AN: Tom doesn't exist in this story. Just imagine they never met. I don't own The Blacklist or any of its characters.
Enjoy :)
Chapter 1
There are many different kinds of running. Run, or you loose against your friend and you have to pay the ice cream. Run, or the love of your life will be on a train and you loose her forever. Run, so your three year old daughter doesn't fall down from the swing. Run into that burning house and safe them before it's too late. Run, so the FBI doesn't catch you. Or..
Run. Damn it, run as if your life depends on it, or the only important thing that is left in your life will be dead. Run...
7:00 am, Liz's house.
She woke up and had a strange feeling in her stomach, Liz never gets those unless something bad is going to happen. On these days she just wished she could skip to tomorrow or just stay in bed all day, at home, but Liz has to go to work, be at the Post Office in two hours. So she just stood up and walked down into the kitchen for breakfast. After she finished eating, she walked into the bathroom. Liz turned on the radio and got under the shower. After that she brushed her teeth, curled her hair and put on her daily make up. Then walked out of the bathroom and into her bedroom to pick out some clothes.
Liz was upstairs, her bedroom door was closed, the radio was still on and she was too focused on her clothes to hear anything that was happening downstairs. She didn't hear the glass from the door break. The door in her kitchen that led into her garden. She didn't hear the man that was coming into her house who hid behind a wall near the front door.
Upstairs, Liz chose to wear a red peplum top, a black blazer, black jeans and black, flat shoes.
It was already 8:30 am when she walked down the stairs to the front door. She opened the door just a bit, when she heard someone stepping up behind her.
9:30 am, Post Office
Donald Ressler sat at his desk, in the office he shared with Liz. He was going through some files, but couldn't really concentrate on them. 'Where is she? She has never been so late', he thought and started to worry a bit. When the door opened he turned his head quickly, in hope to see her coming in, but instead of his partner it was Meera.
"Hey, where is Liz? Cooper wants to talk to her."
'Shit.'
"Umm, she is, uh, she had to go to the toilet," he lied. If Cooper finds out that she is late again, and now even over half an hour, she'll be in a lot of trouble.
"Ok. Just tell her to go to Coopers office when she's back."
He just nodded and with that Meera went out and closed his door again. Don pulled out his phone and called Liz. Ring. Ring. Ring.
"Hey,"
"Liz, where a-"
"i'm very busy at the mome..." Voicemail.
'Okay, somethings not right. She always picks up. Her phone is her life, Liz would never leave it anywhere she wouldn't hear it. Enough. I can't just sit here and wait.' With that Don walks out of their office and heads for the elevator, making sure neither Cooper nor Meera sees him.
On his way to Elizabeth's house he called her again and again and with each time she didn't pick up, with each ring, he gets more worried about her. He didn't want to think about what could have possibly happened to her. In the last couple of months he really started to care about her and she became very important to him. Not only as a partner, but as a friend and maybe even more. 'Yes'.He has some deeper feelings for her which makes the situation even worse. He could never get over it if he looses her. When she didn't pick up the fifth time, he pressed on full speed and even ignored a stopsign.
He finally reached her street and walked up the stairs to her house. When he reached the top he recognized that the door was standing ever so slightly open. Don swallowed and unholstered his gun, mentally preparing himself for what could be waiting for him on the other side of the door. With his gun drawn he slowly pushed the door open and what he saw was...
AN: Cliffhanger. Muha ha ha ha. What is so shocking on the other side of the door? What happened to Liz? Well, you'll have to wait and see what happens in the next chapter ;). Till then, I hope you enjoyed reading it so far and I would really appreciate it if you would review this story. But no mean comments. Don't like, don't read.
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