Elliot

 

"Allie," I scream as her blonde hair disappears over the bridge. Everything stops around me, even the rain slows, as my heart beats strongly against my chest. I hear shouting but I'm in a daze when my ropes are being cut. My brother shouting in my ear snapping me back to the present.

"Go!" Luke shouts as my hands fall free and I hear Harley’s grunts as he fights the man holding him. With a run, I take off to the bridge a little surprised when Arthur moves out the way for me, so I can jump.

I forgot about my ribs and cuts till my body hits the freezing water. I’ve heard people can do incredible things when they need to and that’s the only reason I somehow block out all the pain. I swim up to the top of the water until I can a take deep breath. I swing my head around, looking in the dim light for Allie or Tristan. The current pulls me down the river but it's not as strong as it looks, thankfully. It’s just very deep; my feet are catching on large sharp rocks. The rain is getting heavier and I see the sky light up with lighting. The extra light helps me see ahead.

Panic attacks my body as I swim hard down the river, desperately looking for them and finally, I see a smudge of blonde in the water ahead. 

"Allie," I shout loud enough for her to hopefully hear me. I swim as fast I can, frantic to get to her and I grab her arm when I get close enough. I pull her to my chest, keeping us both above water.

"Let go, I have to find him," she wriggles against me, the river pulls us both back under the water but I don’t let her go. We both get pushed up again and hit the surface of the water. The river is curving and there’s a large tree in the middle of it. I swim us both over, hearing Allie coughing up water. I’m a good swimmer but I know she isn’t.

"Get to the river bank, I’ll find him, I can swim this and you aren’t strong enough, Allie," I promise her through coughs of water. I don't say if it's possible if I can find him alive for her. 

"No, I can help," she mutters. I see lights on the side in the river and I see Harley jumping in the river. I hold onto Allie as I look around the water waiting for Harley.

"Take her," I shout over the noise of the water when Harley gets to us. Allie screams,

"No,"

Harley is stronger and manages to take hold of Allie from me and dragging her with him as he swims away, using the tree to lead him to the river bank. 

I don't know how long I swim down the current, avoiding rocks until I see a shape in the water. I pick up speed, zoning in Tris floating in the water. 

I pull him to me and keeping his head above water I make my way to the side of the river, where Harley and Allie run to help me drag a blue- looking Tristan onto the edge of a muddy embankment. 

"No, no, no Tris!" Allie screams and I move away as Harley starts trying to save Tris life. 

"Allie," I croak out and pulling her to me as we watch. We both don't move, watching Harley breathe into Tristan’s mouth and doing CPR. 

"I don't think this is working," Harley mutters after the third time.

"Tris don't do this to me, I love you please don't leave me like this. He cannot win like this. Fucking fight Tris!" Allie screams at him, falling to her knees with me following and holding onto her shoulders. 

The next moment feels like a miracle when Tris coughs and Harley turns him on his side as he coughs out a lot of water. 

"Tris," Allie screams crawling to his side and pushing his wet hair out his face.

"Luke has called the police and ambulance. We knew Tris will need one." Harley says and I nod at him.

"What are we going to say?" I ask, watching Allie whispering to Tris.

"That we had a party up here and Allie and Tris fell in, Tris hit some rocks to explain his injuries and you can say you jumped in with me after them and got hit too." 

"Got that Allie?" Harley asks gently and she nods. 

“Arthur will get the police to cover this up anyway. A few of the doctors go to the Cage; I'll make sure one of them treats you and Tris.” Harley says a little quieter to me. They won’t say a thing to anyone about tonight. They wouldn’t want us to mention where they go at the weekends to their families.

The police and ambulances turn up with Luke showing them the way. We are covered in blankets and checked over as they take Tris in the ambulance. I go in the other one but Allie goes with Tris, which I told her too and Luke stays with me. Harley decides to stay and explain before catching up with us. 

Three hours later, with my ribs set and bound. I'm stuck in a hospital room while Luke is snoring in the chair in the corner. My arm is sore and I have a few stitches but it doesn’t matter.

"Hey," Allie says making my head turn quickly to see her standing in the doorway. She looks amazing with her hair up a in bun; she is wearing hospital scrubs like me because our clothes are drying. 

"Come here, angel," I say with my voice full of emotion, almost as much that is on her face. She practically runs over to me, throwing her arms around my neck and sliding into the bed.

"Are you okay?" She asks quietly looking up at me.

"I'm good, how's Tris?" I ask gently and she smiles slightly.

"Already awake and flirting with the nurse," she chuckles before her face turns serious.

"He has broken ribs, broken leg and had some internal bleeding that they have fixed in surgery. The cut on his face is going to scar. It looks terrible and he hasn’t seen a mirror yet." she breaks into sobs, and breaking my heart as I pull her close to me, ignoring the pain in my ribs.

