Chicago's Furious

Alexa Marshall (Part 2)

Alexa's POV
I pull the trigger and shoot him. He falls behind and I quickly get up, revealing my hiding spot. Everyone aim at me but I grab the dead guy and use him as a shield. I go behind a wall and I shoot towards my enemies but unfortunately I run out of bullets.

Owen: What happened? No more shooting? Cmon Alexa. Show yourself. Hands up.

I take a deep breath and appear with my hands up. A guy takes my gun and throws it away. They hit me on the back so I kneel. Then Owen walks towards me and aims at my head.

Owen: Any last words?

Alexa: You're dead.

He smiles

Owen: Goodbye Alexa.

Then, I feel everything happening at the tenth of a second. Instead of surrendering to the gun aiming at me, I attack it. I grab the gun and when Owen pulls the trigger, he shoots at one of his guys. With my head I hit his, making him let go of the gun and I shoot two other of his guys. Then I hear someone yelling. "Behind you!"

I turn around and I quickly duck while one guy tries to hit me but when I duck, with my leg I trip his feet making him fall down. Then I quickly get up and shoot him in the chest. I look around. There's no one left. But then I hear a voice behind me.

Owen: God, you are a pain in the ass. You know that?

I turn around and look at him.

Alexa: Thank you, that's what I was aiming for.

I aim the gun towards him.

Alexa: What? You thought this was gonna be a street fight?

Then I pull the trigger aiming at the air, leaving the gun with no bullets.

Alexa: Cause you're damn right it is.

I throw the gun away. He walks towards me, making the first move. He tries to punch me but I avoid his fist by bending and then I kick him on his stomach. I try to punch him but he avoids me and punches me.

I back up a little and I see that my nose is bleeding, but I don't care. We keep fighting and then he grabs me and throws me on a table that was on the roof. The table breaks and then Owen comes and punches me in the face. Everything start to get blurry.

I look around trying to find a way to help myself. I look at the guys who are sitting on the floor, and I see that they're yelling something at me, but I can't hear them.

Then I see on my right a steel leg from the table. I grab it and hit Owen with it. He backs up so I manage to get up. I throw the leg away and attack him again. He throws me on the wall and tries to punch me but I duck and he punches the wall.

I punch him back and kick him on the face, making him fall down. When he gets up, I run towards him, put my legs around his neck, throwing him on the ground again, almost unconscious. I back up trying to catch a breath. He gets up and looks at me.

He attacks me, putting his arms around my waist, grabbing my arms. But I turn around and throw him away from me. He looks at me while trying to catch his breath. I look at the background and smile.

Alexa: The thing about street fights...

He looks at me with a curious look.

Alexa: The street always wins.

Then I kick him, throwing him off the roof. I raise my hands on the air victorious.

Alexa: Woo! Wow! That was crazy!

I start walking to the guys and get my pocket knife out of my pocket so I can free them. But right before I get to the guys, everything get blurrier and darker. Then I faint.

After a while, I open my eyes and see everyone looking at me.

Alexa: Wha-? What happened? Did we win?

Gabby: Yeah Alexa, you won.

She says as she smiles.

Alexa : Yey...

I rest mt head on the ground but they interrupt it by helping me up.

Alexa: Gosh, I'm gonna feel this tomorrow.

They take me in the bunkroom and i lay in one bed. Matt sits next to me while the others leave.

Matt: What was that Alexa?

Alexa: What?

Matt: What aren't you telling me?

Alexa: Everything is fine.

Matt: Apparently everything is not fine, or else there wouldn't be the police outside right now.

I don't say anything.

Matt: Alexa, these guys wanted to kill you.

Alexa: Well they're dead now so everything is fine.

He doesn't answer.

Matt: I found this on the roof.

He shows me the necklace and I take it in my hands. I smile a bit and a tear runs down my face.

Matt: Alexa...

Alexa: I'm fine.

I say as I wipe my face with the back of my palm. He gets up and is ready to leave.

Alexa: Matt...

He turns and looks at me.

Alexa:Did you believe what he said?

Matt: At first I didn't. But when I saw you out there, a part of me did.

Then he leaves and I stay there laying on a bed, not knowing what to do.

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I open my eyes. I'm still in the bed. I get up and I feel a sharp pain in my head. I walk in the lounge and everyone looks at me. They say nothing.

Alexa: Look, I know that I've spent a lot of time here and I know you thought you knew everything about me, but the truth is that behind the unemployed waitress with family issues, there's a girl that loves car racings, fighting and living her life a quarter mile at a time. All you saw these past days was a fake. I'm fake. And that's why it's time for me to leave. It's time for me to get back to reality. To my friends and life. I can't keep acting anymore.

Matt: You wouldn't have to act if you had told us the truth. And if you had issues with criminals you could have went to the police

Alexa: No. I lied to you because I never reveal that life to anybody. Not even my mom knew the whole story. Apart from that, you work for the law. So as the police. I never talk to the cops. We're like day and night.

Herrman: How did you talk to us?

Alexa:You really think I did? Everything I told you were lies. The only thing true was that I grew up in LA with my best friend Mia.

Matt: So wait. When you told me you had earned two grand from a guy in Race Wars...?

Alexa: That was true. I'm one of the best racers. Oh and when I hit your car, was during a race.

Matt: Well, apart from your whole backstory, you did save us all. And after we all agreed to this, we have a surprise for you. Cmon.

I follow them outside and there is Chief Boden waiting. I look at Matt with a questioning look. I walk to Chief Boden and he looks at me.

Boden : Alexa Marshall, considering that you saved fire house 51, we bestow you the badge of bravery of house 51.

I widen my eyes shocked and a shiny smile appears on my face as I let out a silent scream.

He gives me the badge and I look at it. Everyone is clapping. But then...

??? : So this is why you left LA?