They Don't Know About Us

Chasing Cars - Chapter 16

*PAIGE'S POV*

I would've thought they'd have woken up by now. It's been nearly two hours since I spoke to Niall and the obviously kind policeman. I stare at Shelby, whose expression is just as fed up as mine probably looks. We're going to have to save ourselves, we cant risk them waking up and finding us looking alot better than we should. Before we got back into our seating positions, we both managed to find some old, but useful cloth to wrap round our wounds, attempting to stop the flowing bloodloss. I take a deep breath and unravel my hands from the loose wire. "We have to get out of here Shelby!" I whisper after pulling the cloth from my mouth. She nods in agreement. Just as we were about to reach for the door handle, Madisons' eyes flash open in an instant. "Eve! They're escaping! Quick, grab the guns!" Madison squeels. Me and Shelby look at eachother with a frightening look, both our bodies shaking at the mention of a gun. Seemings my legs are injured, Shelby slams her foot into the wooden door. It quickly swings open, revealing blinding daylight. Relief and anxiety rush through my body at once. We're not out of the woods yet. Thankfully, we hear sirens gradually becoming louder and louder. "Niall.." I mumble, a smile appearing on my face and suddenly tears follow it as Madison and Eve run up the basement stairs, both clutching guns in their strained hands. "Stop!" They scream in unison before they begin firing bullets at our bodies like we're target practise. I duck and glide past the bullets, every inch of my body screaming out in agony. Shelby manages to fall directly in front of the front door. She shoots a look at me, I nod. It's a long shot but we must take it...she must take it. My amazing best friend whose been here with me since the beginning, stands up and attempts to sacrifice herself. Just as Eve shoots a bullet in her direction, she slams her body to the ground for the second time in less than ten minutes. SHOT! It went directly into the doors lock, releasing it from its hinges. "No!" Madison shouts. If we go, we go now. I cant lie here and forget the ones on the other side, risking their lives would be wrong. I dive across the floor, my wounds are numb with pain at this point. I grab Shelby's free hand and we hold eachother up as we run away from the house which will visit our nightmares for months to come. "Shelby! Paige! Hold your fire!" Liam screams as he spots us first. As Niall and Louis stare at us endlessly, they spot the blood. It covers our damaged bodies from head to toe. They begin to walk towards us but we shake our arms out in refusal "They have guns!" I scream, panting between words. Terrifyingly, their eyes widen and stare at something behind us. "You really think you could get away that easily!" Eve speaks in her normal, yet creepy, tone before holding the gun up to our bodies. "Paige!" Niall screams. "Shelby!" Louis screams almost at the same time. I close my eyes and hold Shelby's hand tighter, knowing there was no way anyone could save us now. "No!" Someone screams. Actually it sounded more like two people, one high pitched voice and one quite low pitched. Two gunshots ring through my ears and head but I feel nothing. No impact, no bleeding, not even a scratch. I slowly open my eyes and witness two more gunshots. Madison and Eve fall to the ground like a sack of potatoes. Dead. I look down and at my shaking feet lies two bodies. I collapse to the floor and wrap my arms around them, seconds later Shelby joins me. "Oh god!" She squeels as tears fall from her dark orbs, drained of sleep and peace. 

"Niall!" I scream. I hear footsteps running up to me and arms suddenly rock my body back and forth. "I'm here, i'm here baby it's going to be okay. No one will hurt you or touch you ever again I can promise you that!" He whispers in my ear and looks down at my deep wounds. Quickly, he swallows hardly "I need a paramedic over here...now!" Suddenly, my wounds begin to bleed through the cloth i placed over them, making them useless to me and my body. "But..but Niall..." I begin my eyes finally able to produce tears. "Jack and Becky..." I cry even more. I see Niall eye the two bodies which lie motionless on the lawn. "Oh shit!" He whispers and looks up at Shelby whose surrounded by Louis' arms. Her brothers dead and so his one of our best friends. "Becky!" I scream repeatedly. Niall continues rocking my body, putting pressure on my wounds. My eyes begin to roll into the back of my head "Paige? Paige no, baby...baby stay with me, stay awake!" Niall shouts trying to keep me focused but it doesn't work. CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! "Back the fuck off you parasites, dont you care that she's dying!" Niall screams again but more angrily. Paparazzi have arrived. I hear Chloe and Zayns voices and cries as they reach Beckys body. This is all my fault.