Ashes To Ashes (Priest!Gerard Frerard) [SEQUEL]

Twenty Four

Twenty Four

I was in enough pain that it would have been easy to curl up and black out, but when the door flew open it shot enough adrenaline into my system that I managed to look up and see Ray and Gerard. Ray seemed to have been the one that broke down the door, his fist clenched and raised as he took in the scene before him, whilst Gerard stood beside him, priest collar off and a dark expression drawn across his face that I hadn't seen before.

His eyes immediately found mine, taking in my probably horrific appearance at this point, and then settled on where Ian was towering above me.

"Let them go Ian" Ray shouted as Kyle and Rob started to move across the room, eyeing them up like prey. Although I couldn't have been happier to see them both, they didn't really look the most threatening pair.

"Who the fuck is this?" Ian growled "and who the fuck do you think you are, interrupting my business?"

"We're not leaving without Frank and Lynz" Gerard met his glare with one of equal measure "and the police are on their way, so I suggest you hand them over and stop this now." Kyle and Rob definitely faltered a little at that, obviously not having anticipated the police would get involved.

"Well then thank you for the warning, but in that case I think I'll just take Frank here and wait somewhere else for Dewees to arrive, and as much as you like to think you can stop me, I think Kyle could probably kill you both singlehandedly." He laughed then, and Kyle snorted alongside him.

"We're not afraid of you" Ray stepped forward.

"Maybe you should be" Rob sneered back, also taking a step forward. I glanced at Bert, who was stood back and seemed to be sizing up the situation, trying to figure out which side to back here.

"The police will intercept Dewees before he gets here Ian" Gerard edged forward a little for subtly than Ray had "you won't hurt him, and so hurting us will be pointless. Give up. You've lost" his eyes darted back to me, and I could see the pain he was trying to mask when he took in my crumpled appearance.

"I don't do giving up" he growled "and if I can't kill Dewees today then I'll settle with killing Frank and the rest of you for good measure. Kyle, Rob, remove these two."

Kyle and Rob both lunged at Ray and Gerard, with Ray and Kyle both throwing punches at each other whilst Gerard managed to avoid the first of Rob's lunges. Of course Rob swung back around at high speed and grabbed Gerard by the shoulder, throwing him to the ground. I yelled out, my own pain forgotten when I saw him go down. Ray was holding his own a little better, but still loosing.

Gerard managed to roll and punch Rob in the face, but as soon as Rob recovered he pushed Gerard down against the floor, his hands suddenly around his neck with a cold determination that made me scream and start to half lunge, half crawl towards them. Ian grabbed me with a sickening laugh and pulled me backwards, and no matter how much I kicked and thrashed I couldn't quite escape his grip.

That's when I guess the humanity within Bert McCracken kicked in, because all of a sudden he'd crossed the room and thrown Rob off Gerard.  Before anyone else could react, Bert then smashed a beer bottle against the wall and started to charge at Rob with the broken remains.

"You need to get the fuck out of my apartment!" He screeched, tackling Rob backwards. Gerard took a moment to regain his breath, but as soon as he did he was up and yanking Kyle away from where he was about to try and bash Ray's head against the wall, and I guess in that moment Gerard must have discovered a whole new side to himself, because he kneed him straight in the balls.

Then Ray was there again, now with the upper hand as he delivered two hard punches to Kyle's face, whilst behind him Bert carried on with his attack on Rob.