"Drive faster dammit!"

Elijah screams at Delia, who gave him an unfazed look.

"What? You want me to fly this now?"

"Agghhh how can you Joke Delia! We are short of time."

She smirks, looking in front to suddenly push on the breaks. The scene in front of their eyes, making them freeze.

"Fuc*! This is bad"

Delia says, removing the seatbelt and rushing out, while Elijah was already running towards them.

Unaware of James men, slowly approaching the scene. Seeing a man coming to save them, they start firing bullets and Elijah crouches down, holding his head.

Afraid.

"Sh**! Elijah! This moron!"

Delia screams rolling her eyes, seeing him sitting in the centre of the bombarding of bullets.

Roaring the muscle car, she leaves the accelerator.
Driving through the bullets, to stop beside him. Blocking him from the bullets coming their way and screaming while opening the passenger door.

"Hop in stupid!!"

He tries to... slowly..too shaken up of the raging bullets....to only have Delia hold his jacket and pull him up from his front.
Rolling him and banging the door shut.

"Ohfff"

"Shit! Shit! Shit! I almost died! "

He cries to make Delia give him an irritated look.

"Can you use your brain for once! What the hell were you thinking running in like this is a damn playground?"

"I.... thought .. they wouldn't shoot ....as they are my father's men."

Delia rolls her eyes, to only smile at his innocence. Really?

"Oh wow ainstein!They can't see your face in the dark! You would have fuc**** had much more than those existing 8 holes in your body....if I hadn't saved your sorry ass on time."

"Now do not move an inch till I fuc*** ask you to."

"Understood?"

He gulps looking up at her in shock. To slightly nod.

"Fine.But hurry up. The fire is starting."

Delia nods, driving towards the upturned car.Stopping it just next to them, with bullets being ricochet.

"Get out from that side...head low."

Elijah nods and Delia follows. To see glass shards everywhere , fear entering their insides as they see the condition of the car.

"Vivian!"

Elijah is in for a shock as he sees two bodies entangled together covered in blood. Ethan's back towards him, and Elijah almost gags... seeing it's condition.

It was all blood with glass shards everywhere. To only have Delia pull him back. To look inside.

"Fuc*!"

She curses, as she sees Ethan's condition. With Vivian under him shielded from the blow.

Wrapping her jacket around her knuckles, she punches on the broken window... clearing the glass from it.
The sounds of bullets and footsteps approaching them.

"Hurry Delia! We don't have time!"

Sliding in, she pulls back Ethan from top of Vivian to see him breathing. He was conscious....she didn't expected him to be after the amount of blood he has lost...but he was a survivor abd a tough man...she could see it.

Delia tries to save him first when he stops her...moving his head in a no ......His eyes focussed on Vivian's unconscious one...as he whispers lowly.

"S...ave her...they...are after... her"

Delia was in a delimma. She knew they didn't had time. James men were way too close.And she will be able to save only one.

But how can she leave him here to die.

She looked at his swollen bloody face, reluctantly..to only have him scream at her.

"Tak...e her dammit!"

Coming out of her reverie, she nods , trying to pull Vivian. Her face untouched...with just a concussion under her head. She will survive, Delia could see but Ethan, she had her doubts.

Pulling Vivian, they hear bullets being fired and Elijah scream from behind.

"Hurry up Delia! They are here!"

"Pull me!"

She says and Elijah pulls her towards him, from her waist, dragging Vivian along.

Ethan's vision was going hazy as he sees, Vivian's hand slipping from his. Her face going dark as he struggled with consciousness.

"Pull harder dammit!"

He hears Delia say and Vivian was pulled out. Leaving Ethan's palm empty as her hand slips from his. A teardrop falling down his eyes, to mix with his blood.

As he sees the world going dark.

"Vivian! Hey! Hey!"

Elijah says trying to wake her up. While Delia's eyes were only focussed on the unconscious man she couldn't save.
She is pulled back by Elijah into the car, as he screams at her...a bullet missing her shoulder by centimetres.

"Fuc*! Are you crazy Delia! Hurry up"

He was already in the driver seat firing at the approaching men, with Vivian in the backseat, gulping. She nods... looking at Ethan one last time.

The car is reversed and Elijah drives , with the bullets being fired at them behind.

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"Why isn't she waking up?"

Elijah asks looking back at Vivian in the back mirror again and again.
To get no reply from Delia, who looked lost in her thoughts.

