{"id":494,"date":"2014-12-23T05:32:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T05:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/?p=494"},"modified":"2014-12-23T05:32:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T05:32:19","slug":"december-23rd-driven-by-hardboiledbaby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"December 23rd- Driven by hardboiledbaby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hutch drove like a man possessed, which is what he was, after all: a man possessed with the need to find his partner.<\/p>\n<p>Hutch simmered with pent-up rage that a sleepless night had done nothing to assuage. <em>Simon Marcus and his fucking mind games.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As he raced towards the old zoo, Hutch tried to ignore the madman&#8217;s words echoing in his mind:<\/p>\n<p><em>I dreamed Starsky\u2019s death and he is already dying&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;d cracked the code, but Starsky was running out of time. Marcus&#8217; depraved minions were, if nothing else, very good at following orders.<\/p>\n<p>With one last, silent plea\u2014<em>let him be alive, please<\/em>\u2014Hutch floored the pedal.<\/p>\n<p>The Torino answered with a growl and surged forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HutchDriven.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-495\" src=\"https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HutchDriven.png\" alt=\"HutchDriven\" width=\"432\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HutchDriven.png 432w, https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HutchDriven-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/th.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-125\" src=\"https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/th.jpg\" alt=\"th\" width=\"143\" height=\"33\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starsky drove like a man possessed, which is what he was, after all: a man possessed with the need to find his partner.<\/p>\n<p>Vic Humphries&#8217; sneering face taunted him, goading Starsky into an explosive outburst that he hadn&#8217;t regretted in the least. Starsky would do as much and worse, far worse, to anyone who harmed Hutch.<\/p>\n<p>Thank God for Bobby Marsh, and poor old Sonny. But it wasn&#8217;t good news. Hutch was trapped somewhere in a canyon, exposed to the elements, and injured. And it had been two days&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>With one last, silent plea\u2014<em>let him be alive, please<\/em>\u2014Starsky floored the pedal.<\/p>\n<p>The Torino answered with a growl and surged forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Starskydriven.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Starskydriven.png\" alt=\"Starskydriven\" width=\"432\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Starskydriven.png 432w, https:\/\/advent.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2014\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Starskydriven-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hutch drove like a man possessed, which is what he was, after all: a man possessed with the need to find his partner. 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