~Leonardo

"Aria, baby, please, let me explain." I pleaded for the 100th time. She's locked herself in her old room for two hours now and she's refused to see anyone. Including me. So instead I'm sitting outside of her door until I see her pretty face.

"Aria, I'm sorry I said what I said, it was a joke! We're not actually in the mafia!" Enzo walked up the stairs, followed by the others. Killian again hit the back of his head, we've all been doing that quite a bit. I punched him too.

Twice.

eh. he deserved it.

"baby, come on, open the door." I begged, my patience was starting to wear thin and the sound of Enzo complaining about his bleeding nose was weakening it by the second.

"Aria, open this door or I'm going to break it down." I demanded, she had to listen to me, right?

I again, received no answer.

Deciding to risk it, I broke into the room, but what I was met with was not what I was expecting.

The room was empty, no one was here. My baby was gone. I looked around, her coat and shoes were gone and the window was open. She's so small, how the hell did she manage to climb down?

"Fuck!" I yelled. I turned around to see the guys standing in the door, all with serious expressions on their faces. They knew not to mess with me right now.

"Call all our men from LA here. NOW!"

~~~

Within an hour, we had over 100 men and women in the mansion. They are all trained to be on standby if their Capo or any Capo Regimes call for them. I have at least one Capo Regime in charge of my men and women in every state.

Sebastian and Bria, the Caporegimes that command my men in California walked up to me. Bria is my little sister, she's the same age as my love and Sebastian is her husband. They met whilst he was training in Italy and they fell in love, much to my displeasure. I believe that no one is good enough for my baby sister, but Sebastian has proven me wrong time and time again. Since Sebastian is from LA, after they got married they were assigned here so that they could help to strengthen our forces in America.

"Hey big bro, what did you need our help with?" she smiled, giving me a hug.

I hugged her back before replying "Multiple things, Bria, but the first assignment is the most important. I need your help to find someone."

"YES! Who's skull do I need to break?" she grinned, Bria isn't as sadistic as me, but hey, she's part of the Mafia, what do you expect?

"Oh no, Bria, you do not wanna break her skull, he'll break your face." Enzo said, pointing at me.

"Her?" My sister raised an inquisitive eyebrow.

I sighed. "Yes, Her. Her name is Aria, she's your new Donna, well, I was hoping she would be until Enzo freaked her out about the mafia and she jumped out of the window."

"Shit, Leonardo. What can we do to help?"

"Everything. I want everyone searching everywhere for her. She couldn't have gone far, but I'm not underestimating her."

"Got it, we'll split people into groups of 3 or 4, they can each scan a 1-2 square mile block. We'll work outwards." Sebastian explained. He then turned around and with the help of Giovanni and Theodore, he divided people into groups and began to explain the plan.

"Bria?" I whispered. She turned to face me and her eyes softened.

"Yes big bro?"

"What if she doesn't come back?"

"She will, I've only just heard about her, but she must be special for you to be this caring about her. I have no doubt that she must feel the same way and that she will come back. I promise."

"The Russians know about her, they destroyed her apartment."

"Fucking hell, Leo, Now we really have to find her."

I nodded and stood straight. I walked to stand next to Sebastian, who had now divided everyone into their respective groups.

"Listen up! You are looking for your Donna. She needs to be found today, and not one single hair on her head will be harmed. Her name is Aria Remington. She is 5 foot 5, has green eyes and long, chestnut brown hair. She was last wearing black leggings and a dark green sweater. If she is found you are to call me or one of your caporegimes immediately. If you are in danger, you get her to safety and protect her with your lives. This is what you were trained for in Italy. Capisce?" I yelled, it was obvious everyone understood and knew the assignment.

"We will not rest until she is found. Dismissed." I said. Everyone filed out and left to find Aria. I turned to the guys as well as Bria and Seb.

"Let's go find her, fratello." Killian said, walking out, followed by the others.

~~~

"She isn't here." Enzo replied.

"Fuck!"

It has been two hours and we still haven't found my baby. Enzo and Theodore were with me and Killian and Gio were with Bria and Sebastian. We had checked everywhere and we were currently checking the library where she worked for the 3rd time. I was about to suggest another place when I got a call. From Killian.

