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Ami didn't know why she focused on this certain man, but she did. She felt something sickening about the man's hands as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. As he brought his hand up, she noticed his eyes. She stopped dead in her tracks. She has seen those eyes before and she would never forget them. However, what sealed the deal for Ami was when he wiped his forehead. She saw an 'R', 'A', 'P', 'I','S', and 'T.' Ami froze in terror. The man who tried to harm, even kill her just walked pasted her. She started shaking uncontrollably. She tried to scream for the others for help, but the words won't form. Next thing she heard was a loud 'thud' next to her and a woman screaming.
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Lita ran like she never ran before. She found her fate. She found her opportunity and she was going to make the best of it. She hit several people with her shoulders as she ran through the crowd. As she struck one woman with her shoulder, the woman yelled at her to watch where she was going. Soon after that, Lita leaped on Ami's assailant. The woman screamed in shock as a sickening 'Thud' sounded as their bodies hit the ground.
Lita scrapped her knees and elbows pretty badly when she tackled the man she sought after. The man was clearly surprised by this action. Lita proceed to turn him over to his back and flip his hat off his head. He looked in her eyes and said, "Oh Shit."
Lita said nothing as she started to pummel the man under her. She started with his face. Once he put his guard up to protect himself she gave him a solid punch to his solarplex, causing him to gasp for air. Before she could strike again, she something grab her from behind, pulling her away from her target. Once she realized what was happening she uttered "NO!" and struggled against it.
"LITA, FOR GOD'S SAKE! CALM DOWN!" said the familiar voice to the left of her. She immediately recognized it as Rei's.
"No! You don't understand!" Lita screamed as she tried to break through.
"Lita! Do you even realize what your doing?" Mina said as she tried to restraint her friend from Lita's right side.
"Yes! I DO! I have been waiting for this for Months!" Lita yelled as calmed down a little, hoping that her friends would actually listen to what she was saying. Just then, the man was slowly getting up from the ground and noticing his surrounding.
Mina suddenly understood what Lita was up to. She was going to kill him. "You mean he's. . . "
Rei screaming, "He's got a gun!", interrupted Mina.
Things seemed to happen in slow motion for Lita, while the others experienced it in fast forward. Lita saw him draw his gun out and aim at her. She pushed Mina and Rei off of her, and they both fell to the ground. He cocked the trigger back as Lita charged at him. He pulled the trigger and the gun fired.
#Meanwhile#
Serena was trying to get some of response from Ami. She shook Ami's shoulder and asked, "Ami, what is it? What's wrong?"
She stumbled over her words as she said, "It's. . . .it's him."
Immediately Serena realized exactly who 'he' was. The only thing she said was, "Oh My God." Just then a loud shot rang interrupting their conversation. "Come On." Serena commanded as she took Ami by the arm and headed towards the others. It seemed that only now that Ami found her feet.
#Back at the Action#
Lita struggled for control for the gun. Mina was getting up from her knees and looked over to Rei. She found where the bullet made its mark, and gasped in sheer shock. Rei was sitting against a car door, with her eyes rolled up. Only six inches above her head was a bullet hole in the passenger's side window.
Both Lita and the man had their hands on the gun. The man kicked Lita at the shins, but she still kept a strong hold of the gun. Just as Mina got up and move closer to the struggle, Lita screamed back towards her, "Keep back you Guys! I don't want this going off near any of you guys. Anyway, he's mine!" Surprisingly enough, Mina and Rei backed off. They both knew that Lita was waiting for a chance at this guy for a long, and now she finally got it.
Rei thoughts were going a mile a minute. "She is going to succeed." Rei repeated to herself over and over again. "If she wasn't, then I would have seen it in a fire reading. If she weren't, I would have felt it. Wouldn't I?" Rei continued to question herself as she watch the fight for the control of the gun continue.
Mina's thoughts differed from Rei's however. "She's going to kill him. She is going to have a person's death on her hands. Can Lita handle that, especially with the past that she already had?" Unlike the others, Mina knew how it felt to kill another human being. The others did not know this, besides Artemis and possibly Luna, but while in London, while helping the Police there, she was forced to kill a criminal in order to save a hostage. At first, it was pure hell on her, but as they say 'Time heals all wombs.' Soon enough she was able to bounce back and return to her duty. As she watched the fight continued she thought to herself, "I never want to see anyone go through what I had to go through. No one."
Just then both Lita and Ami's assailant were both drawing the gun closing to each other. No one could really tell if the gun was pointing at Lita or away from her, especially since her back was towards them. Lita was slowly getting control of the gun, and gave a slight smile. "He's going to die, come hell or high water, this will end today!" Lita swore to herself. She then heard her name being called. She turned her head slightly to see that it was Serena that called her, which Ami by her side. She gave them a smile and a wink.
