Love Her To The End

Jabo could hear the sound of his own footsteps, as he walked through a darkened area.

"What the fuck's this?" Jabo asked himself as he continued walking. As he looked up ahead, he saw a figure laying on the ground. As he got closer, the figure was revealed to be Laura. Jabo ran over, and knelt down in front of Laura. As Jabo lifted her head, he noticed a puddle of blood around her. "Laura?" said Jabo "LAURA!"

"Jabo," came Lauras voice "Jabo, wake up!" Jabo opened his eyes, to see Lauras face hovering over him.

"Wha..What's going on?" asked Jabo, as he lifted his head from Lauras lap, and found himself sitting in the back of the Hummer.

"You said you didn't get much sleep last night," said James "Laura decided that we'd let you sleep, and that Gordon would drive. I don't know why they wouldn't let me drive!"

"Well," said Gordon as they drove down the road. "You're a drunk, a doper, and you got your license revoked after hitting that little kid."

"Hey," said James "he lived!"

"Yeah," said Gordon "but now he has to play sitting in a wheelchair."

"And your point is?" said James

"Nevermind!" said Gordon

"So where are we going?" asked James

"Sign said we were coming up to some place called Jasar." said Laura

"Christ," said Jabo "who comes up with the names for these places?"

"Who knows!" said Laura "Important thing is we find a hotel, then find a restaurant, I'm hungry!"

"Yeah," said James "probably hungry for something that you and Jabo can to at the hotel."

"Shut up James!" said Laura. The group sat in silence, as the Hummer drove down the road towards Jasar.

***

After getting into the city and getting their hotel rooms, the group decided to go out to a restaurant. As the group made their way to their table, they passed a table that had six people aged eighteen to twenty.

"Everybody at the table gets a quickie!" joked the one girl. A mischievous smile showed up on James face, as he began walking towards that table.

"Don't think so James!" said Laura as she grabbed the back of James shirt, and pulled him towards the groups table.

Waiting for their food to come, Jabo began listening to the conversations at the other table. As he listened, he overheard them refer to their waiter as "The Hot Waiter." He heard jokes about taking the cherries from the drinks they had, and the one girl saying that she wanted to kiss the

waiter.

***

After the meal, James went out for a smoke Gordon followed to get some air. Laura also left the table to go to the washroom, leaving Jabo sitting at the table.

"How's it going?" asked the waiter.

"Pretty good," said Jabo "take a seat." As the waiter sat down, he began talking to Jabo.

"That's a good looking girl you got with you!" said the waiter "You two together?"

"You could say that?" said Jabo

"How'd you two meet?" asked the waiter.

"Well.." said Jabo as he was stopped by the noise at the other table. As Jabo and the waiter listened in, they heard that the one girl was going to show her tatoos.

"Go check it out!" said Jabo. The waiter smiled as he walked up behind the girl, as she pulled up her shirt to show the tatoo on her back. As she turned around and saw the waiter, she pulled her shirt back down, and sat at the table embarrassed, with her hands over her face. The waiter walked back to Jabos table, a smile on his face.

"Well?" said Jabo

"Well I saw the tatoo on her back at least!" said the waiter.

"Well maybe when you two go out you can find out is she has others." said Jabo, a smile on his face.

"What do you mean?" asked the waiter.

"She likes you man!" said Jabo

"Oh yeah?" said the waiter.

"Yeah," said Jabo "I was listening in on some of their conversations, she was talking about you a lot."

"Really?!" said the waiter "Well she is cute!"

"Well, it appears that you and that ugly guy with the goatee at the table agree on something!" said Jabo. The waiter looked at Jabo with a confused look on his face. "Listening in to conversations!" said Jabo.

"Oh, so anyway," said the waiter "you were gonna tell me about how you met the girl you came in with."

"Oh yeah!" said Jabo "First off, her name's Laura. Well, it was kinda strange how it happened. You see, when she first became part of the group, we were just teammates."

"Group? Teammates?" said the waiter with a confused look on his face.

