NYPD Blue Fanfiction

Shakira's Fanfic

"The Will To Escape" By Shakira

This story takes place before the big fight between 
Rita and John, and way before she ever hooked up with 
Tony. 

Rated PG-13 For Some Mild Language

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It's been almost two agonizing weeks since the 15th 
precinct was assigned to what seemed to be one of the 
worst cases ever. The dead bodies of women have been 
turning up precisely 1 week after their abduction and 
so far 5 women have gone missing and 2 bodies have been 
recover. So far this case definitely affected the detectives, 
especially after viewing the battered bodies of these once 
respected and loved women, but they had no idea exactly how 
something like this would affect one's mindset until it 
actually hit close to home.

*~*~*~The 15th Precinct*~*~*~*

John: Good morning, sorry I'm late.

Lt.: Hey no problem. Just let Andy catch you up. We need 
to get rolling here.

John: Yeah okay.

Andy: Where's Ortiz?

John: Wait, she?s not here?

Connie: We've been paging and calling her all morning but 
she hasn't answer.

John: The last time I spoke to her was last night when she 
left here.

Andy: Didn't you call her when you got home?

John: Yeah but her machine came on. She was so tired when 
she left here I just figured she fell asleep. (Sighs and 
looks at his watch) Andy I don't like this. This is not 
like her.... I?m going to check her apartment.

Andy: Yeah I'm coming with you.

Connie: Call me if anything comes up.

*~*~*~*Rita's Apartment*~*~*~*
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of John knocking on 
Rita's door echoed through the hallway.

John: Rita?! Baby you in there?

Andy: Ortiz? (To John) I'm guessing you don't have a key?

John shook his head as he rattled the door handle.

John: It's locked.

Andy: You sure she didn't tell you she going somewhere and 
you just forgot.

John: I wouldn't forget something like that Andy. Plus, 
Rita was anxious to get rolling on this case...I practically 
had to throw her out of the precinct last night. 

Andy: (Something catching his eye) John, look at this. (He 
bends down and picks a key from off of the floor) Is this 
her key?

John: Oh my... You don't think that?

Andy: (Cutting John Off) --We don't know that. Just don't 
panic. I'm going to get some guys to come down here but in 
the mean time you need to get back to the house just in case 
he does have her and decides to call.

John: Yeah okay.

~*~*~* Hink's Cave~*~*~*

Rita was awakened by the sound of a slamming door. As she 
slowly opened her eyes she was shocked by the surroundings 
which welcomed her. It seemed like she was in a room that 
was located in some sort of cave. The walls were made out 
of stone and they were no windows in sight. The room was 
rather grim with only a burning lamp on the wall providing 
light.

Rita was confused and afraid. Where was she? How did she 
get there? The last thing she remembered was entering her 
key into her apartment's door and then being grabbed before 
she could even turn it. She then nervously searched for an 
exit. What seemed liked hours passed as Rita tried to find 
some way to open the bolted door but it was no use...She 
was trapped. She then decided to do the only other thing 
she could do...even if it meant alerting the kidnapper?
She had to scream for help.

Rita: Help! Help! Can anyone hear me?! Help!

"Be quiet" were the soft words that responded to her plea.

Rita: Oh my...Who's out there? Can you get me out of here?

"No I can't...I'm a prisoner too, we all are."

Rita: We? How many others are there?

"I think you make number 6" another voice whispered "but 
every few days one of us is taken"

"And yelling doesn't help. It only makes him angry. So 
you need to be very quiet"

Rita: Has he hurt any of you?

Silence then flooded the cave.

Rita: You have to tell me. Did he hurt any of you?

"He raped me,? a soft whimpering voice said.

"Yeah...me too" another muttered "He's taking turns 
with everyone so you better get out, or you'll be next."

Rita: How am I supposed to get out of here? There's no way 
out.

"The only time he opens the door is to take you away...or 
to hurt you"

"Sometimes he calls your family and lets them hear your 
voice...but that's only to torment them...he never asks 
for anything."

