Chapter 7 – The final battle begins
Alex rushed into his apartment to find Cameron and Max having a takeaway. They both looked to see him standing in the doorway.
"You're not dead then? That's a relief." Cameron said, finally smiling.
"Yeah, it's great that I'm alive, but we need to get out of here. Joe's regaining consciousness after I tranquilized him and he's bloody mad right now. That means Margaret and Mordecai are in danger. So we-" Alex's voice was cut off by the window smashing. Joe's smug face appeared, holding his Desert Eagle in his hand.
"Hello Max. Hello Cameron." He said. But suddenly, he spotted Alex, and punched him hard in the face. He fell back against the wall.
"ALEX! I KILLED YOU, AND I KILLED YOU GOOD!" He pointed his gun at Alex's chest once again. But Alex was too quick for Joe. He twisted the gun out of his hand and took it.
"RUN!" Alex said to the other two. They were pursued down the road, constantly fired at. But then at one point Joe stopped following them and ran off. The boys sighed with relief. Max took out his phone and called Mordecai.
"Hello?" Mordecai said back at the house.
"Hey bro, it's Max. Look, Joe has woken up and is after us. We've lost him, but not for long. Is Margaret with you?" Max asked anxiously, because he liked Alex's sister.
"Yeah, she's here with me. Is Alex with you? Margaret told me he was alive!"
"Yeah, I'm here. We're approaching your house now." Alex said. Cameron went for the door.
Suddenly, when Cameron touched for the doorknob, a bullet sunk into his back, making blood shed onto the floor.
"ARGH!" He screamed, falling onto the floor. Joe was in the bushes around 100m away, and he had a Dragunov Sniper Rifle. Max started pounding on the door, and it opened. Mordecai went to open it, and another bullet pierced his arm, making him fall onto the floor.
"JOE! YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!" Alex screamed into the night, tears starting to trickle down his cheeks. He shut the door and turned to Cameron and Mordecai, both with bullets in them.
"Come on, Mordecai, you'll pull through." Margaret said, her eyes starting to water.
"It's…only a flesh wound, I'll be fine. I just…need a…Band-Aid on my arm. Margaret wrapped a Band-Aid round his arm after removing the bullet with great precision. Meanwhile, Alex and Max were trying to keep Cameron alive.
"Come on Cam, come on, stay with me!" Cameron's eyes were fading slowly, as his blood kept draining. Max tried to stop the blood flowing for a little while, but it didn't help. Cameron was dying slowly, and the boys could not help him. Then Cameron touched Alex's knee and said something to him.
"Go…kill…Joe. Finish…it…" And he breathed no-more. Alex and Max started crying more than ever over Cameron's bloody corpse. Joe had torn Alex and Margaret's world apart bit by bit, just like he had done to Mordecai and Max. Alex's face was now uncontrolled with anger. He picked up his pistol and ran out into the night to finish this battle once and for all…
Okay, maybe I DID make a 13 year old die in this, so sorry about that. But how will everything turn out? The epic conclusion is in the final chapter…
