CSI: Heavy Rain

Next chapter of my CSI/Heavy Rain story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: I don't own CSI or Heavy Rain.

The Shark

3.237 inches of rainfall

Sara fought to control her breathing as she stood in front of the door of her victim's apartment.

'Just focus...You can do this, knock on the door, pull the gun out, pull the trigger and leave.'

She swallowed nervously and then knocked on the door, the man answered the door immediately, he was irritable and looked like the worst vision of a drug dealer.

"What do you want?" He snapped angrily, "I'm outta dope; I don't have any to sell so get out!"

Sara didn't miss a beat; she reached back and immediately pulled out the gun, pointing it levelly at the man's head. The man backed off slowly as Sara walked into the apartment, keeping the gun level with his head.

"Hey, whoa, just relax; it's okay. Look, you want money, dope, just take it," He pleaded but Sara kept moving forwards.

However, as he reached a pile of cardboard boxes against the wall, he grabbed a shotgun and fired at Sara, who dived into the next room to take cover.

"Die bitch!" He yelled as he chased after her.

Sara recovered from the dive and saw she was in the living room; she spun around so she was facing the door and aimed the gun.

As her target charged into the room she fired, but the shot missed and struck the wall, he yelled incoherently and fired the shotgun, forcing Sara to dodge again, moving into the next room, the man charged after her, firing like a maniac, Sara had to dodge back out into the hallway, she pushed down a pile of cardboard boxes, blocking his path momentarily. She took cover in another room and waited; however there was a second door, from a different room and he fired through that, luckily Sara wasn't struck but the shock caused her to fall down. She fired blindly as she backed off, forcing him to back off. She ran back through the next room, firing over her shoulder and darting back into the hallway. She made it into the last room, a bedroom; she stopped and fought to catch her breath.

"Where are you, I know you're in here somewhere." The man growled angrily, "I'll find you, and when I do, you're dead."

'Stay calm Sara, you can do this,' She told herself, 'C'mon, just shoot him, kill him and get it done with, stop running, stop hesitating.'

Just then the man burst into the bedroom and levelled the shotgun with Sara's head.

"You're dead bitch," He growled and pulled the trigger.

The gun clicked, it was empty, the man's anger drained and was replaced by fear. Sara pointed the gun at his head and signalled him to drop the shotgun; he did so and raised his hands defensively.

The tables had turned as Sara now had the man at her mercy.

"Wait, please, don't do this, take whatever you want..." He begged but she cut across him, "I'm not here to take anything, I don't have a choice, I have to do this."

He looked up at her, in shock, his eyes clearly asking why. She swallowed and pressed the gun against his head.

"Because I'm a Mother, and I need to do this...to save my daughter."

She closed her eyes and pulled the trigger. She opened her eyes and saw his body; she followed the instructions from the paper and used the phone to send a picture of the body to the number provided. She left the room and walked down the hallway, she stopped at the doorway as the phone spoke in that automated female voice.

"Your reward is in the grip of the gun."

Sara looked down at the gun and then prised the cover off the grip; sure enough there was the memory card. She picked it up, pocketed the gun and plugged the card into the phone. The water was now up to Holly's chest and she was panicked, more than ever. Then the hangman appeared and even more letters were revealed.

4_76 Sout_ Valley _ew Boule_ard

She managed to smile slightly.

'I'm nearly there, just one more trial, last number in the address and four letters.'

She pocketed the phone and almost collapsed, the enormity of everything that had happened was almost crushing, but she had to persevere. She forced herself to walk to her car and drive away, leaving behind the scene of the gunfight and the body of the drug dealer.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.