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This chapter contains description of brutal killings, fights and other disturbing images.
*******************Breanna's POVEvery one in the dressing room made a run for it, screaming out their lungs. Chaos ensued. The door burst open a second later and two men in black came in, she quickly recognized them from earlier. Her survival instincts kicked in and she quickly tucked herself under a table as the men opened fire, silencing the screams of the girls, shooting every living thing in sight.A girl rolled to the floor, beside her, eyes wide open, a bloodied hole in her head, her chest had burst open. Clutching her legs, Breanna bit down her scream as blood splashed to her.Watching silently as their black boots began to retreat after a quick sweep of the place. She muttered the lords prayer in one shaky breath and waited till she was sure they had gone far enough before crawling out of the table.Shaking, she looked around, not a single person was spared, bodies splayed out in a pool of their own blood. Another sound of footsteps reached her, it sounded like just one person, so she pulled out a metal chair to arm herself, stretching it out before her and waited till the person appeared, standing behind the open door.Doing a quick count down, she steeled herself to swing at the person, but paused when she heard a familiar voice."Breanna!." He called out in a hushed whisper, sticking in his head first, he searched the room."Jack, is that you?." She asked, even though it was a silly question, she knew his voice any where. He rushed in at the sound of her voice.Breanna had never been more happy to see him in her entire life, she dropped the chair and ran into his arms, her eyes brimming with tears. He was okay."Are you okay?, are you hurt?." He asked, searching her body for any injuries. She shook her head."Good, cos we have to get out of here." He said in a low voice, looking over his shoulders. She leaned down to kick off her shoes."Lets go." He pulled her up, tugging on her arm, he peered out of the door again to check for more armed men before turning to nod at her.They ran, but the heavy sound of their running attracted the gun men. One appeared behind them, a deadly sneer on his face, his eyes lingered on her body for a second and she was reminded that she was wearing only a small bra and thongs. The man raised the gun to aim at her, she screamed on the top of her voice, eyes closed on their own."Ah!."The gun was fired, three times, but the bullets never reached her, because she suddenly felt a tug on her shoulder before she knew it she was spinning, as Jack took her place, the bullets emptying into his chest."Jack!." She screamed again, as his body fell. He took three bullets for her.She tried to hold him up, but he was heavy, his body shook, coughing out blood, his head popping with veins, he turned to look at her, trying to say something, but he only coughed out more blood."NO! Jack!....please." She pulled him in, she held his face as tears streamed down her cheeks. He tried to speak again, lifting his left hand, but then he suddenly stopped, his eyes wide as his body went limp."NO!!!." She screamed like a banshee giving birth, shaking him. Jack was the only one she had."You'll soon join him princess." The man spat, raising his gun again.Breanna looked up at him with contempt, reminded of his presence, but didn't move. There was no point in trying to run, she wouldn't get very far. This was the end for her.But before he could fire, she head a sudden thump, the man groaned out, another thump came and the man was suddenly on the ground.Then she saw him, Professor Maxwell Caines in his blue shirt tucked roughly into his Jeans, his signature frown deeper than usual.The gun man stood up again and took a swung at him, he managed to dodge the first one but the second landed, he staggered, quickly recovering and took his own swing, the man blocked till the third blow, but that did it. It sent him flying.He ran and picked her up in one swift move, like she weighed not more than a feather, but she restricted, pushing him away to go to Jack."Wilson, we have to go!."She heard his sweet deep voice."No!....i'm not going anywhere without my brother!." She shouted at him."More men are coming with even bigger guns!." He shouted back."Jack!." She screamed, as he tried to pry her away from Jack's body.Another man appeared from their shouting, he elbowed the man in the face, causing him to drop his gun and snarl, holding his hand.He flipped the man over, slamming him to the hard ground. While the gun man was wailing on the floor, he turned to her again, carried her over his shoulders and ran.She kicked, punched, slapped, screaming, but he didn't stop, weaving through bloodied bodies.Two men came at them, without guns, he put her down carefully, shielding