Best Enemies

Rubi

My ears prick up at the sound of Shay's voice, it sounds strained and full of anxious energy. The hand holding my hair loosens for a second and then falls away leaving me free. I run to her without even thinking in a wild blur of hair and tears.
My desperate footsteps pound on the ground leaving echoes stained on the walls. I hug Shay and slowly drag her to the ground, feeling half grateful and half suspicious. Muscles bulge from her arms, thighs and core. Her hair is tied back in a sturdy bun, she is dressed in black tights, leather jacket and combat boots. To be honest she looks...intimidating. 

 My whole life I thought I was in charge of what she did, wore and said. But now I realise that she is her own person and this person is going to throw everything away just for me. It sounds crazy and I can't let it happen.
She is all I have and...? 

Not even a minute ago I was going to do the exact same thing, sacrificing myself to save my friends. I stand in front of her and look her in the eyes.

"You don't have to do this, please don't do this. Is it really worth it. Am I worth it?" My voice breaks at the end of my sentence.
"I know it sounds crazy but they will find me, the police, they know everything. I told them." Shay's eyes fall from mine. A voice behind us snaps,
"So who be it. Who will stay down here for so long their body to rot and their bones to turn to dust?" Her eyes glow in the dim lights. She points her gun towards each of us in turn.  

"The faithful friend" she spits at Hanna,
"A determined enemy," her eyes lock with my own,
"A brutally tortured victim," Nutmeg's face is covered in shadows,
"A quiet achiever," Felix looks up in disapproval,
"The confused heart throb," Peter takes a few steps back,
"and last of all, A new character enters our story. The selfless hero." Finally the gun points towards Shay, whose eyes are closed, breathing heavily. 

"Maybe I was wrong..." she turns away from us, her muscles on her back heaving.
"Wait!" Shay steps in front of us all and opens her eyes. "You can't take us, none of us. You have labelled us vicariously but we are more than it seems. Each of us have different strengths, and together we can fight you." 

Hanna steps forward, then Nutmeg, then Peter, then Felix and finally me.

"You are fools, you can't defeat me, and if I can't take one of you I shall take all of you." Multiple gun shots fire making me flinch with every shot. 

 Her hair whips back as she spins around throwing her arm out and stabilizing the gun at Hanna. 

A small click and then a bang. A scream and then silence...

There is nothing we can say.
 There is nothing we can do. 

You know those moments in movies were something so devastating happens, like a car crash, when the background blurs away and everything is a muffled silence. Usually there is running, screaming, wet tears flowing into open mouths and rain soaked pavements. But now, there is nothing.

We just stare. 

 A trickle of blood flows around our feet, I don't dare to look up. I can't see Hanna's mangled body twisted in all different ways. Her blonde hair will be stained with red liquid and her eyes will be glassy and clouded over. I just can't. But Felix can, he looks up and I hear a small gasp beside me. He takes my hand and I look into his eyes. But instead of sorrow, I just see fear. To curious to stop myself I follow the trail of blood to the lifeless body. 

 To Hanna. 

 But it isn't Hanna who is lying on the ground. 

 It's Shay.  

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Sooooo, yeah...

I am seriously scared of what you dude will say but yea...

Thanks for all the support, 

MOZxx