LILA'S POV
Bullets. Someone was shooting us and there was nothing I could do about it. I didn't fucking carry my gun and now I am being held down by Alex cause he refuses to let me go.
"ALEX YOU HAVE TO LET ME GO. THEA IS OUT THERE" I screamed above the sounds of the firing guns.
"NO. YOU WILL HURT YOURSELF. THEA IS UNDER THE TABLE. NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. STAY PUT" He screamed back trying to sound as confident as he could. But I knew he was scared. His voice shook a little and his hands tightened around my waist.
He wasn't letting me go. DAMMIT. I watched from under the cashier table, as Thea crouched on her elbow and knees, hands covering her ears. She hates loud noises. I had to do something. Trying to remove Alex's hand from my waist was difficult. It's not that I wasn't strong but the position we were in gave him an advantage.
"ALEX LISTEN TO ME. SHE IS SCARED. YOU HAVE TO LET ME GO. I HAVE BEEN TRAINED FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS DAMMIT. LET ME GO"
"I SAID NO" Anger was evident in his voice. This guy has no right to be mad at me. That's the only person I consider family left on this planet. I will be damned before I let anything happen to her.
Taking a deep breath, I wrapped both my legs around Alex's waist and used his shoulder as support to flip us both. He clearly didn't see it coming cause his eyes had widened and his hands on me were now almost bruising my skin. Shaking his hands with extreme force, I got up and ran towards the closest table around Thea.
She was trying to move.
"DON'T FUCKING MOVE THEA. DON'T" I screamed
I doubted for a second if she heard me over the firing but when she stopped moving I thanked God. Where the fuck is the police. This cafe was in the middle of the damn city, how come they still haven't been alerted.
My phone. I tried to reach for my phone, only to find my jeans pocket empty. FOR GOD'S SAKE. I screamed again, cause the bullets didn't seize
"THEA PLEASE DON'T MOVE. PLEASE"
I didn't want to admit it but it was the first time in a very long time, I felt fear seeping into my skin. And the fear wasn't even for my safety. It was for that girl that lay in the middle of death. The bullets continued to hit the bakery walls, and the customer that sat on the table above Thea was dead. His blood was splattered and I knew that Thea wouldn't be able to handle the gruesome scene.
After three minutes, the guns finally stopped. I didn't move though. I waited for a few more minutes and finally moved when I heard the cars leaving and the bakery was filled with a deadly silence. Getting on my feet I quickly ran towards Thea and grabbed her by her shoulder. She was shaking and her eyes were filled with terror. What she was seeing was a dead man and blood.
"THEA. THEA. LOOK AT ME. HEY, HEY, LOOK AT ME"
I tried to calm her down as I held her face in my hand. Tears streamed down her face and it broke my heart. I promised to protect her.
"You are okay. you are safe. you are okay" I said, trying to comfort her. I don't know if it was her I was assuring or myself.
"Are you hurt? Do you feel any pai..." I needed to know that she wasn't hurt. But before I could ask her the sound of sirens echoed.
"Goddammit. why the fuck are they so late" I was pissed and someone was going to be on the receiving end of my anger. Grabbing Thea's hands I dragged her towards the entrance. I wanted her away, a thousand miles away from blood and death.
Right before I reached the entrance I felt Thea collapsing on the ground. Turning around, I saw her on her knees, hands on her chest, breathing erratically.
"HEY, HEY. BREATHE. IN AND OUT. LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT ME" I didn't mean to be so loud but I couldn't fucking help it. She didn't deserve any of this. Putting her in her feet, I supported her weight and carried her out of the bakery to the ambulance.
I saw a few of the officers that I work with, screaming on the mic, to stop all routes within the next 20 blocks. The shooters would have escaped by now. They had been waiting to attack. The right time to attack.
I had to get to the station now. Making sure that Thea was safely tucked in the ambulance, with Alex by her side, I left for the station. I told Alex, more like I ordered him to not leave Thea's side at any cost. Whoever it was, will not attack so soon. I only had a few hours though.
Nothing will happen to Thea. Nothing.
THEA'S POV
I woke up to soft beep sounds. My eyes kept fluttering shut and each time I tried opening them I was met with blurry outlines and bright lights. I tried to rub my eye to remove the blurriness and eventually when it got better I realized I was in a hospital.
A hospital. My head was spinning and my throat felt dry. Trying to move a little, a loud sound echoed in the room,
"Thea. Thank god you are awake. I am going to get the doctor"
Alex. He was here. I wanted to ask him what was going on but my throat felt like it was burning.
