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I gently shake her body to rouse her up. “Allie, come on. Wake up. Come on. Please.” Tears are streaming down my face as my entire body shakes. Don’t take her from me.
God, please no.
She’s all I have. Please don’t take her.
“Allie, please. I need you. I can’t do this without you. Please wake up.” Blood pours from her mouth and I see she has a stab wound on her side that’s soaking the concrete in her blood. The puddle around her grows larger, making me nauseous. Her purse lies next to her with wads of cash sticking out of it. Where the hell did she get that kind of money? What the hell was she doing out here?
I press my hand to her side to stop the blood from flowing, but it seeps through my fingers. Coating them with no reprieve, no sense of stopping. The life is draining out of my sister and I can’t fucking stop it.
My heart is cracking right down the middle.
A small cough escapes her body and her eyes begin to flutter. “Acey...” Her soft voice hits my ears and a small amount of relief washes over me. She’s still with me, thank god. Fuck, she’s still here.
“I’m here. I’m here.” I can barely form the words through my cries.
“Ace...I-I’m cold.” She tries to lift her hand, but it immediately drops to her side again.
“Shhh, it’s okay. It’s going to be okay.” I can faintly hear sirens wailing in the background. Looking up, I realize Blais is no longer out here but I can’t focus on that. He must have called them while I’ve been freaking out.
“I-I love you.” Her voice is cracking as she coughs up more blood. I try to swipe it from her face, but my bloody hand only smears it more. Running my thumb across her cheek, I tilt her small face toward me. She can barely see through her swollen eye.
“Don’t fucking act like you’re going to die. You have to pull through this. You’re going to make it. You’re going to be okay. You’re a fighter and that’s what you’re going to do? Got it?” I’m trying to convince myself this isn’t as bad as it is. She’s going to be okay. She has to be okay.
She nods her head and lets out a soft hum. “You’re my b-best f-friend. Us ag-against the world.” The faint smile she tries to give me shatters the remaining pieces of my heart.
“Allie,” I whisper, trying not to scare her even more with how terrified I am. “Always us against the world. When we’re old and crippled in a nursing home somewhere, it’ll still be us against the world.”
She coughs again, splattering blood against my white shirt.
How could this happen? How did I let this happen?
“Who did this? Tell me who.” I try to speak softly, but I know it came out harsh.
“I’m s-sorry. Tell Theon and B-Blais…I l-love them.” I can barely hear her voice; it sounds like she’s a million miles away from me.
“It’s okay, Al, it’s okay.” I can’t control my sobbing as I rock her in my arms. “Just tell me who. Please,” I croak, pushing more hair back from her face. I just want to see her bright green eyes looking at me, telling me this is a joke, that this isn’t real.
“N…m…” she stutters out incoherent words as she takes in a large breath.
Her chest no longer rises while her body relaxes in my arms. I pat her face and try to get her to open her eyes again. Come on. Don’t you dare die on me. It is not your time to go! Fucking fight, Allie. I need you.
“Allie, stay with me. You promised. We’ll never leave each other. You and me against the world forever…please. Come back. Allie.” I’m shaking compulsively as sobs wrack through my entire body. “No. You’re not leaving me. Not like this. We are dying old together! Come on! You have so much to live for. Please.” I press her face against my chest and hold on to her tight. She can’t leave me. I can’t do this without her.
Everything feels numb, sitting here with my baby sister in my arms. From the moment our parents let me hold her when she was born, I knew she was going to be my sidekick. I knew I would protect her forever. When we didn’t have anything, we had each other and that was enough. For the longest time, it was just us. The only people we could count on, the only people we could trust.
Let me wake up from this nightmare. I’ll do anything for this to not be real. Take me instead, please, take me. She doesn’t deserve this. She should grow old, fall in love, have everything she wants in life. Please take me instead. I’m pleading with a god I don’t even know exists, but I’ll do anything to make sure she’s safe. I’ll sell myself to the devil if that’s what it takes. Just don’t take my Allie away.
A loud bang sounds from behind me, making me startle from the crashing sound.
“Noo!” I hear a roar behind me before I hear the sound of flesh connecting with the brick behind me. “Allie! Fuck. No, Allie, please.”
“Theon, stop! You’re going to hurt yourself,” Blais shouts at him. Chaos fills the alleyway but all I can see is my sister’s pale lifeless face before me. Her beautiful radiant skin looks dull against my blood-soaked shirt. Her body is still and I feel like my life is slipping from my body too. I can’t live in a world without my sister. She’s my best friend, my little pain in the ass. She’s the one person who kept me from doing bad things as a kid. I can’t survive without her.
“Come on, Alleycat. Open those pretty eyes. Show me that gorgeous face, please just wake up. We need you...I need you. Please, for me.” Theon’s voice croaks as he stutters out his words. Dropping down beside me, he takes her hand in his and screams into the cold, dark alleyway. The sound penetrates through the cries coming from me, causing my heart to ache even more. Collapsing, Theon tucks his head into Allie’s bloody neck, uncontrollably sobbing and pleading for her to live.
Blais comes over, holding onto Theon’s shaking shoulders. Blais’ entire face is splotchy and red as tears stream down his face. He looks at me with guilt, pity, and sadness. His pain only breaks my heart even more.
Allie might’ve been my sister, but she was family to all of us. She fit into our group with ease. She was just as much their sister as she was mine. The bond we all formed could never be broken or replaced. She was our light. The one who kept us grounded through the darkness. So fucking sweet and innocent. “She’s gone. She’s fucking gone.” Theon’s devastation shreds me apart but I can’t do anything. I just lost the only person who has ever loved me. The only person who knew all my secrets and still looked at me like I held the world in the palm of my hand. Allie was the only bright spot I had in this world. Without her, everything is dull, meek, pointless.
