Author's Note: Uhm.. Kinda violent. Kay! If you not into violence DO NOT READ! DUR!!!!! Oh and don't mind me using Squid's real name and then out of nowhere switch to his nickname.. ^^;;; lol!
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Chapter Seven: A Fallen Angel
Brianna kept running knowing perfectly well that her shirt was getting drenched in blood. She wondered if she'd die before she saved her little brother. She loved her little brother more than anyone. Jason was the only thing in the world she had. "Ouch!" she cried holding her stomach. She fell to her knees in pain. She looked down at her shirt and saw the blood dripping down. She didn't care. Jason was in trouble and that was what mattered.
***
Alan looked down at the road. He could see she was bleeding. He hurried along to get to her before she collapsed. He didn't want to loose her. He loved her. He ran on the side of the road and looked around for Brianna. He wondered if he'd ever catch up with her. What if she had already collapsed? His heart began to ache. If she was hurt he'd never forgive himself. Then he saw someone just ahead of him. They were on their knees. "Bri!" he said quietly.
***
"Oh God… Maybe I shouldn't have left the hospital… Damn this hurts…" winced Brianna in pain. She doubled over and had to sit down because of the pain. She couldn't take it. She felt light headed. She was able to get up and struggle to a bench. "Alan," she whispered. "Alan."
"Shh," whispered a male voice. Brianna recognized it as Alan's voice.
"Alan…" Brianna said looking him in the eyes. He smiled and lifted her head up and sat down on the bench and then set her head down on her lap. "What're you doin' here." Brianna whispered hoarsely. He kissed her gently and she smiled.
"I came to find you Bri," he said to her. "Ya're hurt ya know."
"Yea, I know. I'm not stupid," she said trying to laugh.
"Quiet!" he commanded. "Ya'll hurt yerself more. Ya're bad enough." He stroked her hair and kissed her gently. He glanced at the bottom of her shirt. It was stained in blood.
"I just need to rest for a lil bit… Then I'll go and get my brother," she whispered. She fell asleep in his lap. He stared at her sleeping peacefully and so trustfully in his care. He couldn't believe that she would endure such pain just to save her little brother. She had one stubborn mind. It reminded him of well, himself. He smiled down at her and kissed her cheek. She stirred and her eyes fluttered open. She stretched and grinned at Alan. "I feel a while lot better now," she said while yawing.
She got up and started to walk again. Alan stood up and watched her walk away. "Bri! DON'T!" he shouted. "You're hurt too bad!"
"Nah, I'm fine… I've gotta find my brother. I'm not stopping until I get him back. If you're comin' with me then c'mon!" she snapped. He sighed and decided that there was no stopping Brianna from getting to her little brother. "Well let's get goin'." She said smiling at him.
"HEY YOU'RE NOT GOIN' WITHOUT US BRIANNA LYN BARLOW-SYNCH!" shouted the members of her gang. She turned around and saw her gang standing behind her. "We're not lettin' you get hurt again. Stupid Scorpions'll pay if they try and hurt you again!" they all said in unison. Brianna ran to her friends and hugged them tightly. Alan stood away from them and smiled gently.
"Thanks you guys!" she whispered fighting back tears.
"We need you… You've saved us from a life of hell," whispered Marla swallowing her pride. Kayla, Michelle, and Susan gapped at her. They were in shock that Marla would say that. "When you were attacked and we found out at Camp well it made me realize how much we need you. You've done so much for us. More than we'll eva deserve. God if I lost you I'd kill myself!" whimpered Marla. Brianna smiled and hugged Marla tightly.
"Oh God! Marla swallowed her pride! I'm gonna faint!" Susan said laughing.
"Oh shut up!"
"Make me!" They both stuck out their tongues and looked quite immature. Brianna rubbed her temple and shook her head and laughed. Alan was thinking, 'Oh my God.'
"Well c'mon now girls!" Kayla said brightly. They all stared. "What? What'd I say?"
"Never mind let's go," said Brianna walking ahead of the group. "My dad's house should be around here somewhere… Let's see." Brianna began to look around the area. "Damn!"
