The Negotiator

Epilogue

Draven lays on the couch in his apartment with his phone on his chest as he rests his eyes. The piercing squeak in the background grows louder in his head. His eyes shake open.

"Mars, please stop yelling!" Draven yells.

"You just yelled!" He yells back.

"I will literally throw you." Draven points at him.

"Nuh, uh, mommy said you're soft."

"Well mommy is a butt head."

"Excuse me?" Hope says walking over to them.

"Mommy is a great woman! And she's always right." Draven tells him.

"That's right," She says putting her mouth to his ear, "bitch." She says biting it.

"Oh my." Draven says excited.

"Oh god, stop that mister." She lightly hits his shoulder. "Not in front of it."

"It?" Mars yells laughing.

"Yeah it punk!" She yells back poking his tummy.

He laughs and falls to the ground.

Hope's watch rings on the dining room table.

"Work is calling mommy!"

"You know for a five year old, you're very perceptive." Draven says booping his nose.

Mars giggles.

Hope picks up the watch.

"Miller." She says answering.

"Hello, Director Miller. Sorry to intrude on your day off, but we need you in the office. There's a new case developing regarding the rise of gangs you've been looking into."

"Ugh, geez. Okay I'll be there in an hour." She tells him.

She hangs up and walks over to her boys.

"Mommy has to go to work." She says to the both of them.

"Are you ganna get the bad guys mommy?" Mars asks.

"You know it big boy!" She says to him smiling.

"Come back soon mamí." Draven winks at her.

"You know it big boy." She smiles kissing his puckered lips. "You need to come into work soon too Negotiator." She says to him grabbing her coat from the dining room chair.

"Yeah, I got a few hours." He smiles. "Is your friend Ruby babysitting?"

"For the tenth time, yes." She says annoyed.

"Alright, Alright I was just making sure." He says standing. "We'll walk you out."

Draven and Mars walk over to the balcony and wait for Hope to slide her boots on. She walks over.

"Alright see you later." She says kissing Draven's forehead. "And see you later too." She says to Mars kissing his forehead.

"Byeeeeee." They both say.

"I'll send the car back for you." She smiles at Draven.

"Copy that Captain." He replies.

She gets into the car and flies off.

"Want to watch Jurassic Park?" Draven asks Mars.

"Super yes!"

"Wow, super yes?" Draven laughs. "Thats a pretty hardcore yes."

"Obviously." Mars says plopping on the couch.

"Oh god, you are sounding too much like your mother for my liking." Draven says looking at the shelves beside the TV.

Jameson and Turner's badges sit on the shelf. Draven smiles and throws up a hang loose sign to them.

He sits beside his son and turns on the TV. Dinosaurs roar through the place. This is his getaway. This is his peace.