Oz,Redux

Chapter 13

Keller followed the guard out of the cafeteria and down the hall toward the gym, not the warden’s office or the visitation room. Where the hell were they going? And why was this bastard walking so slow? He wondered before he spoke.

“Where are we going?” Keller asked not liking this situation.

“Shut up, Keller” The guard said shoving him into the gym. When he recovered his balance, his eyes fell on O’Reily, who was lying on the floor face down. He had just registered blood on O’Reily’s shirt, when the first hit came and luckily it knocked him out cold.

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O’Reily groaned with pain and rolled on his back. Everything hurt, Damn guards, Oh Beecher! Why’d you have to open your mouth. He thought as he began to look around. Shit Keller! O’Reily groaned as he got on his hands and knees and crawled toward his friend’s lover, who was only a few feet away.

“Keller, you ok?” O’Reily asked shaking Keller. Keller groaned in response. Stupid guards must have really hit him hard. The sound of running snapped O’Reily to attention, he looked up to see Murphy running toward them. Knowing that they we’re in no danger, O’Reily turned his attention back to waking up the unconscious Keller.

“KELLER!!” O’Reily yelled shaking him harder.

“I’m awake, Damn it! What happened?” Keller said rubbing his sore head.

“Dumb Fucks, found out about Metzger.” O’Reily said looking at Murphy. When the guard looked away guilty, he continued. “They wouldn’t shut up about it.”

“Come on, I got to get you two back to EM City, Beecher’s been standing by the pod door for hours.” Murphy said in a hurry to get them out of the gym and the attention off him.

“Did they hurt him?” Keller asked, his voice edged with panic.

“No!” O’Reily said as he got up off the floor with Murphy’s help. “I said that we told McManus, Beecher’s been through enough.” O’Reily said knowing if he didn’t help calm Keller down, he’d go nuts and that wouldn’t help them right now.

“Thanks, sorry, you got beat up too, but how did you get here first?”

“Right after you left, a guard said Murphy wanted to see me in the gym, I guess he took me the other way.” O’Reily said looking at Murphy’s red face. Someone knew about their relationship and that definitely wasn’t good.

“CRAP! Are you sure they didn’t go after Toby?” Keller said as he started to run toward EM City. Murphy caught up with him and stopped him, as they waited for a limping O’Reily to catch up. Murphy called McManus on his radio. They spoke for a moment, then Murphy turned to Keller.

“McManus says Toby is fine and he is watching him from the tower till we get back.” Murphy says as the start to walk again.

“Good, I told you two if you acted on that information the guards would beat the shit out of us or kill us.” Keller snorted angrily.

“We didn’t think it would get out.” Murphy said sheepishly as they walked through the gate into EM City. Keller glared at McManus, then his eyes softened as he looked up at a very distressed Toby leaning against the door of their pod. He could see Toby’s horrified face when he saw him. Chris followed McManus up the stairs to his pod.

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Toby leaned against the pod door as he waited for Chris to return. He was worried Chris had been gone too long even if it was the cops. Deep down he knew why and it had nothing to do with any police officer. Looking toward the gate again, he was relieved to see Murphy coming in with Chris and O’Reily. As they got closer he realized that Chris was injured. He was flanked by an equally bruised,limping O’Reily and a very pissed Murphy. Toby didn’t look away or close his eyes, he just waited by the door for Chris to get there. When the door opened, Toby was in his arms.

“What happened?” Toby asked very anxiously.

“Hacks found out about Metzger.” Chris said deadpan, holding his panicked lover close.

“Chris…” Toby said with his voice edged with fear.

“Shhh…baby, it’s ok.” Chris said rubbing Toby’s back. “Their not going to hurt you, O’Reily told them that we told McManus. Your safe baby, your safe.” Chris said as Toby clutched him, he hadn’t meant to get Chris and O’Reily hurt… SHIT!!!! Toby was so lost in thought that the door startled him when the lock hissed opened. When he turned around, he saw Dr. Nathan coming to the door.

“Keller, shirt off! McManus wants a full exam.” She said as she entered the pod.

Chris nodded and stripped off his shirt. Dr. Nathan was quiet as she examined Chris’s injuries.

“Dizziness? Nausea?” She asked as checked Chris’s head injury.

“None” Chris said watching Toby’s response carefully. Knowing that he’d start to fret again, when he saw the injuries.

“Good”

“Dr.Nathan, tell McManus I’m not pressing charges.” Chris said putting his shirt back on. She nodded and left to check on O’Reily, who still had a very irate Murphy in his pod. They watched through the glass as Dr. Nathan checked O’Reily over and spoke with Murphy.

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After the lights went out, Toby tried to slowly slip under the covers, just when he thought he would get away with it. Chris’s strong hand pulled him back up.

