Chapter 2: Falling Faith
Lizzy led Lucy up the stairs, unsure of why she hadn't taken the elevator. She had just had this urge to take the stairs. Lucy was anxious and jumped at any sudden movement. Lizzy didn't know why.
"Lucy, you're so jumpy. What's wrong?"
"I have the strangest feeling we're being followed..." Lucy answered.
"We aren't being-" But she broke off as she tripped and fell backwards down the stairs. Lucy watched, her eyes wide with terror as her friend tumbled head over heals down the flight of stairs. She could see the blood oozing from her head. She was so absorbed in her fear that she only just noticed a man looking after the unconscious woman as well. He turned and faced Lucy, an evil smile curling on his lips.
"Did you pull her down?" Lucy asked, accusingly, "Whoever you are, did you pull her down?"
"Maybe..." the man was still smiling. Lucy couldn't believe it.
"You're enjoying this!" she said with disgust, "You like seeing her in pain! She might have broken her neck!"
"Then she'll just die faster that way," he said. Lucy looked back at her fallen friend. There was a small puddle of blood by her head.
"You seem familiar..." she trailed off because when she turned her head to look at the man, he was gone. She tried to remember every detail about him. Wet black hair. Deep, sea green eyes. Why did she feel that she had seen those eyes before? She felt a hand on her shoulder and screamed.
"Did you hear that?" Kerry turned to Mark.
"Yeah..." both their heads turned to the stairway.
"You don't think it was..."
"It sounded like..."
"Lucy," they said together and sprinted to the stairway.
"What's your problem? Relax!" Dave said. Lucy took a deep breath and nodded.
"Sorry Dave.. I though... you just scared me-"
"What the Hell happened?!" Dave asked, staring at the heap at the foot of the stairs that was Elizabeth Corday.
"She... She fell..." Lucy didn't know why she hadn't told him the truth, and so, she tried, "She... She was pulled backwards..."
"By what?"
"Who," Lucy corrected. Dave shot her a suspicious glance and was about to say something when Mark Green and Kerry Weaver ran up the stairs.
"What on earth?!" Kerry said, looking between Lucy and Elizabeth, "Dave, get a gurney!" she ordered. Dave nodded and left. To Lucy's surprise, she felt a tear fall down her cheek.
"I... I didn't... She just..."
"It's all right, Lucy..." Mark said, not quite sure what to say, "But help us here!" but Lucy was frozen. All she could do was look at Elizabeth, remember Abby and shake her head, disbelieving. What was going on? Who was that man? Had he been the one that walked past after Abby had fallen into the lake? Dave returned with Jing-Mei Chen and they rolled Lizzy away. But Lucy stayed in the hall, not knowing what to think or do. She sat down on the steps and realized she didn't want to be alone. What if she was next? She stood up again and discovered her legs felt like Jell-O. She couldn't feel the cold anymore. She had only enough strength to stumble into the lobby and her legs gave way and she feel on the couch. Carter walked in and sighed heavily, not seeing Lucy. He jumped when he did.
"Lucy!" he said, surprised. She looked up at the expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked.
"That's what I should be asking you."
"You look troubled."
"You look worse. You're still all wet. And even if you are, your eyes are a little red... Have you been crying?"
"Me? Crying?" Lucy laughed, but it was a forced one and Carter knew it. He gave her a searching look and Lucy sighed, "Maybe my eyes watered a little... Have you heard?"
"What?"
"About Dr. Corday?"
"What about her?" Carter seemed not to have heard anything about the doctor.
"She..." but Lucy couldn't finish, "Oh Carter!"
"Let's take a walk..."
"How's Abby?"
"I'll tell you soon. First I want to hear about Corday."
"Abby isn't..."
"She'll be fine. Come on," Carter took Lucy's hand and pulled her to her feet. Lucy was glad to get out of the hospital. Meanwhile, sea green eyes were watching.
"You will not steal her away from me, you b******!" he whispered and followed, hatching another plan to kill...
"She was pushed down the stairs?" Carter asked, incredulously.
"Not pushed, pulled, by a black haired man with the most haunting green eyes. He scared me, Carter!"
"It's Ok, Luce, we'll find him and bust him," Carter promised her. Lucy watched him cross the street and was met again with another scene of horror.
"CARTER!"
