Summary: Set near the end of A Trip to the Dentist. This is how the scene with the ceiling fan should have went down… LoVe style.
Disclaimer: I don't own Veronica Mars, lucky Mr. Rob Thomas does.
Author's Note: Thanks again to all my loyal readers and reviewers, you guys are amazing! You're even bribing me now... :sniffle: I'm so proud. :) Here's your next chapter. Sorry there isn't any LoVe interaction yet. No worries, it's coming I promise you. We just have to get through the action sequences, lol. Enjoy!
Veronica struggled against the man who was currently dragging her across the ground. He had caught her before she managed to get two feet away from him, pulled her down, and gagged her with a sleeve he'd ripped off his shirt. While he moved her from the road, he tied her hands behind her back with the other sleeve. When he heard Logan's voice calling out her name, he begun to pull her through the trees at a rapid speed.
"That stunt you pulled back there means we won't be able to follow through with my exact plans for you," he grumbled, pushing through some branches. "But your little stunt has also royally pissed me off!" he practically screamed, pulling her face up to his. They began jogging again with Veronica stumbling over her own feet as she tried to gain control over her body.
"Ah ha!" Aaron exclaimed, holding up his index finger. They had just come upon a hill, at the bottom of which was a creek. "This'll do just fine," he said giving her a little shove ahead of him. Without the use of her arms as balance, Veronica tripped and fell, tumbling down the hill and hitting everything in her path. She rolled to a stop at the bottom, finding herself in excruciating pain. She curled herself into a little ball searching for relief from it.
He strolled up to her, "So, Veronica… where are those tapes?" he reached down, grabbing her by the shoulders and flipping her on her back. Veronica screamed into the cloth in her mouth as his hand grabbed the side of her face in a mock romantic gesture. She began to cry as his hand trailed down her neck and the rest of her body, "It's really too bad, Veronica. You and I could've had a lot of fun." He reached his hand into the pocket of her apron, taking the opportunity to caress her thigh, "Oooo, here they are." Just as his hand moved to grab the tapes, Veronica let her leg fly out and kick him the chest.
Back on the street, Duncan was pacing nervously after giving the call to the police. They'd said they would have units to his location as quickly as possible. They hadn't arrived yet however, and he got more and more anxious by the second. He had reached the point of going against Keith's orders and running into the woods after them when he heard the sound of a motorcycle coming around the corner. He had hopes that it would be a police officer, but the second the person came into view, it was obvious that that was not the case.
The motorcyclist pulled up next to Duncan and removed his helmet, showing himself to be none other than Weevil.
"What are you doing here?" Duncan asked, trying to be intimidating while being somewhat scared for his life. Being alone in the middle of the night, in a very deserted location with Eli Navarro was not his idea of a good time.
"Why are you here?" Weevil responded, dismounting his bike.
Duncan swallowed, "To try and help save Veronica. She's-"
Weevil cut him off, "I know I know." He took a deep breath before continuing, "I'm here for the same reason, because as much as the girl drives me crazy… I don't want her to die. And if I can kill Aaron Echolls in the process of saving her… that'd be a bonus."
Duncan nodded, glad to discover they were on the same side, "How'd you find out where she was?"
"I talked to her earlier tonight. When the girl's freaked out, she likes to ramble. She mentioned where she was at one point. I led the guys home and came straight here," he answered. "So let's cut the chit chat. Where are they?"
"Right. Well, Aaron took Veronica in the woods and Mr. Mars and Logan just went after them. The cops are on their way," Duncan filled in succinctly.
"And you're doing… what, exactly?" Weevil asked, his eyebrows scrunched up in confusion.
Duncan was silent a moment, "I called the cops. I'm supposed to wait here. Veronica's dad said to only go in after them if I thought it was absolutely necessary.
"Right… I'm beginning to see why that was such a good idea." Weevil started walking away from him and across the street.
"Wait! What are you doing?" he asked starting after him.
Weevil turned around and held out and extended hand indicating for him to stop, "No, no, no. You stay here like you were told. I'll go fight the bad guy."
Duncan stopped in his tracks, hurt by his comment, "Sure." Weevil started to jog towards the woods. "It's too bad you don't know where they are," Duncan said in a knowing voice.
Weevil stopped at the edge of the trees, "What do you know?"
Duncan held up the GPS, that now had a blinking light indicating where Veronica's cell phone was headed. Weevil squinted at it, "Get over here!" Duncan came over to him, and once he was within feet Weevil reached out for it, "Hand it over."
Duncan contemplated disobeying Weevil's order, but quickly came to his senses and did as he was asked. Weevil took it and oriented himself in the direction of the flashing light. "Okay," he said, "You stay here. Show the cops this when they get here." Duncan felt the GPS tracking system being thrust into his hands once again as Weevil turned and started running through the woods.
Logan watched as Keith's face fell in disappointment, "That's not good… that's not good at all." He shook his head back and forth slowly.
Dejected after seeing a great loss of hope in Veronica's father, Logan flipped his phone shut before pocketing both his and Veronica's cell phone. "What do we do now?" Logan asked, standing up beside Keith.
The older man stood silently for a moment, looking around him at the wide expanse of forest surrounding them.
Aaron let out a cry as he fell over backwards. Veronica tried to take advantage of his surprise by getting to her feet, and turning to run. Before she got far, she felt her entire head fly backwards as he grabbed her hair and pulled. She was thankful she still had her wig on, as she then felt herself freed from his grasp. She ran as fast as she could, but her motions were restricted and the gag in her mouth made breathing difficult.
She could suddenly feel cold earth against her face as she was tackled from behind. Aaron rolled her over so that she was facing him. He positioned himself over her with his legs straddling her hips. "You're really making this difficult!" he yelled through grated teeth. "Lilly didn't fight nearly as much. And so I tried to make her death somewhat painless, considering she was just some stupid little girl who didn't know any better. But you…" he drifted off before moving to kneel beside her and then rolling her over onto her stomach again. She was confused until she felt her nose come into contact with water. She pushed up against his hand on the back of her head in order to get one last, deep breath. Then her head was submerged in the icy water of the creek. As she fought and struggled against him, she could hear him laughing above her.
This is it… He's going to kill me.
She was thrashing her head, trying desperately to get her mouth to the surface, if only for a moment. The creek was lined with stones, and during her blind, forceful movement she hit her head on one of them. Inadvertently she gasped and water enter her mouth finding it's way down into her lungs. Veronica began to feel the world slip away and as she went limp in Aaron's arms.
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