Rita: Okay...does anyone know where we are or who this 
guy is?

"We don't know where here is, but we do know that his 
name is Jason."

Rita: Jason? Oh my...

Jason was one of the many men that were brought in for 
questioning, but like many others he "proved" that he 
had an alibi so the detectives had to release him. He 
had been arrested twice for rape and exposing himself 
in public. He was a real psycho.

The women's conversation, however, was brought to an end 
as they heard the cave's door slam once more.

"He's back"

Rita then got goose bumps as she heard Jason's footsteps 
stop right outside her door and his keys begin to rattle 
the bolt.

Jason: Hey Detective

Rita: (preparing herself for anything) Get the hell away 
from me.

Jason: There's no need to be nasty...I just want you to 
hear the phone call that I'm about to make...So relax.

The detectives of the 15th precinct were going crazy. 
Everyone was busy trying to come up with some possible 
suspects; those who weren't on the phone were either 
reviewing old cases or canvassing around Rita's apartment 
trying to find out if anyone had seen anything out of 
the ordinary. This frenzy however was ended when they 
were approached by their very anxious PAA.

John I.: Detectives I think you really need to take this 
call. There is this guy on the phone saying he needs to 
speak to Detective Clark. He says he knows where 
Detective Ortiz is.

With this the detectives dashed to the phone.

John: (Picking up the phone) Detective Clark.

Speaker: (In a very muffled voice) Detective, it's been 
brought to my attention that you are missing one of your 
little buddies. You know; about 5' 4', long, dark hair, 
real pretty.

John: Who the hell is this?
Speaker: Who I am isn?t important, what I want on the 
other hand, is. 

John: And what is it that you want?

Speaker: The same thing as you detective...to get laid 
every once and a while.

John: I'm guessing with a face like yours...that's 
impossible. I mean anyone who has to kidnap innocent 
women just to get laid has to have something seriously 
wrong with them.

John then gave a quick glance to Andy who was gesturing 
to him to keep the speaker talking. All this time the 
detectives were trying to trace the psycho's the call.

Speaker: (Laughing) Anything is possible detective, that 
is if you want it bad enough...and I know you want this 
cute little hottie back. I mean, I'm having a hard enough 
time keeping my hands off of her myself. She's so pretty.

John: You son of bitch! If you hurt her?

Speaker: Now you don't want to do that Detective. It would 
be a very bad idea to threaten me; after all I'm the one 
who has your little girlfriend's life in the palm of my hand. 

John: Don't you dare hurt her.

Speaker: (becoming annoyed) Then don't piss me off. You 
have no idea what I'm capable of. I have eyes all around 
Detective and I will kill anyone who gets in my way... Isn't 
that right baby.

Rita: Una cueva!

Jason: What!? What did you just say?

Rita: Nothing, I just asked him to help me.

Jason: Tell me the truth?!

Rita: (She yelled at the top of her voice) John it's Jason!

Jason: Shut up!!

Suddenly a flash of terror reigned upon John as he heard 
the woman he loves scream out. 

"Rita!!" he cries out, but before anyone can answer the 
phone goes dead.

John: Hello?! Hello?! Damn it! (He yelled, shoving everything 
on his desk onto the floor.) Damn it! 

He leans forward on his desk with his head hung low, desperately 
trying to hold back his tears, knowing deep down that Rita needs 
him to be strong for her, now more than ever. The entire squad 
just stands staring at him, not daring to utter a word, fearing 
that they may say the wrong thing and somehow achieve at making 
things worse, if that was even possible. This silence was soon 
broken however, by the cold and angry voice of Detective Clark.

John: You better get a hold of him before I do, because if I get 
my hands on him, and I know he hurt her, I'll kill him. You hear 
me? I will kill him.

Lt.: Cave...She said that he has her in a cave.

Andy: And Jason...Who the hell is Jason?

