Dangerous.

17.

{ Back to Mel's P.O.V }

After crying for an hour, alone in my car. I drove back to my flat, quickly changed my clothes and grabbed my gun. Then I decided to write a note to my family, Delilah and Michael, because I knew I wouldn't be coming home after this. _ Dear Everyone, I'm sorry for everything. If you hate me now, I don't blame you. I put myself and people I care about in danger, it wasn't fair to them. That's why had to do this, her life was worth more than my own. I love you all, Goodbye - Mel _. I placed the paper on the kitchen counter and then walked out the door.

It was 4 pm, but Cresent Lake was at least a 2 1/2 hour drive. So I figured it was time to get on the road, to save my best friend. I remember going to the Cresent Lake cabins with my family, they were happy memories, well at least they used to be. I listened to the silence as I drove, too many thoughts were running through my mind. " This was for the best " I kept telling myself, even though I was just lying to myself. Night quickly fell upon me as I reached the entrance to the park, moonlight shined down on the lake, lightning up the cabins. Standing in the middle of the entrance way, was the thick necked man, the same one that was at Maloni's house. He pointed to a cabin on the left side, last one in a row of 8. I had my gun shoved into the back of my shorts, I knew they'd search me, they're not stupid. I parked in front of the cabin, letting out a deep sigh, I took my cell phone out of my pocket. Quickly sending one last text, to Michael - Goodbye, I'm sorry -. Then I threw my phone onto the passenger seat and quickly stepped out of the car, here goes nothing.

I silently stood there, looking at the cabin. It wasn't very big, one room, maybe two. The door opened quickly, low and behold, another classmate walked out with a smirk on his face. His name is Timothy Reed, he had top marks in our class. He was my tutor for 3 classes, he was always so shy and caring. He walked toward me slowly, " Mel, its been a long time... " he smiled widely. I stared at him in disbelief " Can we just get this over with... ", he chuckled " Oh no, for you... This night is far from over ". He grabbed me by the upper arm and yanked me into the cabin, I didn't fight. Delilah was sitting on the floor, head in her hands. Her face was stained with tears, like my own. As soon as the door shut, her head shot up. When she saw me, she quickly stood up, running toward me and engulfed me in a tight hug. " Mel, you can't do this, you shouldn't have come " she whispered, it didn't take long before the tears began again. " What was I supposed to do? Let them kill you, you know I couldn't stand by and let that happen " I cried, " But I would've done it for my sister " she sighed. I nodded " And I'm doing it for my sister ", she sobbed harder into my shoulder.

Seconds later, somebody started to slowly clap, it was coming from the corner of the room. " What a heart warming reunion.... " Maloni's dry voice stated, I pulled away from Delilah and glared at her. " I'm here, you get what you wanted. Now please, just let her go " I sighed, Maloni groaned slightly " Fine, I guess that was our deal... But you'll have to go on foot, I don't want to risk you getting to the police quickly. She's gonna get what she has coming for her ". ( What the Fuck have I actually done to deserve this? Fall for a dude who is physically and emotionally unavailable? ) I turned back toward Delilah, who was shaking her head. " You have to go " I stated sternly, " No " she cried. I sighed, " Delilah, you need to go. Everything will be okay " I whispered pulling her into another tight hug, " Just run out to the main road, run like hell ". She nodded choking back on a sob, " It was nice seeing you again Delilah, have a wonderful life " Maloni taunted. Delilah took one last look at me, before dashing out the door. " So, you swear she'll be okay. You're not gonna send one of your little minions after her right? " I asked, she nodded " We were never gonna kill Delilah, no we were just gonna cause her a bit of pain, but we no longer need to do that ". I let out a deep, aggravated sigh " Can we finish this, do what you're planning. I don't care ". Maloni and Timothy chuckled, "Not yet, Tim search her first " she commanded. He nodded slightly, before walking over to me, patting me down ( Great ). I thought as he found the gun that had been hidden in plain sight.