Ami was horrified at the site. "How could Lita smile at a time like this?" Ami thought. However, she was strangely calmed by it. It gave her the feeling that Lita knew what she's was doing. It reassured her that the basterd was going to pay for what he did. The feeling wouldn't last though.
Ami was snapped out of comfort by Rei's yelling, "WATCH OUT!"
Lita turned her head back to her opponent, who just then head butted her breaking her nose. There was a shot fired. The gun was tossed to the side. Lita then delivered a sharp knee to the groin of the man as he fell over. There was blood on his shirt, however he was still alive.
As one woman picked up the gun, Lita collapsed from what she thought was exhausted. The woman took up a stance, cocked the trigger, and aimed. She then heard a group of voices state in shock, "Ami!" She didn't care. For once in her life she didn't care about the consequences. He was going to pay, and that was that. She had read enough on the subject on how to handle a firearm to properly use one, and she was going to use this one.
"Ami, stop and think about what your doing? Is killing him cold blood worth losing everything that you worked so hard to get?" Rei pleaded, hoping that she didn't do anything stupid. She was actually quiet amazed that Ami could and would be driven this far.
"Come on Ami! You are far better person to do something like this! Please reconsider!" Serena tried to reason with Ami.
"No, I not a better person. He took that person away, and there's only one way to get that back. And I plan on reclaiming what is mine." Ami stated coldly as the man started to stir 15 feet in front of her.
"Ami stop it right now!" Mina said as she walked towards her. She never saw so much hatred in Ami's eyes. 'She must have wanted this just as much as Lita wanted it.' Mina thought to herself. Mina had to find away to stop Ami, before it was to late. 'But How?' Mina thought, when she was struck by an excellence idea. She was going to beat Ami in Ami's way. She calmly asked, "Why are you so bent on revenge?"
"What do you mean 'why?' He almost fucking raped me!" Ami said bitterly, while the whole time she kept her focus on her target.
"That isn't just it though, isn't it?" Mina asked.
That statement hit a nerve with Ami. She said slower, "No, it's not."
"Then what's the other reason?" Mina asked, knowing that she was getting somewhere with Ami.
"He . . . . . he hurt others." Ami stated, starting to lose her cool. Her hands started shaking and her eyes were getting teary. "He hurt Lita."
Most of the girls were shocked by this. They never though that Ami was willingly to kill someone because they hurt her friend. However Mina knew she didn't have time to waste. In the distance she heard sirens. The police were coming, and they were running out of time. She slowly approached Ami even closer and said, almost in a whisper, "I want him to pay for what he has done too Ami, but we only have one shot at this. Now you know the chances of a first time shooter actually hitting their target is rare, right?" Ami slowly nodded her head in a positive manner. "Well, lets increase our chances and hand me the gun." Ami looked at the gun, then looked back at Mina, and back at the gun again. Mina slowly brought her hands on top of the gun and took control of the weapon. "Okay?" she asked Ami.
Ami slowly withdrew her hands and said, "I'm sorry."
"It's okay Ami. Everyone gets a little crazy once and. . . " Mina was saying but was cut off by a scream.
"LITA!" Serena screamed at the top of her lungs. All of the girls, besides Mina, looked at Lita and gasped. Lita was no longer resting on her stomach, but now on her side lying in a crimson pool. All but Mina rushed over to her side, and noticed how sickly pale she had gotten.
Mina didn't have to see to know what was going on, she had heard the girls' commotion. She looked at the man she pointed the gun at and noticed that he wasn't bleeding which only meant one thing. Lita was the one shot. Lita's blood was on this criminal's shirt. Lita was the one dying.
The man slowly made his way to his feet. Once he was able to collect his thoughts he looked around and admired his handy work. He was about to just walk away when he heard a warning directed to him. He turned to see a pretty young blonde 15 feet away aiming a gun at him. He laughed at the mire site of it. "I'm sorry princess, but you honestly think I'm afraid of a little girl with a gun?" he asked sarcastically.
"You should be." Mina answered coldly.
"What you going to do, point that thing at me all day, or kill me?" He asked, knowing that she was just buffing him.
"I don't have to do either." She said as a grin appeared on his face. "All I have to do is wait for the cops." She continued to say with a grin on her face.
The though of him going to jail really shook him up. "I'm NOT going back there! You might as well as pull that trigger now sweat heart!" He stated, as the police sirens grew closer to them.
"Honestly," Mina causality said, "I rather see you suffer for what you did."
Just then Serena screamed, "No Lita, Please stay with us. You have to!"
