Hail to you people of life. How are you? I have written the next chapter. After the last chapter I had lots of ideas about what would happen next. This is the one that I picked. This chapter is very sad. It is emotional so go grab some tissues. This is not a suggestion it's an order. Go on off you go. You back now? Good. As I said sad and emotional and I thank you for the offers and help that you have sent my way.

Chapter 10- Blood and dirt

Stark's P.O.V.

Come on. Come on. I just hoped that Frank was right about the graveyard. If Stella had taken a knife with her then we might be too late. She could be dead already. I had always liked Stella and I couldn't know that she had died and we had been too late to save her.

Frank's P.O.V.

I hoped that in was right about this. The graveyard was the only place that I could think that Stella would be. It was isolated. The nearest building (apart from the church) was at least a mile away and it definitely meant something to her. It was the last link that she had to her parents. If she was dead I would never forgive myself. I would blame myself. The van suddenly braked. We had arrived.

We ran into the graveyard. If she was here she would be at her parent's grave. It was at the very back and hidden away. I ran till I got to the back row of graves. I wasn't sure what I was going find. On one hand I wanted Stella to be here so that I knew she was safe. On the other hand if she was here then she would have cut again and I wasn't prepared for that. I found the right grave and something that I didn't want to see.

"Stella." She was lying on the grave. There was a set of identical cuts very near her wrist. The blood was flowing from the cuts and into the dirt. I ran over to her. She was freezing cold. Her skin was very pale. I picked her up and rested her against the gravestone. At that moment Stark appeared.

"Oh my God!" he was as shocked as I had been

"Call an MI9 ambulance." He didn't reply. He had frozen "Do It!"

It seemed to snap him to his senses. He pulled out his phone and dialled the number.

"Hello this is Agent Stark, can I have an ambulance to St Ruth's church for Chief Agent Knight. Thank you." He put the phone down "They said 30 minutes"

"30 minutes? 30 MINUTES! She doesn't have 30 minutes!" I shouted

"Calm down Frank. There's nothing we can do but wait!" He shouted back

There had to be something I could do. Think, Think, Think. I looked around for anything. Brainwave! I took my tie from around my neck. I tied it around one of the cuts. Stark had been pacing but now he had stopped

"Frank what are you doing?"

"Tie gimme." He still looked confused "Tie now!"

He took of his tie and handed it to me. I tied it around her arm to stop the blood flow.

"How long?" I asked

"Only five minutes have passed"

"Right." I picked Stella up and started to run out of the graveyard.

"What are you doing? London!"

I turned to face Stark "I have to get her to hospital. We can't stay here for 25 minutes and wait for the ambulance. If I run I can get her to the hospital in 15 minutes. "I started to run again. Stark was shouting again but I ignored him and kept going.

I got to the MI9 hospital within 17 minutes. Once I got through the doors a swarm of doctors descended and took Stella through to resus. I tried to follow but I was sent out to wait in reception. 5 minutes later Stark came through the hospital doors. He looked exhausted. Judging by his face he had run after me.

"That was a very stupid risk Frank" he was extremely angry

"I got her here didn't I" I was in no mood for a fight

"You should have waited for the ambulance. I will have to write this in the report. You didn't follow procedure. This is serious Frank."

"Why do you need to write a report about this?" I couldn't see the point of it myself but of course Stark would have his reasons.

"It is a serious event Frank that's why. We had to use a SWAT team to find her. Anything like this a report is written."

"So the whole of today is going to become another document, in a filing cabinet, in an office. Made into another one of your precious mission reports." I was getting angry.

"It's procedure." Stark said. That was it

"Procedure!" I stood up "Stella nearly died Stark, don't you understand that! I did what I thought was best and it worked! She could be dead but all you care about is flipping procedure!"

I sat back down in my chair. At that moment appeared the doctor. I had only one question to ask

"Will Stella be ok?" I didn't have much of a voice left after shouting at Stark so it was only a whisper.

"We managed to stabilise her but she will be in for some time. She lost a lot of blood. 2 pints to be exact. I advise that you both go home and get some rest. We'll call you if anything changes."

That's chapter 10 for you. Hoped you like. Told you that it would get better. . I'll write some more for you when I can but I have started to another story.

Byeeeeeeeeee.