Chapter 10- Into The Light And Away From The Shadows
It was not too long after that the sound of something like a door opened, followed by a loud startling gunshot and many screams of shear terror…
"What the fuck?!" both men sat up, hearts already pounding and eyes widened, anxiety racing through their veins within a single second.
"NO! DADDY!"
"GET THE FUCK OUT!"
"OH MY GOD!"
"STOP!"
"I would advise you guys to stay exactly where you are…" an almost growling deep voice spoke out loudly from outside.
"C'mon man!" Luke immediately said, ripping himself away from the bed, followed by Nick.
Both Luke and Nick ran out the door, stopping at the top of the staircase to look down at the brutal sight… and what could be worse than a certain someone arriving? Once again…
"Shit!" Luke and Nick cursed in unison.
The front door was wide open and inside stood… Of all people… Carver. Even worse, his companion, Troy was there too…
Carver… he had his large brown coat and a magnum. 44 grasped within his cold hand. Troy, in his camo attire, stood straight, his expression stern as he held up his AK-47 to the rest of the cabin group members…
But worse of all…
Sarah sat on her knees, screaming and flooding tears as she knelt beside her father…
Carlos… he was dead.
Pete, Rebecca and Alvin all had their hands up in surrender as they stood only metres away from the man himself… all three mourned. Rebecca wanted to comfort Sarah, or at least keep the teen away from the possible danger Carver or Troy could do at any moment… but she stayed. Stayed absolutely still…
"DADDY! WAKE UP, PLEASE!"
"Son of a bitch!"
"Oh God, please… Bill don't… please don't!"
Carver stood still also. He had his gun pointed towards Pete, then Rebecca, then Alvin, then Sarah. His expression was smug and proud…
"I didn't want to do that… but you left me no choice…" his raspy voice spoke, loud enough to echo the entire cabin.
His eyes then darted upwards to see two figures on top the staircase, waiting, not doing… Their expressions were gobsmacked… Nick's… well his face looks like he has just given up on life… all hope was now lost…
"Ah, Luke and Nick… it's great to see you…" Carver speaks slowly, slurring his words for added tension on the rest of the group… Meanwhile, Troy still has his eyes on each and every person in the tension filled room, the trigger being held firmly by his right pointer finger.
Slowly and carefully Luke speaks, being cautious of both Carver's and Troy's guns being pointed at him. Nick tries to stop his partner but the brunette carefully shrugs him off.
"Look, Carver… I'm going to come down and we're going to talk… okay? We can talk about this…" Luke stammers, anger lingering within his timid voice as he eyed the body of Carlos sprawled out across the wooden flooring. Sarah still grieved beside her father's dead body… but she wasn't what Luke and Nick had to think about right now at this moment…
"Luke, if only we could've just talked those few months ago… if only it could've been that easy…" Carver sarcastically comments. The corners of his mouth curved upwards, forming into a mocking smile.
"Don't you dare put this on us!" Rebecca hisses, hands still in the air while her face creased up in anger… wrath almost…
"Shut up!" Troy barks, now pointing his gun towards Rebecca's direction.
"Hey!" Alvin snaps towards the Troy, in which he just rolls his eyes.
"Now, now Alvin and Rebecca… don't cause a scene… we have lot's of catching up to do later…" Carver explains while smirking, however his eye was still fixed on Luke and Nick who were now slowly making their way down the wooden stairs.
"Now, where's Marie? Where is that pretty lady?" Carver questions, smirk still plastered onto his face.
Pete scowls at the mention of his sister in which Carver just chuckles.
Nick also felt saddened but more angry… well, furious really…
"FUCK YOU! JUST FUCK YOU!" Nick yells, making the decision to come storming down the stairs quickly. Luke tries to stop the black haired man but to no avail, Nick keeps storming forward.
Troy has now got his gun pointed at Nick, ready to shoot at any moment but Carver put's his hand up as a signal to stop.
He grins before continuing.
"Now Troy, don't hurt Nick… farm boy over here is broken… we can see it in his eyes…" Carver says mockingly, in which Nick breaths heavily in rage. Luke also is just as angry, now attempting to walk towards Carver himself.
Before anyone could attempt to make another move, Carver is quick to bring his magnum .44 back into sight… this time, he doesn't just aim… he shoots.
...
It was like every inch of life shattered inside of Nick's tender skin. His ears were ringing, his mind muddled beyond belief, but he still grieved… he still screamed and shouted until words weren't enough… He watched helplessly… he watched stunned as he fell…
The man he loved, fell… he clutched his chest and blinked heavily before his knees gave in, sending him to the ground… all he could think of was Nick… he wanted to see him. One. Last. Time…
"LUKE!"
