Title: Santa Fe
Author: It's Not Me.
Note: If you like Sarah, this probably isn't the fic to read. :-)
She stood silently, the muted light from the moon falling upon her pale face. With a quick inhale, she looked inside the room, her eyes wide as she surveyed the destruction.
"Sarah?"
She shook her head, chestnut brown hair flailing madly with the movement.
"Sarah!"
She shoved the knife behind her back as she looked up at the man who had stepped so warily within the darkened room. It was amazing to see the way the myriad of emotions flickered over his face, the way the surprise slowly mutated into deadly horror.
"Good god, Sarah," his voice sounded choked, nearly strangled as he stepped over the figures strewn, almost like a child's forgotten toys, across the carpeted floor. With a powerful grab, he pulled the woman into his embrace.
"Thank god you are okay. Thank god. God," he suddenly repeated, his face pressed against her neck. She could feel the wetness from his tears drench her skin, the sensation extremely uncomfortable as she tilted her head to the side. "What happe... I don't… we got to go. Doctor. We got to go get a doctor. David… your mother… they might still…"
She remained silent, her arms slowly coming up as she succumbed to his embrace.
"I don't… how could this… To hell with that. Come with me, Sarah. We gotta get a doctor. Close your eyes. I'll carry you, okay?" he insisted, his hands already searching for her slender waist.
"No," Sarah started, her voice flat as she buried her head against the warmth of his sweaty chest.
"Sarah? Sweetheart…"
"No, Jack," the young woman whispered, the words almost lost in the deathly silence. At his sudden gasp, Sarah pushed him away and watched his pained eyes as his body fell to the blood-soaked floor.
"No, Cowboy, you aren't going anywhere."
Humming softly as she stepped over her husband's writhing body, Sarah decided that a trip to the train station to get a refund on the tickets to Santa Fe was in order.
Note: Hopefully this story will raise a few questions for you. What happened? Why? Is Jack actually dead? (*hint* *hint*) And most importantly, will Sarah receive her refund? *grin*