Chapter 50
Amber could feel everyone's eyes on her but didn't care that she was acting so out of character from what they'd gotten used to seeing. The normally cheerful brunette was dead serious as she realized what she'd waited for and planned for 10 years was finally happening. Now I'll get the revenge I've been waiting for, she thought with satisfaction.
"Or should I say Amber Kelly, how long has it been?" Kelly stated, quietly noting the look of shock on the other people's faces as they realized his connection with the petite brunette. "I take it, they didn't know," he looked at Amber questioningly. "And after I sacrificed so much to raise you," he shook his head disappointedly.
"You didn't raise me," Amber spat venomously. "My parents did until you killed them."
"You know that was for your own good," Kelly replied, looking hurt.
"That's what you said. I was fifteen and you took two of the most important people in my life away. You said it would make me become more like you. It would give me a purpose," Amber shouted, stalking towards him until he raised his gun higher reminding her of their situation. "Well, I have a purpose in life, but I will NEVER be like you. I've devoted my live to STOPPING scum like you," she roared, determination in her eyes.
"Well, that is just too bad, isn't it?" Kelly retorted. "We could have gone far together, but I guess you'll just be found along with the other causalities of this little 'misfortune'."
"I think you're forgetting that you're a little out numbered here," Amber smirked, waving her hand towards Charles and Myles. "Three against one, and I wouldn't mind taking a bullet if it means getting you off the street," she smiled confidently.
"Amber, no," Charles hissed, drawing her attention.
She glanced over in his direction, seeing the concern thinly veiled in his blue eyes. Amber had grown closest to Charles in her time with the Bureau, but he couldn't understand the torment she'd endured.
Only one other person knew of that heartache and they'd both vowed to do whatever it took to prevent anyone else from getting hurt. Even if it means giving up my own life in the process, Amber silently repeated the promise she'd made all those years ago.
"So do you give up willingly, or are you going to make it harder on yourself?" she asked aloud.
"Um, I take option three," Kelly asserted laughing at the puzzled look on her face. "You all sit down and shut up or my partner there puts a bullet into that pretty young thing's head," he stated smiling threateningly.
"What?" Amber questioned, turning behind her in the direction she'd heard a small gasp.
The brunette agent's eyes widen when she saw the dark muzzle of a gun pressed to Danni's temple. The broad arm that normally draped across her shoulders affectionately was now wrapped menacingly around her neck.
"Craig?" Annie gaped, her arms still around Michael's neck as he held her close. "How could you?" she asked, unable to believe her own brother could betray her trust.
"Sorry, sister dear," Craig shrugged, tightening his arm around Danni as she struggled. "You couldn't leave well enough alone when they showed up and had to go running off at the mouth. We had a good thing going until you screwed it up for us," he sneered.
Along with the rest of the room, Amber stared at the young man in disbelief. She couldn't believe that someone she'd been assigned to protect had turned on them. How could this have happened? she wondered as things turned against them once more.