Chapter 15: Don't Take My Girl Away
Roger was in Avery's office, Riggs was very late. He looked at his phone and called him. Riggs and Eira was walking back from a store that they had went into. Martin heard his phone go off and answered it.
"Hey Rog." He said as they walked down the street.
"Where are you at?" He asked.
"Oh, me and Eira are kinda having a little daddy date." He said and looked at her. She looked up at him and smiled.
"A what?" Roger asked.
"You know like day with dad kinda of thing." He said and saw a guy on a bike driving toward them on the road. He looked and saw the gun.
"Call ya back." He said and didn't end the call. Roger could hear what was going on. The drive fired the gun and Riggs grabbed Eira and pushed her up against his truck. The driver drove by and was still shooting at them. Riggs moved and got out his gun and shot at the guy. He hit the guy in the back and he fell off the bike. Roger who heard the shots fired traced Riggs's phone and called for back up for him. The cop car got there as soon as Riggs ran over and cuffed the guy. The other cop took the guy put him in the back of his car and drove off. Riggs walked over and picked up his phone.
"Hey you still there?" He asked and walked around the truck. He was not looking at anything really.
"Yea I am and your welcome."
"Oh yea thanks." He said and looked over at Eira.
"Oh my god." He said in faint voice.
"What is it?" Roger asked.
"Rog call for an ambulance."
"Why?" Ran over to her.
"Snow?" Roger heard his new step daughter's nickname and froze.
"Someone call an ambulance to Riggs's location." He yelled out.
"Riggs is she okay?" He asked.
"…." Nothing, the only thing he could hear was Martin telling Eira that it was going to be okay.
Riggs moved and looked at the gunshot wound on his daughter. It was above the heart. She was not panicking but Martin kinda was inside.
"You okay?" He asked her and put his hand up to try to stop the bleeding.
"Yea I think so." She said unsure.
The ambulance came and took her to the hospital. Riggs rode with her. Roger got to the hospital in recorded time. He looked for his husband and daughter. He found Riggs in the waiting room to the surgery. He ran over to him. He could see that Martin was scared, his eyes where huge. He was looking at his hand that had Eira's blood on it. Roger sat down beside him and took his hand.
"She will be alright." He told him, and Martin looked at him.
"I hope so."
About a two hours later the doctor came out and told them that she was going to be okay. Martin was happy to hear that. The doctor led them to her room. They looked in and saw her in bed, she was pale. Roger went to walk in but noticed that Riggs was not moving.
"Martin?"
"I…I don't know if I can keep it together or not." He stated to him.
"It's okay to cry just not a lot, it will scare her." Roger told him and took his hand and led him into the room. Martin walked over and started to cry a little. His girl had gotten hurt. He sat on the bed and looked at her. She opened her icy blue eyes and looked at him and smiled.
"Papa." She said his name.
"Hey sweetheart." He said and leaned over and kissed her forehead.
-An hour later-
Roger and Riggs were still in Eira's hospital room. They were telling Roger what happened when a woman ran in. She ran over to Eira and hugged her. She could she that the girls arm was in a sling. She looked over toward Roger and Martin. Roger noticed a cat pin on her red shirt.
"What happened to my niece?" She asked.
"It is okay Aunt Kate." Eira said to her. The woman looked at her.
"No, you got shot." She said and looked at Martin.
"You…this is your fault." She told him in an angry voice.
"No it is not." Eira kinda yelled at her.
"Yes he is a cop and some people know that and wants to kill him. He is putting you in danger every time he is around you." The woman's words hit Riggs hard.
"I am taking her home with me." Kate said and looked at Martin.
"What? No." He told her and stood up.
"Yes, I am family by blood and you are not!" She yelled at him.
"How?" Roger asked "She was adopted by the Yorks." He added.
"Yes and no." Eira said.
"My mother and father put me up for adoption but then after a few years they found me and took me as their daughter again." She explained.
