FIC: Margaritas/Cinco de Mayo (Crimin4l Numb3rs)
Title: Margaritas/Cinco de Mayo
Series: Crimin4l Numb3rs
Author: Valerie Vancollie (valeriev84 [at] hotmail.com)
Characters: Don, Billy Cooper
Rating: PG
Summary: Sometimes justice requires a little rule bending. Little by little...
Spoilers: Man Hunt
Timeline: I have now created a Master List for this series which lists all of the drabbles for the series in both the order they appeared and in chronological order. This drabble is set before Starting Over and is the earliest drabble to date.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Numb3rs characters, items or situations. I only lay claim to the original aspects of the fic.
"Aren't you glad that we did it?" Billy inquired as they passed a group of laughing children, whom their newly acquired fugitive's eyes followed down the street.
"Yes," Don admitted as he gave Groening a slight shove.
The adrenaline still coursing through his body from the chase and the stinging from his bruised face overrode any sense of guilt for what they'd done. Though it would probably come later when he thought about it.
It was illegal.
Yet this close to the border many towns were celebrating Cinco de Mayo and Don shuddered to think of Groening loose any longer among the crowds. The man was a sexual predator and his tastes ran to the very young.
Still, if the woman complained...
"Don't worry about her," Coop chastised, effortlessly reading him. "Didn't you see the number of empty margarita bottles on the floor? No way she'll remember us."
Don knew that didn't make it legal, but the photos from Groening's file left no doubt of the man's evil and he knew they'd done the right thing.
Which did nothing to explain the odd thrill he'd felt when he'd given in or the strange exhilaration that coursed through him even now.