I've been blocked for over a week now… I've been able to push out chapters for my other story, "Charlie's Turn" (for Revolution) which I'm sure all of my Author Followers' are aware of, mostly because I have a LOT more people following that and I feel more pressure… not that I don't love you guys.
However there has been some other things stopping me… like my COMPLETE annoyance with the show right now? Am I the only one who just wants to punch Annie in the face right now? I swear to GOD if she fingers that goddamn necklace ONE more time I'm going to jump through the tv rip it off her neck, throw it in a furnace, drive her to Alan's and force to talk to Auggie for god's sake!
Driving me crazy, Walker… driving me crazy.
One more thing, the girl who played parker this last episode… was that the same girl as the other episodes or different? Because I was pretty sure she was different, I'm just too lazy to actually look it up.
Uuuhm, I think that's it for show talk… I suppose I can let you read the new chapter now.
Oh, wait… I wasn't done talking about my block…. .
Anyway, I'm so sorry for taking so long… I'm sort of forcing this out right now and I hope it doesn't come across that way too much.
Here goes nothin'….
Enjoy!
X.x.X.x
"Walker…" Auggie greeted, looking her right in the eye.
"Auggie…" She breathed and stepped into his outstretched arms.
He pulled out a chair for her and sat down before ordering their usual pitcher of beer and fries. "It's been awhile since you've been in here, huh?"
Annie smiled and nodded, "Months, I think." She watched him while longer as they sat in silence for a bit, while waiting for their beer to come. It had been so long since she'd just sat with him, let alone talked. It was nice to have him so close again… to see him smile… to hear his voice. Danielle had said that her voice changed whenever she talk to or about him… she was beginning to realize exactly what she meant by that.
The food finally came and she dug into the fries and took a long gulp of beer, "I haven't had either of these in ages… I've DREAMED of these fries and a cold beer…"
Auggie smirked and joined her in demolishing their orders in a matter of minutes. "Annie…" he started and she stopped everything to listen to what he had to say.
"We never did finish our conversation…"
"Auggie…" She started and took his hand in hers carefully.
"No, Walker… let me say this…" She nodded and waited patiently for him to begin.
There was a loud bang from somewhere in the kitchen and she looked away for a moment before looking back at him but he was gone. "Auggie?" She called and looked around but everyone was gone, all the patrons and waitress'… everyone. "Auggie?!" She screamed and stood, running out of Alan's and into a deserted street. "Auggie?! Don't leave me alone!" She cried and began to run through the streets.
She stopped in the middle of the empty street and let out a strangled cry, "Auggie!"
X.x
Her head snapped up from her chin touching her chest to looking around the dark, damp room. "Where am I?" She asked aloud, figuring if someone was in there with her it was as good as saying, 'hello?'.
A figure emerged from the shadows of the corners of the room and spoke, "Somewhere… safe." He started and Annie was reminded who it was that had brought her here.
"Dmitri…"
"Hello, Annie…" He said softly and stood directly in front of her. "We need to talk."
X.x.X.x
"Joan," Auggie greeted, opening her door without a knock or other sort of warning, bringing Joan to her feet in surprise.
"Auggie… wha-" He stepped up to her desk in three long, hurried strides and tossed a file on her desk. "What is this?" She asked and opened the file and scanned over the images and brief descriptions and summaries, blanching when it mentioned Lena. "Where's Annie…?" She asked, realization dawning on her.
"He has her." Auggie said bitterly.
"What else do you know?" She asked and sat down.
Auggie dipped his head and let out a long breath before beginning.
X.x.X.x
"So this is talking from where you come from?" Annie quipped her head rolling back over the backrest of the metal chair she was bound to.
"You killed her, in cold blood… in her own safe house." He said angrily and flexed his hand.
Annie's head snapped back up to look at him, "She tried to have me killed… four times!" She shouted back but was cut short when his fist connected with her jaw. She rolled her neck a bit before spitting a wad of blood and a tooth at Dmitri's feet. "She had it coming, and if you weren't so emotionally attached… you'd know it too." Another punch.
"You're not in a position to be talking about Lena like that…" he said, his voice heavy with emotion.
