AN: Yay I will be working on chapters 5,6,7 & 8 next week!

Chapter four
An unjust death
Risk it all

Charlie felt on edge, no one saw the phone call coming, or the fact that Damien and Brent had taken a victim. He stood outside Elizabeth's room knocking, he knew he'd already knocked getting no reply, he pounded his fist. "Liz, wake up!" He shouted through the door, but jumped turning around to see Elizabeth standing behind him. "Why aren't you in your room?"

"Because I needed to take a walk," Elizabeth could tell something was wrong looking over his face. "They've got another victim."

Charlie nodded, "And they phoned Lloyd to rub his face into it," He nudged his head towards the other room, "Julianne is finding out who the victim is."

Elizabeth walked into the next room, everyone looked nervous; she could feel the tension in the air. Sitting on the bed next to Lloyd, her hand was touching his seeing the distant look in his eyes. "We're going to find them." She tried to comfort him.

Lloyd found himself watching her eyes, he couldn't think. He wanted to say so much but let out a deep sigh, "Who knows what they are doing right now, I don't want another death to be on my hands." Lloyd's voice dropped, he could still hear the girl screaming for help.

"Lloyd…" Elizabeth caught his face; she kept watching him listening to Charlie's phone ringing before letting Lloyd go.

"Liz, I'll need you on laptop," Charlie clicked for her attention, getting off the bed Elizabeth walked over the table, Erica getting up to let her sit down, she started it up as Charlie answered the phone. "What have you got Jules?"

"Rebecca Nicks her boyfriend said she didn't show up last night, so he called the campus police, and then the sheriff." Julianne ran her hand in her hair feeling nervous; she was looking over the details on her computer. "The boyfriend confirmed it was Becky, the voice on the phone call from earlier," She glanced to the phone, "Campus Police got a picture of her running last night, I'm sending it to you." She started to click on her computer sending the email of the photo out.

Elizabeth clicked on it; she studied over the girl, but could feel Charlie behind her. "But there's no vehicle in this photo, do they have anything else." Charlie said as he started to pace the room.

"That's all they have," Julianne felt bad, but there was nothing else she could do as she looked over the photo trying to find something.

Charlie still moving around was making Elizabeth feel awkward, but she kept staring at the photo hoping something would jump out at her. "Jules, can you zoom in, on her?" She asked looking over the photo again.

"Why, what are you looking at?" Julianne knew her sister, but she couldn't think as she started, "I can only go so far before the pixilation goes blurry."

"No, I think I got what I need," Elizabeth turned to Lloyd, "she's wearing a runner's watch." She smiled, her eyes going over Lloyd who looked confused. "It's something my mom has, you download routes and it keeps track of your progress," Her eyes going to Charlie who knew what she was getting at.

"GPS," Charlie nodded, "Jules, see if you can get a trace on her watch, and let us know the location." He clapped his hands, "we're going to find them."

Lloyd was watching Elizabeth, but listened to Julianne's voice. "I'm on it. I'll have the location in ten minutes or so." The line going dead and Lloyd brushed his hands into his hair getting up.

"We can only hope we get there in time," Lloyd got up walking out of the room, he couldn't take the stress of it all, he didn't know what they were going to do.

Pulling up in the car Charlie got out, the team behind he turned to face them, "Shea, Erica you go with Ray, Lloyd Liz, you're with me." He pointed to locations.

Elizabeth turning to look at Ray, "Be safe guys," She said before going behind Charlie and Lloyd, something in her felt shaken up, it was weird for her to be following behind Charlie and knowing that they were going to bring in two runners, two more people for two more months for the cons.

Walking behind Lloyd, Elizabeth could see the girl tied to the chair, a man standing in front of her.

"Freeze!" Charlie shouted to Brent who ducked behind the girl holding a gun to her head, "Drop it!"

"I'll blow her brains out, seriously I don't care!" Brent shouted, his eyes looking to Charlie holding the gun aimed at him.

"How about I blow yours out first," Charlie replied, but he kept his gun hand steady, he knew that he wasn't going to risk the girl's life.

Lloyd stood in front of Elizabeth, he placed his hands out to stop her getting passed him, "Brent I can make this right," He called, but flinched hearing the gun go off, Brent took a shot at Charlie and was now panicking.

