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A/N: Let's continue~
~ASSASSIN'S LOVE~
**CHAPTER SEVEN - I MISSED YOU**
Callie followed Lexie running using the café's back door. It was dark, but Callie just ran behind the skinny woman. She felt uneasy to leave Arizona alone at the café. Her mind was wondering if Arizona will face to face with the person who was shot the café. Her eyes widened. Arizona was in danger. She stopped on her track and froze. Her sudden reaction hadn't gone unnoticed by the other brunette. Lexie turned around to face the older woman. "What now?"
Callie stared at the Lexie blankly, doesn't know what to do. She was struggling with her inner thought either to run away or go back to Arizona. Her eyes blinked several times before she voiced out her decision. "I should go back…"
"No!" Lexie yelled. She walked closer to the taller woman. "You are not going back!"
"But Arizona…"
"Don't you hear her?" Lexie cut her off. "She told you to go. She doesn't need you there," she reminded Callie.
"She needs me! And I need her!" Callie yelled. "I will not leave her there alone."
There was silence for a few seconds. Lexie's brown eyes looked at the clueless woman in front her. "We should keep going…"
"No!" Callie protested.
"Callie!"
"I said no! I'm going back," she gave Lexie her a hard glare before turned around to walk to the café.
"Damn it!" Lexie took a breath to calm herself. This woman has been stubborn just like Arizona. She ran behind Callie and pulled her shoulder so they could face to face again. "No, Callie. You don't understand."
"Then tell me!" Callie was waiting for Lexie to fill her what was going on. When there was nothing coming from Lexie's mouth, Callie just shook her head and turned around.
Lexie let out a long sigh. She was tired to keep this from Callie. "Arizona tried to protect you," Lexie finally let out something from her mouth. Callie stopped walking and it was the sign for Lexie to continue. "They might come here to kill you and Arizona won't let that happen. It broke her heart seeing you fighting for your life a month ago. She wanted you to be safe."
Callie remembered the memory of her got injured badly. They finally found her? "If it is about me, then I have to fight for myself. Not her," she said weakly.
"Because she loves you, Callie. She protects her loves one."
Without turning around, Callie simply nodded. Her mind drifted to the moment where Arizona told her that she loved her. Wasn't that too fast for either of them to say it to each other? "Yeah, I know that. She just said that."
"No. She loved you from years ago, Callie. She was your lover," brown eyes snapped up as she spun around to face the other woman. Lexie had her eyes locked with the other brunette. Callie's mouth slightly parted as she was trying to find the words for this new info. When she saw Callie trying to process, she continued, "She was suffering of losing her brother because her brother was trying to protect her and then she was losing you because she wanted to protect you from them. And now you are here, she doesn't want to let you go anymore. That's why she needs you to be safe because she can't live without you again. She suffered for years, Callie. After years, she never stops loving you."
Callie stared into Lexie's hazel eyes with tears started to pool in her eyes. "My lover?"
Dark green eyes stared intensely into blue orbs. He couldn't believe the woman in front of him still alive. Addison and her men had made sure she was dead years ago, but now the legend Robbins was standing facing him with her gun on his head. He let out a small laugh thinking all the coincidences. Arizona's quizzical eyes telling him she was looking for an answer. "I'm here looking for Torres and got an order to bring her back," he explained with a smirk on his face.
"If you wanted to bring her back, why you pointed your gun on her earlier?" Arizona asked.
Derek chuckled and shook his head. "I got an order to bring her back from her girlfriend, Robbins. But the scene of her sharing a kiss with another woman, that's not acceptable. Montgomery is my best friend. If that woman hurting her, I will not think twice to kill her."
Arizona shoved her gun harder against Derek's head. "Do you realize that she was kissing was me, the woman that she loved for years ago? Before Montgomery?" she knew about Callie and Addison but she trusted Callie with all her heart. Callie just thought she was dead, so she had to move on. Not that she blame Callie for moving on but it was her mistake too for choosing this way, to watch Callie from far. "We love each other, Shepherd. Back off from her. Back off from us," she told him with a stern voice. "Beside you can't beat me and you know that?"
The curly haired man clenched his jaw, trying to brush off the image of Arizona beating him years ago. He knew he never got a chance to beat Arizona in the past. Arizona was a legend. She was one of the greatest five leaders. But it had been years. He had trained so hard and now he was one of the leaders. He wasn't the same Derek Shepherd that Arizona beat years ago. He could beat the blonde now.
Derek's strong left hand grabbed Arizona's hand, made the woman off guard and shot into the wall. She quickly grabbed Derek's right hand that held the gun and pushed it to the floor. Another shot had been released and hit the wooden floor. Arizona eyes snapped up to the man in anger.
The man twisted Arizona's hand and made she lost her grip on her gun. As the gun dropped on the floor, he kicked it away.
Arizona took the chance to kick the dark haired guy on his stomach and made Derek fell backwards with his gun flying into the corner of the cafe. His back hit the table before he stumbled on the floor. The blonde's kick still strong after years. Arizona was about to kick him again, but Derek caught her feet. He pulled it in his direction and made the blonde fell flatly on the floor.
