How It All Ended

Chapter 10

 This guy, Tommy, he's turning out to be a real asshole. He and his group were charging towards Jon's bar, and it looked like they were on a mission. Shauna and I watched as Tommy and his crew stalked down Hartwell road, heading for Jon's bar. Shauna and I were a few blocks from the building, across the road. Tommy and his gang were too preoccupied with storming towards Jon's bar to notice the two of us crouched beside a small, abandoned hatchback.

"What do we do, Dom?" Shauna asked me in a panicked tone.

"Uh..uh...I don't know," I answered. Really inspiring, I know. "We can't just run up to the building, Shauna. Tommy and his crew will see us."

"Then, what can we do?"

"The only thing I can think of is we sneak by Tommy's group somehow."

"Let's do it," replied Shauna.

Unfortunately, Shauna and I sneaking around Tommy's group meant that we'd have to wait until they made it up to Jon's building. That's when Shauna and I would be able to slip by the gang.

I looked at Shauna, "We have to wait until Tommy's group makes it to Jon's bar. Then we can sneak on by them. Hopefully, Jon will keep them busy enough so that the crew won't notice us."

"You're using Jon as bait? Do you think Jon can hold out?" Shauna wondered.

"I don't know. Let's hope." It was a screwed up thing to do, using Jon as a distraction, but at that moment, I couldn't think of anything else to do. I felt rotten having to use Jonathan as bait, but there was nothing else I could do.

Shauna and I watched as Tommy and his group charged up to Jon's bar. Tommy had a grip on the back of a woman. I recognized her: it was the woman that helped Shauna escape.

"Oh, Jon! Get your ass out here!" Tommy shouted up towards the balcony.

After a few moments, Jon emerged, clutching his rifle. He walked up to the balcony's rail and looked down towards Tommy. Shauna and I couldn't hear what Jon said to Tommy and his group. Whatever it was, Tommy didn't seem too pleased.

"Where are they? You fuck!" I heard Tommy shout.

"Shauna, come on," I whispered to her. The two of us snuck across the street, and then we hurried down the alley behind Jon's building. Tommy and his crew were too busy screaming at Jonathan to notice the two of us sneaking by.

"Okay, now what?" Shauna asked me.

"We sneak up to the back of Jon's building," I answered her.

"And then what? Knock?"

"Yeah."

"I'm sure Tommy's gang wouldn't notice that at all, would they?" Shauna asked me sarcastically.

"Shit. I hadn't thought of that."

"We're screwed."

"Not really. Let's just see what happens. Come on, Shauna."

Shauna and I moved up to the back of Jon's bar. That's when we heard Jon say to Tommy, "For the last time, I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't send anybody over to your place, Tommy."

"Who was that prick with the wrench?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Don't lie to me, Jon!"

"I'm not."

"I'm about to charge in there," Tommy told Jonathan.

"No, you won't."

Shauna gave me a concerned glance, "Oh, I don't like this, Dom," She grabbed the back door and tried to open it. It wouldn't budge for Shauna.