Things Unseen

Night Changes

~TRIGGER WARNINGS: VIOLENCE, DEATH, STRONG LANGUAGE~

Tate's POV:

I needed a plan of action, starting with finding out how many there were in the house and where they were. Two were in the study that much was clear, so I had to search the rest of the house. A loud bang came from upstairs and I immediately cursed myself for leaving [Y/N] alone, if she got hurt I would never be able to forgive myself. Rushing up there opening her door it seemed she was alright and then I heard a bloodcurdling scream come from the master bedroom. Slamming the door open I saw another one of the dark hooded men holding Karen at gunpoint. Now that the attention was on me instead of her, he aimed it my way. "Who the fuck are you boy?!"He demanded to know staring at me intently wondering what I was going to do.

"Your worse nightmare, now tell me what you are doing here?!"I screamed not afraid of the gun obviously since it wouldn't do shit to me. Sure it would be annoying to be shot but it's not like I could die again.

"John said we could collect our money here, but this bitch keeps denying that they have any. Which would be a mistake because we would have to kill her and kidnap the girl to send a message that we aren't to be fucked over. So tell me who the fuck you really are, he said these two would be the only ones here. Or do I have to shoot her to get some real answers out of you?"The man threatened, pissing me off even more. I was about to go over the edge on him right then and there, then I heard another scream coming from [Y/N]'s room.

Instead of wasting more time with this idiot I took off, hearing a gunshot ricochet off the door frame where my body had just been. I wasn't scared, I was fucking enraged just who did her father think he was endangering his family for drugs or whatever he was into. He wasn't a man he was an absolute coward that needed to be punished for what he was doing to the people he was supposed to protect. I was seeing red, nothing else mattered at that moment just [Y/N]'s safety. "STOP! LEAVE ME ALONE! HELP! TATE!!!" I heard her scream out as I entered the room. One of the men was on top of her trying to rip off her clothing to violate her. I picked up a heavy book slamming it into the guys head knocking him onto the floor. I continued hitting his face over and over again my rage finally consuming me.

"Go to the bathroom and lock the door. Do not open the door for anyone but me do you understand?" I asked feeling blood on my face from bashing that guys skull half open it made me shutter with pleasure. "Find something to defend yourself in there, it doesn't matter what."I said pushing her in there slamming the door shut. Running my hand through my hair I narrowed my eyes knowing that there was no going back now.

"TATE WAIT! I CAN HELP!" [Y/N] said throwing the door back open behind me. "My mother is in danger and I am not going to leave you alone, who knows how many people are out there! Why are they doing this?"She demanded to know.

"You need to hide out, you need to be safe [Y/N]."I said firmly not wanting her to get hurt because I couldn't protect both her and her mother at the same time. "It's because your father gave them your address telling them they could collect some kind of money here that doesn't exist."I sighed explaining quickly not wanting to take the time but I knew she would push it until I told her. That was just the kind of stubborn person she was, and at times I admired that about her but right now it was a bit inconvenient when I was trying to save their lives.

"W-what?!"She asked sounding devastated pinging guilt in me for telling her the truth, I could have told her I didn't know but instead I decided the truth was the best.

"Listen to me...can you get the two guys downstairs into the basement? Make them chase you, whatever the people down there will help. If you want to do it, if not shut and lock that damn door [Y/N] we don't have time to discuss this right now."I growled braking down letting her help if she wanted to, I just prayed that it was the right choice. Seeing her nod she took off in the darkness screaming to get their attention.

"NOW TELL ME YOU DUMB BITCH WHERE DO YOU KEEP THE VALUABLES?!"The guy bellowed from the master drawing your attention back to it. This guy didn't scare you but it was obvious that Karen would be and you had a narrow window to get to the basement just in case something went wrong.

"I'm telling you! We don't have any! All of our money is tied up into this house! We just moved here and we haven't found replacement jobs yet!"Karen sobbed as the gun was placed against her forehead the man straddling her at the waist. "Please just leave and we won't tell anyone!"She begged desperately.

"QUIT LYING YOU DIRTY WHORE!" The man spat, slamming the gun into the side of her face harshly placing it back on her forehead. "Answer me that way one more time and I will fucking make a new hole in your face."He threatened.

"She doesn't know where it is, but I do. John showed me the safe in the basement. If you follow me I will take you to it."I said convincingly. "He didn't want to burden her with it's location just in case of a situation like this. That way they could keep their money."I lied and man was I good at it.

"You better not be lying to me you little shit, or I will put a bullet right through your heart. Go!"He demanded using the gun to motion to the hallway behind me. I looked at Karen with a warning look hoping that she would think to call the police after we left.

"I'm not lying, he even told me the code. I was in charge of protecting his family while he was supposed to be away on a business trip but I guess we both know that was a lie now don't we?"I said just trying to keep the story as together as possible, he couldn't sense that I wasn't telling the truth or everyone in the house would be in danger once again. Hearing [Y/N] scream from the basement I took off running the man keeping pace with me as we stomped down the stairs. The dead body of one of the men laid at bottom, a knife still protruding from his chest. Quickly this was all getting out of hand in entirely unexpected ways. The other man was holding her against the wall cutting her clothing off piece by piece. As we got to the end I yanked the knife out throwing it as hard as I could hearing it slam into the attackers skull, watching him drop to the ground.

That is when I felt it in my shoulder, a bullet penetrating my skin knocking me back into the wall. Before I could retaliate Hayden appeared behind him tapping him on the back. Whipping around to see who was touching him, she quickly sliced his throat with the sharp blade she kept on person at all times. Clunk, Clunk, Clunk the man's body bounced down the remaining steps landing on top of his buddy, blood leaking out. [Y/N] rushed over to me her arms wrapping around my neck her face buried in my shoulder.

"Oh god you're bleeding Tate! We have to get you to a hospital!"She screamed loudly seeing the bullet wound in my shoulder. I was trying so hard to hold onto my sanity but I kept getting flashbacks of the police gunning me down so long ago. I couldn't concentrate on what she was saying, but I could tell she was scared. No I was not going to be a little bitch and pass out, I couldn't...She could find out my secret and I was NOT going to lose her. In the end I didn't have a choice in the matter, I collapsed, my back against the wall propping me up for a moment before I slunk over into the darkness. Her scream being the last thing I heard as my eyes closed tight.

A/N: What do you think? Will she find out his secret? Who killed the man at the bottom of the stairs? I hope you are enjoying the story! Please let me know what you think and PLEASE SHARE! Thank you so much for reading, it's back to your POV next chapters! <3 -A