Post by kirstin on Jun 8, 2006 1:24:55 GMT 10
The Secrets We Hide - My first Luby fan fic - Please let me know what you think! Set after 'Twenty-One Guns'.
There is a moment, in everyone's life where fear consumes you and you are no longer yourself. That split second when you realise that everything you have may be lost. That time when the texture of her name feels like metal filings between your teeth and you're throat seals as you choke on those words and you realise you can't breath.
Luka had been here not once, but twice. The day Danijela and his two children had been obliterated by a mislaid bomb he had experienced exactly the same feeling of complete and utter futility. The same questions ran through his head as he thrashed violently against the trolley. He shook as hard as he could as he choked; only it was not the tube which was suffocating him, but the fear for his girlfriend and unborn child which was smothering him like a blanket. With one final effort he managed to kick over the trolley filled with an assortment of medicines.
In contrast to the last few moments, he lay completely silent, listening for any sign of someone coming. Please, he begged, please let them find her.
"Abby?"
Luka heard someone calling her name as he looked around. It was Holeh, who had just entered sutures looking for her.
"Luka!" she said in shock. How long had he been lying here for? "I need some help in here!" she called desperately, hitting the lights on and unbandaging Luka's wrists. "What happened?" she asked, through Luka's choking.
"Abby," he tried to say, but the tube was stuck through his vocal chords. "ABBY!" he tried again, madly thrashing towards the window, where there was a prominent red blood stain almost in the shape of a heart. A moment later, Ray came crashing through the doors, but Holeh was already on her way out. Ray followed and Luka continued to free himself from his bonds.
They had found Abby; but was it too late?
There is a moment, in everyone's life where fear consumes you and you are no longer yourself. That split second when you realise that everything you have may be lost. That time when the texture of her name feels like metal filings between your teeth and you're throat seals as you choke on those words and you realise you can't breath.
Luka had been here not once, but twice. The day Danijela and his two children had been obliterated by a mislaid bomb he had experienced exactly the same feeling of complete and utter futility. The same questions ran through his head as he thrashed violently against the trolley. He shook as hard as he could as he choked; only it was not the tube which was suffocating him, but the fear for his girlfriend and unborn child which was smothering him like a blanket. With one final effort he managed to kick over the trolley filled with an assortment of medicines.
In contrast to the last few moments, he lay completely silent, listening for any sign of someone coming. Please, he begged, please let them find her.
"Abby?"
Luka heard someone calling her name as he looked around. It was Holeh, who had just entered sutures looking for her.
"Luka!" she said in shock. How long had he been lying here for? "I need some help in here!" she called desperately, hitting the lights on and unbandaging Luka's wrists. "What happened?" she asked, through Luka's choking.
"Abby," he tried to say, but the tube was stuck through his vocal chords. "ABBY!" he tried again, madly thrashing towards the window, where there was a prominent red blood stain almost in the shape of a heart. A moment later, Ray came crashing through the doors, but Holeh was already on her way out. Ray followed and Luka continued to free himself from his bonds.
They had found Abby; but was it too late?
. Thank you!
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Very good stuff, I love the way you write. Nice job. Hope you'll update soon 