Ok, I am so so so so incredibly sorry that words actually cannot express it. Things have just been really busy. Year Eleven is way more of a workload than I expected it to be and Dean hasn't been nagging me because of her boyfriend and I got a fantastic boyfriend who I tend to spend too much time with and while none of this excuses anything I really really hope you'll forgive me enough to actually read this and send a review my way. Pleeeeeeease…
The rain had stopped by the time they reached the barn. In fact there was sun wreathing the area and the grounds was steaming. Tyler leaped from the car as it slowed, his feet making undignified squelching sounds as he sprinted around the barn, towards the source of the smoke. He could hear Caleb and Pogue somewhere behind him but he ran on unchecked. He rounded the barn and immediately caught sight of the source of the smoke. Reid's blonde hair was just visible in the midst of the flames and he ran onwards. His eyes flickered black and in an instant the rain was pouring down again, the clouds closing in overhead and darkening from silver to deep purple.
He reached the wooden platform as the last of the flames gave up their battle and hissed themselves into silence. Reid hung, motionless and silent, from his restraints. In an instant Tyler was at his side, fingers on his horribly blistered neck. A pulse jumped, shallow and rapid, but definitely there, beneath the burning skin. He swallowed and closed his eyes for a moment, the stench of Reid's burnt flesh drowning out even the balmy smell of the wet earth.
He drew his pocket knife, intending to cut Reid's restraints and felt bile rise in his throat. Reid was not supported against the pole by rope but instead by pieces of wire. They had cooled in the drenching rain but livid marks on Reid's already heavily scarred skin showed where they had glowed white hot moments before. Tyler swallowed heavily and saw black once more. Reid landed in his arms and guilt rose once again as he felt his friends light weight and remembered all he had been through. An now this…It didn't seem fair.
Behind him he could hear Caleb's frantic voice and already, in the distance, sirens were wailing. There was a sound, somewhere in the distance, as if someone was calling his name desperately, but he didn't really hear it. He definitely didn't see the red headed woman being carried away by two thick necked men. She was weeping.
Ok, well there you go. Again my sincerest apologies for the ridiculously long wait. This is actually the second to last chapter. I will try to write and update the next chapter tomorrow night just to make up for the long wait. And yes, there will be a sequel. I will try and get that written before I go away for Christmas and have no internet for three weeks but I can't make any promises. However, while I'm away I have a whole heap of Harry Potter fics I intend to write which I will finish before I put up so there WILL be regular updates. Promise. Anyways. I will do my very best to update tomorrow night and please leave me a review to let me know what you think now that poor Reid is out of danger…kind of…Anyways.
Love all you guys very very very much and am very very very VERY sorry.
Sammy