AN: Here's the last chapter of this. Next Tuesday I will publish the first chapter of Degrassi Academy. I hope you all will read it and like it. :)
Disclaimer: Stephen Stohn owns Degrassi.
Everyone is shaking up at the fact Simpson is dead and Leo is on the loose. Half of the student population has fled, trying to get safety, but they never came back. Alli knows what happened; Leo has gotten to them. He killed them.
One by one, students are dropping dead. The gun shots are firing randomly and then, there are loud, piercing screams followed by them.
Alli was hiding in a classroom along with Clare, Dallas, Jenna, Connor, Becky, and Drew. Clare was sitting in the corner, alone. She was hugging her knees and crying to herself. Jenna was being comforted by Connor. He was hugging her and telling her about him wanting to take her to space, again. Drew was hugging and kissing Becky, telling her it was going to be okay. Dallas was comforting Alli. He was kissing her and letting her know that he wasn't going to let Leo get to her. She hoped Dallas was going to back up what he had said. He hoped that he didn't let Leo get to her.
"I have to get out of here," Clare whimpers as she rocks back and forth.
"Hey, Clare, are you okay?" Drew asks her.
"I need to get out of here," she mumbles as more tears slip down her face.
"We all do, Clare," Jenna says, her voice just as shaken up as Clare
"It's my fault; if I would have stayed with Leo—"
"He would have beaten you even worse," Clare says. "It's not your fault."
"I just—"
Allia, I killed one more of your precious friends. Come out and play or you'll make me very angry.
"I need to go or he'll kill some other people," Alli cries.
"Alli, if you go out there he will kill you!" Dallas yells.
"It's better than other people getting killed, Dallas! I don't want this to go on any longer. I—I have to go out there and get Leo to stop."
"I won't let you go, Alli," Dallas says in a hard tone. "I won't let Leo hurt you while I sit back and do nothing."
Alli opens her mouth to speak, but she's cut off by loud shooting and piercing screams. Alli flinches and sobs into Dallas' chest. She's scared for her life. If she doesn't do anything, then more people will get killed and it'll be her fault. If she did go out there and give herself to Leo, she would be hurt.
She knew what she had to do.
She had to go out there and sacrifice herself.
Alli couldn't sit in here and let those innocent people get hurt because of her.
She pushed herself off Dallas. She ignored everyone's protests. She ignored Dallas begging and pleading for her to stay. She took a deep breath and pushed the door open.
Alli took a shaky breath as she walked down the halls. Her heart was thudding against her chest and her body was trembling immensely. With each tiny step she took, her anxiety grew larger. She struggled to swallow the lump forming in her throat. With each step she took, she silently prayed. She prayed that she would make it out of here alive. She prayed that Leo wouldn't do much to her. She prayed Dallas and her friends would forgive her for the choice she had made.
She had to do it though.
She needed Leo to leave everyone alone.
"Allia," he called out when he spotted her. He said her name so thick with love. It made Alli want to gag as she stared at him. He held a gun tightly in his hand and his eyes were a little dark. He had a crazed look on his face and it scared Alli. She looked at his shirt which was splattered with blood.
Gulping, Alli took a step towards him. She forced a smile on her face, hoping that she could think of a quick plan to get Leo to surrender.
"Allia, I missed you, so much," he tells her while taking a step towards her. With each step he took, she had flashbacks.
She had flashbacks of him hitting me.
She had flashbacks of him hurting me.
She had flashbacks of him destroying me.
"Did you miss me?" he gritted out while wrapping his arms tightly around her.
Tears stared to pour down her face. She slowly wrapped her arms around him and closed her eyes. Alli allowed her eyes to travel downward and they widened at the gun he had tightly in his hand. His finger was on the trigger.
Was he going to kill her?
"Y—Yes," she croaked. "I missed you."
They pulled apart and Leo looked into her eyes. She flinched as he brought the gun to her face, caressing her with it. He cocked his head to the side, seeing the tears fall freely down her face. He leaned in and started to kiss her tears away—on both cheeks. Alli closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
She felt slimy.
She felt disgusting.
She felt weak.
She felt like she was going to throw up.
She was allowing Leo to kiss her. She hated feeling so weak and helpless whenever she was near him. She hated how she allowed him to let her get so weak.
"Good," he tells her. "I was wondering when you were going to come out and play. When I saw you coming down the halls, I knew right then that you love me. I knew that you could never let me go."
I said nothing. I allowed him to continue to talk.
"You know, we're going to leave town and get married, again. This time, we're going to get married in Paris. Remember how we met in Paris? Remember how you were so in love with me?"
I nodded my head. Although Leo sounded calm, his voice was full of craziness. He sounded insane.
He is insane!
"You're still in love with me, right?"
"No, she's not," I heard Dallas say. Alli's eyes popped open and she saw him walking down the halls. His hands were clenched into a fist and his jaw was tight. He stormed down the hall and stopped once he was a feet away from us. "She's in love with me."
"You?" Leo laughed. "You've been messing around behind my back?"
Leo turned Alli around so her back was facing his chest. She cried out once she felt the gun pointing at her back.
"Dallas, go away!" she cried out. "I—I belong with Leo."
Alli hated saying that. She hates to say that she belongs with him. She loves Dallas; she is sure of that. Dallas makes her feel alive and safe. He saved her from Leo, but she knows he can't do it again.
"You don't mean that, Alli," Dallas said, unaware of the gun jabbing his girlfriend in her back.
"I do mean it. I love Leo and I was just toying with your heart. My heart belongs with Leo."
"I don't believe you."
"Well, believe it, Dallas," Leo said angrily. "Allia is in love with me. I have two plane tickets to Paris in my pocket. We're going to fly there in a couple of hours and get married, again. This time it will be perfect. Right, Allia?"
He poked her with the gun and Alli cried out yes. She shuddered and mouthed to Dallas that Leo is pointing the gun to her back. Dallas furrowed his eyebrows, not understanding what he was saying. She mouthed it again and Dallas eyes widened.
The next thing happened so fast. Alli stomped Leo as hard as she can on his foot. He yelled out in pain, causing him to throw her body on the ground. Her body hit the floor with a cracking sound echoing behind it. Dallas went for Leo, attacking him and knocking him on the ground. The gun went sliding across the floor. Both guys wrestled around, punching each other.
From the corner of her eye, Alli saw people come out of the classroom. No one dared moved as they watched the scene.
Alli whimpered as she got up. She rolled over and struggled to stand on her wobbling legs. She tried to get the gun, but she fell back down. Her vision was blurry. It was fading in and out. She heard more fighting and grunting. The last thing she heard before she passed out was the gunshot, followed by the screaming from the students.
.
.
.
It was finally over. Dallas had managed to get the gun and he shot Leo.
Leo was dead.
When Alli woke up, the paramedics were wheeling her away. She looked around, feeling confused. She looked over to see Dallas climbing into the ambulance and sit beside her. He gripped her hand and held it to his lips, giving it a soft kiss.
"Wh—Where's Leo?"
"He's dead, Alli. I—I had to shoot him."
"It's over?"
"Yeah, it's over. He won't come back and hurt you ever again."
