The New Girl

Chapter 66: Battle (2)

Back at the dragons***

Lord Smith was having the upper hand. He was the one who trained Annabelle, so he definitely knows most of her move. Though, Annabelle strength and speed surprised him but she was no match for him.

Grabbing her up again, Lord Smith punched her hard on the face. He crouched down to her level and sighed. He bought out a gun and laughed lightly.

"Give up doll, only a coward thinks he can beat his master" Lord Smith spoke.

The light turn on and the room was bright again.

"Drop the gun" Peter warn pointing his gun towards him.

"Tssk" Lord Smith laughed again and the next thing he did was to shoot Annabelle in the leg.

"Ahhhhh!!!!!!?" Came a loud cry from the girl.

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Mrs Serena was in a tight position, Maria's temperature was dropping and her heart beat kept slowly down.

As a doctor, panicking wasn't part of their dictionary so began to do all necessary thing to keep her alive.

She opened up the wound and began to search for the bullet in her.

A little while longer, Mrs Serena let out a light laugh as she succeeded in removing the bullet in Maria stomach.

"Yes!" She breath out in relief. She sew back her skin and used a bandage to cover her wound. Maria's breath, temperature and heart beat was normal. She is such a strong woman.

After a while of waiting, Mrs Serena walked out of the room. Everyone stood up just at the sight of her.

"I did it" she breath out.

"You did it" Selene squealed in joy and they all laughed except Ethan. His hands was shaking.

"Baby" Mrs Serena went to sit beside him. He pulled his head close and hug him that way, he knew what he is currently thinking. "She'll be fine"

Ethan didn't reply but close his eyes.

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Jennifer who had just sneaked saw the scene on where Lord Smith had shot Annabelle and her eyes widened. Her eyes search for what she can do. She then spot a sword hanging on the wall close to her.

Peter's hold on his gun tighten. He never expected Lord Smith to shoot Annabelle. This man is a physco!

Lord Smith smirked at Peter. "You should be the one to drop your gun or else the next bullet goes into her head" He spoke with upmost solemnity as he set his gun again.

Annabelle gave Peter a look. "Shoot him!" She screamed but the guy didn't move a muscle. "Shoot him, don't worry about me!" She screamed.

Lord Smith shot Annabelle by the arm and her scream rented the place again. "Drop it." He warned again and Peter drop the gun instantly.

"No" Annabelle whispered.

Lord Smith gave off devilish smile. "Nice decision Peter" he suddenly raised his gun to Peter. Peter also pulled out another gun but he wasn't fast enough so Lord Smith shot his shoulder, sending him down to the floor.

"Fuck!" Annabelle cursed, but then spot Jennifer walking slowly towards Lord Smith. They exchanged a look and strangely, Annabelle understood her.

Lord Smith pointed the gun to Annabelle's head. "Yunno Doll, I thought I've given you enough chances to redeem yourself but I guess you have to leave now. I will miss you."

Just as he was about to shoot. Annabelle screamed out. "Father!" Lord Smith felt the word in his bone. Why does that word affect him?

"Father, you can't do this me" Annabelle began to sob and he slowly let his guard down.

But all of a sudden, Lord Smith turn to grab Jennifer's neck from behind and she gasped in surprise. His hold around her neck was hard knocking the breath out of her lung.

He suddenly felt something pierced through his back and came out from his stomach. Lord Smith's eyes widened as he slowly look down to his stomach. Jennifer had secretly threw the sword to Annabelle and made a distraction for her to stab Lord Smith and it worked.

Blood dripping down from his stomach and he could hardly believe the fact that he was just stabbed.

Jennifer and Annabelle took slow steps backward and watch Lord Smith go down to his knee. Bead of sweat formed on his head and he was breathing way too hard.

He look up to the girls he had once haunted. Jennifer and Isadora..

Annabelle limped forward but Jennifer stopped her. "It's fine" she nodded and she let go. Kneeling before him, the man look up to her face.

"Tssk.. I look pitiful.. right?" His words came out hard since he was losing a lot of blood already. His shirt was soaking wet already.

Annabelle didn't reply but only stared at the man with an unreadable expression.

"All I wanted was to be a good father. Maybe you were right, I was trying to cover the fact that I had shot my wife without thinking twice. I regret that day. Most times I feel guilty while staring at my Anna, why if she grows up and find out her father is a monster who killed her mother?... Tssk.." Lord Smith chuckled, his pain was reducing, which only meant one thing...

He was dying already.. somehow, he doesn't feel bad about it. He is suffering the sins he had committed in the past.

His teary eyes locked with Annabelle and he spoke again. "I am sorry I was such a bad father Annabelle. I didn't mean to be hard but the world made me like this.." tears poured down his eyes. "I'm sorry,.. I'm sorry I caused pain and I.." talking was becoming hard for him.

Jennifer felt touched by the scene, though this man had caused her a lot of pain. Peter was also watching the scene.

A smile graced his bloody lips. "I'm proud of you.. Isa-dora" he whispered. This is actually the first time he'll mention her real name.

Annabelle shifted close to him and held his cheek wiping the tears on his face. Lord Smith felt his heart swell. with teary eyes, she whispered. "I hope you find peace"

Lord Smith's eyes turned blurry and the last thing he saw was Annabelle's smile before he took his last breath.