"Guardian Angel" - Chapter 1
Chapter: 1 ~ “Shiver”
Author’s Notes: none.
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Cold.
The wind and water had soaked into her skin and she couldn’t stop the shivers that ran through her whole body. She was tired…and her head was pounding. Her head was still bleeding, but that wasn’t her main problem. The hurricane was dangerously close to them now. The wind was forcing debris to hurtle through the hair, and the small shelter that Calleigh had hidden in was quickly accumulating vegetation debris. “Horatio, where are you?” Calleigh said quietly to herself as she stared out into the area outside of her sheltered spot. The ground was absorbing the rain making it muddy, the trees were losing branches, and the wind had started to blow the rain sideways.
The shelter wasn’t completely protecting her, but she knew that when the hurricane prayed upon her location that she’d be more protected than she was at the moment. Though, she’d been in Miami for several years and had her share of hurricanes and hurricane evacuations, Calleigh had never been in the middle of one…alone and injured. She knew that she wouldn’t have done anything differently, but it was still quite frightening.
“Calleigh, we’ve got to get out of here…it’s coming in fast,” Horatio warned as he stared out at the sky. Rain had started to come down, and Horatio had wondered how evacuation was going for everyone else. He had told Calleigh that she should evacuate with the others, but she had told him that she wasn’t going to leave if he was staying. He loved her loyalty and passion for their jobs, even when it didn’t involve crime scenes.
Calleigh pushed back long strands of her golden locks as the wind pushed them forward. She tucked them behind her ears and thought about how she really should have put her hair up into a ponytail, but it hadn’t been so windy when she had left her apartment that morning. Of course, she hadn’t expected to be helping with an evacuation for a hurricane either. “I think we’ve got everyone,” Calleigh said as she closed the back passenger side door of the Hummer.
Horatio nodded and started around to the driver’s side of the vehicle, “Alright, let’s get these people to the shelter.”
Opening her door, Calleigh was about to get in when one the woman in the back started to panic. Calleigh looked back there and saw that everyone they had walked out was in at least that she could remember. They’d been to a lot of places helping them get out of the hurricane zone, but this was the second they had to personally transport. “What’s wrong?”
“Matthew is missing, he’s two…”
Calleigh looked around, but didn’t see anyone. “I’ll go check for him. What does he look like?”
“Dirty blonde hair, brown eyes…I think he had on a red shirt.”
“Alright,” Calleigh said shutting her door and then looking over at Horatio, “I’ll be right back.” She didn’t notice that Horatio was on the phone though as she ran off towards the house. They still had time, but not much time. She made it inside and started to check each room for the small boy. She couldn’t find the boy. At least not in the house, so Calleigh headed out to the backyard. There was a tricycle and a small playhouse that looked like it had been specially made by the father. Calleigh called out, “Matthew!”
The wind was picking up, and Calleigh was finding it hard to keep her hair out of her face. She kept pushing it back as she made her way to the small playhouse and crouched down and peeked inside. She could see the boy crouching in the corner. She smiled and held out her hand for the boy. She knew she’d been away from the Hummer for at least five or ten minutes now, but Horatio hadn’t come after her, so she assumed he was waiting for her. “Come on,” she said as she held out her hand to him.
When the child didn’t move, Calleigh made her way into the small playhouse and scooped the boy up. “Don’t worry; I’m helping your parents… We’re going to get you somewhere safe,” she assured as she made her way out of the playhouse. The hurricane was close… The wind had picked up vegetation, which was flying about. Calleigh held the child close, and headed towards the house.
She had to go through the house to make it to the front where Horatio was waiting, but when she went through the front door she didn’t see the Hummer. She hurried towards the roadway, but when she looked down it, she noticed that the vehicle was no where in sight. “Horatio,” she whispered. Calleigh wondered if she had taken longer than she had thought…but she knew that he’d come back… He needed to get the others to the shelter with the storm so close to them. She needed to find a safe place. Calleigh looked around, but she wasn’t sure where she could hide with the boy where they’d be safe through the hurricane.
Setting the child on the ground, Calleigh held tight to his hand as she led him off down the road hoping to find something solid and sturdy. She wasn’t sure what…but something that they could use for a shelter. Calleigh’s foot slipped on a wet rock and she landed face first in the mud. Pushing herself up, she groaned. Her head had come into contact with something hard, and when she reached up to her forehead, she found blood on her fingertips. She saw Matthew only a few feet away sniffling. “It’s alright,” she whispered as she pulled herself back up all the way to her feet and then took Matthew’s hand again.
Calleigh stared out at the blowing vegetation. Tree branches blew back and forth with the howling wind and the rain still insisted on blowing into the shelter. The child’s crying broke her from her thoughts, but all she could think to say was, “Horatio’s comin’ for us.”
