Chapter 16

Again, I don't own any of these characters

Theo was now out cold lying in the middle of the living room. The police quickly came over and cuffed him, but he was still unconscious.

Captain Morris just looked up at Cody. "What did you do to him?"

Cody paused. "The sleep of the striking cobra..."

"What the heck is that?"

"A karate move I learned once. He should be awake shortly..."

Bailey turned to him. "Where did you learn...Cody! You're bleeding!" She quickly grabbed a kleenex, dabbed it with her spit and began cleaning off Cody's forehead.

Murray looked at them. "Did Theo do that?"

Cody nodded. "Yeah, he elbowed me. I guess he got me harder than I thought."

Murray looked at Bailey. "How bad is it?"

Bailey finished cleaning the wound and examined it. "He might need stitches..."

Murray looked back down at the still unconscious Theo. "Guess what, buddy...you just got another charge of assault against you..."

Cody spoke up. "He also admitted to us that he did try and rape the girl we told you about..."

Murray smiled. "Excellent...Not what he tried to do, but that he admitted it. Seems he also kept a journal, we have someone reading it now to see what all is in there. He's going away for a long, long time..."

Cody and Bailey both sighed. "Good..."

"You should probably get Cody over to the University Hospital to get him checked out to be on the safe side..."

Bailey nodded. "Count on it..."

Cody sighed. "I guess I'm two for two, huh?"

Bailey turned back to him. "What do you mean?"

"Two fights in my life, two trips to the emergency room..."

Bailey smiled at him. "Its okay, Sweetie..." She leaned up and whispered in his ear. "Besides, you're a lover, not a fighter..."

Cody couldn't help but smile back at her. "I can live with that..."

About that time, Theo began to come to. He tried to move but realized he was handcuffed. Murray kneeled down next to him and proceeded to read him his rights. And with that, two officers pulled him up to his feet. And with his knee crippled, they had to hold him up.

But Theo wouldn't go down without a fight. "I want those two arrested too! He attacked me and she hit me with a baseball bat!"

Murray turned to Cody and Bailey. "Is this true?"

Cody and Bailey shook their heads. "No sir. If we did anything, it was completely out of self defense..."

Murray nodded. "That's what I thought..." He turns to Theo. "You're actually fortunate. You aren't going straight to jail thanks to your knee. But don't worry, you'll be behind bars before you know it."

Theo glares at Cody and Bailey. "This isn't over! I will get you for this!"

Murray smirks at him. "Congratulations, you just added a charge of terroristic threatening..." He turns to Cody and Bailey. "Get Cody checked out and stop by the police station tomorrow after your classes to make your statements..."

Cody and Bailey nod as Theo is lead out of the apartment.

Bailey turns to Cody. "This is the fourth time we will have to make a statement to the police..."

Cody nods. "I know...But look it this way, the fifth time we do comes with free tickets to the policeman's ball..."

Bailey can't help but shake her head and laugh at that. "Let's put off the fifth time as long as we can..."

At that time, Max comes back inside.

"Are you two okay?"

Bailey nods. "For the most part. I need to get Cody over to University Health to check the wound on his head..."

"Is it bad?"

Cody shakes his head. "I'm fine..."

Bailey grabs his hand. "That's what you said the last time...You're going to the hospital!"

Cody shrugs. "Alright...What about you, Max, are you okay?"

"Yeah, nothing wrong here. Is there anything I can do to help?"

Bailey paused. "Would you mind keeping an eye on Porkers while we're gone? Its been kind of chaotic around here, and I would rather not leave him by himself..."

"Consider it done..." She paused. "Would you two mind if someone waited with me?"

"Not at all. Help yourself to anything in the fridge..." Bailey paused. "Do we know this person?"

Max smiled. "Sort of...Look, I'll explain everything when you two get back."

Cody and Bailey nodded and Bailey drove them over to the emergency room. Fortunately, it wasn't too busy of a night in the ER and their wait wasn't too long.

Cody sat there fidgeting. "I hope they don't have to use stitches..."

"Why not?"

"Because that almost guarantees a scar..."

Bailey smiled at him. "Even if there is one, it doesn't matter...Consider it a badge of honor."

"Yeah?"

"Of course. Don't think I didn't notice how every time there was danger, you immediately put yourself in between it and me or Max. You were very heroic..."

"I will always do whatever it takes to protect you..."

"Cody, I hope this taught you something though."

"What's that?"

"That you have what it takes to take care of our family...I always knew it, and I hope you know it now too..."

Cody paused and smiled. "Maybe I do..."

"You do..."

"If you say so...I will say, I am looking forward to just going to class, being with you and being boring old college students..."

Bailey smiled. "Me too..."

"Of course, we still have the day in New York City I promised you..."

Bailey teases him. "Anything I want to do, right?"

"Of course..."

"It doesn't matter to me as long as I'm there with you."

Cody is about to say something when his name was called. Cody and Bailey got up and followed a nurse back to the exam room. After waiting a little bit longer, they were finally seen by a doctor. She proceeds to clean Cody's wound and determines some stitches are needed. After numbing his forehead, she inserts six stitches before bandaging the wound. She then gives Bailey the instructions on keeping it clean and changing the dressings.

Finally, they get back to the house late at night and come back in the back door.

Max gets up to welcome them and notices the bandage on Cody's head.

"That doesn't look good..."

Cody laughs. "Its not as bad as it looks...Just a few stitches."

Bailey smiles. "So, where's your friend?"

Just then, someone walks into the kitchen with them.

"Good to see you again, Cody..."

Bailey looks confused and turns to Cody who has a look of absolute shock on his face.

"Tapeworm?"

To be Continued...