Secrets That Kill: A Gilmore Girl Fanfiction
Disclaimer: sadly I do not own anything Gilmore Girl related, not even Tristan or Jess (tears)
Summary: what happens when deals are made w/ the wrong people? Will a life be lost? Rory, Tristan, Paris, Logan, and the rest of the crew will find themselves face to face w/ secrets that can kill… AU! Could be a Trory… who knows… hehe!
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CHAPTER 5: The Family Legacy
The man known as Hendrix was now ordering his men to join him at the center of the gymnasium. "We're going to be here a while longer. I want J and Link to take care of the students when I need 'em." He pointed towards two men at his right. The one named J was much younger than the other man, Link, but it was hard to tell with their masks. Hendrix explained the current negotiations and then dismissed the men to return to their spots. J returned to guarding the P.E. Office.
Paris and Logan had been watching the movement intently and when they had returned to their positions, Logan decided to inform Rory and Tristan of the new changes. Logan was taken aback by the scene in front of him. He just stared at Tristan whom had his arm wrapped around Rory, and Rory leaning against Tristan, her eyes closed. Tristan was simply admiring Rory with dark eyes of love and care; he was elated that he had Rory in his arms. Logan's mind churned to see the unlikely couple but smiled with approval to only be knocked back to his senses white remark from Paris, "Finally, my God those two! They needed a damn tragedy to take place in order for them to feel anything for each other!"
"Tristan?" Logan whispered. Tristan didn't take his eyes off of Rory but still acknowledged Logan in a soft tone.
"What is it?"
"There was a phone call made by the leader not to long ago, and it seems it caused some change in their guarding system. Just thought you might want to take a look and maybe even wake her up?" He made a nod towards Rory.
"I'm already awake." Rory groaned and slowly left her comfort zone in Tristan's embrace. Tristan made a face as he reluctantly released her from his grasp but still did so while Rory became attentive to Logan's words. "You said they made a phone call?" She asked, suddenly wide awake.
"Yea, but I don't know if it was the police he was talking to or not?"
"I didn't expect you to know." She said with a smirk and stood up to join Paris in front of the window. "Do you think all of the guards are in the gym?" Paris shook her head at Rory's question.
"The leader and other men come in and out of the gym doors all the time, I bet they have the whole school on lockdown. They're like some kind of organized crime." Paris said, baffled by their numbers in men. Logan and Tristan also adhered to the window and watched as the men opened the gym doors to roll in a TV set that was placed on a TV cart.
"What the hell?" Tristan laughed as he watched them push the TV into the wall across from them and men started to cheer as they joined into a huddle to watch it. "Oh yeah Paris, they're really professional!" He said in total sarcasm, but Paris was smiling oddly. "Paris? Are you okay? I just insulted your intelligence, so why are you smiling?"
"Because, look at them! They're distracting themselves!" Tristan and the other two finally caught on as the guards in the gym started laughing at a comedy they were watching.
"Let's get out of here then!" Logan started to roll up his sleeves to get positioned under the air duct but he was stopped when he saw the guard, J, turn to open the door to the office. "Someone's coming in!"
"Thank you Captain obvious!" Tristan mocked but the joke soon faded as J entered the room.
"I need you four to come with me." J was trying to sound demanding, but his words were frosted with kindness and sympathy which only Rory noticed. The sympathy was not the only element that Rory found familiar about the guard but it was the voice that truly caught her attention. She tried to look him in the eyes…could it be…she thought, but he looked away from her, avoiding her eyes. "Let's go NOW!" He said, and Tristan snatched Rory's hand and the four followed the masked man into the gym.
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Luke and Lorelai were waiting anxiously in front of the school. They had been brought to the front of the crowd to join the policemen and the S.W.A.T. in a roped off area. Luke had been allowed to stay with Lorelai as a part-guardian of Rory and helped Lorelai deal with the personal questions she was asked.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry to inform you but we have reason to believe that this man is a drug dealer and this man somehow in relations with one of the four students' parents. Since you are the only family member we could get a hold of which means that you might need to do all of the negotiations for the other three also, even if you don't know this man." The police chief was explaining to Lorelai the recent news with no sympathy.
