CHAPTER 6
A couple weeks had passed and things were going great between Billy and I. We had a couple of stupid fights, but we would always get over them. Chelsea, Baggy's sister, and I came back to Stokley Hall after a day of shopping. We had become so close, almost like sisters, and I was glad that I had someone other than Billy to hang out with. We laughed as we headed down the hallway with all of our bags. I opened the door and we headed inside Billy's apartment.
"It's about time," Billy said and I looked over to see him standing there with his arms crossed over his chest.
"There were a lot of good sales," I said as I went to give him a kiss, but he refused. "What's wrong?"
"B Street," Bodie answered and I looked at him with a confused look on his face.
"What about them?" I asked as I looked for an answer.
"Threats are bein' made," Joe said as he continued to smoke.
"Ya need to not go out anymore, unless it's wit one of us. Got it?" Billy asked and I nodded my head before he walked away from me.
"I'll see ya later, girl," Chelsea said as she took her bags with her and left the apartment.
I brought my bags back to Billy's bedroom and set them down on the bed. I started to pull the stuff out and put them away where they went.
"What are we gonna do?" I heard Joe ask from out in the living room as I continued to put things away.
"We need to keep our fuckin' eyes open. That's what we need to do," Bodie answered.
I didn't know what was going on or what threats were made, but I knew that I just needed to stay around the guys, especially Billy, to be safe.
"Look, I just ya safe," I heard Billy's voice say I looked over to see him standing in the doorway.
"I know," I said as I shook my head and finishing putting the last of the items away.
"I don't want to ever see ya hurting," he said as he came over to me.
"I won't be," I said with a small smile as I looked at him and he placed his hands on my hips. "I know you will protect me," I said as I lightly placed my hands on his chest.
"That's my girl," he said with a small smile and brought his lips to mine.
Later that night, I decided to go out with the guys while Billy went with a couple of the guys to deal the corner. I was sitting with Joe, Bodie, and Heco while we drank and laughed over stupid stuff that was being said.
"You guys are crazy," I said with a slight chuckle before I finished my beer. "I have to use the Ladies room. I'll be right back," I said as I stood up from the booth and made my way to where the bathrooms were.
I went into the bathroom and went about doing my business. I came out of the stall and washed my hands at the sink. As I grabbed the paper towel, I looked at my reflection and fixed my hair a little before I threw the paper towel out and headed out of the bathroom. I opened the door and started to make my way back over to the booth. I looked over and saw a couple men staring at me. I thought nothing of it and sat back down with the guys.
"We should probably go. I think we been here long enough," Joe said as he looked over at me and I nodded my head.
I stood up from the booth and walked with Joe as we made our way out of the bar. We stepped outside and I followed a little behind Joe until I felt someone roughly grab onto my arm, causing my purse to fall onto the ground.
"Oww!" I shouted as the guy pulled me to him and I noticed that it was one of the guys that was staring at me in the bar. "Let go!" I shouted as Joe heard me and turned around.
"Shit!" Joe said as he went to grab his gun, but another guy attacked him, making him fall to the ground.
The guy that was holding me brought his gun out and held it to my head.
"Oh, god," I whispered as I struggled against him.
"Glad I finally got a chance with ya, since Billy boy is a no show tonight," the guy said as he strengthened his grip.
"Let me go!" I shouted as I struggled against him and he tightened his grip even more, which caused me to wince.
"Billy's got a hot one here, guys!" The man said to his men and I started to panic.
"Joe!" I shouted, noticing that he wasn't moving.
"Let's go before the others come out!" The guy holding me shouted and started to pull me towards the alley.
"No!" I shouted as I watched a couple other guys get Joe up from the ground and drag him in front of me towards the alley. "LET ME GO!" I shouted and I felt something hit against the back of my head, knocking me out.
BILLY'S POV
I was standing at our spot under the bridge as I helped out another satisfied customer. I watched as they pulled away and my phone started to go off from my pocket. I placed the cigarette back in my mouth and noticed that Bodie was calling me.
"What?" I said as I held the phone to my ear.
"It's Joe and Mia, man," I heard Bodie say and I shut my phone as I quickly grabbed the bag from the ground and ran over to my car.
"I'm gonna fuckin' kill em," I said as I spun tires and headed towards Four Roses.
I slammed on my breaks and the car came to a halt. I saw the guy standing there, minus Joe and Mia.
"What da fuck happened?" I asked as I saw Mia's purse on the ground.
"They were leavin' and someone took em," Bodie said as I picked up Mia's purse and stared at Iit.
