"Well.... that's not quite what I had in mind."
Brian's eyes widened and he felt like he had been stabbed in the chest by a million knives and they just got removed. He lowered Lisa's body and looked into her clear, bright eyes.
"Lisa! You're okay!?" Dominic exclaimed.
"What do you think, Einstein?" Lisa smiled at him. "I don't think I want to do that again."
"Let's hope you don't," Brian said quietly and hugged her. Then he spoke so quietly that only she could hear. "I am so glad you're okay."
"I feel a little dizzy though," Lisa said back.
"Well that's to be expected," Micheal breathed. "You're still losing a lot of blood."
Lisa looked around and saw a whole lot of people watching, not daring to get close to the, still burning, car. "What happened? All I remember is stopping to come back and set things right again."
"Well your car stopped," Brian said. "But you must have hit the noss and the whole car blew up."
Lisa tried to laugh, but it turned into a rusty cough.
"Come on," Brian said and lifted her in his arms. "Let's get you to the hospital."
Lisa sighed but didn't complain. She was tired. "Guys?"
They all looked at her.
"I'm really sorry," she said. "For all the trouble I've caused."
"Don't worry about it," Dominic said. "We'll see you later."
Brian carried Lisa down the road and she looked at him. "Have you been crying?"
Brian hesitated. "Yeah, we thought we lost you. And you're a little sister to me."
"And you're a big brother to me," Lisa said and leaned her head against his chest, closing her eyes. "Thank you so much, Brian."
Brian smiled. "I'm really sorry about everything I did to you last night," he said. "I didn't-"
Lisa put a hand over his mouth and opened her eyes, looking at him without lifting her head. "Forget about it. It's over now."
She took her hand away and closed her eyes again. Eventually, she fell asleep.
Lisa blinked open her eyes and saw a room full of her friends and cops. She sat up at once but winced in pain and held her stomach. "What are the cops doing here?" she asked.
"They know you robbed that store," Dominic replied.
"Damn it."
One officer looked at Brian before walking over to the bed Lisa was lying on. "Why did you rob that store?"
"Because I needed the money," Lisa replied, glaring at the cop. "Now go away and leave me alone."
The cop shook his head. "You're not getting out of this one. You're going to juvie when you recover."
Lisa glared at the cop. "I'll die before I go back to juvie!"
"You're going whether you like it or not." The officer stared at her while she was giving him the death glare.
Lisa stared at him for a few seconds more before spitting in his face.
The cop drew back and grabbed her by the shirt, looking ready to hit her. But Brian stepped forward and grabbed him in a threatening way. "Don't you dare hurt her!"
The cop let Lisa go and went to go wash his face.
Lisa smiled and watched him leave. "Bye!" she called after him.
"Lisa, why are you always stirring up trouble?" Brian asked her. "You have to go to juvie this time."
"But I don't want to go back to juvie!" Lisa said with a sad face.
Dominic looked at the two of them and then turned around, herding everybody out so they could talk alone.
"Lisa, I know you don't want to go back there," Brian said. "But because of the crimes you committed, you have to. No more running."
Lisa looked at him and hugged him tightly. "I can't go back. I won't last long in there."
"What are you talking about?"
"There's something I haven't told you guys. There's some kids there, they got put in there for shooting people dead on the streets. They're professional murderers. They swore that if I went back, they would kill me because I stirred up trouble with them. I can't go back there."
Brian stared at her. "And why did you stir up trouble?"
"Umm, I forgot why," Lisa said, still hugging him. "But I don't want to go back there. Please Brian, I can't go back."
"I'll try talking to the police," Brian said. "But they probably will still send you to juvie."
Lisa started shaking at the thought of meeting with her juvie 'friends' and getting into a life and death fight.
Brian hugged her. "I'll do what I can to keep you out of juvie. I promise."
"Thank you, Brian."
There was a knock at the door and a police officer came in. "Brian O'Conner. We need to talk to you."
Brian and Lisa broke their hug and Lisa watched her big brother leave the room.
Lisa's other friends came in, not including Dominic, and Vince didn't come either. She wondered why.
