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Original Sin
- Part Twenty Two
Disclaimer: See Part 1
Rating: PG
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Kennedi had managed to grab the safety railing on the roof. As the train sped out of the station, she was dangling along the side, her knuckles white with strain. This wasn't what she'd bargained for. Facing down Frank was one thing, lifting the jewels under his nose was something else... jumping out of hotel windows and onto speeding trains was a whole other matter entirely. She didn't hear him jumping onto the train either. As the train hit a joint in the tracks, she lost her grip. Now dangling by one hand, Kennedi thought seriously about what might happen. Was she ready to die? Out of nowhere, a hand grasped her by the wrist. She looked up to see Donovan leaning over the edge and gripping her wrist in a vice-like grip.
"Give me your other hand, Keni." With little choice, she swung her hand up, then one foot as he hauled her up. When she got a good foothold, she crawled the rest of the way up onto the roof. The train was purring around a curve and heading towards the Lake Michigan by the time she finally got back onto the roof. For a few moments she rested against him, her head on his chest with his arms wrapped tightly around her. Once again Frank was there to save her life...
"Kennedi" Frank whispered. She pushed back and started to stand up, but the train hit another joint in the track and she lost her balance. Frank caught her, but lost his balance and fell backwards so that she lay on top of him, the city screaming by at blurring speed. "What the hell are you doing?! You should know better than to run from me!" His arms were wrapped around her and she wasn't pushing away.
"I didn't have a choice, Frank. I have to." Her voice was quiet, almost too quiet. She sounded defeated. She'd spent the last week planning and conniving behind Frank's back and now... she was tired, she was lonely, and she still loved him despite everything. Keni always had loved him. It wasn't lack of love that made her leave; it was because she loved him that she did. She couldn't bear for him to be hurt by her past. Right now, all she wanted was for the train to keep speeding along and for the world to fade away. So tired...
"There is always a choice Kennedi. Just come with me. I can help you!"
She lowered her head for the faintest of kisses across his lips. "I'm sorry Frank. I should have told you. But I can't go with you..." The lake was closing in on them. If she was going to do this, she was going to have to have split second timing. She pushed up out of his arms and stood, watching the water inch closer and closer.
"I can't let you go Keni. You have to come with me." He was getting to his knees. He also had his gun drawn and in hand. A fact which she noticed all too well.
"What are you going to do Frank? Shoot me?" the train closed in on the bridge.
"If I have to, I will. Please Keni, don't make me shoot you!"
"You won't. I know you too well Frank. You could never hurt me."
Frank sighed and lowered his gun. She was right and he knew it. He'd tried to bluff her into surrendering and she'd called his bluff.
"I love you Frank, but there are things here you do not understand," she said as she turned.
As Frank lunged at her, she dove off into the river. He could only watch as she splashed down... and hope she lived through the icy January weather and freezing temperatures of the water.
'This is how you remind me of what I really am...
'This is how you remind me of what I really am...'
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Original Sin
- Part Twenty Two
Disclaimer: See Part 1
Rating: PG
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Kennedi had managed to grab the safety railing on the roof. As the train sped out of the station, she was dangling along the side, her knuckles white with strain. This wasn't what she'd bargained for. Facing down Frank was one thing, lifting the jewels under his nose was something else... jumping out of hotel windows and onto speeding trains was a whole other matter entirely. She didn't hear him jumping onto the train either. As the train hit a joint in the tracks, she lost her grip. Now dangling by one hand, Kennedi thought seriously about what might happen. Was she ready to die? Out of nowhere, a hand grasped her by the wrist. She looked up to see Donovan leaning over the edge and gripping her wrist in a vice-like grip.
"Give me your other hand, Keni." With little choice, she swung her hand up, then one foot as he hauled her up. When she got a good foothold, she crawled the rest of the way up onto the roof. The train was purring around a curve and heading towards the Lake Michigan by the time she finally got back onto the roof. For a few moments she rested against him, her head on his chest with his arms wrapped tightly around her. Once again Frank was there to save her life...
"Kennedi" Frank whispered. She pushed back and started to stand up, but the train hit another joint in the track and she lost her balance. Frank caught her, but lost his balance and fell backwards so that she lay on top of him, the city screaming by at blurring speed. "What the hell are you doing?! You should know better than to run from me!" His arms were wrapped around her and she wasn't pushing away.
"I didn't have a choice, Frank. I have to." Her voice was quiet, almost too quiet. She sounded defeated. She'd spent the last week planning and conniving behind Frank's back and now... she was tired, she was lonely, and she still loved him despite everything. Keni always had loved him. It wasn't lack of love that made her leave; it was because she loved him that she did. She couldn't bear for him to be hurt by her past. Right now, all she wanted was for the train to keep speeding along and for the world to fade away. So tired...
"There is always a choice Kennedi. Just come with me. I can help you!"
She lowered her head for the faintest of kisses across his lips. "I'm sorry Frank. I should have told you. But I can't go with you..." The lake was closing in on them. If she was going to do this, she was going to have to have split second timing. She pushed up out of his arms and stood, watching the water inch closer and closer.
"I can't let you go Keni. You have to come with me." He was getting to his knees. He also had his gun drawn and in hand. A fact which she noticed all too well.
"What are you going to do Frank? Shoot me?" the train closed in on the bridge.
"If I have to, I will. Please Keni, don't make me shoot you!"
"You won't. I know you too well Frank. You could never hurt me."
Frank sighed and lowered his gun. She was right and he knew it. He'd tried to bluff her into surrendering and she'd called his bluff.
"I love you Frank, but there are things here you do not understand," she said as she turned.
As Frank lunged at her, she dove off into the river. He could only watch as she splashed down... and hope she lived through the icy January weather and freezing temperatures of the water.
'This is how you remind me of what I really am...
'This is how you remind me of what I really am...'
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