This is...different than other fanfics I've done, in that I've placed a song snippet at the beginning of each chapter. Why? God knows, though I think mostly it's to help along what I'm trying to convey in each chapter. There are some songs that just made me think, "omgwtf Krycek", so...here they are.
As the walls are closing in
And the colors fade to black
And my eyes are falling fast and deep into me
And I follow the tracks that lead me down
And I never follow what's right
And they wonder sometimes when they see all the
Sadness and pain the truth begins to light
'Cause I can't see no reason
What is blind cannot see
'Cause I want what is pleasin'
All I take should be free
What I rob from the innocent ones
What I'd steal from the womb
If I cried me a river of all my confessions
Would I drown in my shallow regret
--Black, Sarah McLachlan
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Tick.
Everything stopped for a hellish instant.
Tick.
His mind exploded but his body remained erect. The echo of the gunshot ricocheted off the unfeeling walls of the parking garage, the only noise alongside the last few throbs of his heart.
Tick.
It wasn't supposed to end like this...not like this, not from him. No. Now what? It would all go to hell. Damn you, damn you; how could this happen...
Tick.
He turned, somehow. Green eyes met hazel. Fading hazel eyes. Hurt hazel eyes. As they connected, something flickered behind them.
Tick.
What did it matter now?
Tick.
It was all just a time bomb...
He slumped to the ground, the plastic of his prosthetic arm adding to the illusion of a broken doll, tossed to the back of the toy box.
In momentary silence, the other two men watched as the blood began to trickle from the body of Alex Krycek.