Third update today? Sure, why not? This update took forever, this chapter is freaking long! What the hell!?

Anyways, Happy Halloween to those who celebrate it, and hope everyone got some good candy...

I got new glasses instead...

Enjoy!

~MajorChemsitry~

Chapter 7: Eye for an Eye

"What the hell is going on?" I asked as I saw Johnny holding a Ronin lieutenant by the collar of his clothing,

"Sorry about that..." Johnny said to Aisha, "Why the fuck are you here?" He asked the lieutenant,

"Whatever you do to me is nothing compared to what Mr. Akuji will do to you." He said,

"Mr. Akuji?" I looked at Johnny. Mr. Akuji was the leader of the Ronin, he let his son Shogo run the show here in Stillwater, and what a shitty job Shogo was doing, "The Oyabun? No shit... When's he comin?" Johnny asked,

"I'll die before I tell you."

"Yep." Johnny pulled out his gun and shot the Ronin lieutenant in the head,

"Johnny!" Aisha exclaimed,

"It'll wash out."

"It better." She walked away,

"What the fuck's an Akuji?" Boss asked,

"Kazuo Akuji's the father of Shogo Akuji, the asshole who's running the Ronin."

"Quite shitily I might add." I muttered,

Boss looked at me then back at Johnny, "Okay, so who cares?"

"This guy's a fucking boogeyman. When I was in jail I would listen to some of the Ronin talk about what this guy did in Japan... it's not pretty."

The Boss spit on the dead body, "You think he's all talk?"

"I dunno, but I'm looking forward to finding out." Aisha came back into the room with a mop, "You cool takin those fuckers out by yourself? I gotta clean up around the house..."

"No problem man, I got this..." Boss turned to me,

"See what you can find out about Akuji's arrival, I want to know when this fucker is coming."

"Sure thing." I nodded. He gave Johnny a fist bump and walked out, Johnny looked at me, "Don't look at me, I didn't kill the guy." I said,

"You wouldn't happen to have access to a fifty gallon drum and some acid would ya?" He asked,

"Oh sorry, I left them in my other pants." I said sarcastically,

"Just for that smart ass remark you can help me."

"Oh come on!" I sighed. I looked at the rug, then at Aisha, "How attached are you to that rug?"

"No." She said,

"Why not Eesh?" Johnny asked,

"I am not letting you two wrap a dead body in my good rug!"

Johnny and I looked at each other, I smirked, "Okay fine, I guess we are just going to have to leave the rotting body here on the floor Johnny... You know, I've seen bearskin rugs before, but never human skin rugs."

"I bet that will seriously fuck up the feng shui." Johnny added,

"Yup, it definitely will." I nodded,

"Fine! Use my rug, I don't care, I just want that body and blood cleaned up!" Aisha said. I smiled at her, "You're too much alike you know."

"I'll take that as a compliment." I said as I moved the frame of what was once the coffee table. Johnny moved the couches off of the carpet and sat the body on the edge, rolling it up in the carpet like a burrito,

"Mind mopping up the blood?" He asked, hoisting the body over his shoulder,

"Not a problem." I went and grabbed the mop from Aisha and got a bucket from the kitchen.

When the pool of blood was gone I dumped the bloody water out, "Nice job." Johnny said, giving me a high five,

"Nice job? What about my coffee table?" Aisha asked,

"Well, you don't necessarily have to replace it, just get a new piece of glass for it." I said, "As for the rug, you'll have to buy a completely new one."

"Thanks Sara." She sighed,

"Always glad to be of assistance. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a plane to catch if you know what I mean."

"You going home?" Johnny asked,

"That's where my laptop is, yes."

"Okay, well be careful, Ronin are everywhere out there."

I hugged him, "I'll be fine Johnny, trust me." I walked out.

I searched the passenger manifests for every flight going into the Stillwater Airport for the next week but I couldn't find a thing, I was getting irritated, "What are you doing babe?" My mom asked, coming into the dining room,

"Just looking for some new leotards for dance." I shut my laptop, "By the way mom, I've got a boyfriend now..."

She nearly choked on the water she was drinking, "You what?!"

"Just thought I would let you know, so you didn't have to be in the dark about it."

"Sara Rose Ashmond you are not allowed to have a boyfriend!"

"It's fine, Johnny approves of him." She stopped and thought about it.

She knew how protective Johnny was of me, so if he approved of a boy then he had to have been okay, right? "I want to meet this boy, okay?"

"Well, he's not exactly a boy..."

