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Billy pulled the car into Marcy's parking lot and cut the engine. "You ready to go up?" he asked.
"No," Marcy said honestly. "I don't want this night to end."
Billy had to agree. It was the first time they'd been out like this in almost two weeks. Marcy had been spending a lot of time at home with Sarah while she recovered. He didn't want to intrude but he was so happy when she called and said that Sarah was going to a party on campus and she had the whole night free. They'd had dinner and movie, then walked around downtown for awhile before he finally brought her home.
He leaned over the seat and kissed her. She grabbed hold of his collar and kissed him again, harder this time. He slid across the seat next to her. He gently pushed his tongue into her mouth and she gave a soft moan and pushed back. Then she broke away quickly and he could hear her breath coming as fast as his own.
"This it getting dangerous," she said.
"It doesn't have to be," he said slowly moving his hands down her waist to grip her buttocks. "We could make it fun."
His hands were on her thighs now, moving up and down, feeling the muscles flex underneath them as his touch sent spasms through her body.
God if I don't stop soon I'm not going to make it.
He leaned in and slowly started kissing her neck. He heard the smile in her voice when she replied, "I'm not having sex in the car."
"You're right," he said sitting back straight so he could look in her eyes. "You're car is better."
He made a move like he was going for the door and she grabbed him, laughing. "No! No cars!"
"I can be at my house in ten minutes," he suggested.
Her smile softened. He took her face in both his hands. "Make love to me," he whispered softly.
"Billy, I-"
A loud scream broke her off.
"What was that?" she said.
There were several seconds of random scrambling and then they were both running around the car looking for the source of the screaming. It didn't take long to find. Near the entrance to the building a woman was standing, yelling, and there were two men on the ground, one on top of the other, punching him for all it was worth.
"Sarah!" Marcy shouted and the woman looked up. Then Billy noticed that the man on top was wearing a bright red tee shirt.
"Rocky!" He stepped in and grabbed Rocky by the arm he was hitting with, Marcy had him by the other arm and they pulled him up. He wasn't steady on his feet so they leaned him against a parked car.
"What happened?" Marcy demanded.
"He c-came out of nowhere," Sarah said. "He went after me first but Rocky stepped in-between us and…"
Billy looked at Rocky. There was a blank look in his fellow Ranger's eyes. He'd taken a few hits before turning on Jasper. He had a split lip that was swelling rapidly and his nose was bleeding. When he reached up to touch his face Billy saw his knuckles looked like they'd been taken to a cheese grater.
Jasper looked worse. Blood covered most of his face. There were cuts around both eyes and along his jaw, and his nose looked a little too flat for his face.
"We need to call the police," Billy said. "They need to go to the hospital."
No one said anything. Marcy stood a few feet away looking over at Jasper one hand on her mouth. Her eyes were cold, assessing.
"Marcy?" Sarah called to her but she didn't answer.
"Marcy!" Billy shouted. "What do we do?"
Marcy moved then, but not to the sidewalk or to him or Sarah. She stepped right up to Jasper, whose eyes went wide as she grabbed him by the collar and picked him up.
"God damn son-of-a-bitch," she said, and planted a hard right hook into his face.
Billy jumped from Rocky's side and grabbed her. "What are you doing?"
Jasper fell against the pavement, eyes closed, not moving. Marcy pushed Billy away, and stepped past him.
"Stay here!" she said to Sarah and Rocky. She turned to Billy and grabbed his hand. "You, come with me."
She led him to the breezeway between the apartments buildings and stopped when they were just out of reach of the streetlights.
"Marcy, what is going on?" Billy demanded. "We need to cal-"
Marcy turned on him. "Jasper accused Rocky of attacking Sarah!"
Billy started. "What?"
"He told the police Sarah was cheating on him with Rocky and that Rocky was the one to beat her up. The police didn't believe him then, but Billy, Rocky is a trained fighter. He's eighteen and he just used excessive force on a man who accused him of assault once already. If we call the police now they will have to arrest him."
"But he was protecting Sarah," Billy said.
"I know that," Marcy said. "There's a good chance it will be dropped eventually, but there's also a chance it won't. It's Rocky's word against Jasper's."
"So what do we do?"
Marcy sighed. "I need you to hit me."
"What?!" Billy shouted.
"We have to make it look like Jasper attacked me," she said. "The police are less likely to arrest me for defending myself."
"You can't do that," Billy said. "What if they arrest you anyway?"
"Better me than Rocky," Marcy said. "I know people at the police station, and Ashley is in law school, she can find me a good lawyer. It won't be a big deal. But if Rocky goes to jail, he could get expelled from school, he won't graduate, no college, no future. Not to mention he could loose his teaching certification for martial arts. This is the only way Billy. I need you to do this."
Billy knew she was right. Her future would be much less affected than Rocky's by the worst case scenario. But didn't know if he could do it. How could he hit the woman he loved, even if it was to protect his friend?
Billy shook his head. "I can't."
"You have to, Billy," Marcy said. "We're running out of time, someone else could stumble along here any minute we have to do this now!"
She stepped back close to the wall. "Just do it. Quick and simple. You can do this.
She stood ready, feet braced and eyes closed. Billy raised his fist and took a deep breath.
"Billy?"
"Yes?" he said, hoping she'd thought of an alternative.
"Do it right the first time," she said. "Don't make me ask you twice."
Billy nodded but didn't say anything. His fist was raised and he closed his eyes for a minute. He thought of Jasper Kilne beating poor Sarah to death, and Lord Zedd and all the monsters he faced every week, calling forth the anger and aggression he used to fight them.
He opened his eyes and swung quick, as hard as he could. He felt his hand crack against bone as he connected. He had to step back from the swing to keep balance, but Marcy stayed on her feet and seconds later was standing straight up again, one hand cradling her cheek.
"I'm sorry," he said. He moved toward her but she put a hand out.
"It's fine," she said evenly. "You did well."
She walked out of the alley where Rocky and Sarah were still sitting. Jasper was still lying unmoving on the ground. Marcy went to Rocky's side. "Can you drive?"
Rocky nodded.
"Good," Marcy said. "Go with Billy, get cleaned up, then go home. You two were not here. You dropped us off in the parking lot together and went home. Do you understand? "
Rocky nodded again and Marcy cut her eyes to Billy.
"What about you?" he said.
"I'll be fine," she said. She stepped up to him and kissed him quickly. "I'll call you when this is all over. Go."
She took a step back and dug in Sarah's purse, pulling out a cell phone.
"Go!" she said again.
Billy took Rocky by the arm and let him to his truck, then ran off to the Rad Bug. He pulled out of the lot and kept his eyes on the rearview mirror the whole time to make sure Rocky was following him.
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