Disclaimer: I don't own Austin & Ally or any characters I didn't make up.
Ally fiddled with her fingers as she sat on a chair next to his bed. She couldn't leave. He was too unstable for her to do anything other than watch him. They didn't know if he was going to make it. That alone made her tear up.
Her head pounded with lack of sleep. Her back hurt. Her injuries throbbed with pain.
Everything vanished when her worst fear came true. A long beep replaced the normal short beeps. She quickly looked at the monitor to see it. A flat line.
Ally screamed at the top of her lungs, "NO!" She rushed to his side sobbing and shouting. She was yanked away by nurses. She fought to be by his side again. She was pulled away from the room and dragged to the waiting room as she struggled against the nurse.
The last thing she saw of him was his body jerking up as they tried to resurrect him. She slumped to the floor crying as the sounds of their family and friends' sobs surrounded her.
Austin walked further into the dimly lit warehouse trying to figure out which of the hallways led to Ally. A gun being shot followed by Ally's scream made him run towards the farthest hallway leading to two doors.
He stood in front of one of them with other to his right side. Another hallway stood at his left. A fist came in contact with his cheek making him lose his balance and hit his head on the wall.
He held his head in pain and squinted at the figure ahead of him. "Look who decided to show up," Scott smiled.
"Where is she?" he growled standing up clenching his fists. Scott nodded his head towards the door, "Not in there if that's what you're thinking."
Austin lunged at him taking him to the ground throwing punches repeatedly at him. Scott managed to raise a foot between them and push him off his body by kicking him on his stomach.
Austin screamed in pain as he kicked his abdomen repeatedly. Grabbing hold of his foot he twisted it so Scott fell to the ground.
He got up and dragged him by the foot outside the hallway.
He stepped on his stomach and threatened, "If you don't let her go now, you're gonna wish I killed you."
Scott smirked, "Go ahead then, torture me. Let's see if that helps you."
Austin added more pressure to his abdomen. They heard footsteps and Ally yelling, "Austin! Austin!"
He looked at Scott before struggling with him to get to her first. Austin grabbed his hair and slammed his head into the wall knocking him out.
He ran towards the hallway they heard her yells come from. He reached the end and look to his right, another hallway led to the one he was in previously, the one that led to his girlfriend.
He rushed to the hallway just in time to see her run past him. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the room next to him. She screamed and tried to push him away thinking he was her kidnapper.
"Ally! Ally! It's me!" he shouted holding her arms tightly to avoid being hit.
She stopped and looked at him, "Austin."
He scanned her bare form taking in all of her injuries, "Ally…"
She looked at him warningly, "We need to get out of here. He's gonna kill us both!"
Anger struck him, "Not if I kill him first." He heard footsteps coming up to the room. Protectively, he pulled her behind him just as Scott walked in with a gun.
"What a cute reunion," he teased.
Shaking with irritation, Austin pulled out his gun and shot at him. Much to his displeasure, he missed.
"You couldn't even shoot me right!" the bastard laughed, "How can you think you can protect her then?!"
Austin cursed trying to steady his hands as Ally yelled from behind him, "He can protect me better than you!"
His face got cold, "Everything I did was to help you. You were a spoiled brat." Austin's eyes narrowed clutching the gun even tighter.
"And hitting and raping me was the solution?!" she fired back. Oh, hell no.
"I helped you get better! You wouldn't have survived if you were such a baby out there! And you pay me back by leaving me and going to the police."
Austin was about to say something but kept quiet figuring Ally needed to get these things off her chest. "You broke me! I had to rebuild myself all over again because of you!" she shouted.
"Still using that lie, bitch?" he spat.
That was the last straw with Austin as he yelled, "That's it!"
His attempt to shoot Scott succeeded as his shoulder bled as proof.
Pain ran up Austin's spine as they heard a voice shout, "They're in here! I heard them!"
The pain worsened making him fall to the floor as Scott held his wounded shoulder and escaped from the window.
He covered his wound with his hands with Ally on her knees next to him. "Austin!" she exclaimed her hands going to his injury pressing on it.
He felt tired and dizzy his eyes drooping. "Austin! Austin! Stay with me!" her voice brought him back. He opened his eyes slowly looking at her tears run down her beaten up but still beautiful face.
"I can't," she cried more to herself than to him he supposed, "I can't stop the bleeding!" Using what's left of his energy, he whispered, "It's okay."
She cupped his face and kissed him. He felt his blood smear all over his face and hair as his hands rested lightly on her waist.
His head fell back and blackness started taking over as she added pressure to his wound once again. "Don't go," her whimper faded away as his consciousness did.
Austin opened his eyes to a white ceiling and beeping machines. He felt a bandage wrapped around his abdomen press on his wound. He slowly turned his head to the side to see his girlfriend asleep hugging her knees to her chest.
Stitches took place on her forehead and a band aid on her cheek. Her black eye was still visible but healing. Other cuts and bruises were scattered across her body. Her right arm had stitches going up as well.
He turned his head to the other side to see his mom asleep too. She seemed to have been crying a lot, Ally wasn't much different either.
Ally gasped next to him making him sharply turn his head in worry. Her eyes were still closed but fear took over her features. "Please don't," she whimpered, "please don't."
Tears rolled down her cheeks as she started gasping for air. Her sobs woke his mom up. Mimi ran to his sleeping girlfriend shaking her, "Ally, wake up, sweetie. It's just a dream. It's just a dream."
With one final gasp, her eyes flew open taking in her surroundings. Mimi hugged her as she cried.
Austin watched as his mom consoled his girlfriend, none of them noticing him. "Ally? Mom?" he croaked out.
The two women did not expect to hear his voice. They froze then looked at him. His mom tackled him in a hug as tears of her own flooded her cheeks.
He wrapped the arm that didn't have the IV in it around her. "You're finally awake," she said between sobs.
He looked past his mom's shoulder to see Ally crying as she watched the scene in front of her. "Ally," he whispered. His mom let go of him saying, "I'll give you two some space. I'll go tell the others you're awake."
They waited until the door closed behind her before she lunged at him in a tight hug. "I'm so sorry," she sobbed.
"It's not your fault," he replied rubbing her back. He turned his head and kissed her to silence her sobs and protests. "Are you okay?" he asked as she placed her forehead on his. "I should be asking you that," she said her tears stopping.
"I'm fine. What about you? How are you feeling? What happened since then?" he tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.
"They caught him. The trial is in 3 weeks," she informed.
"That's good, but how are you feeling?" he repeated. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked down, "Sore."
"Aren't they giving you any painkillers?" he asked. She shook her head, "My injuries don't hurt as much as my emotions are. I don't think they have painkillers for that."
He grabbed her hand, "I'm really sorry, Alls. I'm here every step of the way for you."
She nodded before adding with a cracking voice, "You flat-lined. Twice." Realization dawned him, "Is that what hurts the most?"
"It's the freshest thing on my mind."
"I'm here now. I'm not going anywhere. It's gonna take a lot more than a psychotic bastard and a gunshot wound to get rid of me," he smiled attempting to change her mood.
It worked when she cracked a small smile.
"You okay now?" he questioned. She nodded before heading to the door, "I'm gonna go call the doctor." Her sudden exit made him suspicious. Ally wouldn't just leave like that.
Minutes later, tiredness took over making him fall asleep again.
I had to put Austin's view of the warehouse here to explain it more.
I'm thinking of starting a sequel for this story. It's getting too long and I'm considering finishing the rest of the story in the sequel. Maybe one more chapter here before switching over to the new one to write the rest. What do you think?
Not updating until this chapter gets at least 5 reviews.