Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Cold Case. They belong to CBS. Never have own them, never will.
Chapter 11
"Well, if it isn't the snitch who ratted the enemy out" Ryan said menacingly.
"Aren't you suppose to be out of town?" Mia asked.
"Got back today, get this. I got a message from my lawyer about the cops contacting me about McCarthy's murder" he replied.
"Look, whatever happened, you need to tell them, I only told what I saw" she said.
"Mia let's get out of here" Ali whispered, grabbing Mia's arm. They both started to turn away when his voice started to speak again.
"Don't you walk away from me!" he yelled. Both girls froze in place, afraid of moving, not even a flick of a finger.
"You have your phone with you?" Mia whispered to her. Ali shook her head no frantically. Mia slid her hand in her jacket and took out her phone and gave her phone in Ali's hand.
"I want you to call Philly PD and get homicide. Tell them that there's something going down here if they can't put you through them then run to the station" Mia instructed.
"I'm not leaving you here with that psycho" Ali said.
"Please do this for me. I'll be fine" Mia said assuringly to her. Ali took a deep breath before taking off leaving her best friend behind. She spun around and was faced with a mad man with a knife in his hand.
"Where did Ali go?" he asked.
"Don't worry about her. You want me didn't you? So I'm here" she replied.
"I can't believe you would sell me out like that, only you would be able to do that" he said.
"I would be able to do that are you that insane? Because you come from money and from the upscale town, doesn't mean that I should have to cover your ass with your stupid mistake" Mia replied.
"Growing a backbone now are we? Sure as hell didn't have a year ago" he said. "I like that."
"Please, just do us all a favor and go down to the station where they'll be waiting for you and by the way, I heard jail cells have very uncomfortable beds" she said snidely.
"I suggest you keep your mouth shut Thompson" he said.
"Or what, you're going to stab me? I like to see you try" she said.
"You bitch" Ryan said as he walked furiously up towards her. Scared out of her mind, she grabbed a tiny can of mace from her pocket and as she was going to spray him in the eye, she felt the can slipping out of her hand.
"So we checked out the store and it turns out that he was in the store that day" Will confirmed to the rest of the group that night.
"Yep also the same gloves we found not too long ago, had fingerprints on him" Kat said.
"So that means Ryan did it but for what reason?" Lilly asked.
Before anyone could answer her, they heard commotion coming out in the hallway. Lilly and the rest looked at the door as they see a girl trying to get out of the security guard's arms.
"Let me go I don't care if your security!" she yelled.
"Ma'am you need a visitor's pass" he said.
"I don't care this is an emergency!" she said trying to get out.
"What's going on here?" Lilly asked.
"She came running through the lobby and I tried to stop her" the guard replied.
"Don't worry we got her from here" Lilly said, recognizing Ali as she saw her face. Ali had tears streaming down her face and was shaking.
The guard gave one last look before heading back downstairs. Ali stood there in shock not wanting to move.
"Hey, come sit down" Lilly offered as she led Ali into the department. Ali crossed her arms as she walked, trying to control her emotions but she knew by now that it would be impossible.
"Ali try to calm down and tell us why you're here" she said.
"I don't know how it happened. I mean one minute we were just hanging out and then he-he shows up and I had to go along with her stupid idea and she's going to get killed" Ali said.
"Wait, slow down, who's doing what?" Nick asked.
Ali took a couple of deep breaths before she continued on to what she was saying. "Me and Mia were at the park and Ryan came over saying on how she ratted him out and he had a knife with him, I think he's going to kill her."
"Don't think that you're going to get away this easily." he sneered.
"Just let this go. Go to them and tell them" Mia pleaded as she knelt to the ground to get her can. She had nowhere to go, nowhere to hide at this point and nowhere to find someone to help her.
"And I should believe you why?" he asked. She didn't say anything. "That's what I thought."
In less than a second, he started to lunge at her but luckily she grabbed the mace and sprayed him directly in the eyes. Mia heard him cry out in pain and it was her cue that she got the hell out of there. She pushed off the ground and sprinted far away from him.
Mia kept running before she managed to get to the parking lot. As she was getting close, she felt her foot going into something and she tripped. She fell to the ground and groaned in frustration.
Come on Mia, just get to the car and head to the station. You can do this.
Mia got up slowly and saw that her jeans got covered with dirt as she got up. It wasn't long enough before she took a step towards the lot that someone grabbed her roughly and threw her to the ground.
"You think you can just run away from me like that?" he yelled at her. He walked around her and started to swing around his hand that had the knife in it.
"You bastard get out of here!" Mia screamed at him.
"I don't think so" he said, grabbing Mia and pulling her off the ground. "We're not done yet."
"Let go of me" she said pleadingly. "Please." She struggled to get out of his hold but to her, it was useless now. Maybe sooner that she would be dead.
It wasn't until she heard a car screeched to a stop that she took one look at Lilly and Scotty who jumped out of the car before she was thrown to the ground.
A/n: Yeah pretty intense!
I do have good news though. My laptop has internet connection! I know it sounds dorky but I'm happy. So my plan was that I'll finish the remaining chapters to my other stories on my desktop and write new chapters on my laptop. If for some reason my aunt wants to borrow my laptop then I'll do my writing on my desktop.
Last chapter is ahead! What will happened next? Have to stay tune and find out!
Signing out for now,
Spikeluver89