"A drug dealer? I can't, I don't even know how to access my husband's account if this guy wants it." She protested.
"You will use a fake bank card if it comes to that." The police chief was done with his questions and walked off, leaving Lorelai completely emotionally distraught. She sat back against an ambulance as she finally realized she was helpless.
"Luke, what am I supposed to do?" Lorelai looked up at the man she loved and adored.
"Wait, I'm sorry Lorelai, but that is the only thing we can do." Luke admitted as he pulled her into his arms.
"I don't know what I would have done if you weren't here."
"You would have been fine. After all, you are a Gilmore!" He smiled lightly still leaving worry in his eyes.
"At heart Luke, only a Gilmore at heart…" a single tear left her swollen eyes.
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The four students had been led out of the gym and through the halls, passing guard after guard. Rory had given up trying to get a good look at the gunman, J, when the fear from men holding guns started to rattle her again. She was gripping Tristan's hand and praying they were not being led to their deaths.
After reaching the principal's office, J, the man who led them, handed them over to a much taller masked man. "Here they are Link, all four of them." He mumbled to Link.
"I'm surprised you didn't lose 'em J!" The taller gunman named Link said with a grunt. "Come on you rats, in here, now!" Link pointed the gun at the four students, obviously enjoying himself.
"Link! What the fuck is your problem? They don't need you pointing the gun like that, so lay off!" J said in protection of the four students. This time Rory was not the only one who noticed J's actions of sympathy, but before they could a better look at him, they were shoved into the principal's office, the door shutting behind them as Link left them with the leader. The blue-shirt man was smoking a cigar with a dirty smile plastered on his face. He had removed his mask, letting the students see his age, very close to the age of their parents.
"Well, this was not the way I had hoped to meet you four for the first time. I was hoping it would have been over a nice four course meal, ending with a cherry pie." He sneered. "Of course your fathers failed to inform you of me. That's to bad, you would have liked me a lot better before this happened."
"You don't know our parents. You have the wrong kids!" Logan accused.
"Oh yes I do! My name is Bo Hendrix, a man of many talents and a man with many contacts. Your fathers happen to be investors of my drug deals and they happen to help hide my identity during transportation."
"Why in the world would our dads need, or want to help you?" Paris yelled.
"Because of what I know, and who I know. The sixties and seventies, hell, your fathers loved the drugs and because of their money we were invincible. Yup, that's right; I was in the high society life too. My old man, Bosworth Hendrix owned a chain factory business, and when he died I lost of all the money, but I saved some of the factories for the dope. Your dads were sympathetic and addicted so they have supported me forever. And I have done some jobs for them, ones that normally aren't on the employment pages." Hendrix had finished his cigar by now letting the students contemplate what they had just heard. Smiling, Hendrix turned the safety of his gun on and off, playfully.
"If you are such good friends with them, then why this?" Tristan pointed out, thinking he had caught Hendrix in a lie.
"They double-crossed me, and I depended on their support. They know he consequences and they were fairly forewarned but I guess they didn't care."
"Wait, my mother knew my dad during your time, why didn't she mention you?" Rory asked.
"Because she wanted to have no contact with me and your father's lifestyle when she found out she was pregnant. I mean the danger! So she left him, which didn't take to well to Chris one bit, however he held his cool for his love of her. Luke's engagement to her pushed him to the limit, he gave me a call, and your life and the life of Mr. Danes was more important to your mother than refusing Chris' hand in marriage." He said it like it was amusing, ignoring Rory's obvious hurt. "Now I'm tired of this chit chat. Your lives will end, one by one, every half hour, starting at 3:15pm if they fail to meet my demands. Now I said I wouldn't kill you until then, and I stick to my word, but I never said that I wouldn't have…" he looked at Rory, licking his lips with an evil grin on his face, "a little fun!"
Tristan noticed the look he gave Rory and he stepped in between Hendrix and Rory defensively. Bo smiled sickly, obviously amused by this act of love. "Oh, you are either extremely stupid or you want to die." Hendrix pointed his gun at Tristan's head, but he didn't budge.
