"When will you be home?" AJ asked, having just stepped out the shower as Punk got ready to go out to 'work' if you would call it that. She planned on ordering in some food and watching TV in bed, laying awake painfully worried until Punk came back through the door.
"Later." Punk told her, not sure if he could give her a time, "Don't wait up. It could be late." He said as she sighed, folding her arms as her tight towel clung to her wet body. It was painful to tear away from her and Liesel, especially when he was going out to do no good, but he had to do it.
"You've not ate anything. Won't you be hungry?" She asked as if speaking to a child as he stood up with a smile from the bed.
"I'll grab something from the kitchen in Invictus." He said, "You get some rest, I don't want to come home and see you sitting up waiting on me." He said, stroking her cheek softly as she smiled.
"I just worry." She admitted as he nodded.
"I know. But you don't have to. I'll be fine." He told her as she nodded. It was the only thing she could do, "And you..." He turned to Liesel awake in her crib, "My sweet princess." He lifted her carefully into his arms, "Try not miss me too much, baby. I'll be back by morning. I promise." He smiled, pressing a kiss on the side of the baby girls head as her huge innocent green eyes looked around at her surroundings.
"Be careful." AJ said as he nodded, passing Liesel over to her as she gladly took her in her arms. She didn't feel completely alone, she always had her baby girl, and hopefully, this would all fly in and Jack could be put to an end once and for all. That was the aim. She just always had to remind herself that what Punk was doing, he was doing it for the right reasons.
"I love you." He smiled as she sat down on the edge of the bed with Liesel.
"We love you." She smiled, kissing Liesel's head, making it completely heart tugging for Punk to pull away from them, but he did, and was soon enough in his car driving to Invictus.
"Where's my dad?" Punk asked Sami who was working behind the bar who pointed over to his father's office. The place was jumping like normal and it was completely exhausting to push his way through everyone, but he eventually reached his father's office, where, to his dismay, he seen two police officers standing, immediately feasting their eyes on him as he closed the door behind him.
"What's going on?" Punk asked hesitantly as the police officers for some reason approached him.
"Phillip Jack Brooks, I am arresting you on the rape of Paige Knight. You have the right to remain silent. If you do say anything, what you say can be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to consult with a lawyer and have that lawyer present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you if you so desire." An officer exclaimed whilst Punk shook his head repeatedly, feeling his hands being roughly cuffed behind him.
"I didn't… I didn't touch her." Punk shook his head at this complete mess of an untrue situation, "I swear I didn't touch her." Punk said, looking over at his father who was shaking his head and turning away, "Dad! I didn't… I didn't lay a finger on her." Punk said, being guided out of the office and through the pact club, watching people turn and look at him as he was roughly pushed forward out of the club and into the waiting police car parked at the side of the street.
AJ had just got comfy in a pair of sweats, hair tied back, chinese food on her night stand ready to be eaten whilst watching some old episodes of Buffy, keeping a close eye on Liesel who slept in her crib beside, feeling rather at peace despite worrying about her fiance.
She sunk down into the covers, rolling her eyes suddenly as she heard the doorbell go. She was never one to ignore a door bell, but she really wasn't in the mood, nor did she have the energy to go downstairs and check, so she just left it, until she heard the door open, which jumped her completely out of the bed.
"April, it's Jack!" Jack yelled to avoid any panic that his future daughter in law may have found from his entrance.
She rolled her eyes as her heart slowed down, getting out of bed and walking out of the bedroom to see what on earth he was wanting.
"I ignored it for a reason." She told him, "What is it?" She shook her head with confusion.
"Trust me, I'd rather be some-place else than here, but… You have to know." He said.
"Know what?" AJ shook her head.
"It's Phil." Jack put his hands in his trouser pockets as AJ gone completely numb. Was this it? Had he been hurt? Or worse? Had his plans to trick his father backfired?
"What… what's wrong? Where is he?" She asked.
"He's been arrested." Jack said as AJ tilted her head back in confusion.
