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Chapter 4 – Freedom from you

„So I'm on the list?" Asks Alison with sadness in her voice.

I'm sitting next to her right now in the safe. After the meeting with everyone I came here right away and not just because Sydney asked me to check up on her. If she's really going out then I will spend every last minute while she's still in here with her.

„Yeah." I say and look down, I know that this is just as hard for her as it is for me and I don't want her to see the tears in my eyes that will escape in any seconds, that would just make her feel worse.

For a few minutes there's just a silence, we don't talk, we just trying to process everything that happened to us in the past two days.

I would have never thought that a goodbye can be this hard with a woman I have just met 48 hour ago. But it is hard when you know more about her than about the people you are robbing with.

When I finally look up at her she's still looking ahead of her. I pull her out of her thoughts by getting closer to her and kiss her on the lips. I pull away a few seconds later and she's finally focusing on me.

„Hey, you will be here till tomorrow afternoon, let's not waste our time with thinking about things we can't change." She nods and leans in, kisses me and I kiss back.

For an hour we are just laying on the blankets, our clothes scattered on the floor. I want her to remember me forever, to never forget us. When we are both out of breath, she lays down on my chest while I play with her hair. We are just talking about everything and nothing. She tells me about her favourite book and funny stories from high school. I don't really have a lot to say so I just listed to her and appreciate that even if it was just two days I got to know her.

„I'm not letting you go." I blurt out suddenly after we stopped laughing at one of her funny story.

„What do you mean? Where are you going?" She asks as I stand up and start to put on my clothes.

„I'm going to talk to Sydney and convince her that you should stay." I state and go to the door ready to open it but she stops me.

„Wait! How are you going to do that? What if she finds out that there is something going on between us and that's why you want me to stay? She still doesn't know how I got your gun but I'm sure she has a few idea."

„I have to try to talk to her at least. I will figure something out, trust me. You are not going out." I say seriously and before she can answer I exit the safe.

I made my way upstairs to the office where I assume Sydney will be. When I open the door and go inside I see Lyon and Sydney talking.

„Paris, what are you doing here? Did you see Alison?" Asks me Sydney as soon as she sees me.

„Uhm yes I saw her. That's what I want to talk about actually." I look at her then at Lyon then back at her.

„Lyon you please check on the others?" Asks him Sydney and within seconds he is out of the office.

„So what is it?" She asks as she sits down on an armchair.

„I was just thinking about…that maybe…it's not a good idea to give Alison to the police." I say nervously as I sit down in front of her on the sofa.

„Why?"

„They want Alison to get out because she was shot and she needs to be in the hospital and I'm not saying that she didn't deserve that treatment because she does but we already lost a lot of control and if we keep Alison then they will see that they can't get everything they want. Alison needs to stay with us, she knows about us more than the other hostages. If she tells them that she almost got out than the police will think that if a hostage almost went out then why can't they come in? And the hostages saw the whole thing. If they see that we let Alison go even though she almost killed us then they will try something too because they know that we won't punish them." I finish and I'm surprised at how confident I sounded.

For a few moments Sydney is just starring at me and I wonder about what she's thinking. Maybe she sees through my little speech and knows what my real intentions are?

„You have a point, I will think about it." She finally says and I release the air I didn't know I was holding. „Thank you, Paris. You can go now."

I nod and stand up and without a word I get out of the office. I can't stop smiling because we still have a chance and my smile grows even bigger when I get inside the safe and find Alison on her side, sleeping.

I slowly and quietly go over to her and cuddle to her back. She instantly opens her eyes when she feels me behind her and tries to sit up but I don't let her and just kiss her shoulder softly.

„I talked to her. We have a chance." I whisper in her ear and a small smile appears on her face.

As I was laying there with her all I could think about was: If only we would have met before I joined to this robbery. I wouldn't worry about going to jail or being shoot. I would wake up by her side everyday, we would take long walks in Paris' beautiful streets, we would go to fancy restaurants and cuddle up on the couch every night. I fell asleep with these thoughts in my head and with Alison in my arms.

When I wake up about an hour later I quickly get out of the room because I know that I can't stay with Alison forever even if I want to. I have to take this situation seriously. Anyone can get hurt at any moment and even if we have a perfect plan, unexpected things can happen.

I go to the lobby and I'm staying there through the day with Vienna. She's really a nice person. We were never the closest when we were making the plan in that house but now that I spend most of my time with her we started talking about small things. I don't know why she's here and she doesn't know the reason why I'm here or anything about me but I still trust her. I trust all seven people I'm robbing with right now. I don't anything about their past but I know their personality. I know that Santiago is very cranky in the mornings if she didn't drink coffee yet. I know that Boston and Vienna reads a lot and they used to spend a lot of time together, I always thought something was going on between them. I know that Lyon always worked so hard to impress Sydney and Florence but mostly Florence. I realised that everytime she walks into the room Lyon always gets a little tense. I know that Sydney has a soft spot for all of us, she cares about us and not just because of the plan but because in some weird way we are a family.