"Damn!" Arizona whined with her hands held her pain waist.
Before she could roll her body, strong hands pulled her off the floor. She had her eyes on the same level as Derek's. "You are so wrong about me, Robbins. I'm not the same Derek Shepherd that you beat years ago."
Smirking at the man in front him, she grabbed Derek's arms and swung her head of the knee against Derek's stomach. The man stumbled backwards. "You still naive about me, Shepherd," Arizona punched him in the face a few times before the weak man fell on the floor. "You still can't beat me. Admit it!" Arizona challenged.
Wiping the blood on his lips while he was standing up, his eyes met Arizona's blue eyes. The blonde could see the grudge, hatred, anger in his eyes. He grabbed the chair and threw in Arizona's direction. Arizona managed to dodge it, but she was off guard when another chair flying in her direction. Her eyes went wide before it hit her hard.
The chair was broken. Arizona was stumbling on the floor with loud sound. She lay on the floor with her head was bleeding. She blinked several times, trying to brush off the dizziness in her head.
Derek was walking forward and bent to pick the leg of the broken wood chair. He was looking down to the blonde and swung the tool against Arizona's head.
"Ugh!" Arizona groaned in pain. The pain in her head was too much to take. Derek sat on her body and choked her neck with his strong hands. Her eyes widened. She couldn't breathe. Her body jerked up to fight. Her hands reached for Derek's face to stop him, but the man was too strong. Her face turned red because of lack of oxygen before it slowly turned to blue. She continued struggling to breathe, but after a few seconds, she was too tired to fight. Her brain told her not to stop fighting, but her bodies started to feel numb. Her hands on Derek's face slowly went down. This was the end for her. The image of smiling Callie appeared in her mind. She can't give up. She had to fight for Callie. She promised Callie, she would protect her. But now, she couldn't fight for her life. She was too weak to protect Callie. Tears fell from her eyes.
Callie, who had witnessed Arizona struggling under Derek's hands, her body got shaken. The sight of bleeding and pale Arizona on the floor had brought back the memory of the beaten Arizona years ago in her head.
Derek punched Arizona's face while the two men held her arms. Her shoulders slumped in defeat. The man on her left pulled her blonde hair so Derek and the rest could see her face. Loud whine escaped Arizona's lips and it made Callie gasped. Arizona's face was swollen and bleeding. Her blue eyes locked with her lover's brown orbs. Callie's eyes watering seeing the image of beaten Arizona in front her eyes. She averted her eyes so Arizona won't see her tears. She heard another pain groan from Arizona again. More tears rolling down, escaping from her eyes silently as she closed her eyes tightly. Her hands curled into fists at her side; trying to stay strong, but her heart ached to hear the love of her life had been treated that way.
Brown eyes snapped from the painful memory. Tears started to form in her eyes. She had made a mistake in the past where she didn't fight for Arizona. Her right hand curled in fist and was shaking in anger.
Blue eyes found brown eyes. Arizona could see the danger in Callie's eyes. She stretched her shaky left hand, trying to give the sign to the brunette to stop. But the brunette was faster. She grabbed Derek's blazer collar from back and pulled him backwards with rough. Derek's back hit the chairs at the corner while Arizona was coughing hard and tried to breathe again.
The Latina grabbed the lapel of Derek's blazer to force the man to stand again. Callie pushed the man against the wall. Derek was surprised by Callie's strength. He knew Callie was strong and he always lost to her in the training room, but he never saw Callie with this look. Her eyes were full with anger and grudge. She punched the man on the face and made Derek crashed against the table. On the floor Derek saw the gun not too far from him. He tried to reach it, but Callie stepped on his hand.
"Ahhh!" Derek screamed in pain. As Callie pulled her feet back, Derek wrapped his hand with the other hand rolled to the side.
Callie kneeled down and had her legs on Derek's sides. She grabbed the collar of his shirt to make the man arched forward in force. She brought her fist into his face once as she thought about the image of Derek beating Arizona in front of her. "I'll kill you!" Callie yelled. She punched the man's face again. "I'll kill you!"
Arizona was staring at the brunette. She knew the woman wasn't the Callie that she found at the beach a month and half ago. She was Callie Torres, the dangerous assassin. Callie Torres, in her beast form. The dark side of Callie that she hadn't witnessed for years. More tears falling down on her cheeks, seeing Callie like this. She rolled her body and pushed her body off from the floor. The pain around her body was killing her when she moves, but Callie needed her now so she pushed the pain away. She crawled closer to the brunette. "Callie…" her voice was hoarse because of the pain in her throat.
Callie didn't stop. She kept repeating her words, "I'll kill you!" while punching Derek in his face.
The blonde finally kneeled next to Callie and placed her hand softly on Callie's shoulder. "Calliope…" she tried again. Her voice was weak and soft but enough to get the brunette's attention.
