Summary: Timeframe: November 2000 - One year after ‘A Part of Me'. "A man can be driven to extremes to protect those that he loves." - Kwai Chang Caine In ‘A Part of Me', KFTLC fanfic story written by Renegade. Sick with pneumonia, wracked with fever, and unable to defend himself, Kermit is kidnapped by a gang of motorcycle thugs and brutally violated then tortured. As Peter and Karen desperately search for him, Peter's rage builds and finally consumes him, causing him to forsake his badge and the way of the Shaolin, in order to enact vengeance. Fifth in the 'Ties that Bind' series WARNING! -- ADULTS ONLY PLEASE -- WARNING! - Male gang rape, torture and violence are involved. This story is not for the faint of heart or for anyone that is sensitive to such images.

Summary: Timeframe: immediately following the events of ‘Retribution'. Paul Blaisdell must now leave his family, his friends and his life as a police officer to battle his demons; or at least that is what he has told them. It has been a difficult departure, as he has had to say goodbye to those he loves...including a man he has called a close friend for over twenty-three years, and a man that despite the cold steel of his ex-mercenary façade, is having perhaps the hardest time accepting his departure...and the final goodbye that must be said between them... Part of the "Ties that Bind" series -- This story can stand on its own, however, parts of it are referred to in the story "A Moment of Truth."

A father remembers the past.

Kwai Chang Caine and Peter spend the day together.

Peter deals with a part of his past that he's buried.