Connie: He's that guy Baldwin and Greg picked up for me...The 
weird one.

Greg: Oh my gosh. We need to find her. That guy is capable of 
anything.

Andy: Well duh Medavoy that?s what he kinda just said.

John: (Getting everyone back on track) What the hell do we know 
about this guy except for that he's weird?

Connie: He has two priors for rape.

Baldwin: That's comforting.

Andy: So what the hell is the connection here between him and 
a cave? Who the hell is he, Conan the Barbarian?

Connie: I don't know...he didn't say anything about any caves.

John: Think Connie, we're running out of time here!

Connie: (Yelling back) I'm trying John!

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Jason: You Bitch!

Rita: (getting back onto her feet) Get away from me.

Jason: Do you know how much trouble you just got me into. (Starting 
to undo his pants) Now you know that that can't go unpunished.

Jason then rushed at her but was sent packing as she gave him a blow 
to the face with a piece of wood she broke off from the bed earlier. 
As he lay on the floor nearly unconscious, she knew that this was 
now her only chance to escape and she didn't hesitate in taking it. 

Her heart seemed as if it was trying to find an exit out 
of her chest as she frightfully dashed into the dark, morbid 
hallway, desperately looking for a way out. As she scampered 
down what seemed to be an endless pathway, cries of help from 
the other women flooded her ears. She really wanted to help 
them but knew deep down that the only hope they had of surviving 
was if she escaped and returned with help. Getting recaptured 
was surely not an option. 

Rita's trip down the hallway of terror was soon ended as a 
light, which had forced itself through the crack of the 
cave?s exit, greeted her. As she spotted the door to the 
way out, she obtained a streak of hope. This hope however 
was suddenly dashed as she spotted what was on the other 
side. It seemed as if she had entered a scene from "The 
Jungle Book". They were trees everywhere and no sign of 
real civilization. "Oh God" she cried as terror over came 
her. This feeling however couldn't nearly compare to the 
feeling she received when Jason called out to her. 

"Detective come back here! You are really starting to piss 
me off!" 

Rita's mission was then kicked into over drive as she 
journeyed into the unknown. Everything seemed to look 
the same. Her chest burned as she frantically gasped 
for air. Stones, twigs and glass pierced into the flesh 
of the bare footed detective as she ran to save her 
live. Fatigued and afraid she fell to the ground numerous 
times but the mere sound of that monster's voice seemed 
to be enough to pick her up and give her the energy to 
carry on. 

As her ankles pleaded with her to stop she regretfully 
had to ignore their cries, as one hesitation, one 
wasted second could result into her capture or even 
her death. She felt like an innocent prey being hunted 
by a fierce predator that wouldn't think twice about 
attacking if the opportunity presented itself.

*~*~*~*Back at the Precinct*~*~*~*

Greg: Oh my gosh, I know. I know what the connection is.

John: What?

Greg: In the car ride here he was mouthing off about 
how his father is a very important man and how the 
charges would never stick...

Andy: Get to the point Medavoy!

Greg: The point is his father is George Hinks best known 
for his mining work years ago.

Andy: Hinks' Cave. That's where he's got her. We gotta go!

Within seconds the detective squad was empty and the race 
was on to rescue Rita before Jason could do any harm.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Rita seemed to be running forever. Her frantic journey 
however soon came to a disturbing halt as she arrived 
at the edge of a cliff. With no way to go she was trapped.

Jason: (Trying to catch his breath) Well, well what do we 
have here? I've got to give it to you detective...you're 
fast, but unlike me...you don't know your way around here.

Suddenly a familiar voice rang in both their ears.

John: Rita! Rita where are you?

The detectives found the cave but after being informed by 
the other women about how Rita escaped, they decided to 
spread out in order to find her.

Rita: That's Detective Clark's voice Jason. It's over so 
you might as well let me go.

Jason: Let you go?! Why the hell would I want to do that?

