Chapter ten
No Choice
For Maureen, finding the gun and the bullets was the easiest. Someone had left them in a drawer, but as she began loading the gun, her hands shook and her stomach churned with idea that she might actually kill a man. Was it actually in her to kill someone?
Suddenly, a huge explosion rocked the building! Maureen went one way and the gun went the other! She covered her head as bits of wood fell down upon her head. She screamed in terror until the wood stopped falling. Then, she jumped up, grabbed her gun and raced down the stairs clutching it tightly in her hand.
"Maureen!" Enjolras ran in, looking sweaty, bloody and dirty. "Run!" He shouted. "Run!"
suddenly, a soldier leaped from out of nowhere and in slow motion aimed at Enjolras's back. "NOO!" She screamed as the soldier pulled the trigger and the gun went off! Enjolras flew forward, hit his head on the stairs, cracking in hard and hitting the ground in a heap. "ENJOLRAS!" She screamed.
The soldier, eyes wild with terror jumped and shot at her! She screamed as the bullet struck her in the shoulder. She brought her hand and shot him directly in the chest. The man fell down and he wasn't moving. She knelt beside Enjolras and rolled him over. His head was bleeding badly and the bullet was lodged. Enjolras was barely breathing and she didn't know what to do.
The sound of footsteps approaching caused her to jump out of her skin and she spun around to see more soldiers coming into the room. She sat there dumbly as they approached her. One stepped towards her, pointing her gun. "Are there more rebels in this building." She stared at him and he shouted at her. "Answer me!"
She threw her gun at him. "Shut the Hell up!"
One of the soldiers pointed at Enjolras's body. "Sir?"
She threw herself across his body. "Don't you touch him!" She screamed. "Don't touch him!"
The other soldier set his guns down and approached her cautiously. "Everyone leave, I can take it from here."
"As you wish Mr. Arlington." The officer said. "Everyone move out."
The men scattered as this Mr. Arlington moved towards her. "You keep away from me!"
He ignored her and advanced towards Enjolras's figure. He knelt beside her and she began looking for something to hit him with. Spying a piece of wood, she grabbed it and moved to strike him on the head. He caught her hand without looking up at her. "He's dying." His words caused her to let loose of the wood. "Miss, if you want him to live, you need to let me help him."
"You help him!?" She shrieked. "Why should I trust you?"
"Because, I'm the only one you have to trust." A bullet whizzed over his head and he ducked. "So how about it?"
Maureen hated being put in situations like this. But she had no other choice. "Fine. But don't you dare kill him."
"Or you'll kill me?"
"I might!"
"I don't doubt it. But I won't let him die, if I can help it."
Yes, I know it's short, but this is for BTGJONES, who was wondering what had happened. But now I fear it's on another cliffhanger and it's nearing the end. Maybe one or 2 more chapters. I've finally decided what direction this story is going to go.