Xander dragged Alison out of the dinner followed by Damien and Hunter. Alison was scared a bit. Although surprisingly his hold was gentle, Xander was unpredictable. He could kill her the next moment for all she knew.

Once near the car, Damien opened a door for her. "Get in." said Xander and she hopped in obediently. The other three quickly joined her and soon Xander drove out of the dinner's parking lot. They were so engrossed in their own thoughts that didn't see two black sedans following them slowly.

"Alie, why your phone is off?" asked Hunter worriedly after some minutes of silence. "We had to ask Rich to track your necklace."

Alison didn't answer. Her hand was in pain from her tight grip on the door. Xander was once again driving like a maniac, breaking every law of driving. She closed her eyes tightly and let out a small squeal as he suddenly changed the line he was driving at and pulled into another highway.

Damien saw her and quickly turned to Xander. "Xander, slow down." he said. "You are scaring her."

To her surprise, Xander slowed down the car and began to drive at normal speed. "Just turn on your phone now." growled Xander trying his best to control his anger. The way her friends had talked to him had pissed him off. But what bothered him the most was the fact that they were right.

"I'm sorry." mumbled Alison as she fished her phone out of her pocket and turned it on.

"Never turn it off again when you are out of home, Alison." said Damien strictly. "Everyone was worried when you didn't pick any calls."

Just then Alison's phone went on. In her haste, she didn't check the name and received the call. "Hello. It's Alison." she said.

"ALISON FUCKING HARRIS!" someone yelled on the other side of the line and Alison flinched and kept the phone away from her ear. But the voice sent shivers down her spine. She knew that voice well.

"Alex." she whispered but everyone in the car heard her.

"WHAT?????" yelled three voices together.

"Don't tell me it's fucking Alex West." growled Damien.

"WHY THE FUCK YOU WEREN'T ANSWERING MY DAMN CALLS? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WAS I WORRIED FOR YOU??" shouted Alex from the other side of the line. His voice was so loud that the boys heard him clearly.

"Don't fucking shout at my sister." shouted Hunter while leaning onto Alison's phone trying to snatch it from her.

Just then something happened. "Damien." said Xander alert looking through the rearview mirror while increasing his speed. "We are being followed."

Damien quickly looked from his mirror and saw the two black cars which were speeding toward them. What he saw next made his heart skip a bit. "GET DOWN!" he shouted.

Abruptly the sound of shootings went off and the back window shattered into pieces. Alison screamed in fright as Hunter quickly pulled her down and covered her body with his. Broken pieces of glass rained on them. Alison could hear Alex screaming her name through her phone which had fallen on the floor, but all she could do was to cover her ears and close her eyes tightly. Her heart was jumping out of her chest and she was shivering.

Suddenly she felt Hunter moving on top of her and opened her eyes only for them to grow wide from what she saw. Hunter had a gun in his hand. His face was stone cold and his eyes were shining from determination and fury.

"Hunter, cover the car on the left." shouted Damien from the passenger seat and Alison screamed as the sound of a gun went off in the car. Damien was shooting the attackers from his window.

Xander was driving at full speed and was maneuvering between the cars.

"Rich!" shouted Damien in his phone as a new set of bullets flew to their car and he docked. "We are under attack. Two cars. black sedans. We are in Belt Pkwy heading north. Track the car. Alison is with us."

"Alison, stay down." ordered Hunter and when he found a chance he sat up right and began to shoot with his gun.

"They are on their way." said Damien. "Just keep driving to the warehouse."

"I'm doing my best." growled Xander.

Suddenly, as Hunter shot again, the sound of screeching of tires was heard and then a car crashed behind them. "Well done, Hunter." shouted Damien but his moment of victory didn't last long. Again the attackers shot them and this time the car swayed badly and Xander lost control. "Fuck!" he shouted and hardly controlled the car and brought it to a side of the road. "They shot the tires." said Xander as he pulled out his gun too.

"Get out of the car." said Damien as he get out after Xander from the driver's side. Hunter too opened his door and dragged Alison with him. They all huddled on a car's side. Hunter turned to Alison and grabbed her shoulders and shook her.

"Alison!" he called but her eyes were fixed on nothing and she was shivering visibly. She couldn't see anything and she couldn't hear anything. Her ears were ringing. Suddenly her cheek sting hard and her head was thrown to aside and she was back to reality. She saw Hunter looking at her with worry. Her hand went to her cheek, now understanding that Hunter must have slapped her to bring her out of her trance. "Sorry for the slap." winced Hunter. "Are you fine?"

Alison didn't answer him and looked around. She looked to her right and saw Damien and Xander leaning on the car and shooting the attackers with their guns. Damien sat again with his back to the car. "Fuck!" he cursed. "I ran out of bullets."

"Me too." said Hunter worriedly. "Where are our men? we can't hold back anymore."

"They won't be here in less than 10 minutes at least." grunted Damien.

"Fuck!" yelled Xander and sat as well while holding his hand.

"Shit!" said Hunter and Alison looked at Xander who was holding his hand. Everything around Alison muffled and vanished once again except for the blood that was dripping from Xander's hand. She wanted to throw up. Any color drained from her face and her vision began to blur. So she didn't hear the sound of tires screeching again and a new set of guns shot at their attackers.

Suddenly someone grabbed her shoulder and turned her away from Xander. She saw Alex sitting in front of her, shouting words that she could not hear.

