Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Family, Humor
Rating: M for sexual situations and language
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters featured on the show Castle, they belong to the creator of the show, ABC, and the others who do own them.
A/N #1: Since this chapter is so short I'll be posting the next one in a few hours. So if anyone wants to read it look out for it then!
A/N #2: The title of this story is a lyric from the song Blue Jay Way written by George Harrison, from The Beatles album Magical Mystery Tour. The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Light My Fire by The Doors, from their self-titled album.
Night On Fire
The breeze was warm and the figure hidden in the darkness smiled as conditions had proven to be perfect for their plans. They turned from the hill they were at the bottom of and glanced at the view of the cities spread out before them. Something seemed to go through their mind and they began to run up, using the trail they'd worn into the dirt until they could see the white buildings at the top.
There they stopped, slightly panting and trying to keep quiet as they could see the figures moving around in the shadows of the light. They breathed out heavily as they kept an eye on the shadows, making sure no one would see them. At the same time, there was a large amount of wrestling with their own consciousness as they tried to make their final decision.
'You're going to lose what's been more important to you than anything,' the voice inside their head commented.
'It's needed, they need to know how much they love me,' they argued back though they did so mentally.
'And if you kill them and your home?' the voice replied.
'That's a sacrifice I already knew about,' they said simply. They waited for the voice to start up again but there was no response. They were about to leave to begin when the voice gave them pause.
'You know they don't really care about you; they don't know you; no one does,' the voice said.
'Shut up!' they replied, shocked their own mind would literally betray them verbally with that.
'Then why do this again? Leave them alone and just live your life,' the voice said.
"I have no life," they growled though they tried to keep their voice down. "It's the only way."
With that they moved over to where they had found the perfect starting point and there was a flicker of light in their hands. Leaning over they set the flame to the dried-out tree that began to burn. Very rapidly they rushed down the hill enough so they could see the tree itself and then the buildings and shadows above.
Their heart began to pound rapidly as the flames began to lick the night sky and they had to fight their excitement from getting too far out of hand. Forcing their eyes up to the figures they saw there was a group that began to look down the hill and at the fire that was then spreading out to some dried foliage around the tree.
"Yess," they breathed out in joy seeing half of the group making their way down. They hesitated; as they knew they needed to go; before they finally pushed themselves and ran down the hill. They knew it would only take a matter of time before finally they would see them again so they didn't pay close attention to their path. All that filled their head was the sound of the fire and the feel of the breeze that would assist them.
But before they could reach the very bottom they had to stop and turn, a smile spreading over their face as the fire was doing nicely. They debated if they could watch there and began to look around, searching for a place to hide and wait.
"Hey!" a voice suddenly said, startling the figure.
Throwing themselves down the rest of the hill they tried their best to stay ahead of the person giving chase though it became difficult. They soon heard footsteps getting closer and closer as they neared the fence they'd climbed over and with a flying leap they tried to reach it as the person behind them was doing the same to catch them and everything went dark as the fire spread above them.