Minutes later, Eliot rushed back into the room where he had left Charlotte just moments ago, "It's over, Charlotte! We can go home now"
"Let's go" Eliot was about to raise out his hand when he noticed that in the dark room, Charlotte hadn't moved from her spot. "Charlotte, wake up. You're safe now"
"Charlotte?" Eliot cupped the side of her face as his girlfriend was motionless.
Realization covered his face as he noticed that he probably was too late after all, "Oh, no"
"Oh, no" tears filled his eyes as he collapsed down next to her.
Eliot then started to do what he thought he never could do in years, weep. He pulled his girlfriend's motionless body onto his lap as he cried into her hair. Eliot gripped onto her hand and gave it a squeeze that he was sure the hold would've broken her hand. His senses started to pick up as he noticed that he wasn't the only one in the room.
"You killed her"
"She ran into the booby trap" Jose said from behind him. "She was never meant to escape that room"
Eliot placed Charlotte back into the corner and got up to face the man. His eyes were already set to kill the grifter-in-a-suit already.
"You shouldn't have taught her how to fight, Eliot. She would still be breathing right now" Jose let out a sympathetic sigh as he looked down to the young heiress. "I guess the list just died with her"
Eliot let out a war cry that made Jose jump back but he wasn't fast enough to dodge the tackle from Eliot. Fear came into his eyes as he noticed that he just set off the wrong button on the hitter.
Eliot started colliding his fists into the grifter's face, not caring about how much blood he was spilling. The last thing he was thinking about was his long line of people he murdered but he was hoping that Jose could soon join that list.
"Stop, Eliot!" Jose spat out blood.
"No, you listen! Nearly all my life I have formed the idea that the world was a dark, cruel place" Eliot gripped the color of the man's shirt. "And now you took away the one person who has proven that theory wrong"
"Eliot?" a raspy voice came from behind him.
He turned around and noticed that Charlotte's eyes were open and her arm was outreached to him, "Charlotte!"
"She lives" Jose pulled out a gun.
"No!"
Eliot picked up Charlotte bridal style and ran out of the hallway to the nearest exit. His feet skidded to a stop when he realized that the flames had engulfed the stairwell. He looked down to Charlotte and noticed that she was losing consciousness again. Eliot turned and noticed a window not far from him, without thinking, he charged at the glass and took a jump out of the burning building.
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