Chapter Thirteen: Silver Bullets
Riley was walking back to her apartment with nothing to prove she was at the library. Sadly, she hadn't found any books on how to get Will home. She sighed, and once she got inside her apartment her eyes widened.
Aliens must have invaded her house when she was gone.
Robbie and Will were sitting at the table having a couple beers, and getting along.
"Oh hey Ri!" said Robbie once he saw her. She still stared at the pair of them, but when Will's eyes met hers she looked away. Robbie gave Will a quick glance and an encouraging smile. Will nodded and got up out of his chair and went towards Riley.
He put a finger under her chin and gently moved her head up so that their eyes met again. But before he could even open his mouth she burst out.
"Oh Will I'm so sorry! This is all my fault, I should never have lied to you, and I felt so guilty, so horrible, I should NEVER have kept that stuff from you, it should've been the first thing I ever told you once you came here, I—" but she was cut off by Will kissing her hungrily. This caught her off guard, so she fell into his embrace and melted in his arms. He could thank Robbie for tip, the best way to make women shut up and say "I forgive you" was to kiss them.
"What happened to you?" she asked after they pulled away, having just noticed his black eyes and bruises.
"No time to explain that," said Will quickly. "And this is not your fault. I was the one who had gotten all angry, and when Robbie told me how bad you were feeling I felt so guilty. And it really doesn't matter to me anymore, so let's just forget yesterday ever happened, okay?"
"Okay, but stop trying to bring this down on yourself, it WAS my fault!"
Will started to open his mouth, but Robbie broke in. "Oh shut up you two! Let's face it, you two LOVE each other! And weren't you going to forget that yesterday ever happened?"
The couple grinned at him. "Thanks, man," said Will. "I REALLY appreciate it."
Riley walked over to Robbie's side and kissed him on the cheek. "Oh, you are the BEST best friend that anyone could ask for!"
He grinned. "Any time, Ri. I'll leave you two alone…" With that, he walked to the door.
Will and Riley glanced back at each other, and Will moved his hand to the side of her face, caressing it gently. Just as he was about to kiss her again, they heard a loud bang and the window broke. Riley screamed as a bullet came just inches away from her head.
Robbie came flying back into the apartment, slamming the door behind him. "What's going on?" he asked. "What's happening?"
"ROBBIE GET DOWN!" Will yelled as he pulled Riley to the floor.
"What the—" BANG— "Hitting the deck!" Robbie yelled as he flung himself at the floor and covered his head.
Will held Riley on the floor acting as a shield against the glass and bullets flying over their heads.
"WHO'S SHOOTING AT US?" asked Robbie from the corner.
"I've got a hunch…" said Will, glancing at Riley. It looked like the pirates were back.
"ROBBIE, LOCK THE DOOR!" Riley yelled, as he was still near it.
"Everything's going to be fine, Riley, they're not going to get us…" said Will comfortingly.
"Will! No! You did not just say that…" said Riley. Now, she was scared.
Robbie cautiously moved his hand up and moved the deadbolt, and turned the key. Just then, a bullet struck him in the forearm.
"AH!" he yelled out in pain.
"ROBBIE!" Riley screamed. "Will, you jinxed us!" she hissed back at him.
Robbie clutched at his wounded arm. "I've been hit! I'm dying… it's killed me!" (Thank you Draco Malfoy for the idea…)
Riley crawled across the floor on her stomach to her best friend. "You're going to be fine! Once this stops, we'll get you to the hospital! They'll fix it!"
"I'M DYING!"
She shook his shoulders. "OUCH!" he yelled.
"Get some sense into you! You're NOT going to die! However, they're still attacking us! Just keep close to the floor and think about something else..." she thought for a moment. "Think you're… stranded on a deserted island with… Halle Berry…"
The painful look on Robbie's face seemed to vanish instantaneously. His face and eyes glazed over and he sighed. After about another minute the firing ceased and they all cautiously poked their heads up at the window… Well, at least the non-daydreaming ones.
"They're gone…" Will said.
Riley stood up and looked out the peep-hole in the door. "They're not coming down the hall, thankfully…"
Will walked over to Robbie. "How come he's not in pain?" he asked, looking curiously at Riley.
She grinned. "Oh, he is, but he just can't feel it. I just told him to imagine that he's stranded on a deserted island with Halle Berry."
"Who's she?"
"Never mind," said Riley quickly. Now that she had Will back, she didn't want any other women distracting him. She glanced back down at Robbie. "Come on, you! Let's get you to the hospital!... ROBBIE!"
"WHAT?! Don't bother me now, she's belly dancing in a coconut bra and grass skirt…"
"Oh brother…" Riley gently kicked him in the stomach.
"Hey! Oh, all right…"
…
The doctor walked out of the surgery ward to where Will and Riley were sitting in the waiting room, taking off his latex gloves. "He'll be fine," he said to the two of them. "It may take a few weeks to heal though. But we did successfully get the bullet out. He should be awake in twenty minutes or so, but a little sleepy."
Riley nodded. "Thanks." The doctor smiled. He glanced at the two of them, spotting Will's bruises and black eyes. "Are you sure you don't need a doctor?" Before Will could reply, a nurse came running up to him.
"Doctor!" she panted. "Mr. Morris got out of his room again…"
"Oh, don't tell me he's racing down the hall in his wheelchair…" he was broken off by an old, nearly bald man in a wheelchair rolling at top-gun speed down the hall, using his cane as a way to push it faster.
"YEEEEEEEHEHEEEE!" he screamed. Will and Riley tried their hardest not to laugh.
"Excuse me," said the doctor, rushing after him. "MR. MORRIS! SLOW DOWN! THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS WEEK!"
A half hour later the two of them made their way to Robbie's room.
"Hey!" Riley said.
"Hey yourself," said Robbie as he sat up a little.
"How are you feeling?" Will asked.
"Oh please, this is nothing. We need to get you two out of here," said Robbie. "I've got a hunch that they weren't aiming for me, that they accidentally shot me."
"But… where will we go?" asked Riley, glancing at Will.
"Easy, my cabin in the woods," he replied. The keys to it are in my apartment on the key rack by the door along with a map. You should probably take my car too, since they might recognize yours, Ri."
She nodded.
"And you'll be okay by yourself?" asked Will.
"Oh don't worry about me," he said. "Maybe I can hitch a ride in a ambulance, you know, test out the siren…" Riley rolled her eyes and Robbie grinned. "You guys'd better get there quick, though, this is the second attack in, what, three days?"
Will nodded.
"Then get going and quit worrying about me!"
"All right, bye, Robbie!"
"See you soon, hope you get better!"
They began to walk out of the room, Riley first. Just as Will was about to leave Robbie called him.
"Oh, Will," he said. Will turned to him.
"Yes?"
He glanced at where Riley just was. "Take care of her."
Will smiled and nodded at the man, then left.
Once they got out of the hospital Will turned to Riley. "I'm so glad we don't have any permanent injuries we're dealing with here…"
"Yeah, same here…" she sighed. "I just hope that we DO see Robbie again, and that the pirates don't find us."
Will stopped walking and gently moved her so that she was facing him. He put his hands on her shoulders. "Riley, I promise you, those pirates won't hurt you while I'm around. I promise I'll protect you."
Instantly she felt safe.
Yikes! What did you think about THAT situation they were dealing with?! Poor Robbie :( CURSE THOSE PIRATES AND REVIEW! Please?