"Delia! Where the hell are you lost! I asked why the hell is Vivian not waking up?"

She looks at him, staring. To only blink and realise what he was saying.

"It's just a concussion on her head. She will be fine. "

"He made sure of it"

She says the last line lowly. To have Elijah look at her.

"What do you mean?"

She sighs before continuing. Looking into his eyes.

"Ethan. He took the impact of the crash to make sure she doesn't get hurt "

"His survival is difficult."

Elijah picks his foot from the accelerator. To look back at Delia.

"But they are not after him. They know he is Ashton's son."

"I am sure they won't kill him."

"It's not about them killing him Elijah. He may not survive the crash."

And that's when silence stretches between the two. Delia's next words burning something inside Elijah.

"He really loves her.It's really rare seeing a person lay his life for another."

"I have been in this business way too long and trust me, I have only seen it once before."

"Who...who was it?"

And she replies, looking outside the window. To see a storm approaching. The raindrops tapping the window.

"My father"

Hope rising in her chest... maybe the rain blows out the fire. There was still hope that he may survive this.
That they will pull him out before the fire reaches him.

"And you know the best part about it..... when one is selfless for others......."

Staring up at the dark clouds, she whispers.

"Nature becomes giving for them."

Elijah for once felt something staring at Delia, her mysterious very difficult to solve but her words true.
He looks at her emotionlessly eyes and he was lost for few seconds, oblivious of everything.

She was good at heart but poor at displaying her emotions.

She may have grown up in the cruel world, but nothing was cruel about her.

He feel something churn in his stomach and he looks back at the road...he never felt like that before thinking about anyone.

Not even Vivian

What was happening to him?

Looking back at Vivian. He tightens his grip on the steering wheel. Where was he distracted? He needs to save her first.

But still now that Elijah thinks about Ethan's love for Vivian.

Maybe he was wrong.

Maybe Ethan has loved Vivian all along but was himself unaware of it.

Can he lay his life for Vivian, just like Ethan?

His goes numb for a second, at the thought. The reluctance of even few seconds, gave him his answer.

Care? Yes. Concern? Yes .Love?
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Maybe....maybe Delia was right.
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He had never loved her.

                       ........

Ashton and Edward, pace the room in worry. Looks of concern evident on their features.

"I would have never thought Delia would betray me like this!"

"That bast***! I am sure that Elijah would have made her do it!"

"Calm down Edward. It is not that important right now. I am more concerned about Ethan and Vivian..."

"I don't know where they are!"

A signal beeps on the monitor, and both rush towards it.

"Boss. We hear a frequency, 10 kilometres to the north of the house. We are tapping his phone"

"Hurry up dammit!"

Ashton says, with concern evident in his voice. The voice crooked, but still audible.

"Your...... w.....ork h...as been done."

Edward and Ashton, feel their hearts stop for a second.

"Are they alive?"

James voice easily recognisable. His answer, making Ashton's hand to clench and eyes to close down.

"The car is going to blow up. So even if they are alive, I doubt they will survive.".

Edward, kicks a chair in frustration making it fall down in a corner. Running his hand through his hair.

The call ends and Ashton reverts back.Calling back his team.

"Reach the location. I said reach the location where the call is tapped."

"Boss .. it will take 10 minutes from here. We may not reach on time "

"Fuc* it! I said reach there ASAP! Get moving now!"

"Yes Sir"

"And don't end the call. Keep updating."
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"Sir we are on location. I repeat we are on location."

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"What's the status?"

Gunshots are heard in the background. And Ashton's clenched fist tightens.

"Sir...."

"They are here...."

"Where are Ethan and Vivian?"

More gunshots resonate in the background.

"I see their car Sir....but...."

"But what?"

"But it is upturned and going to blow up.. it's in flames Sir!!!"

Ashton's heart drops and Edward takes the phone.

"Blow up? Approach it dammit! Approach it! Get them out! What are you waiting for!"

"But it's too dangerous-"

And that's when Ashton orders, his voice cold and emotionless.

"Approach it! Now!"

"Yes....yes Sir ...."

There is so much blood.... it's difficult to survive this....they are closing in...

They hear their conversation in the background and with each passing second, their hope flickers.

"We are near the car Sir....."

"I see...."

"What do you see?"

Ashton and Edward ask together to only hear a rugged breath and next.

*Bang*

The car is blown up with the blast and the call disconnects. Making their heart to sink and brain to freeze.