Secrecy

Chapter 17:

A fallen angel from the opposite side of me suddenly took notice of Grant, and I watched as he began pull out a gun. In a quick movement I threw my hoodie over my head, hiding my hair to avoid them recognizing me, and quickly stood up, shooting him straight in the arm. He yelled out a cry of pain as he fell down on his knees.

Everyone of the fallen immediately turned and looked at me, their guns pointing straight at me.

MY heart was pounding at the sight of their guns. But just before any could pull the trigger, Grant along Era began shooting. Seeing them distracted, I began shooting as well then took out my knife and threw it to another man that was running straight to Grant, hitting him on his right shoulder. He cried out and fell on his knees too. While the others fought, I quickly went over to Cristian and untied him then let him sit there while I untied Axel. 

"You came for me." He said. His voice full of pain.

I quickly nodded. "Of course Axel," I silently said as I hugged him. 

He smiled and hugged me back. "Thank you." He whispered. I nodded and pulled away.

"C'mon let's go, pretty belle!" Grant yelled as he stood up and picked up Cristian. His arm was around Grant's neck, laying on his shoulder. I bit my lip to stop myself from crying. Cristian was so badly injured.

But nevertheless, I nodded at Grant and looked back at Axel. "Can you walk?" I asked. 

Axel's dark eyes met mine. "Yeah I'm strong enough." He said as he forced himself to stand up.

"Okay. let's go then." I commanded and we all began running towards where we had came from.

"They called for others." Era shouted when we arrived at the top of the stairs. I frowned but a plan quickly came to mind. "Era take Cristian while the rest of us shoot the attackers." I said knowing that we needed Grant's skills to make it out of here safely. Era hesitated but quickly nodded. 

"Belle you can't." Axel said, remembering the night I told him I took pity of the bad guy.

"It's okay, I'll do anything for the people I love." I said. 

Axel's worry faded and he then nodded. "Then I'll fight along with you," He said. 

I smiled. "Well you sorta have too." I joked as I took a firm hold of my silencer. He simply gave me a ha-ha-that's-not-funny look.

Evil laughs then began to fill the air around us. "Go." Axel yelled. Everyone started running out to the door while me and Axel stood behind shooting at the fallen. Just as we came outside one launched itself on me. With a quick movement of my hand, I shot him straight through his forehead. He gasped and fell on his knees, his face filled with horror. What had I done? I stood there for a second just staring at the life I had taken away. I shook my head to get myself focused again. But I was too late.

A shot was fired then another. 

My eyes widened. I stumbled back as another shot hit my lower left abdomen. Right after, I heard another shot fire beside me then arms caught me from landing on the ground. My breathing became heavy, my eyes were zoning out. My heart slowing.

"Belle, Belle, c'mon stay with me." I heard Axel say in despair. 

I wanted to reach out and tell him it was going to be okay, but nothing was functioning. Instead my eyes began to close. With tear filled eyes Axel picked me up and carried me to the car.

"How many times was she shot?" I heard Era say. Her voice sounded like she was going to break down crying in any moment.

"Three." answered Axel.