Trust Must be Earned

Chapter 19

Here we go. This is it. No turning back now. I had Dylan, X, Derek, Quincy, and Tatianna here with me. The six of us were standing in Nico Armani's wearhouse ready to fight, what would be, the last battle of this gang war. We had dozens of rifles locked and loaded and the element of surprise was on our side. If we made all the right moves there would be dead Gods tonight.

"Be safe and be smart angel." I kissed Tatianna's forehead as we crouched down behind some crates in the front of the giant open room. We all took our respective places and prepared ourselves. About ten minutes later the Gods showed up.

"Ciao Javon." Nico said simply.

"Yo where's our shipment." He said getting right to the point.

"Why don't I have the boys load it up for you?" Armani suggested.

"No I wanna check the boxes." Javon spoke in a clipped tone. I saw him walk over the the stack where Dylan was hiding. He opened a box and immedialty drew his gun.

"Armani why are they empty?! I'm going to assume you mad a mistake and our real shipment is in the back. Because we both know what will happen if you double cross me." Javon seethed.

"Those are the wrong boxes Mr. Javon. I will be right back." Nico scurried away and disappeared behind a large steel door in the back of the room. Javon started walking around the room. He cocked his gun.

"Boys, let's go." He said in a tone that made my skin crawl. All of the sudden the two boys at his side had their weapons out and both gaurds were down and bleeding from the forehead. The ultimate kill shot...right between the eyes. Before I could fully process the fact that two of the people that were on our side had just been shot and killed, Dylan had killed those two boys. Javon began to panic.

"What the fuck is this?!" He roared.

"This is the end." Dylan said calmly. Every one of the gods had their guns pointed at my older brother. The rest of us were still hiding. X popped out from behind the stack and shot the third member. It was just a stomach shot, but at least he would bleed out. I took a breath; it was my turn. I stepped out, and when Javon saw me a crooked smirk spread accross his face.

"Go for it boys. But no one touch little James. He's mine." And with those words I took off running. Shots rang out and a few screams were heard. I knew Javon wanted revenge for killing his little brother. Tatianna screamed out and I cringed. But there was no way in hell that I could do anything for her at this point. We both knew that we were on our own. I had now made a complete circle around the wearhouse. I couldn't see anyone but I could hear screams, gun shots and the occasional sound of bodies hitting the floor. I said a prayer in my head and waited for Javon. I couldn't run from him forever. I guess this is the part in all great stories when the hero is face to face with the enemy, and the only matters right now is weather or not my hero story has a happy ending.

"Little AJ James. It's about time we meet." Javon came into my line of sight.

"Javon you're going to die the same death your brother did. Staring down the barrel of my gun."

"Go ahead AJ shoot me but you know that if I go down I'm going down with my finger holding the trigger. It's you or it's both of us. You're choice but either way you die." He shrugged. I gritted my teeth and pulled the trigger

"AJ!" I heard someone scream my name and it was over in a flash. I wasn't dead but Javon was! I had done it. It was all over. I took a deep breath and thanks God. Then I looked down. X was the flash I saw. He had jumped in front of me. He looked up at me with hooded eyes.

"AJ I love you like you are my own little brother. Take care of yourself and of Dylan. Ok?" Then he closed his eyes. I think I screamed but I don't really know. My head was clouded.

"No. Xavier! Please stay with me! Open your eyes bro! Open your eyes." I yelled and kept patting his face. I tried to make him open his eyes but he wouldn't. He can't be dead. This can't be happening. This is all my fault. I did this.

"AJ. It's over, he's dead." Dylan looked down at me with tear filled eyes. Only once had I ever seen my brother cry and that a day that will haunt me forever. Now so will this. I looked behind me and Javon's body wasn't there. That fucking bastard is still alive! I got up and started running. I had no idea where I was going until I heard Tatianna scream! How could I have forgotten!?

"Tatianna?!" I yelled out to her. My throat was starting to get raw from all this screaming. I found her curled up in a corner. Javon was tracing a knife up and down her body.

"Get the fuck of off her!" I hissed.

"That's fine I'm done with her anyway." He chuckled as he stepped away from her. I gasped. Tatianna's face was covered in blood. I could already see bruises forming on her arms and legs. I rushed to her side.

****Tati's POV****

Andre was here. I was safe now. I have no idea what had happened to everyone else tonight but my baby was safe. When everyone took off I headed to the back of the wearhouse so I could be waiting for anyone that made their way back there. One of the gods found me and he tried to shoot me. Naturally he missed. We ended up fighting because I'd managed to get our guns out of reach. So we were doing hand to hand combat. I'm generally really good at that. But he kicked my legs out from undernieth me and I hit the ground. He just kept laying into me. His punches never let up. I was crying but no one could here me. After a while, a very bloody Javon came to us and told the other guy to leave. Javon took out a knife and began to taunt me telling me how he'd killed my boyfriend and he was gonna kill me. That was when I screamed and I heard Andre call back so I knew he wasn't dead. Andre came for me and now he was at my side. Javon was still standing there but he wasn't angry. He was calm, too calm. Then he made a sudden movement.

"Andre!" I shrieked. Javon had stabbed him in the side. He looked me in the eyes and laughed. He actually laughed at my pain. Then he ripped the knife out. I was immediately there putting pressure on his wound. That was when I realized that I was just bait. Javon used me to get to Andre knowing he would come looking for me. This can't be happening. This is all my fault. I did this.

"Help me! Somebody please help me!" I cried out. I wasn't even sure if anyone was still alive. "Dyaln! X! Derek! Nico! Quincy!"

"Tatianna, I love you." Andre coughed out.

"Baby please don't go. I love you so much!" I sobbed. Andre closed his eyes and I screamed again.

"Somebody? Anybody? Please don't die on me Dre." I sobbed. This couldn't be real. This was the end of our story? How could it be?

A/N: Hi little monsters! Sorry it's been a while. Honestly, updates are not gonna be as frequent so Imma stop lying to you. Lol but yeah so this was the final gang mission. And you all know that I hate happy endings. Because in real life they don't exist. So with that thought, you all came take guesses on weather or not Andre and X are really dead. Please vote and comment on how you feel!! I love feed back!! I love you all. Please don't be mad at me! 😘😘😘