Chapter 22
It felt inevitable that she was going to be killed. While most of the members of the room had cleared out, about ten had stayed behind to witness her demise. One of those was the girl she had met. Another was Portlyn. And of course, there was Nico.
"Wait!" Sonny yelled out, and the two men walking towards her with guns stopped.
Nico sighed, pressing his hand to his face. "What is it now?"
She looked at Portlyn, then back to him. "How did you fake your death so well?" The brunette asked softly, wishing to hear just one more answer.
"Well, Christina helped me out with that. Before this whole ordeal, we created copies of our bodies to go into. Then, when the time was right, she assisted in pulling us out of our previous bodies and into these. Once our first body died, it disappeared." He told her, shrugging as if it were no big deal.
She looked down, her shocked face muttering, "So that's how they did that."
With a flick of his hand, the men were coming back at her. "Listen," One man said. "You don't seem like too bad of a kid. So we'll make this nice and quick for you."
"Goodbye, world." The brunette whispered.
"Sonny! I'm here to save you!" A voice yelled out. The men with guns quickly turned to him, seeing their new target. Quickly, he raised his hands. "Oh shit."
Sonny's eyes flashed with disbelief, happiness, and then horror. "Damn it, Chad! You're an idiot!"
He shook his head. "Oh, I never knew being chivalrous was a bad thing, miss… " At the sight of the members in the room, he stopped in shock. "Is that Nico and Portlyn?"
The teen knew she would have facepalmed had she not been tied up. "They want to kill you."
"Good to know." Chad responded, nodding.
Nico smiled. "I never said I was going to kill you. You seem strong. You seem like you would make a good member of my nation. You could join me, if you'd like. I'm sure you wouldn't regret it!"
Chad lowered his arms. "And what would happen if I did?" He asked, pausing as if considering it.
"You and Sonny would live, of course. You would be a strong worker, and so would Sonny. It'd be a good life for you, filled with whatever you could possibly need." Nico announced. Portlyn smiled, looking a bit worried.
He nodded, understanding. "And what if I didn't?"
The leader chuckled. "Well, then you'd be as good as dead."
"Don't do it!" Sonny screamed, attempting to wriggle her way out of the chains.
But Chad didn't listen. "Okay. That sounds like a fair trade."
Smiling, Nico walked over to his new mate. "Welcome to a better world. As soon as you sign this contract, I'll let your girlfriend free."
But Chad shook his head. "Set her free first. Then we'll sign the contact together."
"Don't trust me?" Nico joked. Or at least, it sounded like he was joking.
The blonde chuckled. "You can never be too safe."
Swiftly, the guards unlatched her from the chains. She rubbed her wrists and glared at Chad. They let her go, and Sonny ran to hug him. "You're still an idiot." She muttered into his shirt.
Pulling away, he looked right into her eyes. "I'm not. You're safe."
Nico smirked, pulling out two papers. "Sign these. Now."
Chad and Sonny both read over the papers, making sure that nothing in it could warrant their death. Then, they both looked at the pens Nico had given them. "So, we'll be okay?" Sonny asked, her voice wavering a little bit.
"You'll be fine." Nico said smugly, watching Chad place his pen on the paper. Yet the signing was not allowed to finish, for six quick gunshots rang out through the room. The couple looked around just in time to see three people, two men and a woman, fall to the ground. And the culprit of this shooting was Portlyn herself.
At this time, Chad quickly pulled out both his and Sonny's guns, flipping them so that the triggers of the guns were held by his pinkies. Sonny stared at him for a moment, and then began snickering.
The two guards aimed their guns at both Portlyn and Chad, who both proceeded to shoot at the two. The guards moved quickly, but Portlyn and Chad moved just as fast. Sonny, unable to kill, backed away from the scene. Sure, she hated Nico's guts, and she hated him more now that he was just standing there, but she wasn't a murderer.
Now, the other three in the room had begun circling around Portlyn and Chad. Chad used one weapon to shoot an unarmed man in the head, but quickly got attacked by another man, pulling him to the ground. Using her limited amount of Taekwondo, Portlyn rammed into the man and shot him in the neck. Instantly, he fell to the ground.
"Why aren't you fighting?" Sonny asked Nico, who smugly smiled at her.
