Sean Cameron: It's a slow song... and you're not dancing.
Emma: No one caught my interest.
Sean Cameron: Oh. How about now?
Sean was drinking more and more by the minute. He then stared at his bottle while the flashes of him and Emma finally stopped. He looked like complete shit, smelt like it too...
Sean remembered all the things this girl would make him do. It would make him cry harder, drink harder, or lightly smile to himself.
The girl made him crawl through trash on their first date.
She made him dance.
She even made his brother Tracker see the good she put in him.
You know, even when they were over, she still came to him for help... that was until Jay.
Sean didn't even run away when she had some girl issues back in grade school
Sean laughed a bit rubbing his hand down his face and sadly sniffed a few times, trying to man up.
Meanwhile, outside his apartment JT paced back and forth in front of the building, outside. When he was pacing, he bumped into somebody, hard.
"WATCH IT-" the redhead hissed to then squint her eyes, "JT Yorke?"
"Vampire Goth?" JT said in amazement. She looked good! She then frowned deeply and he coughed, "I-I mean Ellie."
She rolled her eyes and insisted, "If you haven't noticed, that style is gone."
"You look..." he drifts off and rubs the back of his neck, "You actually look great."
Ellie eyed him but tried not to blush. He's changed too. "You don't look so bad yourself." He had longer hair, no more buck teeth, and was taller. "Your heads not as big as your body anymore."
Jt faked a laugh and then asked, "Are you here for Sean?"
"I am but no luck."
"You rang?"
"Yeah."
"This is why you need a cop to do the work." Jt said and went to her hair, she managed a OW, until he took out two bobby pins.
"You're a cop?" Ellie asked him and he nodded, bending at the front door, trying to pick lock it.
"Well, profiler. Which I tell you is a smarter job." He insists then admitted, "But not braver... I admit, I'm still a wuss." He then opened the door simply.
"Wow." Blinked Ellie, a bit amazed and stepped in. He couldn't help but stay back and glanced at her ass until Ellie whipped back and caught him. She gave him a teasing glare and said, "Get inside wuss."
JT snapped out of it and walked off, he then walked a bit faster, Lucas was on the prowl to find Emma the past few days, Sean had to be warned before she came back and gave him a stroke or something... that is... if they find her.
Sean heard pounding at his front door and drunkenly got up and stumbled over, "What?" he yelled, whipping the door open.
If it was Roxy, o-or Tara, or Christina, OR ANY OF THEM, he'll go nuts.
The most unlikely people came right on in, Ellie Nash and JT Yorke.
"You are home." Ellie bittered at Sean and crossed her arms, "Why'd you ignore me?"
"Your buzzers broken." JT examined and Sean ignored Ellie, shut the door and just nodded at JT.
He walked past them and muttered, "I broke it."
"I guess we're both here to tell you something. Ellie you go first since what I have to say, you can't stay for." JT told her.
Ellie got offended and hissed, "Don't have to be an ass JT."
"It's police buisness, your a nosey reporter." He declared with a devilish grin.
"It's true." Sean said and Ellie just rolled her eyes smiling and then shrugged, it was true.
"Fine." She said and then reached in her pocket, giving Sean a piece of paper, "I was told to give you this Sean."
"Bring her home." Sean read it outloud.
Both him and Ellie looked confused, but JT sucked in a big breath.
Ellie told Sean, "It's from the killer. He called me, left it on my porch under a bloody knife." She shivered at the memory.
"Where's the knife? I need it for evidence." Sean explained.
Ellie reached in her bag and grabbed out a big zip lock bag, "Here. I didn't touch it, put it in the baggy."
"Trying to be Nancy Drew?" JT teased and she gave him a playful glare.
"Whose he talking about?" Ellie then asked, getting back to business.
"His hostage?" Sean gussed, "Maybe he let her go and we haven't found her yet." He looked to JT who was shaking his head no.
"I don't think it's that." JT said kind of lowly, too low. Shit. The killer knew Emma was alive.
Sean jumped when his pager in his pocket went off and checked it. He cursed, "Shit. Works paging 911. Got to go in." He walked quick to his door.
"I'm getting it too." Jt said and scoffed, "Sean wait!" he needed to tell him the news.
Sean called back over his shoulder, "It's an emergency!"
"What do you have to tell him?" Ellie asked once Sean left.
"It can wait. This does seem important." JT told her and gave her a pat on the arm before he left too. Ellie sighed being left alone but she just nodded and let herself out.
She then stopped before she shut the door and peeked back inside.
As she crept into Sean's room, she remembered his hiding spots, which wasn't so secret. Closet wasn't the hardest decision. Ellie opened up the door and pushed back clothes and shoes and searched for some kind of box.