"For what?" AJ shook her head, "Is it bad? I'll have to go bail him out, won't I? Was it speeding? He told me he thought he was driving a little too fast coming home from the airport a few-"
"Rape." Jack said, "He's been arrested for rape, April." Jack said as AJ looked at him with the colour draining out her face, staring at him like she'd seen a ghost.
"You're gonna have to talk to us at some point." Detective Marshall, the detective dealing with this unnecessary opened case said, looking across at Punk who sat in the interviewing room, refusing to speak, apart from saying it was not true. He was still in shock. That complete bitch. He went for a damn coffee with her. And that was all. How could they prove he had touched her, never mind raped her?
"C'mon Phil." Detective Marshall said, having dealt with Punk before for previous petty crime cases that Punk had been involved in as a teen.
"I would never, ever rape a woman. I have a fiance. I have a daughter. I would never-"
"We have evidence, Phil. A lot of it." The detective said, "You can talk out of her coming in with bruises and gashes, but you can't talk your way out of the fact we found your semen on her when she was being examined in hospital." He said.
"You couldn't have." Punk shook his head, "That is completely impossible!" He shouted.
"What are you suggesting happened then?" The detective asked, "Because from where we stand, a scared young abused girl comes in claiming you raped her, has your semen and fingerprints all over her." The detective said.
"We went for coffee. That was it. I was with my god damn daughter the entire time I was with her. We take the same college class, she wanted to go over some stuff for a final exam, so we went for a coffee, and then guess what? I came home, put my daughter to bed, and made love to my fiance on the kitchen table." Punk spat, "I don't know how you found… that." He spat in disgust, "On her. Your tests must be wrong."
"Our tests are accurate, Phil." Detective Marshall said, "She told one of the nurses when she was being examined that she begged you to stop. Told you she was a virgin, but you kept going."
"Oh, for Christ sake." Punk leaned back in his chair whilst placing his hand over his eyes, completely disgusted by these allegations, "Let me speak to her. Let me speak to her right now."
"You're being charged for rape against her. You honestly think that's going to happen?"
"I did not rape her!" Punk yelled, banging his hand down on the table that divided them, "I've done some bad things in my life. Despicable and unforgivable, but I have never lifted my hand to a woman, nor forced myself upon one." He said, "I am happily in a relationship, and I have a 7 week old daughter, who was with me in her stroller the entire time I was with Paige." Punk said, "She is lying to you."
"If she was, and there was no evidence, there would be no problem, we'd take what you've said into account and let you out, but your fingerprints are all over her, and your semen is on her. You can't justify that, Phil." Detective Marshall shook his head.
"Then just read my fucking lips. I did not rape her." Punk said, "I want out of this god damn place." He said with anger. He was so confused yet alerted by the situation. He refused to be in this hell hole when he didn't need to be.
"You might get out on bail, but with this evidence, it isn't looking good for you, Phil."
"C'mon… c'mon, man. You know me. I… I used to be brought here because I'd have smashed a house window, or I'd have drove without a license, or out with my friends burning stuff. I am not a rapist, and I won't be treated as one." He shook his head.
"I know. That's why I'm in shock. I didn't think I'd be here charging you for this sort of offence." Detective Marshall said, "I'll be back in five minutes, just sit tight." He said, leaving the room with his binder and closing the door behind him as Punk collapsed his head on the table in front of him, groaning loudly at this complete mess of a situation.
"A police station is no place for a baby." Jack told AJ whilst sitting in the drivers seat of the car whilst AJ sat in the back with Liesel in her car seat. She had no choice but to bring her.
"Well she isn't staying with you. It was hard enough having you drive me here." AJ admitted. She was completely shocked and confused with these allegations being thrown her fiances way. She knew him, and she knew he wouldn't hurt an innocent young girl, especially one who he'd just met.
"April, Phil is in that police station being cuffed for rape. You'll be lucky if they let him see you, but Liesel. She won't stand a chance." He said, "I will wait right here for you, and when you're done, I'll drop you both straight back home." He said, "I promise." He turned around to look at her frightened self in the back seat.
