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We locked eyes and in his beautiful blues, he was telling me to stay calm To stay focused To not worry

That od that made me worry

Because Caive his life for yours if itout alive And I didn’t want that I didn’t want life if he wasn’t in it I wanted he and I, with the waves crashing at our feet

"Here he is," Javier announced, pushing Cahted hi at his feet The sun continued to sear us,the whole scene jump in contrast Surreal

Yet, this was reality

Harsh, cold truth

He stopped a little ways away and looked over at Vincent "I brought hi Now I hope we can do business"

Vincent nodded and wiggled his hand "Send hi all control, like the devil was being ripped out ofhurts hied and pushed Ca "I don’t care if you kill Sophia"

Sophia stiffened againstwith his blank, reptilian eyes for an ounce of humanity, of love, of compassion toward me "Please, Javier"

"What? I don’t" He motioned to Vincent "Does he?"

I looked to Vincent He smiled sympathetically at et over it," he said

My world froze

Sophia cried out in indignation, anger and betrayal spilling from her lips, and I was too dazed to even hold onto her She ripped herself out ofher head off, ready to pound on hiun and shot her in the chest

She cru around her

My collateral was dead

The planet slowed on its axis Every second stretched longer

I looked at Camden who had stopped in the middle of it all, hands still above his head, halfway in between Javier and Vincent Camden looked back at me

He smiled sadly

"Take care of Ben forto understand the i while hanymore

"Camden!" I screamed, an out of body experience

Vincent aier

Shot Caht in the chest

In the heart

In his beautiful, lovely, endless heart

He flew backward, all 6’2" of hiround,it rumble at my feet

Motionless

A bullet whizzed past my head and I had a split second to react Not that I wanted to react, not that I was trying, not that I cared

Because I was already dead I died out there with Camden

I didn’t even care any Hu without knowledge, without thought

I ducked low to the ground and rolled until I was by the giant landing gear and then popped up behind it, using it as a shield

I leaned against it, trying to find one

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I sobbed uncontrollably, once, twice, loud,pain I couldn’t breathe I couldn’t see I couldn’t even be

Camden

My moon

Shattered

Lifeless on the floor of the Mojave Desert

Another bullet rocketed off the landing gearon There was a firefight I was in the ear,there on his back, head facing straight up Vincent was shooting atat Vincent Este was there, ju off the top of a plane and onto one of Vincent’soff in all directions

Vincent started running toward un, ready to finish off the man who had killed the love of my life

But Javier popped up, airound and Javier took off running behind the body of a 737

I quickly got up and walked straight to Vincent I turned hi up at me, barely alive, and stepped on his chest

I didn’t even have words I just pulled the trigger Aimed at his head