She glared at me, "How old is he? 18?" I shook my head and pointed up, "20?" I pointed up again, "Dear lord help my daughter with whatever it is she's gotten herself into." She shook her head and went upstairs,

"If it's any consolation, the birth control I'm on stops me from getting pregnant!" I shouted after her,

"You're not helping Sara!" She closed her bedroom door,

"Hm, that went better than expected. Mom I'm heading out, but not to see my boyfriend, I'm going to Johnny's house!"

"Be careful!" She called back.

I walked into the hideout, Shaundi and Boss were talking, Boss was seemingly pleased, "What's going on?" I asked,

"Well, we killed The General and cornered the Loa Dust market, so the Sons of Samedi are done for."

"Great, see Shaundi is a big girl, she didn't ask for my help this whole time."

"Except for that monitor thing." She said,

"Right, except for that." I nodded,

"Why can't the others do that too?" Boss asked,

"Because they don't know how to look for their resources." Shaundi said,

"Hey, I like helping out, it gives me something to do during the summer." I shrugged. "So how did things go with the Ronin?"

"I took care of those fuckers, plain and simple. Did you do what I asked you to?"

"I looked but they didn't have anything on his arrival within this week, but that doesn't mean he won't be showing up."

"Right, keep an eye on that then."

"Yes sir."

"So, how did your eventful evening go last night?" Shaundi asked,

"I don't know what you're talking about, I was home all night." I lied,

"Don't lie to me, I saw you and Carlos at the movies last night." Ah shit, I was caught, "And also, that's his sweater that you're still wearing."

"Whose sweater?" Johnny asked, walking up.

I blushed and facepalmed, "Sara is wearing Carlos' sweater, they totally went on a date last night then went back to his place."

"You what?" Johnny asked,

"This is suddenly interesting." Boss smirked,

"What, did you follow us last night?"

"I might have."

"Is that why you came back late last night?" Johnny asked,

"You were passed out, you don't know how late it was."

"I wasn't that drunk, I woke up when you opened the door."

I rolled my eyes, "We didn't do anything, we sat and talked for a bit."

"Is that what they call it now?" Boss laughed.

Johnny and Shaundi both laughed with him, "Sara, am I going to have to give you 'The Talk'?" Johnny asked,

"No! Fuck no! I am good, I don't need to hear about sex from my brother... Trust me. I don't plan on having sex anytime soon."

Carlos walked in, "What's everyone laughing about."

"What you and Sara did last night." Shaundi smirked,

Carlos turned a deep shade of red, "I... We didn't... We're not..." He stammered,

"They already know we're dating." I said, "Shaundi followed us last night."

"Hey, I was high, and had nothing better to do." She shrugged,

"Look, do what you guys want, but don't be weird about it okay." Boss said, walking away.

I looked at Carlos, "So... Who all knows?" He asked,

"Them... and my mom."

"You told mom? What did she say?" Johnny asked,

"She almost choked on her water, but she got over it when I told her that you were okay with it." He chuckled and walked away with Shaundi. I turned back to Carlos, "Here, I forgot I had your sweater, you can have it back." I unzipped it,

"You can keep it, don't worry, I have others." He smiled,

"Cool." I zipped it back up, "It's warm."

"You doing anything later?" I shrugged, "Boss, am I supposed to be doing anything later?"

"I don't know." He said,

"Well now I'm not. What did you have planned?" He shrugged,

"Not sure yet, I'll think of something."

"Okay, let me know." I hugged him,

"Sara, were you planning to go back to the house?" Johnny asked,

"If Eesh needs something I will."

"She wanted me to go grocery shopping but Boss and I are going to take out a Ronin stronghold, can you pick them up?"

"Yeah I guess." He handed me a list. It was a simple list, bread and eggs, "Thats all she needs?"

"Thats all she wrote."

"Okay, I shall deliver these items, but I'm gonna stop home first."

"Okay, see ya." I headed out.

"Ma! I'm home!" I said when I got into the house,

"Well, there goes my peace and quiet."

"Shouldn't you be sleeping or something?"

"Nope, I have tomorrow off, I plan on drinking my wine and watching my TV shows. I can sleep tomorrow."

"If you say so." I headed to my room and took off Carlos' sweater, setting it on my bed,

"Sara?"

"Yeah mom?"

"You know your birthday is in a few days right?"

"Mom I am completely aware of the day I came out of your vagina and into this world." I took my contacts out and put them in the solution,

"It's your sixteenth birthday, don't you want a sweet sixteen party or something?"

