Disclaimer: don't own them, never have, never will....
Notes: NO!!!!! it's so sad, my station has stopped showing Tru calling!!! all because they want to show "local South African" movies. Blow the movies I want Tru Calling!! (Sorry, I should learn to relax, and be patient. It's only for a few weeks then they will show Tru calling again- if they value their lives, they will). But ya, the last episode I saw was the one with the solider and where Tru has to find his girl friend. Sad, but very good.
Apology: Yammer mense, I didn't have much time to write.
Warning: This chapter does contain scenes of violence.
Thank you to:
cherrygurl1225- Thanks so much for the review and for the offer, I would really appreciate the help, if the offer still stands? I tried to get your e-mail but it didn't want to show! :( Thanks again for the review, hope you like this chapter!
B Oots- I'm still trying to work on "who saves the day", I have a very interesting idea which I'm still working on, but you will find out soon... thanks for the review!
Kristen00- So that happens to you too, I hate it when the internet cuts off. Looks like our tv stations are working together to irritate us! It was so sad, on Thursday I went and sat down on the chair, I had my tape ready (I love to tape my favourite tv programmes so I can watch them over and over again- I'm mad, I know). And I was all set, my family knew to avoid the tv room, and I had the remote. So there I sit, waiting for it to start, but then this stupid movie starts. At first I thought- joy another preview. But the preview never ended. That's when I realised they were showing the movie, and screamed! So my parents are thinking about sending me to a mental institute. But ya, life is good. Hope you enjoy this chapter, sorry for the delay!
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Chapter five
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Gary entered the building and saw it was nothing like the beauty outside. Inside looked just like an ordinary apartment block, which was disappointing.
The main entrance just nothing much, just a place where people could catch the elevator, a wooden post box with everyone's names on it, two small pot plants, nothing really out the ordinary. The tiles were an old, worn down grey, the walls were white. It was nothing exciting or welcoming.
"Guess I better start," Gary said sadly as he looked at the elevator to see that it was coming down.
Gary looked around the room again, his eyes stopped when he saw the post box. A smile formed on his face as he headed for the box. He quickly scanned the names, but one caught his eye.
"Archer, room 118," Gary read out aloud.
Knowing which room, but not which floor, Gary headed into the small elevator and pressed the first floor. At least he could just read the door numbers.
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Not have seen the post box, nor bothered with the elevator, Tru found herself on the third floor, still looking for any signs of the Archers, or even better, Gary. She knew that she still had about two hours before the shooting, but she still needed to know what caused the shooting so that she could prevent it from happening again. She walked around the floors hoping that she could get luck and find someone to talk to.
She heard the elevator stop on the same floor as her and wondered if that person would help her. So she waited for the doors to open.
When they did, she just couldn't believe what she saw. There before her, was a very much alive Gary Hobson. Not matter how many times she had to relive the day, it still felt weird to see how different they looked, of course there is a huge difference between dead and alive. But it still seemed so weird.
Gary who had been rereading the article, lifted his head to see Tru, he couldn't believe his luck.
"Tru Davies?" Gary asked.
Tru was shocked, no one had ever known her name. She frowned as she looked at him sceptically.
"Yes?" Tru answered slowly.
"I'm..."
"Gary Hobson?" Tru interrupted.
It was Gary's turn to frown when he mentioned his name. He too, had never had anyone know his name before, mostly because he tried to avoid anyone from knowing him or his name. He just went in, saved the day, and tried to disappear before anyone could ask questions.
"How did you know?" Gary asked, somewhat disliking this.
The sound of the elevator door beginning to close, Gary quickly walked out before it could close. Leaving them alone on the abandoned floor.
Silence filled the area as Gary and Tru just continued to stare at each other, none of them knew what to make of this strange encounter.
The silence was soon broken as they heard a woman's scream.
"Judy!" they said together.
Forgetting everything else, they both ran towards the screaming woman.
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Judy Archer a very bad day. She had arrived at the airport only to discover that someone had declared some emergency, and had taken her flight to Chicago. With no other option, she returned to her work and found position already taken, leaving her jobless. With nothing else to do, she headed back to her apartment, where she would have to break the bad news to her husband.
To make things worse, she gets to the elevator to see that she just missed it. Cursing her luck she decided to take the steps. Which was just making her mood worse, especially when she was wearing high-heels.
She was out of breath which she finally made it to the third floor.
"Can this day get any worse?" She asked herself as she headed for her apartment.
Her hands immediately went to her bag, where she began the hunt for the apartment keys as she walked to her apartment.
Reaching the door before finding the keys, she stopped, and opened her bag wider so that she could try and see where she had placed the keys.
Success.
Finally something good had come as she opened the door.
"John, John you home?" Judy called as she closed the door behind her.
Judy and John were High School sweethearts and always knew that they were going to marry each other. Straight after School they tied the knot, things were good in the beginning, but soon life took it's toll. But they were taking it day by day.
Jobs came and went, friends come and left, money left more quickly than it arrived, but they always had each other. Even though, they were slowly breaking apart, they still loved each other.
She walked into the lounge to see that her husband sat on the sofa, drinking beer.
John was in his late twenties, he was lean and muscular. He wore his favourite white t-shirt, with blue jeans. His short brown hair was a mess, and she knew that he hadn't bothered to go out and look for a job today.
"Looks like you worked hard today," Judy said sarcastically.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" John snapped.
"John, we have bills to pay, you need to work," Judy explained.
"You work, we survived so far, what's changed?" John asked as he drank some of his beer.
"I lost my job," Judy replied softly.
"YOU WHAT???" John yelled as beer went flying.
"I didn't mean to, I .."
Judy didn't even have time to finish her sentence when John slapped her hard across the face.
She stood there stunned. Her hand slowly went up to her burning cheek, as she looked at her husband through tear filled eyes.
She couldn't believe it, what had happened to the man she once knew, the man she once loved?
But John didn't see the fear in her eyes as the alcohol clouded his mind.
"You stupid, stupid girl!" John yelled as he began to pace the room.
"John, please no," Judy begged.
John didn't pay any attention as he reached for the gun, that he hid on the cupboard.
"NO!" Judy screamed as she saw him pointing the gun to her.
She heard the gun going off the same time she heard the door being slammed open, before she left unbelievable pain.
She looked down to her stomach, which was now covered in blood. She looked back up at the two new strangers in shock, before falling down onto the hard floor.
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Gary and Tru burst through the door the same time they heard the gun going off. They had just walked in to watch in horror as Judy fell to the ground, dead.
They couldn't believe it, it shouldn't be happening, they still had time. What went wrong? They were supposed to have time.
They were so focused on the dead woman before her that they forgot the angry, drunken husband, who was now pointing the gun towards them.
"Who are you?" John asked.
Gary and Tru looked up in fright as they remembered John.
"Mr Archer, why don't you just put the gun down," Gary asked nervously as he raised his hand, trying to show John that he wasn't going to do anything funny.
But the movement caught John unprepared, without even thinking he shot.
Tru screamed as blood flew onto her face and body as Gary fell to the ground.
Tru just couldn't believe it, the two people she had come to save, were already dead. She couldn't save them, she had failed.
She looked at John, who was now pointing the gun to her.
She wanted to speak, but the fear silenced her. She couldn't move, couldn't speak. Fear had paralysed her, forcing her to watch as John begin to pull the trigger.
Tru suddenly wondered who will be able to save them now. That was her last thought, before darkness claimed her....
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To be continued...