I dreaded writing this scene, actually, I dreaded writing the ending for No Mercy but after I wrote the epilogue I started getting excited about the ending. It's a work in progress. I struggled for a while to write this scene but scrapped the original idea and just went for it and now that I've written it I absolutely love it.
You guys are going to LOVE and HATE what is going to happen.
.Enjoy The Ride.
Rose Hathaway
I leaned against the wall and watched Dimitri sleep from across the room. I slipped a sedative into his water earlier to postpone any further discussion of the future or our relationship. In hindsight, it might have been a mistake but in this moment I chose to be thankful for the quiet.
I meant it when I told him that I loved him… And I'd been truthful about not knowing if there was a future for us. I wasn't the same woman he'd asked to marry, nor was he the same man who asked.
I thought back to that day in the parking lot when Ivan shot me. My last coherent thought had been of him. Along with a moment of clarity to realize that our story was never going to end the way I'd wanted too.
I wasn't entirely sure if that was still true… By a miracle or a curse, we'd been given this second chance and I wasn't entirely sure if the outcome would be any different. The odds were so not in our favor.
I tried to imagine what I'd do if I lost him in this war.
My stomach churned uneasily as the memory of Alistair torturing Dimitri replayed through my mind. His pain cut me deeper than my own and being forced to watch him suffer and not being able to do anything to stop it… well, that was an entirely different kind of torture.
The scariest thing of all was that if Thomas' had not shot Alistair when he did I'd have said yes to anything he'd asked of me.
I'd have done anything for him to stop.
It was that knowledge alone that terrified me the most.
The walls suddenly felt too small and I was struggling to breathe. I walked towards the hotel door and peeped through the hole… I needed some air. I looked back at the bed where Dimitri slept before slipping out of the hotel. I pressed my back against the door and took a breath before walking towards the vending machine down the hall.
I didn't have any intentions of purchasing anything but I welcomed the distraction. I was halfway to the machine when I heard voices on the level below ours… I stiffened at the mention of Alistair's name and pulled my gun from my belt. Shit. Shit. Shit.
I heard footsteps coming up the stairs in front of me and looked behind me… There was another staircase at the opposite end. Did I take the risk and kill the men coming up the stairs- or did I get Dimitri and take our chances? Fuck. Dimitri was dead weight at this point.
I slipped back into our hotel room and ran into the kitchen. I unplugged the fridge and pulled- I gritted my teeth so I wouldn't scream from the protest of my bruised and broken ribs as I wiggled the fridge free and pushed it across the vinyl floor until it was in front of the hotel door.
I stumbled onto the bed and attempted to wake Dimitri. "Dimitri! Comrade! Wake up! Alistair's men found us!" His eyes widened but nobody was home. Fuck. He was fucking high. I helped Dimitri to his feet and moved him towards the window… I leaned him against the window and peaked outside. The alley and fire escape was clear. "Comrade- I need you to focus for me."
"Roza…" Dimitri touched my face smiling.
"Comrade, focus! Please." I pulled Dimitri's hands from my face and pointed to the window. "Climb up and get to the roof. Your men should be here soon." The only chance Dimitri and I had at surviving was up… Even then the odds were not in our favor. "I'll be right behind you."
Dimitri climbed out the window and fell onto the fire escape. I prayed that nobody heard him as I moved about the room. I pulled the bed off the base and poured the vodka over the mattress and carpet before climbing out the window and throwing the lighter in and watching the mattress go up in flames as the men tried to push down the hotel door. The chain on the door, fridge, and fire would buy us time.
I climbed onto the roof and spotted Dimitri standing in front of the door. I ran to his side and Dimitri looked at me. His eyes were red and a little less foggy- the anger in his eyes had apparently diminished his high. "What the fuck did you give me?"
"I'm not entirely sure," I admitted sheepishly. "The vet said it'd help with the pain?"
Dimitri shook his head and handed me the chain. "Fuck Roza- If I wasn't seeing two of you right now I might attempt to strangle you! I told you- NO Drugs!"
"When have I ever listened to anything you say?" I mocked taking the chains and winding them around the pole and handle. It wouldn't hold for long but it might buy us a few minutes. I kept checking the fire escapes. "We need cover."
Dimitri slid down the wall his eyes rolling back in his head. "Roza… I don't feel so good." I dropped to my knees beside him and made him look at me. I cradled his face in my hands and he went limp against the wall.