Vince was thrown against a dumpster and held by the shirt.
Dominic was glaring at him. "I said I was going to kill you for what you did to Lisa."
"Dude, this was last year! I didn't even know you were friends with her!" Vince said, trying to block Dominic's flying fist.
"Last year or not, she was still a young girl!" Dominic growled. "And the fact she was 14 last year!"
"Dominic just chill out brother!" Vince said. "I didn't mean nothing by it. I was drunk!"
"That's no excuse," Dominic said, punching Vince in the face over and over again until blood ran down from his mouth.
"You're letting Brian off the hook!"
"Brian is a brother to Lisa and she forgave him," Dominic said. "I'm not bringing it up again and cause more pain to her."
Vince kicked Dominic in the leg and had enough time to draw his gun. He pointed it at Dominic and he froze.
Vince shook his head with a smile. "You've really changed, Dom. You're not the guy you used to be."
"People change, Vince. You're not the same guy you used to be."
"I'm different now, I know." Vince smiled even more. "But just because we know one another doesn't mean I won't shoot you."
"Try it!"
Vince turned his head and saw a gun pointed right to his face, he froze solid.
"Put your gun down."
Vince did as he was told and he was punched square in the face, knocking his head against the dumpster.
Sara looked down at him with a smile. "Don't try and hurt my friends or I'll kill you before Dom gets the chance to."
Dominic looked at her. "What are you doing here? I thought you were with the others."
"I got worried about you," Sara replied and kicked Vince in the stomach a few times.
Dominic grabbed Sara and tried to stop her from literally killing Vince. "Okay, I think you've had enough fun now."
Sara sighed. "But it was really fun!" she said in a kid-like voice.
"Let's leave him here and go see Lisa," Dominic said and didn't let her go until she relaxed her muscles.
He turned her around and let her go.
"Just one more hit!" Sara said and turned and kicked Vince in the face. There was a loud crack and Sara felt Dominic's hands on her arms. "That's enough."
"Damn you bitch!" Vince growled. "You broke my nose!"
"Fuck you dickhead!" Sara snarled at him. "You're lucky as hell that Dom ain't letting me hurt you anymore!"
Even as she was talking, she was trying to get free of Dominic's grip. But she had no luck.
Dominic sighed and picked her up before carrying her out of the alley. Sara was kicking her legs around and throwing her arms everywhere, yelling at Dominic to put her down. When he shook his head she 'accidentally' hit him in the face.
He gave a growl and threw her over his shoulder. "Just settle down!"
"But I want to kill Vince!" Sara yelled, hitting Dominic in the back and trying to kick him in the face.
"Cut it out before I knock you out and drag you to Lisa's room," Dominic said, though Sara knew he wouldn't do it.
"You wouldn't!" She smiled. "You don't have the guts!"
"Oh really?" he said.
"Yep."
"Okay, you know me to well."
"Of course. You don't have the balls to knock me out anyway."
Dominic shrugged the shoulder she was over and she complained.
"Dom?"
"What is it?"
"PUT ME DOWN!" she yelled into his ear in a kid-like voice.
Dominic flinched because her voice was so high-pitched but he got kicked in the face by Sara's foot.
"Oops! Sorry! Didn't mean to do that!"
"I'm sure you didn't."
"Brian you do understand that Lisa has to, and will, go to juvie."
"But you don't understand!" Brian growled. "She could get killed if she has to go back."
"Why is that not a surprise," the head of police rolled his eyes.
"There are kids in there that want to kill her!" Brian said. "I thought cops were supposed to help people, not get kids like Lisa killed!"
"Lisa can handle herself!" the head of police growled. "She can live through explosions I'm sure she can survive two years in juvie."
"Two years?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Brian exclaimed. "Is this your way of saying you don't care if she gets killed!? You're practically sentencing her to death!"
"Brian you have to understand," the officer said. "She has to go to juvie because she committed so many crimes. What happens in juvie isn't our problem. Besides, what are the kids going to kill her with? A toilet seat?"
"They probably would at least try."
