Sorry if it sucks I kinda rushed a bit...gah I apologize but plz leave a review m'kay? I rushed this cause I wanted the main plot to pick up!
5-Home Sweet Riot
"Kill them…"
A bead of sweat fell from his hairline and slid down his cheek at those words. Would he actually do it? With all these witnesses?
Zak swallowed a huge lump he hadn't realized had formed in his throat. There would be no witnesses…
"Fletcher no!" Zak shouted as the madman's minions brought out their guns. His eyes widened as he heard the gun shots go off, as people fell. Seeing a gap in the ground he quickly told Isabel to get out.
The girl nodded realizing that this was a no negotiation situation. and crawling she managed to get a good distance away before standing up and running out the door. She wouldn't abandon him, no she was simply getting backup.
Zak stood up and grabbed Fletcher by his jacket. "You son of a-" he was cut off as he felt a gun pressed to the back of his head.
"Step away from the Doctor," one man stated and Zak turned his head slightly, his hands slowly letting go of Fletcher and raising into the air.
"Heh, always good to hear from you Victor…" Zak gulped slightly. "Going to go through with it this time?"
"I allowed you to get away once Zak," the man stated gruffly. "Allowing it again is not an option. I regret it, in a way."
"Hey I hear you," Zak stated his arms slowly lowering a fraction. This guy was real easy to talk to, even though the subject they were talking about was Zak's death. "Can I get one request?" There was silence and Zak continued. "Stop killing these people, they have nothing to do with it."
"Fletcher the boy is right…" He heard Victor attempting to reason. The Doctor thought about it for a moment.
"No tricks?" he finally ground out. Zak nodded slowly and he waited hoping that the slaughter of the innocent would be stopped. Fletcher snapped and somehow above the screaming and the guns the whole group heard and immediately stopped the slaughter.
Zak sighed in relief, glad that the insane man had some form of reason left in him. His breath caught in his throat as he felt the barrel of the gun pressed deeper into his head.
"I will make it swift."
"Thanks, pal." Zak stated smiling weakly. Crud. The bad thing was, ah he didn't have a plan. Geoff could take over right? Geoff would be a pretty great leader. Zak found his breath shuttering out as he heard the click of the gun.
Then he felt another gun pressed to his chin. "You're feeling malicious today?" Zak questioned looking at Fletcher who pressed the gun none too gently against his chin. "Going to mutilate me?"
"Nothing personal, eh?" Fletcher smirked cocking the gun.
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Drew watched the carnage proceed and through a gap in the crowd watched as her boy grabbed at, what she could only guess, was the source of it all. She watched as he tensed, her own body tensing as well, when a man pressed his gun against her boy's head. She wanted to rush to his aid but something had her planted there. Where was Doc?!
His arms slowly traveled upwards in surrender, and she watched his narrowed eyes relax ever so slightly. "Heh, always good to hear from you Victor…" she heard him state and watched as his eyes slid to glance at the man. "Going through with it this time?"
Going through with what? Drew couldn't register at the moment and when she did her eyes grew wide in horror. So much so she only caught the last part of the other man's sentence.
"I regret it, in a way."
"Hey I hear you," She watched as his arms lowered slightly, despite the situation he was actually relaxing a bit. "Can I get one request?" There was a pause. "Stop killing these people, they have nothing to do with it."
She listened though the blood roared through her ears, as the man that had the gun pointed at her baby's head talked. The man with glasses scowled at something and stated something through gritted teeth to which Zak nodded. The next thing she heard made her breath hitch.
"I will make it swift." Her boy said something and let out a shuttering breath. Her eyes darkened in horror and anger when the man in front of her child pressed a gun, another gun! Against her baby boy's chin.
She could see the sweat trailing down his face. "You're feeling malicious today?" she heard him state his voice low. "Going to mutilate me?"
"Nothing personal, eh?" That's when she tore herself from the 'invisible' roots. Only to hear the guns go off, her heart leapt to her throat until she noticed that Zak was nowhere to be seen! She watched as the doctor's glasses fell to the floor. His brown eyes widened as a trail of blood oozed down his cheek, where the bullet had grazed and broke his glasses.
All of the men around him that were his screamed in agony, some clutching their legs others their feet, only Victor stood unharmed from the malicious gang's pain. His own charcoal eyes blinked a few times in shock.
"ZAK!" the doctor roared, and Drew stood flabbergasted, where was her child? She saw Doc rushing from the other side and looking upwards at something, she followed his gaze her own eyes widening in relief. There was Zak being held up by two winged children, children she could only guess were Temoria and Celestic in disguise.
"Hey Fletcher!" the boy called getting the madman's attention, Fletcher scowled deeply, cursing at Zak hotly. "I didn't have a plan, and I was going to allow you to take my life. But it seems the angels are on my side!"
With that Zak, Celestic, and Temoria disappeared leaving a enraged Doctor Fletcher cursing out his men and gathering them together before the whole congregation of black suited men limped or were carried out.
The injured wept over their misfortune, over their injured loved ones, some maybe even dead. Drew and Doc decided that were they were needed…was here. With hearts low at losing the track of their ever sly son again, the two quickly rushed to the aid of the injured.