Rita: Do you know what happens to someone who kills a 
Detective? That's the death penalty Jason...You don't want that.

Jason: I already have a death penalty Detective. The worst 
death penalty you can think of. I have HIV, so if you think 
I give a damn about what happens to me now, you're way off. 
What I do care about now is what happens to you.

Jason then rushed at the already terrified detective.

"John, Help!!" she screamed as the crazy, desperate man 
attacked her, trying to rip her pants off. As he punched 
and hit her, Rita tried to fight back but he seemed to 
have such amazing strength that it was just useless. 

Rita then felt him push her jeans below her hips and she 
thought...this is it...the end of life as I know but 
suddenly both she and Jason were startled but the firing 
of a gun.

John had shot him in his shoulder.
John: Get the hell off of her. (The other detectives soon 
appeared behind him)

Jason then quickly grabbed Rita and placed her in front of 
him to somewhat use her as a shield.

Jason: Are you willing to hurt her just to kill me 
detective? Huh?

As Jason stood at the edge of the cliff with Rita, practically 
unaware of what to do next, he made a drastic decision to end 
it all. He then threw both his and Rita's body straight off 
of the top of the cliff.

John: Rita!!!!

Connie: Oh my God!!

They both landed in the shallow part of a river, which was 
approximately 20 feet below.

~*~*~The Hospital~*~*~

Both injured parties were rushed to the hospital. Rita in 
serious condition and Jason with only a few cuts, bruises 
and both hands broken.

As the detectives patiently waited for Rita to come out of 
surgery they saw Jason pass by with a very smug look on his 
face. As if she was proud of himself for what he had done.

John: You this is funny huh? (Getting up and walking towards 
him) You think this is funny? I'm telling you, you son of a 
bitch, if she dies you better kill yourself, 'cause there 
are not going to be enough jail bars in a Attica to keep 
me from tearing you apart do you hear me!? Do you hear me?!

Andy: (Trying to hold him back) Calm down John, he's not 
worth it.

Baldwin: (Assisting Andy) He's right John, think about it, 
Rita needs you right now. She needs you to be able to fight 
through all of this.

With these words John's intense rage began to simmer down. 
As he gazed at the revolting, malevolent animal, he wanted 
nothing more than to knock the infuriating smirk straight 
off his face, but he knew that Andy and Baldwin were right. 
He needs to be by Rita's side, and there's where he's going 
to be. He then turns away and proceeds back to the waiting 
room (followed by the other detectives) to await any word 
about Rita's condition.

What seemed like hours passed as the detectives impatiently 
waited. As John sat helpless and worried, he began 
remembering the very special moments he and Rita shared; 
their first kiss, the first time they made love, even their 
first fight. This trip down memory lane, however, was soon 
ended as John spotted the doctor coming down the corridor.

John: How is she? Is she going to be ok? (He asked quickly 
getting up to greet him)

Dr.: Well as you all know she took quite a beating and as 
a result we had to operate. When we opened her up we realized 
that the fall she obtained caused much more damage than we 
thought and it was much more trouble to repair. During this 
procedure she also started loosing a lot of blood but 
luckily we got that under control. In addition to her 
internal injuries she has broken arm and a sprained ankle. 
We did all we could detectives, now the rest is up to her.

John: When we got there her clothes were all torn and he was 
on top of her. Do you know if he...(taking a breath) did he...

Dr.: (Before John could finish the question) No he didn't, 
there were no signs of that. Thank God she fought back.

John: (Trying to fight his tears he whispers) Okay. Can I 
see her?

Dr: Yeah, but only for a minute, she needs to rest.

John: Yeah, ok.

Connie: We'll be right here John.

He nods his head and begins to follow the doctor down the 
hallway to Rita's room.

~*~*~Rita's Room~*~*~

As John entered her room the sight of her made his knees 
weak. She had bruises all over her face and was hooked up 
to various machines. He noticed that there were tubes 
coming from every direction and constant beeping coming 
from the machine. At that moment that beeping gave him 
a bit of comfort. John then walked over to her bed and 
took her hand in his as he started to cry. 

