Broken {Completed}

Confrontation

I watched as my friend was being carried away in an ambulance. The bullet hit a vein in his lower right abdominal and was losing a lot of blood.

It was all my fault. None of this would have happened if I had gone to the police in the first place. I didn't want to believe that there was someone so evil that they would target me and my family.

We followed behind the ambulance in Shannon's Range Rover, and Jared took his Expedition. I felt horrible, especially as I listened to Natasha crying and praying that her brother would be okay.

This was my fault.

I felt a hand grab mine. I looked up and saw Feo trying to comfort me, but it wasn't working. Nothing could take away the sorrow, the pain, the guilt, the anger.

When we got to the hospital Natasha got out of the car and ran to the ambulance to be by her brother's side, and everyone followed. He was in critical condition and if they didn't get a blood transfusion happening soon, he would more than likely die.

They took him to the ER for surgery, and Natasha went with them. As for everyone else we waited.

Two hours later a nurse came and told us that he was out of surgery and in a room. We followed her to Antonio's room.

He was hooked up to the same machines that I was. I hated hospitals. Ever since what happened to me, I found it hard to even look at them, and yet here I was again because my mentor and friend was shot. I didn't want this to happen to anyone else.

"Feo, can I talk to you for a second in the hallway?" I whispered trying not to disturb everyone else.

She nodded and followed me out of the room. "What's wrong?" She asked pulling me close to her. Her hands wrapped around my neck as she rested against my chest.

"You know who did this," I whispered. She tensed at the thought. "I can't protect my family from him, and I can't protect you from him either. I don't want that," I pointed to the door just beyond us, "to be you or worse."

"Gunnar, that's not going to happen, he wouldn't go that far."

"Or at least you hope he wouldn't, but you and I both know how erratic he is. He tried to kill me with with a gun this time, and who's to say he won't come after you or my mom. I can't let that happen."

She hesitated before talking and waited for a doctor to pass by. "What are you going to do Gunnar? Kill him before that happens? I'm not watching you go to jail, and his mom refuses to see him for what he is, so it's not going to be an easy trial. She's going to get him the best lawyers she can afford."

"I can't just let him get away with this."

"Then you need to go to the police. Do it right, don't just throw yourself at him."

"I want justice. I do, but I want revenge more. I want to take this bastard down myself and watch the light disappear from his eyes."

"Gunnar all you'll be doing is giving him the satisfaction of seeing you locked away for years. I'm not going to let you do that," Feo hissed angrily.

"I'm sorry. I think for the time being its best you and I stayed away from each other. I don't want you to get hurt." I ran my hand through her hair and cradled her neck as I kissed her once more. "Goodbye Feo."

"Gunnar don't do this," she said clinging to my arm.

"I don't have a choice." I removed her from me and went back into the room shutting the door behind me. I was on the verge of breaking. I sat on the floor hugging my knees to my chest. I started crying.

I wasn't sure how long I sat there, but I felt a presence beside me followed a soft touch. I saw Natasha sitting next to me her hand placed lightly on my arm. The guilt began to kick in. She had just gotten here, and now her brother has been shot because he was with me. I wanted to make this right, but I didn't know how.

"I'm going to go. Let me know if you need anything," Jared said hugging Shannon then my mom. He walked over to Natasha and me. He patted her head and said, "if there's anything I do just let me know okay?" She nodded.

"Can I come with you?" I asked Jared standing. He nodded with a questioning look on his face, but said nothing. I turned to Natasha and pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry I didn't do anything. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I wish it were me instead."

"Don't say that." She was crying hard now.

I hugged her once more before leaving with Jared. "Are you okay?" He asked once we were in the car.

"I hate hospitals. They only remind me of things that I so desperately wish I could forget."

"What happened? I know you were in a coma, but that couldn't have been that horrible."

"You're wrong. I was physically in a coma, but as far as my mental state I was awake just like I am now. I felt everything, Jared. From them grabbing my bones and forcing them back together, to my mom's tears falling on my face, I felt it all. I just couldn't respond which was the worst part."

He looked at me in shock. "I'm sorry."

"Let's just go. I have school tomorrow."

"Are you sure you don't want to take a day off from school? I mean you were shot at."

"There's something important that I have to do."

Jared didn't say anything further as he drove to his house.

When I woke up that morning I went to school with Jared and hung out with him until class started. He clearly wasn't in the mood for teaching, but he at least attempted. When class was over I walked over to Moxxi who surprisingly had the audacity to come to school today.

"We need to talk. I'll see you at lunch," I said before going to my next class. I saw Feo at the lockers, her eyes were bloodshot and puffy. It looked like she had been crying all night.

I wanted to comfort her, but I knew it was safer for me to stay away. Finally when lunch came around. I made a b-line for Moxxi.

"What is it?" She asked sitting down across from me.

"Where the hell is Adam? And don't tell me you don't know."

"I don't know."

"Bullshit! Someone had to signal Adam that I was outside! And who better than the bitter hateful girl I rejected that just so happens to live across the street!"

"It wasn't me! I didn't find out what happened until I saw it on the news this morning. I wasn't even at home last night."

"Don't bullshit me Moxxi!"

"Gunnar, I'm telling you the truth! I was with someone!"

"With who?"

"With me jerk!" Anna, Feo's ex girlfriend, said walking up to the table. She clearly hated me for taking Feo from her.

"I'm sorry about what happened, but I swear to you, that I had nothing to do with it. I'm sorry." Moxxi stood and walked away with Anna.

Someone had to know something, and I wasn't going to stop until I got the truth.