( Delilah's P.O.V )

After speeding out of the cabin, I ran past the entrance and onto the main road. Running wasn't a big deal for me, in school I was on the track team. ( Did Mel have something sneaky planned? What if I never see me best friend again? ) I thought, the tears continued to fall from my eyes as I ran. Barely making it 3/4th's down the road, I noticed something. " Headlights " I whispered to myself, the car quickly came to a stop right in front of me. The driver ad passenger doors opened, reveling Michael and... " Ashton? " I asked confused. He nodded " Clifford, had explained everything to me, now take us to where Mel is ", I nodded quickly getting back into the back seat of the car. " Did she plan this? " I asked quietly, Michael shook his head " She doesn't know I'm coming ".

I pointed to the entrance of Crescent Lake, " There's a guy watching the entrance, see over there " I stated pointing to the guy with a rather thick neck. Michael stopped the car, turning to Ashton " I'm going to get her, if we're not back in 20 minutes, get Delilah out of here ", Ashton nodded, but didn't say anything. Michael got out of the car, checked his gun and then walked over to the thick necked man. It looked like they were just talking at first, that is until the thick necked man shoved Michael. It happened pretty quick, Michael raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger twice, sending the thick necked man stumbling forward, but eventually fell to the ground. I let out a loud Shriek from the backseat, violence was never my thing. Michael pulled something out of his pocket, then took off in a sprint towards the cabin I knew Mel was in. This was all just a little bit too intense for me, so I silently laid my head on the seat, instantly passing out shortly after ( I just hoped I got to see my best friend again ).

( Back to Mel's P.O.V )

I heard gun shots in the distance, my mind instantly thought of Delilah. The guy called Tim was still standing behind me, holding my gun. I needed to do something I couldn't just stand here any longer. I swallowed the knot in my throat, before balling my fist and quickly swinging it. Hitting the guy slightly on the the cheek, but I knew that wouldn't be enough. As he lifted his palm to his face, I took the opportunity to turn around and quickly stomp as hard as I could on his foot. When he doubled over, I took off quickly out the cabin door, I should've known I couldn't get away that easy. I heard two gun shots from behind me, it all happened so quickly. I fell to the ground not understanding why, I didn't feel any pain, at first. I slowly looked down, seeing my white shirt, that had already started turning red. I had been shot, I just didn't know where I was hit. I guess I had too much adrenaline, so at that moment I couldn't tell. I closed my eyes, thinking it wouldn't be long until the end. I heard someone shouting my name, after a few minutes, the pain had kicked in. I opened my eyes, only to see nothing but blurriness. I saw two figures rush toward the cabin, followed by a lot of shouting. Those voices, I knew those voices ( I knew he'd find me ). As I thought about him, a figure rushed out of the cabin and over to me. He crouched down, inspecting the damage. " Oh God, oh god....Ashton, she's been hit twice! "Michael shouted, ( Ashton?? ) I thought as my sight and breathing got worse. " Don't worry Mel, the ambulence is on it's way, just hold on " Michael demanded in a whisper, " Delilah, is she.... " I mumbled softly, it was the only thing I cared about at the moment. " She's fine Mel " he sighed, I nodded feeling a bit better. I let out a deep sigh, before shutting my eyes and falling into complete darkness.

Every so often I'd hear voices, but I didn't have enough strength to open my eyes, hell I could barely breath now. " She's losing too much blood, we've got to get her into surgery! " someone stated, ( Surgery, Why surgery? ) I thought. I felt like I was moving, I knew it wasn't just in my head. All I could do was lay there and listen, " 23 year old female, shot twice. Both bullets exited her body, the first bullet went through her upper back, under her collar bone and then came out the front. Second bullet went through her lower back, then came out of her abdomen ( So 4 wounds ). I don't know if there's been any trauma to any of her organs, the bullet might have just missed all of them " someone stated, it was most likely a nurse. " Okay, scrub up. We have to get these wounds closed up!... Where's the anesthetic! " the surgeon ( I'm guessing ) sighed, " I'm here " Someone exclaimed. " Okay, let's get this going " the surgeon exclaimed, I just continued to lay there, feeling the pain. Not long after through, the pain disappeared and I fell into darkness once more. This time, I had actually fallen asleep, or well I was put to sleep. Maybe I would have a chance to make it through this, but would anyone forgive me??

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