LOST AND REDEEMED 4

Terror...

All he could feel was terror. Hard and heavy as a stone, weighing him down. The only thing flashed through his eyes... was Terror...

Like his chest was clenching up and about to burst at the same time.

His heart was pounding in his ears.

Pure terror...

Morning lights were coming through the heavy curtains. The scent of the apartment was the same... He blinked his eyes in disbelief, there was blood on the walls and floor, furniture, everywhere! Furnishings were strewn and there was no sign of any living thing.

He felt incredible fear, like reality itself was collapsing upon him. And in a way it was. Cold sweat covered his body. He was alone in semi-darkness, alone in the world. He was going insane with fear. For a moment, he was frozen in panic.

A step forward.

Suddenly, his blood rushed to his head, throbbing behind his eyes. The world just stopped. Everything stopped. Everything blurred. Everything stood still and he just stared, wide-eyed, at the headless corpse that was tied to a chair in Liv's bedroom. Liv's bedroom! Liv's! LIV!

He was horrified! He had to find her. He needed to see her. He desperately needed to see her, ALIVE!

He needed to find Liv... His Liv...

His partner...

His best friend...

His guiding light through everything in his life...

His confidant...

His conscience...

Everything...

And everything was empty now. As he stood right in front of her bedroom door, terrified to step in... Terrified to find her wounded.

Trembeling, his hand reached forward to grab the door handle. His paws were slick and sweaty, knuckles were white. His head was trying to calm his erratic breathing; but his heart refused to slow its mad pulsating in his chest.

One more step...

And it was over. She was there; naked, beaten, lying in a fetus position on the ground. She was pale and scacely breathing. Her brown eyes, wide open and blood shut, were staring dormant into the emptiness. Her arms were tightened around Simon's head as she kept pressing it to her chest.

"Oh god, Liv!" Elliot exhaled. He rushed to her side.

tbc...