“I can see you think you’ll still get that shot in, that you can kill me right here. But you can’t. I’ve been dodging bullets my whole life. I’m not fucking dying—”
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
I grabbed the other gun from underneath the bed and fired at Liam’s leg.
“Fuck!” Liam hissed, grabbing her body.
“Kill her!”
“We have to go!”
“Kill her!”
I fired again.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
When the gunfire faded, I rushed after them. Melody fired as Liam fought to carry her. I hid behind the door before firing down the hall.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Running after them, I fired again when I heard it.
“Calliope!”
Spinning around, finger on the trigger, prepared to shoot, I saw Ethan, coming up at me with guns drawn. Dino on his left, Wyatt on the right, Uncle Neal and...my grandfather.
“Go after them!” I screamed at the rest of the hall I stumbled forward, grabbing my arm, before slumping over.
“Calliope!” Ethan grabbed me. “What—”
But I pushed him away and grabbed Wyatt. Gasping, I gripped Wyatt tightly. “Cora…save…Coraline.”
“What?”
“Fucking go!” I hollered at them. “Go!”
Wyatt stared at me for a moment before ripping out of my grasp and running. Finally, slumped into Ethan’s arms, I took a breath.
“How?” Ethan hissed as he looked over the bullet wound on my shoulder. “What happened?”
“Cora was helping me change when someone burst into the room and fired. They missed, and Cora ducked. I fought the first person; from the body and height, it had to be a woman. She was much stronger than I expected. I was worried about your aunt. I got the gun away from the that bitch as we fought on the ground. Cora pushed the alarm. She pulled out a knife, I jumped back but…Cora…fucking…why the fuck did she try to help me? That fucking idiot stabbed her, trying to get to me. I still fought, but then the second one showed up. It had to be a man, and he shot me in the shoulder.”
“You keep saying…she…he… Didn’t you see their faces? Who the fuck did this?”