Love, Is It Worth The Sacrifice?

In an alleyway, a car is parked. Inside it two teenagers are making out.

"Oh Jordon, No!" said Amy "I don't know about this!"

"Well you wanted to come out here" said Jordon "don't you want to?"

"I don't know" said Amy "can I have a few minutes to think about it?"

"Ok!" said Jordon "I have to go take a piss, I'll be right back" Jordon kissed Amy on the cheek and walked into the alleyway. As Amy sat in the car, she found the silence was getting to her. Amy turned on the radio, "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper was playing on the radio. As Amy sang along to the song, she heard footsteps.

"Jordon is that you?" asked Amy "I thought about it and I think I'm ready!" Amy felt a hand touch the other side of her neck. She rubbed the hand, and felt a glove. "Jordon where did you get the gloves?" she looked up to see a man. The man pulled her close, and in his other hand he held a syringe. Amy began to scream, the man turned up the music to drown out her screaming. Only the vocal stylings of Cyndi Lauper could be heard, as the man stuck the syringe into her neck and inserted the unknown substance. Ten Minutes later, Jordon came out of the alley.

"Goddamn it was easy to get lost in there!" said Jordon he headed towards the car and noticed Amy sleeping. "Oh this will be even better!" said Jordon as he walked up to the car. As he leaned in towards Amy, the mysterious man came out of the shadows and did the same to Jordon

***

"Lost Somewhere In Time" By Iron Maiden could be heard, as the Hummer pulled into the city. The Hummer pulled up to a hotel and out jumped the group. As the group entered the hotel to get a room, Jabo picked up a paper off the table and read the headline. TWO MORE PEOPLE FOUND DEAD IN ALLEY. As Jabo read the article, he saw that all victims that had been attacked, appeared to have a puncture mark in their neck. The report went on to say the male victim from the most recent attack said "he injected us" and then died. The police are baffled. Jabo set the paper down, and they all went to their rooms. Later that afternoon, Laura came into Jabos room.

"Hey Jabo" said Laura "What were you reading when we got our rooms?"

"Hey Laura" said Jabo "Oh Nothing much, just reading about some crazy fuck, who's injecting people or something."

"I..see!" said Laura "Well maybe if you're not busy tonight we'll get together and..talk!" Jabo showed a small smile on his face

"I'll be looking forward to that!" said Jabo. Jabo and Laura exchanged a kiss on the cheek, and Laura left the room.

***

That evening, Laura was out walking around the city, when she saw a figure hiding in the shadows. The figure appeared to be looking in her direction.

"Who's there?" demanded Laura. The figure began to run into an alley. "Don't think so motherfucker!" said Laura, as she pulled out her handgun, and began to chase the figure. She continued to run down the alley, until she reached a dead end. She looked around but could not see the figure. "Where the fuck are you?" Laura said to herself, all of a sudden something attacked her from behind. Laura managed to throw the figure over her shoulder. The figure

then stood up, ran towards her, and bashed her against a wall. Laura slowly slid down the wall until she fell on her ass. As Laura looked up at the figure half consciously, she saw the figure holding something glimmering in their hand. As the object came closer, she saw that it was a

syringe. The figure brought the syringe to Laura neck, and injected it into her neck. Laura lost consciousness, as the figure placed something on her, and ran out of the alley.

***

When Laura regained consciousness, she saw Gordon and James standing in front of her.

"I think she's regained consciousness Jabo" said Gordon as he walked over to Jabo, who was reading a note.

"You okay Laura?" asked James, as he squatted down in front of her.

"I think so" said Laura "What's going on?"

"I'll tell you in a minute" said James "but what happened?"

"Well" said Laura weakly "from what I can remember, I was chasing someone into the alley. I chased them to this dead end. They attacked me,knocked me against the wall, and injected me with a needle" Laura stopped for a moment to rub her neck where she had been injected "The last thing I remember is the person sticking something on me, and then running away. Now it's your turn James!"

"Well" said James "we were out drinking, when we heard that there was someone dead in they alley. We hadn't seen you for a bit, and suspected the worse. We found you unconscious, with a note attached to you.

"What note?" asked Laura

"This note" said Jabo, as he walked over to Laura and handed her the note. Laura took the note from Jabos hand and read it.

Greetings,

well if you're reading this note then you have found her. I trust she isn't dead..yet! You're probably wondering what I have done. Well I injected her with a poison that will kill her in twenty one hours. The poison running through her system is very deadly, and as added fun if anyone makes close contact (sex or kissing) they will die in one hour. You're wondering why I wrote all this? Well I saw you when you entered this city, I'm giving you a chance to come and get the antidote. If you can survive! I hope you're as a worthy opponent as you look. I injected her at 7 p.m you have until 4 p.m tomorrow to get her the antidote, hope you can make it.

Laura looked at the bottom of the note and it gave the location of the guys lab in Daimen.

