Worth it All

Chapter 9

"I'm only gonna ask you once, because my friends have already tried the nice route. Where. Is. She." William smiled at the horrified croak that came out of the guys mouth, he really wanted to answer. If he didn't, he'd have a good twenty stories to think about why he should have.
"Ok, ok! She's at Karma's house, on the outskirts of the east side of the city! Please!"
"Thanks." William said as he threw him back on the roof, at Merlin's feet.
"See how much easier that was? Fuck the diplomatic route. Just threaten." He groans as they walk down the stairs, with Merlin complaining the whole way. They finally make it to the garage.
Glad we made that pit stop...
Merlin hopped in his El Camino, it's matte black color making it next to invisible in the dark, aside from the celtic cross pin stripes. William smiled at the car as he hopped in the charger, it's metallic black had a hint of crimson red, making it look like blood. They gunned it straight to the main road, and down to a near by pawn shop. As they walked in Joe smiled at them.
"Hey, fuck sticks! Welcome, you guys are lucky I know the owner."
"Shut up jackass, show us the guns." They walked down a small set of stairs to s metal door. They opened it and flipped a light switch, the whole room lit up showing off guns, explosives, and all other sorts of weapons.
"Kill me now, I'm in heaven." They ran all over, picking out weapons and ammunition. Merlin walked towards the big black case in the corner of the room and opened it. His mouth dropped at the sight of a 6 cylinder rotating mini gun. He wanted to take it but decided against it, wouldn't be to helpful inside of a house where he wanted to save the girl he loved.
"Ready to go?" Merlin said with a grin. He nodded, and they both walked out with two large duffle bags full of guns and ammo. They loaded them up in the back of the Camino and called Cody to find a place to meet up and plan.

<Scarlet>
I am so sick of being knocked out and waking up in random places...
This time she was in a solid red room, the only thing not red was the bed sheets and the furniture, all of which was high end and looked very expensive. She went to stand again but stopped herself and looked at her feet, this time she wasn't chained. She sighed in relief at that until she realized she wasn't wearing her clothes, which were in a neat pile on the dresser near by. She blushed bright red with embarrassment and pure rage. She quickly got dressed and kicked open the door, no guards this time either. She walked down the hall and into the kitchen, which had an amazing view of a forest and river. She stopped to admire it and heard someone cooking in the kitchen, and getting quite angry. She barged straight in to see Karma attempting to cook breakfast.
"Where am I this time, and I dare you to try and do that sleeper hold shit again." Her fists were clenched and she was ready for a fight. He just glared at her and finished breakfast, he walked over towards the table and handed her a plate.
"You're going to be here for a bit, and while we may not like each other you should still eat."
"Why are you trying to be nice now?" She stared at him suspiciously, already not that trusting.
"Would you feel better if I told you that the entire perimeter is surrounded by mines, traps, and that you have a collar around your neck? If you try to leave the building it'll fry you." He smiled in satisfaction as she suddenly grabbed her neck in surprise. "I told you, you're gonna be here until your boyfriend comes here, I kill him, his friends, and then you." She roared with rage as she picked up a knife from the table and threw it at him, it narrowly missing and hitting the chair next to his head.
"He's not my boyfriend."
"Then why is he so protective over you? And you so defensive about him not being your boyfriend?" He actually looked curious. Scarlet let out an irritated sigh as she sat down, knowing she might as well tell him about it or he wouldn't shut up.
"There did use to be an us, a while back."
"What happened?"
"Shit hit the fan, he was kind and sweet and protective, no matter what all he wanted was me happy. He did everything he could to make it happen and just seeing me made his day. I was happy, I really was, he was perfect." Scarlets eyes looked deeply sad and upset, like she was remembering it all.
"If things were so great, then why did it end?"
"He became suffocating, he panicked so easily over me and... it just became too much." Karma stopped eating and stared at her. His next words were actually surprising and caught even him off guard.
"Give him a chance." Scarlet stared at him across the table, equally surprised.
"Why do you care?"
"I don't, but I know he cares about you. He's obviously changed at least a little and is trying to make things right. I'm an asshole and I really am going to kill all of you, but he had genuine love in his eyes when he hit me after giving you that look. You mean alot to him." Scarlet took a deep breathe, not believing she was hearing this from this jackass of all people.
"We will see."
"Yes we will, now eat, then get the fuck back in my room before I throw you in and lock the door."