The man grinned as he said, "It seems as if I'm not going to be the only one who suffers." Mina mouth went to into a straight line. The thought of Lita dying was really killing her. Lita was her best friend. The best times she ever had was usually in her presents. Lita had too huge of a heart to have it die so young. She swore to herself that this basterd would pay. As if he read her thoughts, the man reached into his pocket and said, "It looks as if I'm already taking one with me, but there's always room for another." He pulled out a knife and ran towards the girls.
Before he even got three feet away from the spot where he was standing, Mina had pulled the trigger. The girls turned around to see a motionless body on the ground and Mina hold a smoking gun. It only took one bullet to kill him. She perfectly hit him right above his ear, unfortunately it was better than he deserved. His death came too quickly for her likening, however she wasn't going to risk her friends' lives because she wanted to die slower. She dropped the gun and headed over where her best friend was dying.
Lita's vision was darkening and her hearing was starting to have a tunneling effect. She knew she was running out of time. She heard a shot ring what seemed from miles away. She needed to know. She needed to know if her death was going to be in vane. She lifted her head up and asked, "Is . . . Is he?"
"Shhh Lita, try not to talk. You're going to be fine." Ami said as she was trying to stop the bleeding with her own hands.
"Is HE?" Lita asking more forcefully.
Just then Mina showed up and joined the group. The site of Lita brought a tear to her eye. If you were to just quickly glance at her, it just seemed that she was wearing a dark red and black spatter painted shirt. However, when you see the rip in the shirt and Ami's bloody hands, you knew that Lita was in a serious condition. Mina went over Lita and when she bent down beside her, she said, "Yea, he's dead Lita. I shot him myself."
Lita gave a weak smile and leaned her head back down on the cement. Her head throbbed from her broken nose, but that was nothing compared to the pain below. The gun was angled upwards when it went off, so the bullet penetrated up into her body instead of horizontally going through her. Unfortunately, the bullet at this position was able to create enough damage to be fatal. Lita tried desperately tried to focus on other pleasant things to keep her mind off the pain. She thought on past pleasant memories, but those thoughts turned bitter knowing that she was going to lose everything she held dear. She counted the number of spectators that were in her vision, however soon had to stop since her vision was slowly getting worst and worst. So she just decided to listen.
"HELP! SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE! . . . . . . . . I DON'T CARE IF SOMEONE ALREADY CALLED. CALL THEM AGAIN!" The voice was a mix of a demand and a pitiful cry for help. Lita picked up that it Rei's.
"Lita, come on, hang in there. Come on, you still have your duty to fulfill. You can't leave us now." a whisper, almost a silent prayer, Serena pleaded with Lita.
"We have to find something to stop the bleeding! She's losing too much too fast. We have to slow this down, or else." Ami stated.
"What could you use to stop the bleeding?" asked Mina, as she watched Ami desperately try to save Lita's life.
"Anything cloth like. Shirt, sock, ANYTHING!" Ami shouted hoping that maybe one of the spectators might have had something on them. She then looked up at Mina, who was playing with her hair. "What the Hell are you doing?" Ami asked, completely shocked that Mina would worry about her hair at a time like this. Lita actually giggled a little after hearing that comment from Ami.
Mina blonde hair cascaded down as she removed her red bow. She held it up to Ami and asked, "Will this do?"
Ami's eyes went slight widen and said, "This might just work." She grabbed it off of Mina, and applied it to Lita's womb. It seemed to work for the time being.
Lita felt something warm pressing down on her stomach. Her grin got a little bit wide as she thought, "They just might be able to pull this off." She then proceeded to inhale; however for some reasoning she couldn't. Immediately she started coughing for a breath.
"Damnit! This isn't good!" Ami surprising cursed as Lita's body started to shake violently.
"What's going on!" Rei asked panicky.
"I'm don't know!" Ami stated befuddled. "Try to keep her still." Ami ordered.
Mina, being the closest to Lita besides Ami, held her down and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lita tried to speak, but was chocking on her words. She then tried to lip to Mina, "I can't breathe." Mina was luckily able to pick up on this easily.
"Ami, she says she can't breathe!" Mina said urgently.
"What!" Ami asked shocked. "Why can't she breathe?" She asked herself a loud. The only reason the bullet would effect her breathing would be if it pierced one of her lungs. Ami quickly looked up at Lita, with a worried looked. She saw panic make it's way into her friend's face. She was losing her, and didn't know what was doing it to her. That's when she noticed Lita's broken bloody nose, and realized what was happening. The blood from her broken nose was sliding down her throat, clotting her air passage. "Mina! Quickly elevate Lita's head up. She's chocking on her own blood!" Mina followed Ami's orders as fast as she could. Ami then looked at Lita and said, "It's going to hurt like a bitch, but I need you to cough for me so we can clear your windpipe, alright?"
