Ok, here you guys go. The PBs wouldn't leave me alone today, so you guys get luck.
Um...you know strange thing, in the past...6-7 hours since I last updated, I haven't mysteriously bought moonlight, so, what d' ya know, still not mine.
Chapter 21
"Well hello, I remember you, you're um…Beth, Beth Turner, you're friends with Julia, right?"
Weakly, she nodded. "Yes, yes I am."
"Ah, lovely to see you again." He nodded towards the bags sitting on the counter. "I'd suggest you leave before things get nasty."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that you're friend is not what you think he is."
"What do you mean 'what' he is."
"He's not like us, he's different, he's a monster."
Beth walked over under the pretense of looking at what was on the counter, but once over there quickly brought her knife up to his chin. "Now, put the gun on the floor, and kick it away, don't make any sudden movements, or you will die. I don't think anyone will have any problems believing me when I tell them that you attacked me, I mean, there is a gun on the floor, and once you're dead I ca put it in your hand, I just defended myself, now do what I said!"
Slowly he set the gun on the ground, but before he could kick it, Beth jerked it up into her hands, careful to not actually touch it, holding it carefully in her jacket, before putting the knife away, and pulling out a piece of cloth to hold it with. She backed away, and leveled the gun at his chest. "Now, put all the blood in that bag right there." She gestured with her free hand at a bag lying on the floor
He moved to do so. "Make sure you get all of it, including all of it that is in the freezer."
"So you do know what he is?"
"Of course I do."
"But you're not like him are you?"
"No, now shut up, and put the rest of it in there." Careful to not move the gun too much, Beth pulled out her phone, she hit the spead dial for Natasha.
"What now? He's here at the moment, so I-"
"Natasha, shut up and listen, I'm at Mick's house, Lee Jay is here, and I'm making him put…everything in a bag, I'm going to try and get it all out, but if I can't, I need you to be ready to get Mick away." She was barely breathing the words out, knowing that Natasha would be able to hear her no problem.
"How are you making him put everything in there?"
"Um…I got a gun away from him, I think it's Mick's."
"What? Beth you need to get out of there, that guy is dangerous."
"So am I." Beth said grimly.
"Be careful, I'll try and keep Mick from leaving."
"Yeah, good idea, bye." She set it in her bag carefully, easily in her reach, in case Natasha needed to call her back.
She looked around, all the blood was in the bag, and she had watched to make sure he hadn't hid any away while putting the rest in the bag like she'd asked. "Ok, now kick it across to me." He did, she picked it up, and backed away slowly. Once she reached the door, she threw the gun into the other room, away from both of them, slammed the door shut, and ran, pulling out her knife as she did so.
Frantically she pressed the button for the elevator, but the light showed her it was at the bottom, it would get here soon enough. She took off for the stairs, half jumping, half falling down them. She was barely a floor down when she heard the door open. She frantically sped up, but she didn't hear him on the stairs, he was at the elevator. If he got down before her, she'd be trapped until Mick got there, and this wasn't exactly how she'd intended for him to find out.
Instead of hearing the door close, she heard someone being thrown against the wall, and Lee Jay yell. "What, don't trust you're little girlfriend to get everything out before the police come, huh? If you want to grab everything from her, she'd just down the stairs."
Oh shit! Giving up on running, she hoisted herself up onto the railing, and slid down. She had to keep getting back on at every turn, but it was still faster. If Mick decided to try and catch her however, she had no chance.
There was a bang, someone had shot the gun, it Mick have been Lee Jay, he mush have grabbed the gun before heading after her. Fighting the urge to go see if Mick was all right, she continued downward. She had reached the lobby when her phone rang, she answered without pausing to see who it was.
"What?"
"Beth get out of there, Mick left ten minutes ago, and I didn't know!"
"I know, he's upstairs with Lee Jay, I'm almost to my car, hold on." She hurried to her car, and started to drive. "Ok, I've got everything with me, and anything that I missed Mick will get…right?"
"Yeah, Mick won't let anything say, but Beth, what if he smells you?"
"Were you there earlier?"
"Yes."
"Then say you took it, please, I'll tell him when I see him, but please let me tell him later. I can say I went there to wait for him, but Mo called so I had to leave, it's that simple."
"All right, I don't like it, but I'll do it."
"Thank you! Now, what do you want me to do with all that blood?"
"Um, can you keep it for now?"
"Yeah, I've got a hidden freezer at home."
"Ok, then keep it there. Now, what did you do with the gun?"