Annie ran her lip across her bottom lip. "You know, if this is how we're going to 'talk'..." She spat out some more blood and cracked her neck. "I think you should cut me loose… so it can be more of a 'discussion'."
Dmitri threw his head back and laughed. "This is one argument you are not going to win…" He said and she heard the sound of metal sliding across stone and blanched.
"Dmitri… listen. I know what it's like to lose someone you love."
"Simon-"
"Not Simon… Simon was different… I'm talking about love… true love." She rushed, her heart pounding in her ears.
"What do you know of true love?" He laughed darkly and she was forced to think about that. With everything she'd been through with Ben… Jai… Simon… even Eyal whenever anyone asked if she was ever in love… the first person she thought of was the young man who had "accidently" walked into the girls room instead of the boys.
"I'll be honest, I've had my share of men… good and bad." She admitted and he scoffed, "but I recently watched the man I truly love… more than anything… run off with another woman." She bit on the corner of her lip and made eye contact with him, her eyes pleading with him. "He's back now… and before I came here he admitted he loved me… came to my house and outright said it." She took a deep breath, hoping her confession was speaking to him in some way or another, "I need to get back to him… I finally have him…" She laughed a bit, "for myself. I finally have a chance to be with the only man I've really ever truly loved…"
Dmitri turned away from her and planted his hands onto the table top with his 'tools' on it.
"Are you going to deny me that?"
Wrong thing to finish with.
He spun around, knife in hand, and eyes wild with fury. "What about Lena, huh? You denied me her!"
"She was a monster!" She countered, "She killed a man in cold blood, and tried the same with me… four times! You think she deserved to live after that?"
He back handed her across the face, "How dare you talk about her like that."
Annie glared at him but didn't speak, unsure of what she could say now… after she'd stuck he foot in her mouth, so deep she was nearly choking on it.
X.x.X.x
Two days.
Two goddamn days.
Auggie paced the length of his kitchen and shook his head again, they had found nothing. Not a trace of either Annie or Dmitri. There was no record of him ever even leaving his country.
He stopped and closed his eyes and tried to think, of anything that might lead them to Annie. There was a knock at the door and he had to resist throwing something at it to scare the person away, "Whoever it is… they'd better have a lead."
"Auggie… it's me…" Auggie froze, seriously?
He slid the door open but didn't step out of the way, "Parker…" he greeted and he heard her shift awkwardly.
"Hi, Auggie… can I come in."
"Now's a really bad time, Parker…" She muttered an 'Oh' and he sighed and lolled his head back and forth before continuing, "What are you doing here?"
"I'd really rather talk about that over a drink…" Auggie closed his eyes to try and shake the dizziness that washed over him in that moment. Who did she think she was, to come in and out of his life like she owned him.
"Parker…"
"Please, Auggie? Just ten minutes?" She asked and put a hand on top of his.
Auggie let out a long, slow sigh. He wasn't really able to do anything from home anyway, other than throw a fit or try to think of plans that had no basis. He silently cursed Joan for making him go home, he'd spent more than 72 hours in the office at a time before… and she chose a time like this to force him to go back home?
He stepped out of the way and Parker slipped in with a mumbled thank you. As he closed the door he rolled his eyes and let out a quiet huff, he couldn't believe the timing people seemed to have lately.
They tried formalities but it just increased the awkwardness so he forced her to get to the reason for her drop in visit. As she spilled the story Auggie felt the need to find her and grab her then shake her until her teeth rattled. After all this time… after what she did to him… she came back for money?! Nothing said other than, 'I need money'?!
By the time that they had finished going back in forth Auggie gave in, "Yeah, okay… just. I'll see what I can do."
"Thank you…" She breathed, everything else she said fell on deaf ears. He ushered her out the door and closed it with not so silent relief. He went to his couch and fell into it, incredulous at what had just transpired in the last 15 minutes.
His phone went off in his pocket, "Joan, calling. Joan, calling." It alerted him and he opened it quickly, "Joan," He greeted, his tone desperate for good news.
"We got something…" She said simply, and that was all he needed. He jumped off his couch and searched for his shoes and jacket, being in a hurry always seemed to jumble his brain into forgetting where everything was, it wasn't the first time and when it came to Annie… it wouldn't be the last.
