Chapter Seven

Starsky was slowly coming too, he had no idea how long he had been unconscious for. He couldn't see anything at
all, he felt himself being carried for awhile and then heard a door being unlocked and heard the creak of the wood
as the door was opened. The room smelt musty, he felt nauseous again as the smell hit him but fought the feeling to
throw up again. He was finally set down on his feet and supported to stand up, the weight on his ankle causing him
to gasp in pain and he cursed that he had made a sound as now his attackers realised he was regaining
consciousness again.

"Ah, he's coming back to us" a quiet female voice spoke. Starsky could hear metal being moved against metal
behind him. He desperately wanted to see where he was and what was happening but the blindfold prevented that
freedom. More footsteps could be heard, he couldn't figure out how many were in the room but felt the blades of
the knives as simultaneously his clothing was cut from him, the knives gliding over his skin. As he tried to struggle
he was cut with each movement and within seconds he could only stand there and wonder what was happening next.
He was pushed back and felt the pole of steel against his back causing him to shiver at the coldness, his arms were
pulled out to his sides and cuffed into place.

"Well, Mr Starsky, how does it feel now to be the helpless one again?"

Starsky's stomach churned as he heard the familar sounds of chanting he had heard months earlier. But knew in
his heart it couldn't be Simon Marcos who had him, he was behind bars, or was he.

"Who the hell are you, what are you doing?" he tried not to sound afraid and the words came out mumbled as he
felt himself slipping back into unconsciouseness again.

"We are the sisters of Simon Marcos, we seek our revenge on you and your partner for our brother's
imprisonmnet. You will die at our hands detective as will your partner."

"haven't done anything" the words came out a quiet whisper as he slipped into the darkness again, his head
hanging forward. The hands continued to secure him pulling his legs apart and securing his ankles to the floor. The
chains were secured around his ankles, cutting into the swollen left ankle.

Slowly the darkness moved away again as he regained consciousness. He could feel the cold hands touching him
below. Feeling himself being pulled and circulation being cut off, the blood trying to get to the area was causing a
throbbing pain. He froze in fear as the hands continuing working on him and wondered what was coming next. A
large thud in front of him as something heavy was dropped down. He heard a clicking noise and what sounded like
a spark He felt little clips being secured in place and tried to struggle, he could not break free from his restraints.

"You will learn Detective, the more you struggle the more painful your death will be"

A belt was secured around his waist pulling him tightly into the pole, he felt the small metal studs digging into his
skin. Nothing could have prepared him for the pain that hit him as he heard a switch being flicked on. The
electricity shot into him, he could only squirm in pain, with every movement he made the metal studs ripped his
skin open and he was screaming in agony as it felt like he was being torn apart, every muscle in his body was
tensed.

The switch was flicked off giving Starsky momentary relief from the pain that had shot through him. "Now
detective, you have one last chance to make our brother happy. Will you join the family of Simon Marcos?"
 

Chapter Eight

Hutch was regaining consciousness as the night turned into day again. His head hurt like hell and he lifted his hand
to try and touch his head only to find his hand was tied down. In the distance he heard intense screams, agonising
screams. Hutch struggled to sit up but he was restrained, he couldn't move his arms. His feet were tied together
and he was feeling cold, the little light that shone into the dark room gave him enough light to have a look at his
surroundings as best he could. There was one other bed in the room, over to the other side. No one was there at all,
he was alone. The screaming he heard died down again and a few minutes later he heard a key turn in the lock of
the door. As he looked towards the door he was horrified at the sight which created him

"God, Starsky. What the hell have you done to him?" Hutch struggled against his restraints as he could only watch
as his partner was dumped onto the metal wire base of the bed across from him. The wires were still attached to
Starsky the area swollen and severely bruised. The two who had dragged Starsky back to the room now moved
towards Hutch.

"What the hell is happening?" He was unchained and lifted up to his feet and dragged out of the room. "No wait,
let me help my friend" he cried in protest as the door was locked behind him and he was dragged along the small
corridor. The whole area stunk, a strong musty smell and has he was taken into the next room he saw what lay
before him.

"No, wait what the hell are you doing?" protesting strongly as he was to share the same fate as Starsky. "Why the
hell are you doing this" the wires were tightening on his groin area causing him to gasp in pain as the throbbing
intensified.

