When I'm With You {M. Brody}

~Chapter 11~

I stood up from my spot in Brody's lap, after I regained all of my energy. "Are you going to be okay?", he asked, standing up with me. "Yeah, I'm fine.", I paused then said, "Besides, you don't try to drown me and not expect to get your ass kicked."

He smiled and nodded. "So what now?", I asked. "Like you said, we go kick Leeds ass.", a familiar voice said from behind us. We both turned to see Mitch. I smiled at him and he said, "Get on the boat."

We all jumped on the boat and took off. "Ronnie, I got them and Luna's okay. Look, I need you to figure out a way to set off those fireworks.", Mitch said into a radio. "Okay got it.", Ronnie said over the radio.

"That's got to be her boat up there!", Brody pointed in front of us at another boat. The boat stopped at the landing dock where all the fireworks were sitting. Leeds and the two thugs that threw me into the ocean jumped out. One of them began shooting at our boat, making us have to duck to keep from getting hit.

"Ronnie, C.J., come on lets do this.", Mitch said back into the radio. "We-were on it.", Ronnie stuttered. It had been a minute and still nothing had happened. "Ronnie, come on.", Mitch urged.

Mitch stopped the boat beside the ladder leading to the top of the dock. "Watch out, there are devils urchins everywhere.", Mitch said, starting up the ladder. Devils urchins will make the sanest person on Earth go crazy, killing you afterward.

I went up behind Brody and the guy began shooting at us again. "Shit!", I yelled, ducking out of the way.

One of the fireworks set off, making Leeds helicopter swerve and lose balance. "It's go time.", Mitch said. Mitch started climbing up another ladder while Brody and I stayed down behind one of the crates.

Right then, Ronnie set off another set of fireworks right at the guy shooting at us, sending him flying into the water. "Damn Ronnie!", I said. He was the best tech guy we could ask for! Brody and I then climbed up the ladder where Mitch was. Brody ran and slid through the walk way, making the other guy trip and fall into the water.

Mitch, Brody, and I stood on the cat walk together when I heard a grunt from Brody. He was standing there holding his shoulder. Brody was just shot.

I looked toward where the bullet came from to see Leeds, standing there pointing a gun his way. Brody started to lose his balance and fell off of the cat walk, into the water. "Brody!", I yelled. I looked at Mitch who was just as shocked as me.

Leeds started yelling at the helicopter pilot over a radio, telling him that the fireworks were almost over. I climbed up to where Brody had just fell and where Leeds was standing now. "Brody?!", I screamed into the water. "Don't worry, he's dead now.", Leeds said, waving the gun around in her hand.

"Because of you!", I was in tears at this point. "Of course because of me. You do realize I'm the one holding the gun right?", she walked up and put the gun to my forehead. I leaned into it, trying not to seem fazed. "Very impressive, that's why you walked right into my trap."

"Leeds!", I heard someone yell. Brody stood at the edge of the dock, the wound in his shoulder very visible. "Shit, why won't you just die already?!", Leeds pulled me to her and stuck the gun to the side of my head.

"Let her go.", Brody said. "That's not how the story ends Brody. See you're not here to save her. After all, she became the better lifeguard, taking the fame away from you. So you shot her, but not before she got a shot off, that killed you.", she came up with this story to frame us with, the gun never leaving my head.

"I think that's a little complicated.", he said, never breaking his stare with her. "Yeah, that just sounds cheesy.", I said. Leeds started to climb up the ladder behind us. The gun still never leaving my head.

"You won't get away with this!", Brody yelled at her. "Oh, but I already have, because you get to write the story about what happened. Isn't that right?", she hit the side of my head with the gun. "Screw you bitch!", I retorted.

The helicopter was beginning to make it's way down to the landing dock. "Ready to die?", she asked.

"No! I'll die when Luna stops loving me.", I smiled at what Brody said. "Ugh, shit.", Leeds said, rolling her eyes. Brody picked up one of the pipes sitting beside him. Pointing the gun at him, this was my chance!

I pushed my hand out, setting the gun off in the opposite direction of Brody. "You ready to die, bitch?", Brody asked.

Right at that moment, the pipe that Brody was holding set off, making another set of fireworks shoot out at Leeds. I dove to the ground to try and avoid getting hit. Leeds flew off of the dock, exploding as she did.

"Brody, you just blew her up!", I yelled toward him. "Yeah, and I'm as high as a kite right now.", Brody reached around to his back and pulled a devils urchin out of it. "Brody that can kill you!", I jumped up and ran to him. "That's why I'm in desperate need of medical attention.", I caught him as he fainted into my arms.

I pulled him off of the dock and back to the boat, driving it back to land.

***

I helped Brody walk up the ramp and to a bench. "You saved your own life.", Summer said. She gave him a shot in his arm, sending the antidote through his system. "Yeah, along with mine.", I said.

Mitch was off to the side talking to officer Ellerbee. Soon later, Ellerbee walked up and said, "So, I heard y'all were right all along." He sounded unsure of himself. "And I, um, I owe you an apology."

"No apology needed, we saved the bay. But you should be apologizing to Mitch. He was fired 'cause nobody believed us and it was all his idea.", Brody said standing up. He nodded and headed back over to Mitch. I saw each of them fist bump and smile.

"Hey, what do you not understand about you're fired, Mitch?! Now get the hell off my beach!", Thorpe yelled coming out of his office. Brody pushed us away as he walked up to Thorpe. "Hey.", he turned around to face Brody, only to be punched in the face.

"Oh!", everyone said from around the two. Brody looked up at me, his hair falling in his face. I nodded, giving him a smile.

"This is our beach bitch, and you're under arrest.", Mitch said from behind Brody. "That's a bad ass right cross Brody.", Mitch said, nodding and smiling. Brody looked shocked as he said, "You just said my real name!" Mitch laughed.

I walked up to Brody and whispered, "Lets go home.", in his ear. I started walking toward the house, swaying my hips as I went. His eyes went wide and he said, "Um, yeah, okay." The whole team laughed and I laughed with them.

We each then went home, walking hand in hand all the way there.