Love Conquers All: Jinny's Story

[BlairW_1]

I'm temporarily postponing all my fanfics but this one, because I've already written 3 pages on it, but I'm only posting a little more than one right now, so if you demand more (which I hope you will!) I'll have more ready when I get blocked. Well, 'nuff chit-chat, here goes! Oh, a warning to all those under 12... This minisculely suggests something, so don't get all mad and stuff when you read it. I personally don't think it's that bad, but some of y'all might.

Love Conquers All: Jinny's Story

---Danielle Powell

Summary: Jinny attempts to quit drinking, and succeeds, until the 16th day, when Magda goes alone on a case and is injured, and Jinny feels it's her fault, so she totally breaks down. Then a certain special someone intervenes... Can she make it?

Well, Jinny Extead said, marking off a day on her calander, I made it fifteen days. It's been awful, but I made it. She flopped down on her bed and stared at her reflection in the mirror. She had expected to look tired and worn out, but she was really the opposite. Her cheeks were more clearly defined, her eyes weren't puffy, and her complection had more color in it. She felt better, too, although she didn't want to admit it. Her drinking had been her crutch for so many years, and now that it was gone, she almost missed it, but the pros of her quitting far out-weighed the cons. I wonder how ole Mag is doing... She looked at the clock. Oh, ten already? I'd better get to bed if I'm going to stay on schedule. Hah, Kate would like to hear that I'm on a schedule! She frowned. Okay, Extead, don't ruin this happy moment by thinking of her. You haven't had to think of her since the intervention, you don't have to think of her now. Just turn off the light and go to bed so the days will possibly go by faster. She turned out the light and went to sleep.

"Shh, Gabriel. Oh, stop!" Magda placed a finger over his mouth, seperating their lips. "Please, Ben's asleep!" she whispered. He gently caressed her face, then kissed her. The kiss deepened, and Magda slid her hand down to the bottom of his shirt, then up under it. He maneuvered her over to the couch, and they lowered themselved down onto it. Gabriel slowly pulled away from her.
"Are you sure about this?"
Magda smiled. "As ready as I can be..."

The next morning, Jinny woke up at five o'clock. She got out of bed and dressed, feeling more refreshed then ever. Maybe I should go and see how Magda's doing. After all, I haven't gotten out much the past two weeks, it'll do me some good. She got dressed and walked outside, squinting at the sun, which was unusually bright today. "Hah, it's shining for me..." she muttered, then rolled her eyes, both at her corny remark and for talking to herself. She looked at her car then shook her head. Might as well walk, I need excercize. When she was about almost to Magda's house, which was about half a mile from the station, she looked at her watch. "Crap! I should have drove the car, Magda's probably already at work." She turned around just in time to see a man pulling out a knife and stabbing a woman, then taking her purse and running. Jinny looked around for other people, but no one saw, well, no one that she knew of. She ran as fast as she could after the man who stabbed her, but she couldn't keep up. She did get a good look at him, though. About 6'1", white male, maybe mid 30's, tatoo on right arm, remember that! She hurried back over to the woman that was stabbed. She was lying in her own blood, with the knife still in the upper left area of her chest. Jinny slowly pulled it out, with her sleeve over her hand so as not to leave fingerprints, and heard a faint whisp of air, almost like wind blowing through leaves, and saw blood bubbling up from the woman's chest. The woman shuddered, and stopped breathing momentarily, until Jinny gave her CPR. Oh, G**, I thought I had helped kill her... I'm glad I had to know CPR!
"Help! Someone, please!" A man stuck his head out of an apartment window above them.
"What are you shouting about? Could you shut up, it's 8 o'clock for crying out loud!"
"Please, call 9-1-1, this woman was stabbed! I'm Inspector Ext- oh, um, tell them that when they call the police, tell them that Jinny Extead was a witness, they'll come over quicker."
"Um, okay, sure." He goes back to call. After about ten minutes and no response, Jinny reluctantly leaves the woman to find some help. She enters the nearest apartment, and practically knocks down the door by knocking so hard.
"Open the door, SFPD!" She failed to mention that she wasn't quite with the department anymore.
A lady slowly creaked open the door. "What do you want?"
"Let me use your phone, a woman was just stabbed."
"I'm sorry, I... I don't have a phone. Did you say she was stabbed? Is she okay?"
"Look, do you know CPR?"
"I can try..."
"Go out there and watch her, I'm going to get help." They quickly walk out the door, and Jinny leads her to the woman.
"Oh my gosh, that's my sister!" The lady dropped to her knees beside her.
"Look, I'm really sorry, but I have to go, okay?"
She paused. "Okay. But hurry!"
Jinny started jogging towards the police station.