Brent stood up, he used this time to quickly kick the girls chair down a hole, it landed on some piping as he fired his gun again running off, he knew that they'd choose to save the girl giving him time to run away.

Elizabeth ran, she could hear the girl crying for help, and Charlie dropped to the floor to reach for her, "Lloyd grab my legs!" He shouted getting closer.

Lloyd sitting down holding onto Charlie legs, Elizabeth was quick to hold onto Lloyd, she knew she wasn't that strong, but if needed, she could help pull Charlie back up.

He kept reaching, he felt his hand grip onto a hot pipe, the metal burning his skin as he cried out in pain, he kept reaching grabbing the girl's leg with the chair, he pulled and felt Lloyd and Elizabeth helping to pull her up.

Elizabeth stood as Lloyd helped get the girl out the chair. She knew that Charlie was wrapping his hand to rush after Brent, but she quickly touched Lloyd's back as he jumped turning to face her. "Go, I'll take her to the car," Her eyes searching his.

Lloyd inhaled, he brushed a hand against her cheek for a second he couldn't think of what to say, "Be careful, Damien could be anywhere, he'll be dangerous." He moved his hand down to her shoulder squeezing it; he turned running away where Charlie went.

Elizabeth heard the first gun shot as she placed the girl in the car, she felt weird as she walked away from the car, and she made her way back to where they found the girl. A part of Elizabeth knew she should have stayed at the car, but as she walked quickly she heard the second shot, breaking into the run she made it just in time to see Damien with a gun to Lloyd's face as Lloyd was on his knees. Damien was glaring down to Lloyd as she took a step further.

"I'd stay where you are," Damien glanced up to Elizabeth; he kept the gun pointed at Lloyd. "Pretty…" He smirked.

Elizabeth kept still. "You won't get far…" Her eyes kept going to Lloyd, her hands by her side, but Damien's eyes kept focused on Lloyd.

"Liz go!" Lloyd shouted to her, he couldn't stop staring at the gun pointed at his head, he felt sick not wanting Elizabeth to witness this.

Damien smirked. "Liz," He now did a quick look; he watched her hesitant, "You move and I will shot him…"

"You're going to do it anyway," Elizabeth said trying to think of what to do, her eyes going over to Charlie lying on the ground, she could see the blood. "But you are a sick twisted son of a bitch, and I know they caught a guy like you before, and they'll keep doing it."

"Nice, I'll have fun watching you scream," Damien could see the look on Lloyd's face, he could always see the pain he inflicted on people. "I guess Doctor Lowery here will have to go first, I've wanted to do this for years…" He pushed the gun into Lloyd's forehead.

"Charlie!" Ray's voice called catching Damien off guard. In them few seconds Lloyd took the scissors from his pocket shoving them into Damien's leg.

As Damien went down to pull them out, Lloyd made a run for Elizabeth pulling her to the ground as Damien fired the gun missing him and her, he fell on top of her holding her still as the guns fired off.

Elizabeth heard the van driving away, "Lloyd, Charlie!" Elizabeth cried feeling Lloyd's weight shifting off her, she felt her stomach sinking as Lloyd pulled his shirt off, he rushed to Charlie's side starting to apply pressure on the gun shot, Elizabeth quickly beside him.

Everyone speaking Charlie's name, Lloyd kept holding on, he didn't have hope as Charlie was bleeding out fast; it was taking everything he had to keep on the pressure.

"I need emergency services here now!" Ray barked down the phone, he kept pacing trying to control his anger, but as he glanced to Lloyd trying to keep Charlie alive, Elizabeth on her knees with Charlie's head resting on her lap trying to keep him focused.

Shea the other side of Charlie looked over him, he didn't know what to do, they all had to keep him with them, but he was starting to cough up blood. "Come on brother hold on…" He said watching Charlie in pain.

Ray kept close. "Help is on its way." He couldn't think of the worse, his eyes going over Charlie's face, he glanced to Lloyd doing everything he could.

Elizabeth kept touching his face. "Just focus on our voices, Charlie, you've got to keep awake, stay with us, you've still got some much to teach me." Her voice shaking, she could feel his body going weak; she could feel the blood from the entrance wound staining her knees. "Charlie!"

"Erica…" Charlie finally managed to say, Ray snapping his fingers as Erica was quick to take Shea's place, her eyes looking over him trying to give some reassurances.