"We will give you the choice" Serena spoke quietly to Hutch. "As we told your stubborn partner, we only seek our
revenge against you and your partner for the imprisonment of our brother. You have one choice, either join the
family of Simon Marcos or face a long and painful death"

"Get stuffed, you can't ....." and Hutch was not prepared either for that first intense wave of pain which shot
through him. He too was soon screaming in pain, he was spared the long intense pain Starsky had indured. Serena
liked his appearance and stopped the punishment.

"Take him back to their room, let him be with his friend. Perhaps then he will come to his senses and join us"
Hutch was close to collapse and slumped foward as the restraints were released. He was carried back to the room
and was dumped down onto the bed he offered no resistance to the group and knew he had to be careful and try to
stay as though he was unconscious and hope he would not be secured again. He got his wish and was left
unrestrained on the bare metal wire base of the bed. After hearing the door lock again, Hutch slowly and cautiously
felt the wires wrapped around him and freed himself. The pain was excruciating as blood once again flowed to the
area which had been tied off with the wires. Hutch doubled over in pain clutching his groin and trying to cope with
the pain, he couldn't move to help Starsky who was still out cold across the room from him and soon Hutch was in
darkness again as he slipped into unconsciousness.
 

Chapter Nine

Dobey had decided to leave LA earlier than first anticipated on the Friday, he had heard there had been storms in
the mountains during the past few days and was eager to get up to his cabin to see if there was any damage. He
was not concerned too much as he knew Starsky and Hutch would take good care of the cabin and if there had been
any damage they would have taken care of it, but even so Dobey wanted to get there early enough in the day so if
there were any supplies needed for any repairs then he would have the opportunity to drive into town before the
weekend began.

Arriving at the empty cabin just after midday, Dobey was rather surprised to see two rather wet bags of groceries
laying on the ground. He felt his stomach tense as the worry hit him, something was not right. Cautiously he moved
towards the cabin not knowing what he might find. He almost stepped in the muddy mess of vomit which was on the
steps, the cabin door was closed and carefully Dobey steped to one side as he allowed the door to swing open.
Slowly he entered and saw the upheavelled mess, the blood on the floor near the back of the cabin, the torn
clothing near the sofa. Dobey ran his hand through his hair as he looked back around the cabin one more time
before heading back outside and took a look behind the cabin, the Torino was gone.

Heading back into town, he wished he had travelled up to the lake with his boys. Instead of a fishing weekend he
was now faced with searching for his best team of detectives. A caddy pasted him on the way with a familar
character behind the wheel. What was Huggy doing here? Dobey found an area to turn the car and headed back to
the cabin. He managed to catch up with Huggy as Huggy pulled up to a stop.

"Hey Huggy, what are you doing up here?"

"Well the guys said something about fishing this weekend and asked me up here, I told them I couldn't make it but
changed my mind and thought I would spring a surprise. Where are they?"

"Missing, the place is a mess inside. I'm just heading down to the sheriffs office, jump in and we'll try and figure
out what has happened" Huggy didn't stand round asking questions, he saw the look of concern on Dobey's face.
Ten minutes later they were in town, neither of them had noticed the skid marks heading off the road on the way
into town.

They pulled up outside the sheriffs office and quickly entered the small building.

"How can I help you gentlemen?" sheriff Andrews stood and greeted his visitors.

"I need to report two missing persons" Dobey bellowed out

"Now calm down sir, how long have these persons been missing and what are their names" sheriff Andrews pulled
out two missing persons forms and took a pen in his hand.

"Two detectives, Detective David Starsky and his partner Detective Kenneth Hutchinson both from the Bay City
police force. I'm their Captain, Captain Dobey. This person here with me is their friend, Huggy Bear" Dobey
produced his police ID for the sheriff to see.

"Okay Captain, when did you last see your men?"

"Wednesday afternoon when they left work to head up here, we were to have a fishing weekend together. I've just
arrived at the cabin and the place is a mess, there are signs of a struggle, a pool of blood in the cabin and my men
and their car is missing."

"Do you know the type of car they were travelling in?"

Dobey looked at Huggy and Huggy shrugged his shoulders, neither of them knew which car was used for the trip.
"Well one car is a tan old Ford LTD with lots of dents to it, the other car is a red and white Ford Torino" The
sheriff looked up with a smile on his face.