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Zak's eyes widened when he realized that, well nothing was moving! Everything was standing stoic, he couldn't even hear anything! No beeping, no screaming, no sobbing, no breathing…
He gasped for air just to make sure he wasn't dead, he looked down to make sure he wasn't laying on the floor bleeding to death and that this him, wasn't just a ghost him. His head reeled at the thought of actually getting killed and leaving his crew, his family behind…
It made a bile rise up his throat and he barely heard someone calling his name, despite the silence. "Zak!"
He turned realizing that the voice's owner was in fact- The breath was knocked clean from his lungs as the figure latched on. Soft peach hair falling against his neck as Celestic latched onto his side, legs wrapped around the older boy's waist as Celestic clung on for dear life.
"Big brother!" He heard Temoria wail and his other side was impacted by a body. He almost flinched when he saw that sad look in her eyes, tears bubbling down her cheeks.
He leaned down drawing the two into his arms and giving them a big hug even Geoff couldn't beat. He listened, his heart slowly breaking as he heard Temoria trying to calm her sniffles. Gently he cupped the back of their heads and drew them even closer, the two youngest of their crew clinging to their leader for dear life.
"How'd you two get here?" He muttered after they finally drew away, though he stayed crouched down. "What's going on here?"
"Temoria did it!" Celestic pointed out, to which the blue haired girl blushed, golden eyes looking away in embarrassment.
"I-I was afraid we'd lose you…big brother…" she mumbled tears starting peak at her eyes again. "I just got really scared and I just stopped…time…" Zak ruffled her bangs and smiled widely.
"Well you saved me little Cheshire Kits!" He praised, before a devilish smirk washed over his features as he looked at Doctor Fletcher. He roamed around the 'good' doctor, the smirk never leaving his face before stopping. "Now let's see!" He stated fingers resting on his chin and his eyes half lidded, eye brows arched upwards ever so slightly.
He plucked the gun from the man's hand and tucked it into his belt. Walking over to Victor his smirk softened and he raised the arm with the gun, aiming steadily at the side of Fletcher's face. Whistling nonchalantly Zak went from every gang member and aimed their guns at each other's feet.
Temoria and Celestic sprouted wings, and lifted the boy into the air as they headed for the window, and in that moment time began to work on it's own again. Smirking Zak had them turn him around and he shouted out at the man before him, before disappearing from the window, Celestic and Temoria carrying him to the ground where he joined the rest of the group.
Isabella looked downright disheartened until her eyes rested on Zak. To which a surprising emotion came forth from the girl, anger. "Z-Zak…" she muttered, her eyes snapping from anger to sorrow. "Y-You m-moron!" Probably the meanest word that ever came from the brunette's lips.
She turned quickly, trying very hard not to cry anymore. Biting her lip she glanced at Zak, her brow furrowed, though it seemed hard for her to keep an angry face, especially around him.
Zak blushed a bit, and realized that well he screwed up. "Listen…I'm sorry," He began but clamped his mouth shut realizing that it wouldn't help.
"O-Of all the stupid s-stunts you and Geoff pull off s-sometimes," she sniffled, brow furrowed as she tried to stop crying. "This has to have been the stupidest! Y-You could hav-" She couldn't finish the sentence and her eyes snapped shut as her body shook. "I'm so selfish…I didn't care for a moment what happened to those people when you offered up your life for those strangers…I just didn't want you to die…"
Jena slowly drew the crying Isabella into her arms, to which her friend sobbed into her shoulder, her resolve to try and stop crying shattering around her.
Geoff and the others looked on, and Zak swallowed hard taking a tentative step forward. "Y-You're not selfish Iz," he murmured slowly drawing closer to her and Jena. "W-we're all we got, and in our group accepting complete strangers, worrying about them, can be hard I know. It's hard to trust Isabella but in that moment." His throat was suddenly dry as a memory tried to resurface but it was once again held at bay. "In that moment something tugged hard at me, and I imagined those innocent people as, as you guys, and even some very familiar people I didn't regonize..."
Gently he removed her from Jena and wrapped his own arms around her. "Iz…I love you y'know? We all do…" he murmured gently, adding the last part because he knew that Geoff would throw jests at him after all this was over with. He sure wished it'd end on a good note too. "And it's okay to be a little selfish, I mean you're real selfless when it comes to us. We're the most undeserving people."
"Y-You're not undeserving Z-Zak," Isabella murmured burying her face into his chest. He rubbed her back consolingly. "None of you are…you're m-my family and I love you guys…"
"Group hug!" Geoff suddenly chimed in, and the whole group even Lukas joined in. Zak and Iz being squished between the other Cheshire Cats. The two blinked a few times and blushed as they were pressed against one another, with a lot more contact than what the original hug held.
After being released the group headed out, giving one last look at the arcade, and calling in one of their pals to help out with the injured. It was good to have such great connections all over the world. And this one actually came from Lukas, seemed as if he had a heart within his body somewhere and Zak couldn't help but smile. Lukas smiled back suddenly and shocked Zak, he'd never really seen the guy give anyone a genuine smile before.
Zak just shook his head smirking a bit and leading the group away from the arcade. The guy was kind of becoming more than just another ally, he was becoming a part of the family.