"YOU GUYS CAN'T EVER DO YOUR FUCKIN' JOB!" I shouted as I looked at them and they looked down. "GO FIND 'EM!" I shouted and headed back over to my car with Mia's purse.
MIA'S POV
The next time I opened my eyes, it took a few seconds for them to adjust, but I saw Joe, tied up against a pillar in, what appeared to be, and an abandoned warehouse. I winced as I felt pain on the back of my head and went to touch it, but my hands were tied behind my back.
"Joe," I said as I looked over at him, but he didn't move. "Joe!" I shouted a little louder, which caused him to slowly open his eyes.
"Mia," he said as he blinked his eyes a few times and looked over at me. "Where the fuck are we?" He asked as he looked around.
"I don't know," I answered as I shook my head and tears started to come to my eyes.
"Well, well, well, look who finally decided to wake up," we heard man's voice say and I looked over to see the guys from earlier.
"Brett? You?" Joe said as he looked at the guy.
"In the flesh. You guys getting our message?" He asked with a sly smirk on his face and I immediately knew this was the warning that they had received. "Pretty woman Billy has here," he said as he kneeled down in front of me and touched my face. "Bet she's good in bed, too," he said as I pulled my face away from his hand.
"Leave her alone!" Joe shouted and another guy started to kick him.
"You would shut up if you knew what was good for you!" The man kicking Joe shouted.
"Billy treating you good?" Brett asked as he got into my face and I turned mine away from his.
"Get away from me," I said as I turned my head the other way and he lightly pressed his lips against my cheek.
"We'll have our fun soon enough," He said as he stood up and the guys walked away.
I looked over to see that Joe was spitting blood out of his mouth.
"Joe, you okay?" I asked and he looked over at me.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Are you?" He asked as he made sure that I was fine.
"Yeah, I'm okay," I said as I tried to get my hands loose. "Come on," I said as I kept fidgeting with my hands as tears filled my eyes.
"They will come for us, Mia. They are probably out looking right now," Joe assured me and I nodded my head as I kept trying to get the rope loose.
BILLY'S POV
"What da fuck happened, Bodie?" I asked as I sped through the streets and looked for any sign of B Street.
"I don't know, man. Joe and Mia left before us and when we came outside, we saw her purse laying there. No sign of the two of them around," he answered as we both looked. "There!" He shouted and I looked over to see one of their cars heading towards us.
I pulled my car in front of theirs, which caused them to stop. They started to back up, but Heco pulled up behind him, blocking him in. I got out of my car with my gun drawn out as I walked over to the driver's side and my guys followed behind me, doing the same thing.
"Where are they!?" I shouted as I pointed my gun at the guy.
"I'm not saying shit," the man replied and I cocked my gun.
"I am gonna ask you one more fuckin' time. WHERE ARE THEY!?" I shouted as I continued to point the gun at him.
"A couple blocks. The old automotive warehouse," he said as he held his hands up and I put a bullet through his head, watching him slump against the steering wheel.
"Take care of that!" I shouted as Bodie, Jamie, Baggy, and I got back into my car and headed to where they were holding Mia and Joe.
MIA'S POV
I continued to struggle with the ropes and almost had them as Brett came back into the place we were. I looked up at him and he kneeled down behind me as he loosened up the rope that my hands were in. I went to move away from him, but he grabbed my arm and started to drag me with me.
"STOP! NO!" I shouted as I struggled against him.
"MIA! STOP!" I heard Joe shout as Brett continued to drag me along with him.
"PLEASE LET ME GO!" I shouted as I continued to struggle against him as tears streamed down my cheeks.
He brought me into another room and threw me down on top of the dirty mattress that was laying there. I went to get up, but he got on top of me.
"It's time for me to have some fun," he said before he kissed the side of my neck and I started to sob, hoping that Billy would show up. "You're too much girl for Billy boy," he said before he started to kiss the other side of my neck.
"Let me go," I said as I started to sob. "Please," I begged through a sob.
"Shh, shh, shh," he shushed me before he brought his lips to mine.
I tried to push him off of me, but he was too strong for me. More tears came to my eyes and I sobbed as he continued to press his lips to mine. He ran his hands down my sides as I continued to struggle against him. His hand reached my button and zipper area and I tried to move my lower half so he couldn't get it.
"BRETT! WE GOT TROUBLE!" I heard a guy shout from the other side of the building and he slowly got up from me.
While he wasn't paying attention, I roughly pushed him and he fell onto the floor.
"YOU BITCH!" He shouted as I started to run away from him and I heard gun shots go off.
