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A crowd passed between them and suddenly Tim was gone. Daren actually stopped, his eyes widening for a second before he started to panic. Oh s**t, oh s**t, oh s**t! He forced himself to take a breath and calm down. this could mean nothing. Tim might have noticed him, somehow, and slipped away, somehow....right. Daren found himself moving quickly, his eyes searching for any sign of his little friend.

Andrew growled and pulled away, grabbing Timothy's arm and yanking him from the wall. in the same second he back-handed the little slut, hitting him hard enough to send him to the ground. "How dare you talk back to me, you whore." he whispered, his voice cold as ice. "you've forgotten your training, Timothy." his foot connected with Timothy's stomach, sending him further into the darkness of the alley and away from the safety of the street. "that's ok, we can fix that." he grabbed Timothy's hair and pulled his head up to crotch level, "you know what to do, whore. don't make me wait."

Andrew's vision blurred as anger took over and he threw Timothy to the ground. he knelt across Timothy's chest, using his knees to pinn Timothy's arms at his sides, and grinned down against him, "I guess there isn't much for you to do now that you're bored, then." he slapped Timothy across the face and pulled out his switch blade. "Time to say goodbye, Timothy." his knife dug into Timothy's chest, "but i'm going to make sure to carve my name into your body first, so they know who you belong to when you reach Hell." his knife dug into flesh as he started to carve.

Andrew grinned, digging the knife in deeper, "there it is," he whispered, leaning down so his face was inches away from Timothy's, "there's that look i love so much. god, Timmy, you make me so hard-" he lifted the blade to his lips and licked the blood from it, "don't worry. i promise to ******** you as hard as you like it before i free you." the knife lowered back to Timothy's chest as a piece of scrap wood from the alley floor was brought down over his head. A look of surprise crossed Andrew's face before his eyes rolled back into his head and he fell to the side, the knife clattering away out of his limp hand.

Daren stood over Tim and Andrew, breathing hard, the other half of the broken wood in his hands. he threw it to the side and immediately lifted Tim into his arms, hugging him close, "oh god, i thought i'd lost you. i'm sorry, Tim, i'm so sorry!"

Daren hugged Tim tight, feeling tears in his own eyes. he'd been so afraid when Tim had disappeared, it was a fear he'd never felt before. the strength of it was confusing, but he didn't have time to think of that right now. he was dialing the phone without having to look at the numbers, calling Iroh directly. "it'll be ok, Tim, i've got you. you're safe now. I'm sorry, i'm so sorry i ran you out." Iroh answered and Daren lifted his head enough so he could speak clearly, "I've got Givens. he attacked Tim on the street...look, i'll explain later, just get some uniforms and paramedics here before the b*****d wakes up. we're on Homlike and Marl Alley." Iroh wanted to keep questioning him, but Daren hung up and pulled away to look at Tim's chest, "he didn't get much done-if we take care of it, it shouldn't scar." he pulled off his shirt and pressed it to the bleeding 'A' and 'N' carved deeply into tender flesh. "I'm sorry, i should have gotten here sooner."

Daren shook his head, "i'll do everything i can to make it go away, but there isn't much i can do right now. i'm sorry." Tim was moving, in a daze and Daren stood, "don't move. you've been hurt, you need to wait here until the ambulance arrives, ok?" he guided Tim back to a siting position and looked around for Tim's glasses. he saw a glint of light on lens down the alley a ways just as the sounds of sirens could be heard. "your glasses are down there, Tim," but even from there he could tell that one of the lenses was shattered, "they are broken, but we can get you new ones, ok? i promise to get you new ones as soon as i can." he smiled at tim and knew that it was going to be a little bit before the man was able to let go of him. he moved Tim's hair out of his face and tried to see the damage done. there was bruising and swelling, Tim's lip was cut, but it was all things that would go away soon. he had a shiner forming, which looked like it would be the longest lasting damage. Maybe Givens still couldn't stand to hurt Tim's face seriously. "it'll be ok. we're together now, you're safe and the police are coming to take him away. you're safe, Tim. I'll try to be less of an a** from now on, ok? when this is all done, we can go home and just spend the night relaxing. would you like that Tim?" out of the corner of his eye he saw the ambulance stop at the entrance to the alley, it being to narrow for them to drive through. Cop cars were spilling out officers who were running to where Givens was on the ground, Iroh not far behind. "look, help's here. it'll all be done soon and then we can go home."

Daren looked down at Tim and saw him digging his fingers into the cuts on his chest, "No, no, don't do that." he pulled Tim's hand away and held them from his chest, "Tim, look at me. don't hurt yourself, ok? it really will scar if you do."

Iroh came to a stop next to the two and looked down at Tim before cursing softly, "I expect a full report as to why you let him get hurt this badly under your watch, Aomine." his voice was stir, he wasn't happy in the least. "i hoped he would be safe with you, i guess i was wrong." his eyes moved to where the unconcious Givens was being hand cuffed to a gurney and then back to Tim and Daren, "they'll be right here to take you to the hospital, just hang on a little more, ok?"

Daren 's eyes were on the ground, "yes, sir." he spoke softly, embarrassed and ashamed of himself. Tim's request was an easy one, "of course, we'll request him. i'll call him if he's not working, ok? promise." he smiled at Tim as the paramedics arrived with a separate gurney for Tim. "ok, they are here. do you want me to go with you, Tim?"

Iroh crossed his arms, "i'm going too. I need to be there for givens, and I'm not sure that James is ok." he was glad to see Givens back behind bars, but not at Tim's expense.