"Well the Torino was just in town here last evening, one of your men was purchasing groceries over at the general
store across the road here. We'll go across and have a chat with Sam perhaps your man who visited there
yesterday said something to help us find them"

Sam was just about to close his store for lunch when he saw the sheriff walk over to him with the two strangers.

"Hi Tony, how can I help you today?"

"Sam, these two fellows here are looking for their missing friends. I think one of them came to your store
yesterday. Do you remember the chap with that red and white car?"

"Oh yes him, really nice fellow. Told me he and his friend were staying at a cabin up at the lake. We got talking
about that storm here Wednesday night, still can't get over the way those ladies acted when I went to check on
them up at the old mansion"

"Oh you mean the old lady Marcos and her daughters?" Tony had only spotted them himself a few times when
they had come into town and did their shopping, their black van stuck out just as much as Starsky's Torino.

"What? did you say Marcos?" Dobey asked looking at Huggy and dreading the worst

"Yeah old Lady Marcos. She purchased the old mansion about a month or two months back, damn old thing is just
about falling down. Have had her in the shop here a few times, mighty strange old bird I must say. I checked on
them the other night when we had that storm here, wanted to make sure they were okay. Weird noises coming from
that place. Sorry, I think you said you were looking for your friends"

"Yes we are, can you describe the man that came to your store yesterday?"

"Yep, blond ....."

"That's Hutch then" Huggy was relieved to hear that at least one of his friends had been spotted less than 24
hours earlier

"Maybe he had an accident or something on the way back, it really started pouring with rain again a short time
after he left. These roads can get awfully slippery in the wet weather and all"

"How about I come back up to the cabin with you two, we'll search the road along the way and see if your friend
perhaps met with an accident. You can leave your car here for the afternoon, its quite safe"

The three men headed back towards the cabin in the patrol car, slowly driving along the road looking for any signs
of an accident. Shortly after the mansion Huggy noticed the marks at the side of the road.

"Look there, don't you see it. That's the back end of the Torino"

Tony quickly turned the car around and drove alongside the tyre marks in the gravel.

"Boy, Starsk is going to be mighty mad when he sees this" Huggy remarked as he walked alongside the passenger
side seeing the damage the trees had caused.

Sheriff Andrews made his way down to the drivers side, he saw a few droplets of blood on the side of the door.
"Captain Dobey, one of your men has been injured"
 

Chapter Ten

Hutch regained consciousness again, he was cold but at least the pain was not as intense as before. Slowly he
moved off the bed and found it hurt to walk, he took a deep breath and gritted his teeth with the pain as he
carefully made his way across the room to where his partner still lay unconscious. The light was beginning to fade
as the sun set in the sky and Hutch knew he had to work quickly if he was to help his partner. The wires were
cutting into his partners skin as the swelling intensified and Hutch was finding it difficult to get a grip on the thin
wires to try and release the pressure. Starsky stayed out cold, the blood having dried around his middle where his
skin had been ripped open in several areas by the metal studded belt. Hutch just prayed now that Starsky would
stay unconscious while he removed the wires. Much to Hutch's relief he got his wish and after what seemed like an
eternity he had his partner freed. As the blood flowed freely once again he heard the start of Starsky coming too,
Hutch removed the blindfold from his partner so Starsky could see he was not alone. All Hutch could do was to pull
himself up to the metal frame and sit there and hold his partner as the agonising pain struck Starsky with the blood
reaching the areas the supply had been cut from for the past few hours.

"Hang in there buddy, just hang in there" Hutch rubbed Starsky's back as the nausea came back to Starsky and
the vomitting started again.

"Hutch?"

"Yeah Starsk, I'm here. Just hang in there, I know it hurts like hell but we're going to survive this" Starsky looked
up at his partner and saw the blood on Hutch's face, he also noticed they were both naked.

"Hutch, you okay? Your face..."

Hutch remembered back to driving the Torino and trying to avoid the collison, how the hell was he going to tell
Starsky about his car.

"Hey, I'm find. Just had a little disagreement, that's all" Hutch tried his best to relieve the pain in his partner and
smiled at Starsky. "We're going to be all right. They'll find us, they've got to find us"

"God it hurts Hutch" Starsky was doubling up with the pain, the vomitting had stopped but the pain was still
agonising.