"Mom, wake up! Come on, Poppa, I'll be late for school."
Magda slowly woke up to find Ben trying to look worried about school, but jumping around with a smile on his face. "Ben? What time is it?" She slowly raised up, but was held back by Gabriel's arm. She shook him, and he quickly woke up.
"What, Magda?"
"Gabriel, I'm late, and Ben is going to be late, could you take him to school for me again?"
"Sure, what time is it?" They both looked at Ben.
"Why are all your clothes on the floor?"
"Not now, Ben," Magda said, "Could you please tell us what time it is?"
"It's eight. Now could you tell me why your clothes are on the floor?"
"Later, Ben, could you go get mommy her robe?"
"Okay." He goes into the bathroom.
Magda buries her face in her hands, and Gabriel puts a supportive arm around her. "Hey, Mag, don't worry. I'm sure it will be okay."
"Gabriel, you don't understand, Captain will be all over me, it's my third time to be late in two weeks. It's not like me at all, and she'll be the first to point it out!"
Ben comes in with Magda's robe. "Here you go."
"Thank you, now both of you turn around." They both comply, and Magda puts her robe on. "Now, I'm really late, Gabriel, could you get Ben ready, too? I might not be too late if I hurry."
"Okay, let's go, Ben." Magda heads into the bathroom, and Gabriel and Ben head into Ben's room.

Well, that's all for now, hope you like it! :P buh-byezies!

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[jo_24]

This is great! Keep up the good work!

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"You can take the girl out of the Bronx, but you can't take the Bronx out of the girl."

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Teddy: Be honest with me, not my parents!

Jinny: All right, fine. You want honesty? Why don't you let me tell you a little bit about my family? See, I never really never had a birthday party unless of course you wanna count my 15th, when my father showed up for cake, plastered in his underwear! Oh... yeah, by the way, my mom couldn't make it that year either because, well, sadly, six months earlier she BLEW HER BRAINS OUT!!!!!

Teddy:God, Jinny

Jinny: As for my brother, ugh... yeah, John... see, he just doesn't like you unless your American, white, and straight... and for me... a few weeks ago when uh... I had that nut case after me... yeah, I had to make a little list, of all the guys that I've slept with in the last two years. I couldn't remember some of their names.

Teddy: Stop.

Jinny: Ya know what? THIS IS WHO I AM, THIS IS MY FAMILY!!!! Come on, it's your turn. You go ahead, flash that all-American, prep school, choir boy smile and you tell me that it doesn't matter... it doesn't change anything... Yeah, that's what I thought!


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"Basically people are who people are. You're born, you die, you're pretty much the same person. All the rest is just window dressing."~Jinny Exstead

Nancy is Slammin'!

[sue z q]

I love it, D! You'd better post more soon!

[Wild Child]

Please add more soon!!!This is really good.

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"You're born,you move on,you die,that's life."-Jo
Nancy McKeon is #1!!

[Teddys_Angel_Jinny]

Come on, D! Post more! Today's been one of the best days of my life! So, please make it better!

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This is K the Off Topic Sidekick Trainee saying Good night, have a good morning, don't smoke, buckle up, drive safely, and always go off topic!

[BlairandJo]

Yeah u gotta post more soon;o)

[Bang A Gong]

Post more soon!

[BlairW_1]

