Vanessa POV
"Aaron's heart was heavily damaged from the bullet. He lost too much blood. I'm so sorry." The doctor says. I felt the whole room spin as Roni held me close to her. "No,no,no this can't be happening!" I think to myself. All of a sudden, I jerk up from the chairs.
"Hey what's wrong?" Roni asks as my head lays on her lap.
"Just a nightmare I guess." I address.
"Hey, it will be alright, ok?" She whispers.
"I know." I want this to be the truth but at the same time, a part of me knows that the worst can still happen.
Vincent POV
We make our way into the college.
"What room is she in?" I ask
"She said she was in some robotics class. She said room 273." Izzie affirms.
We walk past each classroom and end up into a huge lab. The room was filled with all kinds of robots and drones. We walk over to a guy at a computer.
"Hello, we are detectives from the LAPD. Can you tell us where Sienna Robbins is?" Izzie commands.
"Ok. She over at table 5, with the drones. She's the one in the huge oversized shirt." We walk over to find her controlling one of the drones with her other classmates.
"Sienna? I'm detective Almanza. We're here to ask you some questions." I ask
"Oh of course." She guides us to a little room across from the robotics lab.
"So, you told me that Aaron got shot?" She asks.
"Yes, that is correct." Izzie says. "We are here because you are a suspect of the crime"
"Me? I swear I wouldn't do such a thing! Why would you even think I would?" She insists
"We think that it's out of jealousy. Van Wormer got back together with his ex right after you two broke up." Izzie implies.
"I loved him. I'm not the jealous type. Also, I wanted him to go after Vanessa again. I could clearly see that he was still in love with her!" She argues.
"Then, where were you on the night of the 11th?" I interject.
"I was here in the lab programming and testing our drones with my team. I have 10 people to back me up on that." She confidently says.
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"Her story checks out." Izzie walks over to me.
I rub my face in frustration. A loud cackle fills the room. I lift my head to see Sienna's arm wrapped around a nerdy looking kid. He looked like a little marshmallow. His face looked familiar as well.
"Iz, did you interview that kid?" I say, trying anything to latch onto a lead.
"No, Sienna said he wasn't there with the group that night even though he is apart of the team." She mumbles. I sigh. My mind keeps drifting to the image of Aaron being rolled out of the room in a rush, Vanessa passing out and the blood on the floor.
We walk back to the car. The drive back to the hospital was long and silent. I walk into the waiting room and over to Veronica. I kiss her as she opens her eyes from her nap.
"Hey." She smiles.
"Has the doctor given you any updates?" I mutter.
"Nope." She yawns and kisses me again
"Go back to sleep. I love you, Angel Eyes." I smirk and give her one last peck on the cheek. I start to walk back but get called by Roni's voice.
"Where are you going?" She whines.
"I have to go back to the station but I'll be right back after that. Bye."
I find Izzie waiting for me outside.
"Hurry up." She urges.
"Why should I? We have no lead. We have nothing." I comment.
"Are you an idiot?"Izzie disagrees.
"I'm just saying. Why try working on a case we can't solve." I propose. She walks closer to me and slaps my face, hard.
"You're giving up? We've been on this case for a day. Do you want to quit on Vanessa, your girlfriend, and Aaron. Being a detective takes guts. If you are this weak, why did you take this case?" Izzie huffs.
"I'm sorry. Everything is just getting to me." I sigh.
"Well, you have to be strong if you want to be a real detective." Izzie advises
Back at the Station
"We should ask forensics about that piece of metal and the bullet shell." Izzie says.
"Ok." We walk down to the forensics lab.
"Hey, Briggs. We sent you a piece of metal and the bullet shell yesterday night." I address
"Oh of course. Here." She pulls out a little bag. "The bullet was a 9mm. And for the piece of metal, It was a simple steel material but it had a bit of red paint on the side, I'm guessing from a stamp of some kind." She says.
I examine the metal. As I look at the red paint more and more, I realize that it was part of USC's symbol.
"Izzie, follow me." I order.
I lead us to my office.
"So, I was looking at the weird red paint on the metal." I say. "And I realized that it's half of-"
"USC's logo." She realizes too.
"Exactly." I eagerly say.
"But where is it from." I murmur.
"Vince, what if this is a piece of a drone? Vanessa said they were looking into each other's faces for a long time before the shooting occurred. They wouldn't have heard the drone either because of the crashing waves, right?" She points out.
"The only thing is most drones usually have lights or something illuminating. Also, how would the metal even break off like this." I acknowledge.
"The drone could have been made to not light up. Maybe the gun blasted some pieces of!" She countered.
"Iz, that's just a theory." I argue.
"A theory that we can test. I'm sure Sienna has some spare or broken drones we can take." She defends.
"Ok. Let's go back." I say.
Veronica POV
I'm was playing on my phone, when the young resident and surgeon come out. Nessa is still sleeping, so we have a quiet conversation.
"So, Aaron's injuries were quite more severe than we thought. We took out the rest of the bullet fragments still inside, but we still need to go in one or two more times. Aaron has a minor concussion as well. He will be put in the ICU again until he recovers and we will go back into the OR again." The surgeon explains.
"Thank you." I whisper. I stroke Nessa's face, intending for her to slowly wake up.
"Hey, Nessa? Aaron's ok but he's going to have a few more surgeries." I slowly say.
"Ok. Roni, I'm scared." I could see tears well up in her eyes hazel eyes. "He is the love of my life. I can't lose him. What if I lose him?" She asks.
"He will be all right. I promise. I love you." I say.
I don't believe in the twin telepathy thing, but somehow I could feel every heart wrenching pain she was feeling. All I ever want in life is for her to be happy.
A/N I hoped you guys liked this chapter! Who do you think shot Aaron? 🤔🤔
I love all of you! Have a good day!-Maddie
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General Fiction*READ THE BEGINNING OF THE END BEFORE* El Diablo changed their lives. But after Aaron gets shot, Vanessa has never been more terrified in her life. As she tries to adapt of having the knowledge that Aaron might not be by her side, Vincent tries to f...
