IceyHot (Season 1)

Chapter 1

Kai

It was a bright and sunny day. Nizan and I were outside, playing in my mother's flowery garden. We were playing hide and seek. An odd place to play such a game, because it sucked terribly for me. I was just too tall to hide under the flowers and grass.
   The air smelled like Ma's freshly baked scones. Her scones were my favorite and my smelling them made it very clear to me, that I was just in a dream.
   'Foundya!' said little Nizan, jumping out right behind me. 'Haha!'
   After that, I was smiling and laughing with him. Even though I knew this was just a dream and how it goes, I was still laughing and giggling with him. I wouldn't say I liked this. There was this chilly feeling running down my spine, and then this ominous feeling came over me as the wind suddenly stopped moving and all the dandelions fell from the sky like snow.
   'My turn!' said little Nizan. 
   This was it. This was the moment it all changed. 
   My eyes immediately looked back to the house. Ma was watching us through the small window in our kitchen and Baba was walking out of the woods, carrying the wood he left to go and fetch for tonight. I wanted to scream, tell them to call us back home and let us play this far. But Ma wasn't so much bothered by that so long as she could see us. Besides, we were safe they used to say. The bad people could never find us. 
   'Kai! Come on, start counting!' my little brother pulled on my hand. 'It's your turn!'
   'No...!' I said, or at least wanted to say, because the word just didn't come out of my mouth. I held my neck because it felt as if I was choking on that very same word and so the words I didn't want to say came out. 'Sure! I'm counting!' I said and covered my hands over my eyes. Not once did I peek out like most older brothers did to their little brothers. I was just too nice to cheat in any game I played with him and always making it easy for him. I didn't even have worries of not finding him, because I knew exactly where he was going to hide. It was always that one spot...the small pond right behind our house. He would hide under small rocks and I would always pretend I couldn't find him. 
   I had no will of my own and by my now it was already clear to me that this was no dream. It was more like a scene from a video or movie, playing over and over again. In here I was just the character of this dreadful memory, forced to play my role over and over again. 
   'Nine, ten...' I finished counting. 
   'Hey! Kai Andrews!'
   'Ready or not here I come...'
   'KAI ANDREWS!'
   I jolted awake, opening my eyes and looking around first. It took me a couple of seconds to become aware of my surroundings and remember exactly where I was. Right, I got caught helping Ryker and Rogan escape during their bank heist. I was supposed to follow right behind them and then I got shot. 
   Even now the wound was still sizzling in my leg, but it healed up enough for me to stand up. I was in my cell and the officer just called my name. I sure as hell hoped it wasn't my mother coming for me because then I wouldn't hear the end of it. 
   'What is it, officer?' I asked as I stretched out my arms and legs. My ass felt a little stiff from sitting on that cold and hard bench for so long. The was the last time I was going to fall asleep on a bench inside the police station.
   'Today's your lucky day, Andrews. Once again, you're a free man...for now...' the officer said, and spoke as if he and I knew each other. I never saw his face before, but everyone here at the station knew about me. This wasn't my first time being caught and being bailed out by my mother. 
   He reluctantly opened the cell and held the gate open for me to step out. 'Just remember. This will be the last time you're getting a free ticket!'
   I snarled because that just sounded like a threat and it amused me. As I stepped out, I carefully eyed the man from head to toe. He appeared nervous when I set one foot out the sell and just as I was about to pass by him, I snapped my finger in front of his face, making jump when a small little fire appeared at my thumb.
   'Don't test me, Andrews!' he said, showing me how his hand moved to his gun, trying to scare me off. However, his voice sounded very shaky and it just felt so amusing to me to toy with him a little longer.
   'So you're him,' I heard a woman say and immediately turned my gaze to her. 
   She was standing tall, dressed in an all-black attire with her long red hair straightened. She had sky-blue eyes and pink supple lips I could only imagine how they would feel. There was no doubt about that; judging by her stature, this woman was a lawyer and the first thing that came to my mind when I saw her, was how her lips would taste.
   What the hell was wrong with me?
   'Officer, I will take it from here,' she said. 
   I glanced at the police officer and caught him glaring at her, then at me. 'Like, I said! You're fucking lucky!' he snapped at me before he walked off, straightening his jacket and leaving me with the lawyer.
   I was confused as I didn't know this woman, where she came from, or why she was even here. She looked like an expensive lawyer, not the kind my mother could afford. By the way, where was Ma?
   'He's right,' she said, shaking her head. 'You're lucky and utterly stupid for getting caught.'
   'Not sure if that's supposed to be an insult.'
   'I have heard so much about you, and I just can't help but wonder what he sees in you.' she stared at me from head to toe. From that moment, I took back everything I thought about her looks and her lips. 
   This woman was, obviously, one of THOSE lawyers and I didn't have time for this. 
   'Look, Lady. I don't know who you are and I don't care who the fuck you are. My mother is somewhere in this building, with a ready-baked hot slap waiting for me. So if you would excuse me...'
   I walked past her, pretending I didn't just meet that chick. Those at the Red Sun District were far prettier and tolerable than her!
   'Are you walking out on me? Do you even know who I am!'
   'I just told you. I don't care.'
   'Hey!'
   I heard her heels clicking right behind me and outside the police department. On my way out, I met the gaze of the police chief, Steven Grant, and by side his new sidekick--my replacement. I was glad to know that some things never changed. The chief and I kept giving each other looks before I looked at the rookie beside him. It's not too bad, this one looked like he could do half the work I did.
   Just as I came out the front doors, I was greeted by the press. I felt several flashing camera lights pointed at me. I had to stop because there were also so many people here, there wasn't even a path for me to go through to get to the other side.