Chapter 2

Mallory's head rested on Colby's chest. His fingers gently ran through her hair. They both were lying on the couch, Colby halfway lying under Mallory.

"We should go," Mallory told him, looking at the clock hanging on the wall and seeing that their hour was almost up.

"Yeah," Colby replied, sighing.

Mallory pushed herself off of his body, and stood up, reaching her hands out to Colby. He took them, and stood up. The both grabbed their bags, and walked out of Mallory's small apartment down to their separate cars, driving to the office.

"Ok," Don said, "We've got two hikers that were found dead about an hour ago, we aren't sure what happened…"

The team nodded.

"One team of two, and one team of three," Don informed, tossing a set of keys to David.

"David, you're with Colby and Mallory," He informed, seeing the three nod, "Megan, you're with me," she nodded and grabbed her duffle bag.

"This is the address, it's a small motel about a mile away from the crime scene," Don said, "We'll meet there as soon as we all get there,"

"Alright," David said, walking out of the office, with Colby and Mallory following.

The three walked down to the car garage, and climbed into the car that the keys Don had given to them. David got into the driver's seat, Colby in the passenger seat, and Mallory in the back. David pulled out of the garage, Megan and Don pulling out behind them. The drive to the mountains was a little over two hours.

"So, how long have you two known each other?" David asked, glancing over at Colby.

"I don't know," Colby answered, looking back at Mallory.

"Twenty years," She informed them.

"That's a long time," David said, not sure what else to talk about on the long drive to the mountains.

Colby's phone started to ring, and he answered it, "Granger,"

"Hey, it's Don," Don said, "We need to kick it into high gear, they're expecting rain,"

"Great, just what we need," Colby replied, "We're still an hour out, and that's with breaking speeding laws,"

"Get up there as soon as possible, if we're not up there when you guys get there, just get to the crime scene and get as much evidence as you can before it rains," Don informed them, "If we get up there first, we'll be at the crime scene."

"Ok, we'll get there as soon as possible," Colby said, hanging up, he turned to David, "Apparently, we're expecting rain at the crime scene and we need to get up there as soon as possible,"

David pushed down on the pedal a bit more, accelerating, "Don said not to worry about going to the motel first, just get to the crime scene," Colby informed.

"Alright, we should get there in about an hour," David said, continuing to drive.

"So, Don said before you arrived," Colby began, talking to Mallory, "That you were transferring from the office in Islamabad, Pakistan… What were you doing over there?"

"Well, after I got done with school and training, that was where there were job offers," Mallory replied, "I guess that's just where I ended up,"

"Had you been waiting for a job back in the states?" Colby asked, curious as to why she came back.

"Yes, and no," She answered, "I had wanted to come back state-side for a while, but I also liked it there, too,"

He nodded in response.

It was David's turn to ask a question, "What made you want to be an FBI agent?"

"Well…" Mallory thought about the question a moment before answering, "I think what really pushed me to become a FBI agent was the fact, that when I was younger I lost my best friend to the war," Colby immediately knew she was talking about him, he couldn't tell if David knew or not, "I just wanted to help prevent wars from happening, so I wouldn't have to go through that again,"

David nodded, the rest of the car ride was pretty much silent, other than a few small conversations. David pulled into the driveway of a state park, where Don and Megan had just arrived.

"Hey guys," Don greeted, pulling out a crime scene kit from the back of the truck.

"Hey," The three greeted all wearing FBI Agent jackets. The five walked up the small trail to the crime scene where they could easily see the large storm clouds rolling in.

"We need to get a move on," Don ushered, quickly collecting evidence, while the rest of his team took pictures, and examined the body.

"The rain's coming in, get the bodies packed up," He said, seeing David and Megan putting the bodies in the body bags, and placing them on gurneys wheeling them down to the trucks.

"OK, Megan, why don't you head back to the office, we need to get these bodies in for an autopsy, and take the evidence back for analysis, David, Colby, Mallory and I will stay up here to question people coming through here, and look for anything left behind after this storm," Don informed, seeing Megan climb into the driver's seat of the truck her and Don had driven up there.

"Alright," She agreed, "I'll see you guys when you come back,"

"See ya," Colby bided, the others offered other forms of goodbye.

"Let's take a look around the area, before this rain comes in," Don ordered, after Megan pulled away.

"Right," Colby said, "Johnny and I can take a hike higher into the mountains seeing if we can find any sign of murder, right now, though, it looks like these two just took a nasty fall."

"Ok," Don agreed, "You two, see where the blood trail starts, any sign of a fall document it and try to get back before the rain starts, I don't like the idea of two of my agents up on this mountain when it's raining,"

"We'll be careful, Don," Colby said, starting to walk off, up the trail, Mallory following closely behind.

Don turned to David, "Let's take a closer look at the crime scene, see if we can find anything else,"

David nodded, and the two men walked up to the crime scene.

Mallory followed closely behind Colby, both watching their step, not wanting to take the same fall their victims had taken if that is what had happened.

"Hey," Mallory said, getting Colby's attention, "What's this?"

"Be careful, that's really close to the edge," Colby said, walking over to her.

"I'll be fine…" Her sentence was cut off by a rock slipping out from under her, sending her flying over the edge of the mountain.