Disclaimer: Well, I only own XA/N, if I owned more, you'd know it...
A/N: I am back yet again! My new story is giving me a seriously hard time, and since school prevents me from working on for more than 2 seconds at a time, it's hard to get anything done. As soon as I get a substantial amount written, you'll know. My posting date for the story might end up getting shoved back a bit, if I don't start getting my act together. Once again, I'm going to have to ask your forgiveness. I'm going to skip XA/N again. I could give you a list of the reasons why, but I'll sum it up when I say the word "ideas". I'm running out of them for XA/N. That, and I don't feel like spending 3 hours at a computer when I usually only need 2. So, there you go. When I get rolling on that again, I promise you, it will be a blast. Until then......
**
//Don't tell me what to think
Cause I don't care this time//
Hunter looked over at Shawn and smirked. This was going to be very interesting.
"Shawn, you are so naïve. See, once you become the criminal mastermind like me, then you will finally learn that when people fear you, they follow you. You give them the money that helps to feed them. Not many people are stupid enough to bite the hand that feeds them, you know." Hunter said to him.
"Well, there are just a few people in this world who are stupid enough to do that Hunter." Chris said from behind them. Randy clenched his fists. Hunter looked at Randy for a moment. Before he could say anything, Batista and Rebecca re-entered the room.
"Hunter!" Batista yelled curtly.
"What?" Hunter asked, annoyed.
"There's been a complication."
//Don't tell me what you believe
Cause you won't be there//
"There always are, what's wrong this time?" Hunter asked him. Shawn looked at Chris and winked.
"There's a whole bunch of cops headed this way." Hunter stared at him for a moment.
"Are you sure that they were headed here?"
"Positive. I scanned the CBC radio transmission to confirm." Rebecca said.
"We need to finish this up so that we can get the hell out of here." Batista said. Hunter bit his lip and turned his back to them, as if considering the idea. After a few moments, he slammed his fist in the wall.
//To catch me when I fall
But you'll need me when I'm not here at all//
Hunter spun back around and faced all of them. He had a small smirk in the corner of his mouth.
"Randy," Hunter said, then paused. "Escort Liz and Cameron to the other holding room, then proceed to the Comm. Room and wait until I get there. Rebecca, Adriana, you go with him." Randy nodded and picked up Cameron to leave. Rebecca held a gun to the back of Liz's head to get her to move. "Oh, and Randy?" Randy turned around to face Hunter.
"Yeah?"
"Don't screw me over on this one." Hunter warned.
"Why would I?" Hunter smiled.
"That's what I want to hear." Randy, Rebecca, and Adriana exited the room and Hunter walked over to a corner.
//Miss me when I'm gone again, yeah//
When he returned to the center of the room, he was holding a baseball bat. Chris looked up at him without much energy. Shawn glared at him, even though he was leaning back against the wall for support. Hunter's smile progressed from a sane smile to a sadistic grin.
"Batista, get a good hold on Shawn, here. It's time to play ball." He said.
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, yeah//
Randy led the small group to holding room B, and opened the door. Once they were inside the room, and Liz and Cameron were safely out of the way, he showed his true colors.
"All right, both of you, over in the corner." Randy demanded. He knew that he was screwed even before he started. He barely knew how to fire a gun, and unlike the two women he was trying to outsmart, he couldn't murder someone in cold blood.
Rebecca aimed the gun at Randy. Randy barely blinked and pulled the trigger. In an amazing leap of luck, the gun went sprawling to the other side of the room, just like in the movies.
"The corner, now." Randy ordered.
"Hunter's gonna kill you." Adriana warned.
"Not if Chris and Shawn kill him first."
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again//
Shawn fell to the floor and coughed out the blood that had risen in his mouth. He laid on the ground for a few seconds, with his head simply resting on the cold, concrete floor. Then, he felt Batista's strong hands pulling him to his feet again. Hunter's grinning face came into view again, in the eye that was not swelled shut.
"Having fun yet, Shawn?" Hunter asked. Shawn spat in his face. Batista swung him around and powerbombed him to the ground. There was a hug crack that echoed through the room when Shawn hit the ground. When Batista stood up, and Chris was able to see Shawn again, he was motionless on the ground. He didn't have much time to dwell on it, though. Hunter walked back into the dark corner and re-emerged with a sledgehammer. The baseball bat that he had been holding had broken on the first hit to Shawn.
//Don't tell me how life is
Cause I don't really want to know//
Randy backed out of the door with Liz behind him, holding Cameron. He quickly shut the door and locked it electronically. Then, he took the butt of his gun and smashed the keypad. He turned around and handed Liz the other gun.
"Why were you helping them?" Liz asked him, ignoring the gun that he was holding out to her.
"Because I knew that we were going to need a way out of here. Take it." Randy told her. Cameron began to wake up.
//Don't tell me how this game ends
Cause we'll just see how it goes//
"Why did you actually have to torture us? Why did you make Chris and Shawn think that you had betrayed them?" Liz asked him.
"Liz, I will explain everything I can when I can, but now the more time that we waste is the more time that Hunter has to get away, or possibly kill Shawn and Chris, so TAKE THE DAMN GUN!!!!" Randy yelled in her face. Liz glared at him and took the gun.
