Internal affairs

chapter 8- the duel

She shook her head, "should've let it go..."

Alex walks up to Jefferson "I will make sure you pay for this"

"Bring it, Hamilton." He scoffed.

"Conffer with your men the duel will commence after the count of ten"

Alex turned around and drew first position

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10 paces "FIRE"

Thomas Jefferson grabbed his gun and fiddled with the trigger.

Alex points the gun twards the sky and shoots.

Thomas tried to shoot but his gun had jammed. "Merde." He cursed in French.

Alex has a split second decition he could fire again at jefferson or he could not

Alex turns around and sees laurens his face shocked

Eliza looked at Alex and gave him a look of, 'shoot the bastard damnit'

Alex is shocked to see Laurens standing there and is blank in thoughts

Thomas continued to curse as he tried to fix his gun.

"L-laurens"

John looked at Alex and had a blank expression. You couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"I-i had to " he said as the bullet peirced his spine

John looked away, not being able to see Alex like that. Eliza screamed. Thomas only smiled.

A single tear went down alex's face as he fell. The docter ran to him and took him to the hospital

They put alex in surgery. As soon as he was out the docter lead john and eliza to the room

Eliza cried and john felt broken. He couldn't express himself. He just looked... dead. He had no expression. He felt dead. He wanted to be dead.

Eliza looked at Alex and continued to cry. John just stood there.

Alex's machines started beeping rapidly

The docters rushed in and un hooked him from the machines

John looked at Eliza, "I shouldn't be here."

"Of course you should, john you are about him so much-"

"Too much." John interrupted. "I can't see him like this."