Blood Money - The Sequel

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Come on Aria, just do it. Talk to Haz.
I grab the envelope from my dresser, and take a deep breath. I can do this.
I walk out of the room, upstairs to find Haz.
"Hurry, we gotta get to them before they leave" Ezra calls to the living room, all the men walking out.
"Haz" I say, getting his attention as he walks up to the group.
"I'll meet you guys outside" he says to the group, walking over to me.
"What's up darlin?" He asks. "Gotta be quick though, someone broke into the warehouse and we have no clue what's going on down there"
"Oh.. don't worry about it" I shake my head.
"You sure?" He asks.
"I'm sure, go ahead." I say. "Be safe."
"I will be. I love you." He kisses me quickly before heading out the door.
I sigh, taking the envelope back to my room and hiding it in the dresser. It's okay. I'll tell him when he gets back.
The house is empty, and I'm left all to my lonesome except for the newest recruits. I head down to the range, seeing they're all in there practicing.
"Hey guys" I smile, walking through.
"Hi Aria" Daniel says, being the only one to properly greet me.
"Hows it going? Getting any good?" I ask.
"You tell me" he says, aiming his gun and shooting four times, all center of the target.
"You're doing great! Definitely a lot better than me" I laugh. "I can't wait to tell Tom, he's going to love working with you"
The words I say quickly get everyone's attention, now suddenly they all start showing off, hoping I'll tell Tom about them. Maybe I would have, had they greeted me nicely like Daniel did.
"Keep practicing, I'm going to put in a good word for you tonight" I say a little more quietly to him, patting his shoulder before leaving the range. I like that kid, I want him to do well here.
I decide to take this time to call and make my doctors appointments, getting everything set up, then video chatting Harry and Sam to pass the time.
It's been four hours. There's no reason it should be taking this long.. I send a text to Haz.
Aria: everything okay?
I wait a minuet, anxiously wanting a response, and quick.
My phone starts to ring, and I let out a sigh or relief, seeing it's Haz.
"Hey" I answer.
"Aria-" the line is staticy and I can't make out what he's trying to say.
"Haz I cant hear you" I say.
He's still cutting out, he must have terrible reception where he's at.
"-out of there. We're coming!" Is all I make out before the call drops.
Out of there? He wants me to leave the house?
Oh no...
I quickly stand from the couch, wishing I had my gun with me. I quietly move into the hallway, looking down both sides to make sure it's safe. I walk out, headed towards the front door. I stop at Toms office, he keeps a gun in his drawer, going to need that.
I hear someone.. and it's too quiet for it to be any of the guys here. Fuck.
I step into the office, and walk over to the desk, opening the drawer and slowly and quietly as I can.
Fuck! He took the gun!
I can either stay in here.. or I can leave without a weapon..
Haz told me to get out.. that's what I need to do.
My heart pounds as I walk down the hallway, making sure to look into every room I pass. Who knows what's going on.. but it sounds bad..
"Aria" my name is said, by a voice I don't recognize.
I stop in my place, looking around, but seeing no one.
"Oh Aria, they were so worried about their stupid warehouse, they didn't worry about protecting the real prize" the man says, exiting from a room into the hallway. I look at him. His dark eyes and wrinkly face give me a sick feeling in my stomach. One of Barrett's men.
"What do you want?" I ask.
He laughs, looking at me like I'm stupid.
"You, darling." He says. "They took the most important person from us, so we're doing the same to them"
"If you hurt me, they will not hesitate to kill you." I state.
"If they can catch me." He says, his voice as hard as a brick. He pulls out a gun, aiming it at my head. He knows I'm helpless. He knows I'm unarmed.
"Please.. I'm pregnant." I say.
"Then it's only a bigger loss for them." He says.
He's disgusting.
He walks closer to me, the barrel of the gun pressing to my forehead.
"Drop the fucking gun" I hear.
I look over to the other end of the hallway, seeing Daniel with his gun pointed at the man.
"You don't want to do that kid." The man shakes his head. "Just gotta get rid of her. That's all."
"She's my family. You're not going to fucking touch her." Daniel says, walking closer.
"Don't try me kid.." the man says.
"Daniel it's okay.." I say.
His eyes flick over to me for a split second before going back to the man.
"You know I'm going to kill you. Put the gun down." Daniel orders.
The man looks at me, quickly moving his gun over to Daniel who presses his finger to the trigger of his gun, shooting the man dead center in the forehead. His body drops to the ground and I quickly back away from the scene.
The front door busts open and the men all make their way in, Haz and Tom running over to me.
"Are you okay? What happened?" Tom asks worriedly.
"I'm okay.. I'm fine" I nod. "Daniel saved my life. Literally."
Toms eyes flick down to the dead body on the ground, then over to Daniel.
"Good work, kid. Thank you." He says.
"Baby I'm so sorry I wasn't here- I didn't know the call would cut out like that, I wanted to warn you!" Haz says frantically and I hug him.
"I'm okay Haz. Everything is okay." I say.
He pulls away, kissing my forehead.
"He was going to kill me.. but Daniel showed up and shot the fucker right in the head" I say.
"Proud of you." Haz says.
"Just doing my job sir" Daniel nods, a proud smile on his face.
"Thank you Daniel."

A/N: if you've read pistols and petals: Daniel reminds me of Jackson so much I'm gunna cry😭😭 I miss Jackson haha