Chapter 6 as promised! (The very last chapter I might add) So there is a BIG thing in this chapter and I'm really hoping you guys don't hate me for it! It's been quite hard to write so apologies if it doesn't make any sense xxxxxx
Connie walked up to the gates of Elm Tree House, she sighed; a sigh of contentment and happiness. She had her daughter back at last.
She began to push the gates open, when a thick hand clasped her wrist and whirled her around. She opened her mouth angrily to say something but she soon stopped, her eyes widened with fear, as she stared up into the face of the man that had ruined her life in the first place.
"Well, well! Hello Connie! Long time no see" he growled the last four words, the sarcasm and false brightness disappearing from his voice.
"What do you want?" she did her best to sound menacing, but her voice came out in a whisper, her fear clearly shown.
Sy laughed as Connie struggled, trying to wriggle her wrist out of his clasp, but she was unsuccessful. She still had one hand on the gate and as she opened her mouth to scream, Sy quickly pulled a knife out of his back pocket and pointed it at Connie's throat.
"Now I wouldn't scream if I were you" he spoke quietly, his eyes glinting.
Connie's eyes widened even further her eyes nearly bulging out of her head. She nodded she wasn't going to take any chances.
"What I want is for you to be back here at exactly 4 o'clock with your petty daughter, understood?" Sy shook Connie's wrist at the last sentence and the knife came closer.
"A-and if I don't?" Connie managed to croak out, as she eyed the knife at her throat.
Sy cackled, throwing his head back as he did so. "Then I kill you" he answered simply.
He let go of Connie's wrist, turned on his heel and marched off into the alleyway at the end of the street.
Connie watched, gasping and leaning against the gate, reeling at what just happened. She couldn't put Elektra in danger again.
Standing up straight she had made up her mind. Holding her head up high she walked into Elm Tree House and knocked on the door.
"SHE'S HERE!" Elektra shouted bolting down the stairs and grabbing her blue jacket as she went.
"BYE EVERYONE!" she shouted again and opened the door smiling at her mother, who was stood at the doorstep.
"Hey mu- mum? Mum what's wrong?" she began the sentence happily enough, but upon seeing the worry on her mum's face she knew something was wrong.
Connie snapped out of her trance, as if realising that Elektra was there. Connie smiled.
"Nothing! Nothing's wrong! Honestly!" she replied cheerfully.
Elektra eyed her mother's smile, but she could see there was still worry in her eyes.
"You sure?" she asked, giving her mother a chance to tell her what was on her mind.
"Sure, are you ready?" Connie smiled holding her arm out.
Elektra smiled back. "Ready" linking arms with her mother, the pair walked into town.
Mike and Gina walked into the living room and looked at the children crowded around the television. They seemed bored out of their minds.
With Elektra off in town with her mother, the kids probably felt like they weren't doing anything.
"Johnny can you turn the television off please" Gina asked, the boy stood up and obliged, but it didn't really make a difference to the kids surrounding it.
"Right! Well since Elektra is doing something, Gina and I have decided that we should do something too! So we've organised to go bowling since you all enjoyed it last time" Mike smiled as the kids automatically sprung up to go and get ready for their outing.
Even though Sapphire groaned, he could see she was happy to be going out.
"Everyone hurry! We aim to be back by 4!" Mike shouted, making sure everyone could hear him.
"Wow! Mum you know all the right places to come for lunch!" Elektra said to her mum, as she leant back in her chair, satisfied from the feast they had just eaten.
She looked up at her mum, to see what she would say in return, but once again saw her staring off into space, the worried look back on her face.
Elektra sighed. "Mum, please. Just tell me what's wrong" Elektra leant in and touched Connie's hand.
Connie looked at her daughter; hesitantly she smiled again "Nothing is wrong Elektra! Stop worrying, I was just wondering if we should go shopping! It's 2 o'clock now...plenty of time!" Connie proposed to Elektra, her false excitement duping Elektra easily.
"Ok let's go shopping!" Elektra jumped up from her seat, grabbed her mother's arm and ran out of the restaurant.
They shopped and shopped, and soon they were more tired than they had ever been in their lives! They collapsed on a bench, laden with bags and boxes.
Elektra put them all down and stretched. Looking down at her watch she began picking them up again. Connie watched confused.
"It's quarter to four mum! It'll take us about 15 minutes to walk back; we should be back by 4! Let's roll!" she stood up smiling and began walking.
