PAYING THE PRICE

CHAPTER 1

Joe , Chyre and Singh entered Joe's house after a tiring shift . "Todays shift was really hectic " said Chyre running his hand all over his tired face . He hated days like these.

"True , i haven't seen the precinct so busy in ages " replied the Captain as they entered his living room and sat down on the couch .

"U guys want some beer" asked Joe .

"Ya sure" they both replied in unison . Nodding he left the two men in the living room to get the beer .

But the scene in front of him could not prepare him for anything in this entire world . When Joe entered his kitchen the first think he saw was his kitchen was completely destroyed . Some of the shelves were open and some had glass broken in it .The drawers were hanging loose .

The next thing he saw nearly gave him a heart attack. There was a pool of blood on the floor on which he had unconsciously stepped upon . On the other side of the kitchen table there was his unconscious son broken and bruised .

Dark and black colour bruises was already setting in on his face .His left eye was completely closed off and swollen . There was dried blood on his face from his broken nose and it looked like his jaw was broken .

There were knives lying on the floor which were glued to his blood and the one knife that was missing from his knife collection was protruding from his sons body .

Joe bent down to his son and was frantically calling out Barry's name . " Barry .. oh my God , Barry wake up son , please wake up" .

Joe reached out to Barry to check his pulse to see if his son was even alive . Feeling a low pulse under his finger he breathed a sigh of relief.

Listening to the commotion from the kitchen both men ran as fast as they could into the kitchen. The scene they saw just set a very terrifying feeling in the pit of their stomach . Seeing the scene in from of them the Captain called 911 .

Seeing this Joe started hindering over the unconscious teen and tried to stop the bleeding from his head .

"Joe, Joe where is Iris" asked Chyre frantically. Hearing this Joe looked at Chyre with a relieved look "she is not here , she went to her friends house to study."

"Ok u need to try and stop the bleeding while i find something to apply pressure to his wound " said Chyre.

Seeing Joe nod his head Detective chyre left to search for the first aid .

Meanwhile the captain held the gun in his hands , ready to shoot if he saw someone. He knew that the intruder must have already left the house , but he had to make sure that everything was clear .

When he went upstairs and entered Joe's room everything was upside down . His wardrobe was left open with empty drawers and the locker was missing.

After working with so many cases every year he knew it was a robbery that was rushed and gone completely wrong . Captain Singh made a promise with himself that he will do everything he can to catch the monsters that did this to Barry and they will pay for hurting him .

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The Captain went downstairs to see that two medics had already arrived who were currently working on Barry .

He heard the medic saying that Barry was not breathing because of his dislocated jaw and his other injuries . His eyes glances at Joe who was staring at his son tears in his eyes .

With a worried expression the Captain went closer to the see that they were trying to push some tube down Barry's throat saying that this will help him breathe for the time being because they had to stabilise him before transporting him to the hospital .

Counting to three the paramedics lifted Barry and placed him onto a stretcher wheeling him to the ambulance. Singh watched as Joe was telling the paramedics that he will ride in the ambulance with Barry.

The Captain told Joe that they will sought everything out with the officers and let CSI take a look and then they will meet him at Central city hospital. Seeing the ambulance take off , Singh just prayed to God that Barry would make it out of this alive otherwise Joe was going to blame himself for his entire life . Singh was dragged from his thoughts as Chyre spoke out loud "What the hell just happened here?"

The Captain just stood there not knowing how to respond to that he just knew that this was going to be a long day .

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The ride to the hospital felt like a two hour journey to Joe but were hardly ten minutes who watched his son lying there fighting to stay alive. He felt the ambulance coming to a stop and saw that the paramedics getting into action as they started transporting Barry from the ambulance to the hospital . He wanted to be close to Barry but he knew that he would just get in the way of them trying to save his son .

Just as they entered the hospital one of the attending doctors asked as he rushed towards Barry "what happened here ?"

The PIC replied saying that "we have a 17 year old male with multiple injuries and has been unconscious for atleast two to three hours give or take . We had to set his jaw to insert a tube for his breathing ."

"How the hell is he even alive ? " voiced one doctor as he started assessing the kid's injuries .looking at the injured teen the doctor was scared that he may not survive the night as they were rolling the kid for emergency surgery .

Listening to the doctors Joe just prayed to God that his kid would survive the surgery .

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It had been an hour since they had taken Barry into surgery and Joe was sitting in the waiting room going completely insane . A few minutes later Joe was joined by his Captain and his partner in the waiting room . "How is the kid" asked the Captain .

"They just took him for emergency surgery" Joe said with tears in his eyes . "Any news about what happened at the house . Did the CSI'S say something ? ."

The captain nodded confirming already what Joe knew "it was a robbery that went wrong . They think it was a gang of atleast four to five men .The robbers hadn't expected Barry to be there and things went downhill from there . I am so sorry Joe but don't worry we are going to find each and every single one of them. I will do everything in my power to give Barry the justice he deserves."

Joe just nodded half listening to the Captain thinking about all the things Barry must have gone through alone . He must have been so scared. I couldn't protect Barry thought Joe . What would Henry and Nora think about me .

"Oh God . I haven't told Henry and Iris about Barry" said Joe outloud. Thinking about this Joe just left the two men alone rushing outside the hospital to inform them . This was going to be a long night thought Joe as he stepped into the car and pressed on the gas peddle .

I hope u guys like this story . This is my first attempt. If u like it please review it .

In this story Barry and Iris are 17 .

Xoxo until next time .