Control (by luckyrabbit) - comments

[Oxidizer]

Rabtastic! I can't wait for the next update(s) of this and SACIT!

[Guest]

Can't wait for the next update.

[luckyrabbit]

Here's one for the Peter/Tracey fans. Teaser:

Peter smiled humourlessly, he hadn't talked about this with anyone, not even Claire. He just hadn't felt comfortable, but there was something about Tracey that made him want to open up. Like she would be able to understand. "You could say that. I'm sorry for unloading all of this on you."

"Don’t worry about it. It'll probably do you some good to talk about it."

He grunted noncommittally, and removed Eve's old ID tag from his drawer. It was burned, melted around the edges. He didn't know why he'd kept it for so long. He flipped it around between his fingers. Tracey put a hand on his shoulder, making him sigh heavily.

"She's really done a number on you, hasn't she." She felt Peter's tense shoulders relax slightly under her touch and gave his arm a squeeze. "You have to try and keep your cool, by reacting to her you're just giving her what she wants."

"I know." Peter hung his head and turned to face her, taking note of how close they were. "I just…she gets under my skin. I don't know how you stay so calm."

Tracey chuckled. "You just have to look at it objectively. She can be rather amusing at times, you know."

"She has her moments." Peter conceded. Tracey's translucent green eyes flicked up to look at him under her lashes, her hand was still on his arm, it was definitely a moment. He was going to kiss her and she was going to let him, their lips were frustratingly close when…knock, knock. They sprung apart, Peter clearing his throat and Tracey wiping at her still dry lips with the back of her hand.

"Oh don't mind us, please continue." Zoe urged, grinning from ear to ear, prompting Peter to ask what the hell she was doing out of her cell.

"Sorry," Lara apologized, tugging on Zoe's arm to lead her further into the room. "But she noticed something and I thought you'd want to know."

"But I can see we interrupted," Zoe smirked. "so why don't you two crazy kids finish up with what you were doing, I'm happy to wait."

"I don't think so." Tracey rolled her eyes, rethinking her comment about Zoe being amusing, and crossed her arms. "What did you find?"

Zoe pouted and took the file from Lara's hands. "I was going through the report on Rachel Armstrong's attack." She opened it up to the photos of Rachel's wound. "Look familiar?" She held up her scarred forearm, making the handcuffs clink, and compared the two.

"It's the same as your cut, we know this." Peter snapped, unhappy at being interrupted for this.

"It's exactly the same as my cut, that's why I'm bringing it up." Zoe huffed. "Look, it's perfectly straight, that is not a defensive wound." She stepped closer to Tracey. "Pretend to stab me."

The detective's eyes widened. "Excuse me?"

"Don't get over-excited, it's just a little demonstration."

[Oxidizer]

Zoeeeeeeeeee! Man, am I hyped about this one!! This is definitely going to be one of your bests fics with GND! And Zoe is so in character too, I can see her playfully tormenting Peter during the investigation.

[luckyrabbit]

And Zoe is so in character too, I can see her playfully tormenting Peter during the investigation.

She playfully torments everyone during the investigation. Just because she's playing nice doesn't mean she actually has to be nice.

[Oxidizer]

lol. I love that chick.

So when can we expect a full update then, Rabs?

[luckyrabbit]

This chapter is going to be huge, there's a lot of stuff to fit in, so probably sometime before the weekend. Hopefully. I'll put some more teasers up before then, though.

[Oxidizer]

Not so long now then, that's great! And the teasers, I do love those! They make the wait more bearable. I just read the first chapter again - love it!

[swfc]

Dang! Peter and Tracey nearly kissed.... The poor guy Aww, Zoe is so cute. Especially when she torments the daylights out of Peter.

Great stuff, Rabs!!

[luckyrabbit]

I just read the first chapter again - love it!

You didn't happen to pick up any clues about what's going to happen, did you?

Teaser:

Zoe nodded and looked at the surrounding area. "Then where did the attacker go? According to the report, Kim didn't see anyone running away, neither of them heard or saw a car."

"What's your point?" Peter asked impatiently.

"My point is, Kim is a fast runner, it would've been less than five seconds from the first time he heard Rachel scream to the time he had a clear line of sight of the area. He would've seen someone running away."

"Maybe she didn't scream." McLaren interjected.

"It says in the report that she screamed as soon as she saw the knife." Zoe sighed, she was already sick of doing these peoples jobs for them. "So in five or so seconds, the…what are we calling this guy anyway?"

Tracey shrugged and looked at a clueless Peter for an answer. "I…I guess we should just call him the copycat?" He said, leaving it open for someone to disagree.

"Works for me. Anyway, in five seconds the copycat stabbed Rachel, making sure that they got her in the exact same place I cut myself, and then completely disappeared without a trace? Unless our copycat is Wally West, I find that highly improbable." Confused looks all around. "Barry Allen? Jay Garrick? The Flash, people! You know, he can move at the speed of light? Pop culture references are pretty much lost on you guys, huh."

"She's got a point."

Zoe smiled at Tracey. "So glad you agree."

"Not about the pop culture stuff." Tracey said pointedly. "There are some serious holes in Rachel's story."

"So we talk to Rachel again." Peter added.