Alright, well, I guess I kept you people waiting long enough for this story to FINALLY end now! So yeah, this is the second story I've updated since my comeback as of last week...or this week...hmm...can't remember but anyway, hope 'yall are glad to have me back in the writing biz. Also I'm going to be putting out a few more new stories pretty soon so look for those and hopefully they'll be just as good or better than my others! Okay, so enough of my ramblings. Enjoy the FINAL CHAPTER!
Serena stared at Allen basically shocked. She always thought he was a little wacked in the head but she never thought he'd do something as insane as what he was doing. He moved towards her with the gun pointed to the floor with that evil smirk on his face. Molly stood behind Serena with wide eyes, tugging on Serena's arm slightly as if silently telling her to run. She barely felt the tug on her arm as she continued to stare stunned at Allen's actions. He kept moving closer to the desk. Molly was getting more and more uneasy. Her best friend was about to be most likely shot and killed if she didn't move or run soon!
Suddenly, a few patients and doctors ran behind him, trying to get by him and hopefully not be heard. Allen turned around and shot blindly at the small running group. Molly took this time to try and snap Serena out of her trance or at least make her run. "Serena, move! Run! Get out of here!" She yelled as she jerked Serena out of her spot and pushed her beyond the desk. That got Serena out of her little daze and got her running as fast as she could. Molly was following right behind her. Allen had little success in hitting the small group he was after a second ago, so he turned around just in time to see Molly and Serena running away from him.
"Don't you run away from me, Serena." He said, now without the freaky smile but with a look of hatred on his face. Since he couldn't get a clear shot of Serena, he aimed for Molly instead. He took careful aim and pulled the trigger. A second later, Serena heard the thud of someone falling and hitting the ground. She skidded to a stop and turned to see Molly face down on the ground, a little blood spilt on the floor beneath her. "Molly!" She cried as she quickly bent down to help her wounded friend. Serena saw where the bullet had gone through. Thankfully he hit no vital organs, just the place between her shoulder blade and middle back on her right side. Serena pulled on her left arm, and tried to get her up, but Molly pushed her away. "Serena...it's not me...he wants...run...save yourself please!" She said weakly. Serena shook her head as Allen drew closer to them.
"I'm not leaving you here for dead, Molly. I won't!" Serena said as she continued to try to help with tears in her eyes. Molly shoved her away slightly. "Just do it, Serena! Save yourself!" She yelled as Serena finally got up with tears in her eyes and nodded. She took a one second look at Allen and then started running again. Allen raised his gun and aimed for Serena again. "You're not getting away this time!" He yelled as he fired another shot. Serena screamed as she heard the shot go off but missed her head by only a few inches, cutting off a few light strands of her hair as she continued running. He walked past Molly's body and then around the corner as he continued his rampage and followed her. "You can run, but you can never hide from me, Serena." He said dangerously as he walked on.
As soon as he was gone, Molly very weakly held herself up on her left arm and looked to see if there was anybody left that could help her. She saw no one. She started struggling her way to the counter and searched for the emergency lock down button behind the desk. She found it right underneath it. She crawled to it, and pressed it, sending the alarms blaring and the red lights flashing all around the halls. "Emergency lock down mode in effect. Please find all means of protection and shelter in place." The automated announcement said as Molly struggled to sit herself upright and hide underneath the desk. 'I hope to God Serena is okay.' She thought as she finally passed out.
Meanwhile, Darien was in a board meeting with the hospital staff when suddenly a siren rang and the same announcement followed with it. "Emergency lock down mode in effect. Please find all means of protection and shelter in place." Darien stared at all of the board members now chattering to themselves. "Do you think it's a terrorist?" "No, couldn't be. Must be some kid out for a good prank." "Might be a psycho escaped from jail." "We'll be safe up here, right Mr. Shields?"
Various questions and random explanations rang out as Darien took out a remote from the table drawer and turned on all of the screens with all the cameras in the building. He saw that the guards at the front door all lay on the floor, most likely dead, and some patients, doctors, and nurses locking themselves in rooms and some people still running for cover. Worry and anger came to his face. 'Why would anyone want to attack a building with sick people?' He thought with anger as he watched the screens. He then caught the image of Molly passed out under the desk. 'That's where Serena works most of the time. I hope she's okay I don't see...' Then something else caught his attention. He saw a girl with long blonde hair running with a terrified look on her face.
His now lifeless hand dropped the remote. "Serena..." He said, barely audible. After a few seconds, he saw Allen with a gun, walking after her. Darien's eyes were taken over by an angry glare at the screen. He then turned to the elevator and started walking towards it. One of his associates stepped in front of him and put his hands on Darien's shoulders to try and stop him.
"Sir! You can't go down there! We're in lock down mode and that man looks pretty insane enough to kill anyone! It's too dangerous!" He said, trying to convince him not to go, but Darien pushed past the small balding man with little effort. "What? Are you going to risk your own life just to save some girl?" He asked as Darien stepped into the elevator. He turned around and looked at the man and everyone else. "Not just some girl, the love of my life and plus, she saved mine once. I need to return the favor." He said, just as the golden elevator doors closed and everyone looked dumbfounded and amazed.
