Enemy || Alexei

Chapter Nine

I SLOWLY BEGIN TO CLOSE MY EYES. "Hey, hey." Alexei says as he shakes me. "Stop it. I'm just tired." I say.

My mom and Murray run towards me. "Oh, my god." My mom says as she drops to her knees. "Mom, please, I'm fine." I say, reassuring her. "You are not fine! You got shot!" She yells as tears fall down her face.

"Mom, I'm fine. Look." I say as I try and get up, but my legs were too weak and I fall back down. "Okay, maybe I can't stand, but it doesn't hurt." I say. "How did this happen?" My mom asks Murray.

"That tall Russian guy Hopper was talking about, came and was about to shoot Alexei but...she pushed him out of the way." Murray says as he looks at me. My mom looks at Alexei and he puts his head down.

"It's okay." She says as she lays her hand on Alexei shoulder. "We have to go." My mom says to Murray.

"Where's Hopper?" I ask her. "He's okay. He's gonna meet us at the car." She says. "Can you walk?" My mom asks. "Really? I can't even fully stand." I say. "Right. Um, Murray can I get some help?" My mom asks and he hurries beside me.

He wraps his arm around my waist and helps me onto my feet. "You okay?" Murray asks, making sure he wasn't hurting me. I nod and we proceed to make our way out of the carnival without people noticing my arm.

Eventually, we make it out. "How you doing?" Murray asks. "I'm fine! Jesus Christ you asked my like three time already." I say rudely. "S-sorry." He stutters.

My mom my stops walking. "What are you doing?" Murray asks and she turns head towards Kline. "Hey! Larry!" My mom calls out as she walks towards him. "Joyce" He says, giving her a smile.

She punches him right in the jaw and I laugh. She lifts him up and kicks him in his groin, causing him to lose his breath. "Я вижу, откуда Сэм получает ее огонь." (I can see where Sam gets her fire from) Alexei says to Murray and he nods.

"Let's go." She says as she walks past us, and we follow. We get to the car and my mom gets in on the driver's side. Alexei opens the door and helps me into the back. Alexei sits next to me and Murray sits next to Alexei.

My mom starts the car and drives behind the carnival. "Hey!" Hopper yells as he runs towards the car and jumps inside the passenger.

"Hit it! Go! Go!" Hopper yells and my mom speeds off. "Jesus, Sam, what happened to your arm." Hopper asks with concern. "Let's just say I wanted to play hero." I say with a weak smile.

The voice from a Walkie Talkie begins to speak. "Hey, translate." Hopper says as he hand the Walkie over to Murray. He grabs it and listen to the conversation. "The children. They're at Starcourt." Murray says and I sigh.

"We have to get there. And fast." I say and my mom shakes her head. "No, we are taking you to a Hospital first."

"Mom, there's no time. Will is there and I'll be damned, if anything ever happens to him." I argue. "You need to be treated!" My mom yells. "And the children need out help! Please, just go!" I yell back.

"Okay." She whispers and I nod. "Damn, that just tired me out." I say as my head lightly falls on Alexei's shoulder.

I look up and see Hopper and Murray smirking at me. "Stop." I say firmly and they turn away, snickering.

My mom drives up to Starcourt and parks near the entrance. Alexei helps me out the car and wraps his arm around my waist to help me walk. We walk inside and immediately heard screams of agonizing pain.

"It's coming from the second floor." I say and we all head up there. We approach a group of people surrounding a girl with a dash in her leg. She throws some kind of slug and Hopper squashes it.

They all turn to us and I see my two brothers. "Sam?" They both say and I smile. "Sam!" They both yell as the run up and hug me.

I groan in pain and they pull back. "Sammy, you're bleeding." Will says worryingly. "What happened?" Johnathan asks. "So, this tiny leprechaun came up to me, and accused me of stealing his pot of gold and he stabbed me. I was shot dingus." I say and they laugh.

"You still joke, even at a time like this." Johnathan says and I shrug. "Who is that?" Will says as he points to Alexei. "That is Alexei, but he speaks Russian so you wont understand what he's saying." I say and Will face drops.

"Sammy, you do know he's part of evil Russian's plan, right?" Will asks and I smile. "It's okay. He's no where near evil." I say and smile at Alexei.