"Perfect! Fucking... perfect." Shaughn smiled and paused the TV.
"How the hell did we get cameras in there?"
"We hacked into their system," Shaughn said simply.
David - Shaughn's little helper - nodded and said, "He's totally terrified. This really got to him. But you already did get to him a little... ya know? Isn't that enough."
"Listen David. The FBI are going to crunch down on us. They will cut off whatever they can and they will be looking even harder. So... what we do is we try to distract them even more. We harass Lightman. We don't give him a break. Then they are busy protecting the coward and we can cut off any connections they have to us. Then we are free... Lightman's life is ruined. It's a win-win."
David looked at the ground. He couldn't openly say how guilty he felt. Shaughn would be pissed. He would hurt him. He couldn't have that. Maybe if he just turned Shaughn in...? No. Shaughn would find him and torture him.
.:.
Cal was breathing hard and his eyes were darting around the front hallway. "Where the hell are you Shaughn?" He yelled at the various cameras. "Leave me the fuck alone!"
He was freaking out. He was losing it.
Everyone could tell. Loker was staring at him, Ria beside him - mirroring his scared expression.
Ben was checking the pulse of the body on the floor. He dropped his head and sighed. "She's gone." He then searched the pockets and pulled out a card. "Theresa Cunningham. Cal." Ben looked up at Lightman, but Cal wasn't paying attention. He was spinning around looking at the cameras and yelling crazy things.
"Stay away from me!" He cried out.
Ben put the card into his pocket, deciding that Cal didn't need to see it quite yet.
"Bring him to Gillian," Ben hissed at Eli.
"She's pissed at him and he feels the same way!" Loker yelled, trying to get it through Ben's head.
"I don't care. Bring him to her right now."
Loker finally obeyed and grabbed Cal's arm.
Cal didn't seem to notice. He was shaky and scared and his eyes were wide.
As Eli pulled him along, Gillian came out of her office and stared at the terrified Cal. She took his hand and pulled him towards his office. "Thank you, Eli."
Loker nodded and rubbed the back of his neck, "Can I do anything?"
"No, thanks. I got it. Where's Ben? Tell him to come as soon as possible."
Eli ran back to where the body was and stared down at it.
It was bloody, and blood was spread out all over the floor. There were long strips of whip marks in her shirt. She had been whipped. There was the branded 'SS' on her chest, blood seeping through her shirt to make the menacing letters.
Gillian set Cal down on the couch and he rocked back in forth hiding his face in his hands. He was mumbling something.
"No. Why? Why is this happening? Keep him away. Stop this. It hurts. I'm scared. Where is he? Did you see him? He is coming after me."
Gillian tried her best to optimistically answer his question, but they continued to come and she had no idea what happened.
He suddenly sat up and grabbed her shoulders.
She stared at him with wide eyes. "Cal?"
"He's coming for me, Gill!"
"It's okay."
"It's not okay! You don't know what it was like! He's coming back. That... that was a sign. She was dead... Gillian... Foster... that girl was dead! I'm so screwed." He shook his head and tried to take a deep breath.
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Ben stared at the body and looked at Loker. "She's definitely dead."
Eli looked like he might puke. "Should I call the cops?"
Ben nodded and said, "How is Lightman?"
"He's going crazy. I don't think he even knows where he is. He was just mumbling random shit... I don't even know. His eyes are wide and scared and... I've never seen him like this."
"Ria." She looked at Ben. "Go help Gillian. Even if she says no. Just stay in there."
She nodded and ran towards Cal's office.
.:.
Cal was rocking himself on the couch, his knees pulled to his chest. He looked like a terrified little girl. But he didn't care. He was terrified.
Ben looked at Gillian with a look of dismay.
"What is it?" She asked. "Apart from the obvious."
"God. I'm gonna die. Please... please don't let this happen."
They all looked at Cal, and then looked around solemnly. "Look at this."
Gillian took the ID card from Theresa. In dark red letters it said 'It's not over. The pain isn't done. I'm gonna get you, Cal Lightman.'
"Oh my gosh." She looked at Ben and then at the shaking Cal. "This is bad. We can't show him. Holy shit."
Ben nodded and Loker took the card and gasped.
A/N: Sorry it's a short chapter, but I wanted to get it up quickly tonight thanks for reading and reviewing