John: What did he do to you? (Sobbing) This is entirely 
my fault...I should've been there; I should've protected 
you.... The doctor said that you coming out of this is 
all up to you. You determine whether you live or die. 
(With the tears running down his face) Baby you have to 
fight, you can't leave me...not now. I love you so much, 
with everything I have and everything I am. I won't be 
able to take it if you don't come out of this so Rita 
please, please don't give up. 

John then releases Rita's hand and buries his face in 
the bed next to her. As he cried, he suddenly felt her 
hand on his head.

John: (Raising his head) Rita? Baby can you hear me?

Rita then slowly opened her eyes, but because of the 
tube down her throat he was unable to speak.

John then ran to the door and yelled "Doc she's awake". 

Doctor Kronk, followed by the other detectives, appeared 
in her room within a matter of seconds.

John: Hey baby, you okay?

Rita shakes her head.

Dr.: Okay detective, when I tell you to I want you to 
give me big cough.

With the tube out of her mouth:

Rita: The others...you have to find the others!

John: Don't worry about them they're fine...its you I'm 
worried about right now. Are you okay?

Rita: (trying to smile) I've been better. It hurts all 
over, but I'm happy to see you.

John: Yeah me too.

Rita: I heard you John...while I was unconscious.

John: You did?

Rita: Yeah, and I just want you to know that I love
you too.... With everything I have and everything I 
am. I knew you would come for me...I knew it. 

~*~*~Rita's apartment (Three weeks later)~*~*~

After a long day John goes by to check up on Rita. 
Since the accident he's spent practically every 
night with her just to make sure she's okay. 

John: Rita baby, I'm home.

He however, hears no reply.

John: Rita?

John then walk from room to room but his search 
unfortunately ended in despair, as she was no where 
to be found. John suddenly began to get a feeling of 
deja vous. Thinking the worst John then raced to 
the phone to call the police but decided to hang 
it up after he heard the sound of a key turning 
in the door. 

Rita: (smiling) Hey baby.

John: Where the hell were you?!

Rita: Well hello to you too.

John: I asked you a question!

Rita: What? What's the problem?

John: Didn't the doctor tell you to take it easy? 

(Taking the bags from her)

Rita: I am.

John: Really? So where the hell were you?

Rita: I went to the store for like five seconds.

John: Didn't I tell you to call me before you go 
anywhere? 

Rita: John I'm not a child so would you please 
stop treating me like one?

John: Well do what the doctor says and quit acting 
like one!

Rita: (obviously offended) And to think I was 
doing this to surprise you.

She then storms into the bedroom, slamming the 
door behind her.

John: (Realizing he screwed up) Damn it!

He rests the bags on the table and proceeds to 
follow her into the bedroom where he finds her 
standing by the window, staring into the street. 
He walks up behind her and wraps his arms around 
her waist.

John: Baby I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I'm an 
idiot. 

Rita: I was only trying to do something nice 
for you since you've been taking such good 
care of me these past weeks.

John: I know and I'm sorry, it's just when I 
didn't see you I got scared. I don't want 
anything to happen to you again.

Rita: I understand that but we can't live in 
fear. I'm not an invalid or a child John, and 
I'm not going to call you every time I want to 
leave the apartment. I won't.

John: I know and I'm sorry. I guess I still have 
to work on it... You still love me?

Rita: No!

John: (smiling) You liar. Not even a little?

Rita: After how you just acted...Nope.

John: Not even if I bought you your favorite ice 
cream and promise to watch "Love and Basketball" 
with you again like for the fiftieth time.

Rita: (Smiling) Well maybe a little.

She then turns around and wraps her arms around 
his neck.

Rita: Well...maybe more than a little.

John: (smiling) Yeah I thought so, and I love 
you too.

THE END