p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"He gasped in shock./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Nate and Sophie lie on the ground side by side./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Not wasting another second, he rushed towards their bodies. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"And as he grew closer he could see Nate's heavily fought for breaths. He stood over him and immediately noticed the bullet hole in his chest./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Adrenaline coursed through him. Grabbing his jacket, he placed it over his chest not caring that dark red, crimson blood was weeping through it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Turning his attention to Sophie, he quickly checked her for any injuries./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Confusion swept across him as he reached into the back of his pocket to call 911./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Quickly giving the address and situation he put his phone aside and focused on staunching the blood./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"He'd been at it for about a couple of seconds /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"WHEN/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"he heard Nate's wheezing voice, below him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;""S-Sophie…" He struggled for air./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;""What!" He exclaimed. He knew that Nate should save his energy but desperately wanted to know anything./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Anything that happened. Any sort of clue that would allow him to finish the puzzle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;""She-She…not h-her…f-fault…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Nate tried to turn his head to look over at the unconscious woman besides him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"He was more confused than ever./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Nate struggled for air attempting to repeat what he said, thinking that he might have not understood./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;""I-It's…n-not…" He sputtered./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Laying a comforting hand on his shoulder he growled. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;""I-I understand, Nate. I understand." He didn't understand at all but he knew that Nate was wasting his energy. And he could see that it was causing a great amount of pain to continue explaining./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;""Shh. Save your energy." He applied more pressure on the wound. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Nate fought for the air it took to continue. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;""E-Eliot…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Eliot shhhed him, while shaking violently. He realized he was scared for his friend./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Realizing, that shaking hands weren't going to help his friend, he forced his hands still and applied more pressure./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Nate didn't wince or show any visible sign that he felt that pain. But Eliot knew that with the slower his heart beats were beneath his fingers the more Nate was slipping./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"Scared he prayed silently./span/p