Chapter 29
"EMILY!" Jason yelled, but he was too late.
Collapsing to the floor, Emily finally passed out. Her body couldn't take anymore.
Patrick advanced towards the door as he cleaned off the knife.
"Oh well, shame she had to die before you this time. It's all the same anyways."
Jason had two choices: he could attempt to unlock the door, hoping Patrick wasn't quick enough to shoot him, or he could wait and play it out.
"Now, it's your turn Morgan." Patrick pulled out his gun and aimed it at Jason's chest.
"Not so fast Patrick."
Patrick turned around to see Sonny holding a gun pointed at him. Before he could act or think, Sonny shot him once in the chest, causing Patrick to go down and the gun falling away from him.
Letting himself out of the cell, Jason met Sonny at Emily's side. At the corner of his eye, he saw Patrick move. Instinctively, he grabbed Sonny's gun and shot Patrick, just as Emily was coming to.
"Is he dead?"
"Yeah Em, he is," Jason said, stroking her bloody and sweaty hair. "He's not a problem anymore."
"You're alive Emily, you'll be okay," Sonny chimed in. He knew he wasn't a good liar as soon as the words left his mouth.
"I'm just glad you're okay Jase. He was coming after you the whole time. I just wanted to protect you."
"Shhh. I know. You don't have to say anything now, you should just rest." Jason was tearing up. He felt helpless. "Sonny, ambulance!"
Sonny left the two and made the call. He decided to give them some space.
Emily touched Jason's face. "Jase?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm glad it's over. I love you." Emily's hand dropped as she drifted back to unconsciousness.
"I love you too Em."
Sonny, Courtney, Nikolas, Carly, as well as the rest of her friends and family rushed to the hospital and seemed to arrive simultaneously. Jason rode with her in the ambulance and was already in the waiting area. Pretty beat up himself, he refused to seek medical attention until he got the update on Emily.
Amazingly, no one spoke. There were no questions, because no one knew where to begin. They all just sat in silence until two nurses walked by.
"Yeah, it's so sad. She was only in her early twenties. Stabbed."
"She seemed like she was pretty too. Even after being beaten and stabbed, she still looked beautiful."
Everyone Emily cared for felt the loss of losing her a second time. Nikolas couldn't do it again. Jason wouldn't.
A/N: Sorry so short again! One more chapter on the way (in about a half hour). The last three should really be one, but I just needed a couple of cliffhangers that wouldn't 'hang' right if they were all one chapter. Enjoy about the 3rd to last chapter on the way!