Chapter
Sixteen:Chapter
Sixteen:
It's Over
It
happened in a flash. Marshall jumped out from under the stairs catching every
one off guard. He started to shoot, and CNU retaliated. But being in such close
proximity to each other it was hard to navigate where you were shooting.
Marshall's bullets were being directed at Matt. He was trying to keep Emily
covered who was to weak to stand on her own as well as put a bullet in Marshall.
At one point during the shootout, Matt was forced to duck a bullet, which just
missed hitting him by a millimeter. When Matt ducked he pulled Emily with him
losing his grip on her and somewhere in the process he dropped his gun. Matt
went for his gun but Emily got to it first, she aimed at Marshall, she shot
once, twice, three, four times hitting Marshall each time. Marshall fell, laying
on the floor lifelessly but Emily kept shooting. Again and again until the gun
cracked indicating it was out of bullets but Emily kept pulling the trigger, she
had to make sure Marshall was really dead. Matt walked over to face her, her
eyes were full of tears and she was shaking. Matt took the gun from her and
passed it to Frank than he pulled her into his arms and repeated "It's Ok Emily,
it's over, I'm here, you're safe now." She took a deep breath before collapsing
into Matt's chest.
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Emily
open her eyes, it took her a few minutes for it to register where she was. She
was no longer in the dark dingy cellar but instead resting comfortably in a
hospital bed surrounded by all the people she loved. She smiled but it only
lasted a minute as the events of the past three days floated back to her, Lia
being poisoned, Julia being killed, what Marshall put her through and lastly the
imagine of her pulling the trigger came into her mind. Emily sniffled back the
emotions she was feeling.
"Hey" Matt said noticing that she had woken up. "How are you feeling?"
"Tired and a little achy" Emily replied
"The doctor said you have a few cuts and bruises, a concussion and he's treating you for dehydration and exhaustion." Lia explained
"You're alright?" Emily asked Lia
"Yeah, I'm fine." She answered smiling at her friend. She had made a miraculous recovery and the doctor was going to release her the next day. Also, Duff had already made plans to take her out the following weekend, giving her time to completely recuperate.
"There was a girl at the farmhouse when I got there, Julia Moore, Marshall killed her we need to find her body" Emily said trying to keep her composure.
"She has already been found by the locals and her family was notified" Cheryl told her.
"Ok. So the doctor already examined me?" Emily asked all of a sudden in a concerned voice
"No, it was just a preliminary examination" Samantha replied
"But it's important for you to get a more thorough examination" Lia said
"I'm fine" Emily said
"Emily, you were down there with Marshall for a long time if something happened it wouldn't be your fault but you have to let..." Frank was saying when Emily cut him off.
"I'm fine" She insisted.
"Emily it's really important to..." Cheryl started but Emily cut her off
"I'm FINE!" She insisted again. Emily knew that she should have a doctor examine her, but she didn't want to admit to everyone what really happened in the cellar, partly because saying it aloud meant she would have to admit it to herself and she wasn't ready to do that yet.
"Alright." Matt said he didn't want her to get upset.
"Matt, Can you do me a favour?" Emily asked
"Anything" Matt said
"Take me home" Emily said as a tear started to flow down her cheek
"I promise you as soon as the doctor clears you, I'll take you home." Matt replied "I'll stay right here until than ok?" he said getting up from the chair he was sat in and got into the bed with her and he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Emily nodded to that as she buried her head into his chest. The group took the hint and figured it was time to leave the couple alone, they were all exhausted anyways.
Emily heard the door shut, when she knew it was just the two of them left in the room, she let out all of her emotions. Matt just let her cry; he held her tight and stroked her hair.
After half an hour of crying, Emily pulled herself away from Matt's chest and looked up into his eyes. "Matt" She said in just above a whisper
"Yeah Em" Matt said
"I'm not dreaming am I? It's really over?" Emily asked
Matt wiped a tear away from her cheek "Yes, it's really over." He said hugging her tightly.
Marshall had started the game; he had been playing for keeps. Marshall had threaten to take everything that they hold dear, but now the game was finally over and this time the good guys were lucky enough to come out on top.
THE END!!!!
** So that's the end of this story, however I was thinking about doing a sequel about how Emily and everyone is dealing with everything...would anyone be interested in reading it? **