her with his own body, she shook, crying into his shirt.He blocked the first blow, then the second man kneed him in the stomach, he staggered a bit with a grunt, he held the guy's leg and used it to flip him over, on the carpeted floor, the other guy punched him in the face, his lip burst open and blood stained his teeth. She cried out.The man went to give him another blow, but he blocked it, the second guy came again, he dodged and the blow ended up in his partner's gut, in their momentary state of confusion, he went in and bumped their heads together with force, they slumped each on the walls of the narrow hallway.She gasped loudly, seeing them fall lifeless. "Lets go!." He tugged on her arm, looking around. It was probably his first time in the club so he didn't know where they were."Do you know where the exit is?." He turned to her, looking frantically everywhere, all they could see was blood and more bodies littering the entire club. She nodded and led them, but there, hefty men, with large guns guarded the exit.He pulled her back quickly, flattening against the wall and whispered, "Do you know another exit?." He asked.She thought about it for a while, her mind was a mess, the only thing she could see was blood everywhere, shook her head slowly."Think hard. " He urged and then she remembered.A drunk man drove into the wall weeks ago but it was never fixed, the manager only covered it wood. Like a light bulb was suddenly turned on in her head, she looked up at him."I can think of something."They ran into 3 more gun men, Breana decided to join in the fight this time, using everything she could find to fight them off, sustained a few injuries from stray elbows. Getting to the storage room, she pushed away the cartoons of moonshine to reveal the hole, he turned to her with a credulous look."I thought you said there was an exit?." He asked."Yes, the hole, leads to the back of the building in the parking lot." She explained, breathing heavily, She pointed to the wood, kneeling beside and she tried to pry it open, but it didn't budge."Move aside, let me open it." He told her, she could almost hear the frown in his voice. She did as he asked and he took her place, after a few grunts and growls, he puffed out a breath."Maybe we can pull out the nails first." She suggested, looking around."And how are we going to do that?." He fumed, but she ignored his anger, her priority was to find a way to escape. He could be angry all he wanted, they weren't even friends.She checked in the carton for something that could be used as a hammer or plier, something pointy, but didn't find anything. Then a bulb lit up in her head again."I have an idea," She looked back out of the storage door, he pulled her away from it quickly."What are you doing?.""We need a shoe, we can use the pointy heel of a shoe to pull the nails." She told him. He bit his lip, reasoning with her, she was right, but it was dangerous to go back out, before he could voice his concerns she was already sneaking back out."Hey." He called out to her, she crawled out, and found a random now lifeless striper and pulled off her shoe."Shh." She sent him a hard glare, to be quiet but that was enough to tip off a large gun man, in hurried loud steps he fired at something which followed a loud explosion, that temporarily blinded them all.The explosion threw Professor Caines across, his back hitting the hard wall with a thud, the roof began to cave.With a loud grunt, she saw him scamper to his feet, trying to see through the now dusty, smoke filled air, the club had caught on fire.She could feel the heat, shoe in her hand, she tried to stand, but that was when she noticed her side bleeding, she hissed, kicking off the large stone that landed on her from the roof."Wilson." She heard him call out, looking around for her."I'm here." She said to him, his eyes caught hers and she saw him smile, a faint one, as he let out a breath, she returned his smile, but then he froze, his eyes darting to something over her shoulder, her eyes grew as she realized what it was.Without thinking, she turned around planting the heel of the shoe in the man's face. He yelped out in pain and she made a run for it to the storage, but she didn't get very far, the man recovered rather quickly and grabbed her leg, yanking her back with force.More explosion came and the building began to shake, crumble with them in it, and without any help, the storage wall came down to reveal the drive way, she could hear the distant sirens and lights of the police.Before she could rejoice, she felt a sudden thump on her head and that was the last thing she remembered before passing out.Brand new chapter two?!, certainly more chaotic. What do we think?. Leave your comments and thoughts here. Vote, like, share and leave a review. Thank you all for your continuous support. Love, Bee.
