Yours

Chapter 23: Survival

Slyvia slowly felt her eyes open as she regained feeling over her body. She felt something pressed to her temple as she was lifted up.

"Get up," he hissed.

She felt her heart jump as she remembered what happened. He was here, in the house, attacking, not just attacking but was going to go after Theo. So why was he still here?

"What did you do?!" She screamed.

He laughed, it was cold and lifeless, sending goosebumps down her arms.

She realized he had brought her upstairs and was holding a gun to her head.

"What are you doing?" She cried.

"Don't you understand?" He asked, almost pathetically. "I just want to be with you, and you keep pushing me away, hiding from me!"

"You don't have to do this!"

"Maybe your memory is failing you. Don't you remember last time? Last time-" he breathed manically. "We were together, happy, or so I thought until you told Nicole that I was controlling. You called the cops on me, do you know how hurtful that is to your boyfriend?"

"I'm sorry," she cried.

"Nicole was the biggest witness of course, so I took her out, just like this. Poetic. You loved her more than me, and now you're off tramping around with this Theo," he spat Theo's name out like it was poison. "You both can die together if you love each other so much."

"You don't have to kill anyone."

"Yes I do, because you'll never love me, and if I can't have you, no one can."

"Theo is out of the picture, it's done, I broke it off."

He chuckled. "Actually, you sent him a text with some very shocking information to bring him to me."

Slyvia started crying. "No."

"Oh yes, and you're going to suffer, like I have, and watch as I kill him before I do the same to you."

Slyvia tried to pull away but he held her tight. The two of them heard the door open and Slyvia tried to scream but Alexander covered her mouth.

"Slyvia?" Theo called, his voice hesitant.

She tried everything to get out of his grip but he pressed the gun harder into her temple.

She heard Theo's slow footsteps as he climbed the stairs. Slyvia was panicking, he was getting closer and closer and the minute he reached them he would die.

She bit his hand and he yanked away in shock.

"Theo, get out of here!" She screamed as Alexander grabbed her and slammed her into the wall.

She saw Alexander standing there as Theo stood at the other end, staring in shock.

Alexander raised his gun pointed right at Theo.
Slyvia pushed herself off the wall and slammed into him as he fired. Theo ducked, however he seemed otherwise fine.

Alexander turned to her, sheer rage in his face, he reached for her. "Why must you always ruin everything?!" he screamed, grabbing her by her throat.

Sylvia gasped and scratched at his hand but he didn't seem to even feel it.

Suddenly he was ripped from her as Theo tackled him and the two fought on the ground for the gun. She gasped for breath, blinking spots from her eyes, trying to stand up and gain cognitive sense.

She slowly stood up when she heard the gun go off.
She froze, as Theo quickly got up and turned to her, his face whitening. She quickly looked at him trying to find where the bullet had hit.

"Sylvia," he whispered and she looked down and saw the blood. Theo wasn't the one who had been shot, it was her.

She was surprised it didn't hurt like she imagined it would. It felt like immense pressure against her side and like something was pumping.

She slowly collapsed, suddenly struggling to breathe.
She saw Theo start to run to her but Alexander stood up and pointed the gun at Theo.

"I'm sorry," she gasped out before she blacked out. Her last thoughts hoping Theo would survive.