"What?" asked Alan.
"We're in Scorpion territory! Shit!" said Marla looking around. "I hate this place. Bri, let's go!"
"NO! We've gotta get my lil brother! We're not leaving until we do!" snapped Brianna.
"But!" protested the girls.
"NO BUTS! I DON'T CARE WHERE WE ARE! WE'RE GETTING MY BROTHER WETHER YA LIKE IT OR NOT! NO SHUT UP AND LET'S GO!" she screamed at them.
"Keep your voice down!" cried out Kayla. Brianna calmed herself and then sighed. They kept walking. Brianna looked around. She seemed to be thinking of where they were to be going. She motioned the group to go left. They began walking down the street and Brianna kept looking at the houses and street names. She kept leading them different directions until she stopped at a tan house.
"This is it." She said simply.
"How d'you know?" Alan asked.
"I know that car," she whispered darkly. "Susan Code 142."
"YES!" she giggled.
"What?" Alan asked.
"SHH!" the two girls hissed to him. "Shut up!"
"Fine!" he answered back. Susan dug through her bag and pulled out a lock pick. She started giggling crazily. Shaily had to slap her to get her to shut up. "What're ya goin' to do with that?" Alan asked. Brianna rolled her eyes and stared at him.
"D'you eva shut up?" she asked him. He smirked.
"Nope," he replied. Brianna bit her lip and was smiling. THen she looked back to Susan who was getting out some other things. Brianna slapped her forehead and snatched the bag from Susan.
"What all d'you keep in here?!" asked Brianna. Kayla snickered. The other girls laughed as Brianna dumped out the entire bag onto the road. "Jesus! That's a lot of stuff-! Oh shit! Police! CODE 34! This is not a drill... MARLA! Ya heard me that time right?" Brianna said running behind the bushes to hide from the police.
"Yea I heard ya! It wasn't my fault the last time! I-I uh.. Oh nevermind!" Marla grumbled. Brianna placed her hand over Marla mouth to keep her quiet.
"Shh!" hissed Brianna. "We've got a record the size of Texas now shut yer mouths!" THe girls obeyed and Alan just stared. "You too," she whispered. Alan blinked and kept his mouth shut. (OMG DID I ACTUALLY WRITE THAT?!) The officer looked around and almost shined his flashlight onto the girls. They all stiffened getting scared they would get into more trouble. Thankfully the officer left and got back into his car and left. Brianna released Marla and they all got out from behind the bush. "C'mon!" Brianna hissed in a whispered.
"We're comin'!" whispered Alan and Brianna's gang members. They all followed Brianna to the tan house and Brianna had Susan pick the lock.
"Hurry!" wihmpered Kayla.
"I'm goin' as fast as I can! Just shut up!" hissed Susan. She worked on the lock a few more minutes and finally got it unlocked. Brianna opened the door and went inside. "It's dark!" Susan exclaimed.
"Are ya sure ya haven't got ya eyes shut," Kayla said flatly.
"Oh shut up!"
"Quiet!" Brianna said glaring at the two girls. The nodded and Brianna pulled out a flaslight. She turned it on and looked around the room. She peeked into a room with the door cracked. It was a bedroom and no one was inside it though there was a suitcase for a little boy in it. "Jason," whimpered Brianna. "C'mon!" Brianna commanded and they followed her to the living room. The TV was still on. "What the--!" whispered Brianna.
"I didn't think ya'd find me so soon," said a cold voice.
"Don't come near me," cried Brianna stepping backward. Her gang and Alan did the same. "Come out now... Dad." A man with dark brown hair and brown eyes came out of the shadows and grabbed Brianna by the back of the neck like he did many years ago. She struggled. "Lemme go!" she cried. "You're hurtin' me!" Brianna was going mad and kicked her father and got herself free of his grip.
"Bri!" shouted Alan.
"Oh great ya brought ya're little minions." her dad growled.
