"Nate…" She moved slightly towards him. He shot at the far curtain. Louisa and Mercedes, who had been huddled together, both hit the ground.
"Get down! Louisa yelled. She grabbed her ankle and pulled so she was on the ground with them.
"Nikki!" Both Tuck and Geoff yelled. They ran towards the stage. Geoff pulled out his gun.
"Shot her and I blow your ass to hell!"
"Why are you doing this?"
"Because you know what I did." Tuck moved closer. "Tuck, I will blow her fucking head off!"
"Nathan, please! Please don't do this." Mercedes cried. "I have a little girl at home. Please let us go!"
"We all have to much to live for in this room…" Louisa said.
"What's this about? What could I possibly know."
"You know…you know…" He muttered.
"I don't know anything…Nate, please…"
"You know…you know…"
"Nate…come on…I love you…you're my brother…" Nate grabbed her hair, dragged her towards him and to her feet.
"You tryna' be smart, bitch?"
"What?"
"Come'ere." He pulled her backstage, gun in her back, by her hair. "I know it's you, Cynthia." He whispered in her ear harshly from behind.
"What?" She breathed heavily. She had her hands wrapped around his fist full of her hair.
"You heard me." He pulled tighter. "You really should watch whom you confide in, Miss. Dixon. You never know who they really are."
"What? How?"
"You've found another one, Cyn. I don't take care of my mom, she's been dead for twenty-two years!" Cyn watched him over her shoulder.
"But you're using your powers for evil.
"What's all this nonsense about Nate not being her brother?"
Damien laughed. "You are a dumb bitch. Nate was adopted."
"Why are you going to shoot me?"
"You've changed the past, Cyn. I was just supposed to shoot you so that things were normal back here. Before you fool around and wind up not born." Cyn thought for a minuet, her heart pounding.
Then she did something brash and right out of a movie, S.I.N.G., from Miss Congeniality. Solar plexus Instep Nose Groin. But before she could get the groin, he back handed her. Hard. "Haven't you ever heard of the Grandfather Paradox?" She asked from the floor. "Let it be. Time will fix itself."
"If that we're true, could you come back and stop this murder? The Grandfather Paradox disproves the theory that you can stop this. Or you will die, and in turn, you never would have stopped this murder and she will live and you won't and then you won't save her she will die, you will be born and it will keep going and going."
"So killing me won't help."
"Yes it will."
"What?"
"It means that I won't see another you for the rest of this lifetime, past or not. I'll be rid of you."
"Wait. Who are Nate's parents?" Just then Tuck and Geoff backstage.
"Hello, brother." Damien said pointing the gun at Tucker.
"What the hell are you talking about, Watson?"
"I'm talking about I'm your brother, Tucker. Our father put me up for adoption because I'm black. You, were his golden child but I," He clicked the gun at himself. "I was the fucking mistake! He had me with the maid. Her fucking aunt!" Her pointed the gun at Cyn's head.
"What?"
"Get that gun away from her!"
"Why do you want to get rid of me so bad?"
"Because I'm in love with you!"
"What?" They all asked in unison.
"In every life I try and fail and I'm fucking sick of it!" He held her hair tighter. "You always get away and I almost fucking had you this time-"
"You're her cousin!" Damien glared at Geoff.
"I should just eliminate your ass now." Damien shot at Geoff just as Tucker shot him in the leg.