"No! No! No Elektra come back!" Connie shouted, Elektra stopped abruptly at the panic in Connie's voice and turned around.
"What I-I mean to say is..." Connie began running up to her daughter, smiling falsely again, but this time Elektra wasn't fooled.
"Mum! Stop it! Something's wrong and you won't tell me what! I've watched you all day, and no matter how many times you try to tell me nothing's wrong, I know something is, so why can't you just tell me!" Elektra burst out, shouting, oblivious to the people walking past her.
"Elektra..." Connie took a deep breath "For the twentieth time noth-"
"NO! Stop! Just stop talking right now! I thought we were alright again, but now I can see something's bothering you and you don't trust me enough to tell me! Well fine! I thought we were past lying but I guess we're not! I'll walk home myself! And don't follow me just-just go!" Elektra screamed, and stormed off in the direction of her house.
Connie panicked, she ran after Elektra, shouting, screaming, pleading. She needed to stop her getting back to the house!
But Elektra wouldn't listen, believing that her mum was wrong she turned the corner and ran, Connie ran behind her screaming that she had to stop, but Elektra ran on to Elm Tree and got to the gates. Panting she turned and collided with a hard figure. Looking up she saw his face and froze.
"NO!" Connie screamed, he had found her daughter. "ELEKTRA WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ME!" Connie yelled her eyes filling up with tears as she ran to Sy and Elektra.
Sy held Elektra by the arms and got out a knife and held it out.
"Connie you tried to double-cross me?" he said feigning sadness.
"I'm truly heartbroken" he pulled a sad face, but started laughing after.
"Well I can't lie to you, I'm going to enjoy this...revenge at last" Sy smiled an evil grimace.
A tear fell down Elektra's cheek, and her mother stood there helpless.
The Elm Tree gang turned the corner. The bowling alley wasn't far so they could easily walk there and back.
The group was happy and friendly arguments were being held as they walked back from bowling.
"Ok sorry, but I most definitely won!" Carmen shouted, stating in her voice that she found it obvious.
"No! I won! I got two strikes and the only reason I was under you was because you pushed me so I won!" Toby contradicted.
"Yeah well guess what? You was all rubbish so obviously I won!" Liam ended the argument as they all laughed.
But soon their laughter was stopped, at the scene in front of them. People were stood on the pavements, watching, helplessly at this maniac with a knife at the girl's throat.
"Oh no" Tracy whispered.
"That's..." Mike continued.
"ELEKTRA!" Liam shouted pelting at full speed down the lane.
"No! Stop Liam!" Sapphire shouted back, running and following him.
The group followed running after him, but he heard nothing and saw only red. But then he stopped, next to Connie this was the closest they could get.
"Oh god they're all here again!" Sy rolled his eyes and chuckled manically. "Look there's more people as well!" Sy waved his knife at the people gathering on the streets.
"I'm calling the police" Mike muttered to Gina his hands shaking as he dialled.
"You see Elektra your darling mum here tried to stop you from coming back she knew I was going to be here, but you didn't listen to her! Shame really she seems quite upset about it" Sy blatantly stated the obvious.
Connie was sobbing uncontrollably, Liam put his arm around Connie to steady her and Elektra managed to smile through her silent tears.
"Let her go! Or I'll do something you regret" Liam said menacingly, he could be just as scary.
"Yeah I'm the one with the knife her mate" Sy rolled his eyes, and to show that he meant it brought it closer to Elektra's throat.
A woman screamed.
Sy laughed. Suddenly he whirled Elektra around and was holding her by the wrist, just as he had clasped Connie this morning.
"Now it's time for me to have my revenge, but I want to see your face when I kill you" Sy raised the knife above his head.
Liam looked around for something...anything.
Sy brought it down, but just as he was about to strike Connie screamed and jumped in front of Elektra.
The knife plunged into Connie's shoulder and Elektra opened her eyes to find her mother falling to the ground in front of her, the knife stuck in her shoulder.
"NO! NO MUM NO!" Elektra screamed hysterically, moving her arm like mad, trying to break free of Sy's grasp.
Sy recovered from the momentary shock of stabbing the wrong person and smiled at Elektra.
Before Liam could grab her other arm her whirled her back and his eyes alerted at the sound of a truck horn.
"I didn't plan that but don't worry" Sy grinned, as the truck came hurtling at full speed down the road.
