Chapter 127
The sounds did not stop at one, neither did the pain. Lake stood straight, he did not know when Ashley dropped her feet on the ground and held on to him. Behind them, the gun dropped from Jesse Wyatt's right hand and fell to the ground. In no more than ten minutes, he was on the ground along with it.
Lake staggered to the wall and felt himself slump to the ground. He could not raise any of his hands up, the pain behind them was severe. He could feel blood drain from his body. He knew he was soaking the wall with his blood. "Lake!" Kenji screamed at the top of his voice. Bec was beside him, both of them rushed to Lake and Ashley. Ashley could barely manage to stand, so Kenji held on to her, pressing her head to his chest as he wrapped his arms around her. She as still shaking, sobbing endlessly and smitten with fear. Even while she was in his arms, Kenji's heart continued to pound against his chest, he could not imagine losing her. If Lake had not come to help...
Kenji shook his head. He did not even want to imagine it. Bec, on the other hand, peeped into the room and found Jesse Wyatt on the ground. He pulled his head back and turned to face Lake. The gamma lowered himself to where Lake sat and touched his friend's shoulder. His gaze traveled to the wall, it was eagerly soaking up his friend's blood.
"I want him alive." Lake managed to mutter. He coughed violently and Bec took his shirt off. He ripped the cotton fabric into two and looked up at Kenji.
"Take care of the man inside, I'll handle Lake myself." He spoke. Kenji was reluctant, but he was able to let go of Ashley. The doors around them began to open, and the other girls stepped out of their room almost simultaneously. "Ashley!" Hadley screamed at the top of her voice when she saw her friend. She ran over to Ashley and held her.
"You're bleeding." She said out loud. Bec looked up at Hadley. He tossed a piece of his torn shirt towards her. Hadley cut it midair and looked at him, awaiting directions.
Bec was a doctor, and even if he did not specialize in injuries, he certainly did know one or two things about first aid. He tied his piece of clothing tight around Lake's bullet wound.
He noticed his friend's eyes start to close. Bec narrowed his eyes on Lake, he was losing blood and growing weak at an alarming rate. They had to get him out of here as soon as possible. Bec stood up and managed to pull his friend up.
"He is losing blood and is about to pass out! We have to get him to a hospital! Move!"
While Hadley helped with Ashley and Bec carried Lake, the rest of the girls went ahead of them to make sure they were not stopped for any reason.
Lights. Bright lights. The alpha was being moved in a stretcher.
"He's been shot! The patient needs surgery immediately!" Bec continued to scream at the top of his voice. His white vest was stained with Lake's blood
The sound of the siren in front of the hospital door continued to ring in his ears.
"She's been injured! Help!" He heard the girls call out from behind him. The alpha could hear the panic in all their voices, the care. He was glad, even if he died today, he would die happy.
They had been successful. The rogues had been captured, he trusted Kenji on that. And Bec? Bec was right here with him. If the last thing he saw was the face of his second best friend, Lake knew that he would die a happy man. At that moment, he was the most satisfied he had ever been in his life.
Three doctors took hold of Lake's stretcher and stopped Bec and the girls from going any further.
"Vacate the ER! Vacate the ER!" The voices above him were unfamiliar now. They were not panicked, they were not certain, but they were reassuring.
"We're going to get the bullets out of you, just be calm." Even though the voices were distant, he could make out what was being said.
Bec stood behind with the girls. He watched as Ashley was taken by a nurse and led to a chair. She settled into it and the nurse took off the clothing on her legs.
Bec continued to pace about the room. Kenji had returned to the mansion to lock the rogues up. He was also on a mission to bring the alpha's father and grandmother. They had to see him, just in case...
Bec stopped there. He ran his hands down the curly mass of hair on his head. Despite the air condition in the room, he could not bring himself to relax, or stop the beads of sweat that trickled from his forehead to the rest of his face. Hadley and Zelda held each other firmly, Zita sat and stared into nothing. Bec's eyes met with Brandy's, she did not have any emotion in them. She only stared at Ashley, who seemed to be crying while the nurse applied a colorless ointment on her injury.
As if on cue, Brandy looked away from Ashley and her eyes met with Bec's. She understood the look in his eyes, she understood the accusation, the anger. She turned her gaze away from him and walked to where Hadley and Zelda stood. If anything happened to the alpha, she would never be forgiven, especially not by the gamma. She knew this. It was why she was going to disappear as soon as the heat died down.
"Where is he?!" Kenji's voice echoed in the hallway. Behind him, were the alpha's father and grandmother. The elderly woman's hands shivered as she held it up to her face, she was almost biting her fingers in fear.
Bec swallowed hard and stood straight. The three of them stood in front of him, waiting on him for an answer.
"I won't repeat myself again, young man. Where is Lake?! Where is my son?!"
"He's been taken into the ER sir, an emergency surgery." Bec struggled to reply.
The alpha's grandmother held on to her son. Alpha Cole turned to his mother and watched her eyes close slowly.
"Surgery, Cole. He's in surgery." She mumbled underneath her breath. Cole held on to his mother's waist and rushed her to a nearby bench. "Somebody get me a nurse!"