Chapter 20- Looking Down the Barrel Pt. 2
"Jared your nuts!" said Caraan looking at the gleaming gun.
"Please!" started Jared, "I have to do this!" He looked at the Volvo, "This is the only way to live!"
"No it isn't!" begged Caraan.
"Put the gun down and we will talk." said Mikey, Jared just looked at Mikey intensely and pulled the trigger. The bullet entered his leg and came out the other side, Mikey howled in pain. "What the hell is your problem?!" Mikey was on the ground gripping his bleeding leg. Jared turned to the Volvo again, and then he turned the gun towards Caraan.
"Get him up." ordered Jared. Caraan knew he wasn't playing around so she grabbed Mikey's arm and tugged him up, Mikey gave a little groan. "Now both of you get in the fucking car!" He motioned to the car again with his gun, Caraan hesitated. "Well go on!" He stared at Caraan with devilish eyes, "Or I will blow both your brains out."
Caraan reluctantly helped Mikey over to the car, she opened the door and slinked him inside. Mikey gave a little moan when his shot leg touched pleather. "It is okay, we are going to get out of this." said Caraan with a reassuring tone. Mikey nodded and slinked the rest of the way into the car. Caraan shut the door and turned to Jared, "Now what?"
"You get in the drivers seat." said Jared. His entire body was shaking.
Caraan slowly made her way to the driver's side door. She opened it and got in; Jared quickly jumped into the passenger seat and put the gun to her head. "Take the keys and start it up." said Jared. Caraan grabbed the keys and put them in the ignition, Jared never moved the gun. The car hummed to life and the headlights came on, now Caraan could hear the distant moan of police sirens.
"Now move this piece of shit!" said Jared. Caraan put the car in reverse and pulled out of the parking lot. She saw Jared had left the sleeping pills in the parking lot. She slowly pulled onto the road, disappointed and pessimistic.
"I can't believe it." muttered Caraan driving away from their only hope at survival. Jared had Caraan drive around town looking around for nothing, "What the hell are we doing?" asked Caraan eyes still focused on the road. Jared still had the barrel of the gun to her head.
"Nothing, your spending your last hours on Earth." said Jared.
"Why are you doing this?" asked Caraan.
"Because it is the only way for me to live." said Jared.
Mikey slowly pulled himself up, "Why can you only think about yourself?" asked Mikey. Jared turned red and pulled the gun away from Caraan's head to pistol whip Mikey into submission. Mikey's leg was oozing puss and blood and Jared pistol whipped it, "Ahhhhhhhhh! Fucker!" Mikey tried to punch Jared but Jared hit his knuckles with the pistol, he cried in pain.
Caraan saw the opening and swerved the car, Jared was thrown against the door and Caraan tired to push him out, "Get out!" yelled Caraan.
"Fuck you!" yelled Jared. He turned the gun to Caraan hand and pulled the trigger, two of Caraan's fingers were blown of instantly. She yelped in pain. "Stop the car!" yelled Jared. She slowly pressed on the break and parked the car. She pulled her mutilated hand up to her face sobbing.
"Why?" asked Caraan turning to Jared.
"I said get out!" said Jared. Jared reached over and opened the door and pushed Caraan out. She landed with a thud. Jared got out and pulled Mikey out and dragged him over to Caraan. "Okay Caraan get up." said Jared. Caraan was to busy looking at her hand crying.
"BITCH I SAID GET UP!" screamed Jared. Caraan slowly slinked up still holding her hand. "Now take Mikey and bring him into that alley." He pointed to a dark alley about twenty feet to the left. Caraan slowly pulled Mikey up with a sob and they all made there way into the alley. "Now walk." Caraan and Mikey walked down the alley with Jared following.
About three fourths of the way to the end of the alley Jared jumped in front of them and made them stop. "Now stay down." said Jared pointing at the ground. Caraan threw herself and Mikey against the ground the both gave a little grunt. "Now are you prepared to die?"
"Why are you doing this?" asked Caraan her eyes tearing up.
"Because I have to get rid of any witnesses!" said Jared.
"Witnesses to what!?" yelled Caraan now completely ignoring her hand.
"I caused Jenny, Laura and Sparky to die, you saw It." said Jared.
Just as Jared uttered those words Caraan saw into the past, she saw Jared push herself and Mikey into the line of fire and Sparky being sliced into many pieces. Then she saw Jared push Laura down and witness her be crushed by the falling tiles. Then she saw Jared kick the rep board and Jenny dropped the weight and it tore the head from her body. Then her visions kept going.
She saw flashing lights and Jared being released from prison. Then there was another flashback. She saw Jared he was about sixteen now he had a bloody knife in his hand. There were three bodies laid in front of him. He was shaking. She then saw what happened. Those people were passed out on drugs and Jared just randomly drove the knife into their bodies.
Caraan snapped out of her flashback and turned to Jared, "You sick freak!" Jared looked at her confused but still angry. "I saw you kill those three people!" Jared's eyes widened. "You killed them while they were passed out!" She turned to Mikey who was breathing heavy, "You kill on purpose, you're a murderer!"
"SHUT UP!" yelled Jared. He pulled the trigger twice; one hit Caraan in the chest and one bounced off a garbage can and hit something above Jared. It was to dark to see what it was. "I told you I am not going to die." There was a creak as Caraan looked up at Jared her heartbeat fading. "It is you Caraan!" He threw the gun down. "You're dead!"
There was another creak and suddenly the fire ladder swung down right towards Jared's head. The metal step on the fire escape ladder sliced right through Jared's face. Blood gushed down his face, Caraan was shocked. Half of Jared's head fell down in a steady stream of thick red blood. There was a splat as part of Jared's brain fell out of the top of his head. Jared's limp body fell to its knees and hit the pavement with a thud.
Caraan heard the sirens just as her heart stopped beating.