"Don't even think about it." He said taking a brave step towards Hendrix. Rory jumped towards Tristan and grabbed his are, fear in her eyes.
"Tristan! Stop!"
"You shouldn't be making any threats." Bo said. "Link! Get them out of here and bring them back!" Link came in and started to lead them back as Hendrix snatched Rory's arm, making her jump. "I'll see you later." And before Tristan could react, Bo pushed them out of the office and closed the door. Rory didn't say a word as they continued back to the P.E. office letting Tristan hold her close. All four of them were silent as they pondered on the secrets hidden from them for so long. Mom…you loved Luke so much though…Rory was in total shock as she finally found out why her mother did what she did.
The moment they were left alone in the office, Tristan dashed to the desk frantically pulling out drawers and stuffing paper clips into his pocket. "What the hell?" Logan approached Tristan cautiously.
"We are getting out of here now!" Tristan yelled, continuing to look for supplies.
"What? How?" Logan pried.
"I don't know they're still watching the TV. Through the air duct, I don't fuckin' care; we need to get out of here NOW! Did you see the way he looked at Rory? Did you? I'm not going to let it happen!"
"Tristan!" Rory was without words and she stepped towards him, almost scared to get too close. "He was just trying to scare me! Please, you're going to get yourself killed!" Tristan stopped and got closer to Rory.
"Come on Rory; stop being so ignorant and get your head out of the clouds! Open your eyes. Mommy and Daddy aren't here to protect you; we're in the real world now!" He said it with such harshness Rory's eyes started to water. Tristan shook his head, disappointed in himself, "Don't, I'm sorry…" He apologized, but before he could hold her she pushed passed him and grabbed the chair from the desk.
"Rory…" Paris cautioned, but Rory just dragged the chair into position under the air duct and looked up at her friends. She looked at Tristan with sternness.
"I get it… We're out of here!" She took her eyes off of Tristan and scanned the gymnasium. The guards were still preoccupied by the television. Confident that it was time, Rory took one great step onto the chair and wrenched the air duct open. "Paris go!" Paris looked at her frozen but Logan took the initiative to pull Paris to the chair as Rory stepped down.
"Up you go! Paris, we don't have time to waste!" Logan lifted her into the chair so she could pull herself up into the duct. Logan put his hand out to Rory but she shook her head.
"You go next… You're stronger to help pull us up!" Logan hesitated, "Go, we don't have time… remember?" And with that he jumped and silently pulled himself up into the duct with little effort.
"Now you Rory!" Logan ordered, holding his hand down, eyeing the guards to make sure they hadn't noticed their movement. Rory looked at Tristan and he simply lifted her into the air so she could be pulled up by Logan. Paris scooted over to let Rory in and Tristan grabbed the duct cover and pushed the chair away to hide their escape route. He jumped and Logan just barely got a hold of his hand. Rory helped as they quickly pulled Tristan up.
Logan took the cover from Tristan and carefully tried to pull it back into place so no one would know if they had opened the duct or not. "Okay, that's as good as it gets!" Logan informed the three as he pulled the cover into place. The four teenagers looked at each other with 'what-now' looks and waited for orders. Rory hadn't truly thought past this point and gave Tristan a nudge for help.
"Let's go left." He whispered, hoping it was the right way. They followed Tristan in the small tunnel, lifting their legs and arms gently so the wouldn't make any noise. Tristan was thinking only of Rory's safety, Paris was contemplating on their location in the school, Logan was thinking of what Hendrix had told them, and Rory was thinking of her mother. She loved Luke…love and blackmail…Tristan risked his life for me in the office…that kind of love…my mom felt that kind of love…
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It was 3:05pm and Bo Hendrix picked up his cell phone and dialed Mitchum's number. He smiled wickedly as he hoped his demands had not been met yet, because then he would have to kill one of the students…Tristan…and then I'll enjoy a little feminine company… he started to laugh uncontrollably as the phone began to ring…
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Coming Up: Will the demands be met? Will they escape the school? Will Lorelai tell Luke the truth? It's all coming up in either this chapter, or the next…
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