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Chapter Fourteen: Help Please!
Aaron's POV
Aaron had to get them out of here, out of the city. He really didn't have much of a plan just to keep them alive. He confiscated a motorcycle and with the both of them on it, he took off down the streets. He wrapped Lily's arms around him and told her to hang on. He could see the assassin to his left bearing down on them. He couldn't see his eyes because he wore sunglasses, but he could almost see how cold and calculating he was. This was probably another government trained agent, much like him yet different. He had always been too emotional, to worried about others, that's what they had told him during his trainings. They had called it a flaw; he had always said he was hanging onto his humanity. That was one of the reasons he clung to Lily like he had. She was so human, and their persuader defiantly was not.
The chase continued through the streets as the assassin was gaining, Aaron suddenly made a sharp turn and he felt Lily start to slide off and give a frightened gasp. He reached behind him with one hand and pulled her back up, tightening her grip around him. He turned a few more shape corners only to find they were still being chased. The man was relentless. Then he heard Lily scream his name as there would be killer pulled a gun and started to fire. Shots were being fired above their head and they were entirely too close for comfort. Driving in and out of traffic was starting to become increasingly difficult and he had more than a near misses. They were now running parallel to the river and were still being stalked. The traffic had lessened and the assassin was able to pull up almost next to them. Aaron saw him pull his gun and as he fired, Aaron swerved sending the bike over the edge into the water. As they were falling, he heard Lily shout to him just as they hit the water. He tried to reach for Lily but couldn't find her and he panicked. He finally broke the surface under the bridge and quickly started to look around him for any sign of her. He didn't want the man on the bridge to locate him but he needed to find her. To his left he suddenly heard her break the surface. She seemed to sense his urgency because she tried not to make much noise. He swam over to her and pointed to a dock just on the other side of bridge. They made their way there quietly and continuously moderating the shore line. They hadn't seen any sign of the agent and pulled themselves up onto an empty dock. He checked Lily over from head to toe making sure that she was unharmed.
"Are you okay?" He asked her taking her face in his hands. She nodded her head and he pulled her up as they made their way up the dock. His plan was to find a boat that would take them from here. Maybe then they could hide out for a bit. He grabbed her hand and started to look up and down the dock for anything that would aid in their escape. They went to step off the dock when suddenly there he stood. Aaron stopped suddenly putting himself between the gun that he held and the love of his life. He heard a gunshot, felt himself jerk in response and to his surprise the assassin dropped to the ground, dead. Aaron did a quick turn around to see who fired the shot and found Lily behind him with a gun in her hand. She looked at him suddenly slightly shocked at what she had just done. A fisherman who had just docked when she took notice in the events that just had happened. That was when Lily spoke.
"I am really sick of people shooting at me!" This made Aaron smile a bit but that quickly turned to concern when the gun slipped from her fingers and he notice a red stain starting to seep through the fabric of her shirt on her left side. She had been shot and she crumpled to the ground. He rushed to her picking her up carefully, cradling her in his arms. He found her wound and pressed a hand to it to help control the bleeding. For the first time in his life he felt helpless and he didn't know how to help her. He felt tears form in the corner of his eyes.
"Come one sweetheart, stay with me. I can't lose you. Come on look at me." She was trying so hard to stay awake and she said to him.
'Hey, I'm not going anywhere" Her voice was barely a whisper.
Aaron suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe and he quickly looked around for someone when he remembered the fisherman on the dock. He caught the man's eyes with a pleading look.
"Help us, please. Help me save her, she's all I have."
Dun, dun, dun. An evil cliff hanger I know but don't worry all will be revealed very soon. Thanks to the reviewer who put this idea in my very active imagination. Thanks for all of the support!