Devra started openly at Reighn for a moment and then scowled deeply, "Like I'd tell you."

Reighn's eyes narrowed and her hands shot out, grabbing Devra by the lapels of her shirt and slamming her against the doorframe, her face inches from the other woman's. "Where. Is. He."

Devra's eyes widened, she'd never seen Reighn so mad before - not mention lose control like that. "I can't - "

"You can and you will."

Devfra yanked herself out of Reighn's grip and backed up a few steps, "I can't and I won't."

Reighn clenched her fist at her side and fixed her glare on Devra. "I'll find him whether or not you tell me where he is Devra. Why won't you tell me?"

"Because I love him."

"Ha!" Reighn laughed sarcastically. "You love him? What about him? Does he love you? Is love what you call all those bruises Dev?"

"H-how?" Devra asked, her eyes widening once more in shock.

"How do you think!" Reighn nearly screamed. "I've had to live with it for most of my life Devra! You don't have to protect him! You can get away!"

"No. No I can't!" Devra cried, tears filling her eyes, "He'd kill me!"

"Dammit Devra!"

"NO!" Devra screamed, "I WON'T!!"

The sound of tires screeching in the gravel caught Reighn's attention and her head whipped around in time to see Puck peel out, shooting cinders all over. She growled and headed for her car, forgetting about Devra. Devra yowled and tackled her, going into full blown cat-fight mode. Reighn quickly turned the tables and punched the other woman square in the face, knocking Devra unconcious with blood pouring from her broken nose. Reighn climbed to her feet and bolted to her car, turning it and pelling away after Puck.

~ * ~

Puck swerved around a pick-up on the highway leading into Lakeside and glanced in his rearview mirror, eyes widening as they saw Reighn pull around the pick-up and pull up next to him. He cursed loudly and swerved to hit her, she swerved out of the way, into the opposite lane. A car horn blasted and she cursed colourfully as she swerved right again and qucikly got back into the lane next to Puck again. She glared at him and hid a shocked look as he leveled a shotgun in her face.

"Oh, shit."

He pulled tyhe trigger and Reighn ducked, car swerving as the bullet shattered both front side windows. A sqeal was heard and Reighn looked behind her to see a truck whirling around in a cirlce as the driver tried to regain control of the car - one of it's tires was blown. Reighn cursed again and turned her wheel sharply, sidelining Puck's car with her own and running them both off the road. Puck's car flipped once as Reighn pulled her car to a stop and jumped out, barely aware of the cursing farmer and terrfied horses as she walked rapidly to Puck's car. He climbed out the driver's side window, bleeding from a gash on his arm and he turned, eyes widening at the sight of the scowl on her face. He reached into the car and grabbed the twelve-gage shotgun and leveled it in her face. Reighn stopped short.

"Well look here," Puck said, "I've caught me a street racer."

"Aren't you all high and mighty." Reighn paused, then she continued, voice dripping with sarcasm, "Now that you;re hiding behind a gun."

"Oh drop the fucking act Reighn." Puck said as they circled each other, "You aren't perfect."

"Never said I was." Reighn replied, placing a hand on her hip, "I know I'm not... But you give the word 'insane' a brand new meaning."

"I'm not insane."

"Oh! That's right!" Reighn exclaimed, fake surprise in her voice, "You're a psychopath!"

"I'M NOT INSANE!!!!" Puck screamed at her.

Reighn cocked her head to the side, starting openly at the fuming man before her, stating softly, "Why are you doing all of this Puck?"

He stared at her, "Because I deserve what you have! I deserve to be happy! I deserve to be looked up on!"

You're doing a piss poor job of showing it."

"I'll be the judge of that."

Reighn raised an eyebrow, "No can do. I'm the judge here. I'll put you in prison."

"You and what army?"

As if on cue sirens began wailing in the distance and Reighn hid her surprise well by saying, "That one."

"You called the cops on me?!"

"No." Reighn said, "But in comes in awful handy."

"They'll take you in too. You know it."

"They could care less about me right now Puck." Reighn stated calmly, focusing on figuring out how to get the gun out of his arms, "You're wanted for first degree murder."

"I didn't kill anyone."

"What do you call Relec then?"

"Relec lived. The car didn't blow up!"

She stared at him. "It blew all right. But that's not what caused Relec's death. He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital..."

Puck's eyes widened. "No."

"It's over Puck." Reighn stated softly, all of the anger seeping from her body as Puck began to shake violently. "It's over."

"No!" Puck said, raising the shotgun with a new resolve. "You're lying!"

"I wish I was Puck." Reighn said, "I wish I could say that Relec was just fine, but he's not. You killed him, just like you tried to kill Allana."

"I didn't try to kill anyone."

"Yes you did Puck." Reighn said softly as police cars appeared in the distance. "You purposefully ran Allana over that cliff with every intention of killing her. You succeeded in killing Relec."

"No."

The police cars pulled to a stop and the flashing lights made Reighn aware of the cops running down the slope. "You did Puck. It's over."

"No..."

Reighn reached out and took the gun from him, dropping it on the ground as the police swooped down on Puck, "It is over Puck. It is."

Reighn watched an officer drag Puck away before she turned to her car, walking over slowly. The entire right side was scrached and dented, which could be fixed. She sighed and got into the car, turning it on and looking at the clock. 6:30 pm, sunset. She was ready to go home. She turned and pulled the Skyline back up onto the road, speeding up and heading in the direction of home. Home and the team. Home and Leon.

~ * ~

Leon looked at the clock on the wall and sighed. 2 am, not a good time of day. He hadn't been able to sleep, worried about Reighn and whether or not she was okay. So now, here he sat, on the living room couch, in the dark, waiting. Waiting for a phone call or the door to open, anything really. He was just waiting.

He hadn't followed her, not because she'd told him not to, but because he knew that this was something she had to do on her own. That didn't mean he wasn't worried about her though. Puck was absolutely crazy, and he was capable of anything - even killing. The prospect of Reighn not coming home terrified Leon to no end, and he didn't know what he'd do without her. He needed her just as much as she needed him.

The sound of an engine pulling up and being turned off pulled Leon from his thoughts. He heard a car door shut and he stood, walking to the door apprehensively and opening it.

Reighn's hand was poised to open the door, and she froze. She stared up at Leon for the longest time before she lowered her hand and her eyes blurred. Her knees gave out, Leon caught her and lowered her to the ground, holding her tightly and rocking her gently as she clung to him, tears streaming down her face.

"It's okay baby. It's all over... Let it out..."

~ * ~

Allana sat down in the middle of the staircase as she watched Leon stroke Reighn's hair as he rocked her, murmuring comforting words to her as she cried. Allana had never seen Reighn cry before, but she was happy that Reighn was finally letting go of the tears she'd been holding in. She wasn't just crying for what had happened in the last few months, but for everything in her life that she needed to cry about. She was finally putting her past behind her and letting Leon fill her future - she needed that.

A weight on the stairs next to her made her look up and she watched as Kittie sat down next to her. Allana opened her arms to her baby sister and Kittie fell into them as she watched Reighn cry. Allana stroked her hair and held her as they pondered what had happened recently. All of it was confusing, and Allana was anything but happy at having to wear the cast on her leg for another six weeks.

Later though, as Reighn's sobs began to subside, Allana pulled her sister up and hugged her before they rose and wandered up the stairs and into their respective rooms. Allana crawled into bed next to Vince and curled up in his embrace as his arms came around her. He spooned against  her and held her close, whispering, "It's okay Allana... We're all okay now..."