Chapter 9
As Taylor sat watching her new family laugh and joke, a familiar feeling consumed her, she suddenly shivered, as a shudder she'd felt so many times before went through her, she began to feel uneasy,
As Taylor stood up, trying to shake these strange feelings away, Ryan approached her,
" hey you ok? Your looking a little pale" he asked , as he put his hand to her forehead.
"I'm fine, I just need to grab a glass of water" Taylor replied putting her best smile or mask on,
Ryan smiled and nodded and taylor left the room and made her way to the kitchen.
Taylor stood at the sink looking out through the window, it had got so late, and she hadn't even realised, but now as she was looking through the window all she could see, was everything covered in a thick blanket of darkness. The only light was that of the kitchen which was reflecting back at her, as a familiar face showed clearly from behind her, taylor shook her head, not wanting to know that her feelings were right, he was here! But he cant be, he's in jail right?
" I told you to watch your back" Scott almost hissed at her, and she could hear the venom in his voice so clearly.
Taylor took a deep breath and turned to face scott, trying her hardest not to be afraid,
"I'll scream" she whispered
"go ahead, you'll just make this more fun" he said as he pulled a gun from behind his back and pointed it at taylor.
Taylor let out a gasp at the very moment scott grabbed her hand, taking her breath away in shock, he slammed her into the kitchen table, where she fell landing on glasses and plates as they broke beneath her hands.
"now, I think its time for me to meet the rest of the family, don't you?" scott chuckled, he grabbed taylor by the hair before giving her a chance to speak or make a noise. He wrenched her off the table, blood oozing down her hands and dripping onto her crisp, white wedding dress, forcing her to walk down the hall, where he would do lord knows what to her family, she knew this was only the beginning.
Everyone was having a great time and scott had pretty much drifted to the back of Ryan's mind, until the door to the lounge opened.
Taylor stood in the doorway, and when everyone turned to her they all gasped and started speaking frantically at her,
"Taylor oh my god, what happened?" summer shouted as he ran to her best friend, then as taylor was pushed into he room everyone noticed scott, locking the door behind him.
"you son of a bitch" Ryan yelled as he started to lunge for scott.
Scott was grinning broadly as he pulled the gun out again and watched ryan and everyone else back down and cower.
This was it, they were all going to die, taylor had ever thought for one second that scott would hold her entire family hostage, poised to kill, that he could be this cruel.
The reality of the Cohen Atwood families situation started to sink in, they slowly retreated towards each other, scott pleased with himself, gloated at them all cowering together, before he turned to taylor, who was being held tightly in Ryan's embrace.
"I told you I'd get you" scott spat at taylor.
"listen jackass, you are nothing more than a bully, if you think you are going to get away with this you're wrong, and I'm going to sue you for everything, you creep" summer was venting, obviously on the verge of a rage blackout,
Seth chuckled nervously "erm.. Summer my loveā¦.." he began
But was conveniently cut off by again more summer " shut it Cohen, or do I have to kick your ass too?" she yelled before turning back to scott
" listen scott, I don't like you, I've never liked you, so if you don't let us out of this room right now, then I would have no problem going kid chino on your ass" summer folded her arms over her pregnant bump and grinned not believing for one second that scott really meant business.
Scott began to laugh, he turned to face taylor and shrugged his shoulders as if to ask ' is she for real' taylor looked around and everyone was relaxing slightly at Scott's jokey manner, however taylor knew this look real well, but before she could shout a warning to summer, scott lashed out with one hard thump across summers face.
Summer fell to the floor, and all the women, in the Cohen Atwood family rushed to her side.
That was all Seth needed, he knew he wasn't much, and almost nothing compared to scott, but no-one was going to hurt his wife or unborn child, he knew he had to try for summer's sake,
"I'll kill you" he shouted as he rushed at scott, but luckily frank and sandy managed to intercept him before scott or seth could do anything.
" any more heroes?" scott chuckled
No-one moved apart from seth, who was scowling at the over confident scott, seth sat down next to summer and pulled her close " I'm so sorry Cohen" she whispered, seth nodded his head as he pulled summer and parker in tighter.
