Don't own them...


Dee didn't understand what Tony was talking about. He was lying?

"Tony, put the gun away."

"Nah, Dee, I think I'll keep it out." He swiveled the barrel to Dee, then Ryo. "But I'm not as trigger happy as you. I know how to bide my time. So I wouldn't worry...yet."

Ryo moved to stand, but Tony had the gun aimed at his head.

"Don't try it, pretty boy, you're no hero. And toss me yours, while you're at it."

Damn it. Ryo had been counting on being able to get his out, since he hadn't taken it off after work.

"What the hell is this about?" Dee clenched his fists as Tony closed the door and took a few steps towards them. Being held hostage over the back of a couch in his own living room by someone he'd thought was his friend didn't put him in a good mood. Especially considering he'd been in the middle of putting things back on track with Ryo.

"I couldn't stand by and let you play Ryo like you've been doing," Tony shrugged, as if it were simple.

"Play him? I think maybe you've been doing a little too much playing." Ryo'd already admitted that it was Tony who'd been dropping all these hints about Dee's supposed sordid past and present.

Tony laughed. "Dee, don't you remember? We went through Academy together. I know you. And I know all about what's really been going on with JJ. I'm supposed to let and innocent bystander like Ryo get dragged through hell and back so you can have a little fun outside the 'marriage'? Think again." It was strange that his gun was still on Ryo throughout this little monologue. As far as he'd stated, he had no grudge against him.

"What are you talking about? Just what the hell is it that makes everyone think there's something between me and JJ?" The little creep's advances had always been a strictly one-way display.

"I don't think, Dee, I know. You told me so yourself."

"You lying son-of-a-bi-"

"Ah, ah, ah." Tony's gun swiveled back to Dee. Ryo's heart skipped a beat.

"Tony, as far as I can tell, whatever is or was between Dee and JJ-"

"Which is nothing!" Dee said furiously.

"Whatever it was is something I have to deal with. Me, not you. So why are you so involved in this?"

"No. No, don't you see Ryo?" He ground his teeth. The gun moved back to him. "He's using you. You're just so blinded by his charm that you don't realize it." He laughed out loud. Ryo remembered something Tony had said to him once.

"If I ever knew two people who loved each other, it's them. And Dee will always choose JJ. Trust me, I'm speaking from experience."

"You know," Ryo said, shocked that it had taken him so long. "You know because it happened to you, didn't it?"

Tony's smile dropped away. His face got dark. "You're damn right it did," he growled. "Dee was the first person I was partnered with at the Academy. At first, I thought he was a cocky bastard, but the more time I spent around him, the more I thought I was in love with him. So one day I got up the nerve to tell him, and he said- do you remember what you told me, Dee?"

Dee was at a loss. he didn't even remember this happening.

"I didn't think so. You said, 'Sorry, but my hands are full with JJ right now.' That's what you told me. And then you requested to be switched to JJ's partner, and the COs were to in love with you that they did it the next week. I thought you'd ruined my life. I wanted to die. But I realized what had been going on, and that I've never loved you. You tricked me!"

Dee did remember what he was talking about now, and it proved that the memory can play funny tricks on people. Tony had pulled him aside after a night out drinking and gushed like a school girl. Dee had thought he'd been too wasted to take seriously, and he'd been dealing with JJ's crap all night, so the irritated response didn't surprise him at all. He'd never requested a transfer. The COs had done it to torture him, hoping that their golden boy JJ would straighten out his cocky attitude.

But Tony wasn't hearing any of it.

"Don't bother, Dee. I know what you are, and I'm not going to let you use someone else!" His gun hadn't moved off Ryo.

I can bide my time. He'd been waiting to do this for years. It had been his plan even since he'd him to put Ryo out of his misery. When he stated to distrust him, Tony decided to get it over with today, but Ryo led him right to Dee. he could kill the two birds with two bullets to their heads.

"You were right, Ryo. I have problems with relationships. People are all fooling people or getting fooled. Think of this as me sparing you from that pain."

He pulled the trigger. All Ryo could think of was getting to Dee. He dove forward on the couch, moving his head from the line of the bullet and instead placing his shoulder in it. He hit Dee and they rolled off the couch together.

Ryo killed a groan as his shoulder hit the floor. He didn't know if the shot went through entirely or not, but right now he wasn't worried. Dee looked like he had enough of that for both of them.

Trying to clear his head, Ryo searched Dee's face for something to do. Tony had just made it clear that this wasn't a game anymore.


Call the cops! Damn, they are the cops, huh? Oh no...