Title: Something Worthwhile
author: Cindy Ryan
notes and summary: See part one
The rest of the week past by normally. Well as normal as a police officer's life could be. Lucy was never so happy to see Friday as she was that week. Things with Johnson had almost tabled to a routine. Lucy didn't know if they were just getting used to each other or if he had finally started to see her as a police officer. Lucy sighed as they pulled into the station's processing area she didn't think it'd gotten that far yet.
The morning had been hectic with back to back calls. Her T.O had been a bit irritated but Lucy had learned to deal with irritated after riding with Tim for the first few months. However with the last call irritated had gone to stressed and Lucy's guard had gone up. Johnson parked the shop and they got out. Lucy's T.O took their arrestee out of the back and led the young brown haired man to the processing area. They'd arrested him on a B&E. The fingerprinting, and photo took about twenty minutes since there was only one other arrestee in front of them. Once the youth was in the holding cell she and Johnson walked back to their shop. Johnson had just opened the rear door when she heard a curse. Lucy opened her passenger door she was about to ignore him and sit down when she heard.
"You stupid bitch!"Johnson yelled. "You can't do anything right!"
The whole processing area quieted and seemed to come to a dead halt. Lucy cringed.
Tim had just pulled into the processing area and was taking his arrestee out of the back. He'd closed the door when he spotted Lucy two shop's over. She was standing by the passenger door and Johnson was at the rear of the vehicle. Tim started to head their way when he heard Johnson's raised voice. The words made Tim's blood run cold and his temper flare.
"You stupid bitch!"Johnson yelled. "You can't do anything right!"
The large room went dead silent. Tim who had been walking in front of the row of shop's spotted an officer he knew and shoved his arrestee towards him.
"Watch her."Tim ordered quietly.
Rage was pumping through Tim with an intensity that he could barely see straight. He didn't realize he'd walked to the end of Johnson's squad until the older man was turning to him. Even with the soaring anger Tim manged to keep his voice even and his hands unclenched. For Lucy's sake he'd give the man a chance. She didn't need another scene.
"You owe her an apology, Johnson."Tim suggested tightly. "Now."
The blond mustached man smirked as he closed the rear hatch.
"She's my rookie, Bradford."Johnson commented as he turned away. "I don't have to do anything I dn't want to."
Wrong words, Tim thought as his right hand shot up and clamped down on Johnson's left shoulder spinning him around. He slammed the T.O back against the shop with enough force that Johnson's head snapped back against the window. The silence of the room suddenly broke as officers sprang into action. Tim heard running feet but didn't turn. He pulled Johnson off the glass by the man's shirt collar and slammed him back once more. Tim had his right fist raised for a punch when he heard Lucy's voice calling his name.
"Tim!"Lucy shouted pleadingly. "Stop! Please!"
"Boyfriend coming to your aid, Chen?"Johnson interjected. "Women just can't fight their own battles."
Tim's right fist connected and blood poured from the older T.O's nose. Johnson broke free then and landed a left hook on Tim's jaw. Bastard wanted a fight, he'd get one Tim thought as he stood in a fighting stance glaring at Johnson.
Lucy watched the fight unfold not sure what to do. She saw their colleagues try to break the two men up but unable to get a decent handhold.
"Tim!"Lucy shouted once more.
After the backlash from Tim stepping away as her T.O Lucy didn't care what others thought now. She and Tim were happy, that was the important thing. The rest they would deal with. This though would hurt both of their careers. Tim would be disciplined at the very least Johnson could bring charges. Worse he could quit as her T.O which would send Lucy back. Maybe not quite square one but enough of a set back that she'd be behind her other rookies.
Deciding to step into the fray Lucy managed to get a hold on Johnson's left shoulder. At that moment he reared up to hit Tim again and the momentum sent Lucy sprawling. She felt her feet leave the ground and the next second her head connected with something hard and Lucy's vision dimmed. The next second everything went back as she slipped into the void of unconsciousness.