In the Blink of an Eye

Chapter 21: I love you, Sissy

Alec's POV

Siayla is wonderful. I understand why Liel wants her so badly. If he didn't say anything about him liking her, I would've made a move, but I can see the way he looks at her. The way she looks at him. I don't want to ruin that.

I follow Siayla out of the bathroom and I look around with my gun at the ready. I then hear the cocking of a gun behind me and Siayla whirls around. I stay put, afraid if I move a muscle, it's going to be worse.

Siayla looks at me in the eyes and then she does the unexpected.

Siayla pushes me out of the way just as the enemy pulls the trigger.

"No!"

The bullet hits Siayla's stomach and a look of pain washes over her face. She doesn't fall or anything. She raises her gun, and she pulls the trigger.

I watch as the guy falls to the floor with a bullet hole in his head. Siayla stumbles to the floor and I hear the enemies come out to see what happened.

It doesn't even take me a second to react before I am shooting any enemies who even dare to pop up in my line of sight.

"Alec?! What happened?! Why isn't Siayla answering," Liel yells and I look at Siayla and I see her sitting against the wall, staring at her gun that's laying on the floor.

"Si... She's been shot in her stomach. You need to come quickly. I think she went into shock," I say and I run a hand through my hair. I walk up to Siayla and I kneel next to her. "Siayla. Cupcake. Why are you staring at the gun like that?"

"I... Don't like using guns... Because of what happened when I was ten... Years old," she gets out in a raspy voice. I hear the guys on the comms hiss and curse. Some are injured, I can tell from the pain in their voices. And the others are most likely worried for Siayla, like me.

I connect the comms to Headquarters and I take a deep breath.

"This is Agent One. I need rescue teams at Agent Thirty's house ASAP," I say and I hear typing in the background.

"We'll be there in five minutes tops, Agent One," a receiver said on the other side of the comms and I growl.

"This is Chief Agent Twelve. You better get here faster than that. Kid Wassim was shot in her stomach. We need that rescue team as soon as possible. That means in two minutes,"  Chief growls into the comms and I hear more typing in the background.

"Two minutes it is, Sir." I smirk knowing everyone- except Siayla- is afraid of Chief. Hell, no one even calls him anything other than Chief... Except Si and Mr. Wilkins. But Mr. Wilkins is actually afraid of Chief.

Three minutes later, the rescue teams drive up and they come into the mansion. One team stays downstairs and the other comes up to where Siayla and I are.

"I can't make it up there. These bastards are making me stay here so they can fix up my leg. Take care of Siayla, Alec. I am trusting you," Liel says and I nod, only now realizing that he can't see me. "I know you nodded, Idiot. We've been best friends since we were in diapers. I know you better than you know yourself."

I chuckle and I look at the rescue paramedics lifting Siayla into the gurney. I frown at her pain-filled expression and I walk up to them.

"You better be careful with her," I growl and the paramedics cower back in fear. Being one of the best agents in the Agency comes with its perks. A butt load of respect is one of those perks.

"Yes, Agent One. Sorry," one of them replied and they began moving Siayla towards the stairs. "Be careful. Pick her up while we descend the stairs. This is the only-"