Chapter 6

Eddie hit the wall as the force and impact of the bullet hit her and caused an unimaginable pain to sear through her body causing her to almost the floor. She looked down and saw that blood was seeping out of her on the lower right side of her abdomen and it scared her. She held it down with as much pressure as she could manage but it failed after a few seconds as the blood ran through her hands.

To make things worse, Mike dropped the phone, forgetting that the call was still connected, and started to hold her arm with a hellish grip. 'Now would be a great time for them to come' she thought as the pain became unbearable.

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Frank, Jamie, Danny and the most of the HNT stared at the screen that was showing the camera in the room. ESU and their leader were ready and prepared to go into the building and so were Danny and Jamie. But they were taken by surprise when Mike had fired and shot Eddie, which meant that their situation just became a lot more life-threatening and deadly.

"It's on your word Commissioner. When you say it we move." The head ESU said.

Frank took a deep breath in and looked at his two sons who had got their guns and vests and were ready to go. "Go."

As ESU climbed up the usable stairs as quietly as possible Danny and Jamie followed en suite with a civilian who was also wearing a vest to protect him. As they reached the door, that wasn't blocked with rubble, to go into the room. Danny, who had now moved to the front, signalled that on the count of three they would enter the room.

Three.

Two.

One.

"Police don't move! Drop your weapon!" They all shouted, yet Mike wouldn't move or give up and it didn't look like he was giving up anytime soon.

He was holding Eddie's neck with his arm and he had a gun pointed to her head. Jamie hated this sight and at one point he had the urge to run at this guy and shoot him where he stood so that he could at least hug Eddie or get her some medical attention.

"Hey Mike you need to put the gun down." Danny said edging towards him with the smallest steps possible. "You're not going to get out of here alive unless you drop it ok."

"You think I care about getting out of here, as I said before all I want is revenge and I got it." Mike smirked.

"Look, I understand that you're mad," Jamie spoke up, "but the man that did this to you is behind bars. He's already lost his wife, you wanna make him lose a kid too?" Jamie continued. "We all make mistakes Mike, it's just how we make up for them that counts."

"You think this was some kind of petty mistake! Because of this man, who was supposed to be our friend by the way, we lost all of our savings. My parents are still in debt and the money that you people make every day, is the amount that my parents have to live off of every week." He paused to take a breath. "While the people that ruined my life are still living on the high horse and she," he pointed to Eddie, "is still riding around in a silver Porsche. So officer do you want to still tell me how they made up for this mistake."

Jamie was speechless he had no idea what to say anymore, luckily someone else spoke up.

"You're right and I want to say on behalf of all of us we're really sorry. But I want to say again that we had no idea what was going on. If we did know we definitely would have told you soon as possible. You know that Mike, I mean come on we were best friends."

Eddie's eyes widened as she saw who was talking. It was her brother Will Janko.

"What are you doing here Will?" Mike said.

"I'm here to stop you from hurting anyone else. You're not a criminal Mike you're just an ordinary, funny guy who was just angry about something that happened to you and that anger got out of control. But it happens Mike and the first thing you can do to prevent it from ever happening again is to put the gun down and let these officers help you." Will negotiated with Mike his voice sounding confident.

Everyone in the room was tense as no one knew what was going to happen. Guns were raised but Mike dropped to his gun and he dropped to the ground taking Eddie with him. As soon as he hit the floor officers ran to cuff him and Jamie ran to Eddie who was slowly slipping away.

"Eddie, hey can you hear me?" Jamie said as he took off his jacket and pressed it against her wound to stop the bleeding.

"Jamie, it hurts." Was all Eddie could manage to say but she couldn't help but smile at the way he was holding her.

"Yeah I know you're going to be fine Eddie." Jamie said as he turned around to shout. "People we need a bus here quickly!" As if they were on cue, several EMT's came up with a stretcher and tried to attend to Eddie but her eyes were slowly closing and she wouldn't let go of Jamie's hand.

"Officer, I need you to let go of her hand so that we can treat her."

"But…"

"Please Officer." The EMT pleaded with sincerity and the utmost urgency. Finally Jamie reluctantly let go of her hand and ran behind the stretcher in the hope that Eddie would stay alive.