LINGER
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Chapter 12:
The first thing Greg saw upon entering the house was darkness. There was nothing to suggest that anyone had been inside here for a good while. "Elicia! Sara!" he called out the open door drawing Greg's attention.
"Daddy!" he could hear her voice from inside and slowly approached, easing the door open.
He walked in to find Shane holding Elicia back, Sara still on the ground several feet away, attempting to move. "What did you do to them?" he asked, his voice deep and concerned for the safety of those he loved.
Shane grinned. "Nothing." he replied, but he chambered another bullet, aiming at Sara but still holding the little girl. "Yet."
He took a step closer, the gun turned on him. "Don't move." Shane growled.
"Okay." Greg nodded, stopping. "What do you want?"
He laughed. "I don't want anything. Except to watch you suffer."
Greg glared at the man, Elicia was still squirming and he watched as she bit down on her captor's arm, effectively getting out of his grip.
"Elicia!" Greg cried, reaching for the girl as she ran from Shane.
The chambered bullet exited the gun and the events following occurred in what seemed like slow motion.
There was an ear-splitting scream as Elicia landed in Greg's arms. He watched as Sara somehow managed to get enough strength, despite the now obvious wound to her leg, to tackle Shane, who fell to the ground, his gun knocked across the floor. The problem being that Sara wasn't getting up. Elicia clung to his chest and had no intention of letting go anytime in the near future.
The next thing he knew a vast amount of people were in the room. Brass was dragging Shane out. SWAT was clearing the house, and a paramedic had pulled Elicia away from him to be checked. Sara was also trapped in the chaos .
"You okay?" Brass asked him, approaching.
He nodded, his eyes focused on the ambulance a few yards away. "I couldn't protect them."
Bras sighed. "What happened in there?"
Greg choked back tears. "I walked in. Sara was on the ground, Shane was holding Elicia away. We talked, for all of thirty seconds. Elicia bit him, ran, Sara dove on top of him, the gun went off. Then... it all happened so fast." he said, letting the tears fall now.
"Hey," one of the medics called to him. "Are you riding?"
Greg nodded, jogging toward the awaiting vehicle and climbing in the back. Elicia was there, too. He reached over and pulled her into his arms. "It'll be okay, baby." he whispered, hoping that would be true.
He looked over at Sara, the steady 'beep' of the EKG machine was the only thing that told him she was still breathing, for she wasn't moving as they started for the hospital, quite a ways away.
Again, my insanely evil ways tell me to stop there. I couldn't resist injuring someone... I'll update again soon! Keep reviewing! And I chose to re-do this chapter, it wasn't working out the way I wanted with Elicia injured so, yeah.