"Brian if you can't see past Lisa then you won't be able to be a cop anymore-"
"I don't care about being a cop anymore!" Brian stood up and faced the head of police. "I care about Lisa! She's going to get hurt in there and this will all rest on you! You know that!"
"Calm down Brian!"
"No I will not 'calm down'! You have no idea what she's been through! If you knew anything about what she's been through then you would probably know why she committed crimes. You would know why she ran away from home. You would know why she's in hospital right this very minute!!!!!!!!!"
"Brian, we're going to have no choice but to fire you."
"See if I care!" Brian turned around and started walking away. "I don't want to be a cop anymore! I only want Lisa to be safe."
Brian walked out of the room and left the police station after returning his badges. He went to his car and drove off towards the hospital to go visit Lisa again.
Lisa nearly laughed as she saw Dominic coming in the room with Sara over his shoulder, kicking her legs and punching him in the back. But he didn't seem to feel it. Either he was ignoring it or he went numb after a while.
Dominic placed Sara in a seat next to Lisa's bed and he went to get everybody some drinks. Before he walked out the door he looked at Jessie and Micheal. "Make sure this one doesn't get out of this room," he said, pointing to Sara, who was sitting there with her arms crossed, glaring at him.
Jessie and Micheal nodded and Dominic left.
In a few minutes, the door swung open and Lisa was happy to see Brian walking in. "What's wrong?" she asked, noticing he was just a little bit fumy.
"Nothing, forget about it," Brian said, trying his hardest to relax.
"Brian, I ain't gonna forget about it," Lisa said softly. "What happened at the station?"
"They're sending you to juvie," Brian said and sat down next to her bed. "I tried convincing the head of police but he says you have to go to juvie."
"For how long?" Lisa asked.
Brian was silent.
"Brian, how long?"
Brian mumbled the words and Lisa didn't catch it.
"Brian!" she said.
"Two years," he replied.
Lisa's whole body froze and felt like it completely shut down. "Two years?!?! I'm going to get killed in less than a week but I'm stuck in there for two fucking years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????"
"Lisa, I'm sorry," Brian said.
Lisa saw the door open and Sara trying to sneak out, Jessie and Micheal didn't notice.
"I thought I told you two to watch her!" Dominic said and pushed Sara back into the room, forcing her to sit back down.
"Meanie! I saved your life! You owe me!" Sara growled. "And to owe me, you need to let me kill Vince!"
"Not gonna happen!" Dominic said sternly.
"Your a bully," Sara murmured to herself and Dominic put his hand on her chin, lifting her head to make her look at him.
"Am I now?" he said.
"Yes," Sara said. "Don't look at me like that. You don't got the balls to hurt me."
Dominic sighed and sat down with Brian.
"Dom, sorry we were talking with Lisa and-"
"Shut up," Dominic said. "I ask you to do a simple task and I had to do your job. If Sara gets out there she's going to kill Vince."
"Why?" Lisa asked.
Dominic was silent, he didn't want to bring up the subject around Lisa.
Sara opened her mouth to speak but when Dominic shot a glance at her she shut it.
"Guys, tell me why she wants to kill Vince," Lisa complained, crossing her arms. "No one wants to tell me anything at the moment. It's either I did something wrong or you're all just being meanies."
Sara looked at Dominic, silently asking him if she could tell Lisa. He shook his head.
Sara shrugged, Dominic was on the other side of the room. "I want to kill Vince because of what he did-"
Dominic glared at her, but that wasn't what shut her up, it was the look she received from Brian. He was glaring at her as if to say. "Dominic might not have the balls to hurt you but if you bring up the subject again you're gone."
Sara flinched and looked away from him, she wasn't going to say anything now. "Can I go get some water, Dom?"
Dominic shrugged. "I'm not stopping you, but Jessie and Micheal go with you."
Sara's eyes flashed with annoyance but she nodded and left the room, the two boys following her.
"Why won't you guys let Sara tell me why she wanted to kill Vince?" Lisa asked Dominic and Brian, who were the only people left in the room.
"Don't worry about it," Dominic sighed.
Lisa looked at Brian, he still looked a little out of it. "Brian?" she said in a quiet voice. "What else happened at the station?"
