The bullet crashed through the window and before it could make impact into Chuck he managed to bash his elbow into Elle's nose and she let go of him in surprise and he jumped out of the way, landing painfully on his wounded chest and shoulder. He cried out in pain.
Elle felt the painful blow of the bullet as it flew into her side and a spurt of blood shot out of the impact area. She cried out in pain, not only from the broken nose she had received but also because of her new gunshot wound. She clutched her wounded side and collapsed to her knees, trying in vain to keep her precious blood from escaping.
"You scoundreling Sonofabitch!" Elle cursed "doesn't feel so good to be shot does it Elle?" Chuck retorted through a wave of pain. Chuck attempted to get up from the ground but the pain that erupted from his all ready injured body was too much and he was forced to stay on the ground.
Joshua spoke into his talkie again and told the guys back at the station that Elle has been detained and they needed one, possibly two more ambulances.
Lancaster managed to limp away from Joshua and over to Chuck who was lying on the ground, groaning in pain. "What you just did was really stupid kid, you could have gotten yourself killed" Lancaster stated. "It got you Elle didn't it? And besides I've lived through worse" Chuck replied.
The sound of more sirens filled the night air and assured Lancaster that help was on the way for the young man in front of him and for himself. Elle on the other hand could bleed to death for all he cared but he knew that justice needed to be served and even though he wished death were the answer it wasn't.
"Would you mind helping me up?" Chuck asked "I wish I could but sadly I can hardly stand on my own two feet right now" Lancaster replied. "Never mind then, I'll do it myself" Chuck once again struggled to get up from the ground and Lancaster tried to stop him "Chuck you need to stay still. From what I can tell your still suffering from major blood loss and you shouldn't even be out of the hospital" Lancaster advised though he wasn't really putting up much a fight to stop him.
"Oh Lancaster if you were really going to stop me you would have to permanently paralyze my entire body and even then I would try to find a way" Chuck finally managed to get up from the ground and look over at Lancaster's partner as he showed the paramedics, who had just arrived where the injured people were. "Looks like help has finally arrived" Lancaster commented. Chuck turned to Lancaster and spoke "guess you should probably get yourself checked out" he said "I'm not the only one, have you looked in a mirror lately?" "Apparently you haven't either and besides I have to make sure Blair's okay first" before Lancaster had a chance to respond Chuck was all ready walking away.
As he was walking towards the door he passed Elle who was being wheeled away on a rolling bed. "Don't think this is over Chuck" she hissed "wouldn't dream of it Elle" he watched her being roll off "wouldn't dream of it" he said with convicted vengeance.
Once Elle was in the back of the ambulance Chuck resumed walking back to the room. He opened the door and looked in the corner to find a grief stricken Blair. "Blair" she looked up at the hearing of her name, she couldn't believe her eyes. Chuck was still alive.
"Oh my god, your still alive" she praised "disappointed?" he joked as he limped over to her "not even funny" when he was eye level to her she brought his lips down on hers and enveloped themselves in a long passionate kiss. When air became a necessity they broke apart and rested their foreheads against one another's.
"I thought you were dead," she breathed. "Haven't we been here before? I wouldn't allow myself to be taken away from you willingly" he lifted his head up and titled her head to engage her in another mind blowing kiss that left her breathless and eager for more.
"Does this mean Elle's gone?" Blair hoped that bitch would never see the light of day again "Elle is currently in the back of an ambulance" he replied "so she's…" Blair pressed "no, I wish I could say she was so that we would have peace of mind but she was only shot in the side and from my experience it didn't look too bad" when he saw the flicker of fear he quickly "she wont ever hurt you again. I promise" he assured her "I only hope your right" she whispered.
Paramedics were let into the room and checked both Blair and Chuck over. Blair was situated on a rolling bed and Chuck was placed on a separate one. The two were adamant that they were in the same ambulance and the paramedics allowed them this, seeing as both of them had just gone through a traumatic experience.
~2 hours later at the hospital~
Chuck looked up at the ceiling in his hospital room and tried to drown out the annoying dripping of the antibiotics being pumped into him. There was also a bag of blood that had been attached to him and the doctors were extra careful and put double the amount of tape, insuring that he wouldn't be able to yank the IV out again on either line.
He heard a gentle knock on the door and looked over to see Blair and Serena. Serena was standing behind Blair's wheelchair with small smile on her face.
"How you feeling?" Serena asked "like a man in a prison cell. Did you bring what I asked?" Serena took the book bag from her shoulder and walked over to Chuck and placed the bag on the bed. "Are you sure you want to do this?" she asked uncertainly "yeah, and there's also something else I have to do" Serena took the laptop out of the bag and positioned the moveable table in front of him. She then placed the computer in front of him and he turned it on.
Blair was left to wheel herself into the room and in a state of confusion. "What's going on?" she asked "its time everyone knew who Gossip Girl is and to delete all the information her and I have ever collected" the computer loaded up and he clicked on the icon he needed and files and files filled his screen.
He selected all of the files and his finger froze over the delete button. Why was he so nervous? Once he did this he would no longer have the guilty feeling of having secrets on everyone's lives. He pressed the button and one by one the files disappeared from the screen.
"I haven't forgotten our deal Serena," he added. Blair and Serena looked at him curiously and he exited out of the program and clicked on another unmarked icon. On the screen appeared information on Serena's missing father. "Everything I could find on your wayward father is right here. Waiting at my apartment is a man who will take you to where your father is staying and there is also the information on file that is in my safe, you all ready have the code" Serena stared at him in shock. "How did you manage to do all this? You were first in jail, then in a hospital and finally risking your life, again, to save Blair how did you get this information? And besides technically I didn't do anything" she asked stunned "Elle wasn't the only one with connections and I managed to get another call in and my guy got the information and sent it to me. And yes you did do something, you helped me through some pretty hard times when Blair was being held captive by Elle and you also knocked some sense into me when I needed it the most" he answered.
