"I can't believe this. I've been trying to figure out who The Pusher is for months and suddenly Abed and Shirley figure it out just like that."

It was a few hours later. After having tea and brownies Annie and Jeff left Abed and Shirley's home to continue patrolling. After walking the streets looking for trouble they climbed onto a roof to get a better view of things.

"I doubt they figured it out just like that An-Bright Eyes. It seems like it took a while for them to get as far as they did. And also, they're retired. They have time to devote purely to research. We can only do so much when we're also out here protecting the city."

Annie scowled as she nodded her head in emphasis. Jeff tried not to smile at her expression. Or tell her how hot she looked in her new outfit. God he missed her. In spite of all the insanity they faced every night everything just felt right when they were together. He knew he did the right thing by ending things. After Troy's attack he knew it wasn't safe for them to be together anymore. And even if that wasn't the case he knew she would hate him if she found out what he did to Troy's attacker. But right now all he wanted to do was grab her and kiss her.

Annie turned her head as she caught him looking at her. "What?"

"Nothing. You've got something on your face." Jeff lied. Right now he wanted any excuse to touch her. He reached out and gently brushed the imaginary dirt off her cheek. As he touched her she gently took hold of his hand as they looked into each other's eyes.

"You're not trying to do the Hawthorne stare on me are you Bright Eyes?"

"Nope. We both know I wouldn't have to go that far to control you, ATL."

"I'll say. That outfit alone would make me follow you into hell."

Ignoring the voices in each of their heads telling them how bad of an idea this was they kissed. It started out gently but quickly increased with passion with each passing moment.

Before it could progress any further they pulled away as a light ball exploded at their feet. They looked up in the sky as Pop Pop soared towards them. "Thought you could get away from the one mad party machine. Well you're about to be crossed off the guest list."

Glancing at each other they steadied themselves on the gravel covered rooftop. Annie pulled out a pair of Sais as Jeff unstrapped his bow staff. Screaming Annie ran forward and slashed at his broom. Pop Pop swerved out of the way and fired light balls at her, just missing as Annie dove to the ground. She rolled away and jumped to her feet as Jeff circled around and hit Pop Pop in the back with his staff. Pressing a button he spring released a blade that was attached to the end of his staff. Jeff thrust his staff forward as he tried stabbing Pop Pop, but he was too fast on that damn broom of his.

Pop Pop soared upwards and dived, continually throwing light balls at Annie. As she jump danced out of the way he fired a barrage right at her chest. "Annie!" Jeff screamed as he threw himself in front of her. He yelled out as one of the balls exploded on his shoulder, causing him to fall onto his knees.

"Jeff!" Annie screamed as she pulled him out of the way as another bunch of light balls exploded all around them. She looked up as Pop Pop laughed and soared up in the sky, preparing to dive bomb them again.

"Hold on. I'm going to do something really stupid."Annie got up and braced herself for what was about to happen. Just as Pop Pop came within reach she jumped up and threw herself onto his broom, jamming one of her Sais on the handle to hold herself on.

Keeping a tight hold on the Sai attached to the broom she swung the other one at Pop Pop. He violently thrashed around as he tried to throw her off. "Get off me Bitch!" He raised a hand to fire energy balls at her face. Just as they fired she knocked his hand over his other one, causing both hands to burst into flames. He screamed and tried to tear his gloves off as Annie stabbed her free sai through the broom handle. The broom violently bucked and Annie was thrown off it. Still holding onto her remaining sai she crashed onto the roof. She looked up as the broom zoomed forward towards some electrical wires. Pop Pop just had time to scream as he hit the wires. Annie looked away as the sizzling smell of burned flesh filled the night air. She glanced back just in time to see Pop Pop's lifeless body fall downward and crash in the street.

Taking no more notice of their deceased attacker Annie ran to Jeff. He was groaning and holding onto his badly burned shoulder. "Jeff, hold on. I've got you. Just hold on."

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"Here, I've got you."

It was half an hour later and Annie had managed to get Jeff back to her apartment (she hated that she now thought of it as her apartment and not their apartment). They usually changed before going home but there wasn't time for any usual cautionary measures now. She dumped him in a chair as she took deep breaths to steady herself.

"Why are we….here? Shouldn't I…. be at a hospital?"

"I've got it Jeff. Just take your outfit off and I'll fix you up. Hold on a sec."

When she returned she tried to ignore the fact that Jeff was now clad only in a pair of boxer briefs. "I meant just take off enough to expose your shoulder." She sat in a chair next to him and unscrewed the small bottle in her hands. "This is going to sting." She held the dropper over him as she squeezed drops of liquid on his wound.

"OW!"

"I told you."

"What the hell are you doing…" "Jeff quieted down as he looked at his shoulder. His wound was now almost fully healed. "What is that stuff?"

"Basically a scientific version of Essence of Dittany. Meta made it for me."

"What?"

Annie rolled her eyes. "It's a potion in Harry Potter that regrows skin. You read all the books and saw all the movies with me and you didn't remember that?"

"I have enough trouble keeping track of real life. Excuse me for not remembering something from a fictional world that makes more sense than our actual lives do."

They both looked at each other before laughing, the tension quickly evaporating from the room. As Annie put the lid back on the bottle she looked at Jeff's bare chest and abs, blushing as she remembered all the times her hands had touched his flesh.

"Why did we end things?"

Jeff's smile left his face as he looked at Annie. "I told you why. I thought-"

"No, I know how it ended. I'm just wondering why we did."

"I'm trying to remember, but right now I'm drawing a blank."

They looked at each other before kissing again, this time more forcefully then before on the roof. Never separating their lips Jeff got up and unzipped her outfit, both of them groaning as he pulled it off her. Wrapping her legs around his waist Annie moaned as Jeff carried her to the bedroom, pausing only to kick the door shut.