Assassin From Hell

~31.Making Ammends~

   Alexander

   "Well, lets just say I won't regret a damn thing later for when this bullet is released," she whispered softly with hurt dripping from each word.

  I closed my frozen eyes and swallowed the huge forming lump in my throat. She pulled the trigger, resulting in a echoing banging noise off of the sterile facility walls yet, I didn't feel anything shoot into me. In fact, I felt perfectly fine.

   I opened my shock filled eyes and started to take in the sight in front of me. There collapsed on the floor, was Johnathon. The bullet was in his now bleeding thigh. Center of the muscle.

   The rest was slow motion. All my men being held at gun point were being shot at but I had nothing to worry about. Most of them had bobbed and weaved through the raining bullets barely getting nicked by them. Gun shots rang through the entire facility while Scarlet and I tried to find safety.

   Johnathon could barely walk resulting in him sitting like and egg, not being able to move away from the massive gunfire. As I attempted to dodge bullets to flee with Scarlet, she started to haul Johnathon away to a safe place. Confused and alert, I sprinted with all my energy to avoid getting grazed by the open gunfire.

   I'm just ecstatic to have Scarlet back with me, alive and in one piece.

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   My SUV tires screeched to a stop abruptly across the pavement of my home. Some of my remaining men have been ordered to stay here and secure my large mansion in case someone were to attack here. Gene threw the unconscious Johnathon over his shoulder and proceeded to the prison cellar we had to interrogate and torture the hell out of some filthy bastards we kept in there. Thanks to that chloroform soaked rag Scarlet had, it was able to make transporting the hag to the cell easier.

   I trailed behind Gene, waiting for the fun and revenge I get to go through soon.

   Scarlet

   Melina had told me to keep running and escape as fast as I could but it was a huge struggle to leave her behind and fight for herself in that war zone right now. It felt so wrong to leave her behind after everything she had done for me but she insisted that I leave without turning my head back.

   We were in the car, heading back to Xander's mansion with an unconscious Johnathon in the back. The both of us were dead silent, not knowing what to say to each other.

   It was all a plan between Melina and I. The day she had brought me food after being starved had ignited the gears in both of our heads to escape. I was supposed to kiss Johnathon's butt as I "worshipped" him while begging for forgiveness. I had to give him the satisfaction of breaking me before I could actually stab him in the back. Getting to put a bullet in Johnathon had to be thought out carefully since this man was also skilled in combat and weaponry, hence the reason I had pulled a gun out on Xander.

   The memory of his horrified and lovesick face flashed across my mind as I remember pulling out the loaded gun. A part of me feels bad that I did that but I needed to reaction to be real regardless of how it practically tore my heart into pieces saying the heartless things I rehearsed tirelessly with Melina. The rest of the car ride was very quiet.

   When we arrived, one of Xander's men had thrown an unconscious Johnathon over their huge and broad shoulders and marched away effortlessly as if they didn't have a weight on their shoulders.

   The front of the home appeared foreign to me since it had been so long from the day I had been "abducted". I hoped out of the car in a rush while Xander followed the man hauling Johnathon over his shoulder.

   Confused and relieved, I walked curiously about the home, wanting to familiarize myself with the place again. When I scanned through the backyard, what used to be my favorite places, I found Leona stiffly sitting on one of the lounge chairs with her head down into her knees. The door shut and she jerked up in surprise while her eyes widened. The both of of us stood there, not knowing what to even think of the moment with us right now.

   Then all of the sudden, Leona lunged for me with her arms wide opened as she started to sob into my chest. My black shirt is now being soaked by her endless tears. Almost on instinct, I wrapped my arms around her as we stood there, catching up on the lost time between the two of us.

   "I'm so sorry Di- I mean Scarlet," she fumbled with her muffled voice. "I was just so hurt by the fact that you lied and then next thing you know, my hand had made contact with your face." She finally lifted her head up from my embrace and showed me her watery hazel eyes that held such sincerity and regret in them that I wanted to cry about it with her.

   "It's not entirely your fault either. I shouldn't have lied about my identity and honestly I needed that slap," I joked light heartedly, trying to relieve some of the unwanted tension between us.

   She quickly shook her head. "And when I heard about the plan that you and Alex had concocted, it had made me furious to even think that you two would be so careless and I've regretted what I've done since you left. I feel like the worst best friend ever since I didn't even give you a chance to explain yourself," she bitterly remarked while glancing down to the concrete. "Let's move on from this rough patch and go back to being sisters again."

   I smiled from eye to eye at her. "Leona you have already been forgiven from the start."

   I know I know, it's very late. I'm very sorry about that guys but at least it's still Tuesday. I haven't edited the chapter so please excuse some of the rubbish incorrect things I've wrote in there. And wait before I forget, Assassin From Hell has been ranked #11 in action on 03/27/17 and is now #12 today (which is 03/28/17 for future readers). This is amazing!!!! This book has made it in the top 15 and honestly it blows my mind to see how far this book has come thanks to you guys. I really appreciate all of you and even if I don't get the chance to thank you for voting, commenting etc. , just know that I sincerely thank you for supporting me and my book. I am so thankful for you guys.  

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