Disclaimer: Nope, nothing's changed since the last time. I still don't own CSI: Miami. Oh yeah, and the song is once again, Three Days Grace's "I Hate Everything About You". It's LOUD. XD
A/N: Some Fate and Coop… LOL. And then major creepiness. Well, it was creepy to ME.
--Oh My Gosh… WOW… it feels like I haven't updated in FOREVER… LOL. -.-;;; Yeah, tests… and just life in general… LOl.
Chapter 23
He shook his friend's shoulders. "C'mon. Snap out of it!" She was hyperventilating.
"Whatdowedowhatdowedowhatdowedo?" She took a deep breath and repeated the same thing.
"You need to calm down."
"Calm down… CALM DOWN! Do you NOT see the chaotic mess we've created?"
"We did do it, but I made you promise that we would no longer interfere. Remember?"
"GAH! If something happens…if we alter the course of history… then-then we're gonna be so dead! LITERALLY!"
"Take a chill pill and relax… what happens will happen, but I doubt it will. Fate has a funny way of staying intact." The girl didn't have the energy to groan or roll her eyes at her friend's stupid joke.
"How come you're so CALM?"
"How come you're not? We need to see this through and learn from our mistakes." He repeated what Destiny and Father Time had said earlier. I wish we could play with the humans… but we're not 'allowed'… no fun…
"I know, but-"
"Then, we can perfect the technique so that next time we'll get it right."
"No. You said so yourself…no more interfering! We've done enough damage."
"But what if what we did is all part of some bigger plan?"
"What getting kicked off the cloud?"
"No," he rolled his eyes, "but what if we did? What's the big deal?"
"Uh, it would be like dying." She was slightly more composed as she tried to reason with her companion.
"What's wrong with that? Happens to humans all the time. You don't see them running around like headless chickens…well maybe some… but that's not the point."
"That's because they have something to believe in! What do we have?"
"We have an advantage…we have knowledge…"
"And you want to give that all up to see what it's like to be human?"
"No…I just wanna know what it's like…Humans-the human realm itself - aren't so bad. They don't have all this funky Council crud to deal with."
"Don't they have their own version?"
"Yeah, but I still wanna be one."
"So, why don't you ask the head of the Council to release you from your duties?"
Her friend shrugged. "I like my strawberry-scented love dust. And I like hanging out with you and even Father Time and Destiny…and definitely the Sandman. I don't want to give that all up for something I want."
"You're confusing."
"No, I'm not."
"Yeah, you are… you wanna be human, but you still wanna be Cupid?"
"Something like that." A cherubic smile emerged onto his face.
"But you can't have it both ways."
"Yeah, well… at least you're calmer than before."
"Well, yeah. You're talking about all these weird things."
"You promised. We are just bystanders. It's better if we just watch instead of repeatedly meddling. Anyway, for your sake, the Council may not be so harsh if we became nothing more than observers."
"Yeah. Well, I hope she's okay. She has to…and he has to-"
Seeing the distress coming back, he quickly interrupted. "-Everything's gonna be fine."
She sighed to relieve some of her stress, but it didn't help her too much. I need a break from being Fate…as ridiculous as that sounds. I wonder if it's easy being human…
She had been there for no longer than five or six minutes just snapping pictures for later, when she heard the CD player click. Since it had been still and quiet since she entered the apartment, the sound made her jump slightly. Get a hold of yourself Natalia. This is Luke's apartment. You're going to be okay… it was just the CD player… She took a deep breath and snapped some more photographs of the disturbance, including the bloody drag marks leading out of the living room. Anyway, Eric's in the other-
"I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU-"
She jumped a mile out of her skin as the thunderous earsplitting music penetrated the tranquil area. Her heart hadn't even stopped beating erratically when a hand towel saturated in something clamped over her nose and mouth. What the… She couldn't push away the hand that held the cloth in place and quickly she was becoming dizzy and light-headed. The baby…Eric…oh…my head…those kids…I can't…I can't…
The towel dropped from her face about the same time as the camera slipped from her hands. By then, she was too drowsy to fight back and only moaned in protest as the criminal threw her over his shoulder, a moan that was easily drowned out from the deafening music.
"YOU HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT ME-"
As he carried her to the window and proceeded to open it, he grinned evilly. This was just too easy…I can't believe that all worked according to plan… I hope everything went just as well with him and her boyfriend… He was just about to climb onto the fire escape with her nearly unconscious body, when he felt a sharp pain in his lower right abdomen, right armpit, and left shoulder. He noticed that in those areas he had fleshy wounds with warm blood flowing from them.
Shit…something must have happened-the cops? …he gets shot-means I get shot too…if he dies… shit! … I gotta get her to the basement! With her slung over his shoulder, he climbed onto the fire escape's ladder and unlocked it so that it rode all the way down from the seventh floor to the ground level.
Knowing that there was a possibility that he would not have enough time, he darted for the door that led to the chambers below Cocoa Bean Apartment Complex. Shit…this really hurts… She's too damn heavy. His vision was beginning to blur as he, favoring his left side more, dragged his ex-wife down the stairs to the damp cool basement.
He flipped a couple of switches to get the lights generating and grinned wickedly when he recognized the white freezer chest lying against a wall. There it is! He threw down the woman he was carrying and opened the container. A blast of frigid air hit him full on the face, making him involuntarily shiver. He quickly tossed out the ice cream containers and frozen food to make room.
The wooziness she had previously felt was finally starting to wear off. She took note of her surroundings and of her assailant. Her eyes widened in fear as her mind grasped his identity. She couldn't breathe, but her brain was screaming at her. I have to-I have to move…MOVE! Boa Vista, if you don't move now…
He turned and realized that she was starting to come to. By her tense nature, he realized that she already did. Maybe I should just take her now and leave Luke…the other me behind… That thought was quickly crushed as a sharp wave of pain overtook him. He grunted and finished his task, by bending over to scoop her up.
"NO! Let go of me! Let go! Get off!" She shrieked and flailed her arms and legs, scratching and clawing at everything and anything she could get her nails on. She tried punching, kicking, and making contact of any sort, but it was all in vain as he dropped her into the, now empty, freezer chest. She involuntarily shivered.
"Please," she sobbed, "I'm pregnant…please!" She tried to climb out, but the effects of the drug her attacker had doused the cheesecloth with, in addition to his overbearing strength, made this attempt fruitless. "NO!"
"It's for your own good," he stated grimly before shutting the lid and weighing it down with a dusty old tile lying next to the chest. It was the last thing he did before collapsing on the ground in pain.
His breathing was irregular, but he didn't care. I did what I came here to do…even if she's in there for two minutes… she'll be scarred for life… He could still hear her thumping and banging around within the chest, shrieking in rage and fear. Maybe she'll think twice before angering me again…she should never have left me…this is her doing…not mine.
With those last thoughts, he let the earth take him. Literally. He became nothing more than dust in the wind.
A/N: Ehehehe… -sweatdrop- yeah, um. Thoughts?