"They are not minions! They're my best friends in the world! Moron!" Bri said looking outraged by her father's comment. Her father started to walk toward her and she stepped back. "Don't you dare!" she screamed. Her father looked around and smiled poisonously. She didn't like the way he smiled. It scared her when he did.
"Well well... Let's see how you fight againest me when I have your little brother!" shouted her father.
"DON'T YOU DARE!" shrieked Brianna. Alan held her back because she was about to jump the man. "YOU LAY A FINGER ON THAT BOY I'LL KILL YOU!" she screamed. "ALAN! Lemme go! I've gotta kill'em! NOW!" Alan couldn't hold her much longer. She wanted to fight so badly she'd fight her way out of his grip. Alan let her go and she jumped the man and knocked him over onto his stomach. "YOU KIDNAPER!"
"OW! GOD! GET OFF ME!" roared her father. She refused and so he kicked her in the stomach right where she was stabbed. She fell over onto the floor in pain and doubled over. Alan ran to help.
"You ok?" Alan asked quickly helping Brianna up.
"Barely," she whispered.
"Here," he said quickly helping her up onto her feet again. SHe smiled and then moved forward.
"Where's Jason?" she asked her father.
"BRI!" cried out a voice.
"JASON!" Brianna panicked. She ran to help him but her father stopped her. "GET-OUT-OF-MY-WAY!" she screamed. Alan grabbed her arm and pulled her to him. "What the hell are you doing!"
"I'll get you brother for you! i mean you seem so hell bent on killing your father," he hissed into her ear. She turned and smiled at him. She gently kissed him and nodded.
"For the last time... Get outta my way!" she shouted looking coldly at her father.
"There it is," her father said simply. "There's the rage. Same rage as me y'know."
"NO! I'm not like you!" she cried out. She jumped him again and knocked him back onto the ground. Alan ran to get her brother. Brianna hoped he'd find Jason soon. She couldn't keep this act up for long.
***
"JASON!" shouted Alan into the dark room.
"Who're you? Where's my sister?" asked to what Alan thought ws Jason.
"I'm a friend of your sister. Now where are you?"
"Tied in this chair on the left." Alan felt around wishing he had a flashlight. Suddenly there was a light. He turned and saw Kayla right beside him with her flashlight.
"Thought you might need some help." she giggled. "If Brianna lost her boyfriend she'd kill us." Alan laughed and they looked around for Jason. "Is that him?" she asked. Alan nodded and they went into the room and untied Jason from the chair. He seemed happy to get out of the chair. He hugged Kayla and smiled innocently.
"Thanks," he said quietly.
"No problem," the two said in unison. Kayla held Jason's hand and they led him into the room with the rest of the group. The girls were huddled around something. Alan ran ahead to see what it was. He saw Brianna lieing motionless in front of him.
"BRIANNA!" he shouted. He ran to her and flipped her back onto her back. She had blood running down her face and drenched on her cloths. Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled weakly at Alan.
"I did it... I killed him..." she whispered. "But I think he got me too... Oh God..."
"No you're going to be fine! I swear upon it! You will be fine." Alan protested. She shook her head and blood ran down the side of her mouth. He quickly wiped it away and stared into her glossy looking eyes. The only thing he ever loved was dieing right in his arms. She tried to smile again but winced and could barely talk to him.
"Alan... Don't be so mean anymore ok?" she whispered rasply. He felt tears for the first time in his life. He nodded and tried desprately to hold back his tears. SHe was dieing right in his arms and he couldn't do anything about it. He felt helpless. "I-I love you," she coughed. "Not everything is as it seems..."
He smiled weakly and whispered, "I love you too." She shut her eyes and became motionless. Alan stared down at her and couldn't take it. He stood up and walked away. The girls started crying as they all looked at their fallen leader. Alan's heart stopped. He walked out of the house and went into a fit of rage. He had lost Brianna. For the first time in his life he was actually hurt. And he knew this pain would never go away. Not ever. Pain like this lasted for eternity. Forever.
Jason had walked outside and saw Alan cursing and yelling at no one. "What're ya doin'?" asked Jason. Alan stopped and looked at Brianna little brother.
