Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Another Death

AJ's POV

I stayed for a while fixing my bike when I got a call.

"Yes?" I answered, after seeing that it was Ashton.

"Hey AJ, the men stopped following us what do I do now?" Ashton asked.

"Drop back the guys and come to my house" I instructed.

"Alright. But can you tell me what's going on?"

I exhaled, "I can't tell you yet, just hold on,"

I hung up and looked at my shoulder. He can't see this. I looked at my jacket and slowly put it on with agonizing pain, I winced at the contact I went inside and took pain killers.

They know my identity they killed Ashton's family, he's gonna be crushed and it's all my fault. What do I do when he figures out what I've done. His parents are dead and its all my fault.

After a while of working, I heard a beep and walked outside. My arm was leaning down a bit and I tried my best to keep it straight. I got in the passenger seat and Ashton started to drive. I kept my eyes on the road afraid that he'd see the guilt that I knew was present on my face.

"So. . . You gonna tell me what happened," he said after a long silence.

"Just wait till we get home," I mumbled, looking out the window.

We got there soon and we walked up to the door but it was open. I'm repeating the same thing one week ago.

Ashton quietly entered the house and looked around. I shakingly followed.

"Mom?" He called walking.

"Do you have a father?" I asked.

He froze and turned to me. "No he um. . . he left when I was nine".

"Oh." One less person.

He continued walking and went upstairs and I followed. We walked down the corridor and found my bedroom door open and saw a running vacuum laying on the floor. Mia must have been cleaning.

Ashton walked around the bed to the other side and he froze. His hands began to tremble as he put them over his mouth. A sob escaped him and he staggered back, almost tripping over.

"Mom" he croaked and sniffed.

I walked over to him slowly and saw Mia lying on the ground with blood covering her torso and a stab wound in her abdomen.

"Oh gosh" I coughed, revolted at the sight. I backed away and took out my phone to call the police and ambulance. I quickly told them what had happened and was assured that assistance would be sent immediately.

"Ashton. . ." I looked up after the line cut off.

"H-how would this happen?" he croaked sitting on my bed and buried his face in his hands.

"I'm sorry," I glared at my shoulder and cursed at the fact that I didn't think that all this was the X Hunter's fault.

"I-I'll leave you to it, ok." I turned and went to the door.

I went outside and sat on the porch step. I watched the cars pass by and got lost in thought while I waited. How could they do this? All this just to get me to join their stupid gang. How many more will die just because they can't their way?

After a bit, the authorities showed up and the scene was exactly like how it was at my house. Red and blue lights flashing outside,

"What mob did you piss off?" Was the first thing the chief told me when he arrived at the scene.

Ashton locked himself in his room and would not come out so the chief was telling me everything. After he left the house was seriously quiet. I went up to my room and lay on the bed. I'm glad that we don't have school cause it's fixing because I need to deal with this gang.

What scares me is that Ashton is going to find out who I really am. And since he has this. . . thing with Triple D, it's gonna be hard.

It's been two days and Ashton has not left his room. Every time I go he tells me to leave or ignores me. I made some pancakes and waffles with syrup and blueberries and took it up to his room.

"Ashton," I called softly, "please eat something. I made this for you."

I heard a noise after a little while and the door unlocked, I opened the door slightly and went in.

"Close the door, " a deep raspy voice said and I obeyed.

The room was pitch black and I could see nothing but I made out a bed in the corner of the room and saw a figure huddled in the corner of the bed.

I walked to the bed and sat in the edge and rested the plate on the bed. I heard shuffling and felt the bed move and then Ashton was next to me. We sat in silence as I felt Ashton's eyes bore into my skin.

I cleared my throat and got up to leave.

"No! Please don't go" Ashton said quietly.

"OK" I went and sat back down on this bed.

He moved somewhere and a very dim light shone over us. He sat back down and I stared at his electric blue eyes. His hair fell over his eyes and it took a lot of will power not to brush them away.

"I'm sorry" I finally said.

"What"

"It's all my fault your mom is dead, I should have never come. I have to leave. . . I can't have any more deaths because of me" I cried.

"Why? What's happening?" He demanded.

"You're in danger" I whispered.

"How?" He asked.

"I'm being hunted by a-a gang and they will kill all who get in there way"

"Why?" he asked impatiently.

"I-I. . . um. . . I'm. . . uh-"

"Spit it out Winter" he shouted.

"B-because I'm Triple Dare"