A few hours later I see Sydney making her way down the stairs to us. I go over to her with a little hope in me. Maybe she's here to tell me that I convinced her and Alison won't go out.

"Bring here those few hostages we are letting out. We are going to let them go now. Vienna take the rest of the hostages away from here." Vienna nods and starts leading the hostages away while I stay there waiting for more instructions.

"Paris and Florence, go get Alison. I made up my mind, we are letting her go too."

And with that my world collapsed. Before Sydney can see the tears in my eyes Florence leads me away from her and towards Alison's safe.

I don't ask her why she lets Alison go but I think I might know why. She must have figured my intentions out and she knows that if Alison stays then it can lead to another bad situation.

"Listen maybe it has to be this way." Says Florence when she sees my sadness.

I don't say anything in respond and just nod at her. I know that it doesn't have to be this way. We are supposed to be together but she won't understand it so I let it go.

When we get to the safe, Florence opens the door and lets me in first. As soon as Alison hears the door opens she looks at us and smiles when she sees me. That smile quickly disappears when she sees the tears that escaped from my eyes seconds ago.

"Emily, what's wrong?" She asks as I kneel down in front of her.

"You are going out." I managed to say between my sobs.

She doesn't say anything and just pulls me into her. I rest my head on her shoulder and hug her tight. If this is the last time I will see her then I'm going to make it memorable.

"I tried to change her mind. I tried. I'm sorry." I say when I pull away just enough to look at her face.

"It's not your fault." She pulls me into a kiss and I clung on the her like my life depends on it.

We depart when we are both out of breath and I look at Florence who's still standing in the door with a sad smile. It's time to go.

I help Alison stand up and she holds on to me. I never want to let her go.

We take a few steps towards the door when she says. "I'll never forget you."

On of my hands in on her waist, holding her up and with the other one I pull her face closer to me and kiss her deeply.

When we get to the lobby I see the other six hostages we are letting go, Sydney, Santiago and Kingston.

Sydney is already standing next to the button which opens the door and lead her to the others in front of the door. She can stand on her own legs, it's just a little difficult for her to walk but I still don't let her go. She turns her head towards me and shows me a weak smile. I can't help but pull her closer and hug her. I don't care who's watching, I don't care that I will have to explain this to Sydney later. All I care about is her.

When we pull away I slowly take a few steps back. It's so hard for me to do this. I feel this pull to be near her all the time and to never let her go. But I don't have a choice.

When I'm far away enough from the door Sydney pushes the button and the bank's door opens.

I watch Alison the whole time. She takes one more look towards me and then starts going towards the door with the other hostages. She walks slower than the others because of her wound. She stops for a few seconds in front of the door and then finally steps out of the building.

She takes two more steps when I suddenly pull my mask on my head and run towards the door with my gun.

I don't know what came over me. I don't know why I started to rush towards Alison because it's obviously a terrible thing to do right now.

Maybe it was because I'm tired of being controlled. Because I'm sick of being here even if I choose this. Because I don't care what Sydney wants me to do. If I want Alison then I'm going to get her. Because I don't want to let her go. Because I want to be with her even if it sounds impossible.

I hear the others shouting behind me but I ignore them and grab Alison's arm and yank her behind me.

"Go inside!" I yell to her and I start to shoot to the police in front of the bank. As soon as they saw me coming outside they started shooting at me, it wasn't hard to figure out that I was one of the robbers.

While I try to avoid all the bullets I see in the corner of my eyes two of my partners. I don't see their face because of their masks. We start to take a few steps back and when we are in front of the door we rush inside. As soon as we disappear inside the building Sydney closes the door.

I take a few seconds to recover from the shock and then look around. I see Alison standing a few feet away from me. She has a horrified look on her face. I go over to her to check up on her but she doesn't look at me. She didn't even realised that I'm in front of her. She has her focus on something behind me. I turn around and follow her gaze.

When I see what she was looking at all the colour disappears from my face.

I see Santiago stretched out on the floor, laying in a pool of blood. The others are kneeling beside her trying to stop the bleeding. I quickly rush over to her and when I get closer I see two bullet holes in her chest. She's breathing heavily while Florence is trying to stop the bleeding but it's no use. Kingston is kneeling on the other side of Santiago, crying and holding her hand.

I can't even look at them. I caused this. It's my fault that Kingston is losing Santiago. It's my fault and I'm too coward to kneel next to them or even look them in the eye. The guilt is too much for me so I just stand there and watch as Santiago takes her last few breaths.