At The Edge of Fear

[Rachel Shale]

The man picked up Lucio and Rachel was frozen. She couldn't move. Fear was the primary thing within her even if occasionally other emotions hit her. She had no clue what was going on or why this man seemed to hate Lucio more. Then she saw the man become afraid. She saw the terror in his eyes. Lucio was put back on the ground and his assailant began to clutch at his chest and fell to the ground dead. The man who had attacked them died of a heart attack - what were the odds of that.

Lucio called emergency services and soon an ambulance would be on the way. The dead guy had tried to hurt him, and he still called the ambulance. Rachel was still afraid, but she was endeared to Lucio. He could have just left the man there. She felt afraid, but wanted to feel him next to her. Briefly the mixed emotions poked at her, but it was soon gone. She told herself there was nothing wrong with feeling desire right now. It was a survival instinct.

"I don't know..." she said, her voice shaky. "Just...scared...I think I'll be okay, amore."

She wrapped her arms around herself in a hug. Death wasn't something unfamiliar to her, but she had never seen it like that before.She had never been this close to it before. "I want to leave." she eventually said, turning away so she didn't have to look at the dead man in the alley.