Ch 10.
I stare at Maxon with pure fear on my face. The alarm keeps going off, this is not a dream.
"We have to go" I say helping Maxon up as gently and as quickly as I can. When we finally approach the entrance in my room to the safe room we feel a cool air hit our backs.
"Where do you think your going?" A eerie voice asks.
Shit. Please not a rebel.
Me and Maxon spin both are heads around to see where the wind and voice Are coming from. And there stands a rebel.
"What are you doing here?" Maxon spats at him.
"What do you think" he says smirking and rolling his eyes.
"Y-you came in through my b- balcony?" I ask. Just then three more muscular men climb over the railing if my balcony, I can only assume there rebels.
"Just in time boys, they were about to run" the first one says.
"W-what are you going to do with us?" I ask scared to death.
"It's not what were going to do to you two" one of the men who just got here said. "It's what were going to do to you" he says pointing at me.
"M-me?" I say now even more scared.
"HER?!" Maxon shouts.
"Yep now lets get lover boy out of here so we can continue." The other one says. They walk over taking making away from me and he just grunts and quietly groans as they harshly haul him away. Knowing the condition of his back I know he can't put up much of a fight.
But it doesn't mean he doesn't try. When they approach the door he starts pushing and pulling and stepping on there feet. Screaming out in pain occasionally. After a while one pulls out a gun -loaded- and puts it against his head.
"Maxon no!" I yell running over taking the attention off of him. The rebels only chuckle and throw him down in a chair. One starts tying his arms behind his back as the other two come after me.
"Your a cute one, America, I might just have to keep you to myself." Ones says taking steps towards me as I take steps away, which just happen to be backwards. When he finally has me in a corner he says "but I can't do that, it's not part of the plan"
"P-plan? What plan?" I ask.
"Well, it wouldn't be much of a plan for us if we told you know would it?" He says
"No I suppose not" I say honestly
"And there's another thing your honest" he says. "Now are we going to do this the hard way or the easy way?" He asks
"Do what?" I ask confused.
"Your coming with us" he says
"The hell I am" i say. He slaps me hard across the face and I hear Maxon in the background screaming for them to let me go. Looking down I notice his legs are parted slightly which is keeping me held in the corner.
Taking my shot at the only chance of getting out I slam my foot hard into the area where the sun don't shine.
"You son of a bitch!" He screams at me grunting and backing up.
"That's my girl!" Maxon shouts
"Now just because I'm sick don't mean I ain't going to kick your ass" I say smirking and walking out of the corner I was just cornered in.
Suddenly something hits me in the back of my knees knocking me down. What the? I spin around to see the other two rebels and Maxon is now gaged.
"But you'll have to kick our asses too" one snickers.
"Ok" I say standing up and kicking the other in the abdomen hard. "Like that?" I ask smirking.
"You asshole I'm going to kill you" the unharmed one says
"You know you can't do that!" The one I kicked in groin says still quivering in pain on the ground.
"Your lucky" he says running over to me attempting to throw a punch but a garb his wrist and twist his arm behind his back and kick him into the nearest wall.
The one in which I kicked in the abdomen came up behind me attempting to throw a punch put I dodged and landed my fist on his jaw.
"Ok enough of this" I hear someone say and then a gun clicking. I spin around to see the one I kicked in the groin now recovered holding a loaded gun pointing it between me and helpless Maxon. I throw my arms up showing I surrender.
"Kneel down" he says not dropping the gun. I kneel down. I'm not risking Maxons life for mine. I feel the other two rebels take my arms and begin tying them behind my back. They pull me up and push me towards the balcony. I take one last glance at Maxon seeing him struggling desperately to get free to help me, but I know it won't be much use because of his back.
I gently mouth 'I love you' to him and I see his face sink even further nodding assuring me he does too, since he's still gaged. I then turn my head back for we have reached my balcony.
"Ok John and Pat you go down first and I'll follow after with her." The one holding my arms says pointing too the two muscular men. As one begins there way down I hear someone say from behind me
"Not so fast"
"What the?" One says and we all spin around to see Theo holding a loaded gun at them.
"Haha nice try kid but were not scared of you" one says holding up there gun
"Really? You should be" Theo says aiming the gun at his leg and pulling the trigger, he instantly lets out a cry of pain and drops his gun. I kick it away from the rebels as subtly as I can. Theo smiles and says
"Now let her go before I have to do it again" he says pointing his gun towards the now wounded rebel and then back at them. In a instant I'm let free and I don't understand why. I fall into Theo and he spins me around pulling out a knife and cutting my hands loose.
I quickly rub them, since there sore from the scratchy rope they were just in. I then pick up the gun and see them beginning to make there way to the edge. I run over to maxon and start to help him get loose. Once he is he stands up, I can see he regrets it instantly from the unimaginable pain he's feeling, but still spins around and embraces me.
"Oh your ok, I'm sorry I couldn't help"
"I didn't want you too' I say. " I should probably go see how Theo's doing." I say walking ashore distance over to my balcony
"Get out of here" Theo spits at them put they stand there still.
"We're not going anywhere without her" they say nodding there head my way.
"Don't make us have to shoot you guys to make you leave." Theo says
"Go ahead we won't" they say
"Ok" Theo says pointing his gun at one "damn for being rebels you ain't to smart" he says pulling the trigger and shooting them in the thigh. They fall to the ground in shrieks of pain. He points his gun to the next one but nothing happens when he pulls the trigger.
"What the hell?" He says "really? Only two bullets?" He says and the rebel just shrugs.
"America shoot him for me already will you?" Theo says
"Haha she ain't going to shoot me" he says chuckling darkly.
"What makes you say that?" I say shooting him in the leg.
When he falls to the ground in pain we all make a run for it, Theo helping Maxon walk.
"Theo"I say as we run towards a safe room, "how'd you know we needed help?"
"Well you weren't in the safe room and I couldn't let you guys get killed sooo" he says pausing to check if the coast Is clear before we continue. "I knocked a guard out and took his gun" he finishes.
"Thanks I rea..." I stop short as a rebel approaches us.
"Hello there" he says smiling and showing off his yellow teeth.
"We're not in the mood" I say holding up my gun.
"Oh I doubt your going to shoot me' he says
"Why does everyone keep saying that?" I ask before shooting him in the foot.
"Nice one" Maxon says.
"Maxon is there a room around this way?" Theo asks
"Yes just down the hall" Maxon answers weakly.
We run as quickly as we can down the hall until Maxon tells us to stop. We punch n the code Maxon gives us and soon enough a safe room opens. Theo shoves Maxon in and then lets me go in after and he follows as it closes behind him.
I ask him to sit on the other side so I take care of the wounds the "rebels" gave Maxon.
I take his shirt off slowly being careful not to reopen any wounds. When it's off I see he has five new wounds across his back.
"Maxon" I say before walking over and gathering the supplies I need to treat him. I clean out the wounds with his already blood-stained shirts and apply some medicine that'll help it heal quicker to it.
"Now this will sting a little" I say gently applying it.
When I finish I wrap him in bandages and help put him into his top shirt and suit coat.
"Maxon" I say as he slowly turns to me, "what happened"
"I got a slash for every word I said that he didn't like." He answers
"And what would those be?" I ask.
"I won't, I love her" he says before giving me a light peck on the lips. As he does I realize he meant me. King Clarkson must've been trying to get him to get rid of me. But he didn't, he stood up for us, he told him he loved me.
A/n
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DISCLAIMER: everything belongs to Keira Cass for owning and writing the selection trilogy. Also Taylor swift for songs and quotes I use. And now also Veronica Roth for Theo and the quote I used today.