Me: Da, da da da daaaaa!
(All raise eyebrows quizzically)
Me: What? I can't be proud that I got the next chapter up in a reasonable amount of time?
(Blank looks)
Me: Man, ever since I wrote the last chapter you guys have been strangely quiet….
JJ: You're going to kill somebody. You said that before, and every chapter brings the end closer for someone.
Me: Yeeeessss….
Prentiss: And you expect us to smile?
Me: Don't you like my story?
Rossi: You're impossible.
Me (smiling): Thank you!
I don't own Criminal Minds, even though the entire team wishes that I did. (Chorus of negative comments in background.)
"Into each life some rain must fall." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
By the end of the day…
The rain would begin to fall.
The rain slowly soak through Detective Harding's clothing. She spread her arms, palms out, trying to hide the girls behind her. "Please," she said, shaking her head. "Don't do this."
Kate watched the man run toward her. He seemed so far away. But she was falling so slowly. Maybe he would get to her in time. If only he could run a little bit faster. She felt the first rain drops hit her face.
Christina's scream distracted the cougar enough for Morgan to dive out of the way. He fired, almost blindly, at the tawny animal. Its shoulder was hit, but it wasn't hurt bad enough to drive it away. Instead, it seemed even madder.
Morgan cursed under his breath as he raised his gun. Small specks of rainwater shone on the weapon.
JJ and Gondez carefully rolled the small girl over. Hondo circled, keeping watch. The girl's face was deathly pale, and her jaw was slack.
"JJ," Gondez said, shaking his head. He couldn't tell if the water specks on JJ's face were tears or rain.
Chloe choked out water as she was swept down the river. It was surprisingly swift. She barely had time to register the dog and the man still fighting each other before the current swept them all under water again.
Further down river, her little body washed into a quiet spot and bobbed up onto the bank.
Small ripples formed on the still water from the falling rain.
Prentiss lead Gabriel quickly through the woods. Beta followed his master closely.
"You're safe now. Don't worry," she barely heard him whisper to the girl.
Beta shook raindrops from his coat.
The syringe was large. Reid didn't know what it was filled with, and he didn't want to find out.
He instinctively dodged out of the way by rolling swiftly to the right. His knee creaked in a sickly way, but he ignored the discomfort. He looked at the door, but it offered no escape.
The flames shone brightly through.
A small hissing sound, the sound of rain hitting heat and sizzling into nonexistence, reached Reid's ears.
By the end of the day…
Four would die.
It's short, but I made it more for review as to where all the characters are at. I swear the next chapter will be up soon.
Since you now know four will die by the end of this adventure, who do you think it will be?
Post it! Share your thoughts! Maybe you will convince me to save a life! Remember, I'm kind of like God in this story (not to be blasphemous or anything) I can change pretty much anything at this point!
So, hurry and review! You have until the next chapter, because I should wrap up all the story lines… hopefully…
Reid and Review even if you have no guesses! I love to hear from you guys!
~MyDarkAngel710