Chapter 30: Not Backfire

Esmerelda

The force in which I hit the ground would have had my head bouncing off the cement if not for a large hand cradling it from the blow. Two bad that the same can’t be said about my body. It takes me longer than I would like to admit to figure out what the hell just happened. And I only figure it out when the shots keep ringing out around us has Tony used himself to cover my body. Then the squeal of tired and everything goes silent. Everything stands still other than the rise and fall of mine and Tonys chest. Feeling starts to come back when something warm and wet hits my hand trapped at the sides of my body. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what it is.

“Tony… One of us is bleeding. I don’t feel anything, so I don’t think its me.” I say carefully still trying to get a grip on what hell just happened.

“Are you okay. Ms. Roth?” He stays through gritted teeth pushing up to look at me. I see the pain in his eyes. I also he is struggling to focus them and its looking really p