"How's that ankle of yours doing?"

"Oh the ankle is fine compared to little Dave here, god it hurts"

"Yeah, little Ken here is suffering too. What the hell did you do to them to make them so pissed though"

"Perhaps it might have been the struggle I put up, I know I shot one of them" Starsky smiled as he grimaced again
with the pain.

"That must have been the blood I saw then at the back of the cabin, you had me worried there I thought that had
all come from you" Hutch smiled at the thought of Starsky shooting one of their assailants. Their peacefulness was
soon broken though as the key turned the lock on their door. Hutch had his back to the door and turned round only
in time to be knocked flat to the floor by a swinging blow. The blow temporarily blacking him out as he was hauled
to his feet and dragged out the door. Starsky was hauled up from the bed and screamed in pain as the blood flowed
more freely now he was standing upright. He was supported on his feet as the blindfold was replaced and this time
a gag inserted as well.

"We are tired of your screaming, the end will be near for you soon"

It was hopeless, he didn't have enough fight left in him to struggle any more. It hurt so much to move, he was
dragged back down the corridor and into the room again.

"Starsk, hang in there" Hutch yelled to him as he watched his partner being secured in place once again to the
pole and again more wires attached to him. The screams were muffled as Starsky felt the pain as once again he
was pulled and stretched and the wires put in place.

"Let go of him, what has he done to you?" Hutch looked on helplessly as the switch was back on and his partner
was electrified again. The group left Starsky attached to the device and turned their attentions towards Hutch.

"Now it is your turn Detective"

Hutch felt the restraints being tightened further and as he tried to struggle a metal studded belt was secured
around his waist as well. He knew he had to remain still otherwise he would be ripped open as Starsky had been but
remaining still was impossible as the pain started, first with the wires being wrapped around and then the shooting
agonising pain as the electricity hit him over and over and over. He was screaming as his waist was ripped open
with every movement he made and the gag was placed in his mouth, muffling out his screams.
 

Chapter Eleven

After having the car towed back onto the road and taken back into town, the trio drove up to the cabin for the
Sheriff to have a look at the area and headed back into town.

"No doubt about it, your guys have met with foul play. Any people that have threatened them in the past?"

"Sheriff, you know what's it like in this line of business. People threaten us all the time, there is however one thing
I would like checked out though"

"Yes anything, what is that?"

"That lady Marcos Sam mentioned over at the store, can you find out if she has a son by any chance named Simon
Marcos"

"No need to check Captain, I know she does. You see we are a small community here and if anyone moves in, well,
let's just say I like to know about them. I don't need any trouble in this town, there's just me and my Deputy and he
is on vacation at the moment. I checked into old lady Marcos when she purchased the old mansion"

"Sheriff, we need to get into that house. I believe my two detectives are being held there"

"Now hang on a minute there Captain, I can't just go on walking in there without a probable cause. I'll need a
search warrant."

"No time for a search warrant Sheriff, we've got to get into that house. My two boys are the ones who put Simon
Marcos away behind bars. I'm not waiting for a search warrant, come on Huggy we've got to get up to that house"

"Well at least wait for me then, hang on one minute while I call the State Troopers for back up. Here, get the spare
rifles out of the cabinet there. If your hunch is right I'm not going in there without being prepared first"

"How long until the State Troopers get here?" Huggy asked as he was handed a gun by Dobey

"About 15 minutes usually, but telling them there are officers involved they could get here in 10 I hope."

The trio left the safety of the office and piled into the patrol car swiftly making their way back to the mansion.
Quietly the car was stopped down the road so as not to alert the residents they were approaching.

"It's best we wait for our back up to arrive, I know there are at least four of them in there"

"Well there are three of us and I'm not waiting around Sheriff, you don't know what these people are capable of"
Dobey left Huggy and the Sheriff sitting back in the car.

"Sheriff, if I might say something here. The Captain is right, we need to get in there now. We might already be too
late. Detective Starsky was almost hacked to death by Simon Marcos and his group when they held him a few
months back, we need to get in there now."