"Be there in 20." He said and snapped his phone shut and running out the door.
X.x.X.x
"Annie…" Auggie called and she turned away from the crystal blue waters before her to look at him. "What are you doin'?" He said a hint of amusement in his voice.
She shrugged and turned her back to him again and looked down at her bare feet as the waves crashed over them, bringing and then taking sand with it. The sun was setting and cast everything, the water, the sand, the trees, in orange. It was beautiful.
The ocean breeze whipped her hair and scarf around her, eventually unwrapping her scarf from around her neck and took it away but a hand reached out and snatched it before it got away and she followed the hand, down the arm and to the face. "Thanks…" She whispered huskily and waited for him to hand it back to her.
"You have to hold onto these things better… if you aren't careful… you can lose them more easily than you think." He said and wrapped it around her bare shoulders gingerly, his eyes were fierce and passionate as they looked into hers. She was wearing a strapless, white sundress, the scarf was a green blue color to offset her hazel eyes.
Auggie pushed her blond hair behind her ear, his touch lingering on her skin and lighting her senses on fire as she leaned into his touch. "Auggie…" she breathed and clenched his white, flannel shirt in her fists as she pulled him closer. "Don't leave me… I can't stand the thought of losing you. I'm so alone… don't leave me…" She begged and he pulled her into him and held her close, his lips brushing her ear as he spoke.
"I will never leave you… never. No matter where we are or what happens… I will always find you… and I will always be with you." He said softly, his breath tickling her ear and sending shivers down her spine, making her knees go week and her toes curl.
"Tell me you love me…" She pleaded, knowing it to be true but aching to hear it said.
"I love you…" He complied and pulled away so he could press his lips to hers gingerly but it didn't take long for the kiss to deepen. Annie stood on her toes, craning her neck even as she pressed her body to be flush with his. The sounds of the waves got louder until it was deafening. She pulled away and looked at the ocean behind her, just as the waves splashed up and overwhelmed both of them in salt water. She held onto his hands as long as she could but as the water pulled at them in the currents she was forced away from him and soon he was lost to her. She tried to call from him but being under water it only sucked what life she had held within her. She gasped and swallowed the water, the salt burning down her throat and her lungs.
Frantic she tried to move for the surface but the water seemed endless and she couldn't break the surface. She let out a scream as more water was forced into her lungs. Her eyes were set on the surface of the water even as he body began to convulse from lack of oxygen. Her vision began to fade to black but the last thing she saw was Auggie swimming towards her, his hand reaching out and his face panicked… he always came for her….
X.x.X.x
Annie shook her head, dazed, as water dripped down her nose and streamed down her bloodied face like tears. "Rise and shine, Annie…" Dmitri greeted and Annie held back a whimper at his voice, it alone was enough to make her shudder now. "Sleep well?" He taunted and she shook her head to try and shake the tickling drops of water off her skin.
"Go to hell," she spat and his face went from mock animation to fury and her head snapped with his right hook.
"I'm getting tired of your insolence." He said impatiently and threw the empty bucket onto the cement floor with a clatter. "Oh, and I noticed that your binds were almost loose…" He mentioned and Annie's eyes went wide, "I tightened them back up for you." She groaned, all of her hard work to get free, all the blood and burning in her hands were all for a lost cause and it made her stomach twist into knots.
She was never getting out.
Dmitri looked at her, amused with all her failed attempts to free herself and he smiled. "So, what do you want to talk about today?" He asked and Annie snapped her head to the right to glower at him as he laughed feverishly.
X.x.X.x
I could not BELIEVE Parker did that… made me want to punch AUGGIE in the face for helping her the way he did. Annie and Auggie man… they're BOTH driving me nuts.
Joan and Annie are making me cry too… makes me sad to see them fighting.
Anyway… I honestly feel like there was something else I wanted to mention before I posted this…
Aw well.
Thanks for reading… hope you enjoyed. (kinda?)
Thanks for listening to my Covert Affairs rambling's… again I don't have anyone to talk to about these things… so you're my only connection to this world… therefore: you get my ramblings! HA!