Love Struck
Chapter 49 - Let It Go
Shadow's POV
I was forced to leave Amy's side to go and finish up an old problem. I'm happy he's finally ready to talk about what happened.
I slowly stopped in front of his door and Knocked.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
I waited as I heard him approach.
He slowly opened the door with his one good hand by the look of it.
He smiled when he saw it was me.
"Glad you could make it Shadow." He stated.
I slowly walked in.
"I wouldn't leave you hanging after what you went through. I'm just surprise it took so long for you to want to talk about it." I replied.
Carl lowered his head as he shut the door.
"You ok?" I asked as he clutched his hand.
He looked unstable.
He slowly locked the door.
I noticed something wasn't right.
"Why did you lock it?" I asked in suspicion.
He looked into my eyes. His eyes were twitching in slow pulses.
He finally replied.
"After all that has happened I think its for the best to make sure we are safe."
I slowly relaxed as he approached me.
"Please take a seat." He said as he pointed at the table.
I obeyed and took my seat as he lowered his crutches.
He positioned himself in the seat across from me and we stared at each other.
He put both his hands on the table as I took my care to stay calm. I have a feeling something is wrong with him.
He stared into my soul with his brown eyes.
"You look worried." Stated Carl.
"There is a lot going on right now is all." I replied.
Carl lowered his head.
"Shadow?" He said softly.
I leaned in to hear him.
"What?" I asked.
He slowly looked up.
"What is love?" He asked.
My eyes widened at the strange question.
"Ahhh…!" He cut me off by offering me his hand.
I was shocked and caught off guard as he reached for me.
I remained still and as his hand came in I opened up allowing his fingers to grip mine.
We stared at each other as a tear rolled down his cheek.
"What is it?" He asked through his sadness.
I hesitated.
"I know your with Amy and Ghost is with Dove." He stated.
My eyes widened.
"How?!" I asked shocked.
He didn't answer me he just went to his next question.
"How do you know that you loved someone?" He asked.
"Loved? You mean use to?" I asked.
He nodded slowly.
I slowly came out with this.
"Well, you'll see that when that person looks at you you'll find yourself in a state of confusion."
Carl looked at me.
"Confusion?" He questioned.
I nodded and replied.
"You realize something went wrong and you might have had the chance to make it right in hopes of staying together."
Carl stared at me mesmerized in my thoughts about the subject.
"How do you make it right?" He asked.
I gave him a confused look.
"Well…it all depends on what happened to originally cause the problem for you to leave each other." I replied.
"What are some?" He asked.
I quickly came up with a few answers.
"It could be maybe one of you cheated on the other, or maybe something happened that changed the others input on what you are like, or it could be something simple like checking her text messages without asking her first. It all depends."
"What about a crime? Could that cause someone to want to leave you?" He asked.
I looked at him carefully.
"Well yes. Why?" I asked.
Carl slowly looked away.
"Maybe that's why their gone." He said to himself.
"Who?" I asked.
He began to cry heavily as he turned into my eyes.
"My mom…my dad…my two sisters and my only brother." He replied.
His hand tightened in mine.
He was hurting me.
He began to cry really badly.
I quickly took my other hand and put it on the side of his arm.
"Calm down Carl, it's ok." I stated trying to stop his sadness.
He slowly looked back at me.
"It's not ok Shadow." He stated.
"Why not?" I asked worried.
Carl slowly stood up.
"Come." He said as he went for the door.
I followed as my hand hurt from his grip.
He slowly took me to the roof of the building. Outside were a bunch of solders working on the roof. They all looked as we walked out. Most of the men were from Zulu 2-7.
Carl walked to about the center of the roof and turned with me in his hand.
He slowly took off a gold necklace he held around his neck.
I stared at it as the workers stopped to listen in.
"My mom and dad gave this." He stated.
"It's beautiful." I replied.
"My mom said it was a good luck charm from them. I was to wear it forever." He stated.
He slowly opened it up.
I saw that there was no picture.
I didn't want to say it but he knew I was curious all ready.
"It was burned." He stated.
I stared at it.
"How?" I asked.
He just went to another subject.
"I lost my family. I killed them." He stated.
My eyes widened as I realized he still held my hand. He held it tighter.
"What!?" I asked.
"My sister went first. She was whore and only sixteen." He stated.
I listened in fear as he continued.
"One night she finished with a man in his truck and as she went for her pay the man refused. She screamed and the man pulled a gun. I was on my way to get milk for dinner when I heard him shoot her." He stated with a smile.
I was getting scared myself.