"Hey," She took his hands; she smiled to him trying to force herself to believe he was going to make it. "Hey handsome…"

Charlie could only look at her face, he could feel Elizabeth trying to calm him, but he couldn't see her, he could tell from how her hands held him that she had lost hope. "I don't want Lloyd and Shea's ugly mugs to be the last thing I saw." Charlie spoke through pain, his eyes focused on Erica's face, he didn't know what was going to happen, but he knew he was dying and he wasn't going to deny it in his last moments.

"I'm gonna make you a promise okay, when you get out of the hospital…" Erica started to talk, but Elizabeth felt the spasms, she knew his body was shutting down, as he finally stopped moving her eyes went back to Erica looking lost. "Charlie…" Her hands were holding onto his tight. "Charlie!" She shouted at him.

"Do something Lowery," Ray snapped as Lloyd's hands lost grip on his shirt, his eyes seeing the last blank stare of a dead man. Charlie had died and it was his fault. "I said don't stop do something now!" Ray barked ignoring what his gut was screaming at him, his eyes going to Elizabeth leaning down closing Charlie's eyes kissing his forehead.

Shea kept back, but he could see Erica breaking down, Elizabeth holding onto Charlie starting to cry, "There's nothing else to do." He felt the sinking feeling in his stomach, his eyes trying to not look at the scene. "He's gone…"

Julianne felt like her stomach was hollow, the team had returned, but she didn't want to believe what had happened. She watched as Elizabeth headed to the bathroom, her jeans stained in blood, her white shirt was dirty. "Liz…" Julianne tried to get her sister's attention, but she was already gone.

Standing in the bathroom Elizabeth tried to scrub the blood away; she sat down on the toilet seat running her hands into her hair. She felt like her whole body was shutting down, "Charlie." She whispered feeling a sob escape her mouth; she listened to the sound of running water getting up, her face looking to Lloyd's from the mirror.

Lloyd washed his hands, but catching a glimpse of something in the mirror he turned to see Elizabeth. "We did all we could," He exhaled seeing her looking defeated.

"It was a clean through and through, most likely catching a main artery, if there was a way an ambulance getting there, he'd still would have bled out before getting to any hospital." Elizabeth placed her hands over her face, she felt horrible.

Closing the gap between himself and Elizabeth Lloyd touch her hands, her eyes looking over his face, he tried to think of something good to say. "This wasn't your fault." He whispered softly.

Elizabeth laughed, her throat hurt, but she didn't care feeling Lloyd's grip loosen on her. "I know, but." She inhaled, "That gun to your head, and all the thoughts and I'm sick of all this confusion." For a second she knew she confused Lloyd. "What do you want Lloyd?"

"I have no idea," He felt his grip on her hands, her eyes never leaving his face. "I'm worried about you, I'm worried about Julianne, Damien is out there and he's going to make another move on me, I can feel it."

Elizabeth tried to not laugh. "And girl problems come before a psychopath who wants to kill you." She played with his fingers before letting them drop completely.

"Well for me it's weird, going from no women, to two very amazing women." He stopped seeing Elizabeth's eyes. "You know how I feel about her, but it's…" He stopped, "What?"

"That you think she kissed you because of the emotional turmoil over me being kidnapped, again." Elizabeth kept a straight face, but knew that he was thinking it.

"Julianne, she's lovely and I find her feminine charms nice," Lloyd felt Elizabeth's finger cover his lips.

Elizabeth shook her head, "You know you make life so complicated," She dropped her finger, "You're worried, mainly because she's trying something new, and I wish I knew what Julianne is doing, but I don't."

"You're saying she's shut you out?" Lloyd looked worried for a second. "This isn't right." He added looking over Elizabeth's face.

"No, it's not right," Her eyes going to his hands, back to his shirt seeing some blood, stepping forward she touched his hands again, "I'll try to not avoid your emails, and be more friendly."

"And I'll…" Lloyd stopped talking feeling her arms wrapped around him, "Okay didn't see this coming." He wrapped his arms around her hugging back.

Closing her eyes, Elizabeth took in the moment, her eyes moving up to see Lloyd staring down at her, her hands moving away from him, but Lloyd's hands stopped her getting too far.