Serena kept running through the hospital, trying to find somewhere to hide. She was getting tired and she needed some time to figure out what to do. She stopped at a room where a patient was and started banging on the locked door. "Help! Help me please!" She said as she continued banging. The voice from inside replied. "How do we know you're not the shooter?" She glared at the door and then saw Allen pointing the gun right at her again. He fired another shot and she screamed. He luckily missed again. He was too far down the hall to aim at her properly. She stared at him for a second more, face full of fear and took off running again. Allen smirked. 'She's either going to run out of energy running like that, or she's going to run right into a dead end.' He thought as he continued to walk after her.
Serena continued to run and ran down a corridor. She had no idea where it led to, but hopefully it was out. She smiled with relief when she finally found a pair of sliding glass doors that led out. She ran to them and expected them to open automatically but when she stopped in front of them, they didn't budge. Serena stood staring at the doors with fear gripping her again.
"Nifty little thing about lock down mode..." Allen started as he reloaded his gun and Serena backed away from him, accidently backing up into two rolling shelves filled with towels. He smirked. "It's lets no one in or out, except for the military or police forces of course but..." He trailed off again, looking at her with a sinister look in his eyes. "They'll only get here just in time to see your blood run dry out of your body and onto the floor. That is unless..." He stopped as he walked closer to her, pinning her between him and the shelves. "You agree to take me back and dump that jackass, Darien." He said with a smirk, waiting for her answer. She glared at him. "No thank you, I'd rather be with him than a psycho like you any day!" She said right before she grabbed one of the shelves and knocked it over on to him, towels and all. He fell underneath the heavy shelf and mountains of towels and Serena took off running again.
She skidded to a stop shortly after when she realized that it was a dead end! All that was there was a wall and the elevator that was most likely turned off with the lock down mode. She turned back to see Allen was still buried beneath the towels. She tip-toed her way across the towels. She was going to escape and get help! Suddenly a hand popped up and grabbed her leg. Soon, a head and whole body followed up with it. She gasped. He picked her up and threw her against the far wall. She was cornered now.
"No where to run, no where to hide bitch." He said as he pointed the gun straight at her face just as she sat up again. Serena stared at him with tears in her eyes. She was going to die and she knew it. He glared at her and smirked. "Been nice knowing you, Serena." He said as he cocked the gun. She closed her eyes. 'Hopefully it will be quick and not too painful.' She thought as she braced herself for the bullet. She waited for the sound of the gunshot. A second later she heard it and she knew her end would be soon.
The next thing she knew, she was on the floor with something heavy on top of her. 'Is this what death feels like?' She thought as she opened her eyes to see Darien on top of her. He looked at her eyes and smiled. He quickly got up and helped her up. "Oh no you don't! You're not stealing her away from me a second time!" He yelled as he fired another shot as they ran through the halls together now. It was a while before he dragged her into a small dark corner of the hospital and hid.
"Darien, what do you think you're doing? You could have gotten yourself killed!" She said as she hugged onto him tightly. Darien smiled and hugged back. "Sorry, I just saw you on the screens in my office and I came to save your life. Thought I'd return the favor. You should be thanking me." He said as she smiled and let a few tears go. He wiped them away with his fingers and kissed her gently. "Thank God he didn't..." She trailed off as she took a second to look at her hand. It was covered in blood! She pulled off his jacket slowly and revealed the wound and the bullet hole. She gasped.
"Why didn't you tell me, Darien?" She asked as she began unbuttoning his white shirt. "I didn't want you to worry..." He hissed in pain as Serena began to take care of his wound the best she could. She ripped off a slightly big strip of his white shirt off so she could bandage him. "It's not the best, but it's going to have to do for now. We really need to get that bullet out." She said as he put his shirt back on. He decided to abandon his jacket and buttoned his shirt only halfway. She knew this wasn't the time to say it but he really did look good with only a half-buttoned shirt. She blushed a little.
It was a little while before they decided to step out of their hiding spot. "It seems like Allen gave up." Darien said as he pulled Serena out of the hiding spot and smiled at her. She smiled back. Darien gave her a funny look when her smile started fading. His brows furrowed and he stepped closer to her to ask her what was wrong when she screamed. "Look out Darien!" She said as he barely moved to dodge a punch from Allen.
"Do you really think I'd give up that easily?" He said as he raised the gun and pointed it at them. Darien put Serena behind him. He smirked. "That's fine. I'll kill the one she loves first, then you." He said as he cocked the gun again and was about to pull the trigger when suddenly, a fire extinguisher came down on his neck, knocking him out cold.
Both Serena and Darien looked up to see Melvin with his overly sized glasses and panting form standing over him with the fire extinguisher. "That...was for Molly..." He said as he looked up at the couple and smiled his dorky smile. Serena came out from behind Darien and picked up the gun, just in case he woke up. She gave a smile to Melvin. "That was a brave thing you did, Melvin. Molly would be proud." She said as he blushed. "Aww...it was nothing really!" He said as he accidently dropped the fire extinguisher on his foot. A fit of yowls could be heard from him three halls down. Serena and Darien laughed just as the S.W.A.T. team ran in and checked them to see if they were all right.
