Till Death - Ace Merrill (BOOK 2)

They were brothers.

"Why do we seem to spend all our time in this place?" Vince scoffed out as he looked about.

Everyone was sat in the hospital waiting room, Oceane sat on Ace's lap with AJ clinging to her.

"Because we know the job we sign up to do." Marco tried not to snap back at him.

They were all tense as they sat in silence. Oceane kept her attention on AJ as she wanted a distraction, anything.

"You really do look beautiful you know?" Ace said quietly, nudging her gently.

She shrugged it off as she didn't even look up at him. Her focus on AJ.

Minutes turned to hours.

Neither made an attempt to want to leave.

Oceane's father kept coming back and forth, spending more time on the phone than off the phone.

The anger raging through him. His daughter's wedding had been completely interrupted and one of his top men had been shot.

"He's gonna be okay right?" Charlie asked quietly as he looked around.

Everyone was getting more and more tense by the moment.

"Like you took two bullets and survived." He said to Austin.

Austin just shrugged as he looked down at the floor. His situation was completely different. He had taken two bullets a different time. Salvatore had taken them both at the same time.

He took them for the team.

Austin slowly looked up at his of his old squad. Their eyes showed they were thinking the exact same.

Salvatore no longer worked with them. Any of them.

Yet he was still the one that took those bullets so none of the others did.

"I can't fucking take this!" Skylar snapped out as he kicked out at the wall.

Seth reached out and placed a hand on his shoulder.

Skylar didn't care he was supposed to be professional.

He instantly moved towards Seth as he wrapped his arms around him tight.

Seth's arms wrapped back around Skylar.

Nico moved closer and wrapped his arms around both of them.

Marco, Evans and Bruce got up and went straight into the group hug.

Each guy giving another a small pat as Bruce turned to look at Austin and Hugo.

No words were spoken as Austin and Hugo got up and walked over.

The others watched as both joined in.

Oceane finally looked up as she saw her old squad standing there, their arms wrapped around each other.

She clung AJ tighter to her as she stood up off Ace's lap.

Letting her wedding dress trail behind her she walked over and leant her head against Nico.

He moved his arm so he could wrap it around her.

The others all moved so she could go to the middle.

Lifting her head as Skylar looked up at her, tears were in his eyes as she rested her head against him.

He let his head fall as it nudged hers gently.

The cobras saw the agents hands, they were gripping at each other, like they were holding on for dear life.

Eyeball walked over to Ace slowly and gently nudged his best friend.

Ace looked up at him before they both looked over at the group.

Slowly Ace got up as he walked over to them, Eyeball by his side.

Their arms also went around the agents, who were somewhat comforted by the action.

Jack, Fuzzy, Vince and Charlie moved to join in the group hug.

Connie gently tugged at Billy's hand that hadn't let her go.

The pair walked over as they stood in the tight hug.

Each one silently praying that Salvatore would pull through.

He had to.

He just had to.

He was the toughest one out of all of them combined.

They needed him.

They needed him to pull through.

Skylar felt it most of all.

Salvatore had called him his brother.

They were brothers.

They had served too long together and Skylar never got the chance to tell Salvatore how much he respected him.

How it was an honour to have a brother like Salvatore.

And now he may never have the chance.

Skylar shut his eyes tight as he gripped harder onto Seth.

Pressing his head harder against Oceane's he prayed with everything he had.

They all did.

Salvatore just had to survive.

Right?

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Okay... here goes!!

Today I asked yellow_365 for her to pick the ending. I told her there was two options. Option one and option two.

She has truly been one of my biggest fans, I know you all are, I love you all for it but her messages are constant and the support she gives me is unreal!

I will be doing this more though, I am going to be getting you to decide the fate of my characters. These stories are for you so it seems fair you unknowingly choose their options.

As I said. I told her there was option one and option two. One contained the death of an agent. One didn't.

Ladies, gentlemen, everything else. She chose option one.

Enjoy the wait.