Shot in an Alley: Forever Safe

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Sonny charged blindly up the stairs with the other men. One of the guards made the guess that something had been done to the power and he was now working on getting it back. They had to be okay, Sonny repeated again and again in his mind. They were going to be okay.

Sonny and three of his men raced though the kitchen, including Marco. He had woken up and was insistent on coming with them. With the small amount of light from the flashlights that they had, they could see the scene before them.

Elizabeth was on the ground. There was blood coming out of a wound on her head.

Ric was standing, looming over a body.

Jason.

His friend was lying on the ground curled up.

Michael and Carly were nowhere in sight.

They weren't all right. Ric had hurt them.

Elizabeth was breathing slowly with a broken dining table chair lying next to her. Jason's eyes were also closed. Sonny could clearly see blood and bruises on his body. Sonny tried to process what was in front of his eyes.

They weren't all right, they could be dying.

Sonny's eyes moved from Jason to Ric - his brothers. No, that wasn't right. He had one brother and his name was Jason. Sonny could see that clearly now.

This man in front of him had hurt his brother, his sister, his wife and his children. He deserved death.

So Sonny did the only thing he could to protect his family. He raised the gun.

And he fired.

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Elizabeth heard a loud noise. A gunshot. Her mind went instantly to Jason. God, Ric had done it again.

Despite the pain she opened her eyes. It was still dark so she didn't have to worry about the light hurting her head even more. Slowly she rolled on to her other side to see what the shot had been. Ric was now also on the ground. Blood was pouring out of his chest.

Jason was on the ground too. She didn't care about anything else. Slowly she crawled the few feet. Her head was throbbing and as soon as she saw his chest rising and falling she collapsed on top of him.

No one knew that it was the last thing Ric saw.