Lita was feeling light headed enough as it was, but when Mina lifted her head she was on cloud nine. When Ami spoke to her, she didn't understand most of what she said. The only thing that came out clearly was 'cough.' So Lita cough as hard as she could as she chock. As soon as she did, she immediately regretted. It felt as someone put a blowtorch to her throat, however it did work and she was able to breathe again. "Thanks." Lita whispered softly.
"Don't mention it. You saved my life, and I'll be damned if I can't save yours." Ami stated as she applied more pressure to the bullet hole.
"Don't say that." Lita whispered a little be more loudly.
"Why not? I plan on doing so." Ami asked a little freaked out.
"Cause it seems that I'm going to make you a liar." Lita said a little too calmly.
"Don't say such things Lita! You're going to get through this!" Serena whimpered.
"Look, the cost was more than I could bare, and I knew that. I'm sorry that things went down the way they did, I really am. I didn't want things to end this way." Lita said as she struggled with her breath.
"Then stay here with us. Don't give up on us!" Rei pleaded as tears started to roll from her eyes. "Please!" She begged as sirens from ambulance were heard closing in.
"I wish . . . . .I wish it was only that simple. It's going to be okay though. Everything going to fine." Lita said as she started to shiver.
"Of course everything is going to be alright. It always is." Mina said to Lita.
Lita's shivers got worst, and she then complained, "I feel so cold." Lita's vision started to darken even more, and she couldn't hear much of anything anymore. She saw Ami worded, "Shit." She then she saw a hand wave in front of her. She followed it to Mina's body then face. The only thing that was warm seemed to be Mina's lap which Lita's head rested on. Lita thought she was already dead as she looked up at Mina. With her vision darkening and Mina's head blocking the sun, she looked like and angel. A smile creped on it's way to Lita's face before everything turned black.
Mina frantically waved her hand to get Lita's attention. The medics were just now parking on the sidewalk. If they could just get Lita to the hospital she would be fine. Once she did receive Lita's attention she started screaming, "Lita Look at ME! Don't you FUCKING DARE DIE ON US! On ME!" Lita kept her eyes focus on Mina for a little bit as the paramedics were rushing to her side. "That's it Lita, hang in there." A smile formed on Lita lips, but just then her eyes rolled to the back of her head and her body went limp. The next thing Mina knew she was just kneeling in the middle of the sidewalk with Lita's blood one her hands. Rei and Serena gently pulled Mina off of the ground, and headed for the hospital where Lita and Ami where already on their way to.
The whole way there they ran. They ran as fast as they could. They didn't know where they got the energy to run the mile and a half to the hospital, but they did. Once they got there, they immediately tried to find out any if not all the information that could on Lita's condition. The only thing they received was that she was in surgery and forms to fill out. They were then asked to wait in the waiting room. They sat in silence. No one knew what to say. Serena was desperately trying to fill out the complex hospital forms. Rei was trying to focus on Lita's aura to see if she was indeed dead. Mina just starred at her bloodied hands. They sat that way for two hours until a loud bang disrupted their silence. Rei and Mina snapped the necks to see that Serena had thrown the clip broad a crossed the room, and had started pacing back and forth.
"Serena, it's. . . " Rei was trying to reason, but was interrupted.
"No, It's not OKAY! It's not ALRIGHT! Lita can't DIE!" Serena screamed as she fell to her knees, crying, "Lita can't die. I don't know what I would do without her." The tears flow freely now. All the tension, frustration, and stress that had built up from the first gun shoot were coming out now. "It's not fair!" Serena screamed repeated and she pounded against the waiting room floor.
Rei jumped to her side, stopping her from hurting herself. She embraced her into a tight hug, rocked her slowly and said, "Shh Serena. Lita's going to get through this. She's too tough for something like a bullet to stop her. Besides, we both know it wasn't her fate to die this way."
Serena sobbed uncontrollably into Rei's shoulder as she said, "I just don't want to lose her."
"I know, Serena, I know. None of us does, and we won't lose her." Rei reassured Serena. Just then Mina stood up. Rei looked over to the doors and saw Ami. She was still covered in Lita's blood.
Ami slowly walked over to the group. As she got closer they noticed her eyes were blood shot, and had bags around them. Her one hand was clenched tightly while the other held a longer piece of red fabric. As she got closer, Serena and Rei picked themselves off the ground. It had been the longest day in her life. When she wasn't permitted to help work on saving Lita's life, she was allowed to do some running for the doctors and nurses since she basically worked there with her mother. This was the first time since she recognized her attacker that she had a moment to herself. Once she realized that, everything hit her at once.
"Is Lita going to make it?" Mina asked she stepped towards.
"Lita is. . . . .Lita is . . . " Ami tried to finished her statement but felt into Mina's embrace and sobbed. She sobbed as hard as she could. She just couldn't believe what happen. She couldn't believe that this happen to Lita.