Trigger warning: This chapter contains stroing language and references Breanna's POVBreanna kicked the door close behind her, with a thundering heart.All her efforts to not be bothered by him came to no avail, she even made sure her hotel was far on the other side of town to his house. She refused to leave her hotel room unless it was absolutely necessary.The number of times she thought she had seen him in the last few days was disturbing. Every where she would turned to, someone was dressed similar, was as tall, had same tone of hair and the most annoyingly, his large black Escalade!. Everyone seemed to have one now.But it was inevitable, they still had things to work out, it was clear after their conversation that they needed to now more than ever.He was still under the impression that there was anything left between them. She had long moved on, sure she still had feelings for him, those feelings don't automatically disappear, but she had no intention of rekindling anything the
MAX'S POVThere were times when it'd cross his mind that she'd return and never want anything to do with him again in her life. That he came into her life to cause her more pain than she was already experiencing early on in life.Still, Maxwell didn't think it'd be as heart wrenching as it was hearing her loud silence.It's true what they say. You never know what you have till you've lost it. He thought to himself. And now he had lost a precious gem. Would he ever be able to move on from this lose this time around?.Amidst his deep depraving thoughts Breanna replied."When I left, it was too hard to maintain." She began in a dry, cracking voice after a prolonged silence. His eye brows creased together, trying to understand her words. But as she tried to speak again, more tears filled her eyes."My hair." She motioned clearing her throat. His eyes following her every movement. "So I cut it all off, and when it began to grow, I wanted it out of the way so it was just easier to just strai
MAX'S POVMax brought a peach up to his nose for a quick sniff before dropping it into his cart as he continued his walk down the isle. As promised Martha, he planned a small dinner for the family, Cece and Steve, Petra and her husband, for a simple dinner and maybe poker.Only one problem to hosting his family, cooking. He took a left turn remembering where the spice isle was, as he came into the opening, the smell of fresh basil, paprika and other spices he could not pronounce hit his nose. But that was barely the surprise, his eyes lifted up, following the shadow of the person at the other extreme end of the isle, he stopped dead in his tracks.Standing there at the other end was Breanna. Just as beautiful as she was last night in his dreams. Her melanin skin seemed to have gotten a tan, glowing under the supermarket led lights. Her slicked back in a low ponytail."Hi." She waved dropping a bottle of honey in her basket."Brie." He called out to be sure he wasn't seeing things. A fe
MAX'S POV"Thank you all for making it tonight!." Cece said through the microphone from the large podium as a loud cheer ensued with clapping. Maxwell looked around the large room, pleased at the turn out of the night.He certainly did not expect this many people for the award, then again, many people have contributed to the cause and he was proud to be a part and one of the founding members of it. After the kidnap and the whole drama, Maxwell finally realized something.That in every career he ever chose, one thing was prevalent, helping people. At first it began as an act of revenge against the people that killed his grand father, but then along the way he met amazing people, in amazing circumstances that helped shaped his life and shift his focus.Sure he could have realized these things without the deaths and immense pain and hurt that came with it, but he was grateful for it all. Not many people had the privilege of being as successful or comfortable as he was early in life. Plus
*Edited Breanna's POV "Go home Breanna!." Ada shouted, pulling the large clear bag from her hand to drop it by a pile of other identical bags in the warehouse. "Ada!." Breanna cried, staring at her now empty hands. "Don't give me that look, you need to go pack." "We still have to sort out a whole truck of gift bags for the volunteers, there is so much to do." Breanna moved past her quickly, grabbing a cardboard box with random things sticking out of it. "We've got this, you have a flight in six hours, Breanna." Ada dropped the Ipad in her hand on the table to pack her sultry ginger hair into a bun. "Me, Wendy, O, and the girls have got this, all you have to do is go collect more money to keep this going." She pointed round the huge space. Standing in the middle of a large mess of stuff tossed everywhere, Breanna heaved. After the just concluded Africa outreach, they were left with hundred and thousands of gift wrapping and souvenir hand-outs to the volunteers that helped from
Maxwell's POV Three years later. Maxwell dropped to a squat, breathing heavily as he stopped before the huge statue in the middle of Grand park. Sweat trickled down his chest, soaking through the spandex material of his shirt. Bear caught up with him barely a second later and he smiled, scratching the dog behind his ears as reward. He checked the watch on his hand to stop, the timer with a grin. Beating his own record the third time in a row again in the month. After catching his breath a second longer, he called for Bear and they began their run back to the gym. After everything went to ruin three years ago, he quit his job with the University and with the CIA. He took his time to himself and finally handled all his issues with anger and the hurt he had bottled up for years, this time he didn't spiral out of control. He didn't know much about Breanna's whereabouts but he knew she wasn't missing or in any danger, that much was good enough. A long work out and shower later, his pho