"Alright, Lisa, where is she?" Rick asked as he made his way to the top of Big Ben.
"She's dead, Rick I'm sorry" Lisa replied giving him a look that said she wasn't sorry at all.
As the words left her mouth, true or not, Rick could feel his heart breaking as the seconds went by, until he suddenly heard his name being called by a woman. He looked over to a few crates Ashley and Saron were hiding behind and gave them a look that asked if they called him, both shook their head no.
"Find her." he said, knowing he blew their cover. Saron and Ashley jumped out from behind the crates and searched all over the place for their dear friend.
"Well Rick, I never saw you as the type to get help." Lisa said looking at him smiling, "however it doesn't matter, even with help it will take you several minutes to find her and as you can see now it's already 11:59, she's dead."
Rick looked out the glass window and looked at the oversized clock, it was indeed 11:59 and within the next minute he would loose her, but he still refused to let Evy die in vain. Lisa pulled out a sword and drew it ready to fight until death, Rick, forgetting he lost his guns on the journey up, looked around for anything that could help him in this predicament and found a lead pipe.
"If I can't have you, nobody can." She said ready to fight and die.
"HAVE YOU FOUND HER!" he called over his shoulder to Saron.
"NO!" came Ashley's reply as Rick's lead pipe and Lisa's sword made contact.
"You think she's in the other side of this door?" Ashley asked trying to open it.
"Only one way to find out." Saron yelled kicking the door open and watching it fall to the floor.
"OH MY GOD! Evy!" Ashley screamed as her eyes fell on her friend lying motionless under Luke.
"GET THE HELL OFF OF HER!" Saron yelled tackling him to the floor and beating him with the gun she still had.
Ashley rushed past the two on the floor and over to Evy. She quickly covered her body the best she could with the rags that had once been a beautiful dress. Sitting on the edge of the bed and taking Evy in her arms, Ashley began to examine her, making sure she was alright.
"Did he touch her?" Saron asked jumping off of the floor looking down at the lifeless form of Luke.
"Touched, that was all; we got here just in time." Ashley lowered her head as tears formed in her eyes. "He almost…he almost…" but she couldn't find herself to finish the rest of the sentence.
"Stay here, I'm going to help Rick." Saron said leaving the room.
As she entered the area Rick and Lisa were fighting in she watched as the two exchanged blows and hits. Lisa, every so often, was trying to stab Rick. Then a loud gunshot was heard and Lisa fell to her knees, and then lay lifeless on the floor like her brother. Blood seeped out of the hole on her head and onto the floor.
"thanks." Rick said to Saron. "How is she?"
"Unconscious, she was almost raped."
"WHAT?" Rick said rushing over to the room and found Ashley sitting on the bed crying as Evy lay in her arms as mess. Her hair was messed up and she was covered in scraps, bruises and blood.
"I found something else." Ashley spoke up watching Rick examine Evy's condition.
"What?" he asked gently, not able to believe what had happened.
"We need an ambulance; she's bleeding from the back of her head." Rick quickly picked her up and took a look for himself and sure enough blood was coming out.
"Go, call one hurry." Saron ushered Ashley out of the room and down the stairs as she watched Rick cry over her best friend's body.
As Ashley reached the last step she found a phone and called the paramedics and within minutes the sirens could be heard piercing the night sky as they made their way to the clock tower.
"The ambulance is here." Saron spoke softly and followed Rick down the stairs as he carried Evy.
While walking down the steps as quickly as he could, Saron noticed something fall out of Rick's pocket and on to the ground, without him noticing it. She bent down and picked it up to find a small box resting in her hands. She quickly shoved it in her pocket and rushed back down the stairs.
"Ok, is anybody going to ride with her?" a paramedic asked once they had Evy in a stretcher.
"Yeah, her boyfriend." Saron spoke up motioning to Rick. He gave Saron a smile and climbed in the back of the vehicle with Evy.
"You sure that was smart?" Ashley asked as they walked to the car and watched as Lisa and Luke were brought out in body bags.
"Ask me if I care." Was all Saron said as they got in and drove towards the hospital.
can somebody out there, please be a doll and tell me how much a pound in England is worth in American money? i've never been and i would like to know for the next chapter, i tried looking it up and got really confused. i'm a Californian, Dude! and i get confused easily. thanks.