The black widow

by Liese13

This story is the sequel to "The next move, what's it gonna be?" but can be read separately if you really want to.Some strange deaths confuse Cole and Bekowsky who work homicide together again. The victims seemed to have died of vast fear. Had they really seen something like ghosts before they died? And is it even a case for homicide or could maybe something like curse be the cause

3. Chapter 3

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"Did you see that?" asked Stefan suddenly about ten minutes later. Cole had been lost in thought and listening to the smooth jazz playing on the radio and flinched slightly at his partners words. "No, what is it Stefan?" he asked insistent when his partner didn't immediately respond. "That shadow!" Bekowsky sounded scared – very scared. "No, there's nothing here. Listen, you better pull out here and stop the car. I can drive the rest of the way." Stefan ignored his words suddenly driving faster. "We have to get away, Cole. They're coming after us!" "There's no one here! Just you and me! Calm down!" Cole knew that whatever had happened to that poor woman was know happening to his partner. He tried to think of a fast solution for their situation. Other drivers already started honking at them because Stefan drove more and more reckless. He took a right turn without slowing down, the tires squeaked fretfully. "You'll get us killed! Stop the damn car, Stefan!" he tried to look him in the eyes and found sheer panic in them.
Then he suddenly took his hands off the steering-wheel waving them trough the air in front of his face just like Matthews had demonstrated. "Get away from me!" he yelled and Cole quickly grabbed the wheel to prevent them from crashing into the next lantern. "You're hallucinating! What you see isn't real!" he tried to bring Stefan to his senses but it didn't work. He just drove faster, eyes wide and breathing very fast. Cole pursed his lips. If he didn't act fast his partner would maybe end up like Rebecca Black with his heart failing. He couldn't let that happened. Cole decided to do the only thing possible in the situation. He reached out with his left arm and knocked Stefan out with a fast blow to the back of his head.
His partner lost conscious immediately and his upper body slipped towards the steering-wheel. The problem was that they were still driving and that very fast. Cole still had a hold of the wheel but he couldn't reach the pedals because Stefan's body was in the way. He stared out the window feeling his own heart pounding heavily. There were pedestrians everywhere and the car was about to slide on the pavement even though he pulled the wheel around. He was about to loose control of the vehicle it was only a matter of seconds. The only way out without hurting anybody was an empty pathway leading god knows where. He managed to steer towards it and sighed a little as the car finally slipped through. No more people around that the car could hurt. He now concentrated on shifting his foot on the brake but there just wasn't enough space.
He looked out the window again and suddenly realized where they were going. They were on one of the city's hills, he could see the skyline in front of him. "SHIT!" he yelled still trying to reach the pedals. The handbrake! Suddenly came to his mind. He grabbed the plastic pin and pushed it up violently. Another squeaking of the tires could be heard, followed by a loud CRACK. Cole stared horrified at the broken plastic piece of the brake in his hand. There was no other way out as the car rushed towards the vein of the hill with around 60 hp. And then all of a sudden they were flying. Every noise seemed to be shut down and Cole could only hear his own breathing and the heart pounding in his chest. The moment protracted in a strange way and Cole could see trees and buildings passing by. Then he threw himself over the limp body of his partner to protect him right before the car crashed to the ground. Then everything went dark.

He could have only been out for some seconds or minutes. When he came to again he could feel something hard and cold pressing against his back. He turned around a bit and saw that it was the car's roof which had bent down during the impact. Cole let out a growl. He could feel sharp pain but couldn't locate yet where it came from. He looked down at Bekowsky who seemed to be unharmed. Cole tried to shift into a sitting position again and reached out for the radio transceiver. "KGPL, this is car 11K, KGPL please respond!" there was a hissing sound for some moments until a female voice answered. "This is KGPL, 11K go ahead." "I need an ambulance but uhm, I don't quite know where we are. We had an accident. Drove down one of the hills, I think it's the one near 2nd street." "Roger on the ambulance, 11K. Stay put!" Cole put the transceiver away and had to groan again. He tried to open the door but it was blocked. He had to stay where he was and wait for the ambulance. He was trapped. The image of a burned and torn up body next to him came to his mind and Cole could feel cold sweat forming on his forehead. This is not Okinawa he kept reminding himself. Do not panic, your partner is gonna be alright, it's not gonna happen again. The pain intensified and he drifted off again.