"The man pushed her out of the car and left her in the alley. I found her screaming and I saw what she had done. She had his…all over her and I knew what it was. I was mad at her. I screamed and yelled as she bleed out crying. I was mad and she died as I was still screaming at her corpse. A man dragged me away because I wouldn't stop. I could have saved her but all I did was yell. I was like mother. That was two years ago before I joined this war." He stated.
I was now completely scared as the soldiers slowly approached. They remained a good twenty feet and continued to listen.
"My brother died a year ago. He was a hard one. We always had money trouble and he decided it was best to sell drugs. I never knew this about him until I found his stash in our room. He hid it under the wood planks. He told me to keep it quiet but I refused. He told me I could keep a cut if I promise to shut up. I agreed and he took me on the deal. It was a normal customer to him he said. What we didn't know was the man was already over his limit and he tried to rob us. My brother was beat to death by the man and I could have help but I ran with the drugs and the money. I came back later to find my brother dead. I didn't want to get caught so I stashed him with the drugs. Then I called the cops. They declared it a drug deal gone wrong and my mom and dad cried for weeks. I never told them I knew or I was there to help him. They would have disowned me." He stated.
My eyes were wide open as tears rolled down his face.
The men around grew worried of us.
Jake's POV
"Logan!" I screamed.
I quickly ran to his side and felt for a pulse. He was barley alive.
I quickly looked at the door.
"MEDIC! HELP ME!" I screamed as loud as I could.
No one came as I held Logan.
As I raised him I looked around to find blood and a bottle of pills in the sink.
I quickly used my free hand to take them.
It was Logan's blood pressure reducers.
I hope his heart didn't give.
"MEDIC!" I screamed again at the top of my lungs.
As I screamed Logan slowly slipped.
I quickly preformed CPR to get him to stay with me.
"Come on Logan don't die!" I screamed.
Logan has blood in his mouth as I screamed again.
"I NEED SOMEONE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!"
At that moment Ghost came flying into the room.
"What's going on!?" He shouted.
He widened his eyes at Logan as I held him together.
"Help me!" I shouted at him.
Ghost immediately came around and took over hitting Logan's chest.
"His heart!?" He shouted.
"I think it gave!" I stated.
"Fuck! Stay with us Logan!" Screamed Ghost.
Ghost then looked at me.
"Get the doctor!" He ordered.
I nodded and immediately ran. As I turned the corner more people have arrived to see what was happening.
I pushed them out of the way.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" I screamed as everyone went to the wall.
I ran as fast as I could and found Miles behind his desk.
"Miles!" I shouted as he stood up.
I took a breath.
"What's wrong!?" He asked.
"It's Logan!" I screamed.
Miles immediately knew and ran to me.
"We have to get to him!" He shouted as we ran down the halls. Everyone got against the wall as a group entered the room.
We pushed by and got to Ghost and Logan who still laid on the floor.
"How is he!?" Asked Miles.
"He's not going to make it at this rate!" He replied.
"Jake get me three of the pills and Ghost I need you to open his pipes!" Shouted Miles.
Ghost nodded and went behind his back. He pulled out his blade and went to Logan's neck.
He slowly slit open his pipes and waited as I got the pills in hand.
"Give me!" Ordered Miles as I handed him the pills.
Miles quickly took the blade off Ghost and cut the three pills open. The powder remained in the pills as he slowly inserted them through Logan's pipes.
They went down and after the third pill was gone we waited.
Miles felt his heart as Ghost got the stitch kit.
"His breathing is reduced! Ghost!" He shouted.
"Got it!" Replied Ghost as he handed him the stitch kit.
Miles took it and slowly patched up the small incision Ghost cut in Logan's neck.
After it was sealed we waited as the doctor got Logan to say something.
"Logan, I need you to move you your right hand can you do that?" Asked Miles calmly.
Everyone watched as Logan's right hand slowly curled.
Everyone felt a storm of relief as Miles asked for something else.
"Logan I need you to speak. Can you say A B C?" Asked Miles.
Logan's mouth slowly opened and he quietly replied.
"A….B….C."
Everyone was calm now as Logan relaxed himself.
"Do you hurt anywhere?" Asked Logan.
Logan slowly pointed at his heart.
We figured that much from the pills.
"That's ok Logan, it will be fine. Can you move?" Asked Miles.
Logan nodded in approval.
Miles looked at me and I nodded while taking Logan in my arms.
Everyone backed out of the room as Miles told me to rest him on the bed.
As soon as Logan was down we looked at Miles.
"I'm going to remain here and watch him." He stated.
I was about to say something when…!
"BANG!"
Shadow's POV
"MEDIC!" I heard someone scream. It sounded like Jake.
No one moved. Zulu was staying to help me. We all knew something was wrong.
Carl continued his rant.
