So here is another chapter, with a bit of action!
Enjoy!
The man advances towards the couple, gun aimed so they cannot move. Kate's crutches lay on the floor out of her reach while her gun is in the bedroom. Her mind races as she tries to think of another weapon to use or another way out of the situation but she can't, beside her Rick tries fruitlessly to identify the man.
He wears a police uniform, identifying him as the traitor. His hair is dark and his eyes brown, he looks familiar to them both but neither can conjure up a name. He is well built and probably well trained at hand to hand, he could take Rick down in a second.
Kate makes a plan and moves to execute it before Rick can stop her, she moves closer to the gunman, still pretending to have a sore ankle, she crawls the length of the sofa, keeping her movements steady and her eyes locked with the intruders.
The man steps forward, and grasps her arm, harshly but not enough to injure her, behind her Rick watches panicked and trying to figure out her plan. He devices one of his own, desperate to keep her safe. He speaks to her, just calls her name as she is grabbed, it's enough to get what he wants.
The man speaks.
"Shut up, you don't get to speak to her, you don't get her. I'm taking her away before you can hurt her again."
Kate struggles weakly against the grip, feigning pain as well as discomfort, her eyes flick to the camera as she realises the implications of the man speaking. Smiling at Rick she shakes her head lovingly before her elbow meets the man's ribs, not enough to cause any major pain but he still drops her to the floor by his feet, right onto Rick's trousers from earlier.
Seeing this, Rick speaks again, taking the man's attention as Kate searches the pockets for his phone.
"I would never hurt her, you have. You've tried to kill her, why? Why do hate her so much as to want us both dead?"
"I don't hate her, I love her and you stole her. She's spoiled to me now and you have to pay. But I'll give you a consolation, she'll die quickly and the girl will live. You however are going to die slowly, while we watch."
"No, no. Don't kill her, let her live, just kill me and leave, run into hiding."
"Are you stupid, she's seen my face, she has to die. Maybe I should make you watch and leave you to bleed beside her body, let her lifeless eyes watch you die."
"no"
Rick can't stand the idea, for once he is lost for the words he needs, he cannot find the sense in the man's actions, the motive, the way to save them both. His anger rises as he thinks of his family, of his daughter who would find them, of his mother, his friends, Jim, Ryan. The words rise in his throat as he reaches deep into his soul and pours it out.
"Don't you care about anyone? Don't you have any form of heart? What about our family? our friends? How will you go to work every day, surrounded by the pain you've caused? How will you live knowing you've destroyed a young girls world, taken away another person's child, taken away a young girls dreams?"
The man doesn't respond, he stands staring Rick who rises from the sofa, both men in trance like states while unnoticed upon the floor, Kate dials the number of the man she knows will save them. Rick continues talking as he approaches the man, he makes no sign that he has noticed Kate move out the way. She silently prepares to attack, and awaits Rick's signal.
"What made you like this? What turned you away from the justice you originally sought to uphold? What makes you think you can do this? Why on earth can't you stand our happiness?
He is shouting by this point, his words echoing around the room but the last question is said calmly and sincerely.
"What makes you think I'll let you hurt the woman I love?"
They are standing close now, Kate's not sure she'll be able to attack now but she'll try, for him she'll try.
The man snaps and lunges for Rick, just as the author turns his head to look at his love, Kate launches herself at the traitor and catches him mid lunge, pulling him from Rick. The two begin fighting fiercely as they slam into the floor, blood spilling from one of them, Rick's phone lying upon the floor, forgotten by all.
Rick has no choice but to watch helplessly as Kate fights the man, he has no idea who the blood flows from, only that Kate is slowly getting slower. She is a good fighter but it seems that the man was prepared and knows all her tactics. Her every move is countered and eventually she seems to be about to fail.
The man throws her off him and stands, blood flowing from a knife wound in his shoulder, he advances on Kate, who barely moves upon the floor. Rick tenses, about to fight. He has no idea how to and knows he stands little chance against the traitor but as he is about to the traitor picks up his gun and raises it pointing it towards Kate, Rick flies to her side as a shot rings out and a heart stops beating.
SO , please review, but keep in mind that I am working back to the original dancing plot.