Ashes to Ashes
Torn Apart By Time
By Hannah Curbishley
Chapter 1- It Was You
Alex Drake ran around the van, trying as hard as she could to save her parents lives. Alex was trapped in 1981 and today was the day her parents died. Alex stood there, watching her little self run after a red balloon.
"ALEX, COME ON GET BACK IN THE CAR!" Older Alex stood watching her mother shouting to her younger self as her father removed his glasses. Her father did a cross with his hand as his body. Suddenly he grew very calm and telltale white paint appeared on his face. He was now the clown that had been haunting Alex ever since she had been shot in 2008.
"Dad," Alex said, shocked. Her father gave her a wink, and the car that held her parents exploded, knocking Alex onto the floor. Alex slowly sat up on the cold, black asphalt road, picking herself up to look at the burning car before falling to her knees again.
Alex looked towards her little self. A tall dark figure ran toward little Alex taking her hand. Little Alex let go of her red balloon. It floated away on the smoke covered air. A blanket of smoke swept around Little Alex and the figure. As the smoke slowly drifted away Alex looked up from where she was to see little Alex's face placed onto the figure's coat as he tried to keep her from seeing what had happened. Alex looked into the figure's eyes and shock overwhelmed her. IT WAS GENE, GENE HUNT!
Alex couldn't believe that Gene was the man that helped her after her parents died
"It was you," Alex whispered to herself, before Gene scooped little Alex into his arms, carrying her away from the scene.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO," Alex screamed through her sobs, "NOOOOOOOOOOOO."
Alex tried to save her parents and failed. Still, she now knew who helped her all those years ago. It was Gene, the man that she had fallen in love with in the nine months she had been trapped in 1981.
Alex Drake is the police officer from 2008. She's been shot and that bullet has taken her back to 1981. She knew she was either seconds from life or seconds from death, and all she can do is fight, search & stay alive because somehow she'll find her way back home, back home to her daughter, Molly.
Author Comment
This is half the ending to Episode Eight of Series 1. I haven't seen Series 1, just the first three episodes of Series 2 so the next chapter will be better. Alex/Gene *Forever & Always*