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Masked
Chapter 3:
When Face woke the next morning, he wasn't surprised to see Murdock on the floor near his bed, he was however very surprised to see Hannibal and B.A down there also.
"Good grief, this is getting ridiculous." Face said shaking his head in amusement.
He carefully and quietly got up and headed to the bathroom to done, he cmade his way to the kithen. He was about to start the coffee when something hit him from behind, rendering him out cold.
Hannibal woke up and stretched. He rubbed his back as he sat up, regretting sleeping on the floor .He hoped he at least woke up before Face, If the kid saw him sleeping on the floor next to his bed, he would never live it down. He looked up and groaned when he noticed the lieutenant was already up.
"Might as well get this over with" He said standing up, wincing as he felt bones pop.
He noticed it was awfully quiet for Face to be up, ususally by now the television would be blaring the morning made his way down the hall and stopped immediate in his tracks. Face lay on the kitchen floor, a small pool of blood near his head.
"Murdock! B.A!" Hannibal yelled as he ran to his second in command.
Murdock and B.A came running, their guns drawn.
"Oh god, what happened?" Murdock asked grabbing several dish towels from the counter and applying it to Face's head wound,
"I don't know, found him like this. B.A check out the rest of the house."
B.A drew his gun and headed towards the front door. Hannibal turned his attention back to Face as his stomach was in knots, the previous night's dream still fresh in his mind.
"Face? Can you hear me kid? Open your eyes."
Face groaned and slowly opened his noticed they were glassy and a little unfocused.
" 'Happnd?" Face slurred.
"We were hoping you could tell us that muchacho." Murdock said, trying to lighten the mood.
They helped Face sit up and held him steady as he swayed.
"What's the last thing you remember kid?
Face squinted his eyes and smacked Murdock's hand away from his head.
" 'M'fine Murdock, quit fussin. The last thing I remember is getting up and walkin in here to put the coffee on, somethin hit me and next thing I'm wakin up here."
Hannibal was about to respond when B.A came jogging back in the room carrying a small piece of paper.
"Whoever it was came in the front door, left this taped on it. Rest of the house is clear."
B.A handed the note to Hannibal and squatted down next to Face.
"You ok man?"
"Yeah I'm fine, as long as Murdock and Hannibal stop hovering."
Normally B.A would have joked about the others mother henning Face, but at the moment he was feeling a little overprotective himself.
Hannibal read the note and felt an uneasy feeling run through him. He briefly wondered of this was the same feeling Murdock felt the day before.
"What's th e note say?" Murdock asked curiously.
Hannibal looked at Face and reluctantly read the note aloud.
"It's so touching seeing the three of you guarding your lieutenant in the middle of the night. Have any disturbing dreams lately? You can't protect him forever. When you slip up, I'll be waiting. By the way, the dark figure you see in your dreams? It's someone you know, someone you thought was on the good side. But sometimes the line between good and evil is crossed. A person can only take so much before they snap.I'm coming for him."
Silence followed for the next few minutes, all lost in their own thoughts.
"Ok, here's the plan, Murdock pack up all our belongings and pack them in the van, B.A stay here with Face. I'm gonna call up our client and cancel our services. As of right now we are on vacation."
"Where we goin?" B.A asked.
"Somehere away from the city."
They jumped into action and within half an hour they and their belongings were safely in the van headed away from what they thoughtwas the danger...
But was it?