「 FRATERNIZING WITH THE ENEMY 」

14 | It was kill or be killed

When I moved back here all I could think about it how much I missed Noah and how I wanted to spend every second I had with him catching up, but now every time I see him we're just screaming and fighting with each other.

Maybe Noah was right, maybe I should stop any interaction with Logan and his gang whatsoever, I should just completely ignore them because they were bad news and they were tearing us apart but I couldn't.

Every bone and muscle in my body is telling me I shouldn't.

They haven't given me any reason for me to hate them as much as Noah apparently does and I can't bring myself to do that.

I took of my locket from around my neck and opened it up, inside was a small picture of a man, a woman, a baby, a young girl and a young boy. They were all smiling, they looked happy for once in a long while, it was still a complicated time but it was so much simpler then.

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"Put down the gun you brat!" he yelled at her but she didn't budge.

She aimed it right at his head, his features blurred by the tears that formed in her eyes. It also blurred the two lifeless figures of the man and woman in front of her, the same two figures that hung in the locket around the twelve year old's neck.

"Put the gun down or I'll shoot you and her!" he yelled back pointing the gun at the year old baby, who was wailing for comfort,

"Don't touch her" her voice shook with every word and the tears spilled out from her eyes.

It was a tempting offer; maybe do what he says and he'll let them both live.

But she knew better.

It was kill or be killed.

"I'll give you three seconds or I'll shoot," he told her and her hands shook even more but he held the matte black gun in her hand steady and clicked off the safety.

"Three..." and she changed her stance, ready to fire if needed,

"Two..."

"Don't" she choked on more sobs that built up in her throat, but this was her reality and she had to face it.

"One!" he yelled and a gunshot sounded through the household, bouncing of every wall and echoing in every room.

Both the man and the girl landed on the floor; the back of gun had recoiled and hit the girl right in the head and when she fell her eyes drooped but she forced them up, the man's eyes rolled to the back of his head as a bullet wound poured a thick crimson liquid from his chest.

It was a haunting sight that Alex would never forget, she now possessed a quality that no teenage girl should; an eight-letter word, which she would label herself for the rest of her life.

A murderer.

Despite her best efforts another man had taken the baby from the crib where she lay, still crying. He was the same man who was responsible for the deaths of the girl's parents and now the man who had stolen the baby.

That's all she saw before she gave into the darkness that called, her eyes closing for what she hoped would've been the last time.

"Alex! Alex wake up!"

I got up with a gasp, my hands immediately going to my chest and feeling the pounding that came from my heart. It burned like there was a fire set in my chest that wouldn't go out and I struggled to breath.

My other hand reached my forehead to wipe the beads of sweat that had formed above my eyebrows. On my right was the worried face of my older brother who seemed petrified of what was happening.

"Y-you were screaming...A-are you okay?" Noah asked and I nodded since I didn't trust my voice right now,

"Were you dreaming about?" I nodded again, both of us unable to finish that sentence so we sat there in silence, only my shaky breaths being heard.

If Noah wasn't here right now next to me I probably wouldn't be able to calm myself down,

I didn't have these dreams often anymore, they stopped occurring when I was in England with the help of a professional therapist but I'm guessing seeing Kasey today in her state resurfaced those unpleasant memories in my head again.

After a few seconds Noah pulled me into a tight hug, his arms bringing warmth and comfort and so I felt the tears well up in my eyes. I choked down sobs that built their way up my throat; I wasn't going to cry.

What took place that day was unspeakable and I'd forever have the guilt of losing my parents, not being able to save the baby and killing that man who threatened to hurt us all. 

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