Chapter 10 – Unveiling
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~Carter's POV~
"Susan!" I yelled for my best friend as I heard the deadly shot of a gun. I started panicking and I ran over to her.
"I'm okay Carter. I'm fine. . . I got him." She said in shock, just standing there staring at the collapsed body on the floor, clutching her gun in her shaking hand.
"Oh my God. . . It's over!" The realization of the situation finally hit me when I saw the body of the captor lying dead on the ground in front of us. I looked over at the still shocked Susan, giving her a big hug.
"Susan, thank you. I don't know how to say that. . . You saved us."
"John. . . I shot a man. How am I going to live with myself knowing that?" Susan didn't seem very happy or 'heroic' as she almost started crying in regard to her previous action.
"Susan, you had no choice. He was going to shoot you; maybe us too. You did what you needed to do." Romano spoke up, still clutching Elizabeth.
"Carter, I was so scared." She said, hugging me again.
"I know."
I turned around to see if the others were okay. "Vicky, you alright?" I asked the scared young girl.
"Yeah, yeah I think so. . . Who would do all of this? I mean, really, what kind of monster just comes in and starts shooting people? I. . . I want to see his face."
"I don't think that's a good idea." I told her, going with my gut feeling.
"No, no. . . I want to see the bastard too." Romano chimed in. "Did his voice sound familiar to you?"
I stopped and thought about it when the realization came to me. "Actually now that you mention it, yeah."
I decided to go ahead and unmask the mystery man. It wouldn't do any more damage I thought. So I walked up to him and pulled off the mask. . .
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~Abby's POV~
The gunshot roared through every ear in the crowd and then came a wave of silence. I was like nothing I had heard all day. . . Pure nothing.
The same thought was going through the minds of probably everyone in the crowd. 'Who was shot?' But Kerry and I had one specific question. Did Susan or the robber shoot? They both had a gun, it could have gone either way around. . .
Without saying anything, I started running up to the entrance of Doc's. I didn't care what the consequences were, I just had to be in there. I ran straight through the crowd, and saw that there was no one standing guarding the doors. I ran straight up and into the building.
I was so scared of what I might see, that I was literally trembling. I looked frantically around for John, hoping to God that he was alright. I finally saw to my left, everyone standing around a lifeless masked man. John, Romano, Elizabeth, and Susan. They were all okay.
Before I had the chance to run over to hug John, he reached for the mask, pulling it off.
The entire room went silent at the horrifying sight of who was lying there right in front of us. "Oh my God."
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TBC
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~Carter's POV~
"Susan!" I yelled for my best friend as I heard the deadly shot of a gun. I started panicking and I ran over to her.
"I'm okay Carter. I'm fine. . . I got him." She said in shock, just standing there staring at the collapsed body on the floor, clutching her gun in her shaking hand.
"Oh my God. . . It's over!" The realization of the situation finally hit me when I saw the body of the captor lying dead on the ground in front of us. I looked over at the still shocked Susan, giving her a big hug.
"Susan, thank you. I don't know how to say that. . . You saved us."
"John. . . I shot a man. How am I going to live with myself knowing that?" Susan didn't seem very happy or 'heroic' as she almost started crying in regard to her previous action.
"Susan, you had no choice. He was going to shoot you; maybe us too. You did what you needed to do." Romano spoke up, still clutching Elizabeth.
"Carter, I was so scared." She said, hugging me again.
"I know."
I turned around to see if the others were okay. "Vicky, you alright?" I asked the scared young girl.
"Yeah, yeah I think so. . . Who would do all of this? I mean, really, what kind of monster just comes in and starts shooting people? I. . . I want to see his face."
"I don't think that's a good idea." I told her, going with my gut feeling.
"No, no. . . I want to see the bastard too." Romano chimed in. "Did his voice sound familiar to you?"
I stopped and thought about it when the realization came to me. "Actually now that you mention it, yeah."
I decided to go ahead and unmask the mystery man. It wouldn't do any more damage I thought. So I walked up to him and pulled off the mask. . .
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~Abby's POV~
The gunshot roared through every ear in the crowd and then came a wave of silence. I was like nothing I had heard all day. . . Pure nothing.
The same thought was going through the minds of probably everyone in the crowd. 'Who was shot?' But Kerry and I had one specific question. Did Susan or the robber shoot? They both had a gun, it could have gone either way around. . .
Without saying anything, I started running up to the entrance of Doc's. I didn't care what the consequences were, I just had to be in there. I ran straight through the crowd, and saw that there was no one standing guarding the doors. I ran straight up and into the building.
I was so scared of what I might see, that I was literally trembling. I looked frantically around for John, hoping to God that he was alright. I finally saw to my left, everyone standing around a lifeless masked man. John, Romano, Elizabeth, and Susan. They were all okay.
Before I had the chance to run over to hug John, he reached for the mask, pulling it off.
The entire room went silent at the horrifying sight of who was lying there right in front of us. "Oh my God."
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TBC