| VEXED |

chapter | fifty three

I ran as fast as I could over to Gideon's chair and began untying him. "Alex- go." he croaked out, and I shook my head, "No, not without you." I responded, ripping the rope off of him. 

I freed him and helped him out of his chair. I put his arm around my shoulders and hurried to the exit door, a man from Des's side ran in front of me, trying to take him away again. "Let her go." Des demanded, she gave me a nod and I returned it before heading out of the big warehouse doors. 

"He needs medical attention." I spoke to Theo who looked at me hesitantly. "There's no time for argument, help him here if you don't have the supplies then take him somewhere that does, now." I ordered and Theo nodded, helping him from me and walked off with him.

"Are you okay?" Ethan asked quickly and walked over to me. "I wanted to go out there so bad but Jordyn convinced me you had it under control." he rolled his eyes. 

"Alex your neck," Grayson commented making his way over to me. "I'm fine, I swear." I responded, calming them down. 

"I have to go back in there and fight for so many reasons." I said, and Jordyn nodded, "I'm going with you." he said. 

"I can't let you do that. If Larce sees you fighting against him, God knows what he'll do." I argued. "Larce got my mom killed, I've been waiting for a moment like this for a long time." he responded. I can't keep him from avenging his mom, that's not my place.

"We're going too." Ethan said, and I gave him a look. "Your one of Larce's number one targets." I protested, but he shook his head. "I don't care," he argued and I let out a breath. "I don't have time to argue. Stay out of larce's view and don't distract me." I responded. 

They nodded, and I grabbed my bow and walked back inside. 

*

There were many bodies lying on the floor, the fighting was still going on but not as bad. I shot for legs or shoulders, never a kill shot.

A guy ran at me with a blade, too quick for me to fire an arrow. I blocked it with my bow, but he was stronger. I pushed him off of me finally, but he came at me again. Before he reached me, a stick hit the side of his head very hard, knocking him unconscious. "I'm getting good with this thing." Ethan laughed, and I smiled at him. 

He ran in a different direction and I continued taking out as many vulnerable people as I could. "I'm sorry for everything I did to you, if I had known you were my daughter, and your fathers, I would have never done any of it." Des spoke from beside me. 

"To be fair I wanted you dead also. You almost killed Ethan, and now im fighting a war that you and Larce started, so." I responded as I fired off another arrow taking someone else down. "You know your dad used a bow, I don't know how I missed the resemblance." she responded, as she fired her gun at someone. 

"I would love to stay and chat but." I laughed and so did she. "Go kick some ass." She responded and I nodded. 

"Hold your fire." Larce yelled as he saw me holding my bow up once more, this time close to him. 

Des held her hand up and signaled the same thing. Jordyn came and stood beside me, and I saw  Ethan, Grayson, and Jackson in my rear sight. Jackson was kicking ass out here earlier.