The suspense was killing you wasn't it?

Chapter 10

"It was very brave of you little boy to try and save your friend. But now neither of you are leaving," said Dan.

"Just leave us alone!" said Stan.

"I can't do that. I want my ransom money and since it will be too difficult to keep two hostages in this small apartment. I will have to kill one of you," said Dan and he prepared his hand gun.

The boys gasped in fear and they became extremely scared when Dan pointed his gun at Kyle. "No!" Stan cried and jumped in front of Kyle with his arms spread wide.

Before Kyle could protest to his best friend's actions Dan fired his gun. Time seemed to slow down for Kyle when he saw Stan scream, clutch his side in pain, and fall to the ground.

"Stan!" Kyle cried and was instantly at Stan side.

Just then police sirens could be heard from outside. Dan swore loudly and said angrily, "You called the police you little brat!"

He ran out of the room to deal with the police accidentally leaving the door open. At the moment Kyle could care less about escaping. All he was worried about was Stan. Kyle was kneeling down next to him slightly holding Stan's hand up with one hand.

Stan opened his eyes and looked up at Kyle who was beginning to have tears in his eyes. He was still clutching his injured side which was bleeding badly. "Kyle," Stan managed to whisper.

"Y-yeah Stan?" Kyle said trying not to cry.

"I-i'm sorry," he said weakly and closed his eyes.

"No! Stan!" Kyle yelled as Stan's body went limp.

A police officer heard Kyle and ran into the room to see Kyle sobbing over Stan with blood everywhere. The officer quickly called an ambulance and one arrived shortly thanks to the fact that a hospital was nearby.

Six hours later

Stan woke up to the sound of heart monitors. It took a minute for his eyes to adjust to the bright room but after a moment he realized he was in a hospital. He tried to sit up in his bed but felt a sharp pain in his side which caused him to flinch and lay back down. He turned his head and saw Kyle asleep in a chair next to him. He looked like he was having a bad dream. "Kyle?" said Stan.

Kyle gasped and woke up looking around frantically. Once he realized it was just a dream he calmed down and glanced next to him at Stan. He was shocked to see that his best friend was awake and smiling at him. "Stan!" Kyle shouted excitedly and climbed up on the hospital bed. Kyle tried to hug him but when he was causing Stan to flinch from his injury he stopped and apologized.

"What happened?" Stan asked.

Still smiling Kyle said, "Well you came to save me and Dan shot you trying to save me,".

"I remember that but what happened next?"

Kyle continued, "I thought you had died but the doctors said you just fainted from the fear of it all. Even though Dan shot you it wasn't a fatal injury".

Stan felt his sore bandaged side and commented, "It still hurt like hell".

Kyle gave small laugh and said, "Luckily a police officer was able to call an ambulance in time or you would have died from blood loss".

"What happened to the kidnapper?" Stan asked.

"Dan was killed by the police officers for trying to shoot them. It turns out that a some police were simply driving by when they heard the gunshot and went to investigate," Kyle explained.

"Well I defiantly learned something today," said Stan. "No matter how angry you get you should never wish for something you don't mean. You could end up really hurting the people you care about,".

"Yeah," Kyle agreed.

"I'm really glad I found you Kyle," said Stan.

"Me too and thanks for saving my life,' said Kyle.

"No problem dude just promise me you will never cut yourself or run away again".

Kyle smiled and said, "I promise".

A few days later Stan was released from the hospital and the two best friends were taken home. Kyle kept his promise and Stan never wished for anything bad again.

THE END

I'm pretty proud of the ending. Did you like it? I hope you did. I will be starting another story soon. See ya. :)