Final chapter and the warning for this chapter is character death. Please read authors note at the end - Kirsten

Chapter Thirty: Not Edited

The car arrived to the motel that we where going to pick up Harry and Ivy at and the pair was already waiting for us outside with determined expressions on their faces. I was in the same spot as them, I wanted to do this. I want this terror to end once and for all. I blamed myself for this happening, dragging everyone in it was hard enough for me to deal with.

I sat in the car next to Niall who was picking at his fingernails. He was nervous, we all were to be exact. I watched Liam get out of the car and made his way to the pair outside, who seemed nervous to meet the brunette for the first time in person. Michael and Ryder were in the other car with Perrie and Danielle, waiting for us to move on with our next target. Ryder was surprised when Michael didn't offer to ride with me, it also made me feel the same way.

I felt myself jump when the car door opened and Harry slid in the seats to sit next to me with Ivy following in pursuit. I couldn't help that I was tense, we all were. "You okay there Calum?" Niall asked, making me turn to look at him with a fake smile. "I'm fine.." I tried to lie, but I knew he could tell when I was, but he chose to ignore it. "Ashton will be fine." Ivy promised, looking over Harry's shoulder at me with a small smile. I returned the smile, this time it wasn't fake. "I promise."

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I walked inside the building with Ryder and Michael following pursuit and I heard crying, making me run into the room where it was coming from, ignoring the calls from my friends to wait up. I slammed the door open to see two people I never expected to see; Luke and Ashton. "Well, well. I didn't think you would show up." Before I could answer, someone locking a gun made me turn to see Niall pointing at the blue dyed boy, which sent him into a panic.

"Niall, you know you can't shoot me?" He taunted, making the lilac boy narrow his eyes as Luke continued to taunt him, until he pulled the trigger, missing the boy by a couple of inches. "Why are you doing this Luke? Revenge isn't everything."

"You don't understand, Niall. None of you do and that's why I'm here." Luke said, taking a few steps toward us, making me tense up. "I never wanted to do this, or hurt anyone." I looked up at with shocked eyes. "What do you mean?" I asked, confusion lacing my voice.

"He means that I'm the one who told him to do this," a new voice entered the conversation, making my friends and I turn to see Jack and Louis in the room with smirks on their faces. "Luke was always your friend, Calum. It's just I put his family on the line if he didn't help me do this." Jack said, making anger boil in my veins. "Why are you doing this, Jack?"

"The question is, why not? You took everything from me, Calum. I'm here to get revenge on you and Michael." He said, edging dangerously close, making me confused on what my boyfriend did to him. "Leave Michael out of this." I growled, which made Louis and Jack laugh evilly. "I'm sorry but I can't. Not when he killed my brother."

Then it hit me, Sam was Jack's brother. Why did I realize this before? Before I could respond, Jack brought his gun up, pointing at me. "You had such a pretty face. To bad this will be over soon." Then it happened all in fast motion, a figure jumped in front of me as two gun shots went off, making my ears ring as I saw a familiar body falling to the ground.

"Michael!" I screamed, catching the redhead in my arms, looking up to see that Jack was on the ground, not moving. "Michael, baby you will be fine." I felt tears appearing on the edge of my eyes as the redhead looked up at me with a small smile. "I never realized how beautiful your eyes are. You resemble a true angel, Calum." I knew he wasn't going to make it, which made things even worse. "Michael, please keep you eyes open." I begged my boyfriend, who laughed lightly in return. "Princess, we both know I won't make it," Michael said, wincing in pain and looking up in my eyes. "I can barely feel it now." I looked down at him with confusion and he must of saw my look because he spoke again. "The pain, it doesn't hurt anymore. I never knew being shot wouldn't hurt that bad."

I would of smacked him for saying that, but this is his final moments and I want him to realize how I feel, but before I could speak he started talking again. "You know, I imagined this would happen with you. I remember the first time I laid my eyes on you in school. It was around the start of Freshman Year and you were hanging out with Jack at the time and it broke my heart to see you hanging out with him. When the whole issues with Luke started I knew I needed to be your guardian angel, but then I started to fall for you and I realized something."

"I would never imagine myself falling in love with you. You were the quiet and independent type while I was the one with anger issues and I didn't know how to love, but you came into my world and changed that." I knew this final moments were coming because he kept gasping for breath. "Calum, you were my first true love, my only true love. I love you, I love you Calum Hood."

"I love you to, Michael Gordon Clifford," I bent down and gave him a final kiss, feeling his left hand on my face as he touched me for the last time. "You will always be my precious jewel." I heard him take his final breath before his hand left my face and hit the ground. All the color was left from his face, but he still had some color left in it before it was drained all together, making me cry very hard, until someone wrapped their arms around me. I looked up to see Ryder and Ashton looking down at me with tears in their eyes and I looked over to see Ivy and Harry holding on to each other, while Ivy cried her heart out. That's when it really hit me. My love, my true love was gone and he saved everyone's life for one thing, to save the ones he loves. Michael was gone so that we could live on and not in fear.

"I love you Michael Clifford. The boy who came into my life and stole my heart. I will never forget you, baby." I gave his head a final kiss before letting the police take his body and leaving the room with my friends following in pursuit. I realized that some love stories don't have happy endings and it made me feel like in some kind of movie. I will never forget the redhead who changed my life and saved me and the ones I loved.

Authors Note: I know many of you guys are confused and probably want to send Luke after me but I didn't want a happy ending. I wanted one of my stories to have a sad ending because not all stories are supposed to be happy. There is an Epilogue so don't worry. Please do not be mad or post any rude comments about the ending.