foul play // Criminal Minds & Law And Order: Special Victims Unit

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"Morgan stop!!", Esmée yelled running and jumping onto his back causing him to fall.

"Ried ran up behind them worried.

"Babygirl, did you just tackle me?"

"Why are we stopping?", Ried asks kneeling down.

"That's not solid, you would've fallen in"

"In?" He asks clearly confused

"She's right. Look at the air bubbles. That's a lake"

"So do we go around?", Morgan asks.

"That'll take too long", Esmée said getting up and taking off her coats.

"Babygirl what are you doing?"

"If you are about to do what I think you are, I want you to know it's very unsafe"

"I'm a lot lighter than you guys. I'm gonna see how much weight it'll hold"

"I am not fat" Morgan tries to stop her.

"But your not skinny", she laughs over her shoulder.

She takes the first few steps nice and slow. "I think it's okay" she says once she gets a few yards.

Turning around she gives them a thumbs up.

Yet as soon as she starts to walk again she hears a crack.

Then another

And again.

Looking down she starts to panic.

"Esmée don't move!, I'm going to come to you", Ried yells.

"Wait, let me go with you", Morgan says

"I don't know if it can hold both of us at once"

Without further questions he slowly walks towards Esmée . "Hey take my hand and I'll pull you to me", he says to her

"I cant", she says looking down. "I'll fall"

"Don't look down. Just focus on me....Take my hand, trust me"

Slowly she raises her hand out him. He takes it immediately and pulls her into his chest.

"You okay?", He says looking down at her.

"Yeah, I think so"

"Morgan you should come across now, carefully"

They get half way across when they hear more cracks, or at least Esmée hears it.

"Hey guys?!", She yells over her shoulder. "I think the ice is gon-"

She screams as the ice below her feet breaks. Falling into the freezing water below her, she feels frozen yet moving and thrashing about.

Spencer runs to her forgetting about the thin ice. Or not caring completely.

"Give me your hand!" he says as she reaches out to him.

He pulls her out and wrapped the jacket he was holding around her.

Crack...Creek....cra-

"Shit"

as the ground below started to come undone Morgan pushes Ried forward making them all fall on the ice.

All three of them try to catch their breath.

"I-im s-so co-old", Esmée says shaking uncontrollably.

"I know baby girl. But look we made it across"