"Well let's go get him!" said Laura as she stood up, only to fall down due to weakness.

"You're not going anywhere!" said Jabo

"What the fuck are you talking about?" demanded Laura

"The poison has been running through your system for an hour now!" said Jabo "As time passes it's gonna spread further. I'm not gonna fucking risk losing you. You're staying here, and James is gonna stay with you."

"What?" asked James

"No!" said Laura "If you're going you need James, I can take care of myself."

"Ok!" said Jabo "But if you're staying alone, I'm gonna need your gun!"

"My gun!" said Laura "Why?"

"Well" said Jabo "I'm not gonna risk you trying to kill yourself. So I want you to hand your gun to Gordon." Laura opened a holster witch held her handgun, she pulled it out and handed it to Gordon. The group walked back to the hotel, they all went into Lauras room. Jabo and Laura exchanged hugs, then Jabo,James,and Gordon exited the room and headed towards the Hummer. Laura watched as they drove away from the hotel. As they exited her view she brought up her pantleg and opened a holster. She pulled out another handgun and held it up.

"Guess they forgot about this one!" Laura said to herself.

***

"Countdown To Extinction" by Megadeth came blaring from the speakers, as the Hummer entered Daimen. On a rooftop, a figure could be seen holding a sniper rifle.

"Got them in our sights!" the man said into a headset

"Fire to throw them off" said the voice through the headset "if they survive this, then I can look forward to good times!"

"Aye sir!" said the sniper. The sniper aimed the sniper rifle at Jabos shoulder and took a shot. The bullet entered Jabos shoulder, and he began to lose steering control of the Hummer. Jabo managed to pull over the Hummer. Jabo, Gordon, and James jumped out.

"What the fuck was that?" yelled Jabo

"I think it was a sniper!" said Gordon, as he loaded up his shotgun

"Well, where the fuck is he?" demanded Jabo

"Over there" said James, as he pointed at a rooftop where the sniper could be seen.

"Guy's fucking with the wrong sniper!" said Jabo, as he pulled out the briefcase, and quickly began to assemble the sniper rifle. With the sniper rifle assembled, Jabo placed it on a tripod and took aim. As Jabo looked through the scope he moved the sniper rifle, until he had a perfect forehead shot. With the shot in place, Jabo prepared to pull the trigger. "Say goodnight!" said Jabo, as he pulled the trigger on the sniper rifle. The shot hit dead on as the

snipers head cocked back, and blood shot out the back of his head as he fell backwards. Jabo took apart the sniper rifle, and put it away. As the group came into view, they saw five soldiers

heading their way.

"Looks like we're in for some fun!" said Gordon, as he pumped his shotgun

"Let's do this!" said James,as he loaded clips into his handguns. Jabo,James, and Gordon began running at the soldiers, guns blazing.

***

"I hope they make it back!" said Laura to herself, as she sat in her hotel room. In the hours since they had left, a pain from the poison had slowly been making its way through Lauras body. She worried about the group as a way to not think about the pain she was experiencing. Laura looked over at her bedside table, on it she saw her handgun. As she looked at it, she wondered if it would come to a point of using it on herself. Laura walked over to the window and

looked outside, hoping it would take her mind of the possibility of suicide.

The Hummer was back on the move, as the group was getting closer to the lab.

"He must have known we were coming!" said Gordon "He's probably trying to stop us from getting the antidote."

"Then why did he tell us where to go if we wanted the antidote?" asked James

"Probably how the sick fuck gets off." said Jabo "There's all kinds!"

"I've been wondering," said Gordon "What's your plan of action?"

"What do you mean?" asked Jabo

"Well what are you gonna do when we get to the lab?" asked Gordon

"Well," said Jabo "I'm gonna get the antidote, and kill that sick motherfucker!"

"Oh!" said Gordon "Good plan!" As the Hummer drove on, the lab began coming into view. Jabo pulled the Hummer over, and the group got out. As they looked towards the lab, they saw that it was heavily guarded.

"What's the plan fearless leader?" asked James mockingly

"Well," said Jabo "first thing, we have to get past those guards."

"How are we supposed to do that?" asked James

"Oh, we'll find a way!" said Jabo. As the group slowly made their way towards the lab, two of the guards were talking.

"Fucking pointless job,eh?" said the one guard

"I know!" said the other guard "I mean what the fuck are we guarding anyway?"

"Not a clue!" said the first guard "Well, I'm gonna go for a smoke break, I'll be right back!"

"Ok!" said the other guard. The first guard went to one of the outside walls of the lab and lit up a cigarette.

"Ah, I needed this!" said the first guard, as he took a puff of his cigarette. The guard then heard footsteps behind him, "coming out for a smoke too,eh?" the guard said behind

his back. "Don't be too long or the boss will be pissed!" The guard felt something press against his temple, as he looked out of the corner of his eye he saw a silencer pressed against his temple. "What the fuck?!" said the guard, as the trigger was pulled. The guard spit up blood, as he fell forward.

