Chapter 19: Fork in the Road; Two Paths
When did eternity stop
And life's urgency no longer on top
How can it be
That you're finally here with me
Why is it that
I'm bogged down to him, an unbound pact
Who is him
If he is not you, yet his eyes melt me to his every whim
Where were you, my love
If eternity's end is coming soon to a lonesome white dove
Blinking in and out of reality to what lied after reality. Slowly his eyes began rolling to the backs of his mind. Lids moving rapidly to catch everything before they finally shut. The curtains were closing finally closing and his leading lady… right where she should have been, in his arms.
Chloe closed her eyes as she swayed with Brady's near motionless body to what she could only explain was their last dance and the world was drowned out by the sound of a fast paced heart's swelling. To another's slow rhythm to what was coming next.
"I remember Brady" whispered tears rushing to his cheeks smearing…
"I" he tried to begin but the words were muttered out by the shrill coughs of blood that escaped his wetted lips of moisture.
Chloe whimpered louder as she tried in her best soothing voice to quiet him, but he was consistent even with the spilling of his blood drenching him and her.
"I'm sorry" he coughed out finally as he strained and he began breathing raggedly. "It wasn't suppose to be like this….you know that, right?"
"Ssshh, stop talking. The paramedics will be here soon, I know it, just wait….It will be better….."
Brady closed his eyes and smiled, it truly was Chloe that came back to him, and all it took was one jostling shot. But not the shot to him, the shot to Chris that opened her eyes to how this catastrophe began. Though it began a little bit before the first shots rang out, it went back to the showdown of her being sandwiched to the past and present love's Chloe/AJ knew.
Slapping Brady, "Don't you dare close your eyes! Your not going anywhere Brady! I'm not losing you, I can't Brady…I just can't" she cried as Brady for the life of him struggled to make his arm reach to stroke her hair. In which she grabbed the minute he did so. She kissed his hands passionately and placed this to her cheek as she continued rocking their bodies on the hardened marble floor.
"Some one is on their way, Brady," John said rushing back over to the couple as he had been assisting Bo with other's who had gotten injured in the process of shots bouncing of the walls. John watched through blurred eyes at the sight of the two lovers. He could tell what Brady was trying to do and he also knew how hopeful Chloe was, for someone of her stats to be so dreaming even if the truth was known, there wasn't much to lean on.
John prayed silently as he tilted his eye to the ceiling and wished upon anyone listening, that it wouldn't end right here, that somehow these two would have another chance and it wouldn't end like this. A wish that he would have given his life for, if only through some power that Brady and Chloe could rewind time to prevent this from happening. But it wouldn't happen, Chloe was destined to lose Brady this way, after all it was a déjà vu occurrence, since Brady once believe he lost Chloe in similar times. First with the plane crashing in the first place, then the car explosion that identified a young teenage girl, and then it last night when she was shot in the arm. Through it all he stayed hopeful, now here he was, saying it wasn't nothing to be hopeful for because to him, this was, if it had to end, it was to end like this…
After all that had happened, true love had found it's way. True love rediscovered once one had been let go from the equation, or more like a lot of things from their love.
Though the fact remains, some true loves being found or often too late since no matter what it is, exiting the stage is often traumatic for one or two of the leading characters…
"Brady……." she whispered into the air as she felt his hand that was pressed against her cheek go limp and that's when she noticed it. On his cheek lay one single tear…
And there went the third, most important leading character to exit the stage, she now stood alone in an once very loaded stage full of too many choices and two paths to many……..
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(4 hours, 20 minutes before)
"Everything all packed Skink?" AJ commanded as the limo pulled to the front of the entrance to the large reserve a land that led to the hall in which the ball would be held in.
"Fireworks are set to go, boss" Skink pronounced as he gave a quick nod of the head to everyone in the limo who were loaded with ammunition set to destroy those who interfered.
"Skink I want you to cover me, you are to remain by my side all night and if something goes wrong, if it means taking a shot that may seem bad since I'm so close, TAKE IT….We will rid ourselves of Bo Brady tonight and any others at all cost. Even if my life hangs in the balance, I shall not deprive my father of the honor in which he deserves…" she said heatedly
"I understand AJ, I'm sure Mr. DiM….Thomas would be proud to see what his daughter is doing for him tonight."
"Well, not then, we are here to obtain a few treasures in which my father seeks to acquire and eliminate a few who are already targeted. If you are to come across any of these men and they seem to be of peculiar sense shoot them! I'm quite sure your aware you are to destroy Bo Brady, John Black, Chris Riley, and Black's son, Brady."
Her words were of encouragement to the men who nodded and agreed to the terms, but her own heart seemed to have it's own conflict which was mild, yet the way in which she spoke of his name seemed odder than the rest.
"Let's ride" AJ said as she tugged at the hem of her red sleek dress to step out the limo with a simple purse that packed some artillery but her body in this case was more than a weapon than it had ever been…..
