A/N.. I know it's short, but I just had to separate these two chapters. I just loooove the suspense... ;-) And don't worry, I figured out if it's going to be a tissue story or not...
Two loud gunshots echoed through the building while Sydney groggily opened her eyes. Almost immediately her leg felt like it was on fire. Looking around to get her bearings, she suddenly remembered what happened. She had knocked those two guys out, but... The other one, Anderson, he had shot her. As soon as the thought passed through her head, her leg proved it when hot stabs of pain went through it. Slowly coming to her feet, careful not to put any weight on her injured limb, she looked around. The two guys were still knocked out, but the other was gone. 'The gunshots!' Where had they come from? And as soon as she figured it out, the one who had fired them came out of the room with the metal door.
All of a sudden, everything clicked and Sydney felt overwhelmed with grief. Gage was in there... He- he had shot...
And then she lost it. It was like a black shroud was pulled over her eyes and she was acting on auto-pilot. Her gun was in her hands, and with one last look at the murdering bastard she aimed and fired. And kept firing... She kept firing the gun until she ran out of bullets, and even then she kept pulling the trigger.
Anderson had been surprised when he saw her and the shocked look was still on his face when he bonelessely fell to the ground.
Meanwhile...
Walker had finally managed to subdue the fourth guy when he heard the gunshots.
He took of on a run, knowing Sydney was in trouble. When he reached the ground floor he suddenly slammed into someone. Pulling his arm back to knock the guy out, his tense muscles relaxed when he saw who it was.
"Trivette"
"Yeah, so," Trivette said while looking at Walkers clenched fist, ready to strike, " happy to see me right?"
"We have to get down, Sydney's in trouble." Walker said, not wanting to waist any more time. The both started to run towards the basement.
The basement
Sydney released her gun and let it fall to the ground. She felt like she was in a daze. 'What if he really is in there?' She almost turned to get Walker first but decided to be strong as she turned towards the heavy metal door. She just had to know if he was in there...
END FLASHBACK...
The small whimpering sound brought her back to the present. That could be her partner lying there!
Limping as fast as she could she had almost reached the figure. She was now close enough to recognise the battered body.
"Oh God…"