Chapter 29. The last time
Amu
Ikuto had broken there hold on me. I knew he could even if I persisted like I had but he broke it. It was like all those fairy tales Ami used to watch where the prince would save the princess and break the curse put on by the evil witch. Well Ikuto was my prince and he saved me.
It had felt like someone had cracked the shell of ice around me and everything good and warm surrounded me now. The gun in my hand dropped to my side as I faced Ikuto. He smiled up at me with the most beautiful expression in his eyes and I tried to smile back as it all began to sink in.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" I heard the director's fiercely upset voice ring through my ears. "KILL HIM!!!" he screamed as the echo from the tunnel followed.
Ikuto's smile dropped and I could feel the hate and sadness building up in place fo the happiness and relief I felt to finally be free. I finally had a choice and my choice was…to let Ikuto live.
"No." I whispered in finality. I wasn't going to let this man run my life any more. the memories of all the pressure and hard work and beatings forced on me ran through my mind and the depression sank even deeper into my subconscious.
I shuffled around slowly so I could face the director and did the one thing I never wanted to do. I lifted the gun and aimed steadily at the director before pushing the trigger and letting the bullet hit him straight in the heart.
He stumbled back in an instant, struggling to breathe and gasp for air. Blood poured down his white button up and soon he was falling. His men caught him of course but by now he was as good as dead.
I turned back around to face Ikuto to see him smiling up at me. He was everything to me. Everything I ever wanted and everything I would always want to have. He sat on the road under the tunnel and that's when I heard one last command run through my mind.
Shoot…
The voice was nothing more but a whisper but it rang through my ears loud and clear. I felt my once steady hand quiver-Ikuto didn't notice-and soon my hand was pulling the gun up again. I pointed it at Ikuto, stunning him with the most horror stricken look on his face and tried hard not to cry as I felt a huge lump forming in my throat.
"Amu…?" Ikuto whispered softly to me with those pleading midnight blue eyes. His voice cracked and he pleaded with desperate attempts in his voice but I couldn't stop, not now.
Do it NOW…
The voice hissed again and I knew what I had to do. I shifted hands to hold the gun and placed the mouth of the gun at the side of my forehead.
"I'm sorry Ikuto. I love you." I said before I cocked the gun.
"NO!! AMU DON'T-" Ikuto screamed before I pulled the trigger. The last thing I heard was Ikuto's screams of horror and cries of pain.
