Chapter 8 - Robbery

Warehouse

Craig had ran at full speed , he dived through the air , he grabbed Libe and shielded her with his body , the bullet skimmed Craig's arm and travelled onwards , it hit Chris in the chest , he fell holding his stomach. Everyone attention was turned to Chris. Joshua tackled the Red with the gun and snapped his neck.

Suddenly another SUV pulled up it was travelling at speed , Craig rushed over to Chris , he grabbed him and dragged him out the way quickly. Libe was stood in the way , frozen as the SUV speeded up , he rushed across and pushed her clear and took the hit. His body was thrown way back into the building. 3 men got out. 1 aimed at Joshua with a Sub and fired , Josh dived out the way in time. Gem and Alec rushed over , Joshua grabbed the rifle and shot at them , he hit one guy twice in leg yet nothing happened. Two of them grabbed Libe and rushed back to the SUV. Alec got shot in the arm and he and Gem reached the Red.

" Gem deal with him " Alec shouted as he rushed after the SUV , that was already reversing.

" Gem snatched the gun and shot the Red all over the Chest , his heart had been shot up , Implant or no implant you still need basic respiratory system to survive.

Max and Seline finished off the 3 reds , courtesy of a gun Joshua threw to them.

Alec rushed after the Departing SUV , but he had to dive out of the way as a hail of bullets came his way , he had no time to loose , h leapt up and raced after them down the road , his bike had been shot up and the car had some holes in it. He saw Max's bike , remembered he had the key , she dropped it earlier in the fighting , he climbed on and gave chase

Gem knelt down next to Chris , he was weak , she had tears running down her face.

" Chris ? " she asked " Can you hear me ? "

" Yes " he replied weakly.

" I'm hear baby ! " she said as she supported his head.

" It hurts ! " he replied.

" Your gunna be ok ! " she said , he reached up and gently wiped away her tears.

" No , it's not , the bullet went right through , I think " he replied.

" No , you are , were gunna get you to a hospital ! " she whimpered.

" No , we both know there's not time " he said.

" No ! I won't let you die " she cried.

" Shhhh , it's ok , don't feel bad about what happened " he said.

" How can I not , I let you go , I should have made you stay with me "

" It's ok really , just make sure you get Libe back for us " he replied.

" I will " she said.

" And don't blame anyone for what happened , you were out numbed " he said trying to comfort her.

" Yes but-"

" But nothing , I love "

" I love you to " she said as he died in her arms.

Seline and Joshua tended to Craig who was hurt pretty bad. Max went over to Gem and hugged her tightly , tears running down her face to.

" I wish Original Cindy were here " gem whispered.

" Me too " Max replied.

Gem went over to Craig who was gritting his teeth.

" It looks like a broken arm and a few cracked ribs " Seline said.

" Sorry " he managed.

" It's ok , you saved Libe twice in 5 minutes , you can't save everyone , you should know that " she replied , she smiled at him but her attention was diverted when the sound of a bike interrupted them.

It was Alec on Max's bike.

" I know where they took her " he said.

" Where ? " Gem asked.

" Some office place , go up he road , turn left at the burnt out lorry and its down there , it's the only building still standing " he managed before he calapsed.

" Alec you idiot , your bleeding " Max said. Seline rushed over with a first aid kit and began working on him.

" Where did you find that ? " Max asked.

" It was just lying around " she replied.

5 minutes later

" Alright ! " Gem said. " Joshua and Seline , take Them two to the hospital , me and Max will take a look at this offices place " she ordered.

" What about him ? " Alec asked , pointing to the unconscious red.

" Take him with you , if wakes up , get out what you can , if not kill him " she said bitterly.

In the Car

The Red slowly started to wake up , then he began to yell in pain. Alec who was next to him grabbed him by the neck.

" You better start talking or I'll kill you , because I'm sick of your screaming ! " he spat.

" Here give him this " Seline said as she handed him a syringe.

" What is it ? " he asked.

" Morphine " he stuck it in the guys arm.

" If you talk , I'll give you this " he said. The red nodded , and he gave him it , the guy looked around for something to right with. Alec handed him notepad and pen that Gem had given him earlier.

What , do you want to know ?

" Why do you still think we can prolong your life with the implant in ? " he asked.

We were told that , you'll do anything if your on death row , he grunted in pain.

" Want some more ? " Alec teased. The guy nodded.

" Sorry all out " he teased. Seline waved two more syringes full and Alec took them. Then she gave Craig some more , Joshua was driving. The red grunted again.

" Ok here you go , but if I give you these , you promise to tell us where the camp is ? " Alec asked.

There isn't one

" Oh come on , there must be , were are all these reds coming from then ? " Alec asked , the guy didn't move " Oh we'll you won't need these then " Alec teased as he placed them in his pocket. The guy grabbed his arm and gave him a look.

" Oh so you will tell us ? " Alec asked , the guy nodded.

There's a camp , near the industrial estate , a few miles away in the forest , that's how the reinforcements got here so quick he wrote. Alec gave him one of the syringes.

" So there's a whole army then ? " Alec asked.

No , there were only a two dozen of us , now only about a dozen of us left , they won't take the girl to the camp , it's to obvious , but I don't know where they'd take her , no-one knows so no-one who isn't supposed to know won't know.

" Good boy " Alec teased , he gave the red the other syringe and the guy slowly drifted off.

Abandoned offices

Max and Gem arrived outside , they looked around , it was a small place very rundown , Gem spotted something , they ran up to a door and burst in...