Jex's POV:

We arrive at King's HQ. I park the car in a hidden location. Both Abel and I step out of the car and take a walk around the area. We're looking for anything at all that we can find.

As we get closer to the house, we make sure to keep ourselves away from any security cameras and windows, so we're not seen.

"Anything?" I ask Abel.

"Nothing man," he shakes his head.

I look ahead, something catching my eye, as it lays on the ground. The sun catches it, reflecting light off the ground. I make my way over to it quickly and kneel down picking it up.

"Abel," I call and he makes his way over quickly.

"This is Bella's diamond bracelet, she has to be here."

"Let's head back to the car and call the boys for back up."

"Dude, East Cliff is an hour drive. She could be dead by the time they get here."

"Don't talk like that," he shakes his head. "We need to call for back up.

"I'm going in, you call for back up."

"Jex," he raises his voice. "You know what is as bad as Ace losing his mother? Ace losing his father. Now walk your ass back to the car."

Bella's POV:

Just like Harry said, I run from the cell. I run and I run, not once looking back. Ahead of me I can see a door with a small round window at the top of it. There is light shining through brightly, it has to be one of the doors out of here.

Headed for the door, I run as fast as my legs will take me. Finally I reach it, my hand on the door handle.

"How the fuck did you get out?" I hear his voice, King.

He grabs me by the throat and slams me hard into the wall. My head smashing against it.

"What the fuck is this?" Tahlia says, as she comes running into the room.

"Some how the bitch get out."

"Fucking Harry. I knew he was weak," Tahlia shakes her head.

At the same time as they're having a conversation, King is choking me so hard I can't breathe.

"Stop. Please," I struggle out.

"Just kill her," Tahlia rolls her eyes, as she watches me. My feet off the ground and my head against the brick wall. Warm liquid, which I can only imagine is blood, running down the wall behind me.

We don't kill children, we don't hurt children. Harry's words play over in my head.

Why did he wait so long? Because you were pregnant. The words all come together, making sense as to what Harry meant.

"I'm pregnant," I struggle out.

King's eyes widen and he loosens his grip on my throat, as he puts me back on my feet. "What did you just say?" He questions.

"I-I'm pregnant. Please King let me go. I'm in the very early stages of my pregnancy."

"Fuck," he shouts and punches the wall next to my head, before backing away.

"What?" Tahlia questions.

"She's pregnant," he rubs his temples.

"I don't give a fuck if she's pregnant. Kill the stupid bitch."

"Tahlia we can't, that's not how this works. We don't hurt children."

"Well it's hardly a child, its a fetus," she says, as she storms towards me.

"STOP!" King yells and puts his arm out, stopping her. "We don't hurt children, those are the rules."

"So what? We just let her go?" She snaps at him.

"I swear I wont say anything. Just please, my baby son is at home and I'm carrying another. Jex is probably looking for me, the Cobras as well."

"You just love to rub it in my face that you got Jex don't you? You stupid fucking bitch." Tahlia screams as he pulls her gun from her side and launches at me maniacally.

Jex's POV:

Bang, bang, bang. Three loud gunshots ring out from behind the closed doors of the small King's building.

I stand to my feet quickly, as does Abel. We both run toward the building, no longer able to sit by and do nothing. As we get close to the door, we draw our guns and on my count of three I kick the door in.

BANG!

One more gun shot rings out and I hear Bella's scream.

We run into the building, down the hall and around the corner. It's then I find her, she's covered in blood. Her blonde hair is soaked red, her hands over her mouth, as she looks at the two people laying on the ground at her feet.

Tahlia with three gunshot wounds, one to her head and two to her chest. And King, with a self inflicted gunshot wound, right through his skull.

"I'll call the ambulance," Abel says, as he exits the building quickly.

"Bella. Come here baby," I hold my hand out to her.

Finally, she looks up at me. "Jex, you came," she says softly, looking at me with a blank expression. It's like she's in some kind of shock. She reaches out to take my hand, but before she can even move she falls to the ground, her finger tips lightly grazing mine as she falls.

"Fuck, Bella," I yell, as I reach down and scoop her up into my arms. She's still breathing but very slowly, but she's out cold and she's lost a lot of blood.

Abel makes his way back into the building. "The ambulance is on it's way," he says, then he looks down at Bella in my arms, as I stand up. "Fuck, what happened?"

"I think she's in some kind of shock. She's breathing, but she's out. Take your shirt off and rip it up for me," I tell him quickly, with a worried expression, as I pick her up and we walk from the building. "It's alright baby. You're going to be okay," I tell her, as I kneel on the grass, holding her in my arms.

Abel takes his shirt off and hands it to me. I place it under Bella's head, trying to stop the bleeding coming from the back of her head.

"What the fuck did they do to her? Are those burns?" Abel says concerned, as he kneels beside me.

"It looks like it," I nod, the vomit rising in my throat, as I think of the things she might have gone through. I swallow hard, trying to push it away and just be here for her in this moment.

...

The ambulance arrived quickly. At the same time, so did the Vipers and the Cobras as well. Because we're in East Cliff, Bella was rushed to East Cliff hospital, where she is currently laying unconscious in her own room.

"Jex," Sara says, as she makes her way into the room, worry written all over her face. "Oh my god," she places her hand over her mouth, as she looks down at her daughter laying in the hospital bed. "W-what happened to her?"

"I don't know yet. But they've done a full check over and the doctor will be coming in with the report soon. All I know is that she's breathing on her own and she's alive. That's all I can ask for at this point," I tell her, as a tear slides down my cheek.

I wipe the tear away quickly and look behind her. "Is Marni coming with Ace?"

"She's on the way," she nods her head, as she makes her way over and wraps her arm around me. "She'll be okay honey. She has to be, she has you and Ace to look after. She'll come back to us."

This chapter has been edited and proof read by ElleRWrites.