AN: a doozy is coming in this chap - I got HUGE plans for it... Hehe:)

| Riley POV |

We were running... We gotta keep running... Their gaining... Gaining!

"Hurry the fuck up!" Emily screamed, she was the fastest of us, Violet being the second, only by a little.

I heard a pair of feet behind me slow down and stop. I turned seeing De had quit running.

"Come on, man! Their catching up, we gotta go!" I screamed at him.

"No. You go, I'll stay back and slow them down. We can't outrun them, and even if we do, they'll follow us to our camp. You have to go." De looked me in the eyEs with such seriousness in his deep brown eyes I got kind of depressed.

"De... No. You saved my ass, I'm not leaving you." I stuttered.

"I know. You were never gonna be able to repay that debt, cause there is no debt to be paid. Go. Now!" He suddenly screamed.

"No!" I screamed back, but Emily grabbed my arm, yanking me after her.

"He's right Riley..." Emily mumbled, tears streaking down her cheeks.

"Goodbye old friend, been a pleasure being with you all this time... never forget me!" De smirked at us as he turned and ran back towards Jessica's group.

| De POV |

I ran back towards her group and stood in their ways, my pipe drawn, this bitch was going to pay one way or another.

"Move aside, before we kill you." Jessica spat.

"Kill me then." I smirked, and swung the pipe hard knocking out one of her men.

"Kill him. This asshole has been a pain in my ass for too long." Jess ordered.

"Good night Riley, be seeing you in Heaven soon... Let's hope not soon enough... Brother." I spoke one last line as a guy rose his gun shooting me in the center of my forehead point blank as I dropped like a stone.

| Riley POV |

We kept running even after we heard the gunshot. Tears welled in my eyes and I saw Violet, Emily, and Dylan were tearing up too.

"He's... Gone. Just like that..." Dylan mumbled.

"He went out a hero..." I muttered.

"Saved all our asses..." Emily sighed shakily as she dropped to her knees, crying. The girl was crying harder now than when her dad died!

"We... Gotta go, Em... They'll catch up..." Violet put her arm around Emily and hugged her.

"We lost them... We can take a breather..." I mumbled, as I dropped to my knees after seeing their nowhere in sight.

"He did what he said he'd do. Slowed them long enough for us to escape." Dylan looked down, barely holding back tears.

"De... You will be avenged..." I muttered, as my tears disappeared and my eyes had immense anger grow inside them.

"We gotta go back..." I clenched my fists and stood, Emily kept sobbing, unmoving.

"Emily... We gotta go..." Dylan grabbed her arm, helping her to her feet. She suddenly hugged him, crying into his shirt. "Emily... Get a hold of yourself..."

"S-Shut up!" She suddenly screamed at him.

"He's right, Emily..." Violet sighed.

"Shut up! Both of you!" Emily clenched him tighter, crying harder,

"Dylan... Bring her." I looked at the kid, and he put his arm around her shoulders and began walking away, bringing her with him.

"She ever been like this before?" Violet whispered to me.

"No. Not even when her dad died." I sighed angrily.

We followed the two as we left, with a heavy heart... De's final words to me hung in my head, Goodbye old friend, been a pleasure being with you all this time... never forget me!

:: ::

We reached the factory as Tiff ran out hugging me tightly.

"You've been gone almost twenty-four hours..." Darren walked out behind her with Rebecca.

"You've been crying hon?"'Rebecca looked at her daughter, whose face had tear streaks and eyes were beat red.

"Wait. Wheres De?" Tiffany looked at me wide eyed.

"He... Didn't make it." Violet answered for me.

"W-what happened?" Tiffany looked at us then at Dylan. "Whose he?"

"A friend." I answered.

"We got captured - taken. By a girl named Jessica. She has at least thirty men and woman with her. Could be more." I spoke shakily. "We escaped and she chased us with a group... De sacrificed himself to slow her down... He went out a hero."

"He... He's dead?" Tiffany stuttered and hugged me tighter, crying into my shirt.

"His death won't be in vain."'Darren clenched his fists.

"We will kill that bitch..." Emily mumbled, and hugged Dylan tighter, beginning to cry again.

"Calm down Em... We'll avenge him." Dylan soothed her.

"Shut up you idiot!" Emily shrieked at him, holding him tighter.

"We need to figure out a plan. It's not like with Dante when they came to us... Were also down two men since then... John and De." I sighed angrily.

"De Knows we can do this without him. Otherwise he wouldn't of sacrificed himself." Violet looked at us.

"He's right. We can." Darren blinked back tears.

"I didn't know him well, but in the time I did he saved us twice..." Dylan blinked back tears as he rubbed Emily's back as she cried harder, unspeaking.

The suddenly...

"W-what...? You idiot! Let go of me!" Emily pushed Dylan back forcefully in anger.

"Hey chill..." Dylan mumbled.

"Okay. Becca you know how to shoot no?" Darren looked at her.

"Yes. I was taught by John. Before he fell off the deep end." Rebecca answered.

"Good. we will go. Me, you, Riley, Dylan, Violet. Emily you are too unstable to go. You will stay back with Tiff." Darren spoke the plan.

"Okay... Darren... And don't you dare touch me again asshole..." Emily scowls at Dylan.

"Okay okay jees..." Dylan scoffed and walked inside with everyone except Tiff, Riley, and Emily following.

"He was just trying to comfort you..." Tiffany frowned at Emily.

"I trusted one guy before, he turned into a class A asshole. I'm not trusting another..." She looks down, remembering John.

I frowned.

"Watch Tiffany... Please?" I looked her in the eyes and she nodded sadly.

"We leave tomorrow." Darren came out.

"Alright." I smiled.

AN: HEY! Sorry short chap. Nxt ones gonna be long! :))