"Then came my mom and dad Shadow. It only happened about two weeks ago." He stated.
Everyone watched as he griped my hand completely
I was scared. His eyes were crazy.
"I found out that my mother and father were helping G.U.N. They worked for Logan from the very beginning like Ghost and Amy." He stated.
I was so confused on how he knew all of this.
"They loved the idea for freedom but G.U.N offered them better. My mom and dad didn't even have to think. They took it and expected me to go without a problem." He stopped.
"What did you do?" I asked calmly.
"I shot them." He replied.
Everyone was ready to fight now that he said that. The team making sure I was ok was ready to jump in if Carl made any move with me. No one has gun but all of us against Carl is more then enough.
Carl slowly used his other hand to wrap his gold chain around my neck.
I was scared even more then ever. Everyone was scared.
"I want you to have that Shadow." He stated as he moved his hand away towards his side.
"Why?" I asked in fear.
Carl smiled and replied.
"Because you feel the same way I do." He replied.
"What?" I asked confused.
I slowly felt a cold object against my body.
I slowly looked down to find Carl had a gun.
Zulu was now on high alert as they witness this.
I began to sweat.
Carl smiled and replied.
"You want to kill Dark for how he betrayed you right?" He asked.
Now besides the fact I was scared shitless he also caught my attention.
"How do you know that?" I asked while trying to remain calm.
"Don't worry about that Shadow. We're the same you and I." He stated.
"How do you know that!?" I ordered him.
"Because he's the reason I'm like this." He replied.
My eyes widened in shock.
"What..!" He cut me off by slowly backing up towards the edge of the roof with the gun still on my body. I had to follow with him.
"Just let yourself go Shadow." He said with a small smile.
I couldn't respond.
"It's not worth the pain Shadow. Let it go." He begged.
I slowly nodded my head in disapproval.
"I can't." I stated.
Carl slowly chuckled and he griped the trigger.
"Why?" He asked.
I couldn't respond to that question.
Carl smiled.
"See it's not worth it." Stated Carl as he stopped at the edge.
I was now unable to do anything I was too stunned.
Carl slowly leaned in on my ear as Zulu watched.
"Let go." He whispered as my body remained in place.
Carl griped the trigger and I stared into his eyes as it hit me.
"BANG!"
Ghost's POV
"What the hell was that!" Shouted Miles.
I looked at Jake.
"Sounded like a gunshot!" He shouted.
We both panicked as Miles shouted.
"Sounds like it came from the roof!"
We immediately sprinted towards the stairs.
As we approached we crossed Dove and Amy who were just as scared.
"What was that!?" Shouted Dove.
"It sounded like a gunshot!" Stated Amy.
We immediately ran up the stairs and bashed through the door.
I was in center with Jake on my right as Amy and Dove came up behind us.
Shadow's POV
"Aghhhh!"
Blood came up from my mouth and landed on Carl and the floor as the smoke from the gun breezed through the air.
Zulu was shocked and didn't dare move.
"Aghhhh!"
I coughed up more as my chest began to bleed down my body.
"Let…it…go." Said Carl slowly as the door leading up here bashed open.
My blood poured down onto the rooftop as I heard several screams.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
I knew the voices and it was Amy and Dove.
Carl slowly moved aside so we were both leveled with the edge of the roof.
I slowly looked over at my friends as they stood in shock.
Jake was standing with his eyes wide open in complete shock as Ghost was staring at me in fear for my life.
"Shadow!" He shouted.
"Aghhhh!"
I coughed letting more of my blood land on the rooftop in front of them.
Amy was about to cry along with Dove as Ghost was about to kill Carl.
As Ghost went to move Carl pointed the gun at him.
Ghost stopped instantly as I shut my eyes.
Carl quickly shook me.
"Not yet Shadow." He said calmly.
Ghost remained in front of us as Amy shouted.
"Let him go!"
Carl laughed and his eyes were gone.
No longer was he there, he was someone of a devil.
"Aghhhh!"
More came up from me as Carl looked at Ghost.
"Just like your mom and dad you couldn't save him." Stated Carl as he lowered the gun to his side.
Ghost was caught off guard by that comment.
Carl smiled and quickly raised his arm on my shoulder while still holding my hand tightly.
"Let go." Said Carl as he tossed us to the side.
My blood on my mouth flew through the air as Carl sent both of us over the edge.
As soon as we went over Ghost went to save me.
"SHADOW!" Screamed Amy and Dove as Ghost sent himself into a slide.
His hand came towards me and I went to use my free hand to take it.
My fingers hit his but didn't connect.
Ghost eyes widened in shock as I fell out of his reach.
"SMASH!"