"I threw it away from both of us, I couldn't risk having it and him catching me, and getting it back, in fact, I think that's what saved me, he went to get-oh no, I think he shot Mick!"
"What, Beth, what are you talking about?!"
"I was almost downstairs, and I heard a shot, but I couldn't go up to check, if I'd been found at a crime scene, with bags of blood with me, what do you think you had happened?"
"True. Ok, get home, I'll call Mick, and tell him I've got the blood, then we'll go from there, ok?"
"Yeah, bye." She hung up, and drove as fast as she could towards home.
Beth rushed inside, hurried downstairs, went to the corner directly across from the stairs, and pressed one of the boards inward. It swung out and then folded in on itself. Beth quickly put in the combination, and a door opened on the other side of the room. She closed the board, and hurried to it. She tossed the bag inside, and shut it quickly.
Heading back upstairs she almost tripped as Phantom came hurtling down towards her. Picking him up and continuing to run up the stairs, Beth wondered how soon Natasha would call.
As if waiting for this, her phone rang.
"Yes?"
"Ok, I told him, but I don't know if he believes me or not, I'd suggest you take a shower now, in case he decides to stop bye."
"Ok, I'll get right in once we've finished. Was he shot?"
"No, Lee Jay shot himself, then called the police saying that he was shot by Mick."
"What?!"
"Now they're out looking for him, Josef is on his way to see him now."
"Ok, I'll let you know if he shows up."
"Yeah, and did you find out what happened last night?"
"Yeah, apparently Lee Jay smashed his head into a window in the bathroom and then said Mick did it."
"What?!"
"I know, so this is just going to make it seem worse when the media get's a hold of him claiming Mick shot him."
"Yeah, I know. I just hope we can prevent anything more from happening."
"Yeah, me too, I'll call you if I see him, bye."
"Yeah." Beth tossed her phone onto the couch, and headed upstairs to take her second shower of the day. This time, Phantom neglected to join her, preferring to sit in the bathroom to wait for her to finish.
Done, she dried her hair, dressed, and headed downstairs. Her phone rang again, it was Mo.
"Beth, ok, you are so lucky."
"What?"
"You're 'friends' with Mick St. John, right?"
"Yeah."
"So talk to him, get an exclusive, ask him why he shot Lee Jay."
"He didn't!"
"Oh, then how is Lee Jay in the hospital getting a bullet removed from his shoulder?"
"He shot himself, just like he smashed his head last night."
"Beth, I think you're a little to close to Mick to see the truth, why would someone smash their head into a window, much less shoot themselves?!"
"Mo, I know it's hard to believe, but I don't think Lee Jay was ever innocent of the crimes he was imprisoned for."
"Beth, you're right it is hard to believe, and I don't, but I know it won't do any good to try and change your mind."
"You're right it won't; now if you don't mind, I have to keep on the look-out for Mick."
"Beth, you do know he's wanted right?"
"Yes, I know."
Mo sighed. "Ok, well, good luck, and Beth you know you can talk to me, right?"
"Yes, but I think I'll talk to someone who also believes Mick didn't do anything."
"All right then, bye." She hung up, and Beth set the phone down, before throwing a pillow across the room.
Needing an outlet, she headed downstairs, and began to literally shred the dummies with anything she happened to grab; be it a knife, dagger, or the one sword she kept down there.
20 minutes later had her sweating, starting to tire, but showing no signs of stopping. She did stop when she heard the knock on her door. She hurried to the door, still clutching the dagger she had just used to tear into one of the dummy's gut.
"What the-" It was Mick, and he was looking at the dagger in her hand questioningly.
"Oh…sorry, come on, I'm not done yet." She headed back downstairs.
"Um…not done with what?"
"Killing my dummies."
"Right, and how-" He broke off at the sight of her basement. There was stuffing everywhere, an torso was against the left wall, an arm still half attached, the head was a mess of fabric shreds, plastic, and stuffing. He could see the remains of at least 4 others littering the floor as well. The two dummies left standing, did not look like they would be doing so for much longer.
Beth started immediately on them, five minutes later; they had joined their companions on the floor.
"Um…ok then, Beth what are you doing/"
"Taking my frustration out."
"Right, are you done?"
"Unfortunately yes, I have nothing else I can tear apart." She gestured around at the mess surrounding them.
"Well, you can't tear anything apart, but you can attack something."
She raised an eyebrow. "And what might that me?"
"Well, do you have any extra um…weapons I can use, preferable ones better for someone my size."
Beth grinned. "I'll be right back."
So, I forgot to ask, what did you guys think of Ethan being Natasha and Josef's brother?