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"How dare you..." Daniel hissed. "I'm going to--"
"What?" Sara asked. "What are you going to do? Hit me? Let me tell you something, Danny, I've been hit before. I've been beaten to a bloody pulp before. What's going to make this time any different? I'm not scared of you, Danny, get that through your mind. This whole power-trip that you're going on is a waste. I'm not going to plant evidence or deliver any drugs, so you can shove this whole inferiority complex you have planned right up your ass."
Daniel growled, his hands balling into fists. Sara immediately regretted saying those words. She watched as he reached behind him and pulled something out of the back of his pants. Wondering what it was, she got her answer when she heard a gun cock. "I'm going to kill you..." Daniel growled. "Both of you! I'm going to slaughter both of you! And I'm saving your little boyfriend for last!"
"Nick, get inside," Sara said, backing up with him toward the door slowly.
"Sar, I have a gun, too..."
"Nick, get inside, now!" Sara yelled, propelling herself backwards so that they were both shoved inside. Once they were both inside she kicked the door shut and ran over to it, turning the lock and sliding the chain in place.
"Sara, what?" Nick asked.
"Nick...he has a gun, too. I know you do, but...a bullet travels faster than you think. One second you could have your gun cocked, and then the next you could feel something warm trickling down your chest.." Sara whispered.
"Sara, it's going to be okay," Nick said, walking over to her. "Trust me..." he told her, holding his arms out to her. Taking her into a gentle embrace, they both jumped and Sara let out a small scream when a bullet connected with the door. "Get down!" Nick yelled, shoving them both to the ground as the bullet entered through the door, hitting just above their heads.
"Nick!" Sara screamed. "What are we going to do?"
"Just...stay calm.." Nick said, though he really didn't know what they were going to do, either. "Do you have your gun?"
"Not with me.." Sara said. "It's...on my dresser.."
"Go get it," Nick told her, slowly pushing her toward the kitchen. "Keep your head down and run and get it," he said. "And then come back..." He watched as she looked up at him, arms and legs shaking. "It's going to be okay, Sar..." Nick told her. "Now go!"
Sara just nodded and crouched down, careful to stay out of view of the windows and other possible openings for bullets to travel through. Running into her room, she grabbed her gun from off her dresser and cocked it, watching as a shell casing fell onto the floor. Noting that it was out of bullets, she sighed and reached into her drawer, getting some ammunition to fill it with.
"Sara!" Nick yelled as another bullet went through the door. "Hurry!"
"I'm trying!" Sara called back, getting frustrated as she tried to load her gun. Grabbing the bullet she had from between her teeth, she quickly loaded it and then cocked it. Looking around her room, she spotted something and thought for a minute before making her decision.
"SARA!" Nick yelled, hiding behind the couch. "Come on!"
Sara quickly ran out of her room when she was finished with her gun in front of her, pointed at the floor. Running toward Nick, she looked up to see a window shattered, and her mind didn't fully register what was going on until it was too late. She froze, looking at her brother's form through the window frame. He had a sickening grin on his face as he held his gun in front of him, pointing it straight at her.
"SARA, MOVE!" Nick yelled, seeing this. He wasn't going to let her get hurt more than she already was, he had promised her!
Sara just stood frozen, her eyes widening as the sound of a bullet ripping through the air filled everyone's ears. She felt a burning sensation in her chest as she fell backwards, hitting the floor with a thud, her gun falling to the floor by her motionless hand.
"NO!" Nick yelled, running over to her. He fell flat on the floor when more bullets rang through the apartment. Covering his head with his hands, he looked over at Sara's motionless form laying on the floor. "Sar, come on.." Nick whispered, crawling toward her. She remained motionless. "Sar.." Nick whispered, starting to get teary-eyed. "Sar, come on, don't...no, you can't...you have to stay with me.." Nick told her, hearing sirens approaching.
"Shit!" Daniel cursed from outside. "Jace, come on, we're getting out of here!" Jace nodded and they quickly ran toward the car from before, jumping inside.
