Emptying his gun, he placed it on the floor. Sammy was in so much of a trance she didn’t even hear him.
Slowly he put his hands up and used his soothing voice. “Angel, it’s Brock. I’m here now. Drop what you have and come to me. Let me see if you’re okay.”
Sammy blinked and looked over to him. Brock could see the blood dripping from her hands as she held the shards. In a daze she dropped the shards and stumbled over to him. “Did Matty get to you?”
Brock caught her in his arms. He could smell she’d lost a lot of blood of her own. Big chunks of hair were missing from her head, and her face and any visible parts of her were black. It took all his control not to kill the man on the floor. “Yes. Slater has Matty. He is keeping him safe.”
As soon as he’d told her that, a dam seemed to break, and she looked behind her, nodded, and said, “I killed him. I couldn’t go through it again. I’m sorry.” And with that she passed out.
Knowing Slater would have already called the police, Brock cradled Sammy in his arms. The bastard on the floor wasn’t going to move anytime soon. Brock walked to the lounge room and laid Sammy on the sofa and grabbed the phone. He called his brothers knowing as they lived down the road that either Blake or Brian would come.
“Blake, Greg came to our home. Get here now.”
He called his partner next. “Kegon. Greg came here. I need your help. Sammy’s in a bad way, but I think Greg is worse.”
“Fuck me. I’m on my way.”
He called Jake. He knew he would want to know. “Jake, we had two visitors tonight Greg and my mother. Kegon’s on the way. I know Slater called the police, and he would have called the ambulance. Matty was here. He’s safe, and Blake should be here any minute.”
“Shit. I’ll be there as soon as I can. I’m sure Kegon will be on the phone to the captain now.”
Brock almost cried in relief when he heard Blake. His voice cut off as he came upon the scene. “What the fuc—”
“I’ll talk to you when I see you. Blake’s arrived, and I need help.” Brock hung up and turned to see Blake coming to him with a worried look.
“Is she alive?”
Brock closed his eyes and listened to the faint sound of Sammy’s beating heart. “Yes. She needs immediate medical attention.”
“How on earth are you so calm?”
Brock had no idea. He knew he had to be calm so Sammy would be okay and get the help she needed. “Sammy needs me with my head on straight. I need you to check on Greg. Yell to me if he’s still alive. If he can’t move, go take Matty home and keep him safe. If he’s dead do the same. If Greg’s more alive than I thought and trying to get away or anything that doesn’t look right, do something about it. Got it?”
Blake nodded and walked away. Brock could hear the sirens in the distance and prayed they would hurry.
“He’s alive. Barely,” Blake yelled at him. “I’m going to get Matty and take him away from this.”
Brock didn’t say anything back. He didn’t need to. Slater came to him as Brock heard the sirens turn down there road. Slater fell to the ground next to where he had laid Sammy and wept.
Brock knew that Slater wouldn’t leave Sammy now he’d seen her. Getting up he did what he had to do. He got his badge out ready, and checked on Greg, then went down to meet the police and ambulance.
****
Slater couldn’t believe what had happened. What he’d seen. As soon as Blake came and got Matty taking him away so he was safe, Slater went to Brock’s mother. She lay breathing heavily in her bear form bleeding from a deadly wound to her chest and neck. There were other wounds, but those were the deadliest. With so many injuries Slater knew it would be hard to change and start the healing process. Taking off his clothes, he changed to bear beside her, and then he helped her change back to human sharing his magic as he changed. Adele moaned and grumbled until her bloodied naked form lay beside him. She’d lost way too much blood. Adele looked pale and still close to death’s door because she hadn’t been able to change and heal. Slater reached for his shirt and gently put it on her. He then went inside to find Sammy. He knew Adele would be okay. She was too stubborn to die.
He came upon a battered and bruised Sammy. At first he’d feared the worst and thought she was dead. Then Brock told him she was alive, and he heard the faint beat of her heart. He broke down crying like a baby in relief knowing she was alive. Slater wasn’t going to leave her ever again.
The police came up, then the ambulance. They wanted to see Greg first as he was in worse condition than Sammy, but Brock wouldn’t let them, and Kegon arrived to help.