A shoe box sat in the right corner and Ellie dug in to get it.
When she pulled it out and opened it, she couldn't help but to see some pictures, and slid it into her bag. She couldn't help it, to be a good reporter, you HAD to be sneaky like this?
She felt a bit of guilt wash over her, but she needed this. She got up, put the box back, and left.
BACK AT THE POLICE STATION
"Alright." John stood up front, "Some bad news and some good news. We now know this case is set on Emma Nelson, we may think her death may have caused this guy to snap. He's killing girls that look like her."
Sean looked bewildered and confused. How'd they know about her? Why was the killer doing this? Emma was GONE, leave it alone!
"Maybe it's Cameron, maybe he's the killer." Came a snarky reply from another cop.
Lucas snapped since he was standing next to he guy and turned, grabbing the guys collar and punching him in the face.
"BOYS!" yelled John as two cops tore the two apart.
Sean just stood in silence, and asked them, "When did we decide it's even based on her?"
"Sean, I told them about her." JT spoke up, coming to the front. Sean looked almost betrayed. Why would he bring this all up again?
Sean asked, "Why? What does she have to do with it?"
"Everything!" Lucas exclaimed, still in a cops hold until he shoved him off and turned to his partner, "Sean it all matches up. I found some files..." he drifts.
"We think it's Rick." JT filled in.
John coughed through the silence and looked at Sean. He really was a good cop, but he wouldn't be in the right state of mind to do this.
He spoke, "Realize Sean, for your obsession a few years ago with finding this guy, you might be put off the case."
"Put...off?" Sean blankly asked.
John nodded but insisted lightly, "We'll still inform you with what's going on when we believe the time is right."
"This is bull shit." Sean said through gritted teeth.
Back when Sean first came a cop he was darker than he was now, if that was even possible. He used his new advantages to go into blocked files, trying to find Rick or anyone who was related to him and was caught.
Lucas told Sean, "It might not even be him! We could be completely wrong. But just go with it."
"There's more information about that in just a second." John said, eyeing them wierdly but went on, "Before some more good news, here's the bad. Our hostage was found dead today, in the park. Only oddly enough the killer killed a man too, and another. He set them up like this."
They set the board at the front up and a picture hit the screen.
A man was dead but held up on a bench, holding the dead girl who was held hostage in his arms. Another man was dead, standing behind them and tied with a rope to a pole, blood all over him. Them. So much blood. The girls was the worse, and it leaked out onto the man who held her, over his hands and stomach. He cradled her so closely yet they were probably strangers.
"Em?" he whispered "Em please." He shook her again, nothing. "Emma come on! Wake up!" he yelled, "Please don't do this. I love you. I love you, baby." He started shaking back and forth with her in his arms, "Don't leave me."
"He's reenacting. Sean, look!" JT shouted, running to the screen. Sean was going to puke as he stared.
"I think I'm going to be sick."
"Man you never get sick." Lucas said quietly, giving Sean a wierd look. This was different.
Jt walked back to Sean and spoke quick, "I don't want to worry you, or make you go through this again Sean. But Look! Day of the shooting, he cornered you, Emma, and Toby. Emma died in your arms in THAT position, and Toby was standing behind, RIGHT where that man is tied."
He wanted to say no. But he knew JT was the best profiler in the business.
And this was too the same as when it happened 7 years ago.
"Kate and Riley, I'll need you to go find this girls parents and say your sorrys." John told two cops who nodded and left, "Now for the good news I haven't informed anyone about yet."
Sean crossed his arms standing between Lucas and JT, who were too, confused. Another suprize, can't wait! What it could be now.
"I have proof this is who you say it is." John told the boys. Jt and Lucas snuck a glance at Sean who just stood like a stone "Rick Murray is our killer. We have insight to him calling one of his victims and letting her know who it is, and that he's going to find her."
"She's comin in now, sir." A police from the back shouted out.
JTs heart started to pound, he knew what he was talking about.
John spoke dangerously, "There is to be no word about this, you leak this out and I will put you all in jail, don't even think twice." He threatened.
"Is she a secret, Cheif?" another cop asked and Lucas and JT shared a look, knowing just who was here.
"She's here!"
Victims? They were all dead. Who else was there? Sean was confused until Lucas whipped around to face him.
"Oh my god." Lucas said out loud as the crowd started to get very loud and some gasps and whispers.
"What? Who is it?" Sean asked Lucas, he couldn't even hear himself speak by how loud everyone was getting.
"Everyone, shut up!" John shouted in his boss voice.
"Sean I wanted to tell you!" insisted JT before the voices stopped and Sean looked up front to the new crowd that came in, the cops moving out of the way for them.