"Wa...wate...r" I groaned. Alex rushed to the end of the room and got me a glass of water. I greedily took in the contents of the glass and sighed with content
"Slow down. You will choke on it" Alex said. He would be worse if his throat felt like it was burning. He doesn't even have normal water. Even when it's freezing you would see him with a glass of ice water. Finishing the glass of water, I finally looked at Alex. The side of his forehead had been covered in a bandage and there were small cuts that littered his face.
"Do you feel better now? Does something hurt? I need to get to the doctor. Yes, doctor" Alex heaved out, worry evident as daylight. His hand reached behind my bed to press on a button, probably to call for a doctor but I felt fine, except for my head that was still spinning.
"Relax Alex. I feel fine. It's just my head. How long have I been out? Are you okay? Is Lila okay? Where is she? Why isn't she here?"
"You have been out for over three hours. For the second question, yes I feel great. Just some shit here and there. And Lila is also fine. She went to the station to figure out what happened."
"What happened?" I asked
"You were shot at Thea. Do you not remember?" Alex asked, confused. I remember the loud sound and the glass breaking.
There was also...
... bullets. And blood. And Mr. Harris, he was, he was dead. His blood and the bullets that lathered his body. Oh god.
"Breathe Thea. Everything is fine. You are okay" Alex tried to comfort me but I don't think it was working
"It's not fine Alex. Mr.Harris. He died. HE DIED ALEX. THERE WERE BULLETS IN HIS BODY" I was screaming at the end of the sentence.
"Thea, listen to me okay. Lila is there trying to find out what happened. You have to trust her okay. Please just breathe okay. Please" Alex begged. He pulled me in for a hug. Hugs were good. They were supposed to calm me down but why was it that I couldn't get the scene out of my mind.
"Alex, please call Lila. Please"
"Okay. Okay. I will" Alex hurriedly grabbed his phone and dialed her number.
"Hi, Lila. You have to come to the hospital. Thea, she is freaking out. I have called the doctor but they aren't here yet. She is asking for you" The room fell in silence while Lila spoke on the other side of the phone. After a few seconds, Alex looked at me and handed me the phone
"Here she wants to talk to you" Hurriedly grabbing the phone, I spoke on the phone,
"Lila, please come back"
"I am sorry honey. I really want to be there. But we need to find who was behind the shooting. You trust me right. I promised to keep you safe. If we don't find the person behind this, they will hurt you again. Hmm? Give me a few hours and I will be back. A few officers have been dispatched to keep you safe. Nothing will happen to you"
"But what if they hurt you?" I almost cried out at the thought
"Nothing will happen to me. I promise. I am going to get Rouge right now. He might have something to do with this"
Rouge. She was talking about Xander. Why would Xander want to hurt me? Was it because of what I told him? There is no way he would want to kill me for something that was true. But again, he is a bad guy who kidnaps and hurts people.
"Why do you think he was involved?"
"We found footage of some of his men near the bakery. We aren't sure if they were a member of rouge but one of the guys had the rouge symbol on his wrist. That's all I can tell you, Thea"
"The last time you met him, he hurt you. Please be careful, Lila" I sounded like a child but Lila was my family.
"I will. Now I need to go. Take care, okay. Call me if anything happens" and with that, she cut the phone.
Please be safe. Please
XANDER'S POV
Whoever the mole was he was damn good at hiding. It's been days and we found nothing. A lot of people knew about the shipment. The closed circle and the other members who were meant to receive it. We tried to backtrace the calls made at the shipment port but only three people made a call.
Two of my men who were handling the shipment and are were killed in the ambush and one unknown number. We have been tracing the number for hours now and nothing. I was losing patience. The deal was supposed to close yesterday and I wasn't even close to finding the shipment.
"Boss, we will find the person behind this" Damien said, his voice laced with anger.
"Where is Igor? He is supposed to be the tech guy here" I growled out. He has been taking too much time off and it was starting to piss me off
"He had to leave, apparently to follow a lead he found. Said he will be back in a few hours"
"Call him. Now"
Just as Damien went to grab his phone, we heard bullets being fired outside the compound. FOR GOD'S SAKE. There is no way this was Pedrova. This place was crawling with my men. No matter how many men he got, on this land, he wouldn't win against me.
Grabbing my gun, I ran out of my office, down the stairs towards the entrance. I was ready to shoot at least a few dozen men but imagine my surprise when I saw just one detective with three other officers, pointing their guns at my men. Taking in the scenario, I had to hold in a laugh.
Sixteen of my men had surrounded the detective, each with a gun and a few with some knives as well. If the detective thought of getting out of this place alive, she was in for a surprise. Walking towards the detective, I chuckled at her expression.
