Author's Note: I'm going to warn you in advance: the rating for this chapter and maybe one or two chapters after is probably going to be a stronger PG: 13. Yeah, I'm not in a good mood. It will probably be just for violence, anyway. Nothing too gruesome. Thank you all so much for the reviews and please keep reviewing!


Always Watching

Chapter 13

"Matt," Lita whispered, her eyes filling with joyful tears. She clung to him tightly. It no longer mattered that Matt had betrayed her so long ago. He had saved her from Dean, and that was all that hung in her mind at that moment. Matt looked down at her, and picked her up in his arms, making his way through the parking lot. "We have to go back," Lita protesting suddenly, twisting in his arms. "Chris! He's hurt bad!" desperation came through her voice.

"He'll be fine, Lita. The police are on their way; they'll take care of him. But we've got to go," Matt said urgently as they reached his truck. The redhead stared at the navy blue Silverado for a moment, and then spoke.

"Why do we have to go? If the cops are on their way..." she trailed off.

"Lita, honey, just trust me," Matt said soothingly to her, and she nodded. He walked to the passenger side, opening the door and setting Lita on the seat. Matt slammed the door, and then slid into the driver's seat, gunning the engine and pulling away from the parking space.

"Dean could get away," Lita whispered suddenly as they approached his car.

"I don't think he's going anywhere, at least not until he regains his consciousness," Matt told her, and passed her a blanket from the backseat. "Here. Take this and put your seat heater on."

Lita nodded, numbly placing the blanket over her. Her eyes snapped to Dean's car as they passed it. The passenger seat's window was shattered, and Dean was laying half-in-half out of the vehicle, his back on the seat. The car continued to move, blocking her view of Dean. The redhead curled her knees into her chest, directing the warm heat coming from the fans onto her. Surrounded by warmth, and safe, she drifted into an uneasy sleep.


Captain Moceri frowned as he took the stairs two at a time to the third floor. He hadn't seen any flashing lights behind him. The thought buzzed around his brain, but he had no time for it. He drew his gun as he reached the third level, walking slowly up to Lita's room. The door was partially opened. Moceri put his hand on the door and pushed, jumping in the doorway and aiming his gun into it. He quickly went through the room; finding the only sign of life to be Chris Benoit.

He holstered the pistol and knelt down in front of the severely dazed wrestler. "Where's Lita?" he asked, and Benoit shook his head, slowly sitting up, his back against the nightstand.

"I don't know," he whispered, wincing at the pounding in the back of his head. "Someone attacked me from behind," he said, angry at himself. He touched the back of his head and drew his hand back, his fingers sticky with blood.

"You okay?" Moceri asked, seeing the crimson blood on his fingers.

"I'm fine," he slowly stood, using the nightstand to do so. Captain Moceri steadied him. "Just get me a towel and let's go."

"What do you mean?"

"We have to find Lita, and I'm coming with you!" Benoit said determinedly. Knowing that it would just waste more time to argue with him, Moceri grabbed a towel from the bathroom. Benoit placed it against the back of his head and they made their way to the door.

'Please let Lita be okay,' Benoit mentally pleaded as they jogged down the stairs.


Lita woke up with a start, fear immediately seizing her senses when she realized she was in an area she didn't recognize. The truck was parked on the side of a road at the top of the hill, and Matt wasn't there. The keys weren't in the ignition, either. The redhead fumbled with the locks for a moment, and then stumbled out. The rain had stopped, but the cold chilled her wet skin. Lita looked down the hill, seeing the puddles. She stepped back from the slope, knowing it would be a long way down. Her eyes traveled further, immediately seeing that the hill led into a large, glittering black pool of water. She turned away from it, stepping toward the back of the truck.

Suddenly Matt stepped in front of her, lantern in his hands. Lita screamed out of surprise, and then let out a long breath, realizing that it was just him. "Sorry to scare you, Lita," he said, lifting the lantern up. "I went to a pay phone to call Captain Moceri to tell him what just happened."

Lita frowned, taking a step backward. The lantern cast an eerie light on Matt. Her pulse quickened as she looked around. There were no buildings in the dark settling in around them, not to mention any pay phones. Her eyes snapped to Matt. She had never told him about Captain Moceri taking her case. How did he know? Lita swallowed tightly, taking another step back. How would he have known if the police were on their way? Why did he insist to flee? "How did Dean get my private phone number?" she asked suddenly, barely aware she'd asked the question aloud.

Matt stepped forward, a sinister smile on his face. "Because," he whispered, "I gave it to him."


Author's Note: The muses have been very kind to me... I just posted Chapter 11 about one or something this morning, and now I've finished writing this chapter! Sorry if this chapter (or the next) seem kind of...bad or different to you, I wrote them after I found out my hamster died. Stupid as it sounds, Trix was my furball of a best friend. She was old for a hamster though, like three and a half, so I suppose it was just her time.

Onto happier news...

108 reviews! Wow! I love you guys! Thank you all so much for reviewing! It really means a lot to me. It sucks that the story will be ending soon... I really enjoyed writing it (still am, but the way I've thought it out will probably have it end at about twenty chapters, so only a few more to go). This is one of the few stories I have that I actually know where I'm going, and because this one is shorter, it's been good. Anyway, I'll leave the sap at that for the moment, but you aren't done with me! The epilogue is coming... :)

Anyway, please continue to review! I hope you enjoyed it!