Sean watched as a big body guard stepped aside from who he blocked, and out came someone- someone he didn't really expect... not in a longggg shot. But fuck, was it giving him a heart attack. Sean's eyes were a bit wide, his mouth dropped; and he looked like he had seven years ago when put into shock.
Emma.
The blonde, who now had low lights in it, put her hair behind her ear. Her hair was so long now, down to almost her elbows, and she had side bangs. She was tall, a-and beautiful, her bronze skin glowed, and she wore a strapless yellow sundress with white flip flops. Her face was naturally clear and smooth, and her eyes popped out from her mascara. Those melting brown chocolate eyes... Let's just say she was drop dead gorgeous, and excuse the irony in that comment.
"Watch your step, Emma." The big man told her as she stepped up.
She seemed a bit annoyed by him and replied, "It's fine." The voice. The voice was the exact same and hummed in Sean's ears, until he heard a big ringing noise and his vision was getting blurry.
Emma. No. Emma was dead.
"It's her Sean." JT promised quietly by his ear, and wouldn't joke around on this. Plus, how could Sean deny the vanilla scent from her?
This WAS Emma.
Emma was standing at the front as she finally caught Sean's eye, and her reaction was the same, only not as shocked since she was told he was a cop now. But to see him again. Her heart was cutting up into little pieces knowing what he must feel like right now...
Emma looked down when she couldn't find anything to say, and he just continued staring at her from a far until he snapped around, shoved through JT, Lucas and the crowd, and charged out the door, slamming it shut.
Lucas frowned and JT sighed heavily, turning back to the blonde girl who made Sean feel this way. She was staring off where he had left, ignoring questions from the police.
"They really are meant for another, huh?" Lucas asked JT, seeing the effect the two had on another.
JT rolled his eyes, "Yup. Everyone knew it. Knows it" he corrected quickly and then pushed through the cops to Emma.
"Back off kid." Growled her body guard and JTs eyes widen, until Emma walked around.
"Stop it, Buzz. I know him. He's an amazing friend." Emma said to the guy and he glared at JT, but turned.
"Buzz?" Jt said out loud and Emma smiled a little to him, "Emma." JT breaths, finally taking this all in, and her. They crashed into anothers arms, hugging tightly, "Emma we thought you were all dead." He whiped a tear that had fallen.
Emma closed her eyes tight, missing a friends embrace, "I wanted to call... so badly. I couldn't, my parents thought it was best I hide."
"Jimmy didn't, he was fine. You should of came out." JT said.
"By the looks of things now? I would of been dead." Emma snickerd bitterly, "And Jimmy wasn't the one who rejected Rick and made him snap." He looked down.
JT noticed she was getting upset so changed the subject, "So he called you?"
"Yeah. I don't know how he found me, or maybe he just found my number." Emma confirms.
"What did he say?" Lucas asked, coming over.
Emma shrugged and said, "The usual. When you want to die? When can we meet up? I'll kill you by this place." She was trying to joke, but both guys could see how afraid she was... it was in her eyes. But concern kept flashing through her eyes as well, always peeking at the door Sean left out of every now and then.
Lucas then caught on, "The usual?"
Emma nodded and explained,"Rick's been calling me once a year when he finally finds me again. I pick up and move, and then he just keeps calling...finding me. I figured it was time to come back home, specailly when all these poor innocent girls are dying..." she looked at the pictures of all the lost victims and started to cry, "Over me."
"Shh, its okay." Jt assured and pulled her into a hug.
"We'll catch this guy." Lucas promised her and she nodded, tearing from Jt.
Emma whiped her tears and asked, "What about Sean? Is he okay?"
"You didn't look as shocked to see him." Lucas couldn't help but say and she nodded.
She explained, "When I called here, John let me know Sean was running the case. You wouldn't believe how choked up I was when I first heard it."
"We can imagine." Lucas joked, sharing a look with Jt, remember all the times Sean's been out of it because of just a mention of this girl.
"Can you guys do me a favor?" Emma asked, glancing at her body guard Buzz, who kept watching them like no tomorrow.
OUTSIDE.
Sean was puking like mad in the back of the building.
"Fuck." Sean cursed and spat as much as it as he could, until he was spitting normal syliva.
He put his cigerette to his mouth and then grabbed his liter, shakenly lighting it. He shut his eyes tight as he inhaled it, flashes of the shooting was hitting his head like no tomorrow.
She died. He was sure of it. He wouldn't let her go. She lost a lot of blood. She's been gone without anymore words for 7 fucking years.
Sean snapped his wild eyes open and paced back and forth, exhaling and putting the cigerette back into his mouth.
"Smoking kills." A voice said as the door shut again. Emma. He didn't even have to turn to her. He knew if he did, he might fall to his knees and cry like a little baby.
