Anonymous

Chapter Twenty-two

Chapter 22
Alfonso shot at Donald and Blaze's arms,making them drop Andrew to the ground. Simon however,strayed off silently.
Panicking deeply, Andrew asked,"Danielle. Where is she?"
Alfonso shook his head,"We just got here. Still, we'll find her. Andrew, right now,you need help."
Andrew forced himself up and spat some blood out,"Go back to the warehouse. Go help Angus and the cop. I'll check up on her." Then he ran off,with no particular direction or intention.
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Angus suffered aiming a gun due to the healing wound on his arm from Davis.
Hiding behind the barrels,he glanced at Davis beside him,"Thanks a bunch."
The cop snarled,"Oh please! I said I was sorry."
Looking wearily into the blue sky,Angus sighed and frowned,"Where is Andrew anyway?"
"He ran off with your sister to go get married," Davis replied.
Angus gave him a look and returned to position. Shivering slightly,he managed a shot and sighed,"That should be all for now."
Davis stood above him now,"Get up kid. There's tons of them in the streets fighting against my colleagues."
Panting,Angus got up and followed Davis's path.
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Daniella noticed where she stayed had to be a store of Alex's guns. She picked up her favourite,a rifle and aimed at the door. The determined devil was still labouring to break it down.
Afraid and focused,she waited until the door fell flat before her,"Stop right there or I will shoot."
Alex chuckled,his beauty disguising his wickedness,"Learning how to shoot does not make you a killer sweetheart. Come on. Shoot me." The one with the gun was the one being threatened.
Daniella walked backwards gently, shivering as Alex still had his 'shoot me' phrases coming,along with himself.
Grasping the barrel of her gun,he pulled it from her and tossed it to a corner. Pushing her to the wall,he ripped her sweatshirt off. Smiling at the sight, he lowered his head to her shoulder.
Halfway there,a groan escaped his lips. Looking down,wonder and surprise showed on his face. She had really stabbed him. Staggering away from her,he placed a hand on his stomach and glanced up at her in full admiration, tears forming in his eyes,"You little... "
Trailing off,he pulled the knife from inside him and tossed it aside, falling to the floor.
Daniella hovered above him,fear coming over her. She bent low and checked his pulse,his heartbeat,his breathing, anything! They had all stopped. Alex was dead!
Crying her heart out, she gasped. What had she done?!
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Andrew swirled within the war-stricken streets. Where was Danielle? Was she okay?
Digging his fingers through his hair,he gasped in worry and frustration.
Simon tiptoed from behind, aiming at him.
This was it!
But things did not happen so easily, did they?
Angus and Davis had already made it through the garden to the streets.
He noticed Simon's intentions and yelled,"Andrew! Look out!"
Consequently, Andrew turned around and carelessly dodged the shot from his brother.
Angry and determined, Simon faced Angus with a glower on his face.
Angus stared in confusion and reached for his gun.
But the bullet had come too quickly for him to act.
Andrew gawked and staggered weakly,sitting calmly on the road,his fingers through his hair.
What was he going to tell Dani?
Meanwhile, Angus watched his chest bleed,the bullet deep in it. Standing agape at Simon,he muttered,"You imbecile,"before he dropped to the ground.
Davis rushed to him and pulled out his phone to call an ambulance. Tearing part of his shirt,he damped the wound on Angus's chest, determined to save the life of the man he found a son in.
Andrew glanced up at his brother from where he sat,"What have you done?"
"I couldn't help it if he was stopping my aim,"Simon shrugged indifferently.
Narrowing his gaze to a tiny line,Andrew spat,"You are a monster."
Simon smirked and inclined his head,"Now that's the spirit I'm looking for."
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Daniella watched her bloody hands as she left the basement. She was a murderer! Walking to Alex's closet,she pulled out a black sweatshirt. Putting it on, the worst ideas came to her; would she be arrested? Or maybe spend her lifetime in prison? Or even get hanged? It was self-defense,right?