"That's right and I have more say then you do Mr. Riggs." She told him.
It came time for Eira to be released, and Kate took her. Riggs tried to find some way to stop her. But she would always tell him that he was not he really family. Eira kissed him goodbye for now and left. Martin's heart broke to see her leave him.
Roger drove Riggs to his truck. Roger had asked if he was sure he wanted to drive, and he told him that he was fine. Roger watched Martin get into his truck and drive away. Roger knew that Riggs was going to do something. Roger went home and waited on Martin to get there. It was getting late. He was afraid that the man might drink again.
Martin drove around for hours, not really going anywhere. He drove to a store and walked in and got a bottle. He paid for it and got into his truck. He opened the bottle of whisky and was about to take a drink when the image of Eira came to his mind. He put the bottle down and called his sponsor up. He asked her to meet him at the restaurant that they always went to after meetings.
Martin walked in and saw Margaret at a table. He walked over to her and sat down. She looked at him with worried eyes. Riggs sat there few a bit and said nothing. She took his hand into hers.
"I almost drank tonight." He told her.
"Why, what happened?" She asked him.
"Eira's aunt took her from me." He said with no emotion, he just stared at the table.
"She said that I was not her really family and that I was always putting her in danger when I am around her." He told her with tears coming to his eyes.
"First of all, you are that girls father, not by blood but legally and second she had no right to take her from you. She can't do that, she has no right. If you ask me there is something going on there." She told him, and he looked at her. She was right, there was.
Roger was setting in the living room, it was midnight now. He was very worried. He heard someone come in, he looked to see who it was. It was Martin and he looked sober too.
"Where have you been?" He asked him.
"With Margaret, she made me realizes that Kate just can't take Eira. There is something going on there." He told him. Roger knew that this was going to be a long night.
Riggs and Roger went to the LAPD. They took the guy that shoot at Martin and Eira in to ask him some questions.
"Who were you shooting at?" Riggs asked him. "At me?" He asked again.
"No at the girl." The man said.
"Why?" Roger asked.
"This woman in a red shirt with a pin on it, told me that she would give me a lot of money if I killed the kid."
"The pin on the shirt, was it a cat?" Roger asked.
"Yes it was." The man told them. Martin and Roger walked out, and a guard took the guy back to his cell. Martin stopped and looked at Roger.
"Why kill Eira?" He asked him. Just then Bailey walked up to them.
"Because if the kid dies or gets kill all the money will go to her." She told them. Riggs and Roger's eyes widen.
They walked down the hallway of the apartment building that Eira's aunt lived in. They got to the door and Riggs kicked it down. Roger thought that it was unnecessary, but this was Riggs we are talking about. They walked in with their guns drawn. They walked into the living room. They saw Eira setting on the couch. Kate was standing there with a gun to the girl's head.
"Well I wondered when you would get here." She said to them.
"Put the guns down." She told them. They looked at her and did what she asked. She looked at Eira and then looked at Riggs. Eira knew what she was going to do and screamed out as she pointed the gun at Martin and shot him in the head. Roger and Eira watched again in horror has he fell to the ground. But he quickly got his gun and shoot Kate in the chest. She fell to the ground. Roger looked at him.
"Metal plate remember." He told him with a smile. Eira got up and ran over to him and hugged him. He pulled away from the hug and looked at her.
"Bailey said that your aunt was going to kill you for the money." He stated. "What money?" He asked.
"When but of my parents died all the money goes to me." She said with a smile.
"How much?" Roger asked.
"About fifty grand." She smiled again.
"What? How did…" Riggs didn't finish.
"My dad was a good business man." She said. "But a bad father." She added.
-Later that night-
Riggs covered up Eira and kissed her goodnight. She could see that what her aunt had said to him, had gotten to him.
"Papa." She said.
"Yes." He turned around to look at her.
"No matter what my family says, you are and always will be my Papa." She smiled and laid down in bed and closed her eyes. Martin smiled at his daughter.