Her Seven Deadly Brothers (Part 1 and 2)

Chapter 57

"Wanda! Wanda, look at me.." Her eyes were open but everything was so blurry. She could not see his face. Though, she was glad that she could hear his voice one last time.

She hugged him as tightly as her body's strength could allow that was barely any.

"You will be fine ok. Trust me. The doctors are here."

Wanda shook her head as she could feel someone approaching her, probably a doctor.

"L-let me w-with you f-for these f-few minutes, T-tristan. I d-don't h-h-have m-much time." She said these words with difficulty.

Tristan froze. His arms around her tightened and a tear rolled down his eye. He shook his head at the doctor who gave him a sad smile and stepped away to give them privacy.

"Mom! Maa!" She heard the yells of her sons as they ran to her. They sat down on the other side of her. Max gripped her hand as he tried hard to not to cry while Victor watched silently. A tear threatened to slid down his cheek.

"T-thank you, T-tristan. T-thank you for m-making my l-life b-beautiful. T-thank you f-for making m-me m-mother of these w-wonderful c-children." She coughed out blood. Her shaky smile did not washed away from her face in the process.

"Victor, Max....P-please take c-care of your b-brothers. I-I know i-it will b-be d-difficult  w-without me b-but I trust y-you. I w-will a-always be watching o-over you. S-so d-don't you e-ever cry or f-feel lonely." She said to three of them. It was hard to breathe and talk but she didn't care. These were her last moments afterall.

"I-I always w-wanted to have a d-daughter but it d-does n-not matter now. I k-know it will be hard b-but please try to m-move on, T-tristan. I-it will make m-me happy. I c-can't bear t-to see anyone o-of you s-sad." A whimper left her lips.

"T-tristan, V-victor, Max, E-enrique, A-arles, E-emilio, I-I l-love you. T-thank you. T-thank y-you for e-everything." Wanda gasped as she blacked out. She was still breathing but she had lost consciousness. Tristan hugged her while Victor and Max cradled her arm.

Within few moments, she slowly took her last breath and her body stilled. There was no sign of life.

Few minutes earlier****

"You brats!" Gianni caught up to them soon. Victor and Max stood in front of Nora who looked pale and exhausted. She was leaning against the car feeling her entire body throbbing with pain. She could still feel blood trickling down her back and she knew her wounds were getting infected.

Victor stilled at the realization when he saw no sight of his mother and a crazy grin on Gianni's face with a gun in his hand. His fists clenched in anger and a look of fury washed over his face.

"Now I will send you to the same place where I sent your mother!" He burst out laughing and aimed his gun.

Nora's eyes widened. Victor didn't look at all worried while Max showed no care at all to Gianni's threat.

"No... S-stop, Gianni." She said instantly making Gianni pause and look at her.

She was walking towards them and she stood in front of both kids.

"P-please don't k-kill them." She raised her arms in a way to shield them but Gianni was only getting annoyed by her move.

"Just what do you think you are doing, Eleanora? Do you want me to teach you a another lesson?" He spat out and grabbed a hold of arm with the intent to yank her to his chest. Nora screamed out in surprise but suddenly her second arm was yanked by Victor. There was no way he was going to allow Gianni to take her.

Nora was terrorized seeing Gianni's murderous glare fixed at Victor and Max. He was fully ready to kill both boys and there was nothing she could do to stop it from happening. Realizing the helplessness of her situation, she screamed out.

"STOP! PLEASE, I BEG YOU!" The more she screamed, Gianni put more strength in twisting her arm, digging his nails into her skin in the process.

All of a sudden, a gunshot rang in the air and it hit directly in Gianni's left eye. Nora gasped as the blood splattered across her face. He let out a loud cry and released her arm in the process, making her scramble away from his reach. Victor and Max both looked back, their eyes widening with surprise.

"DAD! PAPA!" They ran to their father.

"Help mamma! She's not ok, I believe." Victor said urgently. Tristan nodded, his face showed concern for his family but still he looked in the direction of Hunter and Lucifer. Lucifer nodded with a look of grief on his face. Nodding back, he rushed off with a team of doctor and nurses following them.

"Guards...Take him away." Hunter ordered, looking at Gianni with a blank face who had passed out.

Lucifer took a deep breath and fixed his stare at a small figure on the road. She was staring right at them, her eyes wide in disbelief, shock and fear.

He took few steps forward to reach her and crouched down in front of her. Slowly, he lifted his hand to touch her face but she flinched slightly. He paused for a moment before again reaching forward. This time she let him touch her. A sob left her lips as he gently cleaned the blood off her face.

Without thinking, she threw herself at his chest. He stumbled back a little but held her in his arms as she cried openly.

"T-take me home. Take m-me home, please p-please. I-I don't w-want to be i-in this nightmare a-anymore." She begged as she kept crying, hugging him as tightly as she could, fearing if she let go of him a little bit, he would vanish.

A yelp escaped her lips as she felt a needle penetrating her skin at her neck. She tried to escape Lucifer's grip a little to look back but he held tight. Her vision started to go blurry.

"Sleep-- Hunter's voice rang out, it was same hard as ever but Nora felt warmth spreading across her chest, hearing him once again-- you will be home when you wake up."

Hearing these words, she did not try to resist but let her conscience succumb into darkness completely, knowing well that she was free from the nightmare.