I grabbed my glasses and headed down the stairs, "Mom, as much as I would like to have a party, I really don't want anything big... Just some cake and ice cream will suffice." I put my glasses on so I could see.

She sighed, "But Sara, you only turn sixteen once."

"Yeah, and I turned fifteen once and fourteen once and thirteen once... I don't want a party." I grabbed the door handle,

"Where are you going now?"

"To the store, Johnny needed me to pick up some groceries for Eesh." I opened the door, "I'll be back." I left.

I walked into Johnny's house, "Grocery delivery!" I exclaimed,

"I told Johnny to pick up the groceries." Aisha sighed,

"Him and Boss were doing something, I don't mind, I enjoy spending time with my basically sister." I sat the bag on the counter and put the eggs in the refrigerator,

"Well I don't mind your company." She said, "I was going to make some tacos for dinner, wanna help?"

"Sure, I'm gonna head to the bathroom first." I headed up the stairs into the bathroom.

It was quiet, until I heard a ruckus downstairs, "Hey, what are you-?" Aisha was cut off by what sounded like a struggle, someone else was here.

I finished my business, flushed the toilet and washed my hands before slowly opening the door, "...Eesh, everything okay?" I asked, slowly walked out of the bathroom. There was nothing around to defend myself, I could probably take them on with my fists, that's what Johnny would do,

"Yeah... I'm okay." She said, but she sounded scared, something was definitely up.

I slowly walked down the stairs, I didn't see anything out of the usual, "Eesh I-" Something struck me in the back of the head and I was out.

I woke up in a daze, everything was blurry, but it was clear that there was a Ronin lieutenant pointing a gun in my face, "Aisha-"

"Quiet you." The Ronin said. Excuse me? Watch who you're talking to bud... I would have said that, but I was tied to a chair, I didn't have a weapon, and they would have killed me. I wiggled my hands a bit, the restraints were too tight to break free.

Jyunichi was sitting in front of Aisha, "I don't take much pleasure in this." He said to her,

"Then let us go... Let her go..." Aisha said, looking at me,

"That depends on you." He said. I heard a faint voice outside, it was Johnny, I felt a slight hint of relief but I was still scared shitless.

I looked over at Aisha, "You're going to kill me, aren't you?" She asked,

"If you're calm, help us find the money, and do what I say... I give you my word you will live." I had a deep feeling his word didn't mean shit.

The door creaked open, "Eesh, Sara, you guys home?" Johnny asked, I wanted to shout, to yell, but I didn't for her sake and for mine.

Jyunichi put a finger to his lips and gestured to the lieutenants, they nodded and hid out of sight, they were going to ambush Johnny. He opened the door some more, Jyunichi pulled out his katana, my heart started to pound faster, "Johnny it's a tr-" And in one swift motion, in one swift second, Jyunichi beheaded the one person I could consider my sister. Her blood splattered on the wall, the roses fell to the floor,

"Eesh!" Johnny rushed in with Boss, distracting both Jyunichi and the lieutenant holding me hostage.

I kicked the gun out of the lieutenant's hands and tackled him to the ground. The others started attacking Johnny and the Boss, I shifted out of the line of fire and struggled out of the chair, I got the ropes loose and kicked the chair away from me. The guy who was holding me hostage scrambled for his gun, I grabbed it before he could and shot him.

Johnny was fighting Jyunichi and a lieutenant went to stop him, I punched her in the face then kicked her down and shot her. More lieutenants rushed in, Boss grabbed me and we ducked behind a couch, "Sara, what happened?"

"Now is not the time!" I said and got out from behind cover to kill one of the lieutenants, Boss killed the other. I ducked back down, "Shit, I'm out." I tossed the gun aside,

"Gat get out of the way!" Boss yelled, distracting Johnny.

Jyunichi took this to his advantage and stabbed Johnny in the stomach with his katana, "Johnny!" I exclaimed,

"Sara, stay down." Boss said.

It was unreal, I had already lost Aisha, I couldn't lose Johnny too! I blinked back the tears as Boss shot at Jyunichi who was running away like a little bitch, "Get back here..." Johnny grunted, pulling the katana out.

I got up and Boss and I ran over to him as he fell to the ground, "Johnny!" I knelt down next to him, Boss pulled out his cell,

"Don't worry Sara, I'll call an ambulance."

"Johnny?" I cried,

"S..Sara?" He didn't open his eyes, "Are yo-you crying?"