Confidence, fury, and disgust were clear on her face. It's going to be replaced with fear and pain soon. But before that, I had to ask one question
"So detective, why don't you tell me how you found this place because the last time I remember, this man right here," pointing at Damien I said, "had put you in his car trunk and dropped you miles from this place". Seems like my question amused the little detective because I saw a smirk forming on her face.
"You can only ever use guns to win. I don't think you have ever made use of the thing that lies in your skull. Though the existence of it in you altogether still seems questionable"
This ÑÑка (bitch) did not insult me on my land, in front of my men. Pointing my gun at one of the officers behind her, I shot him right between his eyes. She didn't even flinch. I have to say, she sure was brave.
"You answer the question I ask. Anything else and the next bullet goes into the other малÑÑик (boys) head. So like I asked, how did you find this place. And don't make me repeat myself. "
"A chip" I felt two of my men walking into the house, to look for the damn thing
"Next question, what is the purpose of this visit? We already cleared the confusion for Martinez"
"Listen up, Rouge. It's either you in handcuffs or you give me three of your men I need and we can sit and talk about how the case is going to go forward"
Pointing the gun at the officer I aimed for his right shoulder, just enough to hurt him.
"ÐлÑдÑ" (fuck) the officer screamed as his knees hit the ground. Again, the detective's face was devoid of any fear
"What the fuck was that for," She asked
"I didn't like the way you spoke to me. Problem оÑиÑеÑ?" (officer) I mocked, knowing very well that there was nothing she could do. "So why don't you answer the question again, and this time with more clarity"
"Look at you playing the innocent card. Acting as if you didn't just order your men to kill Thea. She wasn't involved. She never FUCKING WAS. But you were just so fucking paranoid that you couldn't stop but try to kill an innocent woman"
What the fuck was she talking about. Kill Thea??? My men? Tried to kill my kitten? My kitten was hurt and I don't know about it. Those men were supposed to protect her. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
I was seeing red. My monsters were screaming with vengeance. But not in front of the detective. Not in front of my men.
"This place is surrounded by the police. You didn't really think I was coming here with no backup"
"вÑе ÑÑ Ð¾Ð´ÑÑ ÑейÑаÑ" (everyone, leave now) I ordered. As my men scurried into the house, I looked at Dimitri and spoke,
"Узнай, ÑÑо ÑлÑÑилоÑÑ. Я Ñ Ð¾ÑÑ, ÑÑÐ¾Ð±Ñ ÑÑи лÑди бÑли пеÑедо мной ÑеÑез ÑаÑ, или Ñ ÑÐµÐ±Ñ ÑбÑÑ. ÐÑозÑаÑнÑй?" (Find out what happened. I want those men in front of me in an hour, or I am gonna fucking kill you. Clear?)
Dimitri nodded and ordered two men to go with him. Turning back to the detective, I questioned
"When?"
"Don't play dumb Rouge. We saw your men in the CCTV so save us the time and tell the man who just left to find those men and deliver them to the station or trust me Rouge, I will get a warrant and it won't say arrest on it. It will be a shoot on sight order" She turned around to leave but stopped for a second. Looking back at me, she said
"If you ever come near her again, I will kill you, Rouge. Order or not" With that she walked out of the compound.
"Get the car" I ordered Damien. The kitten was giving me more trouble than it's worth
'Liar' the voice in my head spoke
THEA'S POV
It was four in the morning. Lila was still not here. Alex was passed out on the couch. I couldn't sleep. Lila had gone to meet Xander and she hasn't called me since. Did he hurt her? Was she okay?
All this worry was giving me a headache. Getting out of my bed, I walked to the bathroom. A dim light glowed above the mirror. Standing in front of it, I saw light bruises and a very small cut on my face. There were so many bullets, I am surprised I even came out alive. Bending down to the sink, I turned the tap on and splashed water on my face. I continued splashing the water until my face became tingly and cold. Looking up I expected to see my reflection in the mirror.
ONLY my reflection but I was startled to see another reflection. I wanted to scream but the person's palm covered my mouth, stopping anything from escaping my lips. My eyes shut in fear and I felt that burning sensation in my throat again.
Today really was a bad day. I can't believe I am going to die in a bathroom dressed in a hospital gown. Bracing myself for pain, I waited for the intruder to make a move but his next action shocked me. His face came down to the crook of my neck and I felt his lips leaving soft kisses on my skin.
Xander. It was Xander
"You should have listened to me, коÑенок " (kitten)
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