Sinners and Saints: A modern HAMILTON AU

Chapter 7

Alex's POV: 

I went to each apartment, asking if anything suspicious has happened. Most of the people were confused others were pitiful. 

"No, but I'll keep an eye out." An elderly lady closed her door. that was the 65th apartment. 

the next apartment looked run down and gross. I was about to knock when the door swung open and Maria tumbled out. 

"Holy shit! Maria?!" 

Her eyes were wild with fear and sadness. "Alex?!" 

I pulled her into tight hug. "you look like hell! Are you okay? what happened? where's John?" 

She held a finger to my mouth, shutting me up. "He's still in there, we need to get help." 

John was in there, that was enough for me. 

I threw my body weight into the door. it didn't budge. 

I rammed into it again, still no result. 

"I'm gonna call the gang." Maria dialed Peggy, putting her on speaker. 

Peggy immediately picked up with a string of insults. "REYNOLDS I WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP! DON'T YOU FUCKING-" 

"PEGGY ITS ME!" Maria shouted into the phone. 

there was a stretch of silence then screaming. "MARIA! HOLY FUCK WHERE ARE YOU?! ARE YOU OKAY?! WHERE'S JOHN?!" 

Maria winced at the loud screams then answered. "we need the gang, meet us at the apartments down the road from the college. we need help." 

10 minutes later, Angelica, Eliza, Peggy, Lafayette and Hercules arrived with lots of tears and screams. 

First though, we had to bang this door down. 

"Laf, Herc, help me tear this door down, John's still in there!" I rammed my sore side into it again.  

The three of us rammed ourselves into the door. it budged but not to our standards. 

We were about to heave into it again when Angelica put her hand up to stop us. "pathetic." 

She rolled her sleeves and with a cry of a warrior, crashed into the door, breaking it down. 

We stared at her in stunned silence. 

"what the hell are you doing?! lets find John!" she pointed to the now open room. 

we all rushed inside, tearing the place apart. "John! where are you?" 

Peggy looked as if she would explode. "I WILL BE YOUR DEATH REYNOLDS! SHOW YOURSELF AND I'LL MAKE YOUR DEATH LESS PAINFUL!" 

Laf returned, hanging his head. "they're not here Alex." 

I felt the wind get knocked out of me. I was so close yet so far. My numb sadness turned to rage. I let out a cry of anguish and punched Lafayette. 

The gang gasped and screamed at my sudden attack. 

Laf looked stunned and hurt but kept his composed posture.  

"Alex, I know you're upset but-" 

hot tears flowed down my face and I screamed in anger, turning my fury to Maria. "where are they?! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!" 

Maria looked terrified, maybe beyond that. "I don't know, they must've left-" 

I burst into angry sobs. "this is my fault, my fucking fault."