Callie snapped out from her deep thought. Her eyes stared at Derek's swollen and bleeding face for a few seconds with wide eyes. She just noticed what she had done. Her grip on Derek's shirt loosened and Derek's unconscious body fell on the floor. Callie tilted her head where her eyes met Arizona's beautiful blue eyes. Tears started streaming down from her eyes as she moved her leg so she could kneel in front Arizona. "Arizona…" she said weakly before she burst into cry.
Arizona wrapped her hands around Callie's neck while her eyes studying the woman's face. She could see the Latina was afraid, angry and sad.
"I will not let him hurt you again," Callie whispered; her shoulder shaky because of crying. "I'm sorry, Arizona. I didn't fight for you. I was stupid for letting them hurt you. I don't want to lose you again."
The Latina's words made the blonde's feeling mixed up with joy and sadness. 'Sorry?' 'Lose her again?' Was that the sign that Callie remembered about them? She leaned her forehead against Callie's. "You aren't going to lose me again," Arizona whispered back. That was her promise to Callie until her last breathe.
Arizona pulled the trembling woman into her warm embrace. Callie wrapped her arms around the blonde's small waist and buried her face into Arizona's neck. Arizona's scent had calmed her. The blonde pressed her lips on Callie's temple with full of love and passion. There was nowhere she will let this woman go again. Never.
"I'm okay," Arizona tried to stop Lexie from worrying about her.
"If Callie wasn't there, you could be dead!" Lexie scolded her obviously knew Arizona wasn't okay. Derek had choked her and she almost died. So she knew the blonde wasn't okay.
Arizona knew her body still hurt, but she didn't want the other to worry about her, "I told you, I am okay! I'm alive, Lexie!"
"No! You almost die there! Now it's time for us to disappear again!"
"No!"
"Ari!"
Meredith, who was applying the medicine on Arizona's head just stayed silent. She didn't witness the scene, but knew how stubborn the woman on the bed so she decided not to say anything.
Callie, who was watching them was bickering in the room trying to avoid the tension between the two women. She poured Cody's food into his bowl. Cody enjoyed his meal as Callie brushed his body softly. When she was done with it, she walked closer to the room.
"I will not leave this place until I talk to Callie!" Arizona told the skinny brunette. "You girls can leave if you want."
The words from Arizona made Callie's heart warm because Arizona considered about her in making decision. Callie leaned against the door frame with her eyes looking at the injured woman on the bed. When blue eyes caught her gaze, Arizona had a wide dimpled smile on her face. That was the smile that always brightened up her life when she had bad days in the past. Now she had the chance to see it again. Callie beamed breathtaking smile in Arizona's direction never breaking their eye contact.
Meredith saw the slight mood exchange in blonde. And when she caught the gaze was directed to the brunette at the door frame, she cleared her throat. "Lexie, maybe we should leave these women alone now," she said as she placed the medicine to the bedside table. Lexie was frowning at her sister. "Lexie!"
When Lexie saw where Arizona had her eyes on, she finally caught up. "Oh…" she followed her sister out to give the women some privacy. When she walked passed the other brunette, she whispered, "Talk to her to move her ass from here."
"I hear you!" Arizona yelled as she threw the pillow to Lexie.
Turning her head to the blonde, she gave the woman, her glare before she finally walked out of the room.
Callie just smiled at both women. Picking the pillow on the floor and closed the door behind her, she brought the pillow back to the bed. She sat at the edge of the bed and facing the blonde. "Come here," Arizona patted the empty space next to her. Callie obeyed her as she sat next to Arizona and leaned her back against the head of the bed. She straddled her legs around Arizona and pulled Arizona softly to lean against her chest before she wrapped arms around the smaller woman's shoulder.
They were silent for a couple of minutes. Arizona was silently enjoying herself to hear Callie's strong heart beats while Callie buried her nose into Arizona's blonde hairs, to remind her how she missed this woman's scent. No words could describe this moment.
"You remember all of them?" Arizona asked finally broke the long silence between them.
Callie just nodded.
Arizona knew it was hard for the brunette to process. She squeezed the tanned hands, telling the woman she wasn't alone. But she had the question that was bugging her from the first time she saw Callie. "If I go, will you come with me? Or you will go back to Addison?" she asked.
Callie just stared at the wall. She loved Addison. She loved Arizona. But she loved both women differently. She fell in love with Addison because she was lonely and trying to move on, but her love for the woman in her arms now was absolutely unconditionally love. Arizona was her best friend, her trainer, her enemy, her strength, her weakness, her love one, her everything, her Arizona. Callie closed her eyes as she tightened her hold of Arizona while her mind drifted to the moment where she was madly in love with this woman. She still love this woman madly now. "I want you, Arizona. If you go, I'll go with you," she whispered assuring.
There was no doubt in her words and it made Arizona felt ease. She got the answer that she wanted to hear from Callie. She wanted to move from here, to start a new life with Callie, the woman of her life. She wanted this.
"I missed you, Arizona."
Arizona smiled and whispered back, "I missed you too, Calliope. Always."
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