Hide And Seek ( Alex Goot Elle Fowler Sam Tsui )

Chapter 38

Alex and Elle were on night duty, while everyone else was sleeping. Or at least, attempting to sleep. After witnessing Kirstie's murder, most of them were quite shaken.

An innocent girl, bitten by an infected dog. Ten days, and going without medication. One week, slightly more, and then she was gone. And Avi had to do what she would have wanted him to do.

" Do you think Avi is asleep?" Elle whispered, pushing her braid back behind her shoulders. Alex slung an arm around her, providing some more warmth.

" Ella, I don't think a single one of them there is asleep," Alex responded, matter of factly.

Looking closer, Elle only then noticed how much Chrissy's hands were moving while she was lying down. Her breathing was uneven as well. She was probably crying, in silence. Daniel was not too far away. Force 75 had chosen to move and sleep with the other two force members after the incident with Kirstie. He was wide awake, lying down with one arm behind his head.

Elle snuggled further into Alex's embrace, his arms instinctively locking themselves around her, holding her firmly against himself. She turned her head slightly to look at Alex's tattoos, the wolf claw mark ones. She found the one which represented her.

Her fingertips gently traced the curve forever imprinted on his skin. His toned arms accented the tattoo perfectly.

" In four days, we will be putting our plan into action. I am so afraid of how many people would die in the process," Alex suddenly admitted. He was staring straight ahead, just gazing into the night.

He probably never knew how handsome he really was. Elle could have tried to describe how pretty he was to him, but as cheesy as it sounded, words were unable to describe his beauty perfectly. It was amazing how, after being friends and partners in crime for more than ten years, they had finally managed to get to where they were today.

She loved him, but sometimes wondered if she truly deserved him. To her, he was the most perfect human in the world. He was slightly dorky, humorous and a terribly obnoxious prankster, back in the day. His brain worked in a way she wished hers would work, creating plans, figuring out codes and learning about history whenever he could.

Elle had hurt him before, when she had agreed to going out with Finn. Damn, now Finn did not even exist, for Alex had dealt with the boy and killed him. Elle was glad that she was not there when Alex had killed him, it would have been too painful to bear, knowing that she had been betrayed.

Who knew? Maybe Finn did not even have a mild interest in Nightmare Pair, and just wanted to try and get as close as he possibly could to them. And he had tried to do so using Elle's heart.

And it might have worked, if Alex had not already taken up so much of her heart she had no more room for one more. Finn may have gotten two people locked away, but if Elle had not dropped their relationship, he might have gotten all five of them killed.

God. That was too painful to even think of.

It would mean that Elle would not enjoy her new relationship with Alex. No one would receive the force members from other cities. Sam's gambling den would be closed, just like it was now. Chrissy would not have met up with Daniel again.

Worst of all, no one would feed Pinecone.

" What are you thinking about?" Alex asked, hand gently stroking her arm.

" Nothing much."

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Three days went by too quick. Before long, the three forces were checking all of their gear, at ten in the evening. Hardly anyone even spoke.