Brooklyn Revival (completed)

Chapter 52- The Truth

Magnus groaned as he started to come around and screwed his eyes shut as the room spun a little. He sat up, completely forgetting that he had people in his room, and looked around for Alec before spotting the pair by the window as the looked out. Magnus frowned when it all came back to him before squinting at the pair as he tried to see their faces when they both looked at him and he gasped.

"C-Camille? But... how? what? What's going on?" He asked in shock as he looked at the man and saw it was the man from the pictures. Jonathon.

"Hello, Magnus. What's up? You look like you've seen a ghost" She mocked as she came over and sat on the bed.

"But you died... you... the police..." Magnus mumbled out, not really knowing what he was saying.

"Oh please, all that took was some persuading from me with the coroner to fake the identity of who died. Unfortunately, Lilith died that night when it was meant to be you! She looks like me a little so we could get away with it to make you pay for what you did!" Camille glared and Jonathon came over.

"I don't understand. I didn't do anything" Magnus whimpered out as he looked down.

"You and that father of yours made me look like a fool! You left me for that bloke. Asmodeus left me for his mother and then got engaged to her! She left him to be with your dad! So you and your father had to pay, but you ruined it. They left for a weekend together and died because I cut the brake lines. Luckily, Jonathon knows it wasn't my fault. That it was yours! So now... well, now you have to pay for it." Camille explained.

"It's a shame that boyfriend of yours isn't here. I would have loved to slit his throat and made you watch him bleed to death" Jonathon snarled. "But he is down there with that fucking PI of yours! That bastard ruined our plans. He found out the truth so we had to move fast!"

"I... Camille, please. I didn't mean to hurt you. I... I'm sorry but you can't hold my father's actions against me. Please" Magnus cried.

"Fuck off. You both are disgusting and deserve all the misery you get!" Camille spat out. "That piece of shit cut me out of his fucking will! It was going to you, all of it! I had just convinced him to give it to me when he met Lilith and he didn't submit it. He was making a new one, to give it to her but then he died and didn't submit that either so you've gotten everything."

"So this is about money? Camille, I don't care about the money. You can have your apartment. I'll give it to you. Your apartment and a million dollars? please! You can have it, just let me go!" Magnus pleaded.

"No. No way. I have a better idea" Camille smiled sweetly. "This is your will. Your new will. You are going to sign here and hand it over to me, all of it"

"If I sign it... you will go and leave me alone?" Magnus asked her.

"You will sign it. The police are outside and will do anything to save a hostage, bless them. I will demand to speak to a notary who will come and sign too, so it is legal. Then I will kill you and me and Jon will leave" She explained.

"You think they are just going to let you walk away?" Magnus frowned. "You're crazy!"

"DON'T CALL ME CRAZY!" She screamed and pulled the gun out. "I WILL KILL YOU"

"Calm down Cam," Jonathon said as he put his hand on her shoulder. "if you kill him now this will all be for nothing"

"Fine" She snapped bitterly and walked back to the window. "Pathetic. Looks like that Alec is crying"

"Aww, let me look" Jonathon mocked as he headed to the window. "Shoot him... You're a good aim Cam, you could get a clean shot through his head"

"Good idea. Send a message to everyone" Camille laughed as she pulled out the gun and aimed it

Magnus looked at the pair as they looked out the window and then to the door. He knew he had to make a run for it. To save Alec. If he got shot then he wouldn't care but he couldn't let them shoot Alec so he had to make a distraction and fast. Quietly, he stood up and then ran. He ran like it was his life as he rushed out the door and slammed it before heading to the bank of elevators. He repeatedly hit the button but could hear the pair shouting as they neared and looked up to see the elevator wasn't working.

"MAGNUS GET BACK HERE!" Jonathon screamed as he ran.

Magnus didn't stop running as he made his way to the stairwell and started to run as fast as he could down them. He made it down a flight of stairs before hearing the door above slam open with Jonathon and Camille on his case. He had just turned the corner when he heard a gunshot that missed him as he ran down another flight of stairs.

"YOU BASTARD! WE WILL CATCH YOU!" Camille yelled.

Magnus ignored them. He just ran. He hoped he could get away from them. He knew he needed to make more distance between him and them because he wouldn't be able to make it out the stairwell and through the lobby without them managing to shoot him. His mind was on a drastic plan but he hoped it would work. He just managed to make it to the first floor and rushed through the door and closed it as quietly and as quickly as he could before running down a hallway. He was pleased when he didn't hear that door open and hoped he had tricked the pair into thinking he had run down to the ground floor.

He made his way to a hallway window and looked out. He saw Alec and knocked on the window. Various other people looked up and pointed before he noticed Alec look at the commotion and then he looked up and spotted him. He watched as Alec pushed through the crowd but Magnus opened the window to all that it would allow.

"Alec stop! Get back! I'm going to break it!" Magnus called out as the crowd started to back away.

Magnus looked around and found a small table. He pushed everything off it and picked it up before throwing it at the window. It crashed through and he took off his shoe to clean up the edges. He had just made it safe enough to get out when he heard the first-floor door open.

"HE'S UP HERE! I HEARD THE CRASH" Jonathon called out to Camille. "Come on Magnus... I will find you"

Magnus looked behind just as Jonathon rounded the corner and gasped. He wasted no time as he climbed out of the window and dangled down. He heard the crowd gasp as they watched in suspense. Magnus looked up just as Jonathon came to the window and grinned maliciously.

"Please don't.." Magnus whimpered as he felt the barrel of the gun press into his forehead and Alec shouting from under him. Everything felt like it had gone into slow motion. The yelling, the sirens, the gasps from the onlookers. His world stopped as he heard the gunfire and he dropped. His fingers came away from the window ledge as he fell and the crowd screamed loudly.