"Long story!" said Jabo "Anyhow, we just worked together as teammates. We were pretty close, watching each others asses, but just as friends. After awhile, I really started to like her, but I wasn't sure if a romance would be possible between us. I was gonna give up, but remembered

what a good friend once told me."

"What did they tell you?" asked the waiter.

"She once told me that there was a guy in her life, they started out as just friends, then ended up going out. I figured if it worked for her, it would work for me!"

"Did it?" asked the waiter.

"We're together aren't we?" said Jabo

"That's a hell of a story" said the waiter, as he stood up and began walking away.

"Hey," said Jabo "one question."

"Yeah?" said the waiter

"That tongue piercing you have," said Jabo "did it hurt?"

"A bit!" said the waiter

"Try getting shot," said Jabo "now that hurts!" The waiter laughed, with a confused look on his face as he walked away. As the waiter walked away, the group came back to the table.

"Who was that?" asked Laura

"The "hot" waiter they keep making reference to!" said Jabo, as he pointed at the other table.

"So," said Gordon "we miss anything?"

"Well James missed something!" said Jabo

"What?" asked James

"You missed a nineteen year old girl pulling her shirt up!" said Jabo

"Shit!" said James "Why the fuck didn't you come out and get me?"

"Sorry," said Jabo "next time that happens, I'll just run out and get you!"

"That's all I ask." said James.

As the group sat at the table getting their money together for the bill, Jabo looked up and saw six people walk in. He watched as the one guy pulled out a handgun, pointed it in the air, and fired. People began panicking and screaming as the six people pulled out guns and knives. Jabo watched as the waiter walked up towards the leader of this group.

"Look," said the waiter "why don't you just leave before I call the cops!"

"Don't think so cupcake!" said the guy, as he smashed the waiter across the face with his handgun, knocking him to the ground. Jabo watched as one of the guys went over to the other table, and began waving his gun around. Jabo pulled out his Samurai sword, and walked up to the guy.

"Hey asshole!" said Jabo "Why don't you leave them alone!"

"Oh," said the guy as he pointed his gun at Jabo "and what the fuck are you gonna do?"

"This!" said Jabo as he quickly brought the sword up, cutting off the guys hand, leaving a bloody stump.

"You son of a.." said the guy, as Jabo stabbed the Samurai sword through his chest. Jabo pulled the sword out, and let the guys lifeless body fall to the ground. The leader of the group began walking towards Jabo.

"Hey!" said James, as he grabbed the leader by the sleeve of his shirt. "Have a drink!" James quickly grabbed a beer bottle smashing it over the guys head, knocking him unconscious. One of the guys came running at Laura, knife in hand. Acting quickly, Laura brought her leg out and kicked the guy in the stomach, causing him to fall to his knees.

"A guy on his knees," said Laura "about time!" She proceeded to kick him again, knocking him to the ground. Laura pulled out her handgun, aimed it point blank at her assailants head, and pulled the trigger. As Laura looked over at James, she watched as he held the barrel of his gun at one of the assailants temples. She watched as he pulled the trigger, causing the guy to bring up blood as he fell to the ground. She then looked over at Gordon, who had a guys throat in his hand, holding him against a wall. Laura watched as Gordon tightened his grip, causing the guy to

make choking sounds, until finally he went limp.

"Looks like we're finished!" said Jabo

"Not quite!" said Laura, as she pointed at a guy with a frightened look on his face, holding a handgun by his side.

"I got it!" said Gordon as he held up his shotgun and fired. They watched as the shot blew a hole in the guys chest, causing him to fall to the ground. Jabo walked over to the table with the six people, and looked at the one girl at the table.

"Ellie," said Jabo "I want you and your friends to grab what your friend Meagan calls the hot waiter. I want you to get out of here, and don't look back, do you understand?"

Ellie nodded as her, Meagan, the other girl, and three guys picked up the waiter and ran out of the restaurant.

"How did you know their names?" asked Laura

"Listening in to conversations!" said Jabo, a smile on his face. The group walked out of the restaurant, and headed towards the hotel. A few minutes later, the leader of the assailants stood up, and dusted the broken glass off him. As he touched the back of his head, he brought the hand to his face, and saw blood.

"Oh," said the group leader "they are so fucking dead!"

