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Author's Notes: Thanks to Shycat who encouraged me to finish this story and for beta for me. And to Christina Klineburger who found a few extra mistakes I had missed.
A Snake’s Journey By Mel Bone
It
was a typical day at Cascade PD headquarters, and the Major Crimes division was
stirring with activity. The sounds
of typing, paper shuffling and criminals saying they were innocent could be
heard throughout the bullpen. No
one noticed the small black knapsack that had been left in the corner of the
room. No one noticed when the
contents inside started to move, or when the small black head of the dangerous
creature poked its way free of the bag. No
one even noticed as the creature slithered its way completely out of the bag,
and began its journey around the Major Crimes Bull pen. Taking a good look around, he discovered a lot of huge creatures moving about. Deciding to explore his surroundings more he moved away from the desk and into the walkway, only to almost be stomped on by various creatures. Every
direction he turned to move another foot would come down, just missing him. Trapped,
he desperately searched around for a safe place to hide. Over by the far wall, he spotted a door, which looked like it
lead into a nice safe hiding place away from all these huge creatures that were
trying to hurt him. He
made a break for the door, getting half way, before he was almost stomped on
again by a very tall, dark guy. He
managed to get away as the guy stopped just inside the door way to yelling,
“Rafe, Brown! In my office now!” before entering. The
little black snake was almost trampled on again by two sets of legs, which
seemed in a great hurry to get into the room.
Then the door was slammed shut, preventing him from gaining access to his
safe hiding place. Looking around again, he saw a loan figure sitting at his desk working away, and underneath looked like a good place to hide. So off he slithered.
Detective
Jim Ellison, sat at his desk, working on the paper work from his latest case, a
case he still had to solve, and all leads had turned into dead ends. Sighing
Jim looked at his watch, he half expected Sandburg to turn up any minute. The
kid had been there that morning and had left his backpack here when he had left
for the University. Deciding a
break was in order, he headed for the break room, only to be startled by a
hissing sound. Looking around, he
couldn’t see anything. Extending
his hearing he scanned the bullpen, but quickly stopped when the noise of the
place got to him. “Probably
just imagining things,” he decided and continued on his way to the break room. Underneath
Jim's desk, the dark creature had found shelter from all the big creatures that
tried to step on him, only to have the owner of this desk almost step on him.
He had struck out at the foot as it came close to him, only to have it
move at the last second, causing him to miss, and now the being was gone.
Slivering quickly into the discarded backpack near the desk, the little
snake found the perfect home, or at least a place to hide for a while. No sooner had Jim left his desk, then his partner, Blair Sandburg walked in. Greeting people as he made his way to Jim's desk to collect his backpack he had left earlier.
Picking
it up, he was startled as a long, black hissing creature fell out of the bag.
Dropping the bag, Blair took an involuntary step backwards.
He tripped over the chair, causing him to hit his head on the corner of
the desk. His
vision blurred as he watched the small black creature slither into a delivery
box, which was picked up by the delivery guy, who headed for the elevators.
Blair watched until the door on the elevator closed, then suddenly became
aware of someone calling his name. A
sharp slap to his face brought him completely back to reality. He
looked up in to the concerned eyes of his sentinel. “Chief?
You with us, Buddy?” “
S-snake,” Blair stammered out. “Snake?”
Jim asked, growing more concerned “There
was a snake.” Jim
grabbed Blair’s chin and forced the young man to look at him, checking his
pupils for a concussion. “Doesn’t
look like you have a concussion, but maybe we should get you checked out just in
case. Especially if you’ve been
seeing things." “I
wasn’t seeing things, Jim.” Jim
helped Blair to his feet and supported him as he swayed a little. “Let’s
go, buddy.” Jim gently led Blair towards the elevator. “There
really was a snake, it fell out of my back pack, then after I tripped, it
crawled into a delivery bag and the delivery guy took it away.” “Let’s
just make sure. Ok?” Jim said, as
he entered the elevator behind Blair. Blair
sighed, knowing it was no use arguing with him. Meanwhile, the little Black Snake had found a safe haven, in the back of the delivery van. And who knows where his journey would end. The End Comments, suggestions, e-mail me: mbone@trump.net.au I'd love to hear from you!
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