"You go on and follow Captain Dobey, I'll wait here to send the back up in. They should be here in a few minutes"

Huggy quickly ran to catch up with Dobey as he headed along the tree lined driveway, almost tripping on some of
the branches which had been blown down during the storm. Carefully they made their way round to the back of the
house and found a rear entry, then carefully circled the house to find any other entry points and moved back to the
top of the drive as they saw the state troopers slowly moving in amongst the trees, there was no sign of life inside
the house, no lights on at all.

"There is one back door and just the main front door" Dobey advised the group of men.

"I'll take the back with Huggy and Sheriff Andrews, I'll let you guys go in the front" All the men nodded in
agreement and carefully approached the house. The back door creaked as Dobey opened it and they all quickly
stepped aside in case anyone came out to investigate, there was silence until the State Troopers entered the front
of the building. All hell was breaking loose gunfire erupted near the front of the house and Dobey quickly ducked
for cover as he made his way in through the back. Huggy remained outside as he felt safer there for the time being,
Sheriff Andrews helped Dobey as they made their way through the house towards the front. Rooms were searched
but no sign of the missing partners.

Huggy found the old cellar entrance at the back of the house and lifted the doors open and felt inside for a ladder,
he made his way down into the musty smelling area and heard muffled moans in the distance, it was so dark he
couldn't see a thing and quickly made his way back up the ladder and hearing it was quiet inside ran in and yelled
for Dobey.

"I think I've found them"

Dobey quickly followed Huggy out of the house followed by Sheriff Andrews and the troopers.

"Down in the cellar here, I climbed down and I can hear muffled moans. I need a torch or something to see in
there" Huggy was handed a flash light as he climbed back down the ladder. He could only hear faint moans now,
not as strong as a few minutes ago. Carefully he made his way across the darkness and then the torch light hit on
one figure. Huggy yelled out in the darkness. "GET AN AMBULANCE QUICK, SHIT, GET HELP DOWN
HERE NOW" he was sick seeing Hutch the way he was. Huggy quickly ran over and pulled the switch to stop the
flow of electricity. He removed the gag from Hutch's mouth as Hutch started to slip into unconsciousness.

"Come on Hutch, stay with me here. Where is Starsky? Can you tell me where Starsky is?" Hutch nodded his
head forward

"Over ..." and Hutch was claimed again by the darkness of unconsciousness.

Huggy turned and made his way across the room, the light soon falling on Starsky, he was completely slumped
forward of his restraints. His mouth was blue, Huggy flicked the switch off. He could hear footsteps behind him

"Here quick, help me here. He's stopped breathing" Frantically Huggy pulled at the restraints and held onto
Starsky as the final restraints were untied. Huggy carefully lowered his friend to the ground and used his jacket to
cover him while the troopers started CPR. Dobey was sickened at the sight before him.

"Good God, what have they done" he looked at Hutch who was at least still breathing, one of the troopers ran
back up the ladder outside to show the ambulance to come to the back of the house.

"He's still breathing Captain, his pulse is very week though. We're concerned for his partner over there, don't
know how long he had been dead for. My men are trying their best to bring him back"

Dobey quickly walked over to Huggy, the dim provided by all the torches was making it a bit easier to see in the
cellar. Dobey watched on helplessly as the troopers worked frantically breathing life back into Starsky and doing
the heart compressions to try and restore the blood flow.

"How is he?" Dobey was almost too afraid to ask

"We're still trying, we've got a faint pulse. He's not breathing on his own yet though"

Dobey stood and prayed along with Huggy as they heard the sirens approach. The paramedics were soon down in
the cellar and started their work to try and save Starsky's life.
 

Chapter Twelve

The paramedic teams quickly made their way down the ladder into the musty cellar and began working to stablise
the two partners. One team started the respiratory on Starsky as he was moved onto the stretcher and secured into
place to be hauled up the ladder to the safety of the waiting ambulance.

"Can I ride with him please?" Dobey asked

"You a relative?"

"No, I'm his boss. This man is one of my Detectives, his partner is over there being attended to by your other
crew"

"Yep, might be best if you do come with us. Don't know if he'll make it to the hospital or not, we're doing the best
we can." They started to lift the stretcher out of the room.

"Do you know how long he was dead for?"