"What the fuck is taking him so long?" the other guard asked himself as he looked at his watch. "It couldn't take him this long to have a smoke." The guard then heard footsteps coming towards him "about fucking time!" said the guard as he looked at the direction the footsteps were

coming from. From behind the wall, came a figure holding an M16. "What the..." said the guard, as Jabo began firing from his M16. The guards body began to convulse while standing, as Jabo emptied a round from the M16 into the guards chest. As the guard fell to the ground, James and Gordon

came from behind the wall.

"This should bring the attention we need!" Jabo said to James and Gordon, still holding his M16 with the smoking barrel.

***

As time had passed, Laura found she was getting weaker, and it was becoming harder to move. As she looked at the handgun on the bedside table, she figured it was time. She stood up from the chair she was sitting on, as she tried to walk she fell to her knees. She began to crawl towards the bedside table, when she got there she tried to reach for her gun. She soon found she was too weak to reach it.

"Fucking gun!" Laura said to herself, she then turned her attention to the window. As she tried to get back to the chair, she wondered how the group was doing.

"Don't kill me!" said the soldier, as he lay on the ground, Gordons shotgun aimed at his head.

"Sorry!" said Gordon, as he pulled the trigger. The close range blast from the shotgun, blowing apart the soldiers head. Jabo in the meantime, had been dispatching soldiers with his M16. James killing soldiers with his handguns, getting successful point blank shots. As the group

walked away from the orgy of dead soldiers, they heard a door open. As they looked at the door, they saw a man holding a vial.

"So glad you could make it!" said the man "I suppose you're looking for this." The man held up a vial, which contained the antidote.

"Give me the fucking antidote!" demanded Jabo

"You want it?" said the scientist "Come and get it!"

The scientist exited into the door, the group followed and as they entered the room the door slammed shut. They looked up to see the scientist standing on a catwalk.

"Stay down here!" Jabo ordered James and Gordon. "I'm going up there to take care of him!" Jabo walked up to the catwalk to confront the scientist.

"Glad you could make it!" said the scientist "I didn't think you'd make it this far!"

"Look you sick fuck, I don't have time for this, just give me the fucking antidote."

"Why do you want this so bad?" asked the scientist "Do you...care for her?"

"Yes..I do!" said Jabo as he pulled out his Samurai sword "Now give it to me, before I slice your fucking head off!"

"Oh" said the scientist "Well in that case, I'll..."

the scientist pulled out a gun and took a shot at Jabo. The shot hit Jabo in the shoulder.

"Goddamnit, not again!" said Jabo, he then pulled out his handgun and shot at the scientist. The shot knocked the gun out of the scientists hand. The scientist yelled out in pain, rubbed his hand, then quickly made a leap for his gun. As he reached for his gun, Jabos foot stepped on his

hand. Jabo kicked the gun off the catwalk and kicked the scientist on to his back. Jabo took the blade of his sword, and pointed it at the scientists neck.

"Now!" said Jabo "give me the fucking antidote!" The scientist took his free hand which held the antidote, and held it over the catwalk.

"You'll never have it!" said the scientist "I'll drop it!"

"You drop it and I'll kill you!" said Jabo. The scientist stared at Jabo as he let go of the vial. James and Gordon tried to catch it, in the end they could only watch it smash. With an angry look in Jabos eyes, he pressed the blade down into the scientists neck. The scientist gurgled and blood seeped from his mouth, as the blade entered, and exited out the back of his neck. Jabo stayed kneeled down for a few minutes until Gordon and James helped him up.

"C'mon" said Gordon "Let's go, we've done all we can!"

***

The group got back at five minutes to three. They knew that in one hour, they were going to lose a teammate. Jabo went up to Lauras room, and saw her laying in a chair. He carried her down to where the Hummer was parked, after holding her for a few minutes, he looked up at James

and Gordon.

"Guys, I want you to go!" said Jabo "Leave us!"

"Jabo?" said James confused. James watched as Gordon went over to the Hummer.

"James," said Jabo "I said go!"

"But.." said James

"GO!" yelled Jabo. Gordon got out of the Hummer and pulled James into the Hummer. As they start up the Hummer, James sees Laura regain consciousness. He watches through the rearview mirror as they speak. James then sees Jabo put his finger over Lauras lips, as he moves in to kiss her. As the Hummer pulls away, James sees Jabo and Laura locked in a kiss.

"Did you see what he did?" asked James.

"Yeah I did!" said Gordon monotonously.

"Doesn't he realize what's gonna happen?" asked James,

"As a matter of fact James!" said Gordon "He does!"

As James and Gordon drive off, Laura and Jabo remained sitting on the ground in close embrace.

The End