A Dragon's Crimson Cry

By: Tippi

Ch 6 Dragon's Comfort

~the hospital~

Lee and Ellen made it to the hospital and managed to drag the heavy bag all the way to the room Jake was last left in. The nurse who was still watching Jake gave them a few weird looks and they hauled the bag in.

Lee brought the bag to the table breathing heavily but Jake didn't even glance up for a second to look at the exhausted detective.

Lee and Ellen took up the positions they had before except they now had a loaded bag to Lee's right.

"Jake I've got a few things of yours" Lee said once he caught his breath.

Lee dug into the bag and pulled out a framed picture.

It was taken in front of the house steps. Susan Long was standing in the left corner holding up a girl about 5 years old dressed in pink. On the right was Mr. Long holding on to his son's arms as his son bent his knees up so his feet were dangling a about two inches off the ground.

Lee placed the photo on the table just above the paper Jake was currently drawing on.

"Can you tell me about this photo" Lee asked still no response.

The next 20 minutes went pretty much the same way with every item he tried.

Finally he reached the bottom of the bag and pulled out a stuff dragon. It was blue with a light yellow under belly with white ridge going down its back. It was long had no wings obviously Asian based.

Around it neck was a silver necklace. It had a dragon with wings, it's tail wrapping around the yin-yang symbol. It's back leg claws holding on the side of the symbol while it's front dug into the top. It snake like neck lead up to a scaled head with intense eyes. It was so nicely done with great detail. This was no cheap store bought jewelry this was custom made but something this nice shouldn't had been on a child's toy.

Lee set it down on the table not expecting anything. To his and Ellen's surprise when Jake saw a blue tail fall onto his paper he dropped the crayon and grabbed the dragon. He pulled the dragon into a tight embrace.

(Jake's POV)

'I saw the dragon I had since the day I was born. I gave it the simple name of old blue but I had grown up and decided I was too old to sleep with a stuffed animal. When I was young it always made me feel safe. It was a bit old and worn but in my hour of need it gave me the same safe feeling it did back when.'

My hand found the necklace I had clipped around its neck. I turned the silver dragon over and read what was carved on its back. 'To: Jake Love: mom, dad, and gramps.' It wasn't very big but somehow they managed to fit it on the small piece. I didn't really care for the jewelry when I got it; I was more into something I could play with. But now it held so much value now that I realized it was given to me on the last birthday I'd spend with my family.

(Regular POV)

Lee noticed the boy's reaction and for the first time Jake looked up at the detectives.

Lee gave a smile now the kid was listening.

"Hey, Jake" Lee said he introduced him and Ellen like they had before.

"We need your help. We need you to tell us anything about the guy who hurt your family" Lee said as the thought made Jake hold the dragon tighter.

"I know this may be hard but if we find him we'll lock him away forever so he can't hurt any one else." Lee tried.

Jake got a fresh sheet of paper and began to draw.

"Had it for a few minutes" Lee said disappointed the boy was back to that.

"He's using his drawings, he lost his voice" Ellen said.

Jake was drawing with great care and detail. Once done he pushed it to the detectives.

"This is what the man looked like who did it" Lee asked looking at the drawing.

Jake just nodded.

A/N Loa Shi will be back in the next chapter. This may get confusing later on if it isn't already so any questions just ask. Review