The Angel and Her Protector

Chapter 19

     Lexie slowly made her way to the hospital door, she knew she wouldn't like what she would see on the other side. Her hand trembled as she reached for the handle, slowly turning it and pushing the heavy door open. Her eyes landed on John immediately, the sounds of the machines were all that could be heard.

    John laid there still as can be, Lexie made her way to be by his side. Her hand reached for his and she gave it a light squeeze letting him know she was there. Tears gathered in her eyes as she looked down at his bruised face. She lifted her hand, she moved it slowly towards his face but before she could touch his cheek a voice startled her. "I thought I'd never see you again," John's voice had broken the silence. Tears fell from Lexie's eyes, "I thought I lost you," she whispered.

    More tears fell from her eyes when she felt John's hand on her cheek, they gazed into each other's eyes, "You are not allowed to leave my side again." John attempted to laugh at her words, he hissed in pain and grabbed at his side. Lexie terrified at his reaction, "Shit. John I'm sorry, are you okay?" John took a few deep breaths and simply nodded his head.

    After his breathing was back under control he pulled Lexie in for a kiss. Lexie slowly pulled away, making sure not to hurt John, "I promise Lexie, I have no intentions of leaving you ever again." She smiled at his words, she leaned over placing a small kiss on his lips.

   "How's Alex? Is Angeline with him?" John asked her, not knowing that Alex was missing and that Angeline was on a crazy mission to find him. Lexie took a deep breath before answering him, "Alex was taken. Carter and Mara have him, and Angeline left to go find him." John simply stared at Lexie, he was trying to remain calm. Getting angry wasn't going to solve anything, he needed to be calm to think clearly.

    John grabbed her hand and brought it to his lips, placing a kiss on it, "I need your phone, if she's going after them then she is going to need some back up." Lexie pulled her phone out of her purse and handed it over. John made one call, he knew his team would be able to track Angeline. He just hoped they make it to her in time.

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    Angeline was an hour away from where Carter told her to meet him. She couldn't believe this was happening, all she wanted to do was live her life and be happy with Alex. She tried not to think about what they were doing to him, she needed to focus on the road and think of a plan to save him.

    She was getting closer to her destination, when she saw someone's vehicle blocking the road. She came to a stop a few yards away, she couldn't see anyone in the vehicle and she knew better than to get out. Angeline was about to back up and go around when she saw someone at her window.

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   Alex slowly opened his eyes, he tried to move but his whole body hurt. "I would stay still unless you want to pop those stitches," he heard a voice speak behind him. "Lei?" was all he could manage to say before he was cut off by laughing. "Wrong!! But she is on her way to come and 'save' you. Carter left a little while ago to bring her here. I can't believe how stupid she is."

   Mara heard him grunt and noticed he was trying to sit up. Alex pushed himself up and leaned agaisnt the wall of the room. He looked around the empty room, ignoring the pain in his side. "What do you want with us? Why are you doing this?" Alex tried his best to sound intimidating, but Mara could see the pain all over his face.

   She stepped closer and crouched down in front of him, a sinister smile plastered on her face. She knew he wouldn't leave this place alive, and she reveled in knowing that fact. She shook her head at him, "I can't tell you just yet."

   BANG!

   Mara stood, "Sounds like our other guest has arrived. I'll be right back." She walked out of the room, leaving Alex alone. He looked around again before attempting to stand but he couldn't, his body was to weak to stay upright.

   Alex could hear someone shouting from the other room, sounds of things being broken. Angeline then came crashing into the room, landing on the floor in front of him. She slowly sat up and looked at Alex, she went to reach for him but someone came up behind her. Mara grabbed her by the hair, pulling Angeline to her feet, "No, no, no. No touching." Mara then pushed Angeline to the opposite wall that Alex was leaned up against. Angeline managed to catch herself before slamming into the wall, she turned around and glared at Mara.

   Before either woman could say anything, someone cleared their throat causing everyone to look towards the doorway. "Now ladies let's play nice for the time being. You two can hash it out later. I believe we have some business to take care of." Mara stared at Carter, "The only business I have is to kill her, she ruined everything. She ruined our plans, we could've been happy." Mara was now in a death stare with Angeline, Alex broke the silence. "What are you talking about Mara? What plans?"

    Mara slowly moved her gaze to look at Alex, before she could speak Carter moved up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Mara leaned into him, she closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths before she spoke.

   "I'll start from the beginning, so I hope you are paying attention. Poor Derek became obsessed with this one," Mara spat while pointing at Angeline. "He fell for her the first time he saw her. So he came up with a plan to get her, but you started causing troubles," she glared at Alex. "That's where Amelia came in, Derek asked her for help. She was only to distract you and keep you away from Angeline, but the dummy fell for you. Which caused even more problems, resulting in Angeline running away. Derek spent years working out a plan to get her back, he even managed to drag me into it all," she walked closer to Angeline. Mara reached her hand out and tucked a strand of Angeline's hair behind her ear, "We were all suppose to live happily ever after together. Derek was the one that brought us all together, but then you killed that dream."

    Mara said the last part with so much venom that Angeline couldn't move. Mara brought her hand up to cup Angeline's cheek, slowly rubbing her thumb along her cheek bone. Angeline was frozen, she didn't know what Mara was going to do. Mara removed her hand and shifted, Angeline relaxed a little, that's when she felt it.

    SMACK!

   "You took the only person I loved away from me!" Mara screamed at Angeline while she cupped her face. Angeline didn't move, she processed the words that Mara had just said. She slowly turned and faced Mara, "What?" Angeline was confused at Mara's confession.

    Alex shifted on the floor, "Mara, were you and Derek involved with each other?" He asked the question Angeline was needing answered. Mara turned and looked at Alex, her eyes full of so many emotions. Tears filled her eyes, she tried to control her breathing before she spoke, "Derek was different, he loved me. We weren't just brother and sister, he showed me we could be so much more."

   Angeline was shocked, she knew Derek was a lunatic but this was a new level of messed up. He took advantage of his little sister, he brainwashed her so he could get what he wanted. Angeline looked at Carter and could see the dread in his eyes. He knew all along and didn't say anything to her parents. She looked away, she remembered Daniel mentioning that they had a falling out with Carter, could Derek and Mara be the cause of that?

   "Mara your brother was sick, he had so many issues. He tricked you, he used you. Whatever you think you two were was a lie," Angeline tried to remain calm while speaking to Mara. All she wanted to do was grab her and shake her, show her that Derek was a manipulative person who took advantage of her innocence.

    Carter stepped in before anymore could be said, "I think we are done for now. Mara go and get some rest. I'll keep an eye on these two." He turned her around and gave her a little push out the door. He turned back around, "Now it's my turn to speak."