*Author's note: Please excuse the lighting in some sections. I experienced a crash or two and forgot to dim them/color them flame.*
A steady stream of light, yellow in color with an orange hue
beamed down onto Victoria’s face as she awakened. Still clad in her underwear,
she lay sprawled out on her extra soft silk comforter doing her best to
convince...
“Nana, please answer your phone! This is close to my 10th
message and I’ve still not heard back from you.” Victoria sighed and switched
ears, successfully managing to multitask while prepping breakfast for her and
Derrick. She flipped the skillet, tossing the pancake up and catching it before
lowering the heat on the burner. “It’s really important...
*Warning: Amazingly horrific photoshop!*
“You think maybe we should have left Loretta a note, you
know, just in case?”
“Oh sure like what? ‘Hey Nana, Derrick and I teleported to a
Hell dimension but we should be back soon, pick you up a knickknack on the way
home, love you!’?”
“Well not quite as sarcastic but yeah. Her magic is more
practiced,...
Victoria awoke with a dark haze looming over her eyes.
Grogginess clouded her mind like thick smoke billowing from a chimney on a cold
winter’s morning. She blinked hard and shook her head to try and clear the fog.
Standing on unsure footing, she immediately stumbled into a wall, knocking over
a tray of fresh baked breads. “What? Where am I?” she...
Derrick stood as Loretta entered the den where he sat with
his head lowered into his hands thinking about the woman laid up in the back
bedroom. His eyes moved to hers solemnly and took in the grim expression of her
stare as she pinned him in place in the middle of the room. Slowly he forced
his legs to move forward coming to stop just in front...
“Tommy Calabrese is
currently in police custody. He is being held at the Avondale Police Department
until a bail hearing is set. In a move that shocked millions around the country
including members of his own family the long time Italian Godfather and rumored
gangster has confessed to his part in over a dozen unsolved homicides including
the...
“Derrick?” Victoria called as she rounded the corner to his
living room. He was sitting in his favorite chair reading and looked up at her
with a smile as she entered.
“Hello, Beautiful!”
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t know you had company. I’ll um; I’ll
come back a little later when you’re alone.”
“Victoria?” She stopped and turned to face him...
Victoria awoke with a start, her eyes slowly adjusting to
the ginger candlelit hue of the room she laid in as her hands rubbed over her
face. Her damp tresses swept wildly over her head and she brushed them back
sleepily as she sat up. Air from the vent above the bed licked at her exposed
flesh, causing her nipples to alert her of the cool conditions...
“Victoria, what are you doing out here?” Derrick asked in
shock as he opened his front door to find the detective dripping wet on his welcome mat. “It’s pouring rain, you could get sick!” He replied and reached a hand toward her with genuine concern. A quiver of awareness edged through her body at the mere touch of his
hand on her cheek. And there...
This isn’t right, this
can’t be happening right now, Victoria thought as she stood in the waiting
room listening to the Doctor tell her they were doing their best to stabilize
Mike. She couldn’t understand what he was saying, as if all of a sudden the
doctor spoke a different language and none of this was real. There was no way
she was standing...
“How’s Derrick?” Mike asked with a smile hopping back in the
car after finishing his second round of checkpoints. “I’ve been meaning to have you thank him for me for the Murray’s gift basket. It’s just as good as I remember. I am curious how he knew what I liked. Then again my pillow talk usually doesn’t involve meats…well, not those kind anyway.”
Victoria...
“Who’s a vampire gotta kill to get a bloody drink around
here?” A tall, blonde haired man standing beside Victoria growled in a thick
English accent as he turned and rested against the bar. Leaning towards her she
could see the ice blue chill of his eyes and the fangs that stuck prominently
from either side of his jaw as he smiled seductively at...
“What the hell are you doing here?” Cole growled as he
opened his front door to find Derrick standing in the hallway. “Get lost before
I stake you.”
Derrick smiled sinisterly and inched closer towards the
threshold causing Cole to take one step back from the door. “Been reading up
have we? Preparing for a war Cole? Because trust me when I say...
“Hey,” Derrick smiled as Victoria opened the door to let him
inside. “I got your message, sorry I didn’t get here sooner but I had to make a
pit stop.” His fingers tapped lightly on the top of a box he was holding as he
made his way towards her living room.
“It’s ok I was just going over some of the evidence from the
last few crime scenes hoping...
“Derrick! What are you doing here?” Victoria asked in a
whisper trying her best to close the front door behind her.
“Uh, I thought you could use some help talking to your Mom.”
“What? No I don’t need help at all actually I can handle my
Mom. You need to get out of here, now.”
“Ok well, that’s not exactly the greeting I was hoping for,”
he...
Victoria waited near the jeep as Derrick headed inside the
gate. The sun was starting to set and she had a sudden feeling of being
watched. Pushing off of her truck, she paced a little around the trunk looking
over the cars parked in the lot around her. With the exception of the traffic
moving over the freeway nearby, all was quiet. She shook off...
“Hey, Vik, someone’s here to see you,” Lou yelled from the
bullpen towards the lounge. It was another hectic day at work and the precinct
was a flurry of activity. Police officers dressed in their blues milled about
shuffling papers back and forth to different departments as several
conversations shot off in every corner of the building concerning...
“What the hell are you doing here?” Victoria asked taking Jake’s arm and quickly leading him into her garage away from possible prying eyes. “Are you crazy? Why would you come here?”
“Derrick asked me to check on you so I came. Why? What’s wrong?”
“What’s wrong? Jake! You’re dead! How do you think it looks for a dead man to suddenly show...
“What’s this?” Derrick growled as Perry dropped a stack of
papers in front of him.
“It’s inventory from last night’s restock and sales report
for the last week.”
“I didn’t ask for this, I only wanted the morning paper.”
“Why? So you can see what that detective is up to? Planning
on stalking more crime scenes in hopes of catching a glimpse...
“I’m walking out my door as we speak,” Victoria spoke into
the microphone of her earpiece as she juggled her bags and an evidence box in
her hands and opened her front door to find Cole standing on her stoop with a
smile. “Uh Mike, I’ll see ya when I get to work alright? Cole!”
“Hey!” he grabbed the box from her hands and started towards
her...