"No, Huggy - that's the gentleman over there heard the muffled moans and ran up to us to get us down here, must
have only been for a few minutes at the most"

"Let's just hope then it was just for a few minutes, longer than four minutes and he might have brain damage if he
survives"

"What do you mean, 'if he survives'" these two boys of mine have to survive, if one dies the other one will give up
living.

"As I said Captain, it is touch and go, we don't know how long he was without oxygen, then there are also the
injuries he has sustained. I've never seen injuries this severe in all my years of service here, who the hell did this
to your men?"

"A long story, a family out for revenge. Most of them are dead, didn't want us to get into the house. The state
troopers had to get us in, I just hope we are not too late" Dobey looked on at Starsky, his face was as white as a
sheet and he watched as the respirator moved Starsky's chest up and down with each breath that was pumped into
him. The heart monitor was attached as the stretcher was loaded into the ambulance. Dobey held onto Starsky's
hand as he looked at the monitor and watched the weak pulse being recorded. The IV was started as the
ambulance sped away from the scene in its mercy dash to the hospital.

The second paramedic crew were working on Hutch and had moved him onto a stretcher, Huggy stayed with Hutch
and wanted to be there for support if he regained consciousness. Carefully the stretcher was lifted up the ladder,
Hutch began to moan as they reached the top of the ladder. Huggy quickly caught up with the stretcher and held
onto Hutch's hand as they headed towards the ambulance.

"Hang in there Hutch, hang in there. You're safe now, you'll be okay" Hutch opened his eyes slightly and saw the
stars in the night sky, he felt the coolness of the night air around him and saw Huggy's face come into view.

"Huggy? Starsk?"

"Hey my man, Starsky's gonna be okay. He's on his way to the hospital now, you'll be there with him soon" Huggy
climbed into the ambulance with the paramedics as they began the quick journey to the local hospital.

Back at the house the Sheriff and the State Troopers were lef to finalise matters with the coroner's team when they
arrived. Sheriff Andrews knew he would never forget the scene which greeted him in that cellar. He was going to
make sure the house was destroyed when the investigations were completed.

The first paramedic crew arrived at the hospital and Starsky was quickly rushed into surgery to remove the wires
which were still cutting the circulation. His heart had stopped once during the trip as the shock took its toll on his
body, Dobey had prayed as hard as he could that Starsky would pull through but was beginning to loose faith this
time. There had been tough calls in the past but this time he felt he might loose out.

"I'm sorry Sir, you will have to wait in the visitors lounge. We'll let you know how he is as soon as we have him out
of surgery."

"I just have to wait here, there is another ambulance bringing in my other boy" The nurse looked at him
bewildered, the patient she had just seen did not look young enough to be his son. Dobey saw the surprised look on
her face.

"You see, I call them my boys. They are my two best detectives, I can't loose either of them, they are like sons to
me"

"I understand Sir, you may wait here until the other ambulance arrives but then I'm afraid you will have to go to
the visitors lounge and wait" Dobey nodded and thanked her and patiently stood frozen in the doorway waiting for
the next ambulance to arrive. Finally after what seemed like an eternity the second ambulance arrived and its
precious cargo was unloaded speedily. Huggy stood back and let the paramedics take Hutch through to surgery.
Dobey saw the pale complexion on Hutch's face as he was rushed past him.

"How is he Huggy?"

"Went into shock on the way here, he's still breathing on his own. Pulse is very weak though from what they told
me"

The two men moved into the visitors lounge and could only wait and pray that their two friends would be okay. As
the night turned into day Dobey and Huggy slept slumped in the chairs patiently waiting for news. It was 6am when
they were awoken by the head surgeon with the good news.

"Your friends will be fine, they have both sustained some very nasty trauma to their manhood but no permanent
damage that I can see" Looking at his notes he read on.

"Detective Hutchinson sustained a concussion to his head in the car accident he had two days ago, he is okay
though. We have him on IVs at the moment to keep him hydrated and also on pain killers for the um trauma down
there. Detective Starsky as you know was technically dead when you found him. I am glad to report he has
suffered no brain damage, he is still unconscious from the surgery. We are happy with his progress and took the
opportunity to check his ankle, he has suffered a fracture there and we have attended to that injury as well."

"When can we see them?" Dobey was eager to see his boys as was Huggy.