//Catch me when I fall
Or you'll need me when I'm not here at all//
"I ought to shoot you with this gun." Liz threatened him. Randy sighed angrily.
"So shoot me then, dammit!! Get all of your anger and frustration out now!! But, let me tell you this, there is no way that you'll get back through this facility to the main doors without me. Now, either shoot me, or follow me, the choice is yours." Liz glared at him a moment longer, then swallowed.
"Lead on."
//Miss me when I'm gone again, yeah//
Chris howled in pain as Hunter smashed his hand with the sledgehammer.
"Hunter, we only have about 5 minutes until the cops get here. We need to finish this now." Batista warned him. Hunter smiled at him and nodded.
"I know." He said. "Hold his head still."
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, yeah//
Randy began punching in the code for the door.
"All right, you know what to do, right?" He asked Liz.
"Yeah."
"Good." He said, as the lock opened. He kicked the door open.
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, yeah//
Hunter had the sledgehammer held behind him, and was about to literally bust Chris head open with it. Randy took a shot at him, and luckily hit him. Batista whirled around, and Liz hit him square in the chest with a bullet. Randy looked back at her and smiled.
"Nice shot."
"Thanks." She ran over to check on Shawn first, and Randy grabbed Cameron, and brought him in the room to see his father. He glanced over at Hunter , who was about a second away from breaking Chris' neck. He turned to aim at him, and pulled the trigger.
//Now, I'm all the way down here
I'm falling//
He missed.
//All the way
All the way down here//
Hunter broke Chris' neck, and Liz screamed. Randy aimed the gun at him.
"Put the guns down, NOW!! A voice yelled from behind him. Hunter smiled at him.
//I'm falling down again
Now I'm falling down//
He'd won the game, and he knew it.
//I'm falling down
I'm falling down//
Randy smiled back and ignored the person who kept screaming at him to holster his weapon.
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again,//
He fired three bullets right into Hunter's chest.
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again//
He watched with awkward awe as Hunter fell to the ground in slow motion.
//Now, I'm all the way down here
I'm falling//
It was satisfying to say the least.
//I'm all the way
I'm all the way down here//
As he felt himself being restrained, he saw Liz trying to tell the cops what had happened. He saw the paramedics rushing past him, checking on Shawn and Chris, and he had a horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach that he simply couldn't ignore.
//I'm falling down again now
I'm falling down//
He had a feeling that one, if not both, of them was dead.
**
The song for this chapter is "Going Down in Flames" by 3 Doors Down.
A/N: I am back yet again! My new story is giving me a seriously hard time, and since school prevents me from working on for more than 2 seconds at a time, it's hard to get anything done. As soon as I get a substantial amount written, you'll know. My posting date for the story might end up getting shoved back a bit, if I don't start getting my act together. Once again, I'm going to have to ask your forgiveness. I'm going to skip XA/N again. I could give you a list of the reasons why, but I'll sum it up when I say the word "ideas". I'm running out of them for XA/N. That, and I don't feel like spending 3 hours at a computer when I usually only need 2. So, there you go. When I get rolling on that again, I promise you, it will be a blast. Until then......
**
//Don't tell me what to think
Cause I don't care this time//
Hunter looked over at Shawn and smirked. This was going to be very interesting.
"Shawn, you are so naïve. See, once you become the criminal mastermind like me, then you will finally learn that when people fear you, they follow you. You give them the money that helps to feed them. Not many people are stupid enough to bite the hand that feeds them, you know." Hunter said to him.
"Well, there are just a few people in this world who are stupid enough to do that Hunter." Chris said from behind them. Randy clenched his fists. Hunter looked at Randy for a moment. Before he could say anything, Batista and Rebecca re-entered the room.
"Hunter!" Batista yelled curtly.
"What?" Hunter asked, annoyed.
"There's been a complication."
//Don't tell me what you believe
Cause you won't be there//
"There always are, what's wrong this time?" Hunter asked him. Shawn looked at Chris and winked.
"There's a whole bunch of cops headed this way." Hunter stared at him for a moment.
"Are you sure that they were headed here?"
"Positive. I scanned the CBC radio transmission to confirm." Rebecca said.
"We need to finish this up so that we can get the hell out of here." Batista said. Hunter bit his lip and turned his back to them, as if considering the idea. After a few moments, he slammed his fist in the wall.
//To catch me when I fall
But you'll need me when I'm not here at all//
Hunter spun back around and faced all of them. He had a small smirk in the corner of his mouth.
"Randy," Hunter said, then paused. "Escort Liz and Cameron to the other holding room, then proceed to the Comm. Room and wait until I get there. Rebecca, Adriana, you go with him." Randy nodded and picked up Cameron to leave. Rebecca held a gun to the back of Liz's head to get her to move. "Oh, and Randy?" Randy turned around to face Hunter.
"Yeah?"
"Don't screw me over on this one." Hunter warned.
"Why would I?" Hunter smiled.
"That's what I want to hear." Randy, Rebecca, and Adriana exited the room and Hunter walked over to a corner.
