“You fucking owe me a billion dollars for this, Axel.” Kelly yelled as she leaned on the wall with Max as they took cover from the shots fired at them.
They both breathed heavily and Kelly looked at Axel leaning on the other end of the wall. There was a hallway in between them and El Diablo’s men wouldn’t stop firing. They had no way to fire back.
Axel tried to fire back but he couldn’t, he leaned on the wall and exhaled heavily.
Kelly turned to look at Max who was panting, she looked down at him and noticed he was bleeding from his lower abdomen.
“Shir, you were hit.” Kelly muttered and he groaned in response.
“Don’t worry about me. I’m fine.” He said and she looked at Axel.
“How bad do you want this to be?” Kelly suddenly asked Axel and he raised his brows. He knew Kelly was about to do something dumb due to her question.
“No, no. Kelly don’t… ” Axel trailed off as she pulled out a grenade. She pulled out the pin and threw it in the hallway.
“Shit.” Axel muttered as he moved a little bit from the wall and got down. Kelly also got down and covered Max. The grenade went off and it shook the building a little.
Due to how huge the base and how thick the walls were, it only affected the hallway.
Lily froze as she heard the blast, she stood up immediately and Anastasia chuckled.
“I wonder who blew up.” She laughed.
Lily became restless, she was about to walk closer to the door when it opened and El Diablo stormed in.
“Zach.” Lily called as he walked towards her, he pulled her out of the room.
“Zach, what is going on?” Lily asked as he pulled her, he ignored her.
They got to the hallway where the bomb went off and found bodies. Lily gasped as she checked the bodies. She feared she might see Nora, Max, or Axel.
She suddenly looked up and saw Axel, Max, and Kelly pointing their guns.
Lily felt relieved immediately.
“Don’t come closer and drop your fucking guns.” El Diablo yelled as he pulled Lily closer and pointed a gun at her head.
They all paused and Lily breathed heavily.
“Drop your guns or I will blow her fucking head off.” He threatened.
“Don’t do that Zach.” Axel yelled.
“Then put the fucking gun down!” He yelled. They were about to drop their guns when Lily stopped them.
“Don’t drop them. He won’t hurt me.” Lily said and El Diablo furrowed his brows.
“Don’t dare me.” El Diablo said.
“Fine.” Axel said and was about to drop the gun again but Lily stopped him.
“Don’t do it, he can’t hurt me.” She said again. Lily knew she was doing something dumb and dangerous. She was taking a risk.
She wasn’t so sure he wouldn’t shoot her but she was sure he wouldn’t want to hurt her. Anastasia was wrong, whatever they had together was real.
“Trust me, Axel. You can come to me, he won’t hurt me.” Lily said again. Axel exchanged looks with Axel and Kelly. They were confused too.
“Don’t fucking dare me, Blackwell.” El Diablo yelled as he pressed the gun harder to her head and corked it.
“It’s fine, Axel.” Lily assured him again.
Axel was confused and scared, in the situation, Lily had a perfect chance of dying. At the same time, dropping their guns would take them back to square one again.
Axel looked at Lily and she gave him an assuring look again, Axel exhaled heavily and rushed towards her. El Diablo couldn’t shoot.
He was about to shoot Axel when he got to them and pulled Lily from him. Axel pointed his gun at him as he stepped back with Lily slowly.
“Fuck!” El Diablo yelled.
“Give her back. Give her back to me!” He said with his voice and hand trembling.
“I can’t do that.” Axel said.
“I really don’t want to do this. I just want her. I want Lily, give her back to me.” He said, sounding like he was pleading.
Lily slowly got in front of Axel.
“What are you doing?” Axel asked her.
“It’s okay.” Lily said to Axel then looked at El Diablo.
“Come here, Lily. I don’t want to do something that will make you sad or hate me. Please, just come here.” He pleaded as his hands trembled.
“Zach.” Lily called softly and walked back to him.
She got to him and slowly held his hands, she slowly took the gun from him and dropped it.
Zach breathed out heavily as he felt so confused, he was having this feeling he hadn’t felt for years. He felt so heartbroken because he knew he had lost Lily. He has lost his kitten.
“Please, Kitten. Please don’t leave, please stay.” He pleaded. She noticed tears welling up in his eyes and she smiled softly at him.
“I’m sorry Zach. You really have to let me go. I am married and I have children already.”
“I know but I still want you to stay. I get so lonely and sad when you are not around, the few months I spent with you were the best months of my life in fifteen years. I don’t want you to leave.” He replied as he stared into her eyes.
Lily felt so pitiful for him, he must have gone through a lot to be making him feel this way. She felt bad she never asked him about his story, she felt so bad for him.
“I’m sorry. I wish I could do something about this, I really wish I could. I love Axel and I want to be with him. He would do anything for me, he is willing to burn the world for me.” Lily replied and he shook his head. A tear rolled out of his eyes.
“Was that why you asked that question? I would do the same, I would burn the world for you. I will do anything for you, Lily.” He replied and cupped her cheeks. Lily held his hand on her cheeks and smiled a little at him.
“Axel didn’t think about the question but you did. You don’t love me, Zach, you just need someone to be around you.” Lily said and he sniffed. He slowly withdrew his hand from her cheek, he glanced at Axel then looked at Lily again.
“You promised to always make me happy. Letting me go will make me happy.” Lily said.
“Letting you go will make you happy?” He asked and she nodded in response.
“Okay.” He muttered and Lily smiled happily. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. He wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face in her neck.
He fought the urge to cry as he held her.
“That’s enough, you can let go of my wife now.” Axel said and he scoffed as he pulled away. Lily chuckled.
El Diablo was about to say something when they all suddenly heard a gunshot. They all froze in fear as they all wondered who had just been shot.
Who the hell was shot? And who the hell pulled the trigger?