Disclaimer for FAKE

Fandom: FAKE

Pairing: Dee/Ryo

Rating: This is work safe. There's some language in it though.

Spoilers: After Vol. 7

Timing: First year of being together. Just after the end of the last volume for sure. I think somewhere in the middle of May maybe since I want it to be spring. Probably just a couple of months after getting together.

Summary: Here's the climax of the story. Would you like to know how it goes? Then please read on ahead. I shall say no more :3

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of FAKE. They belong to Sanami Matoh. I'm just a poor fan fic writer. I do own the characters of Hideo, Kevin, Eric, and Jerome.

A/N: This is what you all have been waiting for. How on earth am I going to clean up this story without leaving any kind of loop holes or something weird. I did it. There's one more chapter after this and then it's done. Thank you all for sticking it out to the end. I'm really glad to have wonderful readers like you all.

Beted by no one totally at the moment. My hubby looked at it a little but took too long to get back to it and I just couldn't wait. Looked at by Vovo after it's up.

Trouble in Little New York Chapter 17

Previously in 'Trouble in Little New York: Lloyd, Bikky and Jerome have now gotten Dee and gang together to go and save Ryo. Dee is en-route to where Ryo is being held captive. Hideo has had an issue with Kevin but now everything seems to be fine as he and Ryo wait for rescue to come. Let's hope the rest can go smoothly.

Once in the suburb area in Queens, Jerome gives Dee a call. "We're here. Time to separate."

"All right. I'll let the others know." Dee gets off of his phone and radios to all that they have to find their own routes to the address. He tells them to break apart into groups of twos and threes. He watches in his side mirror as cars turn off at different points and for the first time in a long time, his spirits soar. Don't you worry Ryo. We're coming to get you.

x x x

Hideo's phone goes off as he stands over Ryo whose sitting in the chair that they had picked up. "Is this you Jerome-san?" he asks carefully and quietly.

"We're around the corner. You need to be ready now. I managed to salvage Randy's wallet and put it inside the table, against the wall, by the bathroom door; when no one was around. I couldn't save the clothes though. Get it and get on out now."

Hideo hangs up his phone and rushes over to the table and opens the little drawer where he grabs the wallet and then runs back to Ryo. "Ryo-san, Jerome-san says he was able to keep this from being destroyed. They are almost here. We must leave now." He shoves the wallet into Ryo's hand and helps him to his feet. He looks out of the door way, listening hard to make sure no one was coming into the house. When no noise greets his ears, he motions for Ryo to follow him.

The two men walk silently down the narrow hallway to reach the top of some stairs. They tried to walk down the stairs quietly but, the floor boards, they kept creaking underfoot. Finally at the bottom, they could just see the front door and they both let out a simultaneous rush of air that they didn't realize they were holding. They look at each other with confident grins on their faces but before they could take one more step forward towards freedom, the door flings open and both men's faces dissolve into a mask of horror as they see the person in front of them.

Standing in the open doorway, with hazel eyes blazing with a fiery fury, was Eric Gray.

x x x

Jerome had seen Eric's Mercedes pull up to the house and had already given the heads up to Dee, who had given another heads up to the rest of the squadron. He reminds everyone that this man will be armed and dangerous. They all meet one block away.

"This is what we're going to do," Commissioner Rose says once he has Dee, Ted, Ted's partner, Drake, JJ, and Chief Smith around him. "We can't take all of these cars now. It's too obvious and we'll have more attention than we planned. What we should do is take two unmarked cars because we'll need JJ's sniping ability and since there's no place high to hide, he'll need the protection the most. The rest of the force should come in quickly on foot and hide where they can until the time is right to rush in. This should help us maintain the element of surprise."

The orders go out and cops from several cars pile out and begin their trek towards the house, keeping low to the ground and in the shadows. The seven main men then climb into the two cars and make their way towards the house. JJ sits in the back seat and begins to assemble his rifle along with making final preparations to make sure it was ready. Dee looks out of the window to see if anyone was around. "0It's pretty quiet around here," he comments as they park in front of the house on the opposite side of the street.

