"Mia!! Watch out!!" Rick yelled from behind me as I heard a gunshot at the same instant.

I turned to where the voices where to find Rick looking at me and blood dripping out of his chest from the hole the bullet left, Rick was falling on his knees in slow motion with his mouth open while Jason pulled the trigger from behind him killing the guy who tried to shoot me but Rick took the bullet for me.

Rick fell on the ground with his eyes locking with mine as a desperate tear fell from his eye then Jason ran to him with the others following him as all the bad guys were now dead except one who I was looking at now.

The reason behind all of that blood and misery. David.

I looked at him then turned my head at Rick's body on the ground then at him again trying to decide whether I follow the asshole who was running for his life and finish it all now or go and see my friend who took a bullet for me laying in his blood?

Rick?... or David?

My friend who cared for and saved me?... or my revenge and kill the bastard who tortured me?

What was I thinking about?

It's clear as crystal.

I won't let my revenge blind me from the ones who I care about that brought light to me again and kept protecting me from him.

Eventually, I ran to Rick and fell on the ground beside him holding his head on my lap taking it from Jason's hold who now had tears in his eyes as well and held Rick's hand that was getting colder by now.

"C..Crispy.." Rick stuttered smiling weakly at me while a tear rolled down from his eye again.

"Dumb Rick! Why did you have to save me? Why did you have to take it for me? I wouldn't mind being killed.. I didn't mind ending my life now!" And by now I was crying as well while Rick scolded and shook his head lightly at me. He didn't like what I said. But I really meant it. I didn't care if I died. Not anymore!

"Don't ever say that a..again Crispy! I..i would do i..it again in a h..heartbeat w..w..without thinking t..twice. Y..yo..you suffer..ed s..so much that's w..why y..you think l..like the..that, t..th..that's why I am giving y..you this ch..chance to live your l..life hap..pily with M..my b..buddy here a..and h..have so..som..e little ch..chicken c..crispy who w..ill be s..sexy as th..their un..uncle R..Rick. A..and do..don't fo..forget t..to tell them a..about m..me a..and h..how sexy i..i.. was." Rick tried to speak breathing heavily trying to lift the mood up giving me a weak smile.

I sobbed harder now, letting out a sad laugh at the same time. Even when he is like that he knows how to make me laugh." Don't say that Rick you will be good and will watch my kids grow. You will keep calling me Crispy and annoying me."

"W..we b..both kn..know that I won't b..be able t..to make it C..Crispy." Rick stuttered another tear rolled down his cheek.

I shook my head in denial wiping my tears by the back of my hand but it was no use as more tears fell again then Jason muttered between sobs "hang on bro the ambulance is almost here."

"D..don't w..worry Jase b..but j..ust know i..if you h..hurt C..crispy i..in the future, I will hunt y..you in m..my d..death. e..even i.if y..you a..are my b..buddy c..crispy al..always comes f..first s..so re..member m..my ghost will h..haunt y..you." Rick stuttered with a weak smile while Jason shook his head smiling at his dying friend and tears fell more now.

Even when he is dying he is still the joy of our group. The one who crack jokes even if they were silly and dumb as him, lifting our moods making us laugh.

"Stay strong man, for us." Adrian encouraged while wiping a tear.

"I still didn't kick your ass in FIFA on PlayStation, dude. You won't go away that easily." Ben muttered to Rick nudging him in the leg gently as a tear rolled off his eye.

Rick smiled weakly at us one last smile and one last tear fell of his eye as his eyes started closing slowly in front of us and by now we can hear the ambulance." No no, Rick!! Don't close your damn eyes!! Rickk please.." I pleaded for him trying to make him open his eyes bring the life and joy back to his lifeless body that was laying here.

"R..Rick man.," Jason muttered shaking his shoulders.

"Open your goddamn eyes Rickk!! Don't play games with us now!! Fuck it!!" Ben snapped crying.

"Here here!! Please help him!!" Adrian yelled to the ambulance guys who came to us taking Rick out of my hold.

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"H..He did it for me, Jason!" I sobbed in Jason's arms as he was crying as well.

None of us could stop crying.

None of us still could believe what happened.

"I swear I will avenge his death! I will kill that bastard, David." I promised between sobs while Jason stroked my hair gently.

"We all will baby. We all will avenge him." Jason reassured me determination laced in his voice.

"Doctor! Please tell us he is still alive." Adrian jumped from his place as soon as he spotted the doctor coming out of the surgery room with sadness plastered on his face.

The doctor had no emotion except sadness and pity for us.

That was bad news! R..Rick gave up on life..h..he gav--

"He is still alive." The doctor announced but his voice was full of sadness and grieve and the guys all had hope in their eyes with wide smiles on their faces.

Something was still wrong.

"I told you Rick was a strong bastard who won't leave us that easily!" Ben said happily wiping his tears while Jason nodded.

"But.." The doctor paused draining all of the happiness from their faces.

"But..?" I repeated questioningly.

"He is in a coma. A very dangerous one as well. Patients in his state are not willing to get up from it except after a year or more or never!" The doctor paused." I don't want to perk your hopes up for nothing but he lost so much blood so I am not sure if he would make it but we will keep that slight hope in mind and all you can do now is pray for him." The doctor finished then excused himself.

"H..he will make it guys." Jason spoke after a moment of silence all of us still processing what bomb the doctor just threw at us."Rick will open his eyes and continue his dumb jokes and pranks on us. And we won't give up on him even if it takes years until he wakes up."

I nodded along with the others then Jane said "Jason is right. We just should not lose hope and stay by his side. His parents are dead and he has no family except us so we all will take care of him shifting nights to spend with him."

We all nodded in agreement for that, starting to make our way to Rick's room that the nurse has guided us to it.

They are right.

Even if it is 1% that he will wake up again we still won't lose hope.

I know Rick won't give up on us now. He won't give up on life, not yet!

He still needs to fulfill his dream of becoming a famous actor.

He will wake up to annoy me again and steal my chips and all my snacks stack that I hide and he always finds and finishes then we keep running after each other so I could beat his ass for eating my snacks.

Rick is a fighter.

He is my sexy fighter as he used to say and he will come back for me. For us.

He will come back for all of us because our lives without Rick is no life.

Our lives without him is a dull and dim life.

Our group without him isn't joyous and full of life as before.

His spot in our group is still empty waiting for him to fill and warm it again.

I believe he will make it.

I believe that he will wake up, sooner or later he will.