While Lloyd moved his hand to Elizabeth's hair pushing it back, he lent in closer to her, her eyes closing as their lips touched. He ran his hand into her hair softly kissing her, he felt her free hand moving down his arm, stopping, but she pulled away. "I think they'll start to worry where we are," Her words breathless stepping out of the bathroom.

Lloyd staying behind he exhaled stepping out seeing she'd already gone back to the office standing beside Julianne.

It was then a man from the Marshals turned up, making everyone stayed still in silence. "I am very sorry for your lose, it's never easy." He said in a low tone, his eyes not looking at anyone. He put down a brief case opening it, he kept going on. "You may or may not know, Charlie was being recruited for chief of domestic investigation." As said everyone focused more, they didn't really know what promotion he was getting, they just knew he was going to turn it down. "He'd only do so if his three requirements were met, first being this task force to remain intact, Second requirement is that if he does take the post, that Ray Zancanelli would be fully reinstated to Marshal and will head up the task force." He opened an envelope taking out a badge giving it to Ray. "We agreed."

"What was the third?" Elizabeth asked, she had her hands in her pockets feeling like she was going to need to bath until she couldn't feel Charlie's blood on her anymore.

The man nodded. "He also required that if he took the post, that Elizabeth Simms would as on top of academy work. That she will carry on working for the task force with Lloyd Lowery to get experience in psychological analytics, so she'll be able to be a criminal profiler quicker." He smiled to Elizabeth, "I guess you're very bright to have gone through the system quickly." He now looked to Shea, Erica and Lloyd. "You three will be shipped back to Maybelle, where a grief councilor will be there at your discretion." He picked up his brief case. "Ray, you and your civilian aids will stay behind and give me a full reporting on today's events." He went to leave.

"Hey Fontleroy is still out there," Shea said quietly, but he knew that everyone was thinking it.

The man took a step back looking to Shea. "Don't take us back to Maybelle, let us hunt this man down." Erica's hands by her face, but she never felt more lost.

The man exhaled, "I'm sorry."

"But sir," Lloyd started, "Nobody believed me when I said Damien should be institutionalized, please believe me now." His voice somber, he couldn't get Charlie's last moments out of his mind. "He's going to contact me again; I am the best option at finding this guy."

"I sympathize with how you feel, but I've reassigned this case to another team." He looked around the room, "I can assure you that capturing Fontleroy is out top priority. Again, I am sorry." He turned around walking away.

Elizabeth watched him leave, she couldn't believe it as she glanced to Ray now, and he was deep in thought as he looked up to everyone.

"Let me be clear about something right now," He started looking to everyone, "I refuse to disrespect Charlie Duchamp by letting what happened today divert us from our goal. We will leave here tonight, we will morn our friend. And we'll be back here again tomorrow to track down Runners cos that's what we do." He looked around to his team, he was their leader now, and he never really wanted the leadership this way, but he had to do it for Charlie. "Because that is what Charlie would want us to do," He pointed out. "But know this truth, our paths will cross with this son of a bitch again, and when they do, we'll be the ones to take him down. No one else."

The room went quiet for a moment, Elizabeth taking a side glanced to Lloyd, biting her lip, she had a horrible sinking feeling in her stomach, but her hands went to her pockets. "We'll do it," Erica broke the silence; she got to her feet looking to Shea and Lloyd. "We better get into our prison blues." She headed off.

"I think I'll take me and Liz home to change," Julianne's face looked pale, she glanced to Lloyd for a second before remember him saying about her not standing so close to him, she went to get her things.

Shea getting up headed to where he could change, he stopped looking at Lloyd, he placed a hand to his chest, "I know you're a pain in the ass, but just know I we'll get this guy."

"Yeah, I hope so too," Lloyd watched as Elizabeth and Julianne gathered their things, he was quick to stand in front of Julianne. "I need to say I'm sorry about the comments I made to you." He felt he needed to speak.

"It's okay Lloyd," Julianne smiled, he could tell it was a false one, but he brushed it off. "I'm fine." Julianne turned her attention to Ray. "I'm just quickly running Liz home to get some clean clothes."

"Don't be too long, we've got a lot of paperwork to cover." He called from the break room.

Elizabeth taking one more look at Lloyd, she bit her lip again not knowing what to say, "I'll email you," She whispered before getting into the Elevator.

Lloyd nodded, "Yeah," He watched the door closing, he turned on the spot heading to get changed, after today nothing was going to be the same again.