Ami didn't know why she focused on this certain man, but she did. She felt something sickening about the man's hands as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. As he brought his hand up, she noticed his eyes. She stopped dead in her tracks. She has seen those eyes before and she would never forget them. However, what sealed the deal for Ami was when he wiped his forehead. She saw an 'R', 'A', 'P', 'I','S', and 'T.' Ami froze in terror. The man who tried to harm, even kill her just walked pasted her. She started shaking uncontrollably. She tried to scream for the others for help, but the words won't form. Next thing she heard was a loud 'thud' next to her and a woman screaming.
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Lita ran like she never ran before. She found her fate. She found her opportunity and she was going to make the best of it. She hit several people with her shoulders as she ran through the crowd. As she struck one woman with her shoulder, the woman yelled at her to watch where she was going. Soon after that, Lita leaped on Ami's assailant. The woman screamed in shock as a sickening 'Thud' sounded as their bodies hit the ground.
Lita scrapped her knees and elbows pretty badly when she tackled the man she sought after. The man was clearly surprised by this action. Lita proceed to turn him over to his back and flip his hat off his head. He looked in her eyes and said, "Oh Shit."
Lita said nothing as she started to pummel the man under her. She started with his face. Once he put his guard up to protect himself she gave him a solid punch to his solarplex, causing him to gasp for air. Before she could strike again, she something grab her from behind, pulling her away from her target. Once she realized what was happening she uttered "NO!" and struggled against it.
"LITA, FOR GOD'S SAKE! CALM DOWN!" said the familiar voice to the left of her. She immediately recognized it as Rei's.
"No! You don't understand!" Lita screamed as she tried to break through.
"Lita! Do you even realize what your doing?" Mina said as she tried to restraint her friend from Lita's right side.
"Yes! I DO! I have been waiting for this for Months!" Lita yelled as calmed down a little, hoping that her friends would actually listen to what she was saying. Just then, the man was slowly getting up from the ground and noticing his surrounding.
Mina suddenly understood what Lita was up to. She was going to kill him. "You mean he's. . . "
Rei screaming, "He's got a gun!", interrupted Mina.
Things seemed to happen in slow motion for Lita, while the others experienced it in fast forward. Lita saw him draw his gun out and aim at her. She pushed Mina and Rei off of her, and they both fell to the ground. He cocked the trigger back as Lita charged at him. He pulled the trigger and the gun fired.
#Meanwhile#
Serena was trying to get some of response from Ami. She shook Ami's shoulder and asked, "Ami, what is it? What's wrong?"
She stumbled over her words as she said, "It's. . . .it's him."
Immediately Serena realized exactly who 'he' was. The only thing she said was, "Oh My God." Just then a loud shot rang interrupting their conversation. "Come On." Serena commanded as she took Ami by the arm and headed towards the others. It seemed that only now that Ami found her feet.
#Back at the Action#
Lita struggled for control for the gun. Mina was getting up from her knees and looked over to Rei. She found where the bullet made its mark, and gasped in sheer shock. Rei was sitting against a car door, with her eyes rolled up. Only six inches above her head was a bullet hole in the passenger's side window.
Both Lita and the man had their hands on the gun. The man kicked Lita at the shins, but she still kept a strong hold of the gun. Just as Mina got up and move closer to the struggle, Lita screamed back towards her, "Keep back you Guys! I don't want this going off near any of you guys. Anyway, he's mine!" Surprisingly enough, Mina and Rei backed off. They both knew that Lita was waiting for a chance at this guy for a long, and now she finally got it.
Rei thoughts were going a mile a minute. "She is going to succeed." Rei repeated to herself over and over again. "If she wasn't, then I would have seen it in a fire reading. If she weren't, I would have felt it. Wouldn't I?" Rei continued to question herself as she watch the fight for the control of the gun continue.
Mina's thoughts differed from Rei's however. "She's going to kill him. She is going to have a person's death on her hands. Can Lita handle that, especially with the past that she already had?" Unlike the others, Mina knew how it felt to kill another human being. The others did not know this, besides Artemis and possibly Luna, but while in London, while helping the Police there, she was forced to kill a criminal in order to save a hostage. At first, it was pure hell on her, but as they say 'Time heals all wombs.' Soon enough she was able to bounce back and return to her duty. As she watched the fight continued she thought to herself, "I never want to see anyone go through what I had to go through. No one."
Just then both Lita and Ami's assailant were both drawing the gun closing to each other. No one could really tell if the gun was pointing at Lita or away from her, especially since her back was towards them. Lita was slowly getting control of the gun, and gave a slight smile. "He's going to die, come hell or high water, this will end today!" Lita swore to herself. She then heard her name being called. She turned her head slightly to see that it was Serena that called her, which Ami by her side. She gave them a smile and a wink.
