The Fallen

Chapter One: Broken

"All I ever wanted was your life"

Dosed by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Note: I only own the ideas, and the 4 original characters, nothing else.

Dedication: I dedicate this to my sisters and the doughnut humor is inspired by the insane conversations we've had. They are my blood and I love them, they are understanding about my Power Ranger addiction so its all good.

Police Station 13

7:30 am

Detective Kimberly Hart got out of her car and sighed. This was now a normal day for her, even though her work was now dark she didn't care, because this was her new life. She had transferred to the Police Station a few months before and at first was worried about fitting in, since she was getting a new job and partner but instantly she was welcomed. She and her partner were both new to the violent crimes unit, and instantly became the best the station had had in years. Maggie Cassidine was her age, her demeanor was cold but she was a very caring and strong person. Kim was glad that she and Maggie got along as well as they did, she felt alone in the town. All her friends had broken away long ago, she felt so alone and was now glad that she had Maggie to talk to, but a feeling of guilt still lingered within her soul for her friends that she hadn't seen in years. Kim sighed and looked up to the darkening sky, grabbing the box that had been sitting in the passenger seat she headed inside just as the sky opened and rain poured down from the sky. She walked through the crowd of fellow officers and set the box down on the table that held muffins, some fruit that'd been there longer than Kim and things to put in their coffee. She laughed as a crowd surrounded her as she opened the box and took two doughnuts, and squeezed through the milling group.

"Hey! Why are there bites taken out of every single one?" someone asked, Kim smiled and with a glance over her shoulder responded.

"I had to make sure there was no poison in them! The station deserves the best!" Laughter filtered through

the mob of officers, and she shook her head, then headed to her office where her partner was no where to be seen. She set down the doughnuts and went back into the center of the office.

"Hey, where's my partner?" she asked, the secretary looked over to her.

"Oh, she's in a meeting with the Captain, but I'm not sure if she's still there, she might be in the tombs. Check there first." Kim thanked the woman, then headed to the back of the station where they housed the criminals yet to be charged.

As she walked passed several cells, the people inside were laying on the cots sleeping or pacing, but as she passed the one on the very end she stopped dead in her tracks as the recognition of the woman in the cell hit her like a punch in the face.

"Trini!"

"Something's wrong,

Trying to conquer these fears I thought were gone.

And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world I don't belong

I can't wait for someone to hear me,

And wait for someone to touch me.

And wait forever to be told,

I'm forever alone."

Wait by Earshot

Kim stared in disbelief as the woman she had been best friends with in high school, stood opposite her in the cell. Trini stared coolly at Kim, her eyes weren't the friendly ones she once knew but they were harsh, and indifferent.

"Hello Kimberly." She stated simply, in a whispery calm voice that startled Kim.

"What are you doing in there?!" Kim demanded, Trini smiled and it made her uneasy, though she didn't know why.

"Trying to connect with a serial killer." She said, softly, then she walked over to Kim so they were face to face, Trini was slightly taller than she was and it was something Kim never really noticed before.

"I'm with the FBI, Special Agent Trini Kwan. I'm tracking a killer whose murdered 10 people and abducted an 11th a few days ago. I've come to see if you and your partner would like to help me and my team hunt for the killer. He may have actually been here a few days ago in this cell. He's getting more and more violent and he has to be stopped." Trini explained, Kim looked to her and sighed, brushing a stray hair from her eyes.

"I wouldn't know if he was in here, this is the first time in a week I've been in here, Cassidine and I just finished a case yesterday."

"I know." Trini said, not elaborating on what she meant, then with a sad smile explained. "We've been watching you for a while Kimberly, you and Cassidine are a powerful team together. My superiors have agreed that with you on our side we could finally bring this bastard down. When they extend an offer to work with us, it's a very good thing and I'm glad its you that has been chosen. It's been so long since high school hasn't it?" The Asian woman asked, reaching through the cold steel bars and gently taking Kim's hand, Kim took her hand and held it tight.

"Too long, when you left it felt like I lost my sister." Kim felt tears burning in her eyes, and felt her throat begin to tighten.

"I felt the same way, but don't worry, we're together again. I don't intend on losing you again, Kim. We went through so much that we shouldn't have let anything come between us like this. I still see Zack, Jason, and occasionally I'll get a message from Billy which is nice but Kim we were practically sisters. I think losing contact with you hurt the most." Kim nodded in agreement and Trini cleared her throat, Kim knew that Trini was trying not to cry too.

"Don't worry, I'll be glad to join your team, and I promise that no matter what happens, I won't let you down like that again. Ok? I feel like it was mainly my fault that we drifted apart, you called me all the time and then I got so busy with my gymnastic stuff that I couldn't keep in touch. I'm so sorry, I'll never let it happen again." Kim swore, Trini sniffled.

"I felt the same way, only with the peace conference instead of gymnastics. But we're together again, working as a team and nothing will tear us apart again, we've gone through too much when we were in high school to just let year go by again." Trini agreed, squeezing Kim's hand again, then they smiled comfortingly. Then the door opened and Maggie Cassidine walked in, her eyebrows raised.

