Liberating Changes [Joavin]

before I see his eyes close

TW: Guns

Kevin POV
We run down the halls. We run up stairs. We run to room 113. We run to Joaquin. We run to my angel.

Tonj takes a Bobby pin from her hair and successfully picks the lock once again. We walk into see Joaquin, curled up in a ball in his bed as if he was scared of who would walk through the door. I run over to him and pull him into a tight hug. He relaxes into my arms and hugs back with a weak grip. He starts to cry into my shoulder which makes me hug him tighter.
"Don't worry baby, we're going to save you" I whisper against his ear as I take his hand and pull him up.

We all start running down the hall when Joaquin stops and runs back. We follow him, all confused and curious. He leads up to the room next to his and picks the lock. He wakes up the sleeping boy inside and then moves on to a room a few doors down. He picks the lock once again and wakes up the sleeping girl. Then, we all start running again.

We are a long hall for the exit when we here yelling and footsteps behind us. We see the sisters approaching. We all run 10× faster until we hear a gunshot and my grip on Joaquin disappears. He has fallen to the floor, blood coming from his lower chest. I run to him without a second thought and see that he's crying. I hear that he's making soft noises of pain as if he's begging for it to stop. More gunshots are heard as our friends aim at the sisters, scaring them off.

I hold Joaquin tight to my chest. I hear Jug call an ambulance. I hear Joaquin's heavy breathing. I hear him whisper,
"I love you Kevin," before I see his eyes close...