With all his force behind him, he pushed Elektra, she stumbled into the road.
She turned to her right to see the truck hurtling towards her...
BAM!
The wind was knocked out of her and Elektra's world turned black.
People screamed.
"NO!" shouted Liam, he yelled and yelled. He spotted Sy laughing and attacked him, Sy was caught off guard and he fell to the ground, Liam's eyes welled up with tears as he punched Sy. He heard sirens.
He ran into the middle of the road and knelt down next to the unconscious Elektra. He never thought so much blood could come from one body. The tears rolled down his cheeks as he looked down at her pale face. He found her hand and willed for her to wake up, but he knew that she wasn't going to.
A paramedic came and checked her pulse...she was alive but only just. She'd lost a lot of blood Liam watched as they gently picked up her broken body and carted her away.
He turned to see Carmen and Toby crying and Tracy comforting them, but she couldn't stop her tears either.
The Dumping Ground kids all had tears in their eyes, but they found their solace as they watched the bruised and bloody Sy being dragged away, being sentenced with life imprisonment.
The unconscious Connie was next; her eyes flickered but didn't open. She would be fine, thought Liam. But would Elektra? More tears rolled down his face, as he got into the car with Mike, Tracy and Carmen and followed the ambulances.
-3 DAYS LATER-
Elektra's hearing was the first thing to come back to her. She heard the steady beep of the monitor. Her arms, legs and chest throbbed, in fact her entire body was aching.
She felt a hand holding hers. Who was it? Why was she here?
And then she remembered. She remembered the truck and she remembered her mother being stabbed by that idiot. She remembered seeing the colour drain from Liam's face as she stumbled into the road.
A door opened.
"Liam, it's time for lunch" she heard Tracy speak softly.
"I'm not hungry" he croaked, his voice was hoarse and thick.
"Liam, you have to eat" she felt the weight at the end of the bed, as Tracy sat down.
"I can't" his voice broke "I can't eat, when she's like this. It's all my fault, I promised her, I promised her I'd keep her safe, that I wouldn't let anything hurt her...and now look. Look what's happened to her. This is the third day she's been unconscious!"
Elektra's heart broke at the sound of him, so disappointed in herself. She gently moved her fingers as best as she could and Liam gasped, as he squeezed her hand back.
Elektra opened her eyes, nearly closing them again at the bright lights in the ward. She smiled. Liam smiled back and Tracy smiled too.
They were all grinning like idiots, Elektra laughed, but she grimaced when the pain shot into her chest.
"Ow! How bad am I?" she asked, wondering what damage had been done.
"Three broken ribs, your right arm is broken, right ankle is sprained and your left leg is broken, plus you cut your head and you're bruised quite a bit on your right side too." Tracy explained.
"Oh...lovely...could you help me sit up?" Elektra asked now feeling rather stiff.
At once Liam stood up and gently put his arms around her and hoisted her up, she smiled in thanks to him.
"I'll just...leave you two alone" Tracy tried to hide her smile, she walked out and shut the door.
"You gave me a fright y'know" Liam joked, finally smiling.
"I bet I did" Elektra agreed with him.
"I'm sorry Elektra, I broke my promise" Liam bowed his head. Elektra squeezed his fingers.
"No you didn't, I'm fine" she consoled him, it didn't matter to her.
Liam sighed, she wasn't going to admit it.
"What about my mum? Is she..." Elektra didn't continue.
"She's fine, luckily the cut wasn't too deep. She's in her ward. She's also really sorry" Liam sad, knowing Connie would want him to tell her.
"It wasn't her fault" Elektra sighed, everything that happened was my fault, she thought.
"Sy's been locked up – for life" Liam finally told her, the smile returning to his face.
"That's gre- what happened to your hand?" Elektra looked down at his bandaged knuckles. Liam awakwardly scratched the back of his head. "I punched Sy, he has a very hard head...my knuckles are a bit bruised and cut"
Elektra looked at him in disbelief. He hit Sy. "See, you're great" Elektra smiled at him.
Liam looked around. Then slowly he leant in and kissed Elektra. Elektra's heart sped up as she kissed him back. They broke apart.
"Finally" whispered Liam.
And then Elektra knew that everything was going to be alright.
Happy Ending! So I'm done now, thank you to everyone who took the time to read it, review it and add to alerts etc etc, it means so much! Hope you all liked the ending, they finally get their kiss! Reviews are welcome, thank you for reading xxxxxx