Rolling with the punches

Chapter Twenty-three

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Chapter Twenty-three

Kyler's P.O.V

I sat, crouched on the roof top of a random building, my heart crashing in my ears. With shaky hands I reached into my back pack and pulled outthetranquiliser gun I had 'borrowed' back at Nuclear's base.

I took out the beast of a guy who was standing on his own, quickly following it with a careful shot to the one who was holding onto James. I only had two darts so I figured I could fend off the last guy without one and I didn't want to risk hitting Stella. Both guys I had shot dropped and I waited a second before pulling on my bag and jumping off the building.

Stella, James and the other guy all looked tense and alert ut as I stepped towards them James and Stella relaxed.

The remaining guy seemed shocked. I had know idea why he would be shocked but I made sure to take advantage of it and rushed forward, punching him with all of my force, hard enough to knock him out so we could get away.

He tumbled to the ground and Stella let out an ear piercing scream. I wondered why but knew we didn't have time to waist, so I grabbed her arm and dragged her away, sending James a look that told him to hurry the hell up.

Stella was sobbing. "Stella, he's fine. I just need to get us outofhere," I told her, trying to calm her down. She nodded and breathed deeply. I was just about to make us move faster when a voice stopped me.

"Give me the microchip or the girl," his voice was like steel but even I could hear the pain it held. We all rotated so we were facing him. He didn't look very steady on his feet and I could already see the bruise forming where I punched him but that's not all I noticed.

He had gun and was pointing it directly at me. A normal person might have panicked but I had seen this one to many times to get worked up. I was about to pull out my own gun when Stella spoke.

"Woah, okay Blade, easy. Put that thing down," she . My hand shot out, a natural reaction to her putting herself in danger.

A hiss left her lips and she shrugged me off. James and I both began to protest but she turned and sent us a glare that could have made an atheist pray. So knowing how useless it was to argue with her, I bit my tongue and let her go.

She moved towards him hesitantly, although she didn't look afraid, she didn't even look phased.

"Stella, get out of the way," he barked. I'm pretty sure my mouth was wide open as I watched her willingly walk towards an angry guy with a gun.

"Blade, stop and think for a second. Put that thing away before you do something you will regret," she murmured. His face twisted in agony as his hand fell a tad. "That's right, you don't have to do this. Just put the gun down," she said encouragingly, taking a few more gradual steps towards him.

"I need the microchip Stella," his voice was hopeless.

"No, you don't Blade. You don't have to do this. Just put it down and you can start over. You can be whatever you want to be. You don't have to go back there," she persuaded, continuing her trek forward as the gun moved closer and closer to his side. "I know how much you hate it, I can see it in your eyes," she continued, coming to a stop before him. "Just hand me the gun and you can go somewhere, start over. You can go and be happy and we can go and everything will be fine," she coaxed.