Metanoia

Chapter 47

Nobody was surprised when we found out it was two boys, I had a gut feeling all along. I'm so happy that I finally know for sure so I can finally start preparing names, me and Santiago always disagree on names but I'm the one pushing these babies out so I think I should get naming rights.

I sit at my vanity, getting ready for our meal out and waiting for Elena to pick up. She's been ignoring me since the explosion, I think she feels guilty about accidentally putting me in danger and can't face me yet.

I've been calling her non stop, trying to tell her that it's okay but I can't get ahold of her. Just when I think it's going to go to voicemail, she picks up. "Hey," I say softly but she doesn't reply, theres only heavy breathing coming from the other side.

"Listen it really sucks that you've been ignoring me and you missed the big day, we're having two boys by the way," I happily ramble. "Anyway we're going out for a celebratory meal and I want you to be there if you're still in Italy," I explain before giving her the address and hanging up.

Feeling satisfied with my hair and outfit, I walk over to my door just as Dante is exiting his. "Need help?" He asks, referring to the big flight of stairs I can no longer walk down without someone to hold onto. 

We walk down the stairs, arms linked as everyone waits for us in the foyer. Santiago holds my door open as I climb in the big SUV.

"Can we get burgers," Rome begs once we're all in the car. "It's Darcy's meal she get's to choose," Lorenzo replies while smoothly driving down the road.

"Burgers it is," I say, wanting to make Rome happy. I shift uncomfortably in my seat, the babies repetitively kicking from inside.

"What's wrong," Angelo asks, being the first to notice my discomfort. "Babies kicking," I reply bluntly.

"Woah that's so cool," Luca says, fascinated by the little foot shape prints protruding out my stomach. They all take turn feeling it as we talk and laugh when suddenly the feeling of something  slamming into our side hits the car.

"Merda," Lorenzo mutters as he swerves, trying to keep the car on the road.

"What the fuck was that," Romeo exclaims, turning in his seat to get a better look at the black van that's now steadily following us.

"Unmarked black van following us at..." Arlo starts to urgently talk into his phone but it all becomes muffled as a panic attack rises. I'm used to being in dangerous situations but not with the babies, that fills me with a intense sense of dread that I've never felt before.

"Ssh it's okay," Santiago soothes, noticing my erratic breathing. "Yeah it's fine Darcy, our men will be here soon," Gabriele comforts as Santiago pulls my head into his chest and strokes my hair.

Suddenly another black van comes out of nowhere and violently rams into the back of our car, sending us jolting forward. I let out a yelp as I'm flung into my seat belt.

"Fuck, Lorenzo-" Santiago calls our worriedly, only to be cut off. "Yes yes I know," Lorenzo replies from the drivers seat, trying to speedily get away from the unknown vans.

I tightly grip Santiago's arm, panic souring through me. "It's alright, everything going to be fi-" He says, being interrupted by the feeling of both vans ramming into us at full force.

Our car flips, sending us all flying through the air as my head slams into the passenger side window, causing the glass to shatter around me.

The car lands upside down, leaving us all hanging out our seats from our seatbelts. Blood dripping from my head blurs my vision as I clutch my hair, trying to find an injury.

"Fuck! Darcy," Santiago shouts in desperation while he tries to help Darcy who's unconscious and bleeding whilst still be upside down himself.

Everyone except Darcy and Luca who are both unconscious unclip their seatbelts, sending us falling to the floor. I'm about to climb out when the door flings open and I'm grabbed from the outside.

I fight back, landing a jab to his stomach but the cold steel of a gun is pressed into my neck. I'm dropped to the hard concrete of this desolate road as I watch my brothers get dragged out and placed on the ground.

We all sit there dazed as about thirty armed men point their weapons at us, effectively out numbering us. 

"Don't fucking touch her!" Santiago roars as he struggles in the grip of one of the unknown assailants as another violently rips Darcy out of the car.

Santiago is dropped near us but the other man walks away with a bloody, limp Darcy in his arms. "Where the fuck are you taking her!" Romeo yells, the panic evident in his voice as Darcy is carried off to one of the black vans.

Lorenzo tries to make a move to get to Darcy but he immediately get's a gun pushed into his face as another man lines his up with Angelo's head. "Another move and his brains are splattered all over the floor," The unknown man promises.

We all watch in absolute terror as Darcy is thrown in the back of the van and the drive get's in, speeding down the road.

The anxiety rises as we're forced to kneel in utter silence for ten minutes before the other men hop in their vans and follow them down the road.

We sit there in shock as the sound of the first van of our men approaches, too late.

"Sorry sir we got hold up-" One of our men frantically apologises but is cut off by Lorenzo who pulls out his gun, executing all four of them in a violent rage.