Serena gave the men the gun as evidence and Allen was unconsciously taken away and put in a holding facility. The paramedics cared for Darien's wound and removed the bullet outside of the hospital in an ambulance truck. As the S.W.A.T. team ran around the hospital and evacuated people from the building, Serena walked over to the truck Darien sat in.
"So, how's Molly?" He asked as she took a seat beside him. "She'll be fine. They removed the bullet and her arm is in a sling but she's fine. How about you?" She asked as she looked at him with concern. He smiled and looked at the ground. "I'm fine. I'm just glad you weren't hurt, or worse." He said as she smiled. "Darien, what you did for me today was completely..." He cut her off. "Idiotic, stupid, moronic? Come on Serena, I know you wanna say it." He said as he looked up at her, surprised to still see the smile on her face. She wrapped her arm around his right arm. "No, Heroic, romantic, sweet, caring, stupid yes, but it's fine because I know how much you really love me." She finished as she leaned up to kiss him. He took her lead and followed, leaning down to kiss her.
She stopped when she heard a tiny thud in between them. She looked down a saw a little black box. Serena gasped. 'Could that be?' She thought to herself as she picked up the box before Darien had the chance to. She opened it up and found a beautiful white diamond ring in the shape of two hearts. She looked at Darien and asked, almost completely stunned. "Is this...what I think it is?" She asked as he nodded and sighed. He got up from his seat and stood in front of her. "I was going to do this when we went to dinner tonight. It would've been more romantic but I guess I have no choice now." He said as he bent down on one knee before her and took her hand. He put the ring on it as he looked into her eyes.
"Serena, will you marry me?" He asked simply. Tears sprang to her eyes again. She wiped them away on her sleeve. "Yes, yes of course I'll marry you!" She said as she launched herself into his arms and kissed him passionately.
Four years later:
Darien sat at his computer in his office at home. It was Christmas Eave, four years later, and he was still a work-a-holic. His concentration was broken however by a tugging at his pant leg. He looked down to see a pink haired girl with the same hair style as Serena starring up at him with her young questionable eyes.
"Daddy, why do you have to work so much? Mommy said that it's not good for your health." She shrugged. "Oh well, Mommy can always play doctor on you like I do when my dollies are sick." She said cheerfully as she smiled up at her father while he blushed slightly. While his daughter had innocent intentions, his thoughts went elsewhere, to the night 3 Halloweens ago when Serena dressed up as a nurse and made him be her "patient." He smiled. 'That was probably the night that created Rini.' He thought to himself as he put his daughter in his lap and kissed her forehead. "Maybe she will, pumpkin." He said, keeping his dirty thoughts to himself. He then picked up Rini and put her onto his shoulders and walked out of the office towards the living room.
"Oh yeah? They have? Why didn't they beef up security when I was still around? Ugh, Mol, I'm so glad to be out of there and in this new hospital. The security there is great, the people I get are mostly nice and I get to work very close to..." She trailed off as someone lightly picked her up from behind and turned her around and kissed her. "Darien!" She yelled. He laughed. "You're so cute when you're angry." He said as he held her against him. Rini was behind her father, watching them.
"Hey Molly, I've gotta go spend time with my family alright? Love you too, bye." Serena said as she clicked the phone off. Darien smiled at her and leaned in for a kiss. Serena complied and not too soon after their lips touched, they heard an "Ewww" from their daughter. Serena broke the kiss and laughed. Darien smirked and put his hand on Serena's belly. "So, how much longer now?" He asked as she put her hand on his.
"Another few weeks I should say. I got checked out yesterday and they said that our daughter should be born a few days after new year's." She said smiling. Rini jumped up in an excited kind of way. "When do I get to meet her?" She asked excitedly. Serena smiled down at Rini. "Oh, in a week or so. Don't worry Rini, she's not hiding from you on purpose." She laughed as she felt a little kick. Darien felt it too and smiled down at Serena. "So, I have you, my family, my job. What else could I wish for?" He asked her and she smiled as he leaned down to kiss her again. "I don't know, but we'll see what time has in store for us!" She said as she leaned up and kissed him passionately. Rini watched her parents for only a moment and smiled. She decided to leave them alone about their gross kissing...this once...
Rini looked up at the Christmas tree and then at the ornament with all three of their names on it, like a family tree ornament. Rini smiled at it. 'Soon it'll be four and I'll finally have someone to play with!' She thought as she bounded off to her room.
Meanwhile, the couple was still in their passionate embrace, just as the first snow of Christmas began falling outside their house.
Yes! It's over! I hope you guys enjoyed it. And thank you guys for waiting so long for me to complete this story. I really appreciate all your reviews and I hope this chapter is really worthy of lots of reviews and good ones at that. Thank you for reading and reviewing!
Mackenzie