Corrupted. [Zayn Malik Fanfic]

Chapter Nine

CHAPTER NINE:

  I close my eyes and just rest myself. My leg completely numb, I cant feel it at all. My body still shaking, freezing… wishing I could just take off my soaked clothes, because its keeping my body cold.

  About twenty minutes pass and I flinch as I hear a loud scream coming from Jasmine outside.

  Carlito jumps up immediately and rushes outside.

  "Jasmine!?" He yells as he walks out the main door. "Jas?" He repeats confused. 

  I see a crack of light on the wall, and look opposite of where its coming from. I see a side door open and see Zayn. I gasp from excitement and he quickly puts his index finger up to his lips, telling me to be quiet.

  I close my mouth and watch him get beside the main door, holding a gun. He waits by the side of the door, out of sight. As soon as Carlito comes back in, he instantly knocks him out by hitting him upside the head as hard as he can with the gun.

  I watch him collapse to the ground and Zayn runs toward me.

  "Oh my God." He freaks out. He gently touches my thigh and I flinch at his touch. "I'm so sorry!" His eyes are full of sadness.

  He pulls out a pocket knife and kisses me on the forehead as he quickly slides the knife through the rope that tie my hands together.

  They break free and the first thing I do is grab on to Zayn. "Thank you." I hold him tighter and bury my head into his chest. I close my eyes and just take a moment to enjoy his company.

  He stands up and helps me up.

  I hold my balance, biting my lip from the pain in my leg shooting up to my spine.

  I take a step and my balance is completely off, Zayn barely catches me. My whole leg is just numb and unable to actually work. "Hold on, well take care of this." He stares in my eyes and then picks me up and swings me over his shoulder.

  He goes out the door and walks a short distance, where he hid his car. He opens the door and sits me down in the passenger seat sideways, allowing my legs to dangle outside of the car.

   He takes his shirt off and starts ripping it. "Hold my phone so I can see better." He says handing me his phone.

  I hit a button and the screen light comes on. I hold it up and he starts wrapping the pieces around my thigh.

  I tense up and bite my lower lip trying not to move or make noise from the pain. He ties it tightly and I can feel it throbbing.

  "Take off your shirt, I have a jacket you can wear." Normally I would be hesitant, but I rip off the cold, soaking wet shirt and throw it on the concrete. He picks it up, "Don't leave evidence." He states throwing it in the car.

  He opens the back door to look for the jacket. I look back and scream as a reaction when I see Jasmine laying in the back, knocked out.

  He grabs his jacket and then shuts the door. He hands it to me and I put it on slowly, "Is she…is she dead?" I say quietly, almost not able to.

  He just looks at me, "We need to go." He avoids my question and helps my hurt leg get in the car, then shuts the door.

  He gets in the driver's seat and I stare at him, "Answer me." I demand, not sure if I actually want to know or not.

  "Not yet." he says starting the car.

  "Not yet?" I repeat shocked, "What do you mean not yet?" I ask freaking myself out. He takes his hands off the steering wheel and stares at me intensely.

  "Remember the last time you saw me? You promised you could handle it…" he grabs my hand, "I thought if I left you, this wouldn't happen."

  He looks away. "but it did." He looks back into my eyes, "This isn't just going to stop…you need me to protect you, but I have to know that you can handle it."

  He grabs both of my hands, "This is it. Promise that you can handle anything that happens."

  My heart races and makes up my mind for me, "I promise." I say giving him my word.

  He leans over and presses his lips gently against mine. I close my eyes and savor every second. After a few moments, he pulls away, "I'll keep you safe, but we're in this together now."

  He starts driving, and after a while I start falling asleep.

  The car stops and I open my eyes slowly.

I'm so tired, I feel like I've been asleep for hours.

  "Jade…" He rubs my arm. "I'm awake." I say before I yawn and stretch.

  He gets out and drags Jasmine out from the back, making me wake up real quick.

  He leaves her on the ground and then looks at me, "Just stay in the car." He says looking at my leg.

It takes me a second before I realize what he's about to do.

  "WAIT!" I blurt out loudly. He comes back to the drivers side and stares at me. "I know I said I can handle it…and I can…" I try to convince myself more than anything, "but do we really have to kill her?" As the words leave my mouth, it makes me realize how real this is.

  "Jade, what the hell? She was going to kill you. And me. She was going to kill us! You cant show mercy." His eyes become narrow, "An eye for an eye. Rules are rules and Carlito broke them and now he's going to pay. And I'm sorry it has to be Jasmine, but she's the one that got involved with him…just like you did with me. This is how it works. This isn't a game, people get hurt if you're not careful." he continues to look at me and I don't say anything, too shocked to react.

  "I'll ask you one last time, are you with me or not?" His eyes are so focused keeping their stare.

  The flashback of her holding me in the bathroom haunts my soul...

  Her telling me to my face that she was going to kill me, not because she was being forced but because she chose too. 

  I look at her unconscious body laying on the ground then back at Zayn. I nod my head unable to speak from disgust. 

  He shuts the drivers side door and picks up her body and starts walking a few feet away from the car. I look around at the surrounding and see that we're on a big bridge that's over a body of water, in the middle of nowhere. The car lights flash onto their bodies and I watch Zayn struggle to put her body on top of the side of the bridge.

  Her body lays there and Zayn comes back to the car. He pops open the trunk and pulls something out, then takes it back over to her. As he gets in the light, I see its a cement block and rope. "Oh God…" I whisper to myself as tears form.

  My heart beats uncontrollably fast like it's about to explode…as much as I despise her, I'm not ready to see someone die.

  As desperately as I want to look away, I just cant.

  I watch him tie the block to her ankles and then he pulls out his gun.

  My heart stops and tears flow down my face. My emotions run deep, not sure how to feel. She's been my friend for years…but she just tried to kill me. My best friend just tried to kill me. My sadness slowly starts building into anger as I comprehend her betrayal.

  That could've been me instead of her.

  I watch Zayn take a few steps back as he rises his gun up and aims. His finger pulls the trigger with ease, quickly followed by an extremely loud noise that echoes off into the distance.

  I hold my breath and my heart drops a thousand feet as her body falls off the bridge from impact.