"Of course I'm fucking crying my brother got stabbed with a fucking katana!"

"Don't worry... I won't..." He stopped talking,

"Johnny?... Johnny!" I heard gunshot outside,

"You stay here with Johnny, I'll go take care of the Ronin." Boss ran outside.

I ignored the sound of gunfire, I just kept checking to see if Johnny was still alive, and if the ambulance didn't get here soon then he wouldn't be. He coughed up blood on my pants, then turned his head and opened his eyes a bit, it was more of a squint, "Sa...ra?"

"Yeah, Johnny?"

"I-m sorry..."

"You didn't do anything wrong, Johnny... Everything... It's gonna be okay Johnny." I cried, he closed his eyes again.

Boss stood in the doorway, "The fucking ambulance isn't coming, I called for backup."

"Hurry! He's gonna bleed out if we don't get him to a hospital!"

"I know Sara just... Just hang in there." He walked back out to fight more Ronin. I sat there and thought about everything Johnny had done for me in the past, especially when my father died, how he was there for me.

*Almost 8 years ago*

My dad was gone, it was too much for me to handle at 8 years old, my dad did everything for me and just like that he was gone. My mom tried telling me that he went peacefully, but in reality he didn't. He had suffered in the months before, constantly in pain, constantly up vomiting until my mom said to pull the plug. I couldn't handle it, I missed him. At the funeral it was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky, it felt out of place, I stared at the casket tears streaming down my face as they lowered it deep into the ground. Someone placed a hand on my shoulder, "It's okay Sara. God took him to heaven." Johnny said. Johnny was never the religious type, not like my parents and I, it just wasn't his thing but Johnny would say anything to get me to feel better. I wiped a tear away from my eye and put my glasses on my face, "He's at peace now Sara, and he will always look after you." Johnny gave me a hug, I hugged him back. At that moment I realized how lucky I was to have an older brother, I was glad he was there to help our mom and I through the hard times.

I wiped away the tears and placed my glasses back on my face, "Don't worry Johnny, I won't let you down." I grabbed his gun and helped Boss take down some more Ronin. A purple car pulled up to the house, I ran back in and draped Johnny over my shoulder, Boss grabbed his other side. We rushed him to the car and carefully placed him in the back seat. Boss pulled out a rocket launcher, "What are you doing?" I asked,

"Keeping the Ronin off our back." He fired a rocket at the car behind us, destroying it in a large explosion.

I turned back to Johnny, "I'm coming Eesh." He muttered,

"Hang in there Gat." Boss said, I was relieved that he was still speaking, but that relief went away at the realization that he was still bleeding out.

"I can save you..." He said,

"Man, he's not looking good..." The driver said.

I glared at him, "Just get him to the goddamn hospital!" Boss and I said simultaneously. Boss fired another rocket at some Ronin bikes, then another at their cars. I looked forward, "There's a roadblock ahead!" I shouted over the noise,

"Hang on!" The driver pulled a U turn,

"What are you doing we don't have time to detour!" I yelled,

"Sara calm down, Johnny will be fine." Boss said,

"No! Johnny will not be fine." I mimicked the way he said the word, "Everyone says he'll be fine one second but the next thing you know, poof! He's fucking DEAD!" I exclaimed.

Boss shot another rocket but didn't say a word, the driver was literally driving us everywhere but to the fucking hospital, "So sorry..." Johnny muttered,

"Okay, seriously, let me drive!" I said, getting out of my seat,

"Sara if you don't sit your ass down I will not hesitate to slap you." Boss said, he didn't understand what I was going through, he wouldn't. He didn't know Johnny his whole life, Johnny wasn't his brother.

I sat back in my seat, "Where you goin Eesh?" I noticed his breathing was getting shallow, and I was getting anxious, "Stay away from her..." I looked at Boss who fired another rocket. Finally after what seemed like literally 100 years we pulled up to the hospital,

"Good job, I'm giving you a raise." Boss said to the driver,

"Even though he don't deserve it." I ran into the hospital, "Somebody better get their fucking asses out there and help my brother he was stabbed with a katana and he needs help!" I yelled, I probably looked like a crazy woman all covered in blood, I didn't care,

"Ma'am calm down." One of the paramedics said,

"Calm down? I will calm down when you get your asses out there and do your FUCKING JOB!" I shouted and rushed outside.

They helped Johnny onto a gurney and wheeled him back inside, "Johnny, you're gonna be fine." Boss said,

"Gotta save Eesh..." Johnny muttered.

