Staying Human

Chapter 31: Fight Or Die

Chapter 31: Fight Or Die

Scott was freezing up. He could hear Kevin's voice telling him to shoot and he could hear Brett's laughter, but the only thing he could see was his father's body, then his mother's terrified eyes. Random people popped up in his mind, victims and he couldn't see past them. Kirstie, Avi...they were both pulled into the mess of his life because of him and he let them down. Now Mitch and Joey could possibly dead, he just left them behind to get some stupid revenge on Brett? He glanced up at Kevin who was staring at him expectantly, waiting for him to take the shot. Finally, Brett became impatient and Scott barely snapped out of it in time to see his fist coming towards him. He jumped back and pulled the trigger, but to his and Brett's surprise it did not fire. He had run out of bullet's without realizing it. Brett laughed as Scott dropped the gun and took a step back, preparing for the fight that was about to incur. Scott glanced over at Kevin who had tried to shake off the other guy but he kept an iron grip on him. "You know, I'm tired of this shit. I'm tired of dealing with you and your little bitch." Scott backed away a little seeing the crazy look in Brett's eyes.

"Take him down Scott!" Kevin yelled and Scott glanced at him which was a bad idea. Brett's foot came up towards Scott's face and he deflected the kick expertly, but he barely had time to recover before Brett was throwing punches and more kicks. It was like he was all hyped up on speed or something as he didn't stop once to take a breath! Scott was doing his best to defend himself but he couldn't get a single punch or kick in before Brett would come at him again. Scott had just deflected another punch when out of nowhere Brett's boot made contact with his temple making him stumble to his knees. He could hear Brett's laughter but he was having a hard time clearing his head to focus. He could also hear a struggle going on in the distance but he didn't know what it was.

"I thought I was being pretty understanding here. I mean, I made you a pretty good offer, I didn't hurt your little boyfriend..." Brett sneered as Scott felt him grab his shirt. Finally his vision started to even out and he glared up at Brett. "All you had to do was cooperate! That's all!" Brett yelled as his fist made contact with Scott's face.

"Fuck you Brett!" Scott managed to yell before another punch was made to the same spot.

"Now because you fucked up, I'm going to enjoy killing you slowly." He laughed and again punched Scott. A gunshot rang out through the room and Scott and Brett both looked over to see Kevin lying on the ground holding his chest; the man that had been holding him stood over him with the gun still pointed at him.

"K-Kevin!" Scott yelled and Brett silenced him with another punch. Scott's vision was blurry again and at this point he was just trying to stay conscious. He could see the man slowly walking towards he and Brett with a smirk on his face as Brett continued to punch his face, then ribs.

"You brought this on yourself! I warned you what would happen if you didn't do what I said!" Brett was going on and on and it was getting harder for Scott to hear him. "I won't let you win! You won't beat me!"

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"Can you walk?" Mitch asked Connor as Joey helped him up. The boy tested how much weight he was able to put on his leg and limped around for a few steps.

"Sort of, but I'll probably just slow you down." He admitted. Joey and Mitch exchanged looks and Joey smiled.

"I'll help him, go on ahead and we'll catch up." Joey decided and Mitch nodded and turned to walked away. "Mitch!" Joey yelled suddenly making Mitch stop in his tracks and turn.

"What?" Mitch asked with a confused look.

"Just...be careful ok?" Joey cautioned; his voice full of worry. Mitch nodded and smiled slightly before hurrying away down the hallway. A gunshot rang out through the building and Joey and Conner exchanged worried looks. Joey slung Connor's arm around his shoulder and sighed in frustration. He was worried about Scott as it had been quite a while since he had went to find Brett and they hadn't heard anything out of him, aside from that gunshot which didn't put his mind at ease. He was afraid of what Mitch was going to find once he found Scott. "We have to hurry, Mitch is going to need help." Joey mumbled as he helped Connor down the hallways towards where the gunshot had came from.

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Mitch was running through the hallway when he heard a gunshot from up ahead. He didn't stop until he reached the end of the hallway, and then stopped but the doorway to peek around. The sight before him was awful with Kevin lying shot on the ground and Scott being beaten to death by Brett. He saw the other man approaching Brett and Scott and jumped out shooting the man right in the back. He let out a pained scream and dropped to the ground with a thud. Mitch ran to Kevin and saw he had been shot in the chest. "Kevin?" He asked and Kevin coughed and pointed towards Scott.

"Kill....Brett..." He choked out and Mitch nodded; jumping back up and rushing over to Brett who had seen Mitch coming but didn't seem afraid at all.

"BRETT!" Mitch yelled as Brett his Scott again. He stopped and grabbed Scott pulling him up and turning to face the boy; smiling with amusement at the sight of the gun pointed at him.

"Shoot me. Go ahead Mitchie." He sneered. Mitch was surprised by him, surprised that he was crazy enough to test him, to think he really wouldn't shoot. Mitch looked into Scott's dazed eyes; his face was bloody and bruised and Mitch wondered how he was even still conscious. "What is wrong with both of you? Neither of you can shoot me! It's pretty fucking amazing to know how invincible I am!" Brett laughed. Mitch glared at him and pointed the gun down. He couldn't get a clear shot to his chest or head with Scott in front of him, but he could still shoot him. He pulled the trigger and watched the bullet hit Brett in the leg. He dropped Scott and made a pained face, but to Mitch's surprise the psycho didn't go down. Instead, the bullet to the leg barely phased him and he rushed at Mitch like some kind of wild animal. Mitch didn't have time to pull the trigger again before Brett's fist hit him square in the jaw. The gun dropped from his hands as he when flying back, landing hard on the ground as things became blurred.

"Mitch!" Scott's horrified yell brought Brett's attention back to him and he walked back over to him, not even limping from the bullet in his leg. Brett grabbed him again and punched him in the stomach.

"You thought you could quit this life? You thought you could be with your bitch and have a normal, boring life? NO ONE quits this job!" Mitch turned slowly just barely able to see Brett continue his assault on Scott. He tried to sit up but he couldn't, he couldn't help Scott.

"HEY ASSHOLE!" Brett turned to see Joey standing there; fire in his eyes and gun in his hands. The look on his face was priceless, like he'd just seen a ghost.

"I-I killed you...." He mumbled and Joey smiled as he looked like he ws trippin' out.

"Well I'm back, and you're dead." Joey stated and pulled the trigger. The bullet flew through the air and hit Brett right in the forehead. Joey watched brett's dazed look as his eyes rolled back into his head and he slumped to the ground. Joey walked over to him slowly and nudged him with his foot to make sure he was actually dead.

"Joey?" Joey turned to see Mitch who had finally sat up and was staring at Brett's lifeless body.

"He's dead Mitch, he's gone." He stated and Mitch breathed out in relief. Could this really be over?