Jerome meets them at the car with a worried look in his warm brown eyes. "I saw Eric go inside and close the door behind him, and I could tell with the way he was walking that he's in a very bad mood." Jerome glances around as he hears silent footsteps all around him. "Dee, I saw a glimpse of my man Hideo. I don't know what's going to happen."

The team stays down behind the car and quietly makes a new plan of their situation.

"This really puts fucking a damper on the mission," Ted complains with a somber face.

"No one knew that this man was going to fucking return here again today," Rose snaps.

"I think we're going to need to call an ambulance, Chief," Dee says while looking at the house from behind the car, "I have a bad feeling in my gut about this. JJ, get ready. You'll be needed quicker than we thought."

Dee, Rose and Jerome come out of their space from behind the car. They draw their weapons as they get closer to the door and surround it. All three listen carefully for any sounds coming from inside. They can hear a rich tenor voice speaking and even though they couldn't understand his words, the tone of his voice was clear; clear that the man who was speaking had a malicious undertone to it.

Jerome gives a sign to Dee and Rose to stay out of sight for a moment and when the two men were out of view, he opens the door and enters the house as calmly as possible. Even though his mind is screaming at him to go back outside, he steels his nerves to call out to his partner. "I'm back!"

Upon hearing one of his own men, Eric instantly feels a rush of gratitude that not everyone has left him alone. "I'm back here," he calls out, "I need your help with a little problem I've encountered." He continues to watch Ryo and Hideo, whom are backed up to the stairs, as he waits to see which of his members has returned to him. He's glad to see Jerome come up to him and he gives a cold grin to the other two men. "It seems, Jerome, that we have treachery amongst our ranks. It looks like our friend, Hideo, is trying to organize an escape for our treasured guest. I got back just in time to catch them before they left. And without a goodbye too."

Jerome plasters a fake look of shock on his face as he looks at Hideo and Ryo. "You have nothing to worry about, sir," he gives mock reassurance; "I'm here to help you now." He looks at Hideo and Ryo hard, waiting for them to look fully at him. Once he has their attention, he slightly lowers an eyelid and then gives a slight nod behind him at the door.

Both Hideo and Ryo understand the look and they prepare themselves to rush past Eric. They watch Jerome shift slightly to the side to give them room.

Eric watches Hideo and Ryo, not worrying about Jerome behind him, and he sees the difference in their face and stance. He gets angry at the determined look in their eyes. "There is no escape for the two of you," he says with deadly aplomb in his voice. "I only need Jerome and I to take care of you. You should just give up."

With the defiant look still in their eyes, both men speak at the same time, "No."

"Sir," Jerome speaks up again, "I am here to help, but I'm not here to help you. I'm here to help my partner and the cop escape."

Eric's hazel eyes flash vehemence and anger at this point as his patience finally gives way. He quickly reaches into his jacket and pulls out a Desert Eagle in his lightly bronze hand, its silver metal seeming to glow from within. "You two will be sorry for ever crossing me," he growls and he points his weapon straight at Ryo's chest. With a wicked glint in his eyes he addresses his two subordinates, "I will deal with you two shits once I take care of this fucking man who has caused us such problems."

Hideo shifts his body so that he's blocking the gun's barrel from being pointed at Ryo's chest.

Just as the words were finished being uttered from Eric's mouth, Dee and Rose barge into the house with their weapons pointing at Eric, "Drop the weapon!" they yell simultaneously.

Eric whips his head around but keeps his own gun trained at Hideo's chest to see who came into his domain.

Ryo peers around Hideo's body to get a better view of what was going on and almost sobs in relief when he sees both Dee and Commissioner Rose standing in front of the door. He glances down at the Desert Eagle still pointed at him and Hideo but he regains his cool. This is a situation that he's trained for and his instincts kick into full gear at being threatened. While Eric was still distracted with Dee and Rose he whispers into Hideo's ear, "On the count of three, we rush him and get to the two at the door." He watches as Hideo nods in agreement.

