Alright, final chapter unless this suddenly becomes of high demand (which I doubt It will). It took me a little while to write this because I wanted to have the ending to be a little more thoughtful...I don't know how well I did that... Anyway, hope you enjoy (:
Tommy really didn't like Hauser right now.
He was sitting in his brother's bar (unknown to Ray of course but hey, they actually had some pretty good drinks) and guess who decides to come in?
If you guessed the dynamic duo and their annoying dictator than chances are you are probably right. Hauser stormed in, looking so dangerous at the moment that a couple of people actually fled from the bar, making Ray frown at the old agent.
Soto and Rebecca trailed behind, both looking half amused and half annoyed. Soto had his arm wrapped around an iPad and a book, his eyes evaluating the scene. Tommy dove behind another lady and watched as Rebecca marched up, her face now looking flat out ticked as she tugged on Hauser's arm impatiently. She said something and he seemed to argue with her for a moment. They went back and forth for a moment until Rebecca finally seemed to realize she wasn't going to win and sat down dramatically.
Good, now go away! Tommy pleaded in his mind. It was stupid of him to come here, he knew, but arrogance had always been a bit of a weakness for him.
Unfortunately...That wasn't his luck. His luck was that Hauser grabbed a drink and the three of them sat down at a table three feet away from him with Ray pulling up a chair.
Fuck his miserable life.
Could it get any worse? Yep. They chose the seat right next to the damn door. How was he supposed to get out of this one? Could he run? Nah that would get their attention...Uh...Hide behind someone who was walking out? Maybe... Could he just act nonchalant and pray they don't notice? Risky...
"I can take care of myself." Rebecca was saying as he leaned forward to hear their conversation.
"I second that." Sotto added his eyes now on his book. Hauser rolled his eyes and muttered something to Ray who made a face. It was still strange to Tommy to look at his brother. He had turned from some girl's prince charming to an old man within twenty-four hours. It blew his mind.
"So you're using her to get to Tommy." Ray growled out flatly and Tommy perked at his name.
"I am not being used Ray!" seethed Rebecca, obviously frustrated "What the hell do you think I've been doing for the past couple months? Besides, me and Tommy don't like each other so why would I be used as bait?"
Way to jump to conclusions Becca. Way to go, Tommy thought as he made a face at the completely untrue statement.
"How do you know Tommy doesn't like you?" Ray sighed and put his head down in exasperated. At this Rebecca seemed blow up because she stood up, gaining the attention of half of the bar.
"What makes me think he doesn't like me?" she demanded almost shrilly "Hm... Let's evaluate that shall we? One: He killed my partner. Two: He killed my grandmother. Three: He is the reason these people are coming back and trying to kill us. Four: No one else in the damn world seems to like him!" Tommy frowned. Well, when she put it like that...
"I did." Ray spoke quietly and grabbed her arm to sit down "You don't understand Rebecca. Tommy didn't start out bad. He really cared about Agatha and Van. He truly, to the bottom of his heart did. After war though...I don't know what happened. They did something to him. He was my best friend and then-" he voice suddenly caught and Tommy felt a rush of affection for his brother despite the fact their last conversation didn't go...smoothly.
"And then what?" Rebecca demanded, her face only softening a fraction.
"And then I don't know. I really don't know what happened. He never told me what happened."
But he did. Or at least he wanted to. Tommy had wanted to so bad it was painful. But he couldn't put his brother in danger like that, never like that. Tommy wished he could explain it all. To just sit down and spill his soul out to these people and tell them the truth.
He couldn't though. He knew that too. He just couldn't.
"Hey there." Tommy jumped at least twenty-feet and nearly had a heart attack. Half of him was prepared to run for his life except-
"Oh...Hi." The girl smile and slid over next to him. She was pretty. With soft green eyes and dark hair that fell over pale skin. Tommy wondered vaguely what she was doing.
