OUR LITTLE FAMILY

02

He didn't know what woke him up. Was it the blinding white light or was it the slow beeping of the machine.

"Oh your up." A familiar voice rang out to him. "How are you feeling will?" Beverly's face came to a sharp conciousness.

"Very self aware."Will said getting up from the bed.

Beverly smirked "you gave us quite a fright. Passing out like that in the middle of the crime scean. "

"He is gone ........isn't he ?" Will whispered

"We don't know yet . But taking bullets and the fall from the cliff ? If the fall didn't kill him he should have surely drowned." Beverly said quietly. "Wait here Jack and Alana have been worried sick about you. Well alana is ......I don't know about Jack. "

Will nodded quietly as Beverly left the room. Will did have many regreats when it came to his life. But he felt that this incident would be his biggest. And that felt wrong ...........wrong on so Many levels. So many questions remained unanswered and unspoken to him.

Just then his phone rang out. He answered it without hesistation.

"Hello .........abigail."

"Will........Is he.........is he really gone ?"abigails voice sounded soft.

"Yes. Yes he is gone."

"Why??............how could you???.........You didn't save him. " abigails voice cracked accusingly

"Abigail........listen to me ......."

'A family made for us .'

Before he could reply Abigail cut off the phone leaving Will once again in the silence.

"Will !!"the voice of alana bloom snapped him out of his thoughts as she rushed inside the room followed by a tired looking but pleased Jack.

"How are you feeling " Alana asked stopping beside his bed

"I have been better "he said slowly

"We did it will . We caught the Ripper. "
Jack said

"Did you find the body ?"

"No. Not yet . The sqad team is searching the whole shore area but no body has been reported. "

Will nooded tiredly.
"So.......is it over?" Beverly asked cautiously

"I don't know " will replied

"What does that mean ?" Jack asked "we have the evidences every thing matches with him and is linked . What else is there."

"Questions Jack . " Will shouted frustrated " lots of questions. Like are there any other victims still alive? Why didn't he fled the country when he could. And did you see the physical condition he was in ? He didn't beat him self did he ? That meant some one was there. Maybe some one greater than The Ripper. Someone more dangerous. "

The room grew silent as everyone thought about the possibility.

'I should have saved him . I could have saved him . If I was just fast enough...........if I didn't hesitated ' Will thought.

"We should have taken him alive ." Will said silently

Jack sighed " Well that is the problem of the future . Right now we all especially you will need some rest. Take some day off. We caught The Ripper after years of pursuit and that is what matters. " Jack said leaving the room.

Yes . Yes they did catch The Ripper . After years of researching on him they had caught him . But for some reason the victory felt like ashes in his mouth. He felt like he had won but also lost at the same time.

"Let's take you home will. You look like shit ." Beverly said lightly.

Will cracked a small smile as he nooded.

" then I will see you tomorrow Will. I have to go ." Alana said by the door as Beverly helped him get off the bed.

The drive back to his house was strangly quite as Will looked out the window.
They stopped infront of his house.

" you okay ." Beverly asked looking at Will

"Never better. " Will said getting out of the car

"Call me if you need anything."

Will nooded and watched as the car leave his down and go down the road

Will sighed and opened his door. The dogs came up to even if it already midnight. Will smiled at the familiar environment. He sighed heavily as he put down his coat and walked inside the room but abruptly froze on spot

By the window under the soft Moonlight stood

Hannibal Lecter