Chapter 68

Tony squared off with Langston and him with Tony. Bryan grabbed the bars wondering if his partner was going to get the hell beat out of him again. "You're a sorry assed son of a bitch Langston you know that?" said Tony and Langston sneered. "You just never learn do you?" he said. Tony didn't answer. They circled each other each careful to keep an eye on the other. Langston lunged but Tony pivoted and stepped behind. He kicked him in the back and drove him head first into the cell.

Langston recovered quickly and turned. "Why don't you tell your partner why you hate me so much Tony? Why don't you tell him why you want to kill me?"

"Shut up," said Tony and took a step toward the detective. He threw a punch but Langston ducked and came up and threw a punch of his own right into Tony's face. "Tony!" yelled Bryan nervously as his partner staggered backwards. He shook his head. Before he could recover Langston threw another punch to his stomach. Tony grunted and doubled over. Langston grabbed the metal bar and shoved Tony back toward the wall. He placed the bar under his neck and pressed in. Tony began to gasp.

"Tell him Tony. Tell him why you hate me so much," said Langston. He pressed inward harder on the bar restricting his breathing. Tony winced and began to have trouble. He brought his hands up and held the bar on both sides trying to gain some leverage but he was about to lose consciousness. "You see Bryan, me and Tony here knew each other before he knew you. We went to the academy together and we were pretty good friends."

Tony began gasping and finally brought his knee up and kneed Langston in the groin. Langston yelped in pain and let go of the bar. It fell to the ground. Langston doubled over. Tony rushed him and hit him in the side and then went around to his back and hit him hard in the kidneys. Langston hit his knees. Tony drove a fist in his kidneys again and Langston went down on all fours. Nemesis jumped to his feet but didn't try to stop him. Bryan watched. He had not seen Tony that angry in a long time. Dean and John also came over to watch.

Tony grabbed the bar and hit him in the back of the head knocking him out. He turned on Nemesis and wielded the bar like a weapon. Nemesis grinned and immediately raised a hand. A blue light flew from his hand and hit Tony square in the chest. He screamed as it knocked him all the way across the room.

"NO!" yelled Bryan. "Tony!" He hit hard and crumpled to the floor. Nemesis walked over to Langston and kicked him. "Get up," he said. Langston moaned and opened his eyes. "Get that one back in his cell. I'll be back soon and we'll start on Sam and Dean again."

"Yes….sir," said Langston and as Nemesis left the room he struggled to stand to his feet. Bryan didn't like the look in his eyes at all. Tony moaned and looked at Langston with hatred. He walked over slowly, gun in hand. Tony winced. Sam concentrated and the gun flew from his hand and over to Tony who grabbed it and pointed it at the cop. Langston stopped. "Don't…..move!" said Tony painfully. Langston eyed the gun and then looked at Sam. He shot daggers in the young hunter's direction.

"Tony are you okay," asked Bryan nervously.

"Yeah, just sore," said Tony and slowly got up to his feet. Langston took a step. "Don't!" warned Tony and he stopped. Tony walked over. "Now, you are going to open the cell and let my friends out or I swear I'll blow your ass away!" Langston looked at the detective and moved slowly. "NOW!" yelled Tony. Langston moved faster over to Bryan's cell.

"You won't do it," said Langston. "You don't have the guts."

"Open…..the…..cell!" warned Tony and rubbed the back of his neck with his free hand. Langston looked at the gun and then back at Tony. He shook his head. "No," he said. "I won't." Tony closed his eyes. He was dizzy and was having a hard time staying conscious. "I swear to you," he said but Langston cut him off.

"Let me finish the story Bryan," he said. "You see, we went to the academy together. We were good friends. We thought we'd be partners. Tony here fell in love. Her name was Rachel and she was so pretty. He was going to marry her."

"Shut up," said Tony as he held onto the bars to keep from falling. "We had graduated and were uniform officers together for awhile. Tony got shot in the line of duty."

"Because you weren't covering me," said Tony. "We got this call. I went down the alley after the suspect. He was supposed to be right behind me. He told me he was and I trusted him. I got backed into a corner, a gun pointed at my head. He wasn't anywhere around. He let me go in there by myself on purpose. He set me up to get me killed because he was seeing Rachel behind my back. They wanted to get rid of me so that they could be together so they paid somebody to kill me."

Langston laughed. "Oh God Tony," said Bryan and looked at Langston. "You deliberately set him up to be killed?" Langston nodded. "I did. The man shot him. He was supposed to die but he didn't. He lived. He ruined mine and Rachel's lives."

"I ruined your life?" he said incredulously. "Is that what you said?"

"If you had died like you were supposed to, we could have been together but no you came back." He took a step. "Don't," said Tony and cocked the gun. "You always come back!" Tony shook his head. "Open the door and let my partner out of that cell!"

"No," said Langston. "I won't!"

"I swear I'll kill you," said Tony.

"Then do it," said Langston. He lunged at Tony and grabbed the gun. "Tony!" yelled Dean. Bryan grabbed the bars. Tony was having a hard time Bryan could tell. He was about to pass out but he held on to the gun. Langston grabbed it also. They both struggled to gain control of it. A shot was fired. Tony and Langston stopped still. Both stared at each other for a brief moment.

"NO!" yelled Bryan trying to figure out which one had been shot. He knew one of them had. They had to have. The way they were fighting over the gun it was inevitable. He looked quickly from Tony to Langston. After what felt like an eternity to Bryan they pulled apart. Langston stumbled backward and looked down. Blood was pouring from a chest wound where the bullet had pierced the heart wall. He looked at Tony in disbelief.

"You son of a bitch," he said, and fell dead to the floor. Tony looked at Langston's dead body for a few minutes trying to comprehend if this had really happened. He was moving in slow motion. "Tony," said Bryan. "You okay?" Tony looked at his partner and shook his head. "I didn't mean to kill him."

"I know Tony," said Bryan. "Are you okay?"

"I think so." He looked around the room and rushed over to Sam. "Sam how are you doing?"

"I'm okay," he said.

"Yeah," said Tony. "You sure?" Sam nodded. Tony went down to his hands and started to remove the cuffs, but before he could Nemesis came running back in.

"Oh no you don't," he said and rushed over to Tony. He grabbed him by the hair of the head and forced it back. Tony gritted his teeth and winced. Nemesis effortlessly threw him backwards into John and Dean's cell. He cried out as he hit the bars. Nemesis rushed over and grabbed him around the throat. Tony began to gasp.

"Let him go," said Dean. Nemesis glared at the hunter and then at the others. He looked down at the dead form of his second in command and then back at Tony. Rage flooded the immortal and he screamed. "YOU"LL PAY FOR THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He said and shoved him back over toward the cell he shared with Bryan. He tried to get away but it was no use. He couldn't. Nemesis opened the door and threw Tony inside. He hit the bars on the opposite side and bounced off and then hit the floor.

"You'll be sorry for killing him!" yelled the immortal and turned toward Dean. "So will you and you're little brother! John they haven't seen pain yet!" Nemesis stalked back over to Dean and John's cell. "Let's try something very painful Dean shall we?" Dean shook his head and backed up. John stepped up between his son and the immortal but was thrown aside like a rag doll. Dean winced and cried out. "NO!" he yelled as he grabbed his chest. Nemesis looked at Sam who stared at the immortal in fear and horror. Nemesis sneered. Pain slowly began to flood Dean's body.