"Back down officer," Eric says with dead calm in his rich voice, "I swear I'll take him out right now."

Hideo looks at Jerome while Eric was talking to the cops and gives a quick jerk of his head, telling him to move out of the way.

Jerome nods and slowly moves his back against the wall. No one notices his movement at all.

Ryo looks at Dee and Rose and waits for them to look at him. When he has both of their attention, he gives a quick nod of his head and then quietly counts in Japanese, "Ichi. Ni. San." With the last word uttered, both men surge forward at the same time. They rush past Eric, taking the mixed man by surprise. Hideo knows that it wouldn't take long for Eric to recover, so at the last second he pushes Ryo in front of him for more momentum and then continues to run without looking back.

Eric quickly regains his composure and balance and then aims his gun at Ryo's back. He pulls the trigger and an enormous 'BANG' erupts from the weapon.

At the last second before the 'BANG' of the gun, Hideo gets directly behind Ryo and takes the bullet in his back instead. He cries out in pain as he falls to the floor and slides from the speed of his running. He doesn't get up.

Ryo turns around at the sound of Hideo's cry and yells out "Iie!" when he sees the Japanese man bounce and slide on the floor and fails to get back up. He's about to go back when a large, strong hand grabs his wrist and pulls him the rest of the way towards the front door. Almost all of strength leaves him from what he saw and he lets the person pull him along. His eyes begin to blur with tears so he's unable to see who has him as they pull him out of the house and into the setting sun light.

Jerome watches his new friend fall down to the floor and remain there, dead. He uses this moment of confusion to race past Eric and follow Ryo and the two detectives out of the house.

Eric watches as his subordinate falls down to the floor and then looks up to see his main prey getting away along with Jerome following close behind. He deliberately steps over Hideo's body and quickly walks after everyone out of the house with a very deadly glint in his eyes.

Once outside, Dee runs next to Ryo, whose being pulled along by Rose. "JJ! Get ready!" he hollers out into the street.

Just before getting to the safety of the cars, Ryo finally wrenches his himself free from the strong grip and turns back to face the house. He barley notices Jerome fly past him towards the cars. He doesn't go back to the house, but he waits on the cool grass of the front lawn, hoping to see Hideo come outside next. His body goes cold when he sees who comes out instead.

Eric takes a confident step out of the house and takes a quick and calculated survey of the scene in front of him. All around the house and in front of him are police officers with their weapons drawn. A couple of men are behind two unmarked cars. He doesn't notice JJ, who's ducked down, out of sight. And on the lawn, just in front of him, he spots Ryo standing there. He forgets all else around him as he zeros in on his target. His eyes narrow slowly in pure hatred as he slowly makes his way towards his prey. "This is it, detective," he says with an unnerving calm in his voice, "I can see that there's no way out for me now, but I swear I'll take you down with me right here, right now!" As he speaks these words, he raises his Desert Eagle and aims it once again at Ryo's chest.

Eric figures that the rest of the cops wouldn't shoot at him while one of their own was in the way. This was where he made a crucial mistake. He never noticed a periwinkle colored head peer up from behind a car and a sniper rifle take aim on his own chest. He did, however, hear the shot of the rifle and he reeled back from the unseen bullet that hit its mark into his heart. At first he looks around in surprise to see if he could see where the shot came from, then suddenly the pain hits him. He looks down to where the pain is coming from and his eyes grow wide in disbelief as he sees the red stain spread on his shirt and jacket. Then it finally dawns on him that he's been hit with a lethal shot. He looks up at Ryo with the shocked look still on his face but it begins to change into one of rage as if Ryo was the one who shot him.

Eric tries to raise his hand to re-aim his Desert Eagle at Ryo but it was difficult. His body begins to shake with the effort. He falls heavily to his knees as he continues to stare at Ryo in a red rage. He tries again to lift his gun but the weight of it keeps his hand down. His body begins to grow cold and he tries to hang on to life so he could finish what he wanted so badly to do. Silently, he falls forward, face first, onto the grass, never to move again.

