Infatuation (Muke)

"Mission Complete"

**Luke's POV**

I fell asleep in the chair I was tied too, I was probably out for an hour. Time was going by extremely slow and honestly I just wanted to be shot in the head.. okay maybe just metaphorically speaking.  My ass hurts, wrists are throbbing from being tied so tight. Starving and also need to piss.

Im usually not this whiney but can you blame me?

I probably sat in that chair for 4 hours and then that's when I heard the door creak open and a faint whisper;

"Luke, don't worry I'm getting you out of here"

My eyes finally focused on the figure tip toeing towards me and it was Calum, I immediately started to panic.

"you can't be here, leave, now"

He shook his head and furrowed his eyebrows "not until I untie you" then he started fiddling with the ropes tying my legs down.

"they'll hurt you too if they catch you!"
my whisper was maybe too loud and someone opened the back door quickly.

"Who the fuck are you?!"
Ryan shouted, holding up a gun.
Calum stood up straight and put his hands up "you don't have to do this man.. Michael will get you the money! leave Luke out of it"

Ryan's lips turned into a grin
"oh so you're Michael's mate?"

A second later I was startled by two loud bangs and Calum flew back and hit the floor. My eyes went wide as I stared at him lying on the floor, not moving. Everything happened so fast, because not even a minute after, a swat team barged in holding up guns and all I could hear was yelling and dogs barking viciously.

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I stood outside on the road beside an ambulance, getting questioned by the paramedics when I saw a stretcher coming out of the building. I ran over to them, and Calum had an oxygen mask on his face, with his eyes closed. There was so much blood on his face. I screamed "is he gonna be okay?!"

I was held back by an officer and they rushed towards the other ambulance. I watched with tears streaming down my face and heard a woman yell "hurry he's losing a lot of blood!"

"no, Calum, no" I choked out in a cry. The only thing on my mind was he was dead, and I witnessed his murder. 'It's all my fault' I kept repeating to myself.
I told the cops I didn't know who they were and that Calum tried saving me. The questioning took forever, started in the parking lot then I had to go to the police station.

A police officer reassured me
"Luke, you're safe now. You can tell us what happened"

I looked down at my hands, holding back my tears "I told you.. I don't know who they are" Something inside of me didn't want to bring Michael into this.

"Is there anyone else out there you think wants to hurt you?"

Michael, maybe.
"No, they didn't tell me anything." I lied.

He raised his eyebrow "So you don't want us to have some of our officers watch your house for a few nights?"

I was getting impatient "Look, I just need to go to the hospital and see if my friend is okay"

"We may need to question you again at some point but you're free to go now" the officer stood up and opened the door, letting me leave.

My mum and dad came and picked me up, both panicking.. asking me "are you okay?" "are you hurt?" "who did this to you?"

and all I could reply was "I need to see Calum"

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We got to the hospital and went straight to the IR, police were talking to some doctor. I ran over to the front desk "Calum Hood, is he okay?!"

The lady calmly replied "Sir you're gonna have to take a seat and calm down, we will let you know when we can. Are you family?"

I took a deep breath and shook my head "No but I'm his f- best friend"
She stared at me with sympathy and nodded to the nurse beside her.

The brunette nurse pulled me off to the side "Luckily the shots didn't get his heart but he did lose a lot of blood and they need to do emergency surgery to get the bullets out"

I sighed in somewhat relief until she frowned "I'm not going to lie to you.. the surgery is going be tricky because.. one of the bullets went into his skull"

I gasped and my hands went up to the top of my head. I was lost for words.. absolutely horrified. Stepping back, almost losing my balance I walked back to my parents and sat down. Holding in the need to break down all over again soon came out when my dad tried to comfort me. I didn't want to talk about it, or for someone to tell me everything's gonna be okay.. because nothing was okay! I stood up angrily and ran into the toilets.

"AAAAUGGHH" I screamed into the mirror while holding onto the sink.
This isn't my fault, this is all Michael's.

Another thing to come to my mind again was;
Why was Calum there? How did he know I was being held hostage?

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**Michael's POV**

"Luke's safe, Ryan and the others are in jail and Calum's out of the picture. Mission complete. Talk about killing two birds with one stone" I chuckled to myself as I drove out of the hospital parking lot.

~~~~~~two hours earlier~~~~~~

Michael picked up a pay phone;
"Calum, Luke is in trouble. Ryan has him held hostage at 2739 greenvale alley, it's an old run down building"

Calum panicked "What the fuck Michael, why?!"

"I owe them money, please just go through the back door, they're in the basement. I'll be inside distracting them while you sneak in and get Luke out. Remember, 2739 greenvale alley"
and with that he hung up.

~~~~current time~~~~
**Michael's POV**

I know what you're thinking, how could a serial killer use someone else to do his dirty work? Well, sometimes I have to break my own rules to get what I want in the end. Calum was just gonna get in my way.

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