Colby's POV
Quill.
How was it fucking possible that he could be alive right now? I remembered killing him, shooting him right in the head.
Sure, I was preoccupied at the moment of his death because Julia was in a life threatening situation but I was almost certain he was dead.
There should be no reason for him to be fighting me right now.
The fact he was holding his own daughter hostage and punishing her like this was enough fuel to want to kill him again.
But now I found myself surrounded in chaos. Time stopping as Sam screamed out in pain.
He was my best friend. Someone I had known and loved for a long time.
If he died because of my dumb mistake I wouldn't forgive myself.
I looked over at him, letting the distraction work.
I knew Will was here to distract me. I knew he did that so Quill could get his fatal shot at me.
"Giving up?" Quill asked with a laugh as he held a gun up to my forehead, pushing me against the wall so I couldn't move.
I didn't care that he was about to kill me. I didn't even try to fight back.
I was more concerned about Julia and Sam right now.
They couldn't die because I was stupid and pulled them into this.
"Look at me." Quill snapped causing me to look at him.
"Do it." I mumbled as his eyes shifted slightly. "You're just gonna give up?" He asked as I nodded.
"Get them out of here and you can kill me or worse. Just get them out of here." I said with intensity.
I felt like I could see the wheels turning in his head as he stared at me.
It wasn't until he let me go and turned towards Julia that I knew what he was doing.
Julia had stood up and was stumbling over to us with a gun in her hand.
Time moved in slow motion as her dad raised his gun to shoot her again.
Before he could, she gritted her teeth and shot him in the head.
My jaw dropped, watching him collapse in front of me.
Julia didn't stop though.
She kept shooting him, screaming in agony as she sobbed.
She shot him probably fifteen times before the gun ran out of bullets, but she kept pulling the trigger, completely breaking down.
"Hey." I whispered and rushed over to her, collecting her in my arms as she sobbed.
As soon as my arms were around her she collapsed, still trying to shoot the very dead body in front of us.
"He's dead, sweetheart. He's gone." I whispered and carefully took the gun from her so she would stop.
"He's not! He's not dead!" Julia screamed, trying so desperately to take the gun from me again.
I had seen Julia cry many times. I had seen her break down before but this was different.
She was completely broken.
I pulled her into my chest and looked up at Sam and Will.
Sam was holding his side, which was bleeding. It didn't look like a fatal blow by any means so I felt my anxiety surrounding him decrease a little bit.
Will had a melancholy look on his face as he watched Julia. I wanted to fucking kill him for even looking at her, but right now my only concern was the girl who I loved.
"Shh." I shushed as Julia sobbed, reaching for the gun again.
"There's no bullets, baby." I said as Sam hobbled over, holding his side still.
He sat down next to us and took Julia's hand after pushing the gun away from her.
We sat in silence, Julia choking on her sobs as I tried to calm her down.
Nate and Jeremy rushed into the room with frantic looks on their faces.
"Oh." Nate said as soon as he was able to take in the scene in front of them.
"So uh..we're being followed." Jeremy said as Julia flinched in my arms.
"Okay. Get Julia out of here, I'll handle it." I said as Julia shook her head. "Please don't." She begged.
I sighed and looked down at her, caressing her cheek gently. She looked terrified, the sparkle behind her eyes gone completely.
I couldn't imagine what she had been through the past month, but I wasn't going to let her be involved in any more of the trauma.
"I'll be okay, sweetheart. I need you to be safe." I said then kissed her forehead. "I'm only safe when I'm with you." She whimpered, causing my heart to sink.
"I'll be okay, I promise." I said then brushed her hair back before looking up at Sam. "I'll take care of her." He said as I nodded.
"Get both of your wounds fixed up then meet me at my apartment." I instructed. "You got it." Sam said as Nate held the door closed.
I didn't know what they had seen or what was coming for us, but I didn't care.
Julia was the most important thing to me right now.
"No." Julia begged as I stood up with her in my arms. "Do you trust me?" I asked and took her face in my hands, looking into her eyes.
She nodded, tears still falling down her cheeks. "Then just trust me on this, okay?" I asked as she shook her head.
I knew she was hurting really bad but I couldn't leave without taking care of a couple more people here.
"I love you." I said then kissed her gently. I noticed she flinched slightly at the motion, breaking my heart.