"It’s my entire fault," she cries quietly.

"No, it's not Allie," I say in a determined voice. We don’t speak as I hold her to me, rocking her gently as I can until she calms down.

"Allie, I love you," I say and she looks up at me.

"I love you, so much Elliot. Holy cows, I didn't think I could love someone as much as I love you," she says in a strong voice. I lean forward kissing her gently, using my hand to cup her face as she leans into it. We break away to get comfier on the bed, her head lying on my chest.

"Dad text me," she says and her face darkens.

"What did the bastard have to say?" I ask.

"It just said I'm sorry," she replies sadly.

"Do you think he will leave you alone? I saw his face when you jumped. I know he didn't expect any of that to happen. I think he meant to trick you into getting what he wanted," I tell her.

"I owe you my brother’s life," she says, her voice a whisper. I’m glad in a way that she doesn’t not comment on her dad. We have plenty of time to talk about him in the future. I don’t blame her for focusing on Tris.

"No, you don’t. He helped us a few times with your dad, we are friends now. Tris saved my life, too," I say knowing I'm not going to her that her dad ordered Tristan to kill me or he would be killed. 

"When?" she asks.

"Not my story to tell angel but trust me. Me and your brother are even." I reply and kiss her on top of her head.

"When the fuck were you going to tell me about all of this?" Sebastian says at the door, with an angry looking Izzy at his side. The two of them look fucking scary when they are glaring at you.

Luke jumps out of his seat, landing on the floor and I can't help but chuckle which makes Allie laugh. Soon we are all laughing, not being able to help ourselves.

"I was so worried when Harley called," Izzy comes over holding my hand and squeezing Allie’s shoulder.

"Blake is pissed at you guys too. He is on his way," Izzy directs that at Allie who cringes a little.

"We knew he would keep you safe that's why I didn't call him," Allie says.

“Did you really jump off a bridge? A bridge over a river, Allie! I just don’t know why you didn’t tell me, I could have lost my best friend and my brother in the same night.” Izzy says her voice full of anger.

“You couldn’t have helped me, I did what I had to and I’m not sorry for it.” Allie replies and Izzy deflates with a nod. She must understand that Allie did it out of love and nothing else.

“Is Tris okay? Can I see him?” Izzy asks.

“He is doing okay but it will be awhile before he is back to normal. I think he would love to see you.” Allie replies and Izzy nods.

"Why wasn't I called? You’re my god damn fucking twin!" Sebastian shouts at me, standing at the end of the bed with a glare that would make a lesser man shit his pants. Allie just looks up at me.

"Maisy needs you and I guess that’s why you weren’t called." I say simply and his face gets angrier if possible but at least its aimed at me and not Allie this time.

"You needed me more right then and Maisy would have understood. We are Kings and we do things together. Do you think I could deal with losing you while I sat at home?" Sebastian says sharply.

"I'm sorry Sebastian but I still think Harley, Luke and Allie were right," I say honestly, understanding his side. I couldn’t cope in his situation and his face softens before coming over to my side pulling me into a hug.

"Shit, that hurts," I gasp as pain rattles my ribs.

"You deserve it, you bastard," he grins as he pulls away and I chuckle.

"How's Tris?" Izzy asks, holding Allie’s hand next to the bed. 

"He will be okay. I'm going to move into his apartment for the next month to help him. His leg is broken in three places and getting about will be difficult in a full leg cast. I'm hiring a nurse to live in for four days of the week while I have work and I will be there the other three days," Allie says.

"Call me if you need help," Izzy insists and I smile at how close they are. 

"Excuse me; this is too many people in this room. Only two are allowed and I need to do some checks on Mr. King," A voice says from the door startling everyone. I look over Allie’s shoulder to see a maybe sixty-year-old nurse tapping her foot, looking very annoyed with us all. 

"Sorry, we will wait outside," Luke says with a big smile and walking past the nurse with everyone following except Allie, who looks worried.

"I've just got you back I can't leave you just yet and Tris is being checked over," she says. I place my hand on her cheek.

"I'm not going anywhere," I whisper back.

"You can stay little poppet, if you like but sit your bum on that chair over there," the nurse says making me chuckle. 

Allie presses a sweet kiss to my lips before grinning at me and hoping off the bed.

"So is he okay?" She asks the nurse not sitting in the chair and standing at the end of the bed. 

"Perfectly, well for someone who jumped off a bridge after his girlfriend. Now tell me how did you get so dehydrated?" She raises an eyebrow at Elliot who shrugs.

