Revelation

The washroom in the police station is a small space, but the basins are large enough to rinse off the remaining vomit from his patrol boots. It wasn't going to be so easy to wash away what happened to Jack. Not knowing yet the extent of the other man's wounds or if he was dead or dying makes Warren's heart pound with fear. If this were a normal situation and the man lived, Jack would be sentenced for assault and if the man died...death by hanging. But this wasn't normal and he had to get Jack out of jail, before things went much further and he ends up at the Yard. Realizing his career was soon to be over, Warren contemplates the outcome of a successful extrication for Jack and the fact he himself would become a wanted criminal; a fugitive from his own belief in justice. How...how could all this be happening...and why am I not grieved at the prospect of this looming situation?
Starring into the mirror, light glinting from air movement around the lanterns, Warren understands why. A smile that has never found a place on his face before begins to appear... I'll be leaving with him...The Ripper of Time!