I ducked as the bullets went past me and headed back to where Joe was as I heard commotion behind me. As soon as Joe saw me, he started to panic.
"What's goin' on?" He asked as I went to help him with the rope behind his back.
"I think they found us," I said as I tried to get the rope undone while my hands shook. "Come on!" I shouted as I tried to get the rope undone.
"MIA!" I heard Joe shout and I stood up to see Brett standing there, pointing the gun at me.
I held my hands up in the air as I watched him continue to point the gun at me.
"STUPID BITCH!" Brett shouted as he started to walk closer to where we were.
He fired a shot and it went into the left side of my abdomen. I winced as I felt immediate pain and looked down to see blood forming on my top from the wound. I slowly tilted my head up and looked at Brett as he continued to point the gun at me. He continued to hear the commotion behind him and took off.
"Mia," I heard Joe's voice say and I turned my head to look over at him. "Oh, god," he said as he saw that I had been shot.
I looked down at my wound and felt my knees start to give out from under me. I fell down to my knees as I pressed my hand against the wound. As I looked down, I brought my hand away from the wound to see that there was blood all over my hand, my blood. I winced as I looked over at Joe to see him getting the rope undone.
"Mia," he said as he moved to where I was and the color started to drain from my face. "Here, lay down," he said as he helped me lay on my back. "Oh, god," he panicked as he quickly took his jacket off and placed it under my head.
"J...Joe," I stuttered as I looked up at him and tried to reach for his hand.
"I'm right here," he said as he took my hand and looked over to see another B Street member heading towards us. "Shit," he said as the guy pointed the gun at him, but was shot at from behind. "Mia," he said as he brought his attention back to me and I felt my energy draining as he held my hand in his. "Mia, stay with me!"
"It..hurts," I said as more pain washed over me and I winced.
"Billy! They're in here!" I heard Bodie shout and I turned my head to see them quickly walking to where we were. "Oh, god," I heard Bodie say as I finally saw Billy appear.
"Mia!" He shouted as he quickly came over and my breathing started to become labored.
"B...Billy," I said as I tried to breathe.
"It's okay, Mia," he said as he looked down at my abdomen and saw the blood.
"Billy, we gotta go," Bodie said as we heard sirens coming in the distance.
"Mia," I heard Billy say as my eyes felt like they were getting heavier.
"WE GOTTA GO, MAN!" I heard Bodie's voice shout and felt myself being picked up.
I could smell Billy's cologne as I felt myself being carried away from where we were. I rested my head against his chest as he quickly made his way out of the building. I opened my eyes a little to see that we were heading over to Billy's car. Joe opened the door and moved the seat up so that Billy could put me in the back.
"You're drivin'," I heard Billy say to Joe as he got into the back with me. "GO JOE!" He shouted before he directed his attention to me and Joe shut the door before he ran around to the driver's side. "Mia, baby, hang in there," I heard Billy's voice say as I tried to focus on his face.
"I'm...sorry," I managed to get out as I felt like I was have trouble breathing.
"Don't! You have nothin' to be sorry for! Ya hear me?!" He shouted and I felt tears going down my cheeks as I tried to focus on him, but everything was becoming fuzzy. "JOE! GO FASTER!" He shouted as he kept his eyes on me.
"I'm sorry," I whispered again as I felt my eyes close and my head started to fall back.
"MIA! NO!" I heard Billy shout, but it sounded like it was getting far away.
"Oh, god," were the last words that I heard come from Joe before everything went black and quiet.
BILLY'S POV
"MIA!" I shouted as I noticed that her eyes were now closed and she wasn't moving. "MIA!" I shouted again as I lightly patted her face, but she wasn't responding.
"Shit!" I heard Joe shout as he avoided hitting someone and turned on the street that the hospital was on.
I looked back down at Mia and saw that her face and lips were pale. I couldn't believe that this had happened to her. After everything that she had been through, there she was, dying in my arms. Joe quickly pulled up to the entrance of the ER and helped us get out.
"Sir, you can't park here," I heard a nurse say, but when she saw me get out with Mia in my arms, she stopped talking. "SHELLY! GET A GURNEY!" She shouted as she came over to where I was. "Is she responding?" She asked as placed two fingers on her neck and looked at me.
"What da fuck does it look like?" I asked as I looked at her and another nurse brought out a gurney.
"Her pulse is weak. Get her on here!" She shouted and I gently placed Mia on the gurney.
They immediately started to wheel her into the hospital and I stood there as I watched. Her blood was on my leather jacket and my white shirt underneath, but none of that mattered. What mattered was that Mia was going to be okay. There was something different about her and I didn't want to lose that.