"You are mine…" AJ said as people began to come into view as she walked onto the pathway leading to the ball decorated in the nighttime sky. And off the bat, she was able to identify one target who's aim was so perfect, a blind bat could have nailed it.
"It's you time to shine" she whispered as she felt her hands reaching to her purse….
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John watched through roaming eyes but was caught off guard by the entrance of Bo and Chris…TOGETHER.
He walked immediately to them but Brady beat him to the punch line…
"What the hell is he doing here and untied?" Brady said as he was felt his hands powerfully fisted together ready to take the blow to Chris's already bruised face.
"Whoa, calm down there Brady. There's something you need to know about Agent Riley here that you didn't know before…and me having just stated it, Chris here is a FBI agent. He's been on this case even before Chloe was abducted. I myself wasn't informed of it until recently but as it is, he is an agent assigned to this case and if you hit him this time having been aware of that you can be brought up on charges…So cool it, okay?" Bo stated as he placed a hand on Brady's thriving chest.
"You've got to be kidding me?," John said as he eyed him. "It doesn't make sense…."
"It makes perfect sense if you were in my shoes and had to do some of things I had to do…" Chris started but was interrupted by Brady's own intrusions.
"Right and kissing Chloe was one of them right? Or how about being in love with her? I didn't know you could act so well either Chris, or maybe that isn't your real name now is it? You sick piece of @#%$, I should hit you just so I can be put in jail before I do something you might regret…." Brady said as he pressed into Chris's chest hardly.
Chris snarled, "I'm not here to fight you, AJ… Chloe is in trouble and she's putting her self at risk. The scary thing about it is that she knows which is why we need to find her before she finds us…."
"Wait, that doesn't make sense….. What's wrong with her finding us?"
"Her mission is to kill all of you and maybe even me now… search and destroy. If I can just drug her…", Chris had been saying…
"You are not drugging her, that's for damn sure, I don't trust your handiwork as is," Brady stated flatly.
"It's either us or her and knowing you're mind if she didn't get drug, she would die later. There's other people here seeking to find her and kill her, people working against Stefano to retrieve some precious jewels that are here," Chris said informing them as his eyes caught sight of those blue ones…
"She's here" he said….
"Oh @#%$, DUCK!" Chris shouted as he pulled Bo and John down by the head as Brady finally caught sight to who it was and why it was he should've ducked…..
TBC………..
When did eternity stop
And life's urgency no longer on top
How can it be
That you're finally here with me
Why is it that
I'm bogged down to him, an unbound pact
Who is him
If he is not you, yet his eyes melt me to his every whim
Where were you, my love
If eternity's end is coming soon to a lonesome white dove
Blinking in and out of reality to what lied after reality. Slowly his eyes began rolling to the backs of his mind. Lids moving rapidly to catch everything before they finally shut. The curtains were closing finally closing and his leading lady… right where she should have been, in his arms.
Chloe closed her eyes as she swayed with Brady's near motionless body to what she could only explain was their last dance and the world was drowned out by the sound of a fast paced heart's swelling. To another's slow rhythm to what was coming next.
"I remember Brady" whispered tears rushing to his cheeks smearing…
"I" he tried to begin but the words were muttered out by the shrill coughs of blood that escaped his wetted lips of moisture.
Chloe whimpered louder as she tried in her best soothing voice to quiet him, but he was consistent even with the spilling of his blood drenching him and her.
"I'm sorry" he coughed out finally as he strained and he began breathing raggedly. "It wasn't suppose to be like this….you know that, right?"
"Ssshh, stop talking. The paramedics will be here soon, I know it, just wait….It will be better….."
Brady closed his eyes and smiled, it truly was Chloe that came back to him, and all it took was one jostling shot. But not the shot to him, the shot to Chris that opened her eyes to how this catastrophe began. Though it began a little bit before the first shots rang out, it went back to the showdown of her being sandwiched to the past and present love's Chloe/AJ knew.
Slapping Brady, "Don't you dare close your eyes! Your not going anywhere Brady! I'm not losing you, I can't Brady…I just can't" she cried as Brady for the life of him struggled to make his arm reach to stroke her hair. In which she grabbed the minute he did so. She kissed his hands passionately and placed this to her cheek as she continued rocking their bodies on the hardened marble floor.
"Some one is on their way, Brady," John said rushing back over to the couple as he had been assisting Bo with other's who had gotten injured in the process of shots bouncing of the walls. John watched through blurred eyes at the sight of the two lovers. He could tell what Brady was trying to do and he also knew how hopeful Chloe was, for someone of her stats to be so dreaming even if the truth was known, there wasn't much to lean on.
