When Worlds Collide

Chapter 12

*ANNA'S POV*

     I kept perfectly still, praying that he would just leave and not investigate. But I was unlucky. The blankets were pulled back as two familiar brown eyes stared into my ice ones. I flung myself back, off the bed, in panic, ripping the IV drip out of my arm painfully. I screamed, both in pain and fear, but was quickly cut off by Alex's hand covering my mouth. "Bad girl... we wouldn't want anyone coming in, now would we? After all, I'm the only one with a key, so they'd have to break down the door. They could get hurt that way. And then I'd have to kill them for interrupting us." He pulled out a gun, brandishing it in my face as evidence. "You wouldn't want that, would you? Their deaths on your hands?" I shook my head rapidly. He slowly took his hand from my mouth. "Good girl. Now, I want to finish the job on you this time." I was confused, so I found my voice.
     "On me this time? What do you mean?" He smirked cruelly, making me fearful of whatever his next sentence may be. He spoke calmly and triumphantly.
     "Oh, didn't you hear? Your precious Eli is in the hospital. I put him there. Shot him full of slow-acting toxins that I made myself. He still has a chance. But I'm the only one with the antidote. And after I kill you, I'm destroying it. That way, I'm killing two birds with one stone. He should wake up soon. And die soon after. But at least he'll get to see your dead body." An emotion I'd never felt before pulsed deep inside of me. I threw Alex off of me, sending the gun clattering to the floor, along with him, in shock. I was shocked too. I'd never fought back, never had a reason to. But right now, there was only one desire running through my head. I grabbed the gun, and without thinking twice, I shot Alex in the head.