"Elliot has a partying habit. Just before we went to the woods for a campfire we have had a three-day house party. I think Elliot wasn't drinking the right kind of drinks," Harley says walking in. 

"I'm sure Mr. King. You've always been good at your secrets," she winks at Harley who smiles.

"I have no secrets miss," he grins and spreads his arms, making the old nurse chuckle.

"I was there when you were born lad. You came out with a secretive look on your face. That much hasn't changed," she tuts at him.

"I didn't realise you were there," Harley says looking a little shocked.

"Oh yes. Your mother was so happy when you were born. I had to ask her several times to let me even check you over. Now your father was the quiet one like you," she waves at Elliot. The room goes silent as the nurse does her checks and just before she leaves she says, 

"Do say hello to your mother, lad. I am sure she is worried by now," she says with a smile.

"Will do," Harley says with a tight smile. Elliot shakes his head at me and I agree silently not to say anything. I know Harley did that, to save telling the lady the story of where his mum really is, not that he even knows. 

"The police have cleared everything. Well, our lawyer made it clear there isn't anything they can do." Harley says and sits on the end of my bed.

"Did you see my dad at all?" Allie asks.

"No. I think that's a good thing. The minute Elliot jumped; he got in his car with his guys and drove off." Harley tells Allie, whose face drops.

"He sent me a text saying he was sorry," Allie tells Harley.

"I'm sure its guilt. Don't go anywhere alone for a bit,” I say with a worried frown growing on my face. 

"I don't think he will do anything. We could threaten him with telling the police that he pushed Tris," Harley says rubbing his chin. It’s only then that I notice how stressed he looks. His hair is messy, pulled into a knot at the back of his head. He has started to grow a beard and his clothes look days old.

"Man, you look like shit," I say glancing at Allie.

"I looked worse but the river bath I took helped," Allie jokes. 

"Mine helped too," Harley chuckles, making me laugh with him. Luke comes into to us all laughing,

"What did I miss?" he asks with a smile.

"Nothing much," I reply.

"I'm going to get back to Tris, so he isn't alone when he wakes up. I will be back in a bit," Allie tells me and comes to give me a kiss. She still seems reluctant to leave.

"Luke, can you go with her?" I ask.

"Sure, Izzy has gone home to get clothes for everyone and Blake is with her," Luke says searching his pockets. 

"Smile," Luke says pulling out his phone flashing a picture.

"Sorry, Seb told me to get one, as Maisy wants to see that you’re okay. Seb is getting us all food." 

"Tell her I’m good," I smile. 

"Sebastian has but she still wants to come here but with Jake, it's not a good idea. Oh Allie, apparently you’re in a lot of trouble with Maisy. Good luck there," He says.

“Thanks,” Allie mutters.

"I will leave you and Seb to sort a worrying Maisy out," I say, I pull Allie by her hand over to me and she kisses my cheek, I turn at the last second to give her a proper kiss considering she is leaving for a little while. She winks at me as she pulls away and Luke follows her out his hand in the air for a wave goodbye. Luke looks no better, I notice, with his hair all over the place, his clothes wrinkled and look slept in. 

"I was so fucking worried about you, Elliot," Harley says patting my shoulder.

"How long was I gone?" I ask quietly.

"A week, Allie was going mental. She didn’t sleep or eat unless we forced her. We all were losing it. I thought he might have killed you. I was going to kill him," Harley says darkly, looking away at the window. 

"Maybe we still should," he says, and I wonder if it would solve a lot of our problems.

"No, we aren't killers. He can't make us like our father," I tell him firmly and Harley looks at me with a small grin.

"I should have guessed you were the calm and responsible one, even after what he did," he replies.

"Someone has to be," I laugh and flinch when it hurts my chest.

"I will get the nurse, maybe she can give you some more pain meds," Harley says walking out. I rest my head back on the pillows, knowing that Allie is safe. The door opens and I expect it to be Harley but I shoot up off the bed when I see Arthur walk in like he hasn't got a care in the world.

"I just want to talk, no need for the dramatics," Arthur says closing the door behind him. He stands in front of the door playing with the cuffs on his suit. 

"Keep her safe. I'm warning you, Elliot, she doesn't understand but I love her. I always did but my work," he stops.

"Is more important to you," I finish darkly. Arthur doesn't disagree with me, answering my unsaid question.

"Just keep her safe, boy," he says before opening the door.

"Tell Allie," he stops mid-sentence.

"Never mind. I expect to see you at the next fight Elliot. I may not hurt you because I want you to look after Allie but your brothers are something else," he says as he straightens up and reminding me of the few fights we have left.

"Leave," I say crossing my arms. Arthur pulls the door open and laughs as he walks out.

I hear his fake laugh as he walks away down the corridor.