Saving Her

Chapter 61: All At Once

Leo's POV:

Everything's numb. I watch as Zayn drops to his knees in front of me. He's not wearing a vest. He said it would be fine. I thought he was wearing a vest. I can never live with myself if I actually kill him. It will kill me if he dies.

Everything's numb. I stand watching as the love of my life coughs up blood, struggling to breathe. Matt's yelling, tears streaming down his face as he pulls Zayn back onto the ground, his hands covered in Zayn's blood. As he tries to hold over the hole, blood pours through his fingers.

Everything's numb, I feel Jess pulling me back towards her. I can't take my eyes off Zayn. He told me to do it, I thought he had a vest on. Why would he tell me to shoot him, knowing he didn't have a vest on?

Alice is yelling at me, trying to get to me; Grace is holding her back. Not letting her attack me. Everything is numb. I can't hear, my ears are ringing, and my senses are all dulled. I feel like I'm underwater.

Elio laughs, or, I think he's laughing. Pulling a gun out and aiming it at Jeremy, who's the closest to us. Jeremy has his gun out in a matter of seconds. But it's too late. Elio shoots him three times in the chest. He drops to the ground immediately.

He turns and shoots Alice next, it hits her shoulder, going through and hitting Grace's shoulder behind hers.

I look back at Matt and Zayn. Zayn's coughing up blood, his eyes closing and his breathing shallow. I just stand and watch in horror as my family is massacred in front of me. Matt's too distracted by Zayn dying in his lap to see Elio aiming the gun at them. The bullet tears through Zayn's shoulder, into Matt's stomach.

No one can react fast enough, Elio is going to kill them all single-handedly.

He puts two bullets each in Grace and Alice's abdomens, and he walks over, above Zayn. Smiling as he raises the gun up to his head. I can't move, I can't look away from him. His eyes meet mine, blood covering his face.

Everything's numb. What do I do? Why can't I do anything? Why am I frozen in this spot? Why the hell aren't any of them wearing body armor? Was I seriously the only one that thought that far ahead?

Jess steps past me, pulling a gun out. She says something to Elio and he backs away from above my fiancè. Jess smiles at Zayn, her lips are moving, but I can't hear anything. The ringing in my ears only gets louder as I watch the life drain from his eyes. I killed him. He's dying. I fucking killed him.

I drop to my knees, my hands flat on the ground. Zayn doesn't look at Jess, he doesn't even acknowledge her. He just has his head turned, looking at me. His eyes are dull, but a thousand emotions are flying through them.

I don't realize I'm crying until I feel them land on my hands in front of me.

Zayn coughs, tears falling from his eyes. I can't tear my eyes away from him. It's okay. I've always said I would die to keep you safe. I'm just holding through on my promise.

A sob works past my lips as my ears start to work again. You weren't supposed to actually die!

Zayn's eyes close, before opening again meeting mine. I can hear again, gunshots ring out around us as Mattio's men get here, too late. They're all too late.

"I love you" Zayn coughs out. Jess raises the gun, aiming it at his head. I close my eyes, unable to watch when the gunshot sounds clear as day through my ears.

I open my eyes to see a bullet hole straight through Jess's shoulder. She drops the gun on the ground. I look up to see Lexi in the window, a gun in her hand, pointing it at Jess. Elio yells, pulling Jess away. Raising his gun to shoot Lexi only for him to get shot in the leg by one of Mattio's men.