//Miss me when I'm gone again, yeah//
When he returned to the center of the room, he was holding a baseball bat. Chris looked up at him without much energy. Shawn glared at him, even though he was leaning back against the wall for support. Hunter's smile progressed from a sane smile to a sadistic grin.
"Batista, get a good hold on Shawn, here. It's time to play ball." He said.
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, yeah//
Randy led the small group to holding room B, and opened the door. Once they were inside the room, and Liz and Cameron were safely out of the way, he showed his true colors.
"All right, both of you, over in the corner." Randy demanded. He knew that he was screwed even before he started. He barely knew how to fire a gun, and unlike the two women he was trying to outsmart, he couldn't murder someone in cold blood.
Rebecca aimed the gun at Randy. Randy barely blinked and pulled the trigger. In an amazing leap of luck, the gun went sprawling to the other side of the room, just like in the movies.
"The corner, now." Randy ordered.
"Hunter's gonna kill you." Adriana warned.
"Not if Chris and Shawn kill him first."
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again//
Shawn fell to the floor and coughed out the blood that had risen in his mouth. He laid on the ground for a few seconds, with his head simply resting on the cold, concrete floor. Then, he felt Batista's strong hands pulling him to his feet again. Hunter's grinning face came into view again, in the eye that was not swelled shut.
"Having fun yet, Shawn?" Hunter asked. Shawn spat in his face. Batista swung him around and powerbombed him to the ground. There was a hug crack that echoed through the room when Shawn hit the ground. When Batista stood up, and Chris was able to see Shawn again, he was motionless on the ground. He didn't have much time to dwell on it, though. Hunter walked back into the dark corner and re-emerged with a sledgehammer. The baseball bat that he had been holding had broken on the first hit to Shawn.
//Don't tell me how life is
Cause I don't really want to know//
Randy backed out of the door with Liz behind him, holding Cameron. He quickly shut the door and locked it electronically. Then, he took the butt of his gun and smashed the keypad. He turned around and handed Liz the other gun.
"Why were you helping them?" Liz asked him, ignoring the gun that he was holding out to her.
"Because I knew that we were going to need a way out of here. Take it." Randy told her. Cameron began to wake up.
//Don't tell me how this game ends
Cause we'll just see how it goes//
"Why did you actually have to torture us? Why did you make Chris and Shawn think that you had betrayed them?" Liz asked him.
"Liz, I will explain everything I can when I can, but now the more time that we waste is the more time that Hunter has to get away, or possibly kill Shawn and Chris, so TAKE THE DAMN GUN!!!!" Randy yelled in her face. Liz glared at him and took the gun.
//Catch me when I fall
Or you'll need me when I'm not here at all//
"I ought to shoot you with this gun." Liz threatened him. Randy sighed angrily.
"So shoot me then, dammit!! Get all of your anger and frustration out now!! But, let me tell you this, there is no way that you'll get back through this facility to the main doors without me. Now, either shoot me, or follow me, the choice is yours." Liz glared at him a moment longer, then swallowed.
"Lead on."
//Miss me when I'm gone again, yeah//
Chris howled in pain as Hunter smashed his hand with the sledgehammer.
"Hunter, we only have about 5 minutes until the cops get here. We need to finish this now." Batista warned him. Hunter smiled at him and nodded.
"I know." He said. "Hold his head still."
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, yeah//
Randy began punching in the code for the door.
"All right, you know what to do, right?" He asked Liz.
"Yeah."
"Good." He said, as the lock opened. He kicked the door open.
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, yeah//
Hunter had the sledgehammer held behind him, and was about to literally bust Chris head open with it. Randy took a shot at him, and luckily hit him. Batista whirled around, and Liz hit him square in the chest with a bullet. Randy looked back at her and smiled.
"Nice shot."
"Thanks." She ran over to check on Shawn first, and Randy grabbed Cameron, and brought him in the room to see his father. He glanced over at Hunter , who was about a second away from breaking Chris' neck. He turned to aim at him, and pulled the trigger.
//Now, I'm all the way down here
I'm falling//
He missed.
//All the way
All the way down here//
Hunter broke Chris' neck, and Liz screamed. Randy aimed the gun at him.
"Put the guns down, NOW!! A voice yelled from behind him. Hunter smiled at him.
//I'm falling down again
Now I'm falling down//
He'd won the game, and he knew it.
//I'm falling down
I'm falling down//
Randy smiled back and ignored the person who kept screaming at him to holster his weapon.
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again,//
He fired three bullets right into Hunter's chest.
//I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again//
He watched with awkward awe as Hunter fell to the ground in slow motion.
//Now, I'm all the way down here
I'm falling//
It was satisfying to say the least.
//I'm all the way
I'm all the way down here//
As he felt himself being restrained, he saw Liz trying to tell the cops what had happened. He saw the paramedics rushing past him, checking on Shawn and Chris, and he had a horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach that he simply couldn't ignore.
//I'm falling down again now
I'm falling down//
He had a feeling that one, if not both, of them was dead.
**
The song for this chapter is "Going Down in Flames" by 3 Doors Down.