Jamie woke to a strangled scream. His eyes opened and snapped over to Stan, who was staring at the window with rage. The older man turned to Jamie, shaking with the power of his emotions, "You insolent bastard!" Stan ran to the window and swiped his hand through the still sticky blood, smearing the word slightly.
Jamie backed up towards the wall as Stan turned back to him. Stan's eyes narrowed at Jamie's feeble attempts to back away, "You've ruined everything." Stan looked down and mumbled to himself, Jamie barely made out the words, "Someone could have seen, I have to move up my time line." Stan's eyes flicked up as he continued talking to himself, "I ain't done yet though. I think I have enough time, it's still early, maybe no one seen it."
Jamie scooted back, drawing Stan's attention, "Looks like our time's almost up. But not afore you pay for messing up my schedule." Stan turned and left the room, the door banging shut behind him.
Jamie paused, listening for the click that told him the door was locked but he didn't hear it. Jamie stood on shaky legs and stumbled to the door. He quietly pulled the door open, pausing when the hinges creaked before slipping through the opening.
Jamie looked around and immediately caught site of the stairs at the end of the hall. He made his way down the hall, leaning on the wall for support and leaving a bloody trail on the dirty off-white paint.
Halfway down the hallway he stumbled and his side hit a door knob, reopening a deep cut that curled around from his back. Jamie pressed his hand to the area, hoping to slow the blood flow so he wouldn't pass out from blood loss.
He made it to the stairs as quickly as he could but tripped over the first stair, his hands catching his fall and leaving bloody prints on the wooden stairs. As he tried to push himself up he heard a yell from behind him. He tried to scramble up the stairs but slipped on the blood that now covered the stairs. He felt a hand grab his ankle and drag him down the three stairs he had managed to climb. He grabbed at the corner of the wall as he was pulled down the hall. The hand let go but quickly grabbed is upper arm and pulled him into a standing position. Jamie swung a weak fist, missing Stan's face by inches and stumbled.
Stan growled and pushed him back down the hall quickly and though the door. Stan threw Jamie into the room and quickly shut and locked the door, "You can't escape. You will die here pretty boy." Jamie looked back defiantly but stayed silent. Stan smirked and lunged at Jamie, tackling him to the bloody mattress.
Jamie squirmed under the weight but stopped when he felt the searing pain of a knife plunging into his thigh muscle. Jamie let out a scream at the unexpected pain and watched as Stan's face lit with utter joy. The larger man leaned down and whispered, "You make such pretty noises, things woulda been better if you made them earlier."
Jamie growled weakly in response and Stan laughed before taking Jamie's mouth in a rough kiss. Jamie jerked his head away and Stan leaned back to look down at Jamie and ran a thumb over the young officer's bruised lips, "I think I'll have my fun one last time before I end this." Stan laughed as he roughly pulled the small knife from Jamie's leg and drew it across Jamie's upper arm and leaned down for another kiss.
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Danny paced back and forth as he waited for his phone to ring. Jackie looked up at him, annoyance plain on her face, "Regan, if you don't sit right now I won't let you come with us."
Danny froze and took a deep breath before sitting in a nearby chair. He buried his head in his hands for a moment then looked up, "We gave them the name, what is taking them so long to get the address?"
Jackie sighed and looked up from her file, "I don't know…" Jackie was cut off by Danny's phone ringing.
He answered it before the second ring, "Reagan. Alright… yeah… got it. We are on our way." Danny stood and grabbed his jacket before turning to Jackie, "We got an address. There's already a tactical team on their way and the Commissioner is on standby. Call Renzulli, he probably wants to help get his partner back. Give him this address." Danny quickly wrote on his note pad before handing it to Jackie, who made the call as she trailed after her partner.
Jackie made it to the car seconds after Danny, "He will meet us there." Danny nodded and drove off the moment she had the door shut.
They made it to the address ahead of the tactical team. As Renzulli's squad car pulled up a woman ran towards them, "You have to help! It was on the window and then there was the scream and oh God you have to…" The woman stopped midsentence as she began breathing rapidly.
Jackie stepped forward, "Ma'am calm down and tell us what happened."
The woman nodded and took a deep breath, "I was taking my morning walk and I saw it. It was on the window and it said 'help' and then I heard this horrible scream and I didn't know what to do and then you showed up."
Danny met the woman's eyes, "Where?" She silently pointed two houses down, the address they had for Stanley Masters. Danny ran towards the building, Jackie and Renzulli on his heels. Danny stopped as his eyes landed on what the woman had been talking about; it was a cry for help written in smeared blood. Danny's eyes met Renzulli's equally worried ones. Both men's heads snapped back to the ground level window as another muffled scream issued forth.
Danny turned to Jackie, "We don't have time to wait for the tactical team, we need to go now." Jackie shook her head in agreement, motioning for the hysterical woman to stay where she was as the three police officers moved towards the door to the apartment.
Danny grabbed the door knob and was surprised to find it unlocked, something must have happened to cause the man to forget to lock the door. Danny walked into the apartment and slowly made his way down the stairs. Danny paled as he saw the blood covering the bottom of the stairs. Jackie placed a hand on Danny's shoulder, causing him to realize he had stopped.
Danny shook his head to clear it and looked down at Renzulli, who had crouched next to the blood. Renzulli looked up and met Danny's eyes and whispered, "It's fresh, this happened recently." Danny nodded and made his way down the hallway, following the blood trail.
Behind him, Jackie and Renzulli cleared each room they passed silently.
A pained moan broke into the silence and Danny reached the end of the hallway in seconds and kicked the door open. Danny's anger flared as he saw Stanley on top of his brother on a bloody mattress, kissing him and trying to pull his pants down. Danny yelled and ran at the man, knocking him off the youngest Reagan. Danny swung at the man's face again and again until a hand grabbed his fist mid-air. He turned to see Jackie and he relaxed slightly.
Danny looked around and his gaze fell on Renzulli who was next to his brother, trying to get the younger man's pants back up. Danny ran to his brother's side and kneeled down, blood soaking into his pants from the mattress. Danny looked over his little brother and almost cried at what he saw; Jamie was covered in cuts with a mixture of dried and fresh blood covering the rest of his torso. Danny cringed as he saw the hand shaped bruises around Jamie's neck and paled at the finger shaped ones that wrapped around his hips.
Danny's hand reached out and his fingers tangled in Jamie's hair, "Hey its ok Jamie." Jamie's head turned to look at Danny and the older brother felt tears slip out of his eyes as he saw the pain in his younger brother's. Danny's hand ran through Jamie's hair in a soothing motion and he was surprised when Jamie leaned into the touch.
A sound caught Danny's attention and he looked up and saw Jackie on the phone for a bus, her foot resting on the unconscious and now handcuffed perp. He sent her a silent thank you to which she simply nodded in return.
Renzulli jerked forward, "Kid you gotta stay awake. Keep your eyes open for me."
Danny's eyes snapped back to his brother to see the younger man slowly slipping into unconsciousness, "Jamie, stay awake just a little while longer. The ambulance is on its way. You can sleep when they get you to the hospital." Jamie nodded weakly in response but his eyes continued to droop.
A sound came from down the hall and Renzulli went to direct the paramedics. As the first one entered the room, Jamie's eyes closed and the last thing he heard was Danny frantically calling his name.
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A/N- Cliffie! Hope you like the chapter. So the whole grabbing the ankle and dragging thing is like a horror movie cliché or whatever but I really wanted Danny to walk in on all that blood and the drag marks, it will also show up a little later so look for that as well. Next chapter will be the hospital and will include most of the Reagan clan, except the boys, they will make an appearance later on.