Glitter and gold

*Chapter 13*

Lucas's body had been violently bleeding but now the blood had dried and it left an uneasy red stain on his shirt. Natasha took 3 deep breaths before turning around but she was till taken aback by his lifeless body.

Tyler started to take notes and Clara stood up from inspecting the surroundings to give Natasha an encouraging hug. They had become good friends over the few weeks of knowing each other and it helped that Clara was allowed to be near the crime scenes so she could support Natasha.

Heather stood outside the house behind flapping yellow police tape crossing her arms in rage occasionally looking up at the window and seeing Natasha's shadow cast across the window. The police hadn't let her into the crime scene because she didn't have an "immediate relationship" to Lucas so Heather was forced to stay out and wait for them to be done.

As they walked out the door, Natasha knew that she had to tell someone about the mystery women. It was now or never.

"Tyler can I talk to you for a second" she asked tapping him in the shoulder.

"Yeh sure." They strolled away from the crowd and stood next to a small tree. Natasha felt it behind her and thought of the day that her and Lucas had planted it together. They had been living in the new house for a week and the garden looked horrible so Lucas declared that they had to make it look more flamboyant. The sun had been shining and Lucas was wearing his favourite Pokemon t shirt and matching shorts which had gotten some strange looks from the neighbours. Natasha remembered when he walked out the door and declared that it was a "fashion statement" to prove that he looked good in anything.

"Earth to Natasha." Tyler waved his hand in front of her face laughing when she snapped out of her trace.

"Sorry. I have to tell you something important and I think it's best if I do because I don't know what to do after and you would know what to do"

"Sure bring it on" he laughed mockingly bringing his hands into a boxing stance.

"I think someone might try and hurt me"

"What?" His smile had instantly dropped and so and the mood around them. Suddenly the clouds blanketed what was left of a sunny day and the December chill overcame them.

"I was on the phone to Lucas when- when he was killed" Natasha tried to contain the tears but they abandoned her eyes and started to roll down her cheek. "The person w-was singing      a-a-a song and then she killed him."

The voice came back and continued to taunt her. This is your fault. Look, you've even name Tyler upset. Your useless and your good for nothing. Why even-

The nagging voice was washed away when Tyler embraced her into a warm hug. Natasha felt safe and protected but after a while he pulled away and she felt weirdly disappointed. "Is that everything that happened. You said someone may want to come and hurt you. What was that about?" Natasha looked up and continued with her story still keeping close to Tyler.

"A women pic-picked up the phone and talked to me. She said that I should have recognised her but I-I-I didn't. Then-then she said that she would see me later" A new wave of tears ran out and over her red cheeks and Tyler hugged her again.

"You don't have to be scared" he whispered to her. "We can protect you"

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Natasha sat down at the all to familiar chair at Tyler's desk along with Clara and Theodore. Tyler cleared his throat and lent forward trying to muster up words of encouragement. In the end he chose to be blunt and to the point. "We have signed you up for witness protection. This is a delicate case so I have chosen my two top officers." Clara turned around, scanned the empty police station then swirled her chair back to face Tyler.

"Where is the other officer?" She asked seriously continuing to look straight over Theodore head.

"Ha ha very funny" Theodore rolled his eyes. "But we should really focus on the matter at hand Clara"

"Enough. I have chosen you two because I thought you would be capable now do I have to change my mind?" Tyler looked at Clara then Theodore who mutters something under his breath. Natasha fought back the edge to smile at Clara's joke by chewing on her lip; the silence allowed Tyler continued to talk this time focussing his attention on Natasha "we have singed you up for the witness protection programme and I have managed to get you in top priority so you will move in 4 days."

"What will happen to my sister?" Natasha asked sitting up from her chair realising what risk this mystery women had put her and her sister in.

"We can offer only our service like normal" Tyler said but noticing Natasha was starting to get annoyed  he tried to come up with a positive ending. "However I believe that because the murders have been centred around you your boyfriends, she is safe." Natasha sat in silence trying to process the information. "Trust me. We are prepared for every possible outcome" Tyler reached and touched her hands holding them in a warm blanket like touch.

"Thank you." Natasha exclaimed looking at the clock she started to gather her stuff. "So I'll see you in 4 days?" She asked surprised at how easy the whole process was. Clara, Theodore and Tyler all have each other an uncomfortable glance all shifting in there seats slightly.

"Seeing as you are in active threat it's protocol that you stay over with an officer there in case anything was to... happen." Tyler said worriedly looking at Natasha. "You are allowed to choose who you stay with. Natasha saw  Theodore in the corner of her eye  who started wiggling his eye brows and instantly made up her mind.

"Clara. I choose Clara".

"Damn" she heard Theodore mutter but it didn't matter what she said because soon enough she was getting into Clara's car.

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Thanks for  reading this far and putting up with my awful writing skills.

I've decided that I'm going to use this symbol %%% when a big change of time or location happens so it isn't as confusing.