Title: Rage

Author: zephiey

Rating: T

Pairing: None
Category: One Shot, AU

Warnings: Violence

Disclaimer: Dallas and its characters are the property of CBS, Larry Katzman and Warner Bros Studios. No infringement is intended from this work of fiction.

Summary: The rage finally breaks free.

Rage

His control was absolute.

His temper was always leashed even under the most extreme circumstances.

It had to be.

Anything else was too dangerous. The consequences too dire.

He kept a tight rein on his temper, never letting the rage simmering just below the surface to explode.

But that changed today.

His head snapped back at the first hit.

The second hit caused him to stumble before regaining his balance.

The third hit never landed.

He blocked it.

He could feel the white-hot rage begin to rise and he did nothing to stop it. He let it fill every cell of his body until his very blood was screaming for death.

His first punch snapped the man's head to the side.

His second punch knocked the breath from his assailant, and he fell to his knees.

The third punch laid the man flat on his back with him kneeling above him as he repeatedly punched him in the face.

Hands scrambled to pull him off. He shook them free, attacking the others just a violently as he had defended himself.

Blows landed to bodies, the splat and squish of flesh meeting flesh loud in the roaring silence. Fists pummelled him as he fought.

The rage revelled in the carnage fuelled by the image of his wife in another's arms, by the loss of his son and the betrayal of his brother. The rage fed off all the pain and anguish, revelling in the damage it inflicted.

He continued to return to the first man to batter him again and again.

Finally, hands managed to subdue him. It took six to strong arm him into handcuffs and secure him, reducing his weapons but not eliminating them; six to force him to the ground as he struggled, snarling and growling, more animal than man.

John Ross Ewing Jr. had let the rage slip free it shackles, granting it full power and nothing would ever be the same again.

The End