AJ didn't know what to do, she was torn between her deserted fiance or her sleeping baby girl who at the moment in time looked pretty content. If Jack promised he wouldn't leave, then why would she have a reason to believe he wouldn't keep that promise? Maybe because he was Jack Brooks and he was scum, "I wouldn't hurt my own granddaughter, or put her in danger, April." Jack said as AJ nodded slowly.
"I… I won't be long." She said, "Please, don't go anywhere." She said as he nodded. She was about to get out the car when she paused, "Do you think… do you think he done it." AJ asked with teary eyes. She was so confused and torn between what was happening. Of course she believed Punk didn't do such a thing. He wasn't possibly capable of such a thing. But she wanted to know what his father thought.
"It's all about the evidence, isn't it." Jack shrugged, "Gotta figure out if things match up. But I'm hoping, for your sake, for Liesel's sake, this is just a big misunderstanding." He said, "Now you hurry along. I'll not move from here." He said as AJ nodded, quickly getting out of the car and walking into the station.
She didn't even get a chance to ask around for Phil when she seen him walking towards her after being out of his handcuffs and miraculously granted bail. Perhaps it was because he knew the detective from years back, or if he was just making his point pretty bold that he did not rape Paige, but he was getting out until the hearing anyway.
She wrapped her arms around him tightly, falling into him as he wrapped his arms around her, "Please don't believe anything you've been told." Punk said, kissing her head as she sobbed.
"Why… Why are they accusing you of this?" She shook her head, "You were with Liesel the entire day, and then you came home to me. There's no way they can-"
"My..." Punk paused, still not sure how this was even possible, "When the bitch handed herself in, and she was examined, they found my semen on her." He said as AJ cringed with confusion.
"How… but you never..." She paused, "Look me in the eye and tell me the truth, Phil." She said as he stared at her in the eye, hurt that she had to have further convincing.
"I never touched her, April. I don't know how they've found what they have, but… I have to talk to her, I have to understand why she has done this. There has to be a reason." He shook his head.
"Let's get out of here." AJ suggested as a first step, "Liesel is with your father in the car outside. I got him to drive me here." She said as Punk nodded, a little surprised that AJ accepted anything from his father.
Punk knew he had a long few weeks ahead of convincing and completely losing his mind, but the only person that he cared about in all of this, was April. If she was with him, then he could do anything. He just hoped that this very much planted evidence wouldn't persuade her against him.
They walked out of the station to find Punks father outside the car on the road, a trickle of blood running down his head whilst the car stayed running and in the space with all four doors opened.
"Dad?" Punk shook his head, helping his father to his feet, "What happened?" He asked.
"I-I don't know. I didn't see, I just felt-" Jack was caught off as the car park was filled with the most shrieking deafening scream that Punk had ever heard, and he'd heard people scream with fear before.
He turned around to see April standing at the back door, shaking hand over her mouth as she looked into the back of the car, tears streaming as she looked at Liesel's empty car seat.
"What? What is it?" Punk rushed to her frantically, looking on into the back seat of the car, noticing Liesel's car seat empty, a little cuddly toy left behind along with her blanket.
Someone had taken their baby and butchered Punks father…
It was safe to say Punk was seconds away from exploding, and anyone in his way who tried to accuse him of raping someone, or anyone in his way who tried to hurt his baby girl or stop him from finding her, he would take no fear in ending them on the spot.
But meanwhile Punk held AJ in his arms as she shook with fear, taking in what was actually going on, Jack was sending a very private text message whilst wiping his head up.
'Done' was all he had to send, placing his phone in his pocket and walking over to AJ and Punk to serve any help they needed from him.
What once was Punks plan, was now exactly what Dean predicted, Jack's plan. He may have been older, but he had been in the game for longer, and knew exactly what Punk was up to, and didn't hesitate to take out his family one by one, starting off with sending Liesel across sea to a fine orphanage for abandoned children.
Oh no! And it all kicks off. Punk falsely accused. Liesel taken. And we all know who it's down to. Coming up; Punk completely loses it with the turn of events. Jack plays hero. AJ has a run in with Paige. Elise and Dean talk. Punk tears down buildings to find Liesel whilst AJ breaks down. Stay tuned and review!