Unexpected Hero

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Half way through the set a commotion had started, and of course they were used to the screaming and crying, and a few fainters, but this had been a different kind of commotion. People were falling over and hitting the floor, a few made it towards the exit, but didn't actually want to leave. Scott was singing his solo and Mitch looked over at him and noticed that he was subtly looking around, and he had this look on his face. Mitch knew that look, Scott was ready to book it out of there. Then a loud bang went off and everyone in the venue hit the floor including Mitch and Scott. Mitch knew that noise, and he knew it well. His dad and uncle would occasionally go out shooting in the desert and while Mitch had never actually taken part in said shooting he was close enough to know what it sounded like. He looked to his right and Avi was getting Kirstie up off the ground and getting her off stage, Kevin right behind them. Soon the three were out of sight. Mitch was on his belly and looked to his left, where Scott still remained, he had been frozen in place, it didn't even look like he was breathing. Mitch started army crawling a foot or two over to Scott. There was a different kind of scream sounding throughout the venue now. Sirens could be just barely heard over the overwhelming noise, the bangs and pops could be heard about a minute apart, and soon they stopped. Mitch briefly looked up and saw who was making all of the commotion. It was the man that had been sending them threats for as long as a year. He was slowly making his way towards the stage, not really bothering with people unless they tried to stop him. The security had finally figured out who it was and were on him. Five guards were there that night and they were all surrounding him. Mitch was still army crawling to Scott, though he was farther away then Mitch had thought. Mitch heard five pops go off and he looked at the scene. All of them were injured but a newly hired one was dead. The shooter had began to look around and he finally met eyes with Mitch, and smiled eerily. Mitch froze for a second and soon realized that that wasn't going to work this time. The shooter had a small gun. Mitch was going to guess a two-toned Beretta Pico .380 semiautomatic pistol. He now knew how easy it was to sneak it in, that could have fit in a shoe, or a big coat and wouldn't have been felt. He had ammo in his sweater pocket that he was reloading with. Mitch knew the gun couldn't make a shot that far and the guy was walking to the stage, getting closer in range with every step. Scott making no effort to even blink, he looked like a statue. Mitch knew Scott had never been around a gun in his life, let alone hear one go off, shit, let alone having one that would be pointed at your head in a few minutes. Mitch got up from his crawl position and made it over to Scott, the man walking a little faster now. Mitch was pulling with all his might on Scott's arm, but he had bolted himself to the floor. Mitch has stooped down and was trying to slap Scott out of his trance but it was no use. Just then Mitch couldn't help but feel betrayed that three of his friends had left him out there. Mitch wasn't going to leave Scott out there for dead, he just couldn't, and he couldn't believe that Kirstie would.

"GET YOUR BIG ASS OFF THE FUCKING FLOOR SCOTT", Mitch screamed. Scott had shaken out of it, and looked at Mitch his eyes full of tears. "WE NEED TO GO NOW! ARE YOU LISTENING? GET UP!", Scott looking out into the seats and saw the venue was pretty much empty except for a guy coming towards them, a shiny weapon in hand. Scott got up and Mitch had immediately grabbed his wrist and sprinted off the stage to the back. They had ran until they heard screaming.

"LET ME GO! HOW CAN WE LEAVE THEM OUT THERE! THEY ARE OUR BEST FRIENDS, PUT ME THE FUCK DOWN AVI!", Kirstie was losing her mind, Mitch had guessed that she had realized shortly after those three went off stage that Mitch and Scott hadn't followed, and Avi wasn't letting her go back.

"Kirstie, I know I'm sorry, I can't let you. I know you love them but it too dangerous!" Avi sounded like he was close too if not already in tears. Mitch and Scott were getting closer to Kirstie and her screams. They rounded the corner and there they were, both Avi and Kevin trying to hold back Kirstie and they were having a hard time doing it. Mitch still had Scott's hand and was running towards them as fast as possible, they needed to be quite so they could hide. The three didn't even notice the other two run up until Mitch collided into Kirstie and hugged her so tight.

"MITCH! SCOTT! OH MY GOD!" Kirstie was bawling into Mitch's jacket. Mitch slapped his hand over Kirstie's mouth, they were going to get found.

"Shhhhhhhhh, we need to be low and quiet, this is the rule ok? Run, hide, fight. We need to get out of here and we need to be quite, everyone take off your shoes." All shoes were removed and hidden so the attacker didn't know where to look, Kirstie had also removed her loud bracelets and discarded them, along with putting her ring in her bra for safekeeping. They had stayed behind furniture and show equipment to stay covered. This was a venue they were not familiar with so they didn't know where the exits were. They had finally started to hear loud footsteps and a taunting call.

"Oh my little gay boys, come out, come out wherever you are. I have two bullets with your names on them", the attacker was calling. He was closer than Mitch had thought and he started pointing to Kevin's dressing room to go inside, because it was the closest room. They all scattered in, and Scott softly shut the door behind them, and proceeded to lock it. The lights were shut off and no one was going to turn them on.

"Ok guys we need to hide in here." Mitch quietly said. Kevin, Scott, and Avi got the biggest spots while Mitch and Kirstie got smaller spots. Though Scott and Mitch were close enough that they had reached out and grasped each other hands for comfort. Now all that was left was to wait.