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Lizzy led Lucy up the stairs, unsure of why she hadn't taken the elevator. She had just had this urge to take the stairs. Lucy was anxious and jumped at any sudden movement. Lizzy didn't know why.
"Lucy, you're so jumpy. What's wrong?"
"I have the strangest feeling we're being followed..." Lucy answered.
"We aren't being-" But she broke off as she tripped and fell backwards down the stairs. Lucy watched, her eyes wide with terror as her friend tumbled head over heals down the flight of stairs. She could see the blood oozing from her head. She was so absorbed in her fear that she only just noticed a man looking after the unconscious woman as well. He turned and faced Lucy, an evil smile curling on his lips.
"Did you pull her down?" Lucy asked, accusingly, "Whoever you are, did you pull her down?"
"Maybe..." the man was still smiling. Lucy couldn't believe it.
"You're enjoying this!" she said with disgust, "You like seeing her in pain! She might have broken her neck!"
"Then she'll just die faster that way," he said. Lucy looked back at her fallen friend. There was a small puddle of blood by her head.
"You seem familiar..." she trailed off because when she turned her head to look at the man, he was gone. She tried to remember every detail about him. Wet black hair. Deep, sea green eyes. Why did she feel that she had seen those eyes before? She felt a hand on her shoulder and screamed.
"Did you hear that?" Kerry turned to Mark.
"Yeah..." both their heads turned to the stairway.
"You don't think it was..."
"It sounded like..."
"Lucy," they said together and sprinted to the stairway.
"What's your problem? Relax!" Dave said. Lucy took a deep breath and nodded.
"Sorry Dave.. I though... you just scared me-"
"What the Hell happened?!" Dave asked, staring at the heap at the foot of the stairs that was Elizabeth Corday.
"She... She fell..." Lucy didn't know why she hadn't told him the truth, and so, she tried, "She... She was pulled backwards..."
"By what?"
"Who," Lucy corrected. Dave shot her a suspicious glance and was about to say something when Mark Green and Kerry Weaver ran up the stairs.
"What on earth?!" Kerry said, looking between Lucy and Elizabeth, "Dave, get a gurney!" she ordered. Dave nodded and left. To Lucy's surprise, she felt a tear fall down her cheek.
"I... I didn't... She just..."
"It's all right, Lucy..." Mark said, not quite sure what to say, "But help us here!" but Lucy was frozen. All she could do was look at Elizabeth, remember Abby and shake her head, disbelieving. What was going on? Who was that man? Had he been the one that walked past after Abby had fallen into the lake? Dave returned with Jing-Mei Chen and they rolled Lizzy away. But Lucy stayed in the hall, not knowing what to think or do. She sat down on the steps and realized she didn't want to be alone. What if she was next? She stood up again and discovered her legs felt like Jell-O. She couldn't feel the cold anymore. She had only enough strength to stumble into the lobby and her legs gave way and she feel on the couch. Carter walked in and sighed heavily, not seeing Lucy. He jumped when he did.
"Lucy!" he said, surprised. She looked up at the expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked.
"That's what I should be asking you."
"You look troubled."
"You look worse. You're still all wet. And even if you are, your eyes are a little red... Have you been crying?"
"Me? Crying?" Lucy laughed, but it was a forced one and Carter knew it. He gave her a searching look and Lucy sighed, "Maybe my eyes watered a little... Have you heard?"
"What?"
"About Dr. Corday?"
"What about her?" Carter seemed not to have heard anything about the doctor.
"She..." but Lucy couldn't finish, "Oh Carter!"
"Let's take a walk..."
"How's Abby?"
"I'll tell you soon. First I want to hear about Corday."
"Abby isn't..."
"She'll be fine. Come on," Carter took Lucy's hand and pulled her to her feet. Lucy was glad to get out of the hospital. Meanwhile, sea green eyes were watching.
"You will not steal her away from me, you b******!" he whispered and followed, hatching another plan to kill...
"She was pushed down the stairs?" Carter asked, incredulously.
"Not pushed, pulled, by a black haired man with the most haunting green eyes. He scared me, Carter!"
"It's Ok, Luce, we'll find him and bust him," Carter promised her. Lucy watched him cross the street and was met again with another scene of horror.
"CARTER!"
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Well? Whaddaya think? U really wanna read more? Find out how Abby is and what happened to Carter? See if Elizabeth is OK and find out how Dave and another character tie into the plot? Then TELL ME SO! Write a review!