Battle Scars

Ch 37

I shoot awake on the living room couch the next morning. Sweat boarders my neckline and covers my face. A pain shoots through my left leg where the knife once sliced through it. I clench my jaw. I stand up and almost fall over. The room spins around me.

"Woo Alex are you ok?!" Liam asks as he rushes over to me. He grabs my shoulders to steady me. I look up to meet his gaze. "Liam stop spinning me around!" I say angrily. He gives me a confused look.

"LIAM STOP!" I scream at him. Louis comes running into the room. "Whats going on!" He says looking at the both of us.

"Tell him to stop spinning me in a circle!" I scream in frustration. Louis looks at me weird. Everyone was in the living room now. Liam puts a hand up to my forehead and his eyes light up with realization. He sits me down on the couch.

"Alex you're sick. You need to rest." He pushes me so I am laying on the couch. "NO I can't be sick! I have to go take Max down in less than 24 hours!" I try to stand up but the ground beneath me shifts and I fall to the ground. To big arm catch me before I hit the ground.

They lift me back up and pin me to the couch. I stare up into the eyes of Liam. "Al please, you're burning up. We have until tomorrow afternoon to advance. You can stay at HQ and watch over the progress and what is happening there. You are not fighting either."

"No Liam you don't understand. I HAVE to be the one to take down Max. He started this so I have to finish it!"

"Alex please just rest, the sooner you rest the sooner you will get better." Louis said squatting down to the height of the couch. I groan in defeat. I have a headache and I don't feel like fighting. I close my eyes to try to ease the headache.

I can hear them whispering. "What are we going to do?" I heard Harry whisper.

"She needs to rest. Maybe, and hopefully, it will be a 24 hour thing. Emily get a pot of cold water and a wash cloth and keep it on her forehead. Harry make her some soup. Louis, call Owen and tell him what happened." I heard Liam say. I hear someone walk towards me. To heavy of steps to be Emily and to light to be Liam. I open one eye to see Jack standing there, then I close it again.

"Hey Al." He said standing there just looking down at me. "What one your mind Jack?" I question him. I hear him sigh.

"Who did you make your heads?" I can tell he is a little nervous. I take a deep breath before answering.

"You and Owen." I say letting it out. "WHAT?!?!" My eyes shoot open and dart to Liam.

"WHY JACK! HE WAS AN ENEMY A LITTLE MORE THAN 2 MONTHS AGO! I SHOULD BE A HEAD! I WAS THE LEADER OF RED WING!" He screams at me. I take a deep breath.

"Liam I chose who I chose enough said."

"Why did you chose HIM then and not ME!" Liam was getting really angry. I don't even know why! Did he really think I would make him one of my head?

"I chose Owen because he believed in me ever since I left and went into "hiding". He always said I should return. He basically had a gang going right under Max's nose without him even knowing. He was setting everything up for when I broke... Again. Owen also came from Max and is an extremely good fighter. Not as good as Me, Max or Jack." I took a deep breath before continuing.

"I chose Jack because he did stand up to Max. Also he did NOT leave his gang to defend themselves and he is a much better fighter then all of you guys. Plus Jack knows his way around the city, knows the code names, knows Black Blood's HQ's wheres about, AND knows his way around the HQ." I finish. I can see flames burning in his eyes.

"I did NOT leave my gang to defend for themselves! I told them to slip up to protect themselves from jail!"

"A true leader would have found a way to witch the blame." Jack spoke. "JACK!" I yelled at him. Liam launched for him but Jack was too good. He easily spun out of the way. Liam turned around and went for a kick but Jack just ducked under it. Liam was throwing punches and kicks left and right, but Jack was just dodging them all with ease. It was like he was fighting a 5 year old to him.