Sean sniffed and flicked his cigerette away, "Yeah. Guns are suppose to too." He went to walk off until Emma grabbed his arm.
"Don't say things like that." She pleaded and he looked down, he couldn't look her in the eys.
He quietly asked, "This is a joke right?"
"I didn't know you'd be this upset." She said and noticed him staring down, down right at her hand on his arm. Was it bugging him? Nervously, Emma took it off.
"Upset? I'm royally pissed off." Sean angered, and finally looked at her, "I feel lied to, cheated, betrayed!" he yelled and softened when he melted into those eyes, "Emma how long were you going to keep this up?"
"Rick was still after me, Sean." Emma said through tears, "I told John to keep you on the case, I know you'd protect me."
"Protec-" Sean cut himself off and shouted, "EMMA! I thought I got you KILLED!"
"How can you say that?" Emma asked, shaking her head no. She whiped her tears and Sean snickered.
"Emma do you not remember what we both saw? What Rick did? Our last moments with your blood all over me?" he asked her as gentle as he could.
Emma looked down and admitted, "I have nightmares about it every night."
"Yeah? So do I! Except I don't wake up knowing you're out there!" he just wanted her to know the sanity he lost... to understand, without her... nothing was right.
Emma bit her lip and then spoke, "Sean I know I should of told you, you saved my life... but, I was young, and I was being hunted down. It's the only thing I could of done. Plus, it's not like we were actually best of friends before the shooting, I didn't know if it'd be right to call you. Manny maybe, but... not you. I thought about it. Alot. Every night. But you had a life, your own place, better grades, Ellie..."
"All that went to shitafter the shooting Emma." He bittered, that was a lousy excuse.
"Why'd you hate yourself so much for this?" Emma shook her head frantically and stepped closer to him, "It wasn't you who did it."
"Do you not ever hear me use to tell you I loved you?" Sean asked her. How could she think he wouldn't care so much? So much that it was slowly killing him.
Emma was loss of words, "That was when we were dating." She told him. Right? I mean... he couldn't still love her, not when he was with Ellie... not now. I mean, love yes. Inlove? Who knew anything anymore...
Sean went to remind her he said it during the shooting, "No, I said it when you were-"
"There you are!" Buzz bellowed and kicked the door open, going to Emma, "That trick you just pulled? Classic. Yet old. Don't think I didn't know where you would go, girl."
"Sean this is Buzz. My really annoying body guard." She said and saw Buzz frown until she lightly smiled, "Who I care oh so much about and is like family." She admitted. She loved him, he was like her big bear.
"This guy bothering you, Emma?" Buzz then asked, glaring and stepping forward to Sean. Sean just glared back.
"No. This is Sean." Emma told Buzz and looked around uncomfortably, "Sean, Sean..." she drifts as if it would trigger Buzz who it was.
Did Buzz know about him or something? Sean thought. Did Emma tell him things?
"Well why didn't you say so!" the guy slowly cornered Sean and made Sean think he was going to hit him and jumped back a bit, to be pulled into a bear hug.
Emma bit her nails, trying to hide her smile but softly laughed. It was funny seeing big bad Sean in this situation.
Sean shoved his way out and took a step back and cringed a bit when Buzz slapped his chest hardly. GOD did this guy not know how HUGE he was? I mean, Sean was strong, muscular and all that... but this guy was THE ROCK big.
"Man your my hero. Hell, your HER hero." Buzz said, gestering to Emma, "You know what, I'm buying you all the donuts in the world!" he exclaimed.
"I don't like donuts." Sean bittered, wanting him to leave so he could talk more to Emma... or... fight. Or do whatever it was they were doing.
Buzz scoffed and said, "Well , lets figure this out. Your mad you didn't know she was alive all this time? So again, let's go over this. You should be fucking glad she's alive, so why don't you give the girl a hug or somethin?"
Emma noticed Sean's eyes dropped to the ground she felt a bit... upset? Sad. Denied?
She laughed softly at Buzz's effort and nodded toward the door, "Hmph, enough harressing Buzz. I'll come back in."
Buzz nodded and led her, "Let's go then. See yeah little man."
"Bye Light year." Taunted Sean.
Buzz narrowed his eyes before he stepped in and said, "Think I haven't heard any Toy Story jokes about my name you mean ass jerk?"
Emma giggled a bit walking behind him but before she walked through the door, she felt a soft hand grab onto hers and turn her.
Emma melted almost immediately in his arms when Sean embraced her tightly, and she hugged just as tight back, her arms around his neck.
He laid his chin on her shoulder and shut his eyes tight, he never wanted to let go, he's never felt calm like this for years and years.
Buzz turned to mouth off again about them being slow to get inside, to see them hugging. He eyed the scene, and just knew he could trust Sean alone with her, so left and let them have their moment.