The Capture Is Back

Chapter. 2 "Reading between the lines."

-Madison's POV-

It is now currently 2:00 am, I haven't been able to sleep since Justin and I got home from the crime scene. That note plays in my head like a broken record. What have I done to anyone to be threatened? I've brought work to home with the board of conclusions, trying to decipher who this person could be or who is working with them. I know Lopez is out of the question, he must be dead I watched him die... and from what I could remember all of his men died with him that night... that night.... still plays nightmares  in my mind yet I pretend like I don't recall the day at all. Why is my life so messed up... I have tried to picture my life for Nathan and I if our parents still lived and we never got taken... would I still be in this career? would I have gone to school still? would I be dating somebody else? would I still have my old friends? I try to stray away from these thoughts to avoid sadness, yet I keep getting pulled by the ankle into the dark tunnel of the unknown.  My mind strings out of its thoughts when I hear a noise behind me, like somebody is watching me. I try not to let my mind play games on me yet with this house I can never feel one hundred percent safe. I slowly look up in front of me to see the reflection in the chrome fridge in the kitchen as I sit on the bar stool at the counter top, I notice a figure in black behind me... just standing there. I let out a shaky breath and take a sip out of my coffee mug to empty its contents, I get a firm grip on it and steadily start getting of the stool acting as if I will put my mug in the sink, but I don't. I maneuver fast like I learned in training when I started my career, but before I could knock them over the head they grabbed my wrist and shook my arm back to make the mug shatter on the floor. I stare at it in shock then back to the hooded figure in front of my very eyes. Before I could make my next move they tossed me away onto the shards and stalked over my form, the perpetrator lifted his arm ready to swing when footsteps were piling down the main stairs making the figure disappear out the back patio door.  I try to scramble to my feet to chase this intruder down like I had learned yet I failed to do so when stinging waves creep up my body, I fall back down landing on more shards than I already had. I don't cry, crying shows weakness, I am strong. I attempt to take out the biggest pieces first by one again fail due to the impact I had fallen on them, great...

" Madison! what happened?"
Justin's voice booms as he notices the heap I'm in on the floor, Gavin and David follow behind him looking petrified for me of how much blood I'm in. That's strange where is Alex? Usually he would be with them too. He's probably out at a strip club causing trouble.

"I... I..."
I stutter out not even completing my sentence still in shock and looking back between my mess and the back door then to Justin. he seems to notice where I am looking and sees the back door wide open from the man in the dark.... he walks over to it exiting the door and stands on the patio taking in the still dark night sky. after a few seconds of looking around and seeing nothing he comes inside and shuts the door, locking it from anything outside.

" Madison I know you are probably in shock right now, but what happened? Did you trip and fall? Did you see something outside? Please answer me!"
his voice holds worry and care yet had a rough tone to it. I gape up at him like I have no clue what happened either. who was that person?

"I was going over papers for work on that case... and then I felt someone behind me, they were in all black with their hood up I couldn't identify them. I tried to attack him but he got hold of me, knocked me down... I think he was going to try and kill me until he heard you guys coming down the stairs and he booked it out the back door..."
I muffle out between sharp intakes o breath the pain of these cuts now going through me like knives. My hand covers one really deep gash that will definitely need stitches. Before Justin said anything else, he noticed my pain and nodded to Gavin and David to go get the car started. Justin kneeled down to my level trying to carefully take out the smaller shards of the glass out of my arms and legs, I screamed a blood curdling scream from the masses amount of pain striking at me. he looked at me with shame and hurt as if he could've prevented this... I felt bad, it wasn't his fault, it was mine being stupid, I shouldn't of been awake at this time.