"Alex!"
"I'm alright, I'm alright." Alex said. Jake helped her up. He noticed that the bullet just barely grazed her arm. She turned to the man. "Thank you."
"Don't thank me. If it were up to me, I would have let him shoot you. Just tell Carlos 'Querda me familia'." Before Alex could reply, the sound of a canister dropping obtained their attention.
"EVERYONE DOWN!" the man yelled. Both Alex and Jake recognized that voice.
"Donovan?" Jake asked.
"You two alright?" Donovan asked as he holstered his weapon and looked Alex over.
"I'll be better when I'm out of this hell hole." Alex commented. Donovan couldn't help but chuckle. While supporting one side, he and Jake, who supported Alex's other side, walked out of the prison.
Both Alex and Jake were sitting in the back of an ambulance. Alex's cut was sewed up and her arms were bandaged. "So what happened in there?" Donovan asked as he appeared beside the vehicle. Alex took a deep breath. Before she spoke however something caught her attention. A black car was sitting across the street. A man in a suit was holding the back door open. She knew the man.
"Jake'll tell you. I've gotta go."
"Where are you going?" Donovan asked.
"I have a date." Alex walked over and entered the car.
Carlos stood down below, petting a horse. Alex couldn't help but feel relieved. She owed him her life. She walked down the steps, slowly. When Alex reached the bottom, Carlos turned. He gave her a happy smile. Alex didn't say anything, just simply hugged him.
"I was so worried. Are you alright?" Carlos asked as he hugged her close to him. He was so worried. He had almost lost the one thing in his life that meant anything to him.
"Truth?" Alex asked. Carlos didn't say anything, just simply waited for her to answer. "I was so scared. When it first happened, I put up a fight and all, but it's hard to do when the man has a knife and you have nothing."
"What happened Alex?" Carlos asked as he hugged her tighter to him.
"One of the inmates stabbed me. Cut my arms pretty good too. He came back and ended up shooting at me but missed. Thanks to your guys. You're the reason I'm still alive." Alex began to cry.
"Shh. It's alright. You're safe with me. You'll always be safe with me."
Just then, the man who had brought Alex showed up. The plane's ready sir. The man had said.
"Where are you going?"
"Where we're going Alex. I want you to come with me. I can't stay here anymore. I've gotta sit on a beach and sort out this mess I call my life." Carlos said.
Alex gave him a sad smile, eyes begging to fill with tears. "I can't. I'm needed here. My team needs me. People need me. I can't... I'm sorry... Don't be mad."
Carlos cupped her face, "When you love someone you don't get mad. Disappointed maybe, but never mad. I understand. And, who knows. Maybe one day I'll be sitting on the beach and then I'll see a shadow of the most beautiful woman I know and turn around and you be standing there."
Alex began to cry, "I'll think of you every day. You sitting on the beach. You having a good time, and I'll smile every time I see it." They shared one last kiss before Alex turned around an left, tears streaming down her face.
And yeah. that's it. I hope those of you who read this enjoyed it.