Once we pulled away I looked at Sam and Jeremy. "You two go. Now." I said with more intensity than I was speaking with Julia.
She was fragile right now and I was honestly worried to death about her but needed to push forward.
I watched as they snuck out of the room through the window that led outside.
"Colby, I-" Will started, causing me to turn towards him. "Don't fucking talk." I said then pulled my gun out, pointing it at him.
"What you did is never going to be forgiven." I said as he nodded. He looked remorseful about what happened but I didn't care.
What he did to me and more importantly Julia was enough fuel for me to want to kill him.
Before I could do anything though the door was opening and Adam was coming in.
"Ah, Brock." He hummed with an amused laugh. "Cut the shit." I said then pointed my gun at him.
"I see you killed Joey." Adam said and slowly walked towards me. "Actually his daughter did." I said simply, walking towards him.
I noticed that Nate had pulled his gun and was aiming it towards Will.
Adam stared at me for a moment, squinting slightly as realization hit.
"Where's Juliana?" He asked as I chuckled. "Gone." I said with a shrug.
"You fucking idiot." He seethed then went to charge at me.
I grunted, pushing him back. I had so much adrenaline coursing through my veins after seeing Julia.
She really was the reason I was fighting for my life anymore. Now that I knew she was free from this prison I wanted to finish this up so I could go be with her.
"Do you realize what you have just done?!" Adam asked as I nodded.
"Freed an innocent girl from being sex trafficked by her father and your dumb ass." I said then sighed.
"Which reminds me. I'm over this." I said then raised my gun to his head.
Just before I could do anything though, more guys came rushing into the room.
"Fuck." I mumbled and looked over at Nate. He had the same look on his face that I probably did.
He realized how out numbered we were.
"So distracted." Adam mumbled then kneed me in the stomach.
I grunted and doubled over slightly as another guy grabbed me by the back of the neck, slamming me towards the wall.
"See, you may have killed Joey and gotten Juliana out but she's never going to forgive you for getting killed." The guy that was pinning me against the wall said.
"When you're dead we'll just find her again. So what was the point?" He asked as I rolled my eyes.
"I'm not going to get killed." I said as he knocked my gun out of my hand.
"Nice one." Adam said as he pressed his gun into my back.
I could hear Nate fighting with people, otherwise I would have asked him for help.
I just needed to think about Julia. I needed to fight for her so I could be with her again.
This guy was right that she would never forgive me for getting killed. I promised her I would be okay.
So that's what I was going to do.
I kicked my leg back, hitting the guy that was holding me in the front of the knee causing him to grunt and loosen his grip.
Once he did that I turned and grabbed the gun that was previously pressed against my back.
I didn't hesitate to kill the guy before turning towards Adam.
Unfortunately, he was quick and able to kick this gun out of my hand as well. I groaned then kicked him in the stomach before he charged at me, sending us both to the ground.
I grunted and punched him in the face, trying to use my adrenaline in my favor.
I just needed to knock him out.
"Cute." Adam said with a laugh then punched me in the jaw, which hurt like a bitch.
I thought it was an even fight until he pulled a knife out, pressing it against my neck.
"Ya know, I was always wanting to kill you. Joey wouldn't let anyone do that though. He wanted to be the one to finally put an end to you." Adam hummed.
As he talked, I felt one of the guns just millimeters from my hand, so I was trying to grab it.
Adam was so concentrated on his little victory speech that he didn't notice what I was doing.
"Now that he's gone I can finally do it. I can finally kill Colby Brock." He said as I grinned. "Or not." I said then brought the gun to his chest and pulled the trigger.
I was expecting something to happen.
Anything.
Instead I realized I had made the fatal mistake of grabbing the gun that had no more ammo.
"Heh. That was embarrassing for you, wasn't it?" Adam asked with a laugh before pulling the knife back and repositioning it so he could stab me in the chest.
Before he could do that though, a gunshot sounded and Adam's face drained in color before he collapsed on top of me, his knife clanking off to the side.
I couldn't process what had just happened until I looked up to see Will standing there with a gun in his hand.
"I've always wanted to do that." He said with a laugh, breaking the shocked silence.
I didn't know how to take this information. Will had betrayed me, doing something I could never forgive.
He fucked with Julia and for that alone was enough reason for me to want to kill him.
However, he was loyal and proved it time and time again.
He had just saved my life even though he knew I was going to end his.