"NO!"
"FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU!"
"SOMEBODY JUST KILL 'EM!"
"LUKE!"
Nick ran forward and grabbed Luke before he hit the ground. He cried, he screamed…
Everything became distorted, everything but Luke.
He held the injured and soon to be dying man in his arms upon his lap. Crimson blood soaked through what was once an orange sweater, leaving the brunette man choking for air as his chest became tighter...
"Please don't leave me Luke… please don't leave me!" Nick sobbed and begged as he watched the other man's brown eyes stare straight into his. He coughed up blood, making it almost impossible to speak. As Nick mourned, a single tear made it's way down Luke's face, his brown eyes full of desperation and something he never showed… fear.
"You're in pain Luke… you're in pain…" Nick sobbed loudly. His vision became blurred due to the tears; his hands shook violently as he held Luke's limp body within his arms.
The remaining group grieved, they shouted, they cried, they screamed…
Everything from then on happened so quickly... one minute they were here, the next,they were not...
Yet everything felt like eternity to Nick... Luke dying felt like millions of long, painful years... what if this was all a dream? A nightmare even?
Troy escorted the group outside into a blue van. On the way, Troy shot Pete in the knee as the older man protested and started to pick a fight… he had to then be practically carried by Alvin…
Sarah was silent… she made no sound, almost as if she was stunned silent…
She didn't want to move away from her father but Troy slapped her round the back of the head then forcefully dragged the raven-haired girl out while she whimpered and cried out to her silent father.
Rebecca and Alvin pleaded… but there was no hope…
"C'mon Nick… let's go home. As a family." Carver spoke from above the motionless Luke and the grieving Nick.
Nick stayed still, his eyes were fixed on Luke's unmoving one's…
He couldn't cry… he couldn't feel pain anymore. It was almost as if he had be numbed completely.
"I'll be out in a second…" Nick mumbled. He couldn't be angry anymore. He'd lost Luke just now… in his arms… he was tired, no more energy for anything…
"You better be…" Carver spoke hoarsely, turning on his heel and slowly making his way out of the cabin, walking past Carlos's unmoving corpse with ease.
"Luke…" Nick spoke in a cracked whisper.
He continued to hold the dead body of his partner in his arms firmly.
"Luke… I lost my mom. Then I had arguments with Pete… I did bad stuff to myself because I felt like it was my fault… you came to me, you stopped me by hurting yourself… we told each other we loved one another, and I loved you…" Nick spoke quietly, his voice nothing but a stutter of a whisper.
"and… this is how I repay you?" he continued.
Nick slowly bent down, placing a gentle kiss on top Luke's forehead. He then carefully used his fingers to close Luke's eyelids.
"I want you to sleep now… I want you to forget me, forget everything because you're in a better place now…"
"You didn't deserve this pain! I did! And now you're gone!" Nick now shouts, shaking Luke's fragile body within his already scarred arms.
Nick sniffles before looking over to a wooden cabinet, that was located next to the staircase…
The black haired man stands up, placing Luke's body gently on the ground. He then walks over to the cabinet before opening it up to reveal a fully loaded pistol…
He walked over to Luke before taking a seat next to where his body lay…
"I'm weak, Luke…"
"I cannot survive this pain any longer… I cannot survive without you here, so I'm going to see you! I'm going to see you again! Yeah, you can tell me how stupid I'm being but I will see you, and that's all I care about…" Nick whimpers, holding the pistol within his shaky hands.
"I will give up anything to be with you… even myself."
He took a deep breath before glancing over at Luke's body for the last time… it lay still. Blood soaked through the orange fabric… Eyes were closed and hair was a mess… But Nick loved him.
Seconds passed and just before Carver came through the door, he pushed it.
With his pointer finger, he applied pressure to the trigger, pointing the contraption towards his temple. Shakily he let go… shakily he let go before mouthing: "I'm sorry." into the cruel, bitter filled air...
Relief…
Sweet, sweet relief as he opened his drowsy eyes to see a figure…
"It's amazing to know what you would do for me…" the southern accent spoke.
"I loved you, I couldn't let go of a love so powerful…" the black haired man replied, sitting up to see his partner once again.
"Thanks man, I love you too…" Luke responded, a warm smile spread amongst his soft face.
Into the light and away from the shadows meant only one thing…
They were now immortal; strong enough to overcome pain that wouldn't even reach them in the first place…
The past doesn't scar both Luke and Nick anymore…
They were now free in another life where all that matters is love… Love and hope is now everything they had…
They were now into the light and away from the shadows…
This was…
Heaven.
And here my folks, is the end...
A sad ending for our beautiful characters we lost...
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