He stopped to watch the horses run and jumped when an arm snaked around his chest and something cold pressed against her neck.
"Hello Nicky, what's say you an me, go some where quiet and finish our business." A cold voice suggested, Nick swallowed hard and moved foreword.
Nick did as instructed, which basically was to keep moving, they were getting closer to the forested area, and nick had to figure out a plan of escape before they got there. Just as they entered the trees Nick tensed his muscles making ready to make his move.
"Why are you doing this?" He asked, tripping along the path.
"Because I can." She sneered confidently, Nick tasted bills in the back of his throat and swallowed it back.
"Yeah well, think again." He spat and rammed backwards toppling them both over, Ally howled in anger and pain as he landed on top of her, her grip on the gun loosened and it fell harmlessly to the ground. Nick didn't wait for her to pick it up, he jumped to his feet and ran back towards the house in a zig zag formation. Alex stood, and aiming the gun fired one shot after the other, Nick howled as bullet found his arm he fell to ground , but didn't stay there he got right back up and ran again; full out.
Alex hopped down stairs to find uncle Charlie reading the paper and sipping coffee she helped herself to a cup and sat at the table.
"Where's Nick, uncle Charlie?" She asked.
"Went for a walk this morning." He barely got the words out of his mouth when the shots rang out disturbing the peaceful ,morning, Alex ran to the back door and looked out to see Nick running haphazardly towards the back door, in the distance behind him she just barely made out Ally. Alex heard Nick scream and saw him go down for les then a second and he was up again running full out for the house.
"Nick!" Alex yelled slamming through the door to reach him, Nick looked her panic in his eyes as he finally hit the porch and collapsed, panting and bleeding.
"Oh my god, Uncle help!" Alex called He was outside in a flash together they man handled nick the couch and Alex ran to the bathroom to collect the first aid kit hot water and towels.
She to find Nick still unconscious and her uncle Charlie holding a rag over his arm. She cut in and taking the towel away set to work. First she cut his shirt sleeve away and took a closer look at her at his wound, a bullet had scraped past his leaving a deep groove in his left arm, she sighed and soaking a towel pressed down waiting for the bleeding to slow before placing a bandage on it.
Nick groaned softly as he was brought back to reality by a sharp pian in his arm, he opened his eyes and looked at the blurring figures around him, he tired to move but hands pushed him back down.
"Easy son, you got your self a pretty nasty wound there, just take it easy." A familiar voice soothed, he blinked several times before the faces came back in to view. Alex was kneeling on the floor next him and cold rag pressed firmly against his arm, and Charlie hovered above him, it was his hand that pressed against his chest.
"Just try to relax Nick, your safe now, I managed to slow the bleeding it looks like, so now comes the fun part," Started to explained and Nick watch in silence as she brought out the first aid kit and setting on the coffee table opened taking out gauze and bandage wrap.
"It's just a flesh wound the bullet grazed your arm, I'll bandage it for now, but I would recommend a hospital." She finished, Nick grimaced at the wound as she uncovered it long enough to pour peroxide and the replace the towel with white gauze and then using the wrap, wrapped around his arm until she reached the end of it, then she took his other hand and pressed his fingers over the end.
"Hold that for me." She instructed, he did so and watch and she cut some medical tape and taped it down, then she cleaned up the mess and settled back on the floor next to him.
"Can you tell me what happened?" She asked, Nick swallowed his throat dry.
"Could I get some water first?" Nick asked. Charlie disappeared into the kitchen an came back with a glass of water, Alex helped Nick to sit up and he sipped the water.
"Thanks, I went for a walk and stopped to watch the horses run, she came up behind me, she had a gun to my head, told to move foreword, we headed toward that stand of trees back there," He motioned with hands toward the back of the house and further on.
" And when he passed them a knocked her back wards and we fell over I ran and that when she started firing at, I tried to dodge left and right but apparently that didn't as well as I thought." Nick finished motioning to his arm, she saw him wince and sighed looking up at Charlie.
"Hey Uncle Charlie still have those pain killers the doctor keeps giving you?" Alex asked smiling up at him, He smiled and back and jogged up the stairs to his room and came back with a full bottle and Lora Tabs.
"Thank you Dr. Beckman for being cautious." Alex said aloud kissed the bottle she popped the top and let two fall out into her hand then she flipped them into Nicks, he took them with out question, to tired and sore to fight.
"Are you sure you can let me take these, what about you?" Nick asked looking up at Charlie, who just smiled.
"Doc's been giving them to me for years, even though I tell him I don't need them any, I'm glad there getting some use." Charlie told him, Nick lay back against the cushions suddenly drained.
"Looks like you have fast metabolism, why don't we go up stares and you can lay down and rest, let the pills work, you'll fell better when you wake up." Alex suggested, Nick let him self be led up the stairs ad to his room at the end of the hall. Alex lay him down and took off his shoes, then she climbed in to bed next to him and curled up with him covering the both p with a blanket. She lay with his head on her shoulder, Nick just lay in her arms allowing her touch to sooth him to sleep, her finger combed his hair back from his face and forehead, after a few minutes his eyes closed and he slept undisturbed by bad dreams, a few minutes later she joined him in the land of slumber.
Well, not a bed chapter if I do say so my self, of course it is my story after all. Tell what you think guys. More to follow, ( I thought that last part was really sweet).