Not Tonight
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Red Eye or Daybreak!
Summary: Jackson barely survives a pen to his throat and two bullet wounds. When he receives a visit from some disgruntled employers, he learns of another murder—one that hits close to home. He is drugged and when he wakes he discovers that he has a second chance at his job. How far will he go to stop a hit on the very person he vowed to destroy? JxL.
Prologue
It started the same as any other day. A beep from the alarm clock would grab his attention, he would shuffle into the bathroom, take a shower—sometimes hot, sometimes cold—and dress in business attire. Dress shoes, expensive suit, and a freshly pressed button-up shirt covering a plain white undershirt, and he was out the door with his laptop bag in hand.
Except this morning, he woke up in a second-rate motel in Texas and headed off to survey his new best friend. His shirt was a pale green to offset his blue eyes and match her sparkling green orbs and he grabbed a suitcase in attention to his laptop bag.
He followed her to a funeral and watched her from a place in the crowd before rushing to Dallas International Airport to check-in for his red-eye flight home to Miami—where his real job would begin.
He worried that she would not show, but she rushed in and jumped in line as he slid in behind her. They had a brief chat and he offered to meet for her pre-flight drinks at the airport bar. She declined, but ending up meeting him anyways. They shared drinks and meaningless chatter before separating due to a phone call. He was waiting for her on the plane though.
That's when everything began to fall apart.
She refused to listen to him and fought him every step up the way. Just when he thought she was under control, she stabbed him in the throat with a pen. He chased her back to her father's house where she assaulted him with a high-heeled shoe, a fire extinguisher, a vase, a field hockey stick, chairs, and a gun. Full of holes he had been wheeled into the hospital and straight into surgery.
Now, Jackson Rippner was beginning to wake up and he was in pain.
Author's Notes:
Just a quick recap of Red Eye, nothing important. Chapter one will be short, but it will get the story kicked off. This story was suggested by a challenge posted by WalkingInMemphis on the Flight 1019 forum. Enjoy and thanks for reading/reviewing!