Descent

June 17th, 2018 Pt. 3

Maria looked around the building, "Alife? Are you here?" She called out.

She had gotten here awhile ago and rushed in. She still couldn't find her brother. She looked in the meeting room and saw his bag.

Check it.

She didn't know why, but she just had a feeling to check it. Maria walked closer to the bag an look in. 

Her stomach dropped.

Alfred always carried guns with him. She knew he had one in his jacket, two in his main car, and one in every bag he carried.

It wasn't here.

Her heart started to race, "Maska!!!!' She screamed out, "Maska!!!! America!!!! Alfred!!!!!"

She ran all over the building. She had to find him.

Now.

But she couldn't, he was nowhere to be found-wait.

The roof, that's where her family would sometimes hang out if they were early to meetings. But her stomach dropped even more. 

Alfred on the roof with a gun and he's not going through the best of times right now....

She rushed to the stairs. 

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It felt like forever but she finally got up there. 

And the first sight Maria saw was her brother standing on the edge of a building with a gun pointed at his head. 

"Aaahhhhh!!!!" She screamed before kicking into action and rushing forward. Trying to grab the gun, but she came in with too much force, knocking both her and Alfred down.

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Alfred felt his self falling. He opened his eyes, how did this happen? He had felt a force knock into him and a second later here he was.

But that scream.... he recognized that voice anywhere.

Maria.

Where was she?  He turn to his side and saw her. Her eyes were wide open, she looked like she was trying to register what was happening but didn't know how.

His protective big brother instincts kicked in and he immediately grabbed his baby sister and pulled her to his chest, they had a little while before they hit the ground and when they did hit it, Alfred didn't want Maria to feel the impact. He held onto her tightly and felt her do the same.

Alfred tried to move his body in air to try and get them to fall on the grass. But he couldn't do it in time.

BAM

They hit the ground. But as they did, Alfred heard a gunshot and turned to see his gun lying a little ways away from them. 

It was pointed at them.

"Mar, are you okay?" He quickly asked. 

Maria groaned in pain and looked up at him before slumping back down. And that's when he felt it.

A warm liquid. He raised up his hand.

Blood.

"What?' He sat up the best he could at the moment and felt his heart stop. The blood was coming from Maria, her back. 

Oh damn, the gun.

When it fell and hit the ground it went off. And at the angle they were at.... it hit Maria.