"I don't know what to say Chuck, thank you so much" she walked over to his side and carefully hugged him, she pulled back and there tears in the corners of her eyes. "Good luck" he said sincerely. Serena straightened herself out and turned to Blair. "Call me as soon as you get…wherever it is your going" Blair said "don't worry I will" she leaned down and hugged her as well before walking towards the door, before she left she turned around and gave them one final farewell then walked out of the room.
Chuck looked over at Blair and smiled. "You know I don't find it very fair that you get to be mobile while I'm forced to stay in bed" he teased "because they're smarter then to let you move around the hospital where there are plenty of exits" she wheeled herself over to him and took his hand "I'm not running away this time, what I've been looking for is right in front of me" he sat up in the bed and leaned down so that they're lips met. They broke apart a few moments later and Chuck turned back to his computer.
"Guess its time to reveal who Gossip Girl really is" he got to work on the computer and a few minutes later a blast was sent out.
Hello upper east-siders its time for you to learn the truth, the truth about Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl are two conniving teenagers who had n o right to invade anyone's personal life and for that I sincerely apologize. The woman in this photo below is the face behind the gossip. In truth she also had an unwillingly accomplice who helped her gather the information she has been blasting for the past few years. This second individual for the time being will remain anonymous for they're own personal safety. The face of Gossip Girl's name is Elle Amelia Nepter but she is not only a Gossiper but also a murderer and a kidnapper. Looks like little miss Gossip will be spending some time in the big house. Don't drop the soap Elle,
Gossip Girl anonymous.
On the bottom of the blast was a snapshot of Elle that he had taken when she was busy blackmailing a poor sophomore who she had caught selling dope out of the trunk of his car. He had originally meant to give this picture to the police but the endless threat to Blair's threat stopped him.
~1 week later~
Chuck lay in his bed under strict orders to rest for at least another two days. Apparently he had severe infections in his bullet wounds from the wound being open so many times and the glass from the window cutting into it.
The infections hadn't taken any affect until his second day of being back in the hospital. His temperature went from 97.9 to 101.5 and the doctors had to wrap ice packs around various parts of his body to try and cool him down as well as relieve some of the painful swelling around some of his wounds. They had also put him on some antibiotic medicines in hopes that the infection would go down and they were especially concerned with the infection on his shoulder, it was slowly creeping its way down through his arm and if that wasn't healed soon he could lose his arm.
Blair had stayed by his side the entire time and when one of the nurses tried to get her to go back to her own bed to rest she down right refused to leave his side until she knew that he was once again healthy. The nurse then set up the other bed in the room and Blair then, and only then got the rest the doctors and nurses were asking of her.
Luckily by the fifth day of his hospital stay the most severe infections had been healed and all the doctors had to worry about now was some simple tenderness around a cut where a piece of glass had been wedged.
A sudden knock on his door got his attention and he looked up to see Detective Lancaster and his partner enter. "Hi Chuck, how are you feeling?" he walked over to his bedside and out of curiosity glanced over at the heart rate machine that was beeping with Chuck's heart rate at a normal pace. "You'd be amazed how many people have asked me that. Only a few minutes ago I had to force my dear friend Nathaniel out of here or else I was sure he would pass out from all the hours he's been spending here" Chuck replied. "Well I'm glad to see with my own eyes that you appear to be doing better" Lancaster said.
"I really have to thank you again for everything you guys have done" Chuck said earnestly "we were just doing our jobs Chuck but your welcome. And you'll be happy to know that all the charges against you have been dropped" he informed him "that's good but what's going to happen to Elle?" he asked. "Elle has pled guilty to all charges, surprisingly, but since she is only a minor and we don't allow the death penalty here they have decided to commit her to the Rochester Mental Health Center to make sure that she can't hurt anyone ever again and along the way try to cure her of her murderous tendencies because with all the people that she has killed the jury and judge deemed her incapable of interacting with public and a psychopath in other words" Lancaster laid it out to him and he must say that never having to see Elle Amelia Nepter again was a very uplifting thought.
"We really have to be going now, it was nice seeing you again Chuck" Lancaster said as his partner and him exited the room.
~Rochester Mental Health Center~
Down the corridors of the Rochester Mental Health Center and past the cafeteria Elle sat with her new friend who thought that aliens were planning on taking over the world and leaving messages to him in his dreams playing a game of checkers.
"So tell me Ryan, what did the aliens tell you last night?" Elle jumped two of his pieces and added them to her towering pile of pieces she had all ready taken. "They're coming soon, and when they do they're going to take me with them and then all of us will travel in outer space and eat marshmallows on the moon" he said excitedly. "That's really interesting Ryan" she looked around and when she saw that the wards of center were busy she leaned forward and whispered "I know how to contact them" she said. Ryan's eyes lit up and he leaned forward as well "how?" he asked curiously "all we have to do is get out of this hospital and I'll explain everything" Ryan nodded in understanding and stood up and Elle reached out and pulled him back down "but we have to be smart about this. Meet me in my room tonight and we'll start our planning and soon we'll be eating all the marshmallows we can eat and watch the stars from the surface of the moon" all the while she was thinking of what an idiot this guy was.
You'd better watch your back Chuck because Elle isn't through with you yet.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this story. And as you can tell there will be a sequel. I don't know at the moment when I will start writing this story seeing as I have other stories I have to finish but I hope you'll stay tuned until then. Review please because this is the last chapter and the more positive reviews I get the more fantastic the next story will be.