"I got fired," Brian murmured.
Lisa's muscles tightened. "You got fired because of me, didn't you?"
Brian shook his head. "No. It's not your fault."
Lisa looked at her feet as she moved them back and forth with boredom. Yeah right you lousy liar! She thought.
Sara walked through the corridors with Jessie and Micheal, she was kind of thirsty, but getting some water wasn't her main idea.
"Are you okay, Sara?" Jessie asked. "You look a little tense."
Well duh! She thought. I'm about to run off on the both of you!
"I'm fine," Sara said calmly and they got to the drinking fountain. She had some water and looked around. She forced herself not to grin as she started her get away plan. Her eyes locked on nothing but a window. "Oh..... my....... gosh! It's Paris Hilton!"
Jessie and Micheal spun around and saw nothing but a window.
They turned back to Sara and saw her bolting down the corridor to the front entrance. "Later boys!" she called over her shoulder and ran through the front doors.
Jessie and Micheal freaked and ran back to Lisa's room. When they got there, they were panting and they were regretting telling Dominic.
"Where's Sara?" Lisa asked as they came in.
Dominic slowly turned his head to look at them.
Jessie looked at Dominic and kept his mouth shut.
"Sara.... tricked us, and ran off!" Micheal said.
Dominic stood up. "Then why didn't you two fucking idiots go AFTER HER?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"Sorry, Dom!" Micheal panted. "We thought we'd come here and tell you."
"Which way did she go when she left the hospital?" Dominic asked and mumbled to himself. "If you want something done you have to do it yourself."
"She turned left," Jessie said.
"Come on you two," Dominic grabbed them by the shirts and dragged them out. "Let's go get her before she causes too much damage to Vince."
Lisa and Brian watched the room empty out once again. "Why is Sara wanting to kill Vince?" Lisa asked Brian.
"...... Because he tried to kill Dominic....." Brian thought up quickly, he wasn't sure if that really happened but it was an excuse.
"Brian, please don't lie to me," Lisa said. "I want to know the truth."
"And let me guess, you won't shut up about it until you hear the truth?" Brian asked her.
Lisa shrugged and nodded. "Pretty much, yeah."
Brian sighed, he didn't want to bring up the subject, but Lisa asked him to tell her the truth. He had to. "She wants to kill Vince partly because he tried to kill Dom, but partly because of what he did to you last year."
Lisa didn't reply, she just looked at her stomach where there was bandages. "I should have guessed that," she said quietly.
"Now you see why we didn't want Sara to say anything?" Brian said. "I'm sorry-"
"Just..... don't worry about it okay, Brian," Lisa sighed. "It's over. It's done."
Brian looked at her, he regretted telling her now, she looked really upset.
"I'm sorry you got fired," Lisa said, changing the subject purposely.
"No, it's not your fault. I already told you that," Brian said. "It's nothing though. Forget about it."
"Okay, if you want me to."
Now Brian knew Lisa was upset. Usually she would not forget about it that easily.
"How am I going to survive juvie?" Lisa asked Brian, looking him in the eyes, tears forming. "The kids are going to try and kill me no matter what, and the police don't even seem to care."
"I don't know what you can do," Brian said, but then he had a thought. "But you still have to go through court. Maybe you could convince the judge and the jury to let you go free."
Sara looked behind her to check that her friends weren't following her, she had turned left and waited a few moments before running right. Meaning that if Dominic was to try and find her, he was going the wrong way for starters.
She felt the gun under her shirt, she would have been surprised if Dominic hadn't realized by now that he was missing something. But she was going to find Vince and kill him, she wasn't prepared to forgive him for anything. And at least she was able to swing her arms around without her shoulder hurting. The pain had finally started to go away.
She
nearly jumped as her phone unexpectedly started ringing. She looked
at it and saw Dominic's name. She answered it. "Yes?"
"Where's
my gun?" Dominic asked her.
"Uhh..... I didn't steal it I swear!" Sara said. "It was.... umm.... the magic pixies! Yeah that's it! The invisible magic pixies!"
