Bleeding Out { Rafe Adler }

Part 3 - Getaway

I looked over at Rafe one last time. His smiled disappeared and he looked down.

"Nate? Nate? God damn it, kid. Where the hell are you?" Victor said quietly. I'm sure he talks in his little ear thing. We all got one each.

***

The bidding was on now, and Rafe has the highest bid so far.

"Alright, I'm gonna need a minute before I can reach the panel." Nathan said.

"We don't have a minute, Nathan. Rafe is about to walk out here with our cross." I said quietly.

"Wait, what? Rafe is here?"

"Yes, Rafe is here. And as of right now, he has the highest bid." I whispered.

"Well, outbid him."

"With what? I don't have that kind of scratch." Victor whispered.

"We're stealing, remember?"

"What if he calls Victors bluff?" Sam asked.

"He won't. Come on, Sully."

"Guys, if we don't get this cross, I'm as good as dead." Sam said.

"Yeah, well if I end up with the highest bid, we're all dead." Sully hissed.

"Sully, I need you to buy me more time.
Trust me."

Going once
Going twice

"Screw if." Victor said and raised his hand.

***

After some moments of Victor and Rafe bidding against each other, Rafe puts 500 000 euros on the cross and Victor gives in.

"You had me worried there for minute, Victor. Thought I might have to kill you." Rafe said and laughed.

"You guys ready?" Nathan asks.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Sam says.

"Let's ruin the assholes evening." Victor mumbles.

"Yeah, let's do it." I respond.

Going once
Going twice
Then I shall sell it for
five hundred thousand -

And the room went dark.

"Come on." Victor whispered and grabbed my arm. We walked towards the door and right before after the lights went on again, I heard people shout about the cross.

Then I heard Rafe shout.

"What are you doing? You're letting them get away?" He shouted, then I didn't hear anymore.

I took my heels off and gave them to Sully.

"I'll go find Sam and you go get the car."

"Alright, be careful."

"You know me." I smirked and started to run slowly out of where we were to find Sam.

***

After 5 minutes, I started to hear gun fire.

I saw a guy a little bit further with a white shirt.

"Sam?" I shouted and the guy turned around.

He ran towards me.

"Melanie, what are you doing here?" He said while breathing heavily.

"I was trying to find you. Do you have the cross?" I asked and he smirked while digging in his back pocket.

"Right here." He responded and showed me the cross.

"Holy shit." I said, trying to memorize every detail of it. Then Sam took it back and placed it in his back pocket again.

"Now let's go. I heard you're faster than Nathan." He laughed. "I don't think you're faster than me."

"That sounds like a bet." I laughed back. He winked and we started to climb back to the ballroom.

***

In the ballroom, we got stuck in a gun fire fight. Guards were swarming the room.

"You remember how to use a gun?" Sam shouted. I nodded and he threw me a gun. I almost missed to catch..

I moved over to the other side of the room, to where people left their coats before the auction and took cover.

Suddenly, I heard a window crash. I looked over the railing to see Nathan rolling over the floor towards Sam.

The sound of gun fire became overwhelming and I tried to shoot as many guards as I could before having an absolute panic attack.

Guns has never been a problem, but today.. Today was different.

When the gun fire died in the ballroom, we went outside where we met even more guards.

"We should've brought our own guns!" I shouted back at Sam.

"I wasn't planning on a shoot out!" He shouted back.

Victors car suddenly came crashing through the the hedge and a statue that was in front.

"Anyone called for a limo?" He laughed. I shook my head and smiled.

We ran towards the car and jumped inside. Victor drove of and we left the rossi estate with some scratches but okay.

"Next time, we'll bring guns no matter what." I said, gently hitting Sams upper arm. He just laughed and half hugged me. Nathan was in the front seat besides Victor.

"Yeah, we should listen to you. Even though you are the youngest sibling." Sam said back.

"The smartest sibling, if I may correct you." I winked.

"Whatever you say, Mel." Nathan looked back on me and smirked.

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