Flashback From The Future

The night was dark and cold, there were a few stars in the sky, but the moon was not in sight at all, in a usually quiet forest, the quiet and peaceful atmosphere had been disturbed, there were police lights and sirens everywhere as they blinked their red and blue lights.

A crime seemed to have been carried out in the forest, and there was yellow tape hung around a certain area of the forest, it was the crime scene, and an investigation was being carried out, there were many police officers at the scene of the crime and most of the wore gloves as they examined the different parts of the forest, they disrupted the quiet, peaceful night of the forest, and soon enough It was full of many men and women.

In the middle of all the investigations and clue searching, another police car pulled up to the scene of the crime, and a man with brown hair and brown eyes came out of the police car as he walked to the scene of the crime and he put his leg over the yellow tape and he crossed to the other side.

"Status report" he called out as he caught sight of a young looking male police officer walking up to him.

"Ahh well Commander Sir, we have found a body" said the young police officer as he had white gloves on his hand.

"Where?" asked the commander as he removed the black shades he was wearing from his face.

"Just around the premises, a track on blood led us to the tree where the deceased was found lying" said the Police officer.

"Alright, then" said the commander.

"Commander Lawson, we have identified the deceased as female" came the voice of another female police officer as Pete turned to look at her.

"She had red hair, she appears to be in her early thirties, and the deceased received a gunshot to the head, and to the side of her right abdomen, the two bullets are still lodged in their place, and her face is barely recognizable" said the female police officer as she gave her report.

"This looks like a case of homicide" said the female police officer.

"Well isn't that the case" said Pete as he sighed and he face-palmed today was supposed to be his evening off, and yet here he was in the middle of the night, in the middle of a forest.

"Does the woman have any sort of identification on her?" asked Pete as he looked at the female Police officer.

"No Commander there is no identification of any sort on the deceased" said the female police officer.

"Although, we did find a personal belonging on the deceased, it was a phone" said the female police officer.

"However, I have had no luck at all, seeing as the phone of the deceased is password protected" said the female police officer.

"Alright then, have the phone bagged, we will take a look at it later" said Pete.

"Yes commander" said the female police officer as she nodded her head and she walked away.

"I want to see the deceased" said Pete as he turned to look at the other police officer.

"Alright Commander" said the police officer.

"Tell Morales to get me Detective Santos on the line" said Pete as he began to walk.

"Yes Commander, but today is his day off" said the police officer as he followed after Pete.

"And so was mine, but I am here after all, get him on the line" said Pete.

"Yes Commander" said the Police officer.

"Who filed a report?" asked Pete as he walked over to another area with yellow tape and he climbed over it.

"We only received a mysterious call from a payphone saying that some suspicious gunshot noises were heard in the forest" said the police officer.

"And you did not think to track the call?" asked Pete.

"Well sir in that moment our main concern were the gunshots" said the police officer.

"Well did it not cross your mind that whoever called anonymously might have been the criminal that did all this??" asked Pete as he sighed, he could not believe that his team were so reckless, in this sort of homicide investigation everyone was a suspect, from the person who reported the crime, to the deceased involved in the crime, no one was innocent not at least till it was proven otherwise.

"Well Commander at that time our main focus was to check whether anything suspicious had happened" replied the Police officer.

"How could you have all been so reckless??" asked Pete and the police officer did not reply at all.

"Commander" came the voices of two other male police officers as they saw Pete, and they were wearing white gloves as they seemed to be carrying a black bag.

"Leave us" said Pete.

"Yes commander" said the two police officers as they set the black bag on the ground and the walked away.

Pete walked to the black bag, he bent down and he unzipped the zipper, but he regretted doing so once he saw who was actually in the bag.

"Natasha!!" said Pete as he could not believe who he was seeing.

"No this can't be, this cannot be at all" said Pete to himself as he shook his head, he refused to believe who he was seeing right now, he refused.

"Nat…Nat, it's not you right?? Tell me it's not you??" said Pete as he looked at the now lifeless body in the bag.

"Commander are you alright?" asked the young police officer as he heard Pete muttering.

"Yes I am alright, get me Morales now!!" said Pete as he looked at the Police officer in anger.

"Yes Commander!" said the Police officer as he rushed away, he had never seen the commander so angry like that before, it was a shock to him.

"Nat, tell me who did this to you??" asked Pete as tears began to drop from his eyes as he looked at Natasha, at her beautiful face that no one else could have.

"Nat, what happened, what happened?? Please tell me, I do not understand" said Pete as he cried, he had never cried before, but this was just too painful for him not to, he could not stand this, he could not stand it at all, his best friend, the love of his life was gone, she was gone.

