Anger

A/N: Okay, I know I'm a terrible, terrible person. I mean, I updated last Monday and it's Sunday now… So, thank you for bearing with me. It was my last week of summer so I had TONS of stuff to do. And, this is my last day of summer, so I wouldn't be looking for another update until at least the weekend. But, thank you for all the wonderful reviews and thank you to everyone who has alerted or favorited me or my story. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Wandering Chapter Four

Lily was supposed to wait in Mr. Gil's office, but she had been in there forever. I mean, he left her there a whole ten minutes ago! So, Lily, being the intellectual child that she was, explored the office. After another five minutes, she was bored again. Mr. Gil's books were too big for her and had long words like "entomology" on them. She shook her head in disgust and went looking for something to play with.

She opened the door to the office and looked out into the lab. Now there was a place that a child could have fun. She closed the door behind her and began her explorations. Her kitty, fondly named Marble, was clutched in her right hand while she used the other to touch the wall. Lily just wanted to go home. Mr. Gil had told her that she couldn't go home because a bad man hurt her mommy and daddy. She didn't understand. Didn't you go to the hospital when you were hurt bad?

Lily sniffled as she thought of the bad man. He was really scary. He had hurt her mommy. And now she wasn't aloud to see her anymore. She sniffled again, wiping a tear off on the back of her hand. Somehow, she found her way to the entrance of the lab. There were lots of adults here, but none of them seemed to notice her. She walked past them and sat on a chair, trying her best not to think about her mommy.

Again, Lily grew bored of just sitting quickly. She wandered back the way she came, slipping by several grown ups. Eventually, one of them noticed them. She had brown hair and brown eyes and she knelt down next to Lily.

"Hey, I'm Sara," the lady said to Lily. "What's your name?"

"Lily," the girl replied shyly.

"Where are your parents, Lily?"

"I can't see Mommy and Daddy cause they were hurt by a bad man," she told her gravely.

The woman's features softened slightly. "Well, who is supposed to be taking care of you?"

"Mr. Gil."

A smile lit Sara's features as she imagined Gil taking care of this little girl. "Well, if we put you back in his office, then we can pretend that you were there the whole time, okay?"

"Okay," Lily's mood followed Sara's, and she smiled and took Sara's hand.

The two of them walked to Gil's office and sat on the couch. A minute later, Gil came in. "Hey Lily," he said, not looking up from the paperwork he held in his hand, "sorry I took so long, I ran into a few people." He looked up and saw Lily sound asleep, leaning against Sara. Gil grinned when he saw them. She looked so…right with a child.

"How long has she been asleep?"

"Just a few minutes or two. What happened?" she asked at a whisper so as not to wake the sleeping child.

"Murdered. Catherine is processing the scene. I brought her back in hopes of getting a picture of this guy, but I haven't tried yet. She's traumatized because I think she saw her mother getting murdered."

Sara shook her head, understanding what it was like to see a dead parent. "I've called her family, but her only living relatives are an aunt and uncle on a cruise somewhere. I can't contact them for another few days until they port in Alaska."

She nodded, careful not to wake Lily. "What…" Sara hesitated, "what will happen to her until then?"

Gil shrugged, his expression somber. "Either she finds a foster family or she gets sent to a group home." She nodded, hating to leave the girl to go through the system.

After a moment of sober silence, she spoke. "Couldn't we watch her? Just for a few days?" Gil took in her pleading expression and knew he would never win. "I mean, I work during the day, you work at night, we could have one of us home at all times… And if you can't watch her while I have class I could always bring her with me."

He silenced her before she could continue. "For only a few days. Then we have to give her back to her family." Sara's grin was worth anything bad that Lily could do.

"Thank you," her smile still stayed, knowing that she had saved one little girl from the foster care system.

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He fumed. He could barely believe it. What was with these women? All he did was try to save them and he was rewarded with betrayal. And, what was worse, he wasn't even aloud to take his Lily with him. He had searched that house for at least an hour before finally giving up. After all, he did have to clean up a bit.

He took his camera and scanned the crowds. No one. Not one of them caught his eye. None of the women had the sparkle of life that he longed for. All of them were boring clones, going around with no personality. He drove away from the mall, disgusted with all of them. He continued to drive, searching for someone he could love.

There was no one. Maybe he just wasn't looking hard enough. Maybe it was him who had become boring, not the women. No. That wasn't true. He was no different. If anything, he was more determined to find someone to love. After all, love was what separated the humans from the animals. And he wasn't an animal.

After another few minutes of driving, he saw it, the sparkle of life. He slowed to a stop, pulling his camera out quickly. He zoomed in on her face and saw… a man. He was furious that his camera had been attracted to a man. He must have been mistaken. There was no way that the sparkle had really been there.

He continued to drive, his frustration growing with every mile. Finally, he saw her. She was much younger then he was used to. Her long blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail and she looked maybe eighteen. She stood on the corner, anxiously waiting for someone.

Click.

He took her picture, excited that he had found someone to love. He watched her for maybe ten minutes when a car pulled up. The man inside—he assumed it was her father—rolled down the window and yelled at her. She lowered her head and took it, not retaliating. After her father finished yelling, she got in the passenger's seat and they drove off.

He followed, wanting to save this girl.

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A/N: Sorry that it's so short… It's just if I go on, then it'll be REALLY long and I don't feel like writing that much. So, please leave a review. Tell me what you think.