"Start it, man!" Jace yelled.
"I'm trying!" Daniel hissed. "It's not starting!"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'IT'S NOT STARTING'?"
"I MEAN IT'S NOT STARTING!" Daniel yelled.
"Sar...come on.." Nick whispered, crawling over to her and grabbing her hand, still staying on the floor just incase.
"LVPD, FREEZE!" Brass yelled once they had arrived at the apartment. With his gun drawn in front of him, he approached the car cautiously. "Get out with your hands on your head and drop your weapons!"
"Shit..." Daniel muttered.
"GET OUT OR I WILL SHOOT!" Brass yelled, Sofia appearing by his side.
Daniel and Jace just sighed, getting out of the car. Daniel threw his gun to the ground and officers immediately ran over to them both, slamming them against the hood of patrol cars and cuffing their hands into place behind their backs.
"This was a nice little stunt you pulled," Jace mumbled to Daniel.
"Shut the hell up, you sick freak," Daniel muttered as they were dragged off to patrol cars.
"It's clear," an officer said once they had ran around the perimeter of the building.
"Come on," Brass told Sofia, running over to Sara's apartment door. With their guns held in front of them, Brass kicked it down and ran inside, shining his flashlight around with his gun still in front of them. "Nick, Sara?" Brass asked. "Where are you two?"
"O-Over here.." Nick whispered.
Brass quickly ran over to them, holstering his gun. "Nick...? What's going on..?"
Nick was sitting on the floor with his back slouched over. He held Sara in his arms, holding her against his chest tightly as he sobbed quietly. "Jim...he shot her," he whispered. "I wasn't...able to..protect her..."
Brass sighed, looking down at Sara. And then noticing something, he blinked. "Nick...she's wearing her vest..."
"No...Jim, she's gone...look at her, she's so pale, she's not moving..."
"Nick...there's no blood, look...she's wearing her kevlar vest..."
"Huh..?" Nick finally asked, sniffling. Looking down at Sara, he noticed the black vest she was wearing and saw how the bullet impacted her chest, leaving a dent in the hard metal.
"Ugh..." Sara groaned, squeezing her eyes tightly shut.
"S-Sar..?" Nick asked, wiping his tears away.
"God..." Sara mumbled, cracking an eye open. "That hurt..."
"Sar...? Are...you okay?" Nick asked.
"Yeah...I'm fine," Sara said, slowly sitting up. "It's going to leave a nasty bruise, but I'm fine..."
Nick just wailed, throwing his arms around her tightly, burying his face in the crook of her neck as he cried. "I was so scared!" he said. "I thought you were gone!"
"No...Nick," Sara said with a smile. "You can't get rid of me that easily...but...you're...crushing me.." she told him.
"Right! Sorry..." Nick said, letting go of her. Looking down at her, he smiled again. "Don't ever scare me like that again..."
"Sorry..." Sara said, reaching up and brushing one of his tears away with the tip of her finger.
"Don't...sweat it.." Nick said, just then noticing the close proximity between the two of them. "..Sar...I-" And then before Nick could say anything else, Sara had closed the small space between the two of them, pressing her lips against his. Nick's eyes widened, he himself still taken aback momentarily by the gesture, but he slowly closed his eyes and returned the kiss.
"Nick, Sara, there's an ambulance outsi--" Brass cut Sofia off when she was in mid-sentence, slowly shoving her out of the apartment. "Jim, what are you doing?" Sofia asked.
"You're interrupting," Brass told her, pointing to the two of them inside.
"What?" Sofia asked, poking her head back inside. "Oh...oh..." Sofia said with a smile, poking her head outside again. "I see."
"You're never going to be alone, Sara.." Nick told her, holding onto her tightly. "I promise...never again..."
"Thank you, Nick..." Sara told him.
"You're welcome," Nick replied. "Sara...I..love you..."
Sara just smiled. "I love you, too, Nick."