part 14
He lowered her gently, and helped her to lay down on the blankets he had placed on the floor to serve as a make shift bed. "It will all be ok soon, you'll see..Once they bring Sam to us we can all be together forever, the way it's supposed to be." he said as he sat beside her and gently kissed her brow.
"Ryan please...don't do this, it's not to late to give yourself up." she whispered hoarsely she had no strength left to fight him, her head pounded painfully and every move caused a wave of pain and dizziness so extreme that she couldn't tell which way her world was facing. "Please Ryan...If you love us you wouldn't want us to lose you, you wouldn't want your son to grow up knowing his father was dead." she pleaded gently, hoping she could win his trust, it may be the only chance for survival that she had.
"Shhh..It's all right don't be afraid, we'll all soon be together." he said stroking her hair.
"Maybe we could both walk out together, they wouldn't hurt you if I was beside you...Ryan let me help you..please?..There has to be another way, I could..."
"SHUT UP...JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP." He suddenly yelled leaping to his feet and brandishing the gun.
She winced and closed her eye's, he was becoming more unstable as time went be, she knew her time was limited he would kill her eventually there wasn't a doubt in her mind about that.
"We belong together, God created us for one another, he said you are mine and he is going to reunite us. They'll bring Sam to us and we'll be together...WHY THE HELL HAVEN"T THEY BROUGHT SAM TO US." he ranted, as he paced back and forwards. He looked at her and strode back towards her, before picking her up again.
She cried out as pain slammed into her body and her world spun once more.
"You tell them...Tell them to bring Sam." he said as he dragged her towards the window again.
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Nightwing watched from a distance as Batman approached the officer in charge and began discussing the situation with him. After a few moments, a clearly distraught man arrived and was quickly lead to the black clad vigilante and the police officer. It was soon apparent that the distraught man was the owner of the house, and by the hand gestures he was using Nightwing surmised that he was telling the other men about the layout of the house.
"That poor bastards family is stuck in there with that psycho as well." Arsenal said softly as he walked over and stood beside Nightwing.
"Looks that way."
"This can't go on Dick...That sick mongrel doesn't deserve to live."
"That's not your call to make Roy, you know that."
"I know...we can't be judge, jury and executioner...But sometimes playing by the rules sucks."
"We have to try, that's what sets us apart from them...from the low lives we have to deal with, we have lines we aren't prepared to cross..ideals that we refuse to betray."
"I agreed to one hour Dick...One hour and to hell with lines and ideals..."
"Roy..."
"No Dick...I won't let this happen...It can't happen, I won't lose her..."
"Roy you're talking about killing a man...Do you know what sort of impact that can have on you?..I know this bastard deserves it but don't you be the one that does it, don't take that weight on yourself, . Something like that could tear you apart, it's not easy for them..." Nightwing indicated the sharp shooters on the roof across the road, "but their trained for this, if it has to happen let the police handle it."
"They can't make a shot like that..I can. And yes, I do know what sort of impact it can have on me, I've been there...I've had to do it before."
Nightwing visibly paled, as he stared at the other man."You...you've killed?...When?..I mean you never told me...Why?" he stammered his usually calm demeanor slipping slightly.
Uncomfortable with his friends intense scrutiny, Arsenal looked away and stared at the ground. " Checkmate...It wasn't an office job you know." he mumbled.
"But...but you never told me." Nightwing repeated.
"I never told anyone, it's not something I want to talk abo...HEY, what's the Bat doing?"
The two heroes looked towards the house. While they had been focused on each other Batman had somehow made his way onto the roof of the building, and was carefully making his way towards the back of it.
"Making sure you don't have to wait that hour." Nightwing stated
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