Page 38 of Reckless
"Everyone get down!" someone screams, and it's at that time it clicks to me that they aren't fireworks, they're gunshots.
Holy. Shit.
I drop to the ground my hands covering my head. The screams echo off the walls of the room while the gunshots seem never-ending. Feeling a hand on mine, I open my eyes and see Izzy lying next to me. She's bleeding from her chest.
Fuck.
“Car…ly” Her voice is strained and weak.
I scoot over to her, making sure not to get up. Placing my hand on her chest, I push down trying to stop the blood, but I can feel it leaking through my fingers.
Nikki crawls over to us and is lying on the other side of Izzy. "Don't worry babe, we got you-you'll be fine." She looks over at me, and I know she's thinking the same thing I am.
Everything is not going to be okay. The bullet hole seems to be really close to her heart and Izzy can barely keep her eyes open.
“The…baby,” she whispers and tears start to fall from her eyes.
“Just breathe, Izzy,” I plead with her. “We will get Doc here, he’s going to fix you up.”
The shots are still ringing out and bouncing off the walls. I lift my head up to try and look for Wrench, but I quickly duck down again, afraid of what might happen.
I don't see him anywhere, and I pray that he's okay.
Nikki taps me on the arm. When I look over, she shakes her head and looks back down at Izzy.
Her eyes are closed now, and I lift my hand to her neck trying to feel for a pulse, nothing.
"No," I say in disbelief. "She can't be…"
Nikki starts to cry, her sobs louder than the gunfire. It sounds like it’s stopping, the pops fewer and farther between.
When they stop, no one dares to move. The front door slams open and we all jump. “What the fuck!”
Pres’s voice booms through the large room.
“T!” Nikki stands up and screams. She looks down at Izzy’s body. My hand is still putting pressure on her chest even though I know she’s gone.
His eyes go wide as he looks down. “No!” Within seconds, he’s next to her feeling for a pulse and starting CPR.
I back away just as Lady kneels next to her. “Baby, you need to open your eyes. We will take care of you, I’m here. Open your damn eyes!” Tears fall from his face as the two men try to revive her. “You can’t leave me, not now!”
I start to cry, disbelief still clouding everything inside of me.
A hand grabs my arm pulling me up, and Wrench pulls me to his chest. I bury my head against him, my tears soaking his shirt within a couple minutes.
“We need to help her, we need to do something!” Lady shouts at anyone and everyone.
“We…can’t.” Pres’s voice is barely audible. “She’s gone.”
I suddenly feel sick, and everything goes black.
