Forced Marriage: Escaping Her Monster

Jeremy at first thought they didn't notice him here because he's not in his car and they are confused. But when he looked in the direction they are pointing their weapon, he realized nothing is simple.

That white hair... It is my Luna.

Why is she not realizing weapons are pointing at her?

He blared his horn. 

For one, to distract those guys with the weapons and secondly, to warn Jerlina.

Jerlina was a bit careful to see if she was followed. There was nothing weird on the road as far as she can see. Her mind was a little occupied thinking about Scarlett as she felt a little guilty for leaving Scarlett behind like that. 

Will Wyatt help her?

She didn't even think about snipers and whatnot. She lived a pretty calm life and she never came across these types of troubles and getting attacked by snipers just didn't pop into her mind. She had watched these kinds of stuff only on the television; never in real life.

*BEEEEEEP*

She heard the blaring horn and only then she closely observed the car approaching her.

Joel..?

It is JOEL!

Her eyes met with his. She couldn't hide her smile, while he waved at her.

Joel is here! I won't be in danger anymore!

Before she could be happy, she heard a high-velocity projectile hitting the body of her car. She turned to her side and she was almost deafened by the sound of the hitting bullets. The glass shattered and she froze.

Her feet left the accelerator and the speed of the car reduced and since she left the clutch without shifting the gear to neutral, the car came to a halt.

It reminded her of the day she had her miscarriage and she felt like she was tied around with an invisible rope. Everything seemed almost the same.

She knew she is in a terrible situation now than that day and that she is literally a sitting duck, but she couldn't move. 

Jerlina, at least crouch so that you don't get hit in the head!

Her brain was functioning but her body didn't listen.

With her hands still on the steering wheel, her eyes went black like she was staring right at the sun and her ears went ringing. 

She blanked out for just seconds but she stood seconds from death and so each second counts.

Useless!

Focus!

Jerlina took in a deep breath and gritted her teeth. She started the car once more and just then she realized that she heard the bullets but none of them are hitting her car anymore. 

She turned to her side to see the green car blocking all the bullets aimed at her.

Joel?

He had automatic weapons in both his hand and was shooting back at those shooting at them. 

"Get out and hide behind the tires, honeybuns," Jeremy turned for a moment and shouted at her. His hands were still shooting.

"Yes," Jerlina pushed herself to open the door, and crawled and hid behind Jeremy's car's rear tire.

There was a lot of shooting going on and Jerlina didn't know what happened. But she kept her head down and waited. 

Her heart pounded. Jeremy is single-handedly fighting off at least ten people with god knows how many weapons, with just two weapons. Everything in her wanted to check on Jeremy but she held back her instinct to get up.

She knew she might become a nuisance trying to move around. At least now Jeremy knows where she is and he can concentrate on handling the other guys. She looked at her back to check if anyone is coming from that direction but no one did.

Thank goodness! They probably thought that I cannot escape from the town and they didn't leave many here.

Joel... please don't get hurt.

She could hear the number of shots from the other side reducing and Jeremy was shooting away without a break.

At that time she noticed a car approaching from Peyton and it seemed like Charlie's truck. It was followed by some other vehicles making her heart skip. 

Is that really Charlie?

Jerlina was relieved when the guys from the approaching vehicles started to shoot at the Viper's men at the side of the road. There were many men with Charlie and they were able to control Viper's men.

Jerlina slowly crawled and reached the door and opened it. Jeremy was crouching on the floor of the car and there were dents everywhere and a few holes on the body of the car but somehow he didn't seem hit.

"You fine, Joel?" she asked. Her heart was beating in her throat imagining her husband bloodied. 

He turned to look at her and a smile bloomed on his face. "My love, I'm here," he stretched out his hand and Jerlina held it. He was covered in blood and she felt a stabbing pain in her heart.

"Are you hurt? How could you..." Jerlina's eyes filled with tears and her throat chocked with her overwhelming emotions. 

This guy just jumped right into bullets to shield her. How could he do that?

By now the gunshots were all over as Viper's men were all dead. Charlie and the others got down the road to check if all of the Viper's guys were dead. Jeremy got out of the truck with a smile. 

"Why are you crying, silly? I am fine! See..." he jumped up and down and stretched his arms and legs in front of her. "This is Bobby's blood... Those f*ckers used low caliber bullets and they don't pass through metals..."

He went a little technical and explained everything and Jerlina wasn't in the mood to listen to him. 

"But you...for me..." Jerlina sniffed and hugged him. "Joel, I was so scared... I was waiting for you the whole time and..." she couldn't speak more and started to sob. "A lot happened..." 

"My little wife... I am sorry for not getting to you sooner," he rubbed her back and kissed the crown of her head. "Today was a long day, wasn't it?"

Poor girl must have held on till now and she is releasing her anxiety only now.

Jerlina couldn't stop her sobs. She wanted to tell him about the riot. She wanted to ask him to bring Scar and everyone to safety. She wanted to ask him about Bobby. But nothing came out.

His clothes were stiff because of the dried blood and she couldn't even smell his usual pine scent as the metallic scent of blood was overwhelming. 

I'm useless... I cannot be sobbing like a baby now. Peyton needs help now. Scar and Cia are still there. And what would have happened to Dr. Kruger and Daisy?

She tried to wipe off her tears and at that time she was shoved away from Jeremy's embrace.

She staggered back and Jeremy's turned and showed his back. The next moment...

*Bang*

A gun went off.

Jerlina saw Jeremy bending backward a bit and placed her right hand on his back. Her left hand held his abdomen and she felt warm stickiness flowing over her hand.

Is this fresh blood?