"What have you done?" I murmured. He fell on his knees. I kneeled next to him took his face in my hands. It was getting difficult to breathe, my head felt too heavy, felt like its going to explode. My chest felt tight.
"Hey, I'm okay." He said. He placed his hands over mine. "Just breathe, hey," his voice was so low I could barely hear it. I couldn't stop sobbing. "You are not going to lose me, it's just a bullet and that too on my back." He chuckled.
Suddenly Hart progressed at us with a knife. Arjun pushed me aside and blocked Hart. I fell to the ground and saw Jezelle aiming at me again. Skyler kicked the gun from her hand but before he could do anything else a goon picked him up and threw him to the other side as if he was some doll. What mess have I dragged them into? Arjun was again fighting Hart who was trying to stab him with a knife, Skyler was fighting more than one goons. I stood up and ran towards him but someone grabbed me by my hair and pulled me back. I grunted as I fell back.
"I don't need any weapon to end your sorry life." She hissed through her teeth. She grabbed me by the neck, pulled me up and slammed me against the wall. Her grip tightened as she slammed my head on the wall the second time with more force. It felt like shiver spread through my whole body. I peeked behind her shoulder, Arjun was on the floor, Hart was on top of him pushing the knife downwards as Arjun held on to it. The knife hasn't touched him yet, but he was getting weak,
"I- I am sor- sorry you felt like that," I couldn't breathe, my voice came out like a whisper. Her brows relaxed, not for long. She pulled me back and again slammed my head on the wall. I grunted in pain. I tried to free myself but my whole body felt numb. Everything felt like a dream, I looked at the other side to see Skyler being held up by the goons. The knife was almost near Arjun's chest, it was slowly digging its way in. She pulled me back and hit my head on the wall again.
This time I saw someone else, a familiar man, he was looking at me. He looked worried. "Father?" I whispered. He looked at me, his eyes were filled with tears but not even a drop escaped.
Another slam. I was back, Jezelle standing in front of me. Fight back. You are strong. I heard voices in my head.
I can't lose you again. Since that day I told myself to protect you at any cost, even if it meant giving my own life.
I let go of her hand, she smirked. I grabbed her head and head-butted her, we both fell down. Cold, fresh air rushed into my lungs. She was on the ground holding her nose as I coughed. There was no time to waste, I pulled myself up and ran straight towards Hart. I crashed on to him taking him with me as we fell down some distance away from Arjun.
I got up facing Hart who was still holding on to the knife, the tip had a bit on blood on it. It felt hard to breathe, my whole body was shaking but I tried my best to not show it. Then again someone pulled my hair from behind. Due to the slamming on the wall, this pull felt a lot more painful than the first one.
She threw me against the wall. Blood was coming out of her nose but it didn't stop her. She again grabbed on my neck. My back pressed against the cold walls. Her grip tightened, it was getting harder to breathe. She pulled me back then hit my head on the wall.
One.
Two.
By the third one, the voices around felt distant, my vision was getting blurry, it was getting harder to breathe. I felt weak, Hart was again on top of Arjun with the knife, and Skyler was surrounded by five men. My vision blurred. I let go of her hand. I saw Skyler pushed a guy and running towards me. Behind him one of the goons swing the black metal rod. No. My voice didn't come out. The metal rod hit his head with a loud bang. He fell to the floor like a rag doll, holding on to the back of the head.
I clutched my fist and punched her jaw with all the remaining power I had left. She fell down. The air felt nice, too good. It felt like drinking cold water after staying thirsty for a whole day. I turned to Skyler, had to admit boy was tuff. The goon came back and tried to pick him up by the collar, he kicked the goon with both his legs and fell back down. He picked himself up and turned to me. "You alright lil mouse?" I nodded. He rubbed the back of his head and then launched at the goons.
Jezelle was about to get up when I kicked her back down. I sat on top of her holding her both hands in mine. "I really don't want to hurt you. But you are leaving me no choice." I whispered. A sharp wave of pain rushed through my head.
"SAM!" Skyler screamed but before I could react I felt something. The cold metal hit the back of my head. The hit caused me to fall off her. I lay on the ground holding on to the back of my head. Every pulse felt like a hammer hitting inside me. The pain spread from the back to the front and the whole body went numb. Every breath felt like needles piercing through the lungs. Skyler was saying something but it all were distorted. Jezelle was laughing as she got on top of me. My eyes felt heavy. She leaned forward, "Should've killed me when you got the chance." She whispered in my ear. "You and your pets are about to die. Goodbye Sam." She took out a knife and raised it above her head.
My whole body felt numb by the hit. I can't move. My hands, legs all were not responding. Hart had already pushed half of the knife into Arjun's body. I wasn't able to save him. I'm sorry. I wished he could hear me.
I love you.