Exit Wounds

Chapter 17

Veronica twisted the knob on the door and entered the small room slowly. She was listening and looking, but only heard Mac panting from her chair.

"Veronica!" Mac smiled as she looked up at her friend. "You look amazing!"

Veronica chuckled and walked inside. She was still on the lookout for traps. "Mac. If you are tied up, I can come back." She winked to her brunette friend.

Gavi stood in the hall and kept an eye out. Veronica was thankful for him to be extra alert so she was able to check on her friend.

"Please, get me out of here." Mac half-sobbed. She lost all her humor and her eyes flooded with tears.

Veronica nodded and knelt down. "I'm going to, Mackie." She pulled out some lock picks and got to work on freeing her hands. One down, Mac wrapped an arm around Veronica and yanked her closer into a tight hug.

"Oh my God, I've missed you." Mac sobbed into Veronica's hair. Veronica grunted a bit, but hugged her friend back.

"Not to interrupt this reunion, but we should get this on the road." Gavi mumbled back at them.

Veronica chuckled softly and nodded while holding Mac with an arm around her back. She looked up at Mac and smiled. "Lots of hugs, but he's right." She got to work on freeing Mac's other hand.

Gunfire sprang out from down the hall and Gavi jumped into the room. His back slammed against the wall as he ducked from incoming gunfire. He hissed as he looked at his arm, but aimed his weapon down the hall and fired back.

Veronica kept working on freeing Mac. Her tone turned serious as she talked over the sound of bullets. "How many?"

"At least two." Gavi grunted out. "I don't think they are aiming for kill shots."

"You got hit." Veronica said as she pulled out a knife and easily freed Mac's feet. She crouched down behind Gavi. She pulled Mac down behind her.

"Graze. I'm fine. Shit burns." Gavi gritted out. He kept his attention to the hall.

"Mac, you stay with Gavi." She didn't bother to look back at Mac. Either Mac would follow her orders or not. "We still have to find Logan."

"I heard him yelling. It sounded like it was down the hall." Mac pointed. "To the left."

Further inside the building, Veronica thought. She expected as much. Adrian knew of Logan. He knew Logan was her date at the dance competition. She was unsure if she gave Adrian any clues of her relationship with Logan. She didn't remember if Logan touched her in a possessive manner or if they had kissed. "What kind of yelling?" Veronica knew, but she wanted to confirm that her long lost love and current lover had been tortured.

"He was in pain." Mac mumbled as if she didn't want to admit it.

Veronica turned and looked to Mac. "Any single gunshots after?" Veronica's eyes squinted a bit and she saw the pinkness to Mac's face. A hand reached up to gently touch Mac's cheek. "You ok?"

Mac nodded. "He slapped me." She shook her head. "No, I didn't hear any gunshots until you two came in."

Veronica nodded and released a puff of air. "Ok. Logan is probably alive. We'll get him."

"We?" Gavi smirked. "I was sure I was going to be in charge of getting Mac out to safety."

"You are. I was talking about the other guys." Veronica grinned back.

Gavi shot out a couple times and Veronica heard grunts of the guys he hit. He stood and peeked out into the hall. "Clear."

"Take Mac the way we came in. Watch your backs. Take her to safety." Veronica stood and looked up at Gavi.