John prayed silently as he tilted his eye to the ceiling and wished upon anyone listening, that it wouldn't end right here, that somehow these two would have another chance and it wouldn't end like this. A wish that he would have given his life for, if only through some power that Brady and Chloe could rewind time to prevent this from happening. But it wouldn't happen, Chloe was destined to lose Brady this way, after all it was a déjà vu occurrence, since Brady once believe he lost Chloe in similar times. First with the plane crashing in the first place, then the car explosion that identified a young teenage girl, and then it last night when she was shot in the arm. Through it all he stayed hopeful, now here he was, saying it wasn't nothing to be hopeful for because to him, this was, if it had to end, it was to end like this…
After all that had happened, true love had found it's way. True love rediscovered once one had been let go from the equation, or more like a lot of things from their love.
Though the fact remains, some true loves being found or often too late since no matter what it is, exiting the stage is often traumatic for one or two of the leading characters…
"Brady……." she whispered into the air as she felt his hand that was pressed against her cheek go limp and that's when she noticed it. On his cheek lay one single tear…
And there went the third, most important leading character to exit the stage, she now stood alone in an once very loaded stage full of too many choices and two paths to many……..
************
(4 hours, 20 minutes before)
"Everything all packed Skink?" AJ commanded as the limo pulled to the front of the entrance to the large reserve a land that led to the hall in which the ball would be held in.
"Fireworks are set to go, boss" Skink pronounced as he gave a quick nod of the head to everyone in the limo who were loaded with ammunition set to destroy those who interfered.
"Skink I want you to cover me, you are to remain by my side all night and if something goes wrong, if it means taking a shot that may seem bad since I'm so close, TAKE IT….We will rid ourselves of Bo Brady tonight and any others at all cost. Even if my life hangs in the balance, I shall not deprive my father of the honor in which he deserves…" she said heatedly
"I understand AJ, I'm sure Mr. DiM….Thomas would be proud to see what his daughter is doing for him tonight."
"Well, not then, we are here to obtain a few treasures in which my father seeks to acquire and eliminate a few who are already targeted. If you are to come across any of these men and they seem to be of peculiar sense shoot them! I'm quite sure your aware you are to destroy Bo Brady, John Black, Chris Riley, and Black's son, Brady."
Her words were of encouragement to the men who nodded and agreed to the terms, but her own heart seemed to have it's own conflict which was mild, yet the way in which she spoke of his name seemed odder than the rest.
"Let's ride" AJ said as she tugged at the hem of her red sleek dress to step out the limo with a simple purse that packed some artillery but her body in this case was more than a weapon than it had ever been…..
"You are mine…" AJ said as people began to come into view as she walked onto the pathway leading to the ball decorated in the nighttime sky. And off the bat, she was able to identify one target who's aim was so perfect, a blind bat could have nailed it.
"It's you time to shine" she whispered as she felt her hands reaching to her purse….
****************
John watched through roaming eyes but was caught off guard by the entrance of Bo and Chris…TOGETHER.
He walked immediately to them but Brady beat him to the punch line…
"What the hell is he doing here and untied?" Brady said as he was felt his hands powerfully fisted together ready to take the blow to Chris's already bruised face.
"Whoa, calm down there Brady. There's something you need to know about Agent Riley here that you didn't know before…and me having just stated it, Chris here is a FBI agent. He's been on this case even before Chloe was abducted. I myself wasn't informed of it until recently but as it is, he is an agent assigned to this case and if you hit him this time having been aware of that you can be brought up on charges…So cool it, okay?" Bo stated as he placed a hand on Brady's thriving chest.
"You've got to be kidding me?," John said as he eyed him. "It doesn't make sense…."
"It makes perfect sense if you were in my shoes and had to do some of things I had to do…" Chris started but was interrupted by Brady's own intrusions.
"Right and kissing Chloe was one of them right? Or how about being in love with her? I didn't know you could act so well either Chris, or maybe that isn't your real name now is it? You sick piece of @#%$, I should hit you just so I can be put in jail before I do something you might regret…." Brady said as he pressed into Chris's chest hardly.
Chris snarled, "I'm not here to fight you, AJ… Chloe is in trouble and she's putting her self at risk. The scary thing about it is that she knows which is why we need to find her before she finds us…."
"Wait, that doesn't make sense….. What's wrong with her finding us?"
"Her mission is to kill all of you and maybe even me now… search and destroy. If I can just drug her…", Chris had been saying…
"You are not drugging her, that's for damn sure, I don't trust your handiwork as is," Brady stated flatly.
"It's either us or her and knowing you're mind if she didn't get drug, she would die later. There's other people here seeking to find her and kill her, people working against Stefano to retrieve some precious jewels that are here," Chris said informing them as his eyes caught sight of those blue ones…
"She's here" he said….
"Oh @#%$, DUCK!" Chris shouted as he pulled Bo and John down by the head as Brady finally caught sight to who it was and why it was he should've ducked…..
TBC………..