"Well, I don't see you fighting either. While I'm doing this because my followers would be devastated if I died, you're doing this because you're scared. While I know that if I die, my entire operation will be stopped, you're standing here because you don't want to kill."
Sonny growled at him. "Just you see." She whispered, before running towards the center of the room to join in the fight. The three remaining people had started to chase Chad and Portlyn around. Losing stamina, the two's shots began getting weak. They could barely dodge what was being fired at them, let alone accurately hit anyone. Still, they were a sight to be seen.
"Man, how do they do that?" Muttered Sonny, who was struggling to keep up. "I wish there was something I could do." Suddenly she came up with an idea. "Hey! You better watch out!" She yelled. The guards turned around to look at her, ceasing their fire. Chad took this opportunity to shoot them multiple times. They dropped so quickly Sonny almost tripped over them.
Chad struggled a smile. "Good job!" He yelled, ducking under large TV screens and leaping over tables. Portlyn would take a calmer approach, seeing as she was wearing a skirt, and go around things. At this time, the guard focused on taking down Chad, while Christina focused on Portlyn. With one lucky shot, Portlyn had hit Christina in the leg. Her multicoloured eyes flashed with pain.
Yet, she smiled. "If I'm going down, so are you." Christina said, quietly, shooting Portlyn in the chest. Instantly, Portlyn had fallen and was beginning to bleed out. So Chad ran up, shot the barely mobile Courtney once more, and continued through the sea of blood to his opponent.
Sonny had decided to retreat, walking over to the two bloodied girls and taking Portlyn's weapon. With this, Sonny started laughing once more. Both Nico and the guard looked over at her, confused, so Chad had just enough time to get a few shots in at the guard. He too dropped, adding to the mess of bodies.
"Why are you laughing?" Chad questioned, walking calmly over to her.
Her laughing halted. "You pull the trigger of a gun with your pinkies?"
Chad stood at her, staring in disbelief. "What's wrong with that?" He questioned. "It's just easier for me."
Sonny took this moment to laugh once more.
The two young men stared at her like she had two heads. "As usual, nobody knows what you're talking about." The blonde responded, shaking his head.
But Nico wasn't so pleased. "Are we done making references? I'd like to kill you as soon as I can."
"Somebody's getting impatient." Sonny told her boyfriend, who nodded.
"Oh yes, very impatient." The two were slowly inching closer and closer towards the teen, hoping he wouldn't notice. But he did, and pulled out his own gun.
Once more, an evil grin swept across his face. "I have you now." He said, the weapon gleaming in his hands. "You really thought you could stop me, didn't you? So naive. So foolish. Well, it can't be helped, can it?"
And during his monologue, something golden snuck up behind him, biting his arm. He jumped, looking around for this thing that had attacked him. Chad took this time to grab Sonny and pull her over to the villain.
"What are you doing?" Nico asked, suddenly aware that Sonny was right in front of him, and holding a gun to his face.
She just gave a sad little smile. "Killing you."
He sneered. "How do you think you can do that?"
"The path was set in stone." Sonny said while the blonde snuck up behind the evil mastermind. "You just had to follow it." Then with one shot to the head, and another to the heart, Chad killed Nico, his blood spilling out onto the polished floor.
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Well… that was violent. Did I do well on it? It took me three tries to get this chapter how I wanted it to be. The first time, I wrote it very poorly. The second time, I couldn't stand the way it ended. And this is my third try! I think my favourite line was the one about Nico's path being set in stone. Oh yeah, and did anyone get my reference in here? If you did, tell me! It's the same thing I referenced earlier on in this story.
I also think that this is the time to announce something. On December 31, 2011, I have decided I will be leaving the SWAC section of FanFiction. *hears booing sound* Yes, yes, I know, I don't really want to leave either. But, I have no inspiration whatsoever. Writing SWAC things are becoming increasingly harder, so I think it's time to go. I knew this was coming, but, well, I couldn't admit it. And I procrastinate. But who knows? Even though that will be my official leave, I may write a SWAC fic every now and then. :) And I will still be on FanFiction, so check out my writings for iCarly and various other things!
Disclaimer: And now we present a short play, presented by OneDream 2Dream!
Me: I am going to steal the SWAC rights!
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*after consulting Google*
Person: I told you it was illegal!
And that is why I don't have the rights to SWAC. Oh yes, and honest reviews would be appreciated! I would like to see what you all thought of this.