Chapter 13
A/N: Thankz for the reviews again…
"Not so fast." A voice Katie least want to hear at the moment.
Katie, Alex and Nicolas turned around to face Jack. But he wasn't alone. Jennifer was held at gun point by Chris.
"Jennifer!" Katie cried in shock.
"She was wandering around…" Jack said in a not-very-pleasant tone.
"What!"
"Sorry Katie, I got lost when we were going out for help." Jennifer apologized.
Katie stared at Chris and the pistol that was so close to Jennifer's head. Katie gulped. She could feel Alex tensed up.
Katie's eyes wandered around for alternatives. Her eyes caught sight of a gun lying on the ground. She immediately picked in up.
"Don't even think about it. You know we're the upper hand now, there's no use." Jack warned.
Katie didn't say anything but pointed the gun directly at Jack. At the corner of her eyes, she saw Alex sending her warning looks that says "NO".
Jack paused for a while then burst out laughing.
"Go on…shoot me…" Jack smiled victoriously.
Katie lowered her gun. The gun was now slightly above the waist level.
Then, in a split second,
BANG!
Katie fired the gun.
But Jack wasn't even grazed. The one who was grazed was Jennifer. There were streams of blood spurting out. Chris was shocked; he stood rooted to the ground. Jack swore loudly and immediately ran toward Nicolas.
But Alex was faster. He used the "sudden gun shot" surprise to sprint for Jack and in a second he caught hold of him.
"What the-"
But before anyone could say or do anything, sounds of helicopter could be heard loudly. Katie looked up to see a helicopter hovering over them. It lowered and released a ladder.
Nicolas was the first to reach the ladder and started climbing. Katie helped Jennifer up while Alex held both of Jack's wrists while pointing a gun at Chris to go up.
Jack and the gang were arrested and they were now in the hospital for check up.
"That was clever of you." Alex complimented while sitting down beside Katie in the waiting lounge.
"What do you mean?" Katie looked away.
"Pretending you accidentally fire the gun and shot the hostage to force them to release the hostage because it will only be a burden to have a wounded hostage. Which part I didn't get it right?" Alex smirked
"I didn't shoot Jennifer. I grazed her." Katie replied.
"Wasn't that lucky…"
"I wouldn't say that to someone who have been taking shooting lessons for 3 years." Katie grinned.
"Thank you so much for your help, Alex." Mr. Wilson shook hands with Alex after they reached home that evening.
"It'd been my pleasure." Alex smiled back.
"Well, I guess your service have impressed me a lot."
"Thank you."
"Well, let's have a party to celebrate, shall we?" Then, Mr. Wilson left the living room, leaving the two teenagers alone.
"Erm…thanks…" Katie said
"I should thank you for the quick thinking." Alex smiled gently.
"Guess you've complete your mission, huh?" Katie smiled, with a slight sadness in her voice.
"Yeah…guess so…" Alex replied the obvious.
"Well, it'd been very nice to meet you. Sorry for giving you such a hard time." Katie said, then walked up to her bedroom without saying anything much.
That night, Alex was sitting at the foyer of the mansion, thinking.
"Alex?" A voice called out. Alex turned to face.
"Mr. Wilson."
"What are you thinking?" He asked while smiling to him. Alex felt warm.
"Nothing much." Alex replied.
"Hmm…well, I was just wondering, you know, Katie changed quite a bit when you came."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, she became less spoilt and more reasonable. Maybe she's growing up."
Alex smiled at the thought of Katie.
"Well, you are who you are. Don't let anything, not even fate, decide what you should or shouldn't do."
Alex furrowed his eyebrow. He didn't understand what he was trying to say.
"Well, good night. And consider what I've told you. It's hard to find someone who knows exactly how to handle my stubborn daughter of mine." He stood up and left Alex.
Now, Alex wasn't furrowing his eyebrow but he was smiling to himself.
Don't let anything, not even fate, decide what you should or shouldn't do he understood very well now what it means.
For the past few days, Katie tried to avoid Alex whenever she could. She learns to wake up early in the morning, ate breakfast before Alex reached the table, and left the house.
Alex knew that Katie had been avoiding him but he was also busy with the party Mr. Wilson was throwing for him. It was a Farewell and Thank you party for him. He was supposed to help Mr. Wilson with the guest lists and food.
"So what do you think caviar canapé, shrimp canapé or anchovies?" Mr. Wilson asked while thinking. His secretary was writing whatever he decides.
Alex was to space out to even realize anything. Mr. Wilson sighed. This had been the 10th time that day that Alex wasn't listening and the remaining 5 times he was half listening.
"Alex, is there anything you want to talk about? You seemed dazed." He asked. Alex suddenly came back to earth.
"Erm, sorry, I have not been sleeping well." Alex lied.
"Well, take care, okay?" Mr. Wilson said worriedly.
Alex nodded.
"Okay, well, I'll decide the rest then, you go and rest, is there anything you want to request?"
"No, thank you sir."
"Don't worry. Katie is just still confused." He patted Alex's back encouragingly.
You asked me whether I'm done with my mission, so sorry that I lied, it's not done. I need to do something important first
A/N: Next chapter is the last chapter!