Disclaimer: I do not own OTH or any of it characters places or such. I am simply borrowing them
AN/ Two chapters in one day! I just could not stop writing. Even now I can't stop. I am already into the next chapter!
As always suggestions are welcome
Nathan watched as the two men struggled for control of the gun as he held Meredith protectively in his arms. The gun went off and the ceiling fell on top of the two men as they continued to struggle, the gun knocked towards Nathan. Just then he felt the door behind him being pushed open as Jake shoved his thin body through the slight opening into the room. He walked over to Dan and John and pulled Dan away from John.
Nathan picked up Meredith and ran out the door into Karen's waiting arms.
"Are you okay?"
"We are okay, mom"
"Meredith, honey, you okay?"
"I was so scared, mommy"
"I know sweetheart." Karen replied as she took Meredith from Nathan's arms
"You sure you are okay, man?" Lucas asked as he placed his hand on his brother's shoulder.
"That guys is nuts, man."
Just then there was sirens and flashing blue lights pulling up to the house as uniformed police officers came flooding through the door.
"Jagleski?"
"I am in here Sarg" Jake answered through the bedroom door.
"Is everyone okay in here?" Sergeant Reynolds asked as he walked down the hallway towards the group.
"Yes, we are okay. Jake is in there" Larry said pointing across the hall towards the bedroom.
Jake had Dan in handcuffs and was standing him up when Reynolds walked into the room
"Well, look who it is, Josh Reynolds. Big police officer now" Dan said
"Looks like there was a struggle in here" Reynolds stated choosing to ignore Dan
"Yes, sir. The gun is over there by the door. I haven't touched it"
"What happened to the ceiling?"
"The gun went off. Actually twice, once through the bedroom door and the other into the ceiling"
"Through the bedroom door? Was he aiming at someone?
"Nathan and Meredith"
Dan looked towards John, "you think you are so tough huh? You are nothing!"
"Dan. You are not even worth a fight"
"You think you have won. I will be back. Those are my sons"
"No they are not Dan"
"I have rights"
"No, you don't. Those two young men are Keith and Karen's and have been for the past 16 years"
"I got rid of Keith. Now, I guess I need to get rid of Karen too and Deb" Dan said smirking
"What did you do to Keith?"
"It is amazing what a large SUV will do to a pickup truck"
"You killed our father, you piece of…" Lucas said running into the room
"He was in my way" Dan replied with no remorse, "Besides he is not your father, I am"
"Dan, these are not your children. They are mine and they are Keith's. You gave up your right to be their father a long time ago" Karen said jumping to the conversation.
"Don't you mean yours, Keith's and Deb's? Or did you throw Deb out of Nathan's life like you did me?"
"I didn't throw you out of either one of their lives. You are the one that walked away"
"So what did you do with Deb? Kill her? Drop her off somewhere? You must have done something to her to get what you wanted. Her son. You are just like me Karen, you kill for what you want"
"I am nothing like you. I didn't kill Deb"
"She died when I was 6 years old. Keith and Karen adopted me. They are my parents. Mom didn't kill my Mother" Nathan replied from his spot between Lucas and Karen.
Dan smirked, "Deb is dead, huh? Are you sure that Karen didn't kill her"
"She had cancer"
"Sure she did. Is that what Karen told you?"
"Dan" Karen said as she looked like she was ready to punch him
"Karen, I will take care of him" Reynolds replied, "Jenkins, take Mr. Scott to the station. Book him on kidnapping, trespassing and the murder of Keith Scott. Make sure you read him his rights"
"Don't worry. I will be back" Dan said, as he was lead out of the room by officer Jenkins
"Karen, he won't be back. He is going to live the rest of his life in a state prison" Reynolds said
"I hope so"
"I promise you he will"
"Thank you, Josh"
"Do you have somewhere to stay tonight? Your house has become a crime scene"
"They are going to come stay with us" Larry replied from the other side of the room beside John
"Go gather your things and go with Larry. I promise you I will get your house back in order"
"What about my stuff? I need my teddy bear. Daddy gave it to me" Meredith asked from her mother's arms
"Which teddy bear is it?" Josh asked the little girl
"The one on the bed."
Josh retrieved the precious teddy bear from the bed and return to Meredith. "I can give you this, but everything else is going to have to stay"
"What about my clothes? And my toys?"
"We have other clothes for you. And I am sure that Mr. Josh will make sure that nothing happens to your toys"
"Will you?" Meredith asked Josh
"I promise" Josh said as he smiled, "And just to make sure I will have Jake watch them for you"
"Okay"
"Let's go get you some clothes now. We are going to go stay with Aunt Anna and Uncle Larry" Karen said as she left the room
"I knew that you would want to stay with this" Reynolds said to Jake
"Thank you sir"
"You two okay?" Reynolds asked Lucas and Nathan
"He killed our father" Nathan replied
"And he is going to pay for it, I promise"
"We are going to go pack our stuff" Lucas said they turned from Meredith's room and went towards their own rooms.
"I don't know how much more this family can stand" John stated from his spot by the window
"They have had a long hard day." Larry stated
"How does the Dan Scott that we all knew become the Dan Scott that we just saw?" John asked
"I don't know, John. I do know that I like the one we used to play basketball with better" Reynolds stated
"I am going to go get them back to my house." Larry said
"I will be there when I am done here" Jake said
"Okay. John, you coming?"
John looked towards Josh, "Do you need me for a statement or anything?"
"Go with Larry. I will find you in a little while"
Larry and John walked out of the room and into the hallway. Lucas and Nathan were walking towards the living room both with duffel bags.
"Mom, do you need some help?" Lucas asked as they reached the living room
"No, I have everything I think"
"Everyone ready?" Larry asked as John and him joined the group
"Yea, we are ready" Karen answered
"Okay. Then lets get to the house. Anna has cookies ready"
The group walked out the front door to find Skills and Mouth talking.
"You guys okay?" Skills asked
"Yea, we are okay" Nathan replied
"Larry, take mom and Meredith with you in the car. I think we are going to walk" Lucas said
"Okay"
"Don't take too long," Karen said as she got into the green Honda Accord LX
"We won't" Nathan replied
The car pulled away from the curb heading towards the Sawyers as the four guys started walking in the same direction.
"What a night!" Lucas said
"You can say that again" Nathan replied
AN/ Review, PLEASE!