When Jinny finally reaches the station, she hesitates, but after seeing Magda's car decides to go in. I just won't talk to Kate, I can talk to Magda. She walks in, and as she walks down the halls to the division, people stop and stare at her. So what if I'm covered in blood? She finally makes the last turn, and walks in to find Magda with a resigned look walking out of Kate's office. When she sees Jinny, she stops in her tracks for a few moments, then quickly walks over to her.
"Jinny, what happened?"
"There was a stabbing," Jinny said in a detached voice. "I could identify him if I had to."
"Are you okay? Is the person okay? Why didn't you call?"
"I tried, no one would let me in their house covered in blood, and I had no loose change. Ironic, isn't it? I was going to your house to tell you how much better I felt since I stopped drinking; I felt like nothing could go wrong. Huh, what a thought that was, I think alchohol connected me to the real world instead of taking me away from it. But anyway, I think that person might be dead now. She almost died earlier."
"Oh, Jinny, don't be saying things like that."
"But it's true. If only..." She stopped, and laughed dismally. "No, that would never happen, would it?"
"What?"
"Me coming back here to work. Not with Ms. McCafferty running the big show."
"Jin, you're coming back, Kate wants you back."
"Listen, could we just not talk about this now? There's a woman out there either dying or dead."
"Right, I'll go speak to Captain about it, she'll call the hospital." Magda walks into Kate's office.
Jinny walks over to her old desk and sits down in the seat. After a minute, Kate and Magda quickly walk out of the office.
"Jinny, can you tell us what he looked like?" Kate asked.
"Yeah, sure." She paused, thinking. "6'1", white male, about mid thirtys, and a tatoo on his right arm, I think. It could have been his left. Is that up to your standards?" She asked Kate sardonically.
"Thanks, Jinny. Magda, pick someone, and go out there as soon as you can. Jinny, you can wash up, you might want to stay here for a sketch artist."
"Oh, thank you so much for allowing me to use the bathroom, I'm eternally indebted." Jinny walked out of the room.
"What's her problem?" Kate asked.
"Hmm, that's Jinny for you. She still thinks you're out to get her, but from what I've heard, she's been sober for fifteen days straight."
"Wow, new record, huh?"
"For Jinny it is... Listen, do I have to pick another partner? Jinny'll never forgive me if I do, and I don't feel right with anyone else. I'm fine without one, I've gone this whole time without a partner once!"
"Magda, you've been on desk duty."
"Well, I'm sorry, I can't have another partner." She started out the door, but bumped into Jinny as she was walking in. "Sorry," she said, and walked out.
"Look," Jinny said, obviously nervous about being there, "can I come back tomorrow or something? I don't see any reason to stay here and hope that the sketch artist will have a break and come here when you can just call and ask to see him at a certain time tomorrow. Hey, I'm a former cop, remember?"
"And you're going to be one again, right? Magda tells me you've cleaned up."
"So what, I'm not drinking, big deal. But what's the point of coming back when you'll be all over me every second of every day? I'd rather be unemployed and broke than working for you!"
"Well, Jinny, I'm sorry you feel that way, because I was getting ready to offer a shortening on your suspension. But now I'm not, so if you're going home, I'd like you to do so now."
"Fine with me, call me if you need me to work with a sketch artist." She walked out the door.
Now I know why Magda and Jinny are best friends, they both have the same amount of dedication and loyalty. Now, I'm not sure if that's a good thing... Kate walked back into her office.

As Magda went to the address Jinny told her, she found herself growing more and more nervous. Why didn't I just get a partner for this? I mean, Jinny will understand, she saw what the guy could do... But hey, can't turn back now, might as well give it all I've got. But Ben... Okay, I can't think like that now, I don't even know if I'll find him. "Okay, stop!" she yelled, and startled herself. Well, at least I've gotten my mind off of what I'm about to do. Hey, why am I stressing about this? I've done this a million times before. Oh, yeah, with Jinny there to back me up, but that shouldn't be a problem. I mean, I did it once without her. And almost got killed. She pulled into the alley where the shooting occured. She saw paramedics, and cops from a different division that must have heard from the grapevine about it, and decided to check it out. She got out of her car, walked up to the scene, and noticed that they were just now loading the woman into the ambulance, but in a black bag. She slowed her walk and supressed the urge to puke, barely succeeding. When she reached the nearest cop, she flashed her badge. "Inspector Ramirez. Have you found any evidence?"
"Yes," a man said, and held up a knife in a plastic bag. "This was found beside her, presumably the murder weapon. Here you go," he said, handing it to her.
"I'm going to go look for the guy, one of our officers was a witness and got a good look at him."
"Why isn't she out here now?"
"She's, uh... She's on maternity leave, and she's a little embarassed about it, she's not married."
"Okay... Well, good luck. Where's your partner?"
"She'll be showing up in a little while, I just came out early to see what kind of situation we have. Well, wish me luck..." She started walking down the alley.


Aak! Y'all have drained me of my fanfic reserve, next time I post it'll be freshly written, so... buh-byezies!

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12-step site is almost ready, it's up, but not running. I got back from Tulsa and OKC, very fun, very VERY hot! It got up to 107, but no prob for me, we only walked for 2 hours... Enough of that, buh-byezies now!

~*I am self appointed moderator number 1, along with Cassie - whenever there are fights or bad language, I report it to the proper authorites (TJ or Coily). So please, no fighting.*~

~*Danielle, off topic queen, with my side-kick, sue z q, and trainee Teddys_Angel_Jinny!*~

[sue z q]

Can't wait for more, D! Get some freshly written fanfic and post it!

