Killing For Ace Hernandez ✓

17 | Shot

Again. They forced me to watch it over, over and over again. Each day with a different beating. They thought doing this would make me disgusted by her, but it does not. A knock on the door alerts me, but I had a plan. A plan that would ruin everything, a plan I know Arabella would rather die than agree on. But I promised her safety and not only have I failed, I made her lose her dignity.

The door opens, and I see my father walk in with seven men. But he noticed how unbothered I was, “Chain him.”

“No need, I’m not fighting anymore.” I return, acting unaffected as I did my cufflinks, and straightened my tie. My father rose a confused brow, before a smile struck his face.

“We’ll see.” We exit out of the room; I see the same nurse who sedated me following but at a distance. I can do this; I have to do this. I see my father enter a pin to the CCTV room. 432156. Uncommon. We enter the room and I settle down without being told before my father presses the red button.

I see her.

She doesn’t see me but I see her.  I see her and she has almost given up but I need her to contain hope for what I am about to do for her. My focus was on Rose, Arabella and our child. Who I most definitely know is no longer alive?

My father tracks every emotion through my face, this was the longest time I had ever had to act and it was not pretty. I stood up from the leather chair. “Okay, its getting disgusting now, I feel sick to my stomach. Can we go now?” I spoke.

“You don’t want to see her get raped?”

“No, I don’t, because she’s useless now, she can’t even carry a f*****g child. So do what you want, wasting my time.” I see Rodrigues’ confused face as I push past him, slipping a note in his Blazer jacket. I look back to make sure he has received it to which he has, he follows after me. Opening the note before looking at me.

“Are you sure?”

“I have to get them out of there, and we need to do this.”

“But you can die…”

“Keep them safe, promise me to keep them safe.” Rodrigues opens his mouth, looking down at the note. “Rodrigues, I need you as my second in command. This has to be done.”

“What do I tell them?”

“Nothing, just protect them with your life.” He nods his head; I shake his hand before handing him letter. “When it happens, I need you to give this to Arabella, tell her, that I love her. Tell her that this was the hardest choice I have ever made. And tell her Charlie is a good name and the baby is still a girl.” Rodrigues chuckles, before walking away. I sigh looking down at my watch to see the time.

I enter the room, the room full of weapons and shove two extra guns in the back of my trouser. I grab every grenade I see, connecting them to the one remote. I rush down the hallways, having none of my fathers watch me since Rodrigues is about to disable all the cameras.

I shove a grenade in every room, and once finished wit my fathers office. I sigh, looking down at the time. My father should be gone to his nine pm hook up. I push open the door to the basement, I shut the door behind me and grab the silencer guns before taking down the two security guards. I stick by the wall, watching their bodies fall.

“What the hell?” I hear a voice; I do a quick side eyes and see seven men playing cars. I look down at the bullets in the silencer and see exactly seven. One for each person. I push myself first and shoot down all five men, the other two rushing towards me.

 I shove the gun in the back of my trousers before kicking the man face front forward. He gasps, grabbing onto his nose as I elbow him in the neck. I grab his gun pushing it in his gut before releasing the trigger. “Ace…” I hear Roses voice whisper.

“Now Rodrigues!” I shout, I look to the camera and see the red dots no longer there.

I shoot the other man just before he pressed the call button, his body fell to the ground. I picked up the key to the cage and rush towards them. I unlocked Rose first, watching her cries stop as she engulfs into my arms.

“I knew you’d come.” She whispers, I kiss her forehead.

“I need you to stay in the corner, let me help mummy.” She nods her head; I unlock Bella’s door as I push myself inside. I see her body on the floor, I rush to her. “Arabella.” I spoke her name; she does not respond until I shake her slightly.

“No…stop…”

“Arabella its Ace, I need you to stand up for me.” She lifts her body, her eyes closing and opening recurringly.

“A-Ace?”

“Come on Princess.” I whisper, sliding my arms under hers as I lift her up from the ground, she yelps in pain. And I feel the guilt rush through my body as I see blood all over naked body. The only thing she had on was her underwear, I rush out of the cage and towards the back entrance.

“I thought y-you gave up…” She whispers.

“No Princess, never on you.” I grab onto Roses hand leading them towards the exit. She strokes onto my unshaven beard.

“The baby is gone…” She whispers.

“No, she’s not.” She cries into my arms, something I promised I wouldn’t let her do. Then bullets go off, Rose screams as she grabs onto my legs. I take out my gun from my chest and turn to shoot at them. I see Marcel and a few of my men.

I push the door open and rush out, throwing Rose over my shoulders. I see Rodrigues standing by the car, I grab the remote from my trousers and press onto it. The explosion seared the air and earth in a way that left devoid of life down to the microbes. To the sound of the detonation came the terrible echo as if it were the anguished cry of God.

The explosion rent the air as if it was intent on shattering the universe by ripping apart every atom. The heat stroked us all, Rose grips onto my shoulder as I reach the car, I shove rose in the back, allowing Rodrigues to do her seat belt before placing Bella in the front of the car. I slip of my Blazer, wrapping it around her naked body.

She grabs onto my arm before I shut the door, “aren’t you coming with us?” She whispers weakly, I sigh, looking back to see no one there as I crouch down.

“I cannot princess, I have to stay.”

“No, you don’t, you have to come, they’ll hurt you.” One thing I loved about her, one thing she caught me on. Was her love for others, she has been through so much, so much yet she is speaking of me getting hurt. I stroke her face; she holds onto my wrist tightly.

“I need you to go with Rodrigues, he will take you somewhere to change, he has money, enough to sort you out for your life, I need you to move on with your life, I need you to live a life with happiness, find love and be free.” She shakes her head, tears falling from her eyes.

“No, no I don’t want to, I need you.”

“No, you do not princess, you do not need me.”

“I do! I love you.”

“I love you too, I love you so f*****g much.” I take of my necklace from around my neck, before revealing the engagement box, her eyes widen as she looks at what’s in my hand. I take out the ring and add it to the necklace.

“No, no Ace, please don’t…please don’t do..” I tie the necklace around my neck before taking out the ring I was supposed to wear. Adding it to her necklace.

“I will never love anyone like I did with you, but I will not harm you for my needs.” I whisper, she shook her head repeatedly, tears falling down her eyes as I press my forehead against hers. She presses her lips against my own. As her tears touch my cheeks.

Show me your silvery tears, the ones on the skin of your heart. Show me your rainbow tears, the ones that come when you see the sunshine through the storm.

Show me the tears that are cried beneath what the rest of the world can see, what the eyes miss yet love renders visible. The bravest thing you will ever do, sweet love, is to show me your tears, for what is tearing you apart cannot be a part of you, but something to be healed in the gentle ways of our kind.

“You promise to find me, you promise-”

“Arabella.”

“No Ace, I will not leave unless you promise to find me once everything is safe.” I knew I couldn’t. Because it would never be safe. Suddenly bullets go of, I turn to see a hundred men before facing Arabella. She shakes her head and I slam her door.

“I love you.”

“No!” I hear her scream, before I feel a bullet pierce my chest.

Forever and always. Something we once said. But how could forever be? Time changes. And regret proceeds us. But I know something that will never change. My love for Arabella Taylor.