"Are you here all alone?" she asked with a warm smile and Tommy blinked.
"Uh...Yeah." he said and then gave her a smile of his own. It had been a long time since he's talked to a woman, aside from Lucy that is.
"Why?" she asked with a laugh and flipped her hair "You're too cute to be alone!" Tommy gave her a small, strangled laugh and then glanced back at Rebecca. She was now in a heated argument with Hauser and was attempting to talk over him. The girl followed his eyes and cocked her head.
"She your girl?" she asked and Tommy chuckled.
"Not in the way you're thinking of but...Yeah. She's my girl." The woman gave him a confused look but shrugged it off and launched herself into conversation. Her name was Jenny and she was visiting for the summer on a school project. The project? Alcatraz. Go. Freaking. Figure.
"I was thinking about learning more about the inmates." she added dreamily and Tommy felt tense.
"Oh...Uh...You know I'm related to one of them." he said quickly "People say we look exactly alike." Tommy winced inwardly at the horrible sounding lie but he knew if this woman were to finish her research and find a picture on him...It was better for her to believe that Tommy was just a clone of a relative than guess the real thing.
"Really? No way!" Jenny asked with wide eyes at her luck "Which one?" She leaned in eagerly and Tommy could catch the scent of apple perfume on her.
"Tommy Madsen." he told her "I'm...I'm Ray Madsen." he gave her a weak smile and said "I was named after my great uncle." Jenny grinned at him in awe as she twirled her drink around.
"That's so cool! I-" her phone suddenly rang, cutting her off. There was a moment where she muttered something into the phone and glanced at Tommy for a moment with an apologetic look. She tried to say something a couple times but then stopped as if being cut off. After frowning she shrugged and said something about being there in five minutes.
"I'm sorry." Jenny sighed as she got off "I got to go. I'm due at the jail any minute. Catch you later?" Tommy smiled at her.
"Yeah..." his eyes flickered to Rebecca "I may be here a lot." Jenny smiled and waved as Tommy spotted the back door with a crazy grin.
Ha, he had finally found a way out.
"I just don't understand what you are hiding!" Rebecca cried, taking Doc's book from his hand to bang it on the table for emphasis. "Why can't you just-" her speech was cut off by a young woman approaching them, phone in hand.
"Excuse me?" she asked looking at Rebecca.
"Hi." Rebecca smiled "Can I help you?" the woman laughed and brushed her hair back.
"No, no. I just wanted to tell you how lucky you are. That Ray Madsen." she laughed and Ray looked around, confused and shocked at his old name. "We were just talking a moment ago. He kept looking at you throughout the whole conversation. He told me how you were his girl." Rebecca blinked and turned her head as the others stared.
"Who is this?" she asked and the woman pointed over towards an empty booth.
"Where did he-? Oh, I see. He is going out the back now. Bye Ray!" she called out and a man turned for a moment and Rebecca got a good look at him.
Tommy.
Ray jumped as though he got an electric shock and Hauser's hand went towards his gun. Soto and Rebecca stood there for a moment, bewildered.
For a moment Tommy and her own eyes' met and the girl's words echoed through her head He told me how you were his girl.
Then he was gone.
Thomas Madsen. Of all things in the world Rebecca had experienced...There were still things she didn't understand. Such as the whole Alcatraz case...but above all she didn't understand Tommy.
She would find out. Who he was. What he was doing. And...Why he cared so much.
If he even did.
Yep. I'm done. I'm more excited for the series finale tomorrow! I can't wait to watch it. I hope the other guy's (I think his name was Garrett?) story is pretty good and then we finally get some more info on Tommy. Like I said, he was always a character that intrigued me...
Aw well. It should be good. I had a lot of fun writing this and I hope you liked it (I went to my traffic stats and I saw I got a lot of hits so I wasn't totally disappointed in this :D). Maybe I might write something else a little while later for some other characters...I don't know yet...Ugh, now I'm rambling!