"Nothin'," he asnwered quickly and turning from Jason.
"You loved my sister didn't ya?" Jason asked. Alan turned around and stared at the boy.
"Ya could say that."
"And she loved ya back right?"
"Yea, and why are ya askin' so many damn questions?!" shouted Alan not realizing he was yelling at a little boy. Jason smiled and shrugged.
"Just thought of it since all my sister talked about was you."
"What?!"
"She musta loved ya a lot since all she did was go 'blah blah blah Alan did this and blah blah that...' And it went on and on and on... It kinda got annoyin'. So I guess that's why I asked," Jason said. Alan looked at the little boy. He smiled. He could see that him and Brianna had to be related since they acted so much alike.
"Yeah well we should get ya to yer aunt's house since ya don't got a dad anymore," said Alan laughing slightly. "C'mon let's get the girls and get ya home."
That night would be the worst day of anyone's life who was close to Brianna. They had lost her always and forever. Alan hurt the worst. He was her first REAL love. He thought of everything that had happened between them. He remembered her suicidal moment, her depression, her laughter, and oh God her kiss. He missed that the most. He loved her with all his heart. Never would anyone be able to fill the hole that she had left in him.
But her last words still haunted him...
"Things aren't always as they seem." she had said. What did she mean? Alan couldn't figure it out. All he could think about was the grief ahead of him. The pain. The hole in his heart that would eat at him until his death day. He was falling apart without her. Even in his sleep he was still hurting. Atleast when he went back to camp all his grief could be aimed at his digging. Maybe that would help.
"Damn life," he muttered to himself lying in the extra bedroom at Brianna's aunt's home. He stared at the ceiling muttering about his life. "I find one girl that had just as bad of a life as me and then she's murdered! Dammit!" he shouted in heartbreak. He burried his face in his pillow and thought about her. How she always made im laugh and how he helped her through such a rough time...
"Life is so unfair," he muttered to the darkness. Tomorrow he would see her corpse be burried and after that he would go straight back to camp. But Alan would go without Brianna.
She had become a fallen angel.
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Chapter Seven: A Fallen Angel
Brianna kept running knowing perfectly well that her shirt was getting drenched in blood. She wondered if she'd die before she saved her little brother. She loved her little brother more than anyone. Jason was the only thing in the world she had. "Ouch!" she cried holding her stomach. She fell to her knees in pain. She looked down at her shirt and saw the blood dripping down. She didn't care. Jason was in trouble and that was what mattered.
***
Alan looked down at the road. He could see she was bleeding. He hurried along to get to her before she collapsed. He didn't want to loose her. He loved her. He ran on the side of the road and looked around for Brianna. He wondered if he'd ever catch up with her. What if she had already collapsed? His heart began to ache. If she was hurt he'd never forgive himself. Then he saw someone just ahead of him. They were on their knees. "Bri!" he said quietly.
***
"Oh God… Maybe I shouldn't have left the hospital… Damn this hurts…" winced Brianna in pain. She doubled over and had to sit down because of the pain. She couldn't take it. She felt light headed. She was able to get up and struggle to a bench. "Alan," she whispered. "Alan."
"Shh," whispered a male voice. Brianna recognized it as Alan's voice.
"Alan…" Brianna said looking him in the eyes. He smiled and lifted her head up and sat down on the bench and then set her head down on her lap. "What're you doin' here." Brianna whispered hoarsely. He kissed her gently and she smiled.
"I came to find you Bri," he said to her. "Ya're hurt ya know."
"Yea, I know. I'm not stupid," she said trying to laugh.
"Quiet!" he commanded. "Ya'll hurt yerself more. Ya're bad enough." He stroked her hair and kissed her gently. He glanced at the bottom of her shirt. It was stained in blood.