"Yeah fucking right, Sara!" Dominic growled. "Where's my gun and where are you?"
"I'm right where I am," Sara said in a kids-voice. "And I told you, the magic pixies stole your gun, not me! No way! I don't have any reason at all to steal your gun."
"Oh, so the magic pixies want to kill Vince now?" Dominic asked sarcastically.
".....Yeah, that sounds about right."
"You're in so much trouble when we find you girl!"
"Well if you thought of being smart enough to turn right instead of left you probably would have seen me by now at Garden street."
"Why did you tell me where you were if you don't want us to find you?"
"Because I'm leaving there right this moment. Got to go, later."
Before Dominic could say anything else, Sara hung up on him and ran across the street, nearly getting run over quite a few times.
She ran up the street, now she had to get far away from Garden street and find Vince.
Dominic growled and put his phone away, looking at Jessie and Micheal.
They looked at him. "What?"
"We went the wrong way, for starters!" Dominic growled. "Let's go!"
Dominic and the two scared guys ran down the street and came to Garden street.
"Now, where would she have gone?" Dominic wondered to himself. He looked at the road and saw skid marks. But before he stepped onto the road, he heard a gunshot. "There she is. And she did steal my gun."
Dominic, Jessie and Micheal ran across the road when the traffic lights were red and they passed a small alley.
They stopped and stared at Sara and Vince holding guns to each other's heads, neither of them moving.
"Sara," Dominic said. "Did the magic pixies give you my gun?"
Sara looked to the corner of her eye. "Uhh..... this isn't your gun."
"Bullshit it's not," Dominic said and stepped towards them.
"Any further Dom and I'll shoot her head off," Vince said and Dominic stopped.
"You shoot, I shoot," Sara glared at him, spitting on the ground to show she wasn't afraid of him.
"Okay, why don't the both of you put the guns down?" Jessie suggested. "Then neither of you have to shoot."
Dominic looked at the two childish people holding the guns. "Who shot the gun before?"
"I did," Sara smiled. "Check out the back of his shoulder."
Dominic walked around and saw a whole lot of blood and a small hole in the shirt where the bullet would have been embedded. "Nice work."
"What!?!?!?" Sara exclaimed. "You're not-"
"Oh, you're still in trouble don't worry about that," Dominic said before she could finish her sentence.
"Damn it."
"It's over, Vince," Micheal said. "Just put the gun down"
"Her first," Vince said.
"We can't trust you," Dominic said. "You first."
"She'll shoot me!"
"No she won't," Dominic said, looking at Sara with a serious expression.
Sara sighed deeply. "Okay, I won't shoot him."
Vince slowly put the gun down on the ground and stood up again.
"Sara, put the gun down now," Jessie said.
Sara dropped the gun.
"There we go-"
Sara punched Vince in the face, knocking him to the ground.
Dominic sighed. "Sara, that's enough!"
Sara didn't listen, she was already on the ground, sitting on Vince's stomach, punching him in the face over and over again.
"Sara! That's enough!" Dominic growled fiercely, making Sara stop mid-punch and look at him. He was pretty pissed off now.
"He deserves this and you know it!" Sara growled.
"Leave him," Dominic growled back. "Whether he deserves it or not, you need to stop."
Sara cast a glance at Vince and got off of him, starting to walk out of the alley.
"And where are you going?" Dominic asked her.
"Wherever I'm going," Sara replied.
"Micheal," Dominic shouted and Micheal grabbed Sara and pulled her over to Dominic.
"Bastard!" Sara growled at Micheal.
Dominic took a deep breath and grabbed Sara by the shoulders. "Do you realize how much trouble you're causing here?!"
"No."
Dominic shook his head in frustration and turned around before he got really pissed off at her. "Come on, let's get out of here."
Vince got up and took off and Sara really wanted to catch him, but Dominic would growl at her again.
"Sara, let's go," Dominic growled. She shook her head and backed away from him.
Jessie sighed. "Looks like you're gonna have to carry her back, Dom."
"And get another numb back. Perfect."
Dominic, Jessie and Micheal stepped closer to Sara and boxed her in a corner.
