The Informant

Part 2.

Gustavo and what appears to be Maria stop talking for a second, his hands still gripping her arms tightly holding her still. They stare at each other in silence for a split second until she pushes against his chest and gets out of his grip. Gustavo tumbles back a bit. Maria reaches out and slaps him across the face.

"Ouch" Steve comments as they are watching from afar, "Feisty" Javi adds. Gustavo's head was turned to the side as he holds his cheek that just got impacted. Maria is still standing in front of him, her hands are in shock in front of her mouth. She seems like she can't believe she had it in herself to just do that, hit one of the most dangerous men in the world at the current time. Slowly he gets back his composure and stands up tall looking straight at her. With one swing, he punches her in the face, she flys over to the side on top of the hood of a car. Gustavo doesn't hesitate and jumps on top of her, chocking her down while lying on the car. Maria is trying to get out from under him, kicking and punching his sides.

"Should we help her, I mean Jesus he is going to kill her" Steve says concerned as they watch the fight move along. "No, we can't lose our cover, we'll be dead if we do that. Calling backup is going to take too long" Javi says, still keeping his eyes peeled on the situation. Gustavo swings the girl around off the car hood as she tumbles back, not getting a hold in her heels and falling on the ground letting out a scream. Gustavo is standing above her. He pulls out a gun out of his waistband on his back, pointing it straight at her. Maria is reaching out her arms in front of her face trying to protect herself from what is about to happen next.

"That's it." Javi grunts as he pulls his gun, points it out of the window of the car and shoots a street light in front of them, further down on the sidewalk. He hits the light and smashes the glass half a second before Gustavo pulls the trigger. He turns around shakily and loses his composure for a second while still pulling his trigger letting a shot go onto the women on the ground. He looks up and around, down the street, trying to see anyone who just witnessed the situation. Javi and Steven slide down in their seats in their car so they could not be spotted by Gustavo. He puts back his gun in his waistband and looks back down one more time at Maria before he walks over to the car, gets in and drives off.

"Fuck" Steve whispers. Javi gets back up in his seat and opens the car door. "What are you doing?" Steve says as Javi gets up and out of the car. "Making sure she is not dying on us" he screams as he sprints over to the other side of the street towards the women on the ground. Steve shakes his head as he jumps out of the car and follows Javi.

Once Javi gets there, he kneels down on the ground next to the women and lifts up her head. He looks up and down her body as he is trying to find the bullet whole that Gustavo left. Right when Steve got there Maria rips open her eyes and lets out a loud scream "Oh my god, oh my god, am I dead?" She cries out while holding on to Javi's arm that is still holding up her head. "If you can hold still, I can answer you that question", his eyes wander down to her right side where he finds a big blood stain on the red dress getting bigger and bigger, spilling on the floor and onto his knees. "I need to see how bad it is" He rips open the dress a little wider where the bullet entered and reveals a graze shot on the side of her waist.

"He only grazed you but it still looks pretty deep. I don't think it hit any organs" Javi responds while looking at Steve. "What now? We need to get her to a hospital" Steve says while standing in front of the two on the ground. "No. No hospital" Javi says sharp. "What? You better fucking take me to a doctor" Maria grunts out in pain still gripping onto Javi's arm. "Give me your tie quick" Javi says as he holds out his hand towards Steve who quickly takes off his tie. Javi wraps it around Maria's waist over the bullet hole and tightly pulls it together "This will stop the bleeding for now, you'll be fine, I have seen worse" he says without looking at Maria. "We have to leave now.", he says to Steve as he wraps his other free arm under Marias legs and lifts her up. "Jesus! Watch out" she screams in pain while he stands up with her in his arms.

Javi walks back over the street towards the car carrying her. "You're driving!" he screams as he is waiting in front of the passenger door. Steve hurries to open it for Javi and the injured stranger in his arms. He quickly gets in the front seat with Maria on his lap. Steve runs around the car and gets in behind the wheel. "My apartment" Javi says as he looks over to Steve. "Shouldn't we go to a hospital?" Steve asks again as he starts the motor. "Just go, she's bleeding all over me!" Javi screams.

Maria who is still moaning and cursing out in pain is sitting on his lap, grabbing on closely to his arm that is wrapped around her, pushing down on the wound where she was shot. "Oh, I'm sorry for the inconvenience asshole, now can you please take me somewhere where I have a chance to not bleed to death?" she screams furious but also scared. Steve finally gets the car to start and drives off. "I'm trusting you Peña" he says as he speeds down the street the fastest way to his apartment.

Maria is looking down on her stomach where her dress is covered in dark red blood stains. She is sitting right on Javi's lap, her legs between his. His one hand is pressing down firmly on her waist while some blood is still flowing out between his fingers, the other easily wrapped around her back. The sight of it, the blood and the pain started to get too much for her. "Oh shit" she whispers as she starts to see black and passes out, leaning back into Javi's chest and her head falling onto his shoulder. "Fuck" he whispers as he wraps his arms closer around her.

"You know in a different situation I would gladly enjoy this moment, but right now I need to ask you Steve to drive faster, we can't lose her, she might have important information for us" Javi urges Steve as he speeds up the car. He presses his hand down tighter onto her waist and holds her head down with his second one so she doesn't slip away. "Just stay with us come on, don't die on me now" He whispers into her ear.