Before heading out,she rinsed her hands and picked up a rifle. Andrew needed her help.
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Watching them place Angus on a stretcher, Andrew waited impatiently for privacy.
When the van had driven out,he and his brother resumed the madness of placing each other at gunpoint.
The anger seemed to give him the courage to ignore the mask,but not to kill Simon. Not just yet. His aim proved to be pathetic as the gun shook in his hands.
Janet flipped both her pistons and stood east of Simon, her arms stretched forth with the guns in them. Davis came south.
Simon however, calculated his escape using the only open way; west.
But sooner than not,Dani broke his hopes by filling it in. He frowned. Hadn't Alex taken her?
Looking around him,he found he had been surrounded. He was alone.
Andrew glared angrily,"What now Simon? You are alone..... And defeated."
Simon looked straight ahead and smirked,"Think again baby bro."
Slowly,everyone faced his gaze and received a bombshell of frustration. A little distance behind them, Robert Gasky,Pain; Paul Noah; Ramiro Dalton and more stalked towards them in Simon's aid.
During the distraction, Cruise Marrosi gripped Janet from behind and placed a gun to her head.
Things Andrew was sentimental about were friends, anyone who worked for him. Precisely,anything related to him. Turned out his brother was right. He was selfish, "Leave her alone."
Cruise spat,"Drop your weapons then!"
Surrounded by the aura of fear and determination,nobody was thinking of anything. Consequently,Davis grabbed Simon. Getting motivation now, Janet stamped on Cruise's foot and bit his arm.
Facing him,she kneed him in the stomach and took his gun.
The cop eyed the approaching clan and ordered,"Go son! Gather the rest of us! Take Dani out of here!"
Clutching Daniella's wrist, Andrew broke into a run, not stopping even when they got Davis and Janet surrounded.
Well,he had made that clear by the order he gave,"I said go!" The sun had begun to set and the streets were still a meham. Dani thought of the life she had gotten herself into. She faced Andrew as they marched hurriedly. With him there, everything was going to be alright. She just hoped he would continue to be there.
Rushing into her home, they shut the door, frustration clearly on their faces.
Andrew leaned on it for a moment and glanced at Daniella. It was then he noticed her change of clothes. Then he remembered Alex,"Where is he?"
Daniella immediately knew who he was talking about. Then the tears came back and stung her eyes like a bee,flowing down her cheeks.
Andrew gripped her shoulders and inquired angrily,"What did he do to you?"
She sniffed and shook her head,"It was not on purpose Andrew. I did not mean to."
A frown settled on his face,"You did not mean to do what?..... What happened to him?"
Daniella swallowed and gulped in air,"When we were apart,he took me to his home and tried to force.... To force himself on me. I swear I tried,I struggled and threatened, but he just kept on coming...."Now she sobbed, "I had no choice."
Andrew widened his gaze and spoke the first thing that would get into anybody's mind then,"You killed Alex? "
Daniella did not answer,her silence did all the talking. She hated the way he said it,so simply. As if she was a murderer. As a matter of fact,she was.
Andrew nodded and rubbed his face. Alex Davis was dead. Wait till the cop hears about this.
Facing Dani again,he put his arms around her lovingly, giving her the comfort she needed. Simon and Alex were a duo capable of doing anything. Now Alex was gone,there was just one left; Simon.
To Andrew, he was dead already because he had made up his mind; he was going to kill his brother. He was the cause of her pain, his insanity and Davis's losses. Eyeing the axe at the corner of the fireplace,he decided to take a break from guns. Dani was not going to be the only murderer tonight. Simon was going to pay!
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Simon hardened his grip around the gun,counting his steps as he searched for his brother. Not knowing exactly where to start,he paused for a while and looked around.
Suddenly, a call reached his phone; Paul Noah.
The caller announced, "I saw them turn left out of this street. Most probable they went to her house."
Simon smiled and ended the call,turning  his  gaze to Kent drive. That was easy.