What Happens in Mexico

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"Don't you have a date tonight Ian?" Fiona asked as she plopped on the sofa next to Veronica with a piece of pizza in her hand.

"Don't tell me you already hoed yourself around again and got dumped." Lip said playfully.

"No." Ian pretended to laugh and shrugged it off. "Got stood up last minute." Ian held up his phone and gave a disappointed smile.

"Do I need kick someone in the crotch?" Kev offered endearingly.

"That's not right." Veronica snapped at Kevin. Everyone in the room had an awkward look, clearly not knowing how to dig Kev out of this one.

"Fuck. Well shit V. How am I supposed to know?" Kev argued defensively.

"My rule of thumb is don't crotch-kick anyone with tits." Lip offered his wisdom in support.

"See that makes no sense because I've had to punch plenty of dudes with boobs." Kev was giving this serious thought.

"Look. He's a dude. You can kick his ass if he's a dick." Ian wanted to end this ignorant conversation badly.

"Will y'all shut up I can't remember which channel it's on." V was aggravated while flipping through channels.

"Can you morrally punch a flat chested chick?" Kev's head was spinning.

Ian's eye caught the news channel briefly before V flipped the channel. "Walt go back." Ian demanded V. V complied and turned the volume up and they all diverted their eyes to the screen.

"Breaking news, we are on the scene where notorious US criminal Hector Rivera has just been identified and taken into custody by US law enforcement." A petite news women was reporting from a suburb on the outskirts of Mexico. "For the past 6 months Rivera has been on the FBI's most wanted list for kidnapping underage girls and taking them across the Mexican border to be placed into one of the largest sex trafficking rings in US history. One victim who escaped a little over a month ago reported that Rivera had over forty women of all ages held against their will in a remote location not far from the crime scene you're seeing now. Almost all the girls have been found and returned to their homes safely." The gallaghers eyes were glued to the screen. "Officer could you tell us what happened here?"

"This whole incident is still undergoing investigation and the identities of the parties involved cannot at this time be disclosed. What we can tell you is thanks to three fellow Americans who infiltrated Rivera's private ranks, we were able to locate the building where he and his victims were and from that point on we had substantial evidence to therefor go ahead and make the arrest. Unfortunately the man who entrapped Rivera has been taken into police custody and is believed to match the description of an escaped convict from the US."

"Wow. What an exclusive! Our so-called American hero, an escaped convict? Can the identies of any of these men be confirmed?"

"That is all we can disclose at this time thank you."

The Gallagher's mouths were practically on the floor. "You don't think?" Ian suggested.

"No fuckin way." Fiona said in disbelief.

"There's no way." Lip conforted Ian. "That's like a one in a billion chance." Ian looked pale in the face. "I'm sure he's safe and totally under the radar dude." He didn't sound like he believed it himself. If anyone was stupid enough to fuck with America's most wanted asshole it was Mickey. Everyone jumped out of their seats when they heard Ian's phone ring. It caught them by surprise. Ian took a look at the screen and froze in disbelief. "What?" Lip was concerned. "Ian who the fuck is it?" Lip shouted but Ian was frozen.

"Mandy." Ian said softly. Everyone's eyes were on him. "It's Mandy?"

"Answer." Lip demanded. When Ian didn't react fast enough he tried to rip the phone from his hand.