Ryo stares down at the body of Eric Gray, the man who raped and abused him for an untold amount of days. His own knees begin to feel like jelly and he begins to fall to the ground as all of the pent up adrenaline from running for his life just rushes out of him. He collapses into a heap on the ground, passed out from the exertion from the day.

Dee and Berkeley reach Ryo first followed by Ted, Drake, JJ and Chief Smith. Dee kneels down next to his beloved to get a good look at his face. He sucks in a sharp breath when he sees Ryo's swollen jaw and the bruises that could be seen on his arms. "Fuck," he mutters under his breath, "That fucking bastard." He knows that there's more bruises covering his lover's body, but he also knows that a rape victim is very unstable. All he can do now is wait for the ambulance to arrive.

The ambulance finally shows up and Dee informs the paramedics of Ryo's condition and that he's a detective and to take good care of him. He doesn't think that these people might already know about this. He watches as the two men lift Ryo's limp body onto the gurney and take him to the waiting vehicle.

A corner comes along and with some help, loads Eric's body into a bag and then disappears into the house to see if anyone else was there. He comes back out and informs the Queens officer about another body inside. He then goes to his vehicle to begin his paper work.

One paramedic comes up to Dee and places a hand on his shoulder. "We found his wallet clasped in his hand. We took out his ID but we feel that someone should take the wallet home for him.

"I'll take it," Dee says. He takes the wallet and watches the paramedics drive off. He then looks around for Jerome and sees the young black man coming back out of the house. He doesn't wonder how he got in without anyone noticing because he noticed that he had a determined look in his warm brown eyes.

"Here," Jerome holds out his hand. "I forgot to tell Hideo that I was also able to keep these items from being destroyed out as well." He hands over Ryo's badge and keys. He turns away then and slowly goes towards the police cars.

Dee looks at the items in his hand and then at the retreating back of young black man. He looks over at Rose with a meaningful look in his green eyes. He jerks his head in the direction of Jerome and speaks to his boss. "That kid has helped get our man out of that house. He even saved some important items for Ryo. Won't you cut him a break?"

Berkeley Rose looks over at Jerome and walks towards him. He gives Dee a nod as he passes the detective. "Jerome," he pushes his glasses further up his nose, "I'm Commissioner Berkeley Rose of the twenty-seventh precinct. I want to thank you for what you've done for Randy. Now, get on out of here and stay out of trouble." He turns away and walks over to Chief Smith.

Jerome's handsome round face splits into a gratified grin. "Thank you Commissioner Rose," he calls after the retreating back. He turns to leave when he sees the coroner come out of the house with another body bag and he realizes that it's Hideo. Rest well friend, he gives his silent farewell. Just before he gets into his car, he remembers that Hideo had told him that Kevin had come back. "Um, detective," he calls to Dee, "I think there's another member in the house. He was one of the ones who also helped in the beginning and he also wanted to do more harm to Randy but Hideo had stopped him in time. He should be on the second floor unconscious."

"Thanks for the info." Dee watches Jerome get into his car and drive away. Then he gets himself together and helps with the crime scene.

More A/N: Isn't it great? Yes it totally sad too. I really loved my beloved Hideo. And because of that love for him, he had to go. It was the way the story wanted to be written. I don't know about a lot of you, but I really loved my Eric. I feel I did a good job with him. This is the first time I ever made a super villain like him. He served his purpose
well in my story. I'm going miss him though. But I would seeing as I made his looks based off of me, only toned ;) *sigh* He really was good looking. But he was so evil. He did so many bad things to my poor Ryo. It had to be done. Come back for the last chapter. It's all of the mushy ending junk that we like to have to make ourselves feel better. Oh, before I go, I must tease you all. I'm already done with the last chapter. I'm just not going to post it yet :D I'm going to make you all wait to read it. I'll put it up sometime this weekend or in the beginning of next week. Keep an eye out for it. It's a surprise for when it goes up :D