Chapter 15: reconciliation

Jamal's POV

I dialled 911 as soon as they had gone a reasonable distance away from me...the police arrived after a few minutes

"So what's the status update??" Officer Vin answered

I have been giving him update since K.C's shot

" K.C and Kira are there right now to keep him busy for a while before you guys get him"

" Okay" he walked a distance and turned back

" Wait! Did you say Kira??!" He came closer

" Kira Park??!" I nodded

" Yes, why??" He shook his head

" She's his accomplice, we did a background check on her and she has been carrying out suspicious actions for some time now" he ran his hand through his hair

" Shit!!, I should have known" I rubbed my face with my palm

" I have to get down there right now, you guys can come in later on" I said as I started running down the hill

" K.C, hang in there just a bit longer, I'll be right there"

" Kira did look suspicious at times"

I stopped by the door to the warehouse and listened closely

"...and she'd never find out as long as you're out of the picture"

" What are you doing??" I heard K.C's voice, I've never heard her sound like this...

I opened the door and looked inside

A gun??!...

I ran and pushed K.C out of the way

I looked down, I was bleeding but it was okay K.C was safe... actually it wasn't, it hurts asf

"Jamal, what are you doing??" I held the spot where I was shot on my leg and groaned

" K.C, are you okay??" I looked at her, she was crying and struggling to get close to me

" Why??" She whispered and looked at my leg, I smiled

" The Police??" Kira looked outside the window and back at Dad

I gave K.C a sign to come closer, I struggled a little bit but I got her untied

She removed her jacket, tied it around my leg and helped me up

" Kira's getting away" he pointed at her trying to run out through the back door

" I can take care of that" she removed her shoe and threw it at Kira

" Great aim"

" I inherited it from my mom" she chuckled

" We still have a problem" she looked at Dad

" Let me talk to him" I unhooked my self from her

" Will you be able to walk by yourself??"

" Yes" she let go and smiled at me

" Dad??" I looked at him and he had no emotions in his look

" You rattled me out" I put my hand on his shoulder

" There was nothing else for me to do" I replied

" You've done enough, I'm sure Nancy and mom would support me" he looked at me

" You know what I mean, mom never supported things like this and I even supported it"

" You're right, I don't know what came over me" wow

" I thought doing this would make me forget about it" he broke down, it's the first time I'm seeing him like this

" I promised your mom I would protect you guys and here I am with one dead child and one maimed one" he buried his face in his palms

" I'm really sorry son"

" So you'll turn yourself in??"

" It's the right thing to do" he hugged me

At that moment, the policemen came through the door armed with guns

"Put your hands up and kick the gun away from you" he kicked the gun away from him

" Are you giving up that easily??" Kira held his shirt, he looked down

" I'm not going down so easily" she picked up the gun

" Kira drop the damn gun!!" I yelled

" If you guys come any closer, I'll shoot that pillar and the whole building goes down" she corks the gun

" Kira don't!!" K.C runs to collects the gun and she pulls the trigger

A huge log comes down on Kira's upper body and K.C's leg whole the whole building starts to rumble

"Dad, go" an officer helped him out as wood begins to fall and block the entrance to the warehouse

Leaving only officer Vin and I trying help Kira and K.C

" We'll lift in three"

" 1...2...3!!!" He yelled and raised the log

" Are you okay??" She nodded as I helped her up

" K.C!!!, Above you!!" Officer Vin yelled, a boulder was coming down right on top of her

I hugged her and moved her to the other side just before the boulder fell...

Everything went sideways...