"Kim? What are you doing?" she asked, Kim let go of Trini's hand and dried her eyes as her new partner came over to her, she saw Trini on the inside of the cell and opened the door.

"There you are Agent Kwan, your crew said you'd be in here. Kim, you know her?" Cassidine asked, Kim nodded as Trini stepped out of the cell and into the hall.

"Yeah, we're old friends…more like sisters, oh! Trini this is Maggie Cassidine, Cassidine this is Agent Trini Kwan. Where'd you go off to anyways?" Kim asked her partner.

"Captain's office, Agent Kwan-"

"Call me Trini, please, Agent Kwan gets old fast." Trini said, smiling.

"Ok, then Trini's crew came in this morning and they asked Captain if we could work with them. Well Captain finally agreed to let us go with them." Cassidine said, Kim smiled at Trini.

"We're a team again Trini, only this time your in charge. How's it feel?" Kim asked, Trini smiled, as they both thought of Jason, a man who was like their big brother.

"Pretty damn good. Just do as I say and we'll be fine." Trini warned, then continued. "Come on, I'll introduce you to the other team members." Together the three walked back into the office space where three people were standing outside of Kim and Cassidine's office.

"Kim and Maggie, this is Julie Mackenzie, Shawn Nash and Dylan Cameron, guys this is Kimberly Hart and Maggie Cassidine. Now, we're set, lets get back to our head quarters." Trini said, and lead the five out the door.

"Kim, you and Cassidine, follow me, we'll go to my hotel room where we'll cover our bases, like where we're at and where we're going and get to know each other to make this a lot easier." Trini said, and Kim nodded as she and Cassidine headed to her car while Trini and the others headed to a car they had rented.

Then they drove to a cheap hotel where the Agents were staying and gathered in Trini's room, where files were locked in her suitcase that was hidden under her bed. She sat in the center of her bed and began to set down the files in an order she'd been working on, once she had finished she opened one and handed Kim a picture of the first victim and the crime scene. The first thing that she noticed was beside the victim was a piece of paper, and the writing was in crimson.

"Trini is that blood?" Kim asked, Trini nodded, then began to reach for another folder.

"First look at the victim then I'll show you what the paper is." Trini had closed her eyes, and Kim knew she was seeing the crime scene over again, as Kim took one corner of the picture and Cassidine took the other and together they looked at the first victim. The woman was their age, her long blond hair was mostly red, her blood was every where, and she had a bullet wound that had taken off half her face and another through her abdomen.

"She was the least injured out of all the victims so far, the 11th is going to be probably unrecognizable, each one has gotten substantially worse with each murder committed." Shawn said, Kim looked over to the man, he was very muscular and powerfully built, and his eyes were soft and gentle, though he looked like he could break her in half effortlessly. At his side, Julie nodded, her long brown hair was now swept back in a loose ponytail and her hands were on Shawn's arms and Kim knew that they were together, since now they were staring longingly at one another. Meanwhile she watched as Dylan stare at her partner, his dark eyes swept over Maggie's body while she fixed her eyes coldly on him, he smiled and stopped, and Maggie smiled too, but then looked back to Trini who handed a copy of the paper to Kimberly. Kim's eyes grew wide as she began to read it.

"This sick bastard is writing out his sick fantasy in her blood, she wasn't the one to complete it so he's continued it. Each victim wasn't "right" so he's hunting until he finds the perfect one." Kim said, Trini nodded, and took back the pictures and the copy of the first chapter of the murders, replacing them to their correct files.

"Do you have an idea who is his perfect one?" Maggie asked, Trini shook her head.

"No, but in the last chapter he hinted where he might get his next victim, and it was here." Julie said, softly, as she reloaded her gun and placed it back in its holster. Then Dylan's cell phone rang he answered and they could tell something was wrong.

"They found a mutilated body down in the park, three kids who were taking a short cut found it. Its pretty bad." He announced Trini sighed and began to put away all the files and placed her bag back under her bed.

"Lets go." She said, and they headed to the crime scene. When they arrived, an ambulance had arrived and the EMTs gathered the three teens that had found the body in the back to try to help them get over the shock.

"Cameron, Mackenzie, Nash talk to the three individually get all the details you can, Kim, Cassidine come with me, this is not going to be pretty." Trini instructed as she began to head where the body was. As Kim got closer she saw blood every where she looked, the ground was soaked in it, the surrounding bushes and trees had droplets falling like rain as she approached the body. Trini was placing the newest "chapter" written by the killer into a bag and Kim uncovered the body, or what was left of it. She knew that this victim for the rest of her days would haunt her, Trini sighed and covered it back up, and she and Cassidine grabbed onto Kim, leading her away from the corpse.

"How bad?" Julie asked, as they joined the three who were done questioning the kids, they stepped aside as the CSI crew carried the body past, now as it was encased in a body bag.

"She has no face." Kim whispered.