TITLE: Carjacked
BY: Ellie!
CHAPTER: 1/?
Kind of a oneshot-ish. Eric and Nell centric! The whole team features though.
This was written in exactly one hour and that's why I am not fully sure as to how I am going to proceed. But there is something in my head...so I am just going to try to type it down here. I think the title explains a lot. Anyways...hope you enjoy it. Please do review.
CHAPTER:1
Eric and Nell were happy. It was after a very long time that they were getting the chance to leave the OSP centre before 3 freaking A.M in the morning and they had all the intentions of making the best of it. Eric walked down the stairs swiftly not wanting to waste a single second, Nell right behind him.
"Hey Eric?" Nell called out awkwardly poking him on his shoulder.
He turned around and stared at her for a while, like he usually did. He shook his head jerking away his thoughts, "Hmm…?"
"Uhh…Can you drop me home?" It was a simple question. Yes or no. But not so for Eric.
"No…" Wait what the hell are you saying? He smacked himself at the back of his the head. "Uhh.. I mean yes. Why not? Why wouldn't I? I will. Definetly. Sure. Let's go." He turned around screwing up his face before shaking his head with disbelief. Ruined it. His anger only lasted for a second though. He was too happy now for it to persist any longer, correction…he was beyond happy.
"Exactly!" Nell spoke her eyes glistening with delight. She smiled to herself realizing just how much she loved spending time with her partner. There was nothing more exhilarating to her, not even field work, than having a simple conversation with him.
Eric stared at Nell in between glances back to the empty road. He really liked her. His mind began to wander off to the time when he used to work at the OSP centre alone, it sure was dull. But Nell's presence had made his job comfortable…satisfying. He unintentionally stared at her while she had her eyes on the road.
"Eric look out!" She yelled at the top of her lungs pulling him away from his thoughts.
His head suddenly snapped forward gasping at the sight in front of him. Two large men stood with guns in their hands and no plans whatsoever of moving out of their way. With fear intensifying in his body and the desire to not run down his possible attackers, Eric pushed on the brakes with all his might before losing balance of the steering wheel as it changed the course of direction crashing into a large tree, the airbags pinning his body to the seat uncomfortably. The back wheels of the car re-connected with the ground as Eric breathlessly turned to look at his partner, "Nell…" he yelled through his throbbing headache. She was unconscious. No, no please. You need to be okay.. "NELL…" He yelled as loudly as he could before losing consciousness.
"What do you wanna do J? The car is of no use to us now."
"I dunno Al, let's get whatever we can and get outta here."
Eric groaned and reached for his head as he woke up. He could hear muffled voices, make out a few words but only barely. His head was pounding, probably due to the air bags that had blown into his face and the large gash on his forehead which was bleeding. He squinted before quickly shutting his eyes to try and stop the blazing pain coursing through his right arm. What happened? His mind questioned clearly unaware of the surroundings. He felt in his heart that he was forgetting something very important. Something that needed his first and foremost attention. Or was it someone?
He winced as he felt his head start to spin again. He could only remember bits and pieces of what had happened and that frightened him more than ever. He was going somewhere with someone on a lonely dark road, he had managed to remind himself. He comprehended that he was sitting on the driver's seat of his crashed car, the windshield of which was shattered into tiny pieces, the mystery of how it had happened persistently nagging him.
He gave himself time emptying his mind of all thoughts. Once he could see much clearly rather than just blur patches he winced as it all came rushing back to him.
"Nell?" He asked desperately hissing in pain circling his throbbing arm around his waist, the uninjured hand clutching his shoulder to prevent any movement, not turning around yet.
"I'm f'ne… I thi'k." came the deficient reply after a few seconds. You think? That was far from satisfying.
He carefully and cautiously turned towards his left seeing colorful spots as the pain in his neck notified him of its existence. His mind was still not fully attentive but nothing could keep him from assessing his partner's condition. He noticed she had some nasty bruises on her arms and face but other than that everything seemed pretty intact.
Still not satisfied, "You sure?" He asked bending a little towards a confused Nell looking for any injuries he might have missed.
Before he could fully convince himself, Eric felt someone suddenly open his side of the door and grab him from the back jostling his injured arm, bending it at various angles. His whole body went numb as he felt the pain in his arm magnify at alarming rates. His heart beat increased a notch as he heard a scream escape his partner's mouth who was at present weak and hurt, unlike her usual self who undeniably, irrespective of being vertically challenged, had the juice to take down large men.
He screamed in pain as he fell on his injured arm, one side of his face in contact with the ground. His pang lasted only for a second as he noticed another larger man hurl Nell right beside him.
"Oh my god, Eric you okay?" Nell quickly asked carefully supporting most of Eric's weight as he struggled to get up, hissing as pain blared through his upper body.
The duo now sat on the ground, Nell's fingers loosely curling on to Eric's injured arm. Their eyes only met for a second speaking volumes as the two calmed down under each other's touch finally deciding to use their intelligence to get out of the situation at hand.
They noticed one of the two men ransacking their car, the other larger one holding a gun aimed at Nell's head. Carjackers. They thought in unison.
"Stay still. Anyone moves, I shoot her in the head."
While Eric was more focused on controlling his uneven breathing, Nell was intently staring at the man rummaging the insides of their vehicle. Eric noticed and followed her sight frowning in confusion.
Before he could get the chance to ask, "Al, you done?" he heard the larger man ask impatiently.
"J, wait man! This takes time. As far as I know they have nothin in here except..."
There was a long pause. "Except what?"
Eric was keenly listening to the conversation of their attackers still confused as to what they could possibly find in his car before quickly getting distracted by a sudden intake of breath by Nell.
"Hey…what happened? You okay?" He asked worriedly.
"They're cops!" The man named 'Al' yelled in frustration. "J, they're freakin cops!"
Realization struck Eric. Nell's gun and their batches were stacked somewhere in the car, great. Now they were officially screwed.
Tell me what you think? Should I continue? Thanks anyways for reading! The next chapter will be up tom. or the day after!
-Ellie!
