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Nine –

"Where?" Alek demanded his tone cold and his expression murderous. The guy glanced at his phone.

"The Theater near the park," he said. I froze. Out of all places, Zane just had to go there!

Alek grabbed my hand and started pulling me out of the building. I forced him to stop.

"Chloe-"

"Just let me say something," I said, "Promise me that no matter what happens tonight, you'll be careful? You only have one life."

He smirked, and kissed my nose. "I'll be fine."

"Alek," my voice went flat. "I don't wanna lose you."

He crushed me to him in a hug.

"You're not going to lose me, Sweetheart," he whispered reassuringly, "I promise."

He kissed me slowly; when he pulled away there was an emotion on his face I couldn't read. He let me out of the building, jumped on the nearest rooftop and started running. I followed after him.

He was much faster than me this time. With the vengeance he so wanted right now, I was left trailing behind. He glanced over his shoulder, and pulled himself to a stop. It took me a few minutes to catch up. He looked me in the eyes.

"You okay?" he asked. I nodded.

"Let's just hurry before he leaves," I muttered. He looked at me unsure. I gave him a small push.

"Go ahead. I'll catch up."

He ran ahead of me. I closed my eyes and once I opened them I started running. It didn't take that much longer to reach the theater. When I manage to reach the steps, I heard a huge crash inside. Uh-oh. I ran up the steps and threw open the doors. I found Alek lying down on the bottom of the steps. I ran to him and shook his shoulder.

"Alek get up!"

He groaned and pushed himself up.

"Damn him," he muttered.

"What happened?"

"He knocked me down the stairs."

I helped him back up. He pointed up the stairs. I nodded and once he was fully up. We ran upstairs into the room. We found Zane standing in the middle of the room – but it wasn't just him. There was a girl around my age with him, being held by her hair. He held a gun to her head. She was pretty with strawberry blonde hair and green eyes. I think I've seen her around school somewhere.

"Well, look who decided to show up," he sneered.

"Let the girl go, Zane," Alek hissed. "She's just a human."

"But why? You're girl has a thing for saving humans. Even though they're hunting us down and slowly killing us off," he said.

I glared at him. I could hear Alek breathing heavily beside me. I grabbed his hand to keep him from launching himself at Zane again.

"I'm the Uniter. I'm supposed to unite all of us together again."

"But you see, Uniter," Zane hissed. "I don't want to be united. They deserve to die, for killing my parents and taking my brother away from me."

"You don't see me trying to kill them," Alek muttered. Apparently Zane heard him.

"You should be, brother. Our parents were murdered! Doesn't that matter to you at all?"

"Of course it does," Alek growled. "But you have no right to do this! You had no fucking right to hurt Valentina and Jasmine!"

"I don't need a right, brother," he sneered. "They were in my way so I got rid of them."

My guess was that he didn't know they survived. Alek squeezed my hand hard, confirming it for me.

"Then why are you still here?" Alek demanded. I hated the look on his face – it was so full of pain and anger.

"My job here is not finished."

As soon as those words left his mouth. The doors slammed shut behind us. Alek looked back and then at Zane.

"I should've known," Alek snapped. He looked at me with agony in his eyes. "I shouldn't have let you come."

"Why?"

"Still haven't figured it out, have you Uniter?" Zane taunted. "I'm here to kill you."

"Over my dead body," Alek spat. Zane narrowed his eyes. He drew the gun closer to the young girl.

She whimpered. I finally managed to place her. It was Mercilyn Smith – we were partners for a project once. She was shy but extremely nice and Zane was ready to murder her without blinking. She stared at me with such fear in her eyes. Her emotions hit me like a battering ram – she was terrified.

"That can be arranged," Zane snarled. He pointed the gun at Alek. I stepped in front of him. Zane smirked. I felt Alek grip my arms, but I stiffened my stance so I couldn't move.

"You can't protect him forever, Sweetheart!" he hissed.

I could hear a growl from Alek. I guess he didn't like Zane calling me that. I didn't either. He kept the gun pointed at us. Alek's grip tightened on my arms.

"I'm not going anywhere," I whispered harshly.

"I'm not letting you give up one of your lives for me," he hissed back.

"Well, I'm not going to let you lose your one life," I snapped. I could feel him ready to pull me away. I elbowed him in the stomach.

"Are you two lovebirds done deciding who's going to die?" Zane asked in a bored voice. "Ah, hell I'll just get on with it."

As he pulled the trigger, Alek yanked us both to the ground, the bullet missing me by centimeters. Alek was one his feet the next second, and he threw himself against his brother, knocking all three of them to the ground. The gun skidded a few feet away. Alek pulled Zane off Mercilyn and the two began an intense fight with punches and kicks. I ran to help Mercilyn. I picked her up, but she cried out in pain.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"My ankle," she groaned. I glanced down and nearly passed out. Her ankle was twisted at an odd angle. I bent down to see if there was anything I could do, and then I heard Alek. When I glanced up, Zane had sent a powerful kick to his chest sending him flying backwards till he crashed into the wall. Zane ran at me and knocked me away from Mercilyn. He grabbed her and pulled her up roughly.

"Let her go!" I screamed. "She's done nothing!"

"I've got a better idea," Zane said with a smirk. He forced Mercilyn to face him and his smirk widened. Before I could move, he pulled her to him and kissed her.

Review. Sorry, had to end it there.