"I just need to rest for a lil bit… Then I'll go and get my brother," she whispered. She fell asleep in his lap. He stared at her sleeping peacefully and so trustfully in his care. He couldn't believe that she would endure such pain just to save her little brother. She had one stubborn mind. It reminded him of well, himself. He smiled down at her and kissed her cheek. She stirred and her eyes fluttered open. She stretched and grinned at Alan. "I feel a while lot better now," she said while yawing.
She got up and started to walk again. Alan stood up and watched her walk away. "Bri! DON'T!" he shouted. "You're hurt too bad!"
"Nah, I'm fine… I've gotta find my brother. I'm not stopping until I get him back. If you're comin' with me then c'mon!" she snapped. He sighed and decided that there was no stopping Brianna from getting to her little brother. "Well let's get goin'." She said smiling at him.
"HEY YOU'RE NOT GOIN' WITHOUT US BRIANNA LYN BARLOW-SYNCH!" shouted the members of her gang. She turned around and saw her gang standing behind her. "We're not lettin' you get hurt again. Stupid Scorpions'll pay if they try and hurt you again!" they all said in unison. Brianna ran to her friends and hugged them tightly. Alan stood away from them and smiled gently.
"Thanks you guys!" she whispered fighting back tears.
"We need you… You've saved us from a life of hell," whispered Marla swallowing her pride. Kayla, Michelle, and Susan gapped at her. They were in shock that Marla would say that. "When you were attacked and we found out at Camp well it made me realize how much we need you. You've done so much for us. More than we'll eva deserve. God if I lost you I'd kill myself!" whimpered Marla. Brianna smiled and hugged Marla tightly.
"Oh God! Marla swallowed her pride! I'm gonna faint!" Susan said laughing.
"Oh shut up!"
"Make me!" They both stuck out their tongues and looked quite immature. Brianna rubbed her temple and shook her head and laughed. Alan was thinking, 'Oh my God.'
"Well c'mon now girls!" Kayla said brightly. They all stared. "What? What'd I say?"
"Never mind let's go," said Brianna walking ahead of the group. "My dad's house should be around here somewhere… Let's see." Brianna began to look around the area. "Damn!"
"What?" asked Alan.
"We're in Scorpion territory! Shit!" said Marla looking around. "I hate this place. Bri, let's go!"
"NO! We've gotta get my lil brother! We're not leaving until we do!" snapped Brianna.
"But!" protested the girls.
"NO BUTS! I DON'T CARE WHERE WE ARE! WE'RE GETTING MY BROTHER WETHER YA LIKE IT OR NOT! NO SHUT UP AND LET'S GO!" she screamed at them.
"Keep your voice down!" cried out Kayla. Brianna calmed herself and then sighed. They kept walking. Brianna looked around. She seemed to be thinking of where they were to be going. She motioned the group to go left. They began walking down the street and Brianna kept looking at the houses and street names. She kept leading them different directions until she stopped at a tan house.
"This is it." She said simply.
"How d'you know?" Alan asked.
"I know that car," she whispered darkly. "Susan Code 142."
"YES!" she giggled.
"What?" Alan asked.
"SHH!" the two girls hissed to him. "Shut up!"
"Fine!" he answered back. Susan dug through her bag and pulled out a lock pick. She started giggling crazily. Shaily had to slap her to get her to shut up. "What're ya goin' to do with that?" Alan asked. Brianna rolled her eyes and stared at him.
"D'you eva shut up?" she asked him. He smirked.
"Nope," he replied. Brianna bit her lip and was smiling. THen she looked back to Susan who was getting out some other things. Brianna slapped her forehead and snatched the bag from Susan.
"What all d'you keep in here?!" asked Brianna. Kayla snickered. The other girls laughed as Brianna dumped out the entire bag onto the road. "Jesus! That's a lot of stuff-! Oh shit! Police! CODE 34! This is not a drill... MARLA! Ya heard me that time right?" Brianna said running behind the bushes to hide from the police.
"Yea I heard ya! It wasn't my fault the last time! I-I uh.. Oh nevermind!" Marla grumbled. Brianna placed her hand over Marla mouth to keep her quiet.