[BlairandJo]

I love this fan fic post more soon;o)

[JoJoJoJoJoJoJoJoJo]

More!! this is GREAT

[BlairW_1]

When Jinny walked out of the division, she saw CD and Angela walking up to it, laughing and talking. When Angela saw her, she tapped CD's shoulder and pointed. They both smiled and walked over to her.
"Hey, girl!" Angela said. "Why are you back so soon? I mean, you're staying, right?"
"Uh, no. I just saw something happen, and I had to come down."
"Oh, are you alright?" CD asked. "I mean, you didn't get hurt or anything, did you?"
"No, I'm fine. Hey, I really gotta go now, I'm meeting up with someone later."
Angela smiled, but CD beat her to the question. "Is it Theodore?"
"No. Can I go now?"
"Sure, we're not holding you here," Angela said.
"Well, bye." Jinny walked off.
CD turned to Angela, concerned. "What's up with her?"
"I don't know, maybe she's still mad?"
CD looked off into the distance and shook her head slightly. "I don't think so, she's got something else on her mind. She's never like that unless she's been drinking..."
"Hey, did you notice something? I didn't smell beer... And she looks better, too."
"Yeah, I saw that too."
"Do you think she really-"
"Only one way to know... We can ask her tomorrow, or maybe if the captain wants to call her in or something. But right now we need to go in, Kate might send out backup or something."
Angela looked up at her for a minute, then laughed. "Okay, lets go in."

Magda slowly turned another corner. Nothing yet... A movement beside a dumpster caught her eye. There she saw a man that fit Jinny's description, and another man holding a brown bag. He held the bag out, and the other man nodded, and handed him a large roll of bills. The guy counts the money, then shakes his head and holds out his hand. The other one reached in his pocket and drew out a gun.
"Freeze, SFPD!" Magda held her gun with one hand, and quickly flashed her badge with the other. "Drop the gun!" The man that recieved the money bolted then, and Magda ran up to the man with the gun. "Okay, I shoot, you shoot, maybe we both die, but what would be gained? Please, put the gun down, and I won't hurt you."
"I'd rather die than be arrested by a woman. Get a man out here, maybe he could do the job, but you? No, I don't think so."
"You don't want to know what I can do, but you'll find out if you don't put the gun down, and hold your hands up!"
"I think we have company."
"Wha-" A hand grabbed her mouth, and the guy in front of her grabbed her gun. It's happening again! But this time I don't have Jinny...
"I don't like it when my nose gets broken repeatedly by cops, especially women cops. I knew someone would come, but you? Hah, where's your partner?" the man behind her said.
Magda tried to speak, but her mouth was still covered. "Oh, I'm sorry. Mike, let the poor woman speak," the man in front of her said.
Magda looked behind her. "Y... You're the one..."
"Yeah, how'd ya know? Look, I'm not gonna make ya beg, that was Vance's kinda thing. I have something else in mind..." His eyes raked her body, and she shuddered. "Charley, you can go now, get away before the cops catch you." The man with her gun started to jog away, but Mike called him back. "Charley, the gun.
"I ain't giving you the gun!"
"You have another one!"
"Yeah, but when I start to go away you might shoot me."
"Hmm... You know me too well. Look, if you don't give me the gun, you'll never get your turn at her. I'll do her, kill her, and hide her where no one, including you, can find her. Understood?"
"I'd shoot you."
"Yeah, you would."
"You know, Mike, you've gotten a lot rougher, what happened to ya?"
"Magdalena Ramirez, mother of Benjamin Ramirez and fiance of Gabriel Hernandez."
"But... How did you know I was engaged? I haven't told anyone!"
"Security cameras, babe. Now, let's go." He grabbed her hand and tried to pull her behind the dumpster, but she wouldn't move. "Now, Magda, come on, don't make me force you."
"What, do you expect me to go along and let you rape me? I don't think so."
"Hey, Charley, come on, gimme the gun!"
"No way!"
"Fine then!" Mike grabbed Magda and started kissing her, and then ripped her shirt. He tore it off of her, and then started running his fingers through her hair.
"Mike, stop it!" Charley yelled. "I changed my mind, I don't wanna do this!"
Mike reluctantly broke away from Magda, and she tried to bolt. He grabbed her arm, but she broke away. Mike pulled out a knife and threw it at her.
"No, Magda, watch out!"
The knife hit her, and she went down.

MUAHAHAHAAA!!! I'm evil, huh? I'll leave y'all hangin for a few hours, a day at the most, but I'm totally unblocked on this fic! It's the easiest one to write on I've ever had! :P well, off to write, buh-byezies!

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"Don't hurry, don't worry, and don't forget to smell the flowers." T. Rice

"Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties." Helen Keller

"Happiness is doing with a smile what you have to do anyway."


~*Danielle, off topic queen, with my side-kick, sue z q, and trainee Teddys_Angel_Jinny!*~

[This message has been edited by BlairW_1 (edited 08-07-2001).]

[JoJoJoJoJoJoJoJoJo]

OMG you can't do this to me!!! MORE MORE MORE

[BlairandJo]

MORE I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;o)

[Honey Angel]

I LOVE it! You have got to post more...and I mean soon!

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Nancy: I'm drawn to very flawed characters, because I have so many myself. And my friends are my friends because they seem to look beyond these flaws and love me anyway.

"War doesn't decide who's right, just who's left." -Source Unknown