Extinction.
Chapter 1. Death is waiting at your doorstep.
Patrick Jane had always believed in coincidences, but he never considered the idea that his fate was planned by an ulterior force. His mind worked in a different way, he didn't need religion to continue living, he didn't like the idea of a God out there controlling his life as if he was a mere marionette.
So when the end of the world crashed into their lives, he wasn't surprised at all and he didn't start thinking that God or Hell may exist.
His two main convictions were the same.
The last time he has been lucky in his miserable life was the day he met Teresa Lisbon.
He needed to keep her alive, because his existence was connected to hers.
For that, he had one plan.
He would go to her house, convince her that he was a better catch than Marcus Pike and managed to keep her alive while the rest of the world crumbled around them.
That's why he was driving as if the death itself was chasing him towards Lisbon's house. There was a clock in his head tickling, each second away from her was stealing life from his heart. He couldn't breath, he needed to see her, he needed to be with her. He had to keep her safe and alive, he needed her to be with him. He needed to keep her away from Pike, who was the perfect man, not like him. He had always made her miserable, sad, frustrated. But God, he does love her, he cannot let her go. He's so in love with her and she doesn't even know. She needed to know it.
And he was a fucking idiot for having waited until all hell broke loose.
He continued driving, not caring about anything apart from her. He ignored the people screaming in despair, the cars crashing into each other. He ignored the small fires surrounding the city and that horrific sound which was coming closer and closer to the city each minute it passed by.
He called her again but it didn't work, the telephone lines were saturated. He cursed his luck once more thinking about why the hell he had let her go home last night when her eyes kept begging him to make a move on her, she was waiting for him and he was such a fucking idiot.
After an eternity, he arrived to his destiny just in time to see her arguing with Pike who was grabbing her arm, almost screaming at her.
'Teresa, for fuck's sake, we need to go know!', screamed Pike in despair as the brunette woman continued stopping him, imploring him to let her go.
'No, I can't Marcus! God! I can't…', she begged him.
'Why are you waiting? Phones are not working, there's no way to know if your team had already escaped without you, maybe Abbot and Cho had already left the city without you, maybe Jane had l….'
The man stopped rumbling as soon as he saw him leaving his car, running towards them. Lisbon turned fast as soon as she saw the shocked and resigned expression on her boyfriend's face. Her face lightened as soon as she saw his face, looking happy and also, embarrassed by her relief. How was she going to explain this to her boyfriend?
Jane, on the other side, wasn't thinking at all.
He ran to them, catching her in his arms, lifting her in the air for a second, whispering into her ear.
'God, thank you. God, Lisbon… I thought I had lost you when I saw the news, when I heard those ships on the sky….', he whispered into her ear as she shivered in his arms.
She broke their hug then, looking ashamed at Pike. Her boyfriend looked at both of them, shaking his head.
'Such a fool….just friends, right?', asked the agent with sadness, not anger at all.
'Marcus… I promise you, that's the truth but I couldn't leave without knowing if he was safe and I knew he.. ', she stopped her sentence.
Jane caressed her back with his hand, anxiously looking at the pair. They needed to move now, they needed to go now.
'You knew he would come for you', stated Pike, the man looked away. Then, he looked at Jane, ' You have supplies? A car full of gas?
He nodded at the man.
He maybe didn't know how to take care of her before, but he was sure as hell that he was going to do anything in his power to keep her safe, healthy and alright as they escape for their lives.
Pike looked at Lisbon who was trembling but was unable to move away from Jane, she was trying to speak but couldn't form any word.
'I'd have died for her, killed for her. Do you feel the same, Jane? I won't let her go with you if you don't, I'll drag her if I need to. It's the end of the fucking world as we know it', growled Pike moving closer to them.
'Marcus, please..', begged Teresa.
'I have killed for her before, Pike. And I would do the same without hesitation. I would die for her a thousand times because if she dies, my heart will die with her', he confessed. He noticed her gasp of air and the defeat in Marcus Pike's eyes.
'Teresa, be safe… I doubt I will ever see you again, but I will think of you everyday', and then he left for his car without looking back, leaving both of them paralyzed as statues, not daring to look at each other faces.
Then, a loud noise echoed not too far away from them.
'They're coming', she whispered terrified as the colour of the sky changed its colour from blue to redish, as if the air itself was turning into blood in front of their eyes.
'Jane…', she whispered looking at him with her emerald eyes, he has never seen so much fear in those eyes of her.
'I'll be okay, alright?', he told her as he caressed her hair, he looked away, observing their surroundings.
Silence.
Everyone had already moved or have gone into hiding in their homes, the air around them was already stinking of smoke and death and the feeling of despair had already taken hold of both of their hearts.
Then, she laughed. An hysterical laugh.
She looked at him, her eyes filled with unshed tears, her breathing fastening.
'So typical of you, for fuck's sake, Jane!', she growled at him, hitting his shoulder with force, 'Why did you wait so much? Why? Now, what? We will die and we will die without ever… having a chance'
She stopped herself and she broke into tears, falling into the ground. He managed to catch her just before she touched the grass beneath their feet. She howled in his arms, he knew she was thinking about her family, her team and Grace and Rigsby. He held her in his arms, rocking her softly.
'We will survive this, Teresa. Together', he answered her kissing her neck lovingly
'Why?', she repeated crying.
'You know why, I'm an idiot. I've been once for the last twelve years', he told her.
'You stupid…'
They were interrupted once more, an earthquake shook the ground, making them fall to the floor. Then, a light crossed the sky. They stood on the ground, frozen, awaiting for something else to happen. But only stillness happened.
He took her hand without a word, running to his car, he opened the door to let her in, buckling her seat belt as if she was a child. Then, he moved to the other side, go into the car and started the car. They both looked at her home and the city at their back.
And started driving.
He took hold of her left hand as he did so, caressing it softly as she prayed.
'I managed to talk to Cho, we are going to meet him outside the city, a point of reunion… 20 km from here', he said then.
She looked at him in shock, happiness in her eyes, then she looked away again.
'The next move is on you… California or Chicago', he told her then.
But both of them knew the answer already.
They would never reached the other side of the country, too far away.
California, on the other hand, was a safer choice.
'Grace', she whispered as a response, he nodded at her as he continued driving, hoping to find Cho in their safe point, praying for their car to arrive there in one piece.