"Shh!" hissed Brianna. "We've got a record the size of Texas now shut yer mouths!" THe girls obeyed and Alan just stared. "You too," she whispered. Alan blinked and kept his mouth shut. (OMG DID I ACTUALLY WRITE THAT?!) The officer looked around and almost shined his flashlight onto the girls. They all stiffened getting scared they would get into more trouble. Thankfully the officer left and got back into his car and left. Brianna released Marla and they all got out from behind the bush. "C'mon!" Brianna hissed in a whispered.
"We're comin'!" whispered Alan and Brianna's gang members. They all followed Brianna to the tan house and Brianna had Susan pick the lock.
"Hurry!" wihmpered Kayla.
"I'm goin' as fast as I can! Just shut up!" hissed Susan. She worked on the lock a few more minutes and finally got it unlocked. Brianna opened the door and went inside. "It's dark!" Susan exclaimed.
"Are ya sure ya haven't got ya eyes shut," Kayla said flatly.
"Oh shut up!"
"Quiet!" Brianna said glaring at the two girls. The nodded and Brianna pulled out a flaslight. She turned it on and looked around the room. She peeked into a room with the door cracked. It was a bedroom and no one was inside it though there was a suitcase for a little boy in it. "Jason," whimpered Brianna. "C'mon!" Brianna commanded and they followed her to the living room. The TV was still on. "What the--!" whispered Brianna.
"I didn't think ya'd find me so soon," said a cold voice.
"Don't come near me," cried Brianna stepping backward. Her gang and Alan did the same. "Come out now... Dad." A man with dark brown hair and brown eyes came out of the shadows and grabbed Brianna by the back of the neck like he did many years ago. She struggled. "Lemme go!" she cried. "You're hurtin' me!" Brianna was going mad and kicked her father and got herself free of his grip.
"Bri!" shouted Alan.
"Oh great ya brought ya're little minions." her dad growled.
"They are not minions! They're my best friends in the world! Moron!" Bri said looking outraged by her father's comment. Her father started to walk toward her and she stepped back. "Don't you dare!" she screamed. Her father looked around and smiled poisonously. She didn't like the way he smiled. It scared her when he did.
"Well well... Let's see how you fight againest me when I have your little brother!" shouted her father.
"DON'T YOU DARE!" shrieked Brianna. Alan held her back because she was about to jump the man. "YOU LAY A FINGER ON THAT BOY I'LL KILL YOU!" she screamed. "ALAN! Lemme go! I've gotta kill'em! NOW!" Alan couldn't hold her much longer. She wanted to fight so badly she'd fight her way out of his grip. Alan let her go and she jumped the man and knocked him over onto his stomach. "YOU KIDNAPER!"
"OW! GOD! GET OFF ME!" roared her father. She refused and so he kicked her in the stomach right where she was stabbed. She fell over onto the floor in pain and doubled over. Alan ran to help.
"You ok?" Alan asked quickly helping Brianna up.
"Barely," she whispered.
"Here," he said quickly helping her up onto her feet again. SHe smiled and then moved forward.
"Where's Jason?" she asked her father.
"BRI!" cried out a voice.
"JASON!" Brianna panicked. She ran to help him but her father stopped her. "GET-OUT-OF-MY-WAY!" she screamed. Alan grabbed her arm and pulled her to him. "What the hell are you doing!"
"I'll get you brother for you! i mean you seem so hell bent on killing your father," he hissed into her ear. She turned and smiled at him. She gently kissed him and nodded.
"For the last time... Get outta my way!" she shouted looking coldly at her father.
"There it is," her father said simply. "There's the rage. Same rage as me y'know."
"NO! I'm not like you!" she cried out. She jumped him again and knocked him back onto the ground. Alan ran to get her brother. Brianna hoped he'd find Jason soon. She couldn't keep this act up for long.
***
"JASON!" shouted Alan into the dark room.
"Who're you? Where's my sister?" asked to what Alan thought ws Jason.
"I'm a friend of your sister. Now where are you?"