Ami was horrified at the site. "How could Lita smile at a time like this?" Ami thought. However, she was strangely calmed by it. It gave her the feeling that Lita knew what she's was doing. It reassured her that the basterd was going to pay for what he did. The feeling wouldn't last though.
Ami was snapped out of comfort by Rei's yelling, "WATCH OUT!"
Lita turned her head back to her opponent, who just then head butted her breaking her nose. There was a shot fired. The gun was tossed to the side. Lita then delivered a sharp knee to the groin of the man as he fell over. There was blood on his shirt, however he was still alive.
As one woman picked up the gun, Lita collapsed from what she thought was exhausted. The woman took up a stance, cocked the trigger, and aimed. She then heard a group of voices state in shock, "Ami!" She didn't care. For once in her life she didn't care about the consequences. He was going to pay, and that was that. She had read enough on the subject on how to handle a firearm to properly use one, and she was going to use this one.
"Ami, stop and think about what your doing? Is killing him cold blood worth losing everything that you worked so hard to get?" Rei pleaded, hoping that she didn't do anything stupid. She was actually quiet amazed that Ami could and would be driven this far.
"Come on Ami! You are far better person to do something like this! Please reconsider!" Serena tried to reason with Ami.
"No, I not a better person. He took that person away, and there's only one way to get that back. And I plan on reclaiming what is mine." Ami stated coldly as the man started to stir 15 feet in front of her.
"Ami stop it right now!" Mina said as she walked towards her. She never saw so much hatred in Ami's eyes. 'She must have wanted this just as much as Lita wanted it.' Mina thought to herself. Mina had to find away to stop Ami, before it was to late. 'But How?' Mina thought, when she was struck by an excellence idea. She was going to beat Ami in Ami's way. She calmly asked, "Why are you so bent on revenge?"
"What do you mean 'why?' He almost fucking raped me!" Ami said bitterly, while the whole time she kept her focus on her target.
"That isn't just it though, isn't it?" Mina asked.
That statement hit a nerve with Ami. She said slower, "No, it's not."
"Then what's the other reason?" Mina asked, knowing that she was getting somewhere with Ami.
"He . . . . . he hurt others." Ami stated, starting to lose her cool. Her hands started shaking and her eyes were getting teary. "He hurt Lita."
Most of the girls were shocked by this. They never though that Ami was willingly to kill someone because they hurt her friend. However Mina knew she didn't have time to waste. In the distance she heard sirens. The police were coming, and they were running out of time. She slowly approached Ami even closer and said, almost in a whisper, "I want him to pay for what he has done too Ami, but we only have one shot at this. Now you know the chances of a first time shooter actually hitting their target is rare, right?" Ami slowly nodded her head in a positive manner. "Well, lets increase our chances and hand me the gun." Ami looked at the gun, then looked back at Mina, and back at the gun again. Mina slowly brought her hands on top of the gun and took control of the weapon. "Okay?" she asked Ami.
Ami slowly withdrew her hands and said, "I'm sorry."
"It's okay Ami. Everyone gets a little crazy once and. . . " Mina was saying but was cut off by a scream.
"LITA!" Serena screamed at the top of her lungs. All of the girls, besides Mina, looked at Lita and gasped. Lita was no longer resting on her stomach, but now on her side lying in a crimson pool. All but Mina rushed over to her side, and noticed how sickly pale she had gotten.
Mina didn't have to see to know what was going on, she had heard the girls' commotion. She looked at the man she pointed the gun at and noticed that he wasn't bleeding which only meant one thing. Lita was the one shot. Lita's blood was on this criminal's shirt. Lita was the one dying.
The man slowly made his way to his feet. Once he was able to collect his thoughts he looked around and admired his handy work. He was about to just walk away when he heard a warning directed to him. He turned to see a pretty young blonde 15 feet away aiming a gun at him. He laughed at the mire site of it. "I'm sorry princess, but you honestly think I'm afraid of a little girl with a gun?" he asked sarcastically.
"You should be." Mina answered coldly.
"What you going to do, point that thing at me all day, or kill me?" He asked, knowing that she was just buffing him.
"I don't have to do either." She said as a grin appeared on his face. "All I have to do is wait for the cops." She continued to say with a grin on her face.
The though of him going to jail really shook him up. "I'm NOT going back there! You might as well as pull that trigger now sweat heart!" He stated, as the police sirens grew closer to them.
"Honestly," Mina causality said, "I rather see you suffer for what you did."
Just then Serena screamed, "No Lita, Please stay with us. You have to!"
