GUNSHOT ➪ Zayn

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Chapter 49 "bad feeling"
(Corrected)

Sitting in front of the room where the two robots had brought his girlfriend, he desperately waited for one of them to open the door and say, 'Alyssa is awake. She's waiting for you.'But none of that happened, so James's words came back to him in his head '2 hours.'
He had two hours to save her, and yet he didn't know if he had succeeded. Time seemed to stand still; everything felt slowed down as if to make his expectations greater, his hopes bigger, and his disappointment more destructive.

In the center of Sin City, Spoon angrily got out of Selena's room:
'Fuck!' he swore.
'Sir, it's probably not the right time to talk about this, but we've got a problem...' James announced.
'I hope it's a serious matter, 'cause I just lost two agents and...'
'I found them. They're in the bunker, Zayn called me.'The Metis man started.
'What?' Spoon yelled in a whisper. 'Why on earth did me fucking called you! Has he forgotten that he's wanted by more than 2000 of his enemies!?'
'He has not! Fuck, can you listen to me for once? Alyssa's dying! He had to call! He would never fucking put her life in danger on purpose!'
'What the hell happened?!' The old boss answered.
'They...'
'No, no. You know what, you're going to spend the day with Selena, without talking about that, okay? She can't know. She has to feel relaxed, so she heals faster. I'll meet you at 5 A.M, at the corner of Missouri Ave, in Whitney. Don't take your phone nor your weapons, or your car. You'll grab a taxi.'
'Okay.'
The boss shook his hand and left the hospital. James knocked on the door.

'Hey, come in.' she smiled.
'Are you okay? I've heard you two yelling...' Jee asked, holding her hand.
'Yeah, it doesn't matter, your boss is just a dumb idiot... but you already knew that, right?' she laughed.
'Kinda did, yeah!' he chuckled.
'James?' she called him.
'Yeah?'
'I'm sorry...'
'For what?''
You know that I can't stay. This concussion is only delaying my departure, but I'm not staying...' she looked him in the eyes.
'You already told me all that...' he sighed. 'And I can't force you to stay, but are you sure that there's no other option?'
'You don't seem to understand! I can not stay here! Even if I wanted to, Matthew died, I have to take my responsibilities!' she declared.
'What responsibilities are you fucking talking about?! You had nothing there, remember? Your life is here, and it always has been!'
'James, please, I'm not dumb... Alyssa and Zayn are gone, okay? Even if we knew where they are. There's a 78% of chance one of them died or is dying. And I don't want to go through that again!' 'Again?' he brutally asked.'Never mind.' She coldly said.
'You...' he let go of her hand and stood up, realizing it all. 'How could you not fucking tell me?'
'You don't know what you're talking about, James!' she stopped him.
'I'm the only asshole who didn't know it was you, right?' He nervously chuckled.
'Oh please, you know you wouldn't have treated me the same way if you knew!' Selena objected.
'Of course, I wouldn't have, Selena, for god's sake, when we're you gonna tell me!' He almost cried, messaging his temples.
'James, listen to me, I nev...'
'Did you know when you kissed me that night?' He looked at her straight in the eye.

The young woman felt her eyes watering: how was she supposed to say it.
'Answer me!' he yelled.
'Yes.'
'Oh, God. How am I so foolish?'
'James, I'm sorry! I may have lied about who I am, but never about my feelings.' Selena apologized.
'I... please stop. Just stop.' He cut her off, hands in the air.

Too many things were running in his mind. He felt dumb, stupid; he should have understood the first time he saw Selena. He opened his heart to the wrong person and was around paying for it.

'It's useless to wait here. You'd better get some rest.' Someone sat next to him.
'What the hell is wrong with you?' Zayn growled.
'Look, I know you're stressed out. I'm just trying to help.' Freddie honestly said.
'Well, you're not helping. So you can go around take care of your own business.' He coldly replied.
'Yeah, you're right. Just let me know if you need anything.' The security guy sighed, kindly touching Zayn's shoulder.
The Pakistani couldn't help but think Freddie Scott wasn't supposed to be here. In all honesty, he wasn't used to meeting kind people. The doorknob moved, he immediately got on his feet.
'Is she okay?' was the first thing he said.

James was sitting at the Bar of the Club Delux. Mike was, thankfully, not here.
'James Bell, right?'A feminine voice called him from behind.
'The only!'He ironically replied, turning towards the girl.
'Can I?' She asked, looking at the seat next to his.
'Do whatever you want. I don't own it.' He rolled his eyes.
'Are you okay?' She asked.
'Do I look okay?' He grimaced.
'Yeah, that's a dumb question...' she nervously smiled.
'May I ask you what's wrong?'
'What do you fucking want?' James grunted.
'You look sad and, hum, totally wasted, I'm just... trying to help you.' The girl kindly explained.
'I don't even know you.'
'You do... we worked together a long time ago... In Hawaii.'
'You're the 24764th?' He turned his head towards the brunette girl.
'Yeah... I'm Carolina.' she laughed.
James looked at her face: she wasn't lying, he felt it.
'Look, I'm not here to judge you, and I'm leaving tomorrow for Shanghai, so...'
'I'm very intuitive; it's like I can read people. But I failed this time.' He swallowed another sip of whiskey.
'What happened?'
'It's this woman... the mysterious and interesting ones, you know... I sort of caught feelings for her; as time flew, we got closer and closer and, I was here for her every time. But, she used me, and she slept with my best friends years ago.'
'Does she still have feelings for him?'
'No, no, she never had feelings for him, and neither did he... It was just a one night stand. And she sees him as a brother. I don't doubt that.' James sighed.
'Why did she used you then?'
'That's complicated. Do you really want to hear that story?'
'I've heard a lot of things, you know. One creepy story won't make any difference.' She said.
'My uncle, Kirlo Bell, he threw two agent's GPS coordinates to the other side. It turns out these two agents were her mother and my best friend's dad. Since that day, they are considered dead except that no one has ever found the bodies.' James sighed.
'How did you understand she was...'
'This agent's daughter? Easy, she said that she doesn't want to go through a Fifty-four emergency again. And there have been only two fifty-four alerts, my partner's and...'
'And J.D's...' The brunette girl said. 'Exactly...'
'Wow.' Carolina replied. 'But none of this is your fault... You can't pay for your uncle's mistake! It doesn't make any sense!'
'Yeah, I know that.' He laughed.
'This girl is an idiot. She doesn't know what she's missin'.' She said, putting her hand on his leg.

They eyed up each other,
'I would never have done the same thing.' Carolina whispered, pressing his leg a little bit harder.
'How would you have done it, then?' He smirked, getting closer to her lips.
'Like that.'
Their lips met in a purely sexual way. Their two bodies came closer and closer together. Carolina's back hit the worktop, and in one look, they understood each other.
She jumped into his arms, and he put her down on the bar counter.
'Not a word of this to anyone.'She whispered in his ear, unbuttoning his shirt.
'Not a word,' He repeated, pressing his hands harder against her waist.