Saving his life

Chapter 22

Everything was fuzzy, his punches were so powerful that I thought I was going to pass out. I gazed up at him as he pointed the gun at me. 

“At least he left his mark on you before you killed him” he smirked and pressed the heel of his shiny boot into my side. I squinted and screamed in pain as I felt the stitches snap. My shirt was beginning to turn red from the blood that soaked through. The smile on his face proved to me that he was enjoying watching me scream in pain. 

“Scream all you want puta (w***e) no one is going to help you” he laughed and pressed the metal deeper into my head. This was it, the point I was going to die. I had never wanted to kiss Leon so badly before, just to say goodbye.

“Anything you wanna say?” He snarled placing his finger on the trigger. I closed my eyes, preparing for my life to be taken by a single bullet. A loud gunshot echoed through the air but I felt nothing. I opened one of eyes that I had shut tightly in preparation, only to find the look of horror on the mans face. More shots were fired from the hallway and the man groaned with frustration.

“What the f**k is going on!” He yelled and turned around. 

“You’re in trouble now Idiota” I smirked. He rushed over to me and cut the separate rope that bound me to the pipe. My arms were still restrained and he tugged my hair to stand up. The door burst open and a group of men darted through the door, all aiming their guns at the mans face. He gripped my hair tighter, stiffening my neck onto his shoulder. 

“Don’t take another f*****g step!” He warned the men. I was panting in fear and he placed the gun to my temple. I didn’t recognise any of them, however I noticed one of the men had a lion tattoo on his forearm, the same one that Leon and Carlos have. 

“Put your gun down Curtis” Carlos’s voice commanded, appearing through the crowd of men. Leonardo followed him, holding his gun out in front of him and aiming it straight at Curtis’s face. 

“Let her go” Leon yelled and Curtis laughed. 

“Three for the price of one” he taunted. Carlos narrowed his eyes and warned him again to put is gun down.

“todos van a pagar por lo que les han hecho a mis muchachos” (you are all going to pay for what you've done to my boys) he snapped.

“English please Curtis, if you are going to involve Maria in your problems then at least let her get involved with the conversations!” Carlos said with attitude. Curtis glanced over at Leon and smirked at him.

“Is this your puta?” (w***e) He teased. Leon’s lip began to tremble from the anger that was increasing. 

“Let her go Curtis or I swear I will cut your head off and send it back to your son!” He threatened. Curtis laughed and tugged at my hair once again to twist my head towards his. Without warning, he stuck his tongue down my throat, still staring into Leon’s eyes, and sucked in my lips violently. I groaned and scrunched my face in disgust. Leon’s eye brow started twitching with rage as he watched this brute molest me in front of his eyes. 

“Mmmm, doesn’t she taste sweet Leonardo, I see why you took a liking to her” he grinned. Leon went to charge towards Curtis, but before he could get close I screamed out in pain. Curtis had his gun digging into the wound on my side. I didn’t stop screaming until he pulled away once Leon stopped moving towards us. 

“What the f**k do want?!” Leon yelled desperately, hurt by the pain I was in. 

“For you lot to f**k off! Turn your little girls around and leave!” He commanded. 

“You know we can’t do that Curtis” Carlos piped up. 

“How about an exchange then? You for the girl” he proposed. Carlos stood there quietly for a moment and I could see he was considering taking my place.

“No Carlos! This is why I didn’t tell you about Antonio!” I confessed. He lowered his brows at me with confusion.

“What are you talking about?” He asked me. 

“I’ve been watching her, very... very closely” Antonio growled behind him, holding a gun to his back. Great, now what’s he gonna do?

“Capo, do we have to let the girl go? I was starting to take a liking to her” Antonio addressed Curtis. 

“Well, seems to me that she is more valuable of the two” Curtis chuckled. Antonio glanced over at Leon and placed his hand to his nose.

“She smells good don’t she, mmm” he taunted and Leon bit his lip, hardly containing his rage. I had to do something, he wasn’t going to hurt Leon anymore than he already has. 

“No, I think I will keep the girl” Curt concluded. 

“No you won’t!” I shouted and pushed him away using my body. I kicked as hard as I could in his groin and Leon went for the gun. By this time,the men had taken Antonio to the floor and disarmed him.

Leon and Curtis tussled on the ground and the gun went off. I screamed and shouted out to Leon.

“Please god no!” I yelled and rushed over to him with my hands still behind my back. Leon moved away from Curtis’s lifeless body and I cried with relief.

“Oh thank god!”

“Maria... it’s okay. Your safe, I’ve got you baby” he said and untied my hands hands. He embraced me to his chest and stroked my hair.

“I’ve got you” he repeated and I began to cry hysterically.

“Lo siento hermosa, I’m so so sorry” he breathed against my forehead. 

“Leonardo... my side. It really hurts” I admitted, not really wanting to ruin the moment we were having. He moved back slightly and I was struggling to stand. He lifted my shirt and noticed that the wound that was stitched up and healing, was now gaping. His eyes widened as he started to worry and shot a look at Carlos. 

“We need to get her out of here” he informed and Carlos looked down at Antonio.

“What do we do with him?” He asked. Before Leon could speak a word I interrupted him.

“Kill him” I snapped, giving Antonio a look of disgust.