Chapter 372: I'll be back for you

River POV

I can hear some static. I see one of the hospital security guys that Cliff brought around earlier to meet us. He is one of my surgery security team people and for a minute I'm happy to see him till I see another man come in behind him.

"No one's in here. Just another locked door." The new guy says.

"This was her room. I fucking told him I would grab her as soon as they get in the operating room. I had it set to gas them they would have slept for a hour. It was perfect no one would known till we were long gone." The security guy says.

"Shut up you Idiot.. he's in here." He says lowly as they get closer to the bathroom.

I hear a soft pop and the security guy hits the ground. I whimper not sure if Sheldon shot him or someone else. The other drops and rolls into the bathroom. I'm almost right behind him, I can touch him if I reached out. I don't breath, I don't move. I just wait.

I move as slow as I can to the balls of my feet. I can do this move in my sleep. Never had to use it in anything other then the practice games we play. My god I'm in excruciating pain right now and I'm shaking so hard.

I don't know where Sheldon went and I'm scared but I know he's out there watching me. The guy crouches down and starts moving backwards towards me. I see a flash and I don't think I just let my training take over. I reach out grab his hair and slit his throat. I hold his hair till I feel his body start to slack I drop him and move back into the corner. Sheldon comes sliding in the bathroom like some crazy fucking ninja and it's the hottest thing I've ever seen. He grabs the knife and wipes my prints off it. He grabs the guys body and kind of just flings him forward as he puts his body in front of me. He tucks his shirt behind the gun in his waist band and taps the handle. I put one hand on his back and one one the handle just like Lucky taught me.

He starts moving forward slowly, he looks around and listens he keeps us there in the bathroom doorway for what seems like forever. He slowly moves us to the hallway door pausing like before just waiting. He points to a big desk kitty corner from where we were, I tap once for yes on his back. We stay low as we move back behind the desk. He pushes me under as deep as I can fit. He hands me the gun and signals me to wait. Where is everyone? Where is my boys? I wipe the tears from my face and listen. I jump as Sheldon slides in next to me. He grabs my face and looks me over. He looks mean. I've never seen a mean look in his eyes like this before and he looks kinda terrifying. I close my eyes and when I open them he kisses me, just a soft small little peck.

"Are you hurt?" He asks and I see the softness in his eyes for a quick second. I shake my head. He takes my hand and squeezes it for a minute then he moves my hand to his belt buckle. We slide out and quietly move then stop and wait then move and stop and wait, we do this a million times making our way to a hallway.

I hear something. I tap him, he nods moving us closer to a wall and not far from a door. I turn the nob and it's locked. He moves us a little faster now to the next door. It's unlocked I tap him and slowly start pushing it open leading us in it.

A hand comes over my mouth and I grab Sheldon as tight as I can. He whips around so quickly I almost didn't feel my hand being ripped off his shirt, his guns to a head before I realize what happened.

It's Cliff and he's shot in the shoulder and he's bleeding everywhere. There's a young pretty nurse holding on to his shirt and the female doctor behind her.

"We're on your side." He says quietly.

Sheldon looks at me and lowers his gun.

"I got to get this patched."

Sheldon rips his shirt and feels around the hole and nods to Cliff before the nurse hands him some long tweezer looking things. Cliff puts his belt in his mouth and bites as Sheldon sticks that thing in the bullet hole and pulls out a bullet. What the fuck am I watching right now I think watching this whole thing happening now. He's kind of a bad ass. I smile at him as he looks over at me.

"Okay mom come stitch it. Thanks brother." He says. The female doctor comes over and the nurse kisses him quickly as she gets some bottle and starts dumping it on him. Sheldon puts out his hands and she dumps some in his hands and he rubs them together and then rubs them on his pants. He quickly turns to me and pulls me to his chest.

"It's okay. Your safe. Just breathe." I nod trying not to lose it. I just breath him in deeply as he holds me.

"There's a safe room but it's down in the basement which means we have to go to the back of hospital to the stairwell and we don't have eyes." Cliff says.

"Okay I'll go see if I can find a path." Sheldon says. I shake my head quickly.

"No please. Please don't leave me!" I say as quickly and quietly as I can.

"Hey look at me baby girl, I'll be back for you I promise." He says holding my face.

"No please." I pled. I don't know these people, I don't know if they can be trusted and I'm terrified. I need him to stay with me.

"River please breath. I'll be back for you." He leans down and kisses me. His lips are so soft I wrap my arms around his neck to pull him closer to me but he pulls away.

"I'll be back for you." He says as he turns and goes to the door. I cry quietly as I watch him go into the hallway. Cliff quietly watches him from the door that he has barely cracked. After a few minutes he closes the door and has us move into the bathroom.

I pull myself in the corner and cry softy.

I jump when I hear gunshots. There is five pops quickly fired one right after another. I hear a women screaming from somewhere down the hall and a cold shiver runs through my body. I pull the knife and hold it tightly in my hand as I watch Cliff pull the bathroom door shut as he makes his way back out into the room.