A Dragon's Crimson Cry
By: Tippi
Ch 7 Reunited
~Empty hospital cafeteria~
"You want to go back to the precinct" Ellen asked Lee.
"No" Lee said staring at a copy he made of the kids drawing before handing the original to the files at the precinct.
"I don't believe it I thought that guy I interviewed was seeing things but it's to much of a coincidence for him and the kid to see the same thing for it to be" Mick broke the silence.
"Well, I think I'll be going, you should to, you can't think straight without any sleep" Ellen said getting up from her seat at the table.
Lee and Mick were sitting in silence it been an hour since he last talked to Jake and just something about the drawing haunted him. Was it the fact that it was so detailed or that it looked like a professional drew it not an 8 year old? Or maybe it was that it was like something out of some horror or mystery movie.
The figure drawn had a maroon outfit with black cape and boots. On his upper arm and belt buckle was a strange symbol. But the disturbing part was the skull it wore. Jake made it clear that it wasn't the actually head by putting two eyes looking out from the mouth.
"You know Ellen's right its midnight and everyone needs sleep" Mick said pulling Lee out of his musing.
"No I think I'm going to stay a bit longer" Lee said.
"Well at least come with me to the lobby you need to sit on a much more comfortable chair" Mick said to his tired co-worker pushing back a few strands of his graying brown hair that had fallen from his small pony tail.
Lee did get up to follow his friend. As they entered the lobby there was some angry voice agreeing with a woman's over protective one.
"I don't care I demand to know where he is and to see him" an old Asian man said to the lady working the front desk.
"I'm sorry but I'm not allowed to release that information, the police are still investigating" the blond desk worker said.
"I don't care," the old man said then his voice became quiet and even. "Please, I have lost my entire family, spent an hour at the police station, another half an hour on a cab here, and now all I want is to see my only living relative, my grandson."
"I almost forgot about him" Mick said.
"You almost forgot about the kid's only relative left alive" Lee said turning to him.
Mick didn't answer.
"Let's take care of it" Lee said walking with Mick to the front desk. "We'll take care of this" Lee said to the lady working the desk.
"You," LS said pointing at Mick. "Thanks to you I spent an hour I could have spent with my grandson answering stupid questions at your station, and now you see to delay me more with this investigating still going."
You could tell he was mad, annoyed and most likely also tired. Yet they couldn't blame him.
"Need to work on your people skills" Lee said to Mick.
Mick didn't respond admitting to him self and Lee; he didn't work well with many people.
"Unless either of you are taking me to Jake, I'd ask you to leave me to do it my self" LS said to the two detectives.
"I'll take you to him" Lee offered then motioned for the man to follow him and Mick, with nothing better to do, followed too.
The three men got onto the elevator and as they waited for it to go up a question came to Lee.
"Um, mister…" Lee came to a pause not knowing the man's name.
"My names Loa Shi" LS told the detective sensing the reason for the pause.
"Mister Shi I was wondering have you ever seen this before" Lee said handing the picture to him as the elevator dinged and the doors opened.
They stepped out of the elevator and LS took a good look at the picture.
LS barely suppressed his surprise and a gasp. He handed it back to Lee.
"No I've never seen anyone like this" LS said.
"That's not what your expression says" Lee said able to pick up on peoples inner thoughts.
"I have nothing to say on the matter" LS said.
"Please your grandson drew this, this is the man responsible" Lee begged.
"It's old Chinese legend"LS said"folklore if you will."
"What's the legend" Lee asked.
"He's just a villain in old stories adults told to entertain their kids" LS was explaining "I've told many of the old stories to Jake I assume he changed one villain into another one."
Lee believed what LS said but he was going to look into it later anyway.
The nurse from earlier seemed to be nodding off in a chair.
"Nurse" Lee asked.
The voice brought the lady to a sudden rude awakening.
"O detectives" the nurse said seeing Ellen and Lee to tired to notice LS.
"How's Jake" Lee asked.
"He's doing better" the nurse answered. "He's lying down, he still won't sleep. So I just put him on the couch with the lights out and watching Disney movies. He closes his eyes for a few minutes at a time maybe he'll fall asleep shortly."
"Well we should come back tomorrow if he's falling asleep" Lee said but as he was LS ignored everything and walked into the room Jake was currently residing in.
LS saw at the far end of the room on the green couch laid Jake. A small TV on a wheeled stand lay just a few feet from him. The light from the screen flashed at the changing of scenes lighting up Jake's face. His eyes were closed and a white blanket covered all but an arm and head from view. The one exposed arm was wrapped around a blue dragon and around Jake's neck was a silver chain supporting a silver dragon.
LS made his way across the room to his grandson. He sat him self on the couch and ran his hand on Jake's head brushing his green tinted locks back and continued the motion.
The feeling of some one bushing his hair back alerted Jake to another presence in the room. His tired eyes slowly opened and tried to focuses in the dim light of the TV screen.
Jake lay there looking at his grandfather, still as a statue. He felt that if he moved his grandfather would disappear like the closer you try to get to a butterfly but once it's within you grasp it flies off.
Jake couldn't hold him self back any longer he launched him self at his grandfather. His small hands held onto LS's blue robes tightly and cried into his chest. If this was a dream he hoped to never wake up this was his only ray of light in an endless dark tunnel of despair. Once Jake could no longer cry he slowly slipped into sleep, his head resting on his grandfather's lap.
The others watching the window were happy to see the boy sleeping peacefully.
A/N This may get confusing later on if it isn't already so any questions just ask. Review