Law and Order SVU: "Perdition"
" 'Perdition' - noun; 1. A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation. 2. The future state of the wicked. 3. Utter destruction or ruin. 4. Hell."
- Webster's Dictionary
"John, I said stop!" A woman giggled as she jokingly slapped at her boyfriend's shoulder. They both stumbled a little as their laughter rang off the alley walls and echoed all around.
"I'll stop when you mean it." John said as he pushed his girlfriend up against the bricks off a building and began to kiss her sloppily as she continued to giggle and then stopped, easing herself into the kiss. When suddenly the girl pulled away.
"Jen, what's the matter?" John asked. Jenna kept looking passed him into the alley trying to adjust her eyes to the darkness.
"I think there's someone over there." She said quietly.
"Yeah, maybe it's the psycho killer." John said shrugging it off. He began to kiss her again; and just as before was turned away.
"John, I'm serious." She said looking into his face. He stared into hers for a moment waiting for her to giggle or give her joke away, but nothing ever came. He released her arms and began walking in the direction she was staring. Something knocked a trash can over, that made them both jump back. They went into the little section of alley where there were no lights, no sounds but the wind's echo. John stepped forward with Jenna a step behind him, he looked around his feet for anything he could use as a weapon, but the only thing near his feet was a discarded trash can lid- presumably the one that got knocked over. Suddenly something jumped out of the shadows that made Jenna shriek and John think he was having a heart attack as his hands went up to cover his face.
A black cat continued running passed them both and continued out of sight and hearing distance. They both laughed at each other's reactions.
"My hero." Jenna said laughing hysterically.
"Shut up." John said, with his bruised ego. He took off his college TCU baseball cap and wiped his forehead before he put it back on and adjusted his khakis. They turned to walk out of the alley in the direction of the nearest light. "Like you were any braver, screaming like that."
"Well at least I-" Jenna was cut off as a hand grabbed her wrist. Jenna let out a scream as she pulled away and a woman fell forward out of the shadows and landed on the ground with a thud and didn't move again.
