Running From The Past!

To The Rescue

 His head pounded and felt heavy. He kept his eyes closed tight, as he tried to concentrate on anything, but the pain. Suddenly he could hear three, angry male voices...at least he thought they were angry, he couldn't really make out what they were saying, everything sounded like he was underwater. He tried opening his eyes, but quickly shut them everything blurry. He shook his head slightly trying to clear his head, he opened his eyes again blinking as everything slowly came back into focus. He was still groggy, and everything still sounded like he was underwater, so he shook his head again this time he groaned too.

 "Dean!"

 "I'm okay Seth!" Dean said as everything suddenly returned to normal.

 "About time you woke up Deanie, we were getting lonely without your sarcastic wit!" King said smiling.

 "Screw you King! Can't fight me like a man, so you hit me from behind!" Dean said looking at King.

 "Last time we met, it was I who beat the shit out of you Ambrose!"

 "That's not how I remember it King! You had your little bitches hold me while you beat on me!" Dean said as all three smirked.

 "I need no one to fight my battles Ambrose, remember that!" King warned.

 "Prove it! Untie me and let's go right now!" Dean said.

 "As you would say Deanie...nope!" King mocked. "The four of us are going to have fun catching up! I have to go get a few things, so you boys can talk amongst yourselves!" King said smiling as he left, locking the door behind him.

 "Are you two alright?" Dean asked as he looked at both of them, anger taking over seeing both of them had been beaten.

 "We've had worse." Roman answered.

 "Are you okay babe?" Seth asked as Dean starred at the floor his jaw tense.

 "No." Dean answered still starring at the floor.

 "You in pain?" Roman asked.

 "No."

 "Then what's wrong?" Seth asked.

 "What's wrong Seth, is that because of me, you two are being hurt again! I'm the reason you're..."

 "Dean, stop!" Seth said cutting Dean off. "We're here because King's a sick, twisted psycho!"

 "Seth's right D! Neither of us blamed you the first time, and we still don't! Dammit Dean, this is what he wants! He wants you broken, so you don't fight back!" Roman said.

 "How do you two always know how to keep me sane?" Dean asked gently.

 "The same way you two keep me strong!" Roman answered.

 "Me too!" Seth added. "You two are my backbone!"

 "Alright, we need to come up with a plan! King's going to regret the day he tried putting leashes on these hounds!" Dean said angrily.

 "There's our Dean! Let's do this boys!" Roman added as they all smiled.

 Before they could talk about anything though King returned, he stood in front of them smiling, all three starred back angrily.

 "Well boys, it seems bringing you back together has brought out the fighting spirit in all three of you!"

 "You broke us once King, I won't let it happen again!" Dean said angrily.

 "Really Dean? How do you purpose to stop me?" King asked going up to him.

 "I don't care if I have to break my damn arms to get free, I'll just use them to beat your ugly face in! I will get my hands on you King!" Dean said through clenched teeth.

 "Am I supposed to be scared?" King questioned unmoved by Dean's threats.

 "If you're not scared of me, untie me and we'll finish what we started!" Dean said smiling.

 "Or I have another option, and I like this one better!" King said smiling. "I could just do this!" He said as he punched Dean in the face. "Yeah, I like this one better!"

**Two Weeks Later**:

 It had been two weeks since King took all three men and all Detectives Brooks and Carter had were dead-ends! Both Detectives had become close to all three men, and felt like they were failing them! King was smart, but even the smartest people make mistakes, they just needed to find King's. They had talked to King's men in prison, but the ones who agreed to talk had nothing useful they could tell them. They did a press conference the third day they were missing and all that got them, was a bunch of new dead-ends! They refused to give up, knowing somewhere was the missing piece of their puzzle, and until they found the guys and arrested King they wouldn't stop! Brooks sat going over the papers they had gotten about King's background, while Carter followed up on another lead. As Brooks read the papers he noticed that King's company dealt with real estate, as well as other ventures and he decided to check into it; maybe his company had properties in town? As he typed it into his computer Carter returned with coffee for them, he noticed Brooks looking through a file as he typed on his computer.

 "Got something?" Carter asked as he gave his Brooks his coffee.

 "Maybe, take a look at this!" Brooks said pointing at the screen.

 "Is that a list of properties here in town?" Carter asked.

 "Yeah, and some outside of town. These are all properties King's company owns." Brooks answered.

 "So, you're thinking maybe he's hiding out in one these?"

 "Yep! Now, we just need to figure out which one." Brooks answered.

 "Okay, so we just need to get records for each property and check who lives there. Any vacant properties we raid and hopefully we catch the bastard!" Carter said.

 "Already on it partner, I have copies of the records on their way." Brooks said smiling.

 A few hours later after going through the records and following up with phone calls, they discovered only three empty properties; two in town and one just outside of town. So, they set up two raids to happen at the same time for the properties in town. After getting the news neither place was the one they were looking for they knew the one outside of town was where they were! They called their men back and gave them the new information before they got ready and left, the Detectives in the lead.

TBC...