"Tied in this chair on the left." Alan felt around wishing he had a flashlight. Suddenly there was a light. He turned and saw Kayla right beside him with her flashlight.
"Thought you might need some help." she giggled. "If Brianna lost her boyfriend she'd kill us." Alan laughed and they looked around for Jason. "Is that him?" she asked. Alan nodded and they went into the room and untied Jason from the chair. He seemed happy to get out of the chair. He hugged Kayla and smiled innocently.
"Thanks," he said quietly.
"No problem," the two said in unison. Kayla held Jason's hand and they led him into the room with the rest of the group. The girls were huddled around something. Alan ran ahead to see what it was. He saw Brianna lieing motionless in front of him.
"BRIANNA!" he shouted. He ran to her and flipped her back onto her back. She had blood running down her face and drenched on her cloths. Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled weakly at Alan.
"I did it... I killed him..." she whispered. "But I think he got me too... Oh God..."
"No you're going to be fine! I swear upon it! You will be fine." Alan protested. She shook her head and blood ran down the side of her mouth. He quickly wiped it away and stared into her glossy looking eyes. The only thing he ever loved was dieing right in his arms. She tried to smile again but winced and could barely talk to him.
"Alan... Don't be so mean anymore ok?" she whispered rasply. He felt tears for the first time in his life. He nodded and tried desprately to hold back his tears. SHe was dieing right in his arms and he couldn't do anything about it. He felt helpless. "I-I love you," she coughed. "Not everything is as it seems..."
He smiled weakly and whispered, "I love you too." She shut her eyes and became motionless. Alan stared down at her and couldn't take it. He stood up and walked away. The girls started crying as they all looked at their fallen leader. Alan's heart stopped. He walked out of the house and went into a fit of rage. He had lost Brianna. For the first time in his life he was actually hurt. And he knew this pain would never go away. Not ever. Pain like this lasted for eternity. Forever.
Jason had walked outside and saw Alan cursing and yelling at no one. "What're ya doin'?" asked Jason. Alan stopped and looked at Brianna little brother.
"Nothin'," he asnwered quickly and turning from Jason.
"You loved my sister didn't ya?" Jason asked. Alan turned around and stared at the boy.
"Ya could say that."
"And she loved ya back right?"
"Yea, and why are ya askin' so many damn questions?!" shouted Alan not realizing he was yelling at a little boy. Jason smiled and shrugged.
"Just thought of it since all my sister talked about was you."
"What?!"
"She musta loved ya a lot since all she did was go 'blah blah blah Alan did this and blah blah that...' And it went on and on and on... It kinda got annoyin'. So I guess that's why I asked," Jason said. Alan looked at the little boy. He smiled. He could see that him and Brianna had to be related since they acted so much alike.
"Yeah well we should get ya to yer aunt's house since ya don't got a dad anymore," said Alan laughing slightly. "C'mon let's get the girls and get ya home."
That night would be the worst day of anyone's life who was close to Brianna. They had lost her always and forever. Alan hurt the worst. He was her first REAL love. He thought of everything that had happened between them. He remembered her suicidal moment, her depression, her laughter, and oh God her kiss. He missed that the most. He loved her with all his heart. Never would anyone be able to fill the hole that she had left in him.
But her last words still haunted him...
"Things aren't always as they seem." she had said. What did she mean? Alan couldn't figure it out. All he could think about was the grief ahead of him. The pain. The hole in his heart that would eat at him until his death day. He was falling apart without her. Even in his sleep he was still hurting. Atleast when he went back to camp all his grief could be aimed at his digging. Maybe that would help.
"Damn life," he muttered to himself lying in the extra bedroom at Brianna's aunt's home. He stared at the ceiling muttering about his life. "I find one girl that had just as bad of a life as me and then she's murdered! Dammit!" he shouted in heartbreak. He burried his face in his pillow and thought about her. How she always made im laugh and how he helped her through such a rough time...
"Life is so unfair," he muttered to the darkness. Tomorrow he would see her corpse be burried and after that he would go straight back to camp. But Alan would go without Brianna.
She had become a fallen angel.
