Breathe : skephalo

Chapter twenty-nine: one

Heavy.

We both fell to the ground, as screams echoed through the mall, shots on shots were fired, hitting both walls and people.

Tyler's weight crashed down on me as we collided with the hard stone floor, my breath was no nocked out of me as the pain from my back shot through my body, an almost fire-ish feeling spread up my a pine and up my neck.

A few stars filled my vision as my head soon enough like my body hit the floor, the horrifying sound around us got replaced by just muffled sounds of terror.

I knew we had to get away, we were laying in no place for cover from this person.

I bit my teeth together and pulled myself together, which each second the muffled sound got clearer.

" Tyler we need to hide get up" I wheeze out bringing my arm up to shake him, but I didn't get a reply.

" Tyler, get up, this isn't funny" panic flooded my system, my breathing quickened up as I shook Tyler more violently, but even with how many times I tried he wouldn't say a thing, he didn't react at all.

" Tyler stop fucking with me and get up!" I was full out crying now, my voice breaking with each word, this can't be happening, this isn't happening.

Wake up.

This is just a nightmare.

WAKE THE FUCK UP

But it wasn't, this was all real, each thing happening around us was reality, we were reality.

I pushed Tyler off me and quickly looked over him, his shirt was not the grey we arrived here with, it was red. the fabric visibly soaking up the liquid which was his blood. I was frozen in shock looking down at him.

He had a wound in his chest, right through his heart.

Cover

A voice echoed in my head snapping my from it trance, I panickedly looked around, my eyes planning on some bug plants just by us. I turned my eyes back at Tyler, pain shot through my chest at the sight.

I took a deep breath, my hands were trembling as I grabbed Tyler and started dragging us behind cover.

The shooter was still active as there was still screams and bullets being fired exchanging throughout the mall.

I laid Tylers head in my lap as the sobs started.

" Okay listen to my Tyler, you were gonna propose right? You were gonna put a ring on the finger of the person you love the most right? You can't leave now, so, p-please.. don't l-leave "

My voice came out as broken sobs as I put pressure over the wound.

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"You and zak are free to stay here as long as you guys need, there are two rooms just upstairs on each side of the hall."

"when we grown up will we still all be friends? " " of course, you, me, Tyler and Michael will always be together zak"

" me and Michael are gonna get married when we get older"

" aren't they cute together? I think they would be a cute couple, don't you think zak?"

" come here-"

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Memories, my childhood I close to forget, it all flashed through my head; mind.

Tyler, Michael.

They aren't just from this year, were they?...

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"I was thinking Michael would look pretty in a white dress"  Tyler smiled, we were both sitting in our old backyard, both seated on a swing. Our feet swinging back and fort making us swing with them.

Momma and dad were in the kitchen with Michael and Isaac making waffles and blueberry muffins while we swung and watched the sunset.

" I think he would look so pretty" I answer back.

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I remember it, I remember everything. It hurt so much. How could I forget about them, about everything?

I'm evil.

They were soulmates.

I looked down, he was so pale, he almost looked unhuman. His eyes were still open, their golden brown colour was dull, their usual shine was gone, the life was just not in them anymore.

it hit me.

Tyler wasn't gonna wake up, was he?...

I slowly brought my trembling hand up to his face, letting two if my fingers gently close his eyes. I grabbed his shirt and cried, I sobbed into his chest apologising, apologising for forgetting them, and not remembering in time.

A pool of blood was surrounding us now, the warm liquid has never looked so dark, there was just so much of it.

I couldn't control my breathing anymore, I was hyperventilating, everything hurt so much.

I would never be able to forgive myself for doing this to them.

I swore I heard a familiar voice yell something, but everything was starting to muffle again, sound were blending into nothing.

I almost couldn't breathe anymore.

I knew shots were being fired, as well as familiar voices yelled out my name, grunts form both my people and theirs. But nothing would get a word out of me, I was trapped In my own body just holding on to what was tylers.

My mind was just a big blur, not able to respond, comprehend what's happening, remembering.

But I pushed, I pushed a sound loud enough to locate to the others where we were.

It was just a loud sob.

I heard footsteps run up to us, before they were right beside us.

" thank God you guys aren't hurt-"

" oh my God"

Issac tried running shielding Michael from seeing, but it was already too late.

Michael dropped down, he full out screamed, cried, yelling at God for taking him. He was holding Tyler's body in his arms as he begged him to come back, begged him to wake up and tell him he was okay.

But he wasn't, Tyler was dead.

His lover was begging his corpse to not leave him.

" you told me we were gonna get married" he sobbed, his words were nothing but broken sounds put together to make a sentence.

Adam was still standing, looking in the spot where Tyler laid before Michael grabbed him, frozen in place.

Adam was beside me, he had pulled me into his chest, holding me tight as we stared at them, because right now that was all we could do.

I stood up, I couldn't watch anymore. As selfish that sounds it was the most painful thing to witness.

I walked out from behind the plants, I stared as the guns were dropped, police bursting in.

Darryl was on the ground, blood was around him but he was still moving, kicking the person stabbing him off him before getting on top of him and holding the persons hands behind their back.

I felt something warm drip down my arm, when I looked down I saw the dark drop of blood fall and hit the ground. Tyler wasn't the only one shot, the bullet went straight through him and into my shoulder, and I was too late to realise it until I met the ground once again, my body crashing down on the stone.