"Don't you dare die on me, Comrade." I tried not to panic as I watched him go limp all over. It's just the pain. The drugs wore off and he's gone into shock- that isn't comforting either. I got up to check the sides of the building. There was only 1 fire escape and the alley below was filling with men- I couldn't get an accurate count of how many due to the smoke coming from the open window but there were more men then I had bullets for.
I dragged Dimitri behind an air vent positioning myself so that I could cover both the door and fire escape. I relaxed my grip on the gun and closed my eyes as I allowed my senses to take over.
I slipped back into the familiar where I was the scariest monster in the game. The stench of smoke was the first thing I noticed followed by the sound of sirens in the distance. I had a moment to wonder if they were coming here- after a moment I dismissed it. A man like Alistair most likely had the local PD and Fire Department in his pocket.
The fire escaped rattled beneath the weight of men climbing it. I didn't allow myself to ponder how many- it wouldn't matter. My focus shifted towards the stairwell and chained door. It wouldn't hold for long.
This was it.
I opened my eyes just as the first man's head came into view. There was a moment when our eyes locked before I pulled the trigger and watched as the back of his skull exploded and blood rained down behind him as he fell backward over the side of the fire escape and fell the 5 stories into the alley.
The men still on the fire escape hesitated only a second before rushing the roof. It was smart- and stupid. I briefly wondered how Alistair had chosen these men. They certainly weren't the trained elite assassins that'd once hunted me through the forests of Turkey as a child.
I thought of Zeke- The Assassin who'd lead the team that day- I'd wanted to kill him myself but Abe had had other plans for the man. Perhaps we'd underestimated his role working for my Uncle- Perhaps he'd been the intelligence behind the minion operations.
I killed two of the three men before I had to take cover… I didn't have the bullets to waste. If I ran out of ammo before Dimitri's men arrived the fight was over- I wouldn't be able to take them in hand-to-hand in my current condition.
I heard the fire escape rattle- the chain protested against the door- and the man currently on the roof was coming from the opposite side of the air vent. I stepped over Dimitri's unconscious body and aimed my gun out and pulled the trigger.
The man fell to his knees clutching his throat trying to stop the bleeding. Sunlight shone through his jugular- and blood gurgled from his mouth. I stepped around the air vent and picked up his gun. I aimed between his eyes and pulled the trigger.
At that exact moment, the door to the roof collapsed away and men rushed to the rooftop. I raised both guns and fired into the bodies before I throwing myself behind the air vent ignoring the white-hot pain shooting through my left arm.
I peaked around the corner and cursed as I fell back against the vent. "There's too many of them."
I looked at the pale unconscious Russian next to me and knew my options were limited. I reached out and intertwined our fingers raising them to my lips. Even if I was willing to leave him here to die there was no way I could kill every single man on this roof- and however many remained in the stairwells. It was impossible, even for me.
There was no way I was going back to Alistair… I'd rather die here and now then be at his mercy again. I would rather die at the hands of these men then say yes to him. I leaned in and kissed Dimitri's cheek. "Maybe in the next life, we'll have that chat."
I pulled away from him and turned to the nearest man. "I don't want to hurt you."
"That's too bad." He didn't even have the chance to blink before I shot him in the eye. The men surrounding me all had their guns aimed at me and were squeezing the trigger when bullets rained down on the roof. I threw myself over Dimitri and I squeezed my eyes shut and waited for it to stop.
I lifted my head and blinked at the helicopter hovering above the hotel. Men jumped from the helicopter and ran towards us- I raised my gun and stared at them. The men stopped except for one. "You?"
"Hello, Rose." The man- Jace- smiled as he knelt in front of me his hands held up. "You're safe now, but we need to get out of here. Can you walk?" I nodded but still took his offered hand as I got to my feet. Jace waved his men forward to help Dimitri and they got him on a stretcher before carrying him back to the men waiting with the cables. I watched from the rooftop as the stretcher got loaded into the helicopter before I turned to Jace. "It's our turn, Sweetheart."
...The End Is Near...
Eeeee... I'm so nervous for you guys to read the ending.
I had a whole thing typed but it gave away too much info.
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Shite is about to HIT THE FAN and LEMONS ARE ABOUT TO BE SQUEEZED
Blood is about to spill, guns are going to be fired, fires are going to be lit, hearts are about to be broken, babies are about to be born, and vengeance is about to be SERVED
and people are about to DIE DIE DIE!
I'm EXCITED. Are you excited? You should be.
You'll also hate me, at first.
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