"what do you want from us?" ryan shouted
"I told you before in court remember?" scott said slyly
"what are you talking about?" taylor screamed in frustration at Scott's games
"now, now taylor, I've told you many times before, if I couldn't have you then no-0ne would, and I. meant. Every. Word" scott said emplaning the last words, and creeping closer to taylor as he spoke.
" so please let everyone else go, if its me you want" taylor said pleadingly.
"where's the fun in that taylor, I want you to suffer the way I did when you had me sent down" scott said as he stroked taylors face.
" get your god dam hands off her" ryan exploded, as he pushed scott away from taylor, "you deserved everything you got" ryan shouted as he took his place in front of taylor and Jamie.
Scott pointed the gun at ryan " so you wanna be their big man, huh? You wanna be the hero, well come on then Atwood, show me what you got" you could see the craziness in Scott's eyes, he was ready to snap at any moment.
Scott clicked the safety latch off the gun " say goodbye to your husband Taylor" and just as he went to fire, the doorbell chimed making everyone jump.
" who the hell is that" scott asked as he looked towards the door
"you" he pointed the gun at ryan " answer it and no tricks, you do and I'll kill you on the spot, you hear me Atwood"
Ryan nodded and walked to the door that scott was unlocking.
As ryan approached the front door, he couldn't think of who it could be, all he could think of was getting a help message out in some way.
The door bell rang again, ryan looked back over his shoulder at scott who was lurking in the lounge doorway,
Slowly ryan turned and opened the front door.
"hey man" it was kelso " look, im sorry to interrupt your wedding night, but we left Chloe's teddy here earlier and she cant sleep without it"
Ryan couldn't of been more pleased to see kelso on his door step, this was it, kelso was his saviour,
Ryan put on a calm voice but inside he was anything but " I think its in the den, I'll just go get it" ryan walked off leaving kelso on the front step.
As ryan passed the lounge, scott flashed his gun as a warning ' no tricks'.
Ryan entered the den, which was filled with their wedding presents and started banging things around, he knew exactly where Chloe's teddy was as he'd put it there earlier, now he was looking for a pen and paper,
"you find it yet?" kelso shouted from the front door, he knew something was up, there is no way ryan would keep him outside, something wasn't right and kelso could feel it.
"got it!" ryan said running back towards kelso, with Chloe's teddy in one hand.
"thanks man I better be off" kelso took the bear and left, feeling awkward at there encounter.
Ryan closed the door and returned to his family and scott in the lounge, he prayed that it wouldn't be long until kelso found his message.
Kelso returned to his car and just sat there, he couldn't stop thinking about ryan, something isn't right he just knew it but he didn't know what and couldn't quite put his finger on it. He sighed and looked at Chloe's bear noticing something sticking out of the seam.
As he pulled it out he realised it was a note, his hands began to shake as he slowly opened it, and when he read the words fear engulfed him,
"scott here, has gun, get help!"
A few simple words but ryan had wrote enough for kelso to understand how serious this was.
Ryan went over to taylors side but just as he reached her scott turned his attention from ryan to Jamie.
He grabbed Jamie by the hair and pulled him from taylors embrace, all the while pointing the gun at taylor and ryan.
"please just kill me, leave my son alone" taylor screamed
Scott thrust Jamie at her, " here, have your son, one more cuddle and all" he smirked.
Taylor cuddled him in and could feel his whole body quivering beneath her.
Ryan looked around his family ' come on kelso, where's the help' he thought.
Kelso had gotten out of his car, trying to think things through, the police were on their way, but they were going to be too late, scott is unstable, he had to do something and he had to do it now.
He ducked back into his car and opened the glove compartment and there it was all shiny and black glistening under the street light.
He pulled it out and clicked the safety off. He suddenly felt nervous as he remembered the reason why he'd bought this gun originally.