***

Jabo opened his eyes, to find himself in the dark area once again.

"Jesus Christ!" said Jabo "What the fuck am I doing here again?" As Jabo walked on, he saw a figure standing in the distance. As he walked closer, he saw that the figure was Laura. "Laura!" said Jabo as he began speed walking towards her. Just as Jabo got up to her, a shot was heard,

and Laura fell to the ground. "Laura?" said Jabo "LAURA?!" Jabo knelt down in front of Laura, he looked at her chest, and noticed blood coming from a bullet hole. As Jabo stood up, he looked at his hand, and saw a handgun with a smoking barrel. "My God!" said Jabo "It was me! It's my fault!" Jabo closed his eyes, he opened them to find himself in a hotel room. Jabo quickly sat up in bed, covered in a cold sweat. He looked beside him, to see Laura sleeping comfortably. Jabo leaned over kissed Laura on the cheek, got out of bed, and headed for the washroom. As Laura turned over and opened her eyes, she noticed that Jabo wasn't in bed. She got up and walked to the bathroom, she saw Jabo staring into the mirror.

"Jabo?" said Laura, a sound of concern in her voice. "Are you okay?"

"I don't know!" said Jabo, as he stared into the mirror. "I just don't know!" Laura walked up to Jabo, stood beside him, and wrapped her arms around his chest.

"Do you wanna tell me about it?" asked Laura

"I wouldn't know where to begin!" said Jabo

"Start at the beginning." said Laura.

"Okay," said Jabo "but you may wanna sit down for this!"

***

"Oh my God!" said Laura

"Yeah," said Jabo "I know."

"How long has this been going on?" asked Laura

"Started the other day," said Jabo "that's the reason I didn't get much sleep yesterday."

"Why do you think you've been having dreams like this?" asked Laura

"Wish I knew," said Jabo "all I know is I'm gonna do everything I can to prevent you from being hurt!"

"Well c'mon," said Laura as she brought Jabo back towards the bed. "Lets try to get some sleep, you can't protect me if you're sleep deprived."

"Good point!" said Jabo as he got into the bed with Laura.

"Jabo?" said Laura

"Yeah?" said Jabo

"I just wanted to tell you I love you!" said Laura

"I love you too!" said Jabo, as he turned his head to see Lauras face right in front of him. As their lips locked, Jabo reached over and turned off the light.

***

The next day as Jabo stood outside the hotel, he saw a car holding the six people plus the waiter from the restaurant. As the car drove by Jabo, the people waved at Jabo, Jabo waved back. As Jabo stood outside the hotel, the rest of the group eventually made their way outside.

"Wow!" said James as he took a puff of his joint "This looks like it's gonna be a great fucking day!"

"You say that every time you smoke up." said Gordon

"And what's wrong with that?" asked James

"Well..." said Gordon "I don't know!"

"Ha!" said James "Finally won an argument!"

"Shut up James!" said Gordon.

"So," said Jabo "what do we have planned for today?"

"First things first!" said Laura

"What's that?" asked Jabo

"BREAKFAST!" said Laura, Gordon and James simultaneously.

"Well," said Jabo "guess the vote is unanimous, let's go!"

"So," said a muscular guy, with tatoos down his arms. "Are you gonna fucking tell us why you asked us all here!" The group leader from the restaurant looked around at the ten other guys that were in the abandoned warehouse with him.

"Well," said the group leader "I need you all for a mission of revenge!"

"What type of revenge?" asked another guy

"Well," said the group leader "a simple restaurant robbery was compromised yesterday by four nosey motherfuckers. They killed the other guys involved in the robbery, I was the only one that got away alive!"

"Why do you need us then?" asked another guy.

"Simply," said the group leader "I needed some of the roughest, meanest motherfuckers, and you ten fit the bill!"

"So," said the tatooed guy, as he cracked his knuckles. "When do we start?"

***

"So," said Jabo "that was a pretty interesting day."

"Yeah," said James "where are we gonna go next?"

"How about to hell?!" said a voice

"Who said that?" asked James, as the group pulled out their guns.

"I said it!" said the group leader, as he stepped out from an alley, with ten other guys.

