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Chapter 9
While they were falling, Melina smiled and gazed at Morrison while he smiled and gazed back at her. Before anyone could say anything, they landed in the rushing river with a *SPLASH!*, and the two poked their heads out from underwater, surprised that they were still alive.
"MELINA!" John cried.
"JOHNNY!" she exclaimed.
"We gotta find a way outta this water, it's too dangerous for us to stay in!" he cried.
"AH! Easier said than done!" she exclaimed, furiously swimming towards him, but the water was too intense for her to try and swim back. "AAAAAHHHHHHHH!" she screamed once a huge splash of water sent her back towards what seemed like an endless waterfall.
"MEL!" he screamed, swimming to grab her arm before she could disappear. "I got you!"
"Johnny, get me outta here!" she cried.
"It's gonna be all right!" he replied, struggling to use one arm to swim, while he dragged Melina with him and tried to reach the edge of the grassy surface. After a few moments, he finally was able to grab onto the edge, letting Melina up to safety before she helped to pull him back up with her.
"Whew!" she sighed happily, wrapping her arms around his neck. "We did it!"
"And it ruined my hair in the process." he joked, rinsing out his soaked hair.
"Mine, too." she agreed, rinsing out hers.
While she did, he gazed at her and smiled.
"Why the hell did we ever break up in the first place? She's everything to me and she always will be. Not to mention she looks so much like an angel." he thought.
She caught him looking at her and smiled back. "What?"
Without replying, he leaned in and gave her another intoxicating kiss. "You know how much I love telling you how much I love you?" he asked.
She laughed. "You are just so adorable." she replied, kissing him in return. "And by the way, I love you, too. So, uh, where do we go now? I don't see River anywhere, so that's a good sign."
"Yeah, but I still got his gun just in case." he replied. "I gotta admit, though, the guy was pretty smart to have brung two guns with him, huh?"
"Yeah. I guess he knew that one of us would take his only weapon so he brought a backup one just in case." she agreed. "Anyways, baby, you're not mad at me for not following directions and going back to save you, are ya?"
"I could never be mad at you, Mina. River didn't hurt you, so that's all that really matters." he replied. "Hey, where the hell are we, anyway?"
She looked around to find that there was some kind of busy street beyond some more woods. "Looks like we're near Chinatown." she replied, surprised.
"Wow, how long did we drop down here?" he asked, just as surprised.
"Yeah, really." she chuckled, while they walked through the forest and entered the busy streets of Chinatown, Los Angeles. "I guess we finally lost River! I don't see him anywhere!"
"I'm guessing the douchebag gave up so that he could finally let us live happily ever after." Morrison replied.
"Well, with you and I both still alive, I'm very much happy again." Melina smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck before giving him an insanely passionate kiss.
He wrapped his arms around her slim waist and pulled her closer to him to deepen the kiss. "You are incredible." he muttered, gazing into her beautiful brown eyes.
She gazed back into his sweet hazel eyes while she combed her fingers through his hair. "Ok, we gotta find a way back to our hotel." she said quickly. "I kinda need you alone, like, really really badly, so..."
"So do I." he agreed. "But first, we gotta figure out how to find our way back to our car."
"Wait, babe, while we're here in Chinatown, we might as well enjoy ourselves for once and look around the place!" she exclaimed, grabbing his arm.
He smirked. "You want me to buy you stuff, don't ya?" he asked.
"PLEEEEEAAASSSSEEE?" she dragged out.
"And the whinyness comes out again!" he joked.
She playfully punched his arm. "For the last time, I do not whine!" she cried.
"Yeah huh." he mocked.
"NO, I DOOOOONNN'TTT!" she cried, stamping her feet again.
"YES, YOU DOOOOOOOOOOO!" he mocked, stamping his feet.
"Damn you." she smirked back. "And I don't sound like that."
"You say one thing, I say another." he said quickly.
She shot him a look. "Anyways, let's go shopping!" she exclaimed happily. They looked around for a while until they went down this alley, where they ran into...
"Melina, my goddess!" River exclaimed with a smile. "We finally meet again!"
"No!" she cried, hiding behind John.
"Just how long is it gonna take for us to get rid of you, you son of a bitch?" Morrison asked darkly.
"Once I claim sweet Mina as my own, then my mission'll be complete." he replied. "I'm glad you're all right after that dangerous drop your so called 'boyfriend' put you up against. See, if you were with me, I wouldn't risk your life like he did."
She smirked. "Yeah, I'd rather fall 80ft down a cliff with my Johnny than being trapped with a psychotic bastard like you." she replied.
"Burn." John smiled along.
River reeled inside before he replied, "So, you really want him more than me, don't you?"
"Uh, DUH!" she replied.
"Even after I gave you all those free clothes?" he continued.
"I'd still be grateful for that if you were a normal person, but yeah, even after that." she continued. "And I'll never shop in your store ever again, by the way."
John chuckled.
"Mina, my goddess-" he began.
"Look, just shut up, will you? SHUT. UP. I don't want to hear any more of your damned excuses about why you want me. The fact of the matter is, I am in love with Johnny here, he is the love of my life. My everything, my heart, my soul, and my rock. Not you, River." she said, getting angrier and angrier by the moment.
John smiled at her, while River looked totally stunned.
"And another thing, stop calling me your goddess or whatever, and most of all, do not-I repeat, DO NOT ever call me Mina. That's John's nickname for me, not yours, do I make myself clear to you?" she demanded.
After her speech, John happily applauded for her, while River slowly nodded.
"Well, Riv, that answer your question?" he asked.
"Fine. If I can't have Mina, then nobody can." River said darkly.
The two looked stunned for a moment.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked quickly.
"Nobody turns down River Van Wilhelm." he continued. "Since I can't have you, then it'll hurt me to say this, but I'll just have to kill the both of you."
Shocked, they looked at one another.
Then, River gestured to another corner, where a whole gang of guys joined him.
"River, if you're trying to freak me out, you're doing one hell of a job!" Melina cried shakily.
"So, you brung your own posse. Big flipping deal." Morrison said sarcastically. "You think we're afraid of all of you?"
"Men. Kill them." River commanded.
They slowly charged towards them.
"Uh, ok. Mel?" asked Morrison.
"Y-Yeah?" she replied.
"Run." he finished.
She sped off first, while Morrison looked back and made sure she ran off to safety, before he slowly turned around and sped off behind her. After that, the gang, led by River, all sped after him down the narrow alleys of the shopping plaza.
AN: Next chapter: EPIC CHASE/FIGHT SCENE! WHOO! XD