Flash back
"kelso you can't" Quinn cried out,
"but Quinn, he's hurt you too many times" kelso shouted causing Quinn to flinch, he noticed this straight away and started to stroke her face to calm the situation down.
But the problem was kelso was anything but calm, for years Quinn's step father had beat her, and now Quinn was pregnant, the beatings seemed to get worse.
" Quinn look at your face" kelso said, and Quinn turned to the mirror,
"but I cant lose you kelso" she whispered
" you won't" he replied,
Kelso left Quinn's side and took the safety off, and he left the room to find her step father, where a violent fight broke out until kelso got arrested and charged for assault.
End flashback
Kelso had never got the chance to use his gun before but now he would get his chance and even though scott deserved it, kelso was sick to the core.
He entered through ryan and taylors kitchen, shaking with nerves and adrenaline, he walked slowly and quietly testing and checking each room, when finally he reached the last door, the lounge. Nerves engulfed him freezing him on the spot, nothing could be heard apart from the muffled voices on the other side of the door.
Ryan stood with taylor and Jamie protectively taking them in his arms as scott twirled his gun.
"now! Who's first?" scott asked himself
Ryan stepped forward "me!" he said confidently.
"no" taylor cried as she reached towards ryan.
"taylor, its ok, I love you" ryan looked into taylors eyes as her tears began to spill, " I love you both" he said as Jamie looked up.
Ryan turned to face scott,
"you know ryan, I'm going to enjoy this" scott laughed,
The noise of a shot being fired from a gun made everyone jump and scream, taylor looked across at ryan who was now laying on the floor.
No-one dared to move as scott looked at each one of them,
" who's next?" he asked grinning
The Cohen Atwood family looked at each other, their faces white, they knew scott was unstable but they never dreamed he would actually follow this through. And now they were all going to die.
"YOU" scott shouted at Jamie as he pointed the gun at him,
"NOOOOOO" screamed taylor as another ear piercing shot thundered through the room.
Everyone looked at Jamie, waiting for him to fall or collapse to the floor but nothing happened,
Taylor rushed to her son, checking him everywhere, "mummy, I'm not hurt" Jamie sobbed.
As Jamie said this, all eyes shot back to scott, he stood their a frozen expression on his face, frozen like a statue, until they noticed a bright red patch spreading across his white t-shirt.
Slowly scott fell to the floor, revealing a shaking kelso standing behind him gun still pointed and ready to be used again.
Before anyone could move, the police came bursting in, " drop your weapon!" they shouted at kelso, obviously presuming he was the hostage taker/shooter.
Kelso obeyed and dropped his gun and at that exact second four officers grabbed and pinned him down.
"no wait" shouted sandy, finally moving out of his stance, " he helped us, that's the guy you want, right there" he said as he pointed to the lifeless body of scott.
The police released kelso, where sandy quickly shook his hand, " thank you" sandy said full of gratitude.
Sandy turned round as the rest of his family started to move, they seemed dazed from the events, until an ambulance crew rushed in, they had forgotten that ryan had been shot too, in the shock they were in no-one had rushed to see if he was ok, now as the paramedics started to check him out, the realisation that he'd been shot sunk in with them all, and panic set in.
" oh my god, ryan" taylor cried, letting go of Jamie and rushing to his side, there was so much blood.
" miss please you have to step back" a officer said as he ushered her back,
Sandy, kelso, Kirsten, seth, summer, frank and Julie all crowded around, shell shocked, clinging onto each other in the hope that their, son, brother, husband and father would be ok.
Scott was dead that was a certainty, everyone was now free and safe from his crazed state, the police had cleared out, the paramedics were doing their best, and ryan was hanging on by a thread,
One question remained in taylors mind,
Will he survive
a/n ok as you gathered I will be doing a sequel, I hope you stick with me. If you have any ideas on how you think it should go let me know.
I already knew I wanted this ending, but now I have really got my work cut out for a sequel lol
Also I haven't said where ryan was shot so any ideas again let me know.
thank you to all my readers hope I've done the story justice and you've enjoyed reading it..
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