Chp 5

She had snagged the wire on a pipe and it ripped the device from her belt and sent it to the bottom. She had un-clipped her gun and was pulling it out of the water when the alligator opened its huge jaws. She brought out her leg and kicked it in the mouth. That bought her enough time to take her gun off safety.

"What! Marissa! Marissa!" Stella was yelling in the Walkie Talkie She looked down at Mac and then behind her. "Flack call for backup!" She watched him run to his car and radio it in.

Mac was trying to get out of Stella's grip but she had a tight hold on him.

"Let go Stella! I have to go save her!" He tore his arm away from her grasp but she grabbed his shirt and she and Flack pulled him out. "I couldn't do shit when Claire died! At least now I can try and prevent Marissa's death!" He blew up in their faces. He turned around to jump back in when the water over-flowed the sewer and came pooling out of the manhole. Stella upon seeing it fell to her knees and shut her eyes tight. Flack bent down and held her as she wept.

"It was my fault; I shouldn't have let her go down there!" She mumbled in Flack's chest. Flack merely rubbed her back and looked over at his friend. Mac's eyes were brimming with tears as the rain stopped and the sun reappeared. Mac went down on his knees and stared over the pooling manhole.

Underwater now Marissa strained her eyes to see the alligator; she brought up her weapon and aimed it, she had to wait until it was close so that the density of the water wouldn't render the bullet useless. The Alligator once again opened its jaws and was about to bite down on Marissa's arm when she pulled the trigger. The bullet soared through the creator's stomach and burst it open like a can of sardines. She stood there shocked a second but when the burning sensation of air was becoming to hard to ignore she went with the current; following the stream of red water.

Mac was about to get up when he noticed the water running from the cover running red. Stella and Flack had quickly noticed it too.

Danny and Aiden had came running when they heard Stella's voice over the airwaves.

"What happened?" Aiden asked standing over Stella and looked down at Mac.

"Where's Riss?" Danny asked. He followed Mac's eyes to the red manhole and sighed.

All of a sudden Marissa's body came flying out and she gasped for air. Mac's eyes opened wide and carried Marissa away from the manhole and turned her around so she wouldn't choke on the water she was coughing out. Her friends had come running to her side Stella brought her up in a big hug.

"Oh my God! I'm so glad you're alright." Stella said. Marissa was to tired and still shaken up to respond she just stayed their leaning her head over on Stella's shoulder. After a breather she lifted her head and stood up shakily.

She turned around until her blue/green eyes met Mac's furious blue ones.

Author's Note: Okay okay I know very well that Stella wouldn't act along those lines but someone had to do it…and for some reason Flack wasn't the one to come to mind…Please forgive me…Review pleas

Brit -xox-