The man grinned as he said, "It seems as if I'm not going to be the only one who suffers." Mina mouth went to into a straight line. The thought of Lita dying was really killing her. Lita was her best friend. The best times she ever had was usually in her presents. Lita had too huge of a heart to have it die so young. She swore to herself that this basterd would pay. As if he read her thoughts, the man reached into his pocket and said, "It looks as if I'm already taking one with me, but there's always room for another." He pulled out a knife and ran towards the girls.
Before he even got three feet away from the spot where he was standing, Mina had pulled the trigger. The girls turned around to see a motionless body on the ground and Mina hold a smoking gun. It only took one bullet to kill him. She perfectly hit him right above his ear, unfortunately it was better than he deserved. His death came too quickly for her likening, however she wasn't going to risk her friends' lives because she wanted to die slower. She dropped the gun and headed over where her best friend was dying.
Lita's vision was darkening and her hearing was starting to have a tunneling effect. She knew she was running out of time. She heard a shot ring what seemed from miles away. She needed to know. She needed to know if her death was going to be in vane. She lifted her head up and asked, "Is . . . Is he?"
"Shhh Lita, try not to talk. You're going to be fine." Ami said as she was trying to stop the bleeding with her own hands.
"Is HE?" Lita asking more forcefully.
Just then Mina showed up and joined the group. The site of Lita brought a tear to her eye. If you were to just quickly glance at her, it just seemed that she was wearing a dark red and black spatter painted shirt. However, when you see the rip in the shirt and Ami's bloody hands, you knew that Lita was in a serious condition. Mina went over Lita and when she bent down beside her, she said, "Yea, he's dead Lita. I shot him myself."
Lita gave a weak smile and leaned her head back down on the cement. Her head throbbed from her broken nose, but that was nothing compared to the pain below. The gun was angled upwards when it went off, so the bullet penetrated up into her body instead of horizontally going through her. Unfortunately, the bullet at this position was able to create enough damage to be fatal. Lita tried desperately tried to focus on other pleasant things to keep her mind off the pain. She thought on past pleasant memories, but those thoughts turned bitter knowing that she was going to lose everything she held dear. She counted the number of spectators that were in her vision, however soon had to stop since her vision was slowly getting worst and worst. So she just decided to listen.
"HELP! SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE! . . . . . . . . I DON'T CARE IF SOMEONE ALREADY CALLED. CALL THEM AGAIN!" The voice was a mix of a demand and a pitiful cry for help. Lita picked up that it Rei's.
"Lita, come on, hang in there. Come on, you still have your duty to fulfill. You can't leave us now." a whisper, almost a silent prayer, Serena pleaded with Lita.
"We have to find something to stop the bleeding! She's losing too much too fast. We have to slow this down, or else." Ami stated.
"What could you use to stop the bleeding?" asked Mina, as she watched Ami desperately try to save Lita's life.
"Anything cloth like. Shirt, sock, ANYTHING!" Ami shouted hoping that maybe one of the spectators might have had something on them. She then looked up at Mina, who was playing with her hair. "What the Hell are you doing?" Ami asked, completely shocked that Mina would worry about her hair at a time like this. Lita actually giggled a little after hearing that comment from Ami.
Mina blonde hair cascaded down as she removed her red bow. She held it up to Ami and asked, "Will this do?"
Ami's eyes went slight widen and said, "This might just work." She grabbed it off of Mina, and applied it to Lita's womb. It seemed to work for the time being.
Lita felt something warm pressing down on her stomach. Her grin got a little bit wide as she thought, "They just might be able to pull this off." She then proceeded to inhale; however for some reasoning she couldn't. Immediately she started coughing for a breath.
"Damnit! This isn't good!" Ami surprising cursed as Lita's body started to shake violently.
"What's going on!" Rei asked panicky.
"I'm don't know!" Ami stated befuddled. "Try to keep her still." Ami ordered.
Mina, being the closest to Lita besides Ami, held her down and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lita tried to speak, but was chocking on her words. She then tried to lip to Mina, "I can't breathe." Mina was luckily able to pick up on this easily.
"Ami, she says she can't breathe!" Mina said urgently.
"What!" Ami asked shocked. "Why can't she breathe?" She asked herself a loud. The only reason the bullet would effect her breathing would be if it pierced one of her lungs. Ami quickly looked up at Lita, with a worried looked. She saw panic make it's way into her friend's face. She was losing her, and didn't know what was doing it to her. That's when she noticed Lita's broken bloody nose, and realized what was happening. The blood from her broken nose was sliding down her throat, clotting her air passage. "Mina! Quickly elevate Lita's head up. She's chocking on her own blood!" Mina followed Ami's orders as fast as she could. Ami then looked at Lita and said, "It's going to hurt like a bitch, but I need you to cough for me so we can clear your windpipe, alright?"