Boss and I slowed down as they took Johnny through the doors to the ER. He looked at me, "You gonna be okay on your own?"

"Yeah... I can manage." I said, he nodded and headed towards the exit. I bit my lip and grabbed my phone,

"Hello?"

"M...Mom?" I said, crying into the phone,

"Sara, honey what's wrong?"

"It... It's Johnny!" I bawled,

"What happened to him?"

"Just come to the hospital... and bring me a change of clothes." I hung up and took off my glasses. I sat down on the bench,

"Ma'am, are you okay? Do you need anything?" The receptionist asked, holding a box of tissues, I grabbed them,

"Thanks..."

"Would you like a coffee?"

"Yes, please." I grabbed a tissue and blew my nose, then called Carlos, "Hello?"

"Carlos?"

"Sara? Are you okay?"

"No!" I cried, "The Ronin killed Aisha and... and Johnny was stabbed... And I don't know if he's going to make it!"

"Sara, calm down... Where are you at?"

"The hospital." I said,

"I'll be there in a few." I hung up and sighed.

The receptionist came back with my coffee, "You know, if that were my siblings, I would have acted the same way." She smiled and went back to the desk.

My mom showed up with a plastic bag in her hands, "Sara!" She exclaimed, I got up and gave her a hug, "What happened?"

"I... I don't want to talk about it." I held back tears and looked at the bag,

"I grabbed the pants that were sitting in the bag by your dresser, I hope you don't mind."

"It's fine." I went into the bathroom and shut myself in a stall. I let out a sigh to compose myself and got dressed, the pants Carlos had bought me fit around the legs but was a little tight around the waist, I couldn't care less, they weren't covered in blood at least. Back in the waiting room my mom was reading a magazine, she seemed calm but her foot was tapping, which means she was anxious. I sat the bag on the floor,

"You okay?"

I glared at her, "Do I look like I'm okay?" I asked,

"Right... Sorry." She went back to the magazine.

Behind me the sliding doors opened, I turned to see Carlos walk in, he was holding a vase of flowers, "Carlos!" I ran over and hugged him, crying into his shoulder.

He sat the flowers down, "Sara, it's going to be okay." He hugged me back. I thought my mom was going to intervene or say something, but she didn't, maybe for my sake or something. Carlos brushed my hair back, "Let's sit down huh?"

"O-okay." I sat next to him on a bench.

My mom looked over at him, "You must be Sara's boyfriend..."

"Mom!" I sighed,

"Oh, you're Sara's mom? It's a... nice to meet you."

She looked at the vase of lilies, "Those are Sara's favorites." She said,

"How did you know?" I asked,

"Your brother told me once, he told me that if I wanted to win you over that lilies would do it... did it work?"

I laughed a little, "Yeah, it did."

It was a long night in the hospital, I fell asleep on Carlos at around 2 am and woke up at 6 to the doctor approaching us, "Mrs. Gat?"

"It's Ashmond, Mrs. Ashmond."

"Right, we were able to stabilize your son, but we are only allowing one visitor to see him at a time."

My mom looked at me, "Sara, you go."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, go ahead." I got up and followed the doctor to Johnny's room. He was hooked up to a bunch of machines and his stomach was bandaged up where he was stabbed. I walked in, "Johnny?" I approached the bed,

"Ugh... Sara?"

I sighed in relief, "Are you... Are you okay?"

He sat his head up a little, "I'm fine. I'm more worried about you."

"I told you not to worry... I won't die..."

He looked around a little, "What happened to Eesh?"

I bit my lip and shook my head, "She... The Ronin..." I started crying again.

He laid his head down and let out a sigh, I noticed some tears slide down his face. I had never seen Johnny cry before... like ever, but I wasn't about to judge him for it. I grabbed a tissue and handed it to him, "Don't tell anyone you saw me crying, okay?"

"I think they'll understand... given the circumstance."

"Nah, Johnny Gat never cries." I raised an eyebrow, "But you sure did." He smirked,

"Of fucking course I did. I had already lost one person I was close to, I couldn't bear to lose another in the same day."

"Look Sara, I'm sorry I dragged you into this. I didn't plan on any of this happening."

"Things don't always go as planned." I shrugged, "Sometimes we just have to go with it."

He smiled slightly through the pain, "Thanks for staying with me Sara... Eesh was right, she always told me that you reminded her of me." I smiled slightly too,

"She would tell me the same thing too... I always told her that I learned from the best."

"You're damn right you did."

"And I wouldn't have traded it for the world."