"Why was it you?? Why?? Of all the people in the world, why you?? My Natasha why??" asked Pete as he just felt like hugging her cold lifeless body right there and then, why was it her why her?? He had been involved in many homicide cases, and but was the first one in which he truly felt agony, anger and hatred for whoever did this.

"I will avenge you Nat, I promise you I will find out who did this, and I will make sure that they pay" said Pete as he vowed to himself right there and then, whoever did this was not going scot free, no they were not!.

"Boss, I just arrived, what do you need me for?" asked a dark haired man named Morales.

Pete sniffed as he quickly wiped his tears and he stood up as he zipped the bag up again.

"Yes, get me Inspector Robless right now, this investigation will be carried out till we find justice" said Pete coldly and seriously.

"Yes Boss" said Morales.

"Boss, we need to contact the relatives of the deceased" said Morales.

"Don't worry, I will do that" said Pete as he brought out his phone.

"Boss do you know the deceased?" asked Morales.

"Yes, I do, she is… she was a good friend" said Pete.

"Just get Jimmy and Charles over here to take her body" said Pete as he walked away.

"Yes Boss" said Morales as he thought that Pete was acting rather strange.

Pete looked through his phone till he found the number of the man he hated most, he would have preferred to not involve him at all, but he needed to know, he dialed number, it rang a couple of times till his call was finally picked.

"Hello??" came the male voice from the other side of the line.

"Hello Mr. Dominic White, this is Commander Peter Lawson from the City Police department" said Pete.

"Your presence is needed over here, your wife was involved in a homicide" said Pete as he bit his tongue in anger as he spoke.

"What??" came Dom's shocked voice from the other side of the line.

"I will be there soon, send me the address" said Dom as he ended the call quickly.

"Don't pretend like you even care for her you stupid man!!" said Pete as he tried his best not to insult Dom at all.

…

"Commander Peter" said Dom as he walked to Pete as he saw him standing in front of many trees.

"What happened??" asked Dom as he looked frantic.

"Natasha was killed, with a bullet to the head" said Pete coldly as he looked at Dom.

"How?? Who did this??" asked Dom as he could not believe what he was hearing.

"That is what we would like to find out" said Pete coldly.

"And what is she even doing in the forest at this time in the first place??" asked Dom.

"This is the scene of a…" said Pete as he was cut off.

"Daddy, what's wrong where is mom??" came the voice of a little girl that looked about ten years old as she walked to Dom, she was wearing pink pajamas.

"Joy I told you to stay in the car" said Dom as he turned around and he sighed, he had no other choice than to bring her with him, she had insisted to go along with him when she heard his footsteps.

"No, I want to see my mom" said Joy.

"You would dare bring her here??" asked Pete in anger as he looked at Dom.

"I had no other choice" said Dom as he looked at Pete.

"What's going on?" asked Joy once again as she looked at the two men.

"*Sigh*" said Pete as he sighed and he walked past Dom towards Joy and he bent down on one knee.

"Hello princess" said Pete as he smiled at Joy, he had not seen her in such a long time, since Natasha had stopped talking to him.

"Hello" said Joy as she looked at the man she had never met before.

"I am Commander Peter Lawson, I am a police" said Pete as he smiled softly at her.

"And I was also a very good friend of your mom" said Pete as he smiled.

"But she never talked about you" said Dom.

"Well because we argued a bit like friends do, and she was angry at me" said Peter as he smiled.

"Where is my mom?? I want to see my mom, where is she?" asked Joy.

"*Sigh, I am sorry princess, but…but…" said Pete as this was the hardest thing for him, how would he break the death of her mother to a little girl like Joy, in all his years as a police officer breaking bad news to a family of the deceased was never easy for him, but this… this would just break his heart.

"But what??" asked Joy.

"But…, your mother, she was killed, she died" said Pete as he himself could not say it with a straight face.

"No!!" said Joy as she shook her head.

"No, she is not dead, I want to see my mom, I want to see her, take me to her now!!" said Joy as tears began to drop from her eyes and Pete's heart broke.

"I am sorry Princess, you cannot see her right now" said Pete as a lone tear escaped from his eyes.

"No, I want my mom, I want her now" said Joy as she cried even more and Pete could not help himself but hug her tightly.

"Everything will be okay" said Pete as he tried to coax her, and he let go of her, very sadly,

"Daddy, take me to see mommy, I want to see my mommy, I want to see her now." said Joy as she cried and she ran to Dom.

"Oh my princess" said Dom as he carried Joy up in his arms.

"I wish I could, I wish, I could" said Dom as he coaxed Joy as the piercing, sad, heartbreaking sound of her cries filled his ears.