Lita was feeling light headed enough as it was, but when Mina lifted her head she was on cloud nine. When Ami spoke to her, she didn't understand most of what she said. The only thing that came out clearly was 'cough.' So Lita cough as hard as she could as she chock. As soon as she did, she immediately regretted. It felt as someone put a blowtorch to her throat, however it did work and she was able to breathe again. "Thanks." Lita whispered softly.
"Don't mention it. You saved my life, and I'll be damned if I can't save yours." Ami stated as she applied more pressure to the bullet hole.
"Don't say that." Lita whispered a little be more loudly.
"Why not? I plan on doing so." Ami asked a little freaked out.
"Cause it seems that I'm going to make you a liar." Lita said a little too calmly.
"Don't say such things Lita! You're going to get through this!" Serena whimpered.
"Look, the cost was more than I could bare, and I knew that. I'm sorry that things went down the way they did, I really am. I didn't want things to end this way." Lita said as she struggled with her breath.
"Then stay here with us. Don't give up on us!" Rei pleaded as tears started to roll from her eyes. "Please!" She begged as sirens from ambulance were heard closing in.
"I wish . . . . .I wish it was only that simple. It's going to be okay though. Everything going to fine." Lita said as she started to shiver.
"Of course everything is going to be alright. It always is." Mina said to Lita.
Lita's shivers got worst, and she then complained, "I feel so cold." Lita's vision started to darken even more, and she couldn't hear much of anything anymore. She saw Ami worded, "Shit." She then she saw a hand wave in front of her. She followed it to Mina's body then face. The only thing that was warm seemed to be Mina's lap which Lita's head rested on. Lita thought she was already dead as she looked up at Mina. With her vision darkening and Mina's head blocking the sun, she looked like and angel. A smile creped on it's way to Lita's face before everything turned black.
Mina frantically waved her hand to get Lita's attention. The medics were just now parking on the sidewalk. If they could just get Lita to the hospital she would be fine. Once she did receive Lita's attention she started screaming, "Lita Look at ME! Don't you FUCKING DARE DIE ON US! On ME!" Lita kept her eyes focus on Mina for a little bit as the paramedics were rushing to her side. "That's it Lita, hang in there." A smile formed on Lita lips, but just then her eyes rolled to the back of her head and her body went limp. The next thing Mina knew she was just kneeling in the middle of the sidewalk with Lita's blood one her hands. Rei and Serena gently pulled Mina off of the ground, and headed for the hospital where Lita and Ami where already on their way to.
The whole way there they ran. They ran as fast as they could. They didn't know where they got the energy to run the mile and a half to the hospital, but they did. Once they got there, they immediately tried to find out any if not all the information that could on Lita's condition. The only thing they received was that she was in surgery and forms to fill out. They were then asked to wait in the waiting room. They sat in silence. No one knew what to say. Serena was desperately trying to fill out the complex hospital forms. Rei was trying to focus on Lita's aura to see if she was indeed dead. Mina just starred at her bloodied hands. They sat that way for two hours until a loud bang disrupted their silence. Rei and Mina snapped the necks to see that Serena had thrown the clip broad a crossed the room, and had started pacing back and forth.
"Serena, it's. . . " Rei was trying to reason, but was interrupted.
"No, It's not OKAY! It's not ALRIGHT! Lita can't DIE!" Serena screamed as she fell to her knees, crying, "Lita can't die. I don't know what I would do without her." The tears flow freely now. All the tension, frustration, and stress that had built up from the first gun shoot were coming out now. "It's not fair!" Serena screamed repeated and she pounded against the waiting room floor.
Rei jumped to her side, stopping her from hurting herself. She embraced her into a tight hug, rocked her slowly and said, "Shh Serena. Lita's going to get through this. She's too tough for something like a bullet to stop her. Besides, we both know it wasn't her fate to die this way."
Serena sobbed uncontrollably into Rei's shoulder as she said, "I just don't want to lose her."
"I know, Serena, I know. None of us does, and we won't lose her." Rei reassured Serena. Just then Mina stood up. Rei looked over to the doors and saw Ami. She was still covered in Lita's blood.
Ami slowly walked over to the group. As she got closer they noticed her eyes were blood shot, and had bags around them. Her one hand was clenched tightly while the other held a longer piece of red fabric. As she got closer, Serena and Rei picked themselves off the ground. It had been the longest day in her life. When she wasn't permitted to help work on saving Lita's life, she was allowed to do some running for the doctors and nurses since she basically worked there with her mother. This was the first time since she recognized her attacker that she had a moment to herself. Once she realized that, everything hit her at once.
"Is Lita going to make it?" Mina asked she stepped towards.
"Lita is. . . . .Lita is . . . " Ami tried to finished her statement but felt into Mina's embrace and sobbed. She sobbed as hard as she could. She just couldn't believe what happen. She couldn't believe that this happen to Lita.