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Adrian settled back on the grass after they'd finished eating, relaxing in the sun, his eyes closed.

"God, I'm so full," he groaned.

Jamie let out a soft chuckle.

"You didn't pack that much food," he said, draining a bottle of beer.

"I know," Adrian said. "But I ate most of it. You just sat and looked around."

Jamie smiled to himself.

"Do you want to know what I saw while I was looking around?" Jamie asked him cryptically.

Adrian shrugged.

"I don't know... a rare flower? Large butterfly?" Adrian yawned.

"Nope." Jamie leant over him.

Adrian sensed him, and opened his eyes sleepily.

"That copper you were fucking."

Before Adrian could even open his mouth, Jamie plunged a sharp fruit knife deep into Adrian's abdomen.

Adrian stared at Jamie for a moment, shock paralysing him, before a scream of pain ripped from his throat. His hands automatically moved for the knife, aiming to pull the invader from his body.

Jamie pulled his hands roughly away, and twisted the knife sharply.

Blood gushed from Adrian's side; dizziness began to overwhelm him almost immediately.

"Dom!" He began screaming for the big policeman while he still could.

He was sure the pain was going to kill him before Dom could reach him.

"You vindictive little bitch." Jamie hissed.

Adrian lashed out at Jamie, hitting his jaw with a blow solid enough to send him reeling backwards, but not enough to have him down for long.

Jamie came for Adrian again, yanked the knife roughly from Adrian's abdomen and plunged it deep into his chest.

Adrian's scream cut-off mid yell, as the knife slid through his ribs deep enough to pierce his lung.

Adrian gasped in a breath, his vision starting to leave him.

He fought to stay awake, to scream for Dom again, but barely a sound could leave his throat with the little breath he had.

As he edged towards unconsciousness, he felt Jamie's hands gripping his throat.

He brought his own hands up to fight Jamie, choking as his windpipe was steadily crushed beneath Jamie's strong fingers.

Dimly, he was aware of voices shouting around him; Jamie's voice in his ear, screaming, calling him vile names.

The voices of others drawing closer, one of them slightly accented.

"Dom," Adrian mumbled softly, before his eyes rolled back into his head and he blacked out.