Midnight Fantasies

Chapter 2

Connor's POV

Damon hails a cab and rushes the man towards David's house. As we pull up to the house money is thrown at the cab driver and we are running to the front door as quick as possible. The door is left open slightly ajar as we walk up. Damon pulls out his pocket knife and opens it up.

Where the fuck did that thing come from?

It's like eight inches long.

I stare at the blade then look at Damon, he shrugs and turns back to the door. He pushes it open and sticks his head in. 'No, no!' Can be heard coming from the upper stairs. A slap is heard and scream follows shortly after it. Damon goes to rush upstairs but I grab him and shake my head, "don't rush up there. We don't know what could be up there." He nods and we slowly make our way towards the stairs.

A few seconds later Elda comes racing up to the front door with a few huge men behind her. "Where is she?" She asks, anger falling off of her in waves. We both point up the stairs where the screams could be heard, she runs through us and doesn't let us grab ahold of her arm before she's gone. "Elda." We say at the same time and run up after her. She stands with a gun in her hand pointed towards David and two guns pointed at her.

Two men in black suits stand on either side of her.

David stands with a knife at Dawn's neck, "if you don't drop the gun Young, I will slit her throat." My eyes widen at his words. Elda stays strong not moving at all, "you aren't gonna do shit to her if you know what's best for you." Damon grabs my arm and pulls me behind him, "you should know better than to mess with the big boys Elda. I thought you learnt your lesson after last time." I hold onto Damon's arm tighter, what the hell is he talking about?

Elda doesn't do shady business like that.

She's to innocent.

"If you don't drop the gun then they all three get it."

I felt my heart fall and I gasped, "don't bring them into mine and your battle. They have nothing to do with this." David smirks, "they're your weaknesses." She lets out a sigh, "so what? I know where your weakness is." His eyes harden and he presses the knife into Dawn's skin more. She whimpers. Elda drops her gun to the ground and one of the men kick it towards David and he picks up the gun.

Elda and Damon both seem to have the same idea and attack the two men in suits. I stand there and stare in shock before I hear a scream from Dawn rip through the air, they both stop and look over at her. Blood was falling from her neck and all down her shirt. Tears were falling from her eyes, and we all stared at her for a few seconds before Elda lunged.

It seemed to happen in slow motion. She dropped the guy to the floor, ran and jumped at David. He raised the blade towards Elda and as she grabbed ahold of the man the blade sliced her side open. Damon went after him to and started helping Elda. I shook myself from the shock and ran towards Dawn.

I untie her arms and legs and rip part of my shirt off to press onto her neck where she was bleeding. I picked up the small woman and moved away from the three struggling on the floor. Elda was trying to go after David, but Damon was holding her back. "You know you can't touch him without starting shit. So stop fucking struggling."

That's all it takes for Elda to stop trying to go after the man busted up on the floor. She jerked herself out of Damon's grasp and gave the guy one last hard glare before she turned to me and Dawn. "Lets get her to the hospital. Have you looked at the cut?" She asks as she pulls out her phone and texts someone quickly before putting it away. I shook my head, still not able to say anything.

"Lets go then." We leave the house after Elda picks up her gun and leave towards Elda's car. I lay Dawn in the back seat and get in to hold on to her. Elda goes to get in the front but Damon stops her, "you can't be driving. You've been injured." She frowns, "this is nothing compared to what I've had before. Let me drive."

As she says the last words her eyes shut and she falls. Damon catches her and sets her in the passenger side then gets in the driver side and starts the car, "she can be so stupid sometimes." Is all he says as he pulls away from the house and drives off quickly towards the hospital.

As we drive to the hospital my mind starts racing. What just happened?

Is Elda in some illegal shit that I don't know about?

What about Damon? Is he in on her weird act? Does he know something I don't about her?

So many questions and not enough answers. I'll ask her about it when she's better.

We make it to the hospital in about fifteen minutes, Damon pulls to a stop at the front of the Emergency Room and gets out. I hop out of the car and run to the other side to get Dawn out, we carry the two of them into the ER and two nurses come running at us asking what had happened. As we explain we set them on some beds and they start to push them away.

I try to follow them but Damon grabs my arm and pulls me back, "no. I need to be with them!" I say and try to get out of Damon's hold. Tears where starting to pool in my eyes and I felt my chest start to hurt. "Let me go to them!" I say louder. A security officer helps hold me back along with a nurse. "They're in good hands sir."

I shake my head as my world falls apart around me. Those are my two best friends. I can't lose them. I break down in Damon's arms, "I can't lose them Damon." I say through my tears, he holds me as I cry in his shoulder. "You aren't going to lose them. Those two are very strong. This won't be the end of them." I shake my head, "you don't know that."

He walks me over to the chairs in the waiting room and we sit down together. "I do know that." Is all he whispers as he rubs my back.

I can't lose them. They're all I have. The only family I have all the way up here. We've been through everything together, they helped me come out to my family. Took me in when my dad hit me for being gay.

As I sit there crying for my best friends, Damon holds me. I ignore it when a nurse asks about family for either of them. We don't have family up here. Only friends. I ignore them all when they ask about me. Damon only says a few things about the two of us.

About thirty minutes later and a hell of a lot of tissues Knox came running into the Emergency Room with Noah and the girls close behind. "Connor!" Knox yells and almost falls over trying to get to me. He had tears running down his face and pain in his eyes. He wrapped his arms around me and I felt the tears start up again. Noah wrapped his arms around us both and that's when I started crying again. The tears fell down my face. Covering the tracks of the old tears.

"I'm so sorry you have to go through all of this Con. Just know Elda is a strong bitch and won't leave this earth that easily."

Damon must have texted Knox.

Knox pulls away from me and holds my face, "they will both be just fine Con. Nothing is going to happen." He wipes the tears off of my face and moves away, the girls come over to me and all give me a hug before we sit down. I sat right back down beside Damon and Knox sat beside me. He grabs my hand and holds it. Offering comfort in the only way he really knew how to.

"What exactly happened?"

Noah asks me and Damon, "David happened." Is all that comes out of my mouth. It's like they all understand it even though I didn't give any context as to what actually happened. "That bastard!" Cherry says and crosses her arms with a huff, "he just doesn't know how to leave people alone does he?" I look over at her.

"What do you mean?"

"So you know David is a CEO of some huge publishing office. The one that doesn't have anything to do with the people on the cover?" I nod knowing exactly which one she's talking about, "well he also likes to get his hands dirty when people don't do exactly what he wants. Why would he go after Dawn though. Elda doesn't have shit to do with that man."

I furrow my brows, "what do you mean? Is Elda involved in some-"

"It's nothing you need to worry about Con. It's nothing stupid, she's just what keeps a lot of places together. And David tried to hurt her by going after Dawn." Knox says cutting me off. I nod understanding it a little better.

But I had a feeling that the truth was stretched a bit. Because I know how bad this city is with gangs and shit like that. "I hope they're okay." I whisper to myself. Knox squeezes my hand and gives me a smile, "those two will be just fine. You watch and see."

I sure hope so.

I really do.