"Have you found her?" I asked as soon as I pressed accept.

"Leo, I'm so sorry, it's not looking good." In the background, I could hear sirens.

Sirens aren't good. At all.

"No."

"Leo, she isn't dead. Stop thinking like that. But you should get here. I'll send you the location." He replied, and then hung up.

~~~

"WHERE IS SHE?" I yelled at them as soon as I got out of the car. The location Killian sent me was a park, 5 minutes away from her apartment.

"the ambulance took her. I asked them if they could wait but they said it wasn't possible."

"What the fuck happened, Killian. I'm not fucking around, if you don't tell me so help me God-"

"Leonardo. Sit down." Bria said. She had a no-nonsense tone, and for once, I listened and sat down on the bench.

But as I sat down, I noticed a plaque on the bench. It was a memorial bench.

Dedicated to Rosie and Arthur Remington, loving friends and parents. Forever in our memories.

Remington. Aria's parents. She must have placed this bench here. This is where she was. With her parents, as close as she could be to them.

"What I'm going to tell you, you won't like, but you need to stay calm until I have finished explaining. Stai bene?" Bria began. I curtly nodded before she started explaining.

"We were searching this area but we hadn't reached the park yet. We were heading towards here when we heard a gunshot. When we arrived, Aria was here, on the floor and she had a bullet wound in her stomach. Seb called an ambulance and Killian called you. I applied pressure until the ambulance came. The paramedics have told us that they are taking her for emergency surgery and that we can go and wait now but we won't be able to see her for a few hours. Gio found the bastard that shot her, he found him behind a few bushes over there." She pointed to the other side of the park.

"We have sent him with other men to be detained in your house for interrogation. He's in the cellars and I have no doubt that he is Russian. We're all going with you to the hospital, but first you need to go home, shower, get changed and get your head right. We're all in this together and Aria will get through this, I promise you." Bria explained. I nodded. I knew she was right I just didn't want to accept it.

~~~

I tapped my foot anxiously against the waiting room floor, fiddling with the rings on my fingers.

Aria loved my rings.

Gio, Enzo, Theo, Killian, Seb and Bria are all here as well. I suppose it may look quite comical, 5 built men and squeezed into tony hospital chairs and Bria, just sitting comfortably.

Bria came to sit next to me. She handed me a bag of pretzels and a bottle of water. "Eat."

I begrudgingly took the food and started to eat.

"Okay. Spill."

"what?"

"Oh come on, Leo, you obviously need to vent. What's going on?"

"This is all my fault." I answered.

"What the fuck? How is this your fault?"

"I didn't tell her about the mafia, I didn't tell her all the details about the threat. I wasn't honest with her. We've barely been dating for 24 hours and she's having emergency surgery for being shot by one of my enemies. It's my fault she's in there. She's right. She should be afraid of me."

"That is bullshit. I know you, Leo. I know you were probably planning on telling her gently about the mafia. I know you didn't tell her about the threat so that you didn't worry her. Your enemies shot her, not you. It's the Russian's fault. They're trying to break our spirit, and right now, they have. But we all need to have hope. Hope that Aria will make it through all of this and that we will get our revenge on le piccole puttane." She answered, determination lacing her tone.

"Relations to Aria Remington?" a doctor called out. I was out of my chair in an instant

"Yes I'm her husband. How is she?" I don't care that I said husband, she will be my wife and this will just guarantee that this fucking doctor tells me how she is.

"She's stable. We managed to remove the bullet and prevent any more blood loss. She is still unconscious right now, but we expect that she will wake up within a few days and I am confident she will make a full recovery. She can have visitors, but only one at a time." The doctor responded.

"Thank you." I answered. I walked into her room and the sight tore me apart. She was completely still, wires and tubes connected to her arms and a mask on her face to help her breathe. I rushed forwards and grabbed her hand.

"I'm here Aria Baby, I'm here, and I'm never going to let you go ever again."

~~~

Author's note:

I updated againnnnn :)

This is the longest chapter I have written so far - 1700 words

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