"Hey," said James "You're that dumbass I knocked out at the restaurant!"

"Uh..yes!" said the group leader "I haven't forgotten that!"

"So what the fuck do you want?" demanded Jabo

"Nothing," said the group leader "except for you to die!"

"Man, you watch too much James Bond!" said Jabo

"Enough!" said the leader, as he snapped his fingers. "Attack!" With the snap of his fingers, the ten people began running at the group, guns and knives in hand. As one of the guys ran at Jabo, knives in both hands. Jabo quickly pulled out a MAC-10, and emptied a clip into him. Jabo watched as the guy fell at Jabos feet, in a puddle of his own blood. Meanwhile a guy came running at Gordon, only to be hit in the face with the butt of Gordons shotgun. The guy looked up to see the shotgun barrel aimed at his face.

"Nighty night asshole!" said Gordon, as he pulled the trigger. Gordon looked over at Laura, who was engaged in hand to hand combat with one of their assailants. Gordon watched as Laura kicked the guy in the chest, knocking him to the ground. As the guy got up, he pulled out a knife and began swinging it around. Acting quickly, Laura kicked the guys hand, causing the knife to go flying into the air. As it came down, Laura caught it and threw it at the guy. As the knife went into his neck, Laura watched as he gurgled blood before falling to the ground. A smile on his face, Gordon turned around to see the barrel of a handgun aimed at his face.

"You made a mistake my friend!" said the guy holding the gun. "You shouldn't have let your guard down in a fight like this!"

"You made a mistake too!" said Gordon

"Oh," said the guy "what's that?"

"Fucking with a ex-bouncer!" said Gordon, as he slammed his fist into the guys throat, causing him to choke, dropping his gun. Gordon picked up the gun, aimed it at the guys head, and pulled the trigger. Gordon lifted his head, and looked over at James who had two handguns with smoking barrels, two dead guys behind him. As Laura knelt down to catch her breath, she felt someone grab her forehead, and hold a knife to her throat.

"Oh, what a pretty neck!" said the guy holding the knife. "It's such a shame I have to cut this pretty knife. Maybe afterwards though, I'll make some use of that pretty mouth!" The next sound Laura heard was gurgling, and she felt blood seep into her hair. She watched as the guy

fell beside her, throat slit. Laura looked behind her to see Jabo, bloody combat knife in hand.

"Nice timing!" said Laura

"I try!" said Jabo. Laura and Jabo looked over, and watched as James emptied a clip from his handgun into a guy holding a knife.

"Who the fuck brings a knife to a gunfight?" said James, as he looked over at Jabo and Laura. James walked over to Jabo and Laura as they watched Gordon. They watched as Gordon picked the final two guys up, and smashed their heads together. As he dropped them to the ground, their

brain matter leaked onto the ground.

"Now we take care of this motherfucker!" said Jabo, as he pointed at the leader.

"I got him!" said Laura, as she ran towards the leader, gun in hand. Jabo watched as the leader pulled out a handgun.

"LAURA WAIT!" yelled Jabo. He yelled it to late, Jabo watched as the leader pulled the trigger, and Laura fell to the ground. "NOOO!" yelled Jabo as he pulled out the Samurai sword, and ran towards the leader. The leader began firing, his shots missing Jabo.

"Shit!" said the leader, as the Samurai sword went through his stomach. As Jabo stood there, his hand still on the handle of the sword, the leader looked up at him. "If you would have ran at me first, she wouldn't be dead!"

Jabo yelled out as he lifted the sword, cutting the guy in half. He watched as the two halves of the leader fell to the ground. Jabo dropped his sword, and ran over to Laura. Jabo knelt down, and pulled Laura close to him.

"Jabo" said Laura weakly.

"Laura!" said Jabo, trying to hold back his tears.

"It wasn't your fault, remember that!" said Laura

"I..I know!" said Jabo

"I love you!" said Laura, as with her last bit of strength she wrapped her arms around Jabo. As Jabo sat there hugging Laura, he heard her last breath escape her. As James and Gordon stood on either side of Jabo, he sat there still holding Laura close to him.

THE END