“I’m not Vern, this might be what he would expect, but I don’t want you paying me with sex. I don’t know how man times I have to tell you, we fuck because I care about you, k?” Chris said making Toby look him in the eyes. Toby nodded as Chris let him go back under the sheets. Chris knew it was a mistake letting him do this, but Damn! Vern taught him well and he hated giving that bastard credit. As Toby took him into his mouth, Chris pulled the covers back so he could see his baby’s blonde head bob up and down. Chris gently ran his hand through Toby’s hair before pulling him up again and rolling him on his back. Chris slowly kissed him and smiled as he watched Toby’s eyes bug when he thrust two finger into him. He listened to Toby gasp and watched him squirm for a moment. Then whispered.

“This is for pleasure and love, baby.” Chris said softly as he pushed into Toby.

“Chris, Chris, Chris, OHHH, GOD! Chris!” Toby yelled with pleasure. Chris smirked and clamped his hand over Toby’s mouth.

“Damn! Your loud, Toby.” Chris growled in his ear playfully and thrust harder. He felt Toby clench around him that made him follow as well. After Chris recovered, he pulled him self up, not wanting to leave the warmth, but still got up and padded to the sink to get a warm washcloth knowing Toby liked to be clean. As he returned he could see Murphy and Mineo at the guard tower talking neither looked happy. He watched as Murphy went to O’Reily’s pod again and Mineo stood at the tower so he could unlocked the door as Murphy approached. He knew where they were going, but he was pretty sure that there would be no sex tonight. O’Reily looked like he was in worse shape than he was. Murphy was probably taking him to the hospital wing.
He felt kinda sorry for O’Reily, it was different for him and Tobe, they didn’t have the division of guard and inmate. It did really matter that they slept together, but Murphy was a guard and in a position of authority, which meant everyone looked at them differently. That and Murphy could easily be fired for having sex with an inmate. Yet the guards took part in rapes everyday and victims were too afraid to turn them in, so they walked. Rape. Just the thought of it made him cringe. The memory of what happened to him under Schillinger and even worse was the memory of Toby bleeding in his arms. At least Murphy didn’t force himself on people. Murphy could be trusted, which was rare for guards and from what it looked like Mineo could be trusted too. He was a grouchy old man, but he didn’t harm inmates unless he had too.

Chris slowly got back into bed and gently cleaned Toby, then he pulled so Toby’s head was laying on his chest and just held him, relieved they hadn’t gotten to him. McManus had sat at the guard station watching his lover as soon as his protectors had gone missing. From what Toby had told him McManus had gotten him from Sister Pete’s office personally, put him in their pod and locked him in. Mineo had gotten his lunch, all three of them had dinner locked in their pod, McManus’s way of protecting them from the guard, Dumb Ass. At least he didn’t fuck up protecting Toby.


Sean opened the door and gently pushed him inside.

“Go lay down, I need to speak to Glynn. I’ll be right out side.” Sean said giving Ryan’s arm a gently squeeze, then he shut the door.

Ryan heard the door’s lock click as he walked toward the bed. Still hurting from this afternoon, he just kicked off his shoes and crawled under the covers.

Ryan laid on his side with Sean’s arms wrapped around him. He didn’t protest when Sean had come to get him. He realized how much today had scared Sean, it had scared him too. Funny though, it looked like Glynn didn’t care what Murphy did with him. He never thought he’d just stand there and talk to McManus, when it was obvious where they were going. The Warden had just nodded to Murphy and didn’t even glance his direction. But then of course good, honest guards were hard to come by, he probably didn’t care about Murphy’s sex life, as long as he kept up the good work.

Ryan groaned and opened his eyes, it had taken him a while to fall a sleep and now he wished he still was, his head was killing him. SHIT! He was the infirmary but he was relieved when he saw Murphy sitting asleep in a chair next to him and they were in a private room.

“Sean?” Ryan said hoarse.

“Hey” Sean said “You started throwing up in your sleep, Dr. Nathan thinks you might have a concussion. Just rest, I’m not leaving your side. McManus gave me a day off with pay, so go back to sleep.” Sean said soothingly.

“K” Ryan said as he let himself drift back sleep. Murphy watched Ryan eyes close and his breath even. He had scared him this morning. Dr. Nathan said it was only a minor concussion and that he would be fine, but he was still worried. Tim and Glynn were too, but they were worried that the guards or inmates might come after him because of his relationship with Ryan. Not that he cared, he was pretty sure that the inmates in EM City knew about the relationship long before the guards had caught on and they didn’t seem to care. The only thing that had him worried was guards taking their anger about their relationship out on Ryan. Though he wanted to protect Ryan, ending their relationship would probably hurt him more than a guards beating. Since he was Ryan’s first, he didn’t want him to think he was being rejected. They would have a long talk about this when he was well enough. This would have to be his decision. Murphy leaned over the side of the bed and kissed his lover on the forehead, before getting comfortable and going back to sleep him self.

TBC