Chapter 20: Desire
Chapter 20:
As soon as Luis hung up the phone, he turned to Sam. He had a wide look
of fear in his eyes. "It's Sheridan. She's in trouble!" "My god. Where is
she?" Sam asked as Luis started to gather up his weapons. "I think she's in
the mountains. She's being held hostage. I need to get up there fast, or I'll
loose her forever." Luis stated. "All right, let's go," Sam said as he ran
out of the station with Luis and into the police car. As soon as they got in,
Luis started up the car and flew away before the doors were even shut. He was
driving like a mad man, going about 85 miles per hour.
He didn't go too far, before Sam yelled, "LUIS", and he stopped the car.
He looked over at Sam, who looked terrified. Sam said, "Maybe you should let
me drive." Luis reluctantly got up and switched seats with Sam. As they
continued driving, Sam said, "Geez, Luis. If you drive like you just did,
you're going to get someone killed." "I know. I'm sorry Sam," Luis
apologized, "It's just that I have to get to Sheridan before something
happens to her. I can't let her get hurt again." Sam patted Luis on the
shoulder. "Don't worry. It will be all right." Sam said. Luis stared out the
window at the mountains. 'Please god, let Sheridan be all right. Things can't
end this way.'
Back in the mountains, Sheridan heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
She jumped up when she thought it would be Luis coming to rescue her, but
then, she heard the person say, "Your time has come, Sheridan. You must die."
She recognized the acsent and knew that it was Antoine. He was planning to
kill her now. 'God, if I don't do something fast, I will never get out of
here alive.' Sheridan looked around and got an idea. She went behind the door
and waited. Finally, the door opened and a figure stepped into the room. As
soon as Sheridan saw him, she pushed him over and made a run for the door.
She tried to lock Antoine in, but he stopped the door from closing.
After a
few moments of struggling, Sheridan gave up and made a run for it. She ran up
the stairs until Antoine caught her leg. "You'll never get away from me,
Madmoiselle Crane." With all of her strength, Sheridan pushed Antoine off and
he fell. Sheridan continued to run up the stairs. When she opened the door,
she saw that she was in a broken down basement with machinery everywhere. She
looked around and saw a knife sitting on the table. Before she could do
anything, Antoine came up and tackled her from behind. Sheridan struggled as
hard as she could to get free. She looked over at the knife that was a few
yards away and she got an idea.
She rolled over to the knife, grabbed it, and
stabbed Antoine in the heart. Antoine screamed and let go of Sheridan.
Sheridan got up and ran for the door to get out of the basement. Antoine fell
to the ground as blood ran from his chest. When Sheridan reached the door,
she discovered that it was locked. As she struggled to open it, Antoine said,
"If I'm going down, you're coming down with me." With his last ounce of
strength, he lifted his gun and pointed it at Sheridan. Sheridan stared at
him with eyes full of fear. She was trapped. There was no way out of this
one.
Antoine pulled the trigger, but inside of hitting Sheridan, it went right
past her and hit a gas machine. The machine exploded into a cloud of flames
and heat. Sheridan screamed and jumped away from it, just before she could
get swallowed up by the flames. She looked over at Antoine, who gave her an
evil smile before passing out. Sheridan looked up at the fire, that was
quickly beginning to spread. She ran in the other direction, trying to find
some way to get out.
Now that she knew that Luis loved her, she just had to
survive. She wouldn't let herself die. She finally found a door and ran to
it. When she turned the knob, she was releived to find that it was open. But
before she could make a move, a giant piece of wood came flying at her. She
jumped out of the way and ran out of the basement, but the fire continued to
follow her into the next room, burning everything in it's path. Sheridan
continued to run through the house, trying to get out.
**A HALF-AN-HOUR LATER**
Luis and Sam were driving through the forest in the mountains, looking
for the cabin that Sheridan was being held hostage in. Luis's heart was
pounding the whole time they were driving, thinking that by the time he got
there, it would already be too late to save Sheridan. Luis tried to push
those negative thoughts out of his head. Loosing Sheridan was definitely not
an option. She was going to live. She just had to. He needed to hold her in
his arms again, to kiss her passionately, and tell her how much he loved her.
If she died, he didn't know what he would do. He stared out the window at the
sky. It was night time and the sky was a very dark blue. There were stars
twinkling everywhere. It looked like a picture of heaven. Luis forced a weak
smile and prayed for Sheridan to be safe.
"What the heck is that?" Sam asked. Luis looked down from the sky and
looked at Sam. "What, Sam?" Luis asked. "What is that?" Sam asked as he
pointed out in front of him. Far in the distance, Luis could see a huge
bright yellow light shining. It was flickering and moving around in a strange
way. As they got closer to it, it all came into focus. When they were close
enough, Luis's heart sank when he saw that they were huge flames of fire,
consuming a cabin. "Oh my god. It's a fire!" Luis shouted. Sam gasped when
they pulled into a clearing and were face to face with a burning cabin. The
cabin was completely covered in flames. They stopped the car and starred at
the cabin. They got out of the car and starred at the cabin.
Luis took one step forward and stepped on something. He looked down to
the ground and saw something silver. He picked it up and dusted it off. It
was the compact that he gave Sheridan many months ago. The compact slipped
out of his hands and dropped to the ground. Luis became weak in the knees and
he suddenly felt dizzy, like the world was crumpling around him.
"Oh no! SHERIDAN!!!" Luis cried as he took off towards the house. Before
he went more than seven steps, Sam tackled him from behind. "Luis! Are you
crazy? You'll get yourself killed." "I have to save her! I can't let her
die!" Luis cried as tears started to come down his face. Sam pulled Luis back
and held onto him tightly. "Luis. Get a hold of yourself. You can't go
inside. I'll call the fire department and they will be here within minutes."
Sam said. Luis glared at Sam. "Sam, by then it could be too late. We have to
get in there now!" Luis shouted. Sam said, "Luis. Just calm down. Sheridan
will be all right." Sam pulled him into the car and locked him inside. Luis
didn't say anything. He just starred at the cabin that was being consumed by
the flames. He was in shock. He had never been more afraid in his whole life.
This feeling inside of him was unbearable. The feeling that he would never
see the love of his life ever again. He reached into his pocket an pulled out
the small velvet box that he got at the jewelery store for Sheridan.
He
rubbed his fingers along the box and opened the box. Inside, there was a
beautiful silver ring with three small diamonds across it. It seemed to
sparkle in the night time. Then, he pulled out some papers that were in his
pockets. He looked at the papers and a picture of the beautiful house that he
had seen earlier. The house that was supposed to be their's forever. He put
the papers back into his pocket. He took the small ring out of the box and
brought it up to his face. He kissed it lightly before putting in back into
the box. He closed the box and clutched it close to his heart. 'It was
suppose to be you and me, Sheridan. Forever and Always.'
To Be Continued...