"We are going to die." whispered Alison and then everything went black. The last thing she felt was the soothing scent of Alex's cologne.

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"ALISON FUCKING HARRIS!" shouted Alex the moment Alison answered his call. Simon flinched on the driver's seat and John jumped from his sleep on the back seat and sat upright. "What the hell, man." groaned John.

"Alex!" her whisper of his name was like drinking a cool glass of water after a long time of being thirsty. A wave of relief washed over him. When they had not found her in the location of her last signal which was a house, they had roamed around the city. He knew she was not home. He had called the house and introduced himself as Alison's friend, but the maid that had picked up the phone had told him that she had left the house for two days. He had become worried sick. What if Volkov had found her? What if something had happened for her? What if some asshole had taken advantage of her? Those thoughts were suffocating him and he was blaming himself. So when he heard her voice, he was both relieved and angry.

"WHY THE FUCK YOU WEREN'T ANSWERING MY DAMN CALLS? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I WAS WORRIED FOR YOU??" he shouted again, not being able to control himself.

Just then he heard two voices shouting from the other side of the line. He quickly recognized them as Hunter and Damien King. "Don't fucking shout on my sister." yelled Hunter, but what shouted Damien and what Alex heard next made his blood freeze. "Get down!" shouted Damien and then Alex heard the sound of bullets and breaking of glass and Alison's desperate scream.

"ALISON!" shouted Alex. "ALISON, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"

But he only heard more bullets and more screams which made his blood boil. "John!" he growled dangerously and pulled out his gun. His hands were itching to shoot whoever that had dared to shoot his innocent love.

"Got her!" said John while typing on his laptop. "Belt Pkwy to the north. We are only five minutes behind."

Simon didn't need to be told. He floored the gas pedal and drove full speed to the location that John had sent to the car navigator.

"They stopped." said John after a moment and Alex felt fear in his heart, a feeling he was experiencing a lot since he had seen Alison.

"They must have been forced to stop." said Alex and ran a hand through his hair. "Fuck! drive faster, Simon."

Soon they reached the scene. A car had been gone to the side of the road while another had been stopped in the middle of the road. The doors of the black sedan were opened and four men were shooting at the crashed car.

Simon stopped the car horizontally and they went out of the car and didn't waste time to shoot the four men. They had a great angel. So soon three men were dead with Alex's and Simon's bullets. "Cover me!" said Alex not being able to hold himself anymore.

John and Simon both began to shoot and Alex ran toward the King's car and went behind it. The four of them were alive. Only Xander's hand was wounded. Alex's frantic eyes saw Alison who was ghostly pale and was staring at Xander's wound with wide eyes. He knelt in front of her. The sound of bullets died down, meaning that Simon and John had been succeeded to kill the other attacker.

"West?" asked Damien shocked.

Alex ignored him. His whole focus was on Alison. He gently grabbed her shoulder and turned her to face him. "Alison!" he said. "Alison, love, Are you fine?"

Alison stared at him for a moment. "We are going to die." she whispered before her eyes rolled back and her body went limp. Alex quickly gathered her in his arms before she can hit the ground. "Alison!" he shook her but she didn't respond.

Simon rounded the car. "We are clear." he said. "All of them are dead."

Alex didn't waste any time. He scooped Alison in his arms and stood up. Ignoring her bothers' loud and angry protest, he rushed toward his car and got in. He put Alison on his lap and leaned her head on his shoulder. Simon and John hopped in as well. "The King's men are here." said John.

"Simon, go home." ordered Alex while he examined Alison's body for any injuries. She had a few small scratches and wounds on her hands and face, but other than that she looked fine. He planted a few kisses on her forehead and hugged her tight. "You are safe, my love." he whispered in her ear, more likely calm down himself. "You are safe with me."

About ten minutes later, they reached the West mansion. Alex saw his mother standing there with their family doctor by her side. John had called them earlier and had informed them of their arrival.

Juliet ran to the car as it stopped in front of the house. Alex opened the door and carefully stepped out with Alison in his arms.

"Jesus Christ." said Juliet as she saw Alison. "Take her to your room. Quickly."

Alex didn't need to be told twice. He ran to the house and rushed to his room followed by the others. Once there, he gently placed Alison on his bed and covered her with blankets. Doctor Stephan was beside her in a second and Alex took a step back to give him more space. After a few agonizing minutes, the doctor nodded his head satisfied and stood.

"Well," said Alex impatiently. "How is she?"

"Nothing serious has happened for her." answered the doctor. "Only a few scratches which I clean now. She is only shocked. I will inject an IV for her."

Alex and Juliet both sighed in relief. "Alex!" called Juliet when the doctor began to tend to Alison's wounds. Alex hummed in response but didn't take his eyes away from Alison. Afraid that if he do, she would vanish. "Does her family know that you have brought her here?" asked Juliet.

"They saw me taking her." said Alex. "But they weren't so thrilled about it."

"Oh dear God." sighed Juliet and pinched the bridge of her nose. "They are going to burn this house to ashes. I'm going to prepare for their arrival."

She then turned on her heels and left the room. The doctor left a few minutes later and left Alex alone with Alison. Alex went and sat on the bed and gently grabbed her hand in his and draw circles on the back of her hand. "I'm sorry to not be there for you. I'm not going to let anything happen for you from now on, Alie." he said through gritted teeth and his eyes hardened. "I'm gonna find those responsible for tonight and kill all of them. I swear. Please forgive me." he said and leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead