Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Family, Humor
Rating: M for sexual situations and language
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters featured on the show Castle, they belong to the creator of the show, ABC and the others who do own them.
A/N #1: Since this chapter is one of my shorter ones, I'll be posting the next in about four hours or so, if anyone wants to continue reading look out for it then!
A/N #2: The title of this story is lyric from the song Help! by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, from The Beatles album of the same name. The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Overkill by Colin Hay, from the Men at Work album Cargo.
My Heartbeat Shows The Fear
Strolling down the path, the man paused when he saw the fallen branch in his way and stepped over it quickly before he turned his attention back to his phone. Sliding his finger across the screen his eyes went wide for a moment before he shook his head and then laughed.
"Silly buggers," the man muttered as he paused so he could watch the video he'd opened. "Oh, you're too far from the goal for that." He shook his head and then turned off the phone, tucking it into his pocket. He continued down the path before he paused as he could have sworn he heard footsteps behind him. Turning back he frowned when there was no one there. Shaking his head, he walked again and shortly after was stopping before he whirled around rapidly.
"Who's there?" he called to the trees on either side of the path. There was no response to that, as he'd been expecting, and he frowned before he started to walk. But he was going far slower than before as he was far more uneasy in the darkness, waiting before he heard footsteps once again and he started to run that time. He was waiting to hear the footsteps doing the same but when there was nothing he quickly slowed down and stopped. "Damnit," he said with a laugh, turning around. "Palkis you jester, come on I know it's you," he called jovially.
There was nothing but a cold wind blowing through the trees and the man was soon shifting uncomfortably as he waited. But he finally had to admit it wasn't the man he'd thought it was and he was suddenly turning, running as fast as he could before he heard the running behind him. He knew he was far off from the end of the path towards town but he did his best to make it, his heart thudding in his ears before he suddenly stumbled.
Yelling in the fear that he was about to be attacked, the man turned around immediately but found that the path was clear. Frowning, his knees throbbing in pain where he'd hit them on the ground, he pushed himself up before standing slowly. He then decided his best option was to walk backwards and he started to do so carefully, trying to look behind him when he could. When there was no sound of footsteps anywhere he turned around once more and started to walk.
Keeping his pace brisk, the man could see the lights of the homes nearest the path and he smiled at the thought he could soon find help. But before he could get any closer there was something large in his way; an enormous shadow that nearly covered the exit from the trees. When it started to sprint his way he yelled out and turned back around to run away from it.
Though he had no way to go in that direction, the man continued down the path as fast as he could. He could hear the thing behind him gaining on him, continuously until they were at him and he let out a horrified yell until he was down on the ground and blacking out completely.
Eyes blinking open, the man looked up and realized that he had left the woods at some point and was out in the open. He breathed out heavily as he sat up, relieved his head wasn't spinning though he could feel a bump on his head. He was about to push himself up when he recalled the large hulking figure and he shot up to his feet.
Though he had to stagger to regain his balance, the man shook that off so he could look around him and make sure that figure wasn't nearby. He couldn't really relax even though there was nothing in sight, but when he soon heard a siren he breathed out in relief before waving his arms as the bright red lights of the police appeared in the distance.
The man felt his luck that he wasn't killed but made sure he was hurrying to the help that had arrived. As he was getting further away from the brace of trees behind him, he was never aware of the figure behind him, breathing heavily before a low growl sounded in the chill and foggy winter night.