HELLOOO EVERYONE! I am here with the second chapter of the story. Now, things are gonna get a little more intense now. ENJOY!
It had been a week since DB and Tim had been at the house and gave Penny a way to connect to their organization and she had memorized where all the security devices were. She was working on her homework, and she briefly glanced up to the roses in a vase. She smiled slightly at seeing them. She was about to go back to her homework, when the door burst open, and Tim came in with DB. Penny was so shocked that she jumped from the couch. "Tim!? What happened!?" She then noticed how beat up DB was and that he was unconscious. Tim didn't answer her, but instead slammed the door closed and laid DB on the couch before looking through every window and closing the blinds. He ended by locking the door. He then slid down the wall and laid his head in his hands and he began crying like a little child. Penny knelt down to him and put a hand on him. She noticed that he was dressed in an all black outfit that had a few cuts in it. His hair was messed up and he had a gun on his back. "What's wrong?"
Tim looked up, his eyes were red and tears were still coming. He sighed. "It was horrible. The organization was celebrating its most recent major victory, when the feds narged into the building. DB was the only one prepared for it, and he held them off for us to leave. He got captured. I thought we should get him while they were transporting him, but the second in command believed we should wait until he was put in prison. I disobeyed and got DB out of the transport vehicle. We barely escaped, but we did. Though, he was badly injured. It was terrible." He then let his head fall into his hands again. Penny gave him a hug to help him, and he just cried into her shoulder.
After about an hour, Tim fell asleep in Penny's shoulder. She laid him down on the floor and put a pillow under his head and covered him with a blanket. She then looked over to DB. He had his sunglasses on, and one lense was broken out while the other was badly cracked, with a piece missing from the top. His fedora was torn up badly and he was missing his trenchcoat, wearing only a similar black outfit that Tim had on. He had a cut across his left cheek, along with a burn on that started on the right side of his forehead and ended at his nose. His black outfit was cut up, with some pieces completely missing. He had several cuts and bullet wounds, though none were lethal. In one of the bigger holes, she noticed a bruise that looked extremely painful. If his chest wasn't slowly rising and falling, he would look dead. She sighed and went to one of the hidden weapons and pulled it out.
That evening
Penny's mom had come home and Penny told her the entire story. They were now having a meal of steak, when they heard stirring in the living room. Soon after, Tim came in. He looked just as bad as before. He sat down without a word and took a steak and some other things that were sitting on the table and began eating. Penny broke the silence. "How are you holding up?"
Tim just stopped cutting his meat and sighed. "As well as I can." He gave out a small, dry chuckle. "Ya know. it's funny. Usually, DB is the one saving others, not the other way around. But, he still ends up having to lay in bed for a while from any rescue attempt." He shook his head and continued cutting his meat.
The other two couldn't say anything. What could they say? The rest of the meal went without a word. It was then Tim said something. "Penny, can I use your laptop? I need to get into the organization to tell them everything that has happened."
"Of course." Penny went upstairs and retrieved her laptop and handed it to him. "Here you go."
"Thanks." He promptly took it and began typing on it. After about twenty minutes, he stopped and he sighed. He looked conflicted.
"What is it?" Penny made sure to stay on the opposite side of the screen, so she wouldn't see anything that was classified.
"Classified. All I can say is that it involves you and this situation. It will wait until morning. Let's get some rest." He then went to take another look out each window before laying down by the door. He leaned next to bolt and whispered in his ear, "Make sure to wake me if anything comes in the middle of the night." He then fell asleep.
Next morning
The trio was enjoying breakfast when they heard a knock on the door. Penny's mom went and answered it. There were two federal officers standing in the doorway. "Mrs. Forrester, we're from the FBI. We have reason to believe that you are harboring two fugitives."
"Do you have any evidence?" She gave them a cold glare.
"Ma'am, would you be so kind as to let us in?"
"No, she won't. Not with out a warrant." All eyes turned to the little red-head that seemed to come out of nowhere.
"We can make this very difficult for you. Just make it easy on yourselves and let us in."
"Do you have a warrant?" Penny was glaring daggers at them.
"Just make it easy on you-"
Penny cut them off. "Do. You. Have. A. Warrant?" She repeated, making sure to make it as clear as possible. "It is a simple yes or no question. If you do, you can come in, if not." She pulled out a shotgun and cocked it. "You can get out of here."
The two seemed unphased. "It is a federal offense to pull a gun on a federal officer."
"It is also against the law for you to come in here without a warrant. So, if you come in here, I would just be protecting my property. I also haven't pulled it on you yet. Now. Leave!" Her look seemed just as deadly as her shotgun.
"We wanted to do this the easy way, but we are willing to do it the hard way. Good day." The two left.
After the door closed, the two shared a sigh. They then jumped when they heard a chuckle come from the couch, followed by a cough. DB opened his eyes and had a small smile on his face. "Wow. That is some ferocity I haven't seen in a long time." He let out a whistle. "good stuff, that is."
"how long have you been awake?" Penny was confused at his reaction.
"Ever since they knocked on the door. I was ready to attack, but wanted to see how it played out. Am I glad I did."
Tim came in and practically screamed. "DB! You're awake!" He then gave him a hug, making DB give a grunt of pain. "Sorry."
"It's fine. Can I get something to eat? Some oatmeal, maybe? Just something simple that doesn't require chewing." He had the smile still on his face.
"Of course." Penny and her mom left for the kitchen.
DB looked towards Tim, and his face fell into a frown. "you should have listened to the second in command. Also, you shouldn't have brought us here. It has put a civilian in danger and has possibly put both of us in danger of being arrested. What do you have to say for yourself, soldier!?" His voice held force that no one was accustomed to hearing.
"i'm sorry. i was afraid they may not waste time with torturing you and kill you, seeing as you have been captured before and they got nothing out of you." Tim looked down ashamed. "I came here because it was the only thing close to a base we had. I'm sorry."
DB let out a sigh. He spoke again, but his voice lost the edge it had to it. "I guess I should have let you know." Tim gave him a confused look. "We tipped of the feds about where we were." Now Tim was shocked. "It was part of a plan. We were going to use it as a way to try to get them to lose all files they had on us. Only four people knew of it. They were the only four with a high enough security clearance. One being me."
"Why was this so highly classified that not even I could know?" He was beyond confused now.
"We needed to make sure that all the reactions were real. Why do you think the top three behind me were escorting everyone out and were unprepared? You know they have learned to always be prepared. I'm also surprised you weren't. Why not?"
Tim held his head down in shame. "I was too distracted thinking about the date I had with Penny."
DB smirked. "Well, I have an idea for helping us stay concealed and help you with getting close to her. Even if it is a dangerous romance. Just like this story is named." Tim gave him a funny look. "Oh! right. I forgot you don't know about the fourth wall. So, nevermind." Tim just shrugged as Penny came in with a bowl of oatmeal.
Ya. I just had to have DB break the fourth wall at least once. He does in some of my other stories, so why not here. It won't be as often as some of my other stories, but he'll still do it. Anyways, things are just picking up steam. Well, review.