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TBC…
Author’s Notes: none.
*~*~*
Cold.
The wind and water had soaked into her skin and she couldn’t stop the shivers that ran through her whole body. She was tired…and her head was pounding. Her head was still bleeding, but that wasn’t her main problem. The hurricane was dangerously close to them now. The wind was forcing debris to hurtle through the hair, and the small shelter that Calleigh had hidden in was quickly accumulating vegetation debris. “Horatio, where are you?” Calleigh said quietly to herself as she stared out into the area outside of her sheltered spot. The ground was absorbing the rain making it muddy, the trees were losing branches, and the wind had started to blow the rain sideways.
The shelter wasn’t completely protecting her, but she knew that when the hurricane prayed upon her location that she’d be more protected than she was at the moment. Though, she’d been in Miami for several years and had her share of hurricanes and hurricane evacuations, Calleigh had never been in the middle of one…alone and injured. She knew that she wouldn’t have done anything differently, but it was still quite frightening.
“Calleigh, we’ve got to get out of here…it’s coming in fast,” Horatio warned as he stared out at the sky. Rain had started to come down, and Horatio had wondered how evacuation was going for everyone else. He had told Calleigh that she should evacuate with the others, but she had told him that she wasn’t going to leave if he was staying. He loved her loyalty and passion for their jobs, even when it didn’t involve crime scenes.
Calleigh pushed back long strands of her golden locks as the wind pushed them forward. She tucked them behind her ears and thought about how she really should have put her hair up into a ponytail, but it hadn’t been so windy when she had left her apartment that morning. Of course, she hadn’t expected to be helping with an evacuation for a hurricane either. “I think we’ve got everyone,” Calleigh said as she closed the back passenger side door of the Hummer.
Horatio nodded and started around to the driver’s side of the vehicle, “Alright, let’s get these people to the shelter.”
Opening her door, Calleigh was about to get in when one the woman in the back started to panic. Calleigh looked back there and saw that everyone they had walked out was in at least that she could remember. They’d been to a lot of places helping them get out of the hurricane zone, but this was the second they had to personally transport. “What’s wrong?”
“Matthew is missing, he’s two…”
Calleigh looked around, but didn’t see anyone. “I’ll go check for him. What does he look like?”
“Dirty blonde hair, brown eyes…I think he had on a red shirt.”
“Alright,” Calleigh said shutting her door and then looking over at Horatio, “I’ll be right back.” She didn’t notice that Horatio was on the phone though as she ran off towards the house. They still had time, but not much time. She made it inside and started to check each room for the small boy. She couldn’t find the boy. At least not in the house, so Calleigh headed out to the backyard. There was a tricycle and a small playhouse that looked like it had been specially made by the father. Calleigh called out, “Matthew!”
The wind was picking up, and Calleigh was finding it hard to keep her hair out of her face. She kept pushing it back as she made her way to the small playhouse and crouched down and peeked inside. She could see the boy crouching in the corner. She smiled and held out her hand for the boy. She knew she’d been away from the Hummer for at least five or ten minutes now, but Horatio hadn’t come after her, so she assumed he was waiting for her. “Come on,” she said as she held out her hand to him.
When the child didn’t move, Calleigh made her way into the small playhouse and scooped the boy up. “Don’t worry; I’m helping your parents… We’re going to get you somewhere safe,” she assured as she made her way out of the playhouse. The hurricane was close… The wind had picked up vegetation, which was flying about. Calleigh held the child close, and headed towards the house.
She had to go through the house to make it to the front where Horatio was waiting, but when she went through the front door she didn’t see the Hummer. She hurried towards the roadway, but when she looked down it, she noticed that the vehicle was no where in sight. “Horatio,” she whispered. Calleigh wondered if she had taken longer than she had thought…but she knew that he’d come back… He needed to get the others to the shelter with the storm so close to them. She needed to find a safe place. Calleigh looked around, but she wasn’t sure where she could hide with the boy where they’d be safe through the hurricane.
Setting the child on the ground, Calleigh held tight to his hand as she led him off down the road hoping to find something solid and sturdy. She wasn’t sure what…but something that they could use for a shelter. Calleigh’s foot slipped on a wet rock and she landed face first in the mud. Pushing herself up, she groaned. Her head had come into contact with something hard, and when she reached up to her forehead, she found blood on her fingertips. She saw Matthew only a few feet away sniffling. “It’s alright,” she whispered as she pulled herself back up all the way to her feet and then took Matthew’s hand again.
Calleigh stared out at the blowing vegetation. Tree branches blew back and forth with the howling wind and the rain still insisted on blowing into the shelter. The child’s crying broke her from her thoughts, but all she could think to say was, “Horatio’s comin’ for us.”
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TBC…