They continued to rock and as soon as the knock came upon the large doors her breath caught in her throat..she had to cover the small girls mouth and absently rub her stomach to get her to calm down so that they wouldn't be heard.
the big man started to act confused about the whole situation but the knock upon the door came again and he moved to open them..
the commotion outside made Kit shiver and she hugged the girl that much closer to her as she heard the large mans voice get louder..everything seemed to be in a blur..her vision was tainted and her body was hurt in places she hadn't begun to feel yet..all that mattered was that the local police left her to herself..
in her arms the little girl turned and burried her face in Kits chest, her arms wrapping and grasping around her waist and shirt..her little eyes were closed as tightly as they could be for one so young and she took in a deep breath and then let it out heavily against her..Kit could barely smell the smoke that still radiated from the small girls hair..it was thick..and it started to give her a headache..
"Were closed." he said in a matter of fact voice to a rather pudgy cop in the blue jumpsuit uniform of the NYPD.
"Yeah and you have a corpse on your front step and a flaming car down the street too." the cop said in a biting voice. the big man looked down and saw what appeared to be drunk sprawled on the steps. He could not believe he had passed that by without noticing it earlier.
"Well, I ain't got a fuckin thing to do with it. I just woke up when that car went off was on my way to see what the hell was going on when you came bangin' on the door. Plus whoever the hell that is was probably drivin' the damn thing anyway. If you ain't got a warrant come back during business hours - I'm going back to bed. Oh since your here - get that son of a bitch in a bag and off my steps!" he was starting to get a bit red in the face .. the wise ass cop was not doing himself any favors. The cop's partner who had been back taking video of the corpse stepped up.
"Uh.. Stan I believe we better leave Mr. O'Connell to his sleep." The second cop knew all about Joey and had helped to sort out an incident which involved Joseph and 11 dead gang members about half a year ago.. the fact that Joseph O'Connell had been the only one alive and unarmed practically had become legend in the local station. There was no way he wanted this man pissed off over what actually probably had nothing to do with him.
"But Bud he.." The fat cop started.
"Shut up and get in the fucking car Stan.." evidently Stan was new to the area Joey thought.. good thing his partner wasn't.
"Sorry for the hassle Mr. O'Connell. We will have this mess cleaned up real quick. Ok?" this much more survival oriented policeman's words brought Joey back down from the edge.
Joseph glared past the cop to the fat sweaty one climbing into the car. "Yeah fine.. but he better watch the attitude down here.." Joseph said slowly after a slight pause that had given the cop in front of him a watery feeling in his bowels. Joey slammed the blast door in his face. He walked over to the table and squatted down looking at the two still clinging to one another.
Kit let out a breath of relief but still hugged the little girl to her, even as Joseph bent down and started talking to them again..she didn't hear anything..just knew that he was speaking due to the constant ringing in her ears..she only knew that the little girl was safe..and that the cops had gone..
"Come on out.. the ass hole patrol is gone. I aint had my breakfast yet - you two hungry? Come out.. eat with me and tell me what the hell happened out there." a strange look crossed his face and he added "Please?"
she looked down and rubbed the girls cheeks.." hey..shhh..come on now..its over..come on.." she looked up to the man as the girls grip loosened from kit's sides..
Kits arms pushed on the girls small frame gently and mvoed her towards the big man..her large soft doe brown eyes pooled as she struggled to grasp for kit..but she was moved into Josephs arms and he took her quickly and stood..
the girl screamed loudly, her little voice echoing through the bar, and then she was quiet as she clung to the big man..
Kit crawled slowly out from under the table and stood.." shit!.." she looked down..the clothing on her right side was starting to seep blood, her clothing collecting the liquid..it hit her right then..that she wasn't exactly alright..her eyes rolled back in her head and she fell with a thud to the floor, blood pooling now around her fallen form..