"We have Detective Starsky in ICU. As we are a small hospital here, our ICU is at the end of our general ward so
we have your detectives side by side. Detective Hutchinson is in the general ward in the bed next to our ICU area"

"Well that will keep the two happy they are near each other then" Huggy smirked. They all walked together along
the corridor as Doctor Leonard showed them the way to the general ward. They did not have far to walk just past a
few offices and at the end of the ward they saw the two friends laying in their beds. Huggy was relieved as Dobey
was to see both his friends alive and tried not to laugh as he saw the way the bed covers were.

Hutch turned and managed a smile at Huggy and Dobey. He saw the smirk on Huggy's face. "Huggy, don't even
think about laughing. This ain't funny at all" Even Dobey had a smirk on his face at the way the bed covers were
raised up above an area.

"Still hurts then?" Huggy tried his best not to smirk again.

"Of course it's still sore, damn swelling has not disappeared and they have left the covers like this so there is no
........." Dobey cut in to save Hutch any further embarrassment.

"You don't need to spell it out any further, we understand" he smiled. Hutch looked over at his partner. Starsky
looked so peaceful laying there. The respirator still doing the breathing for him and the heart monitor still watching
his every beat.

"This was too close this time, I almost lost him" Hutch was wishing he could be closer and hold Starsky in his
arms, he was thankful that at least he was this close to him. Huggy sat down on the side of Hutch's bed and patted
his friend on the shoulder.

"Hey Hutch, you both made it okay. You wait, Starsky will be awake soon and then you'll have him back again to
yourself. Don't tell him about the Torino. I've organised Merl to get the Torino, fix her up and then have her back
here as good as new before you two leave the hospital" Hutch looked worried at Huggy.

"Just how long will we be in here for?"

"Well a few days from what I understand, ummmm I don't think I need to say that the misfortune you two have
been through would be best rested if you get my drift"

"Huggy, I......." Hutch tried his best to move but gave up as it was more comfortable staying still.

"Well after all this has happened and the previous spot of bother, I think I want to sell the cabin". Dobey sat on
the chair with his arms folded.

"Sell the cabin?" a familar voice piped up from the other bed. Hutch yelled out with joy.

"STARSK, YOU'RE AWAKE"

"Yeah I'm awake and I ain't deaf, no need to shout like that" Starsky tried to lift his head to see further ahead, all
he could see was his left foot covered in plaster and elevated above the bed covers blocking his view. "Who the
hell left the damn covers like this?" Frustrated he tried to pull the covers down.

"Starsk, I wouldn't do that if I was you" warned Hutch. He need not have worried as Starsky was too weak to put
any strength into the battle he was having with the bed covers and was soon adrift into sleep again. They all waited
for a few minutes making sure Starsky was peacefully asleep again.

"As I was saying, I think I might sell the cabin. I don't mean just because of what has happened to you two on your
past vacations here, but I hardly get to use it anymore and I think this is the right time to sell" Huggy smiled, he
could see a business opportunity here.

"I might have an interested party in the cabin, when we get back home I'll see if my business associate would be
interested in the purchase of a fishing cabin"

"Just which business associate might this be?" Hutch enquiried curious as to what Huggy had planned.

"The bear has many associates some of which I do not disclose" Huggy smiled

"Well I guess it's time we left and get some sleep, its been a long day and night" Dobey was starting to yawn as he
realised it was after nine in the morning and he had only napped on and off during the early hours of that morning,
no real sleep for the past 36 hours. "Huggy and I will go now and let you boys rest. Sheriff Andrews may be around
to see you sometime, he is the one who helped to link that Marcos woman with you both" Dobey glanced over at
Starsky, "He's still asleep let him know we've gone for the time being and will be back later on"

"Yes, sure will Captain. Thanks once again both of you, any longer and I would have lost Starsky. I don't know
what I would have done if he was gone"

"Don't think about it Hutch, everything is okay now. Don't worry about the Torino, he'll never know what
happened to it" Huggy smiled as they both left.

After a few minutes Hutch was horrified to hear a voice in a calm manner ask "Just what is it I never will know
what happened to my car?"

"Starsk, you're supposed to be asleep" Hutch knew he was in deep water now

"I was asleep for most of it, so tell me, what has happened to my car?"

"Well Starsk, it's like this, you see......."
 
 

THE END

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