairs. He skidded to a stop and took in what he was seeing. Paul was lying on the floor, with a knife sticking out of his back, Madison on her knees crying a few feet away. It didn't take a genius to figure out what happened. Paul had cut her loose to her as a hostage, she had fought back, and the knife had slipped from his hands, she grabbed it, and stabbed him. As he knelt beside her, he wrapped his arms around her. "It's okay. I'm here now.." he whispered soothingly. There was the sound of a car door being slammed shut, making Dave stiffen. "You might wanna pack some stuff." he said softly as he stood. He spat on the body bitterly, glad it was over.

Mrs. Rocca came up the stairs just in time to see this, and she promptly screamed. Dave cringed at the sound, and holstered his raptor magnum. "W-what did you do?" Mrs. Rocca asked as she clutched the banister for support. "Not a damn thing." he said sourly. "You killed my duaghter;s fiance!" she shrieked. dave winced. That was unexpected. Madison came out of her room carrying a back pack. ""Young lady, stay awy from him! He killed your future husband." Madison said nothing, but raised a stun gun, and fired. Dave looked at his girl. "How long have you wanted to do that?" he asked as they walked down the stairs. "All my life." Madison replied as they headed to the garage.

Dave looked at the selection, and strode over to a Banshee convertible. "That's my mom's." Madison said. dave looked at her. "Like she ever uses it." he retorted as he wheeled his bike in and put it in the trunk, which remarkably had room left over. "Does your mom belive in having lots of luggage room in her sports cars?" he asked curiously as he hopped into the passenger seat. "Yeah. Now hwere are we going?" she asked as she pulled out, reminding him of how his friend Derak drove. When he told her their destination, her widened slightly, but she nodded anyway. This was gonna be one hell of a story to tell her friends if she ever returned to Briarwood. Hgihly unlikely.

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