After Dark (Mature) *Completed*

Four

Stepping into her apartment complexes parking garage, Serenity felt the weight of the world on her shoulders. The pair had spent the rest of the evening at a sushi bar stuffing their belly with food and cocktails.

The usual calm silence was now haunting to Serenity and she quickly grabbed her gun and placed it onto her waistband. Grabbing her purse from the backseat, she closed and locked the door.

As she advanced towards the elevator she kept her eyes on her surroundings and her hand on her gun. The ringing of her phone made her nearly hop from her skin. Taking a deep breath she opened her purse and dug inside for the sleek iPhone.

Lucas' name flashed across her screen for a second before the ringing stopped. Before she could unlock the phone, his name flashed once more.

"Don't move." A husky voice whispered in her ear and Serenity felt her stomach hop to her throat. She quickly declined the call knowing Lucas would think that was odd as she always answered his calls.

"Throw the phone and purse to your left." Serenity could feel the cold metal of a gun against the nape of her neck.

"Okay. Okay. You can have anything, I won't fight you." She calmly said as she slowly raised her hands and let the purse and phone drop to her left. Using her foot she kicked it far away from her, hoping the man would go for it instead of her.

"Now get in the elevator." Her blood ran cold at the request.

"I gave you my purse. My debit card is in there. You won't need a pin and there's $300 dollars in the mint container." She insisted trying to get the man to pay attention to the purse once more.

He pushed the gun further into her neck cause her head to bow in an attempt to get away from the ache.

"I said walk. Now! Go!" The stranger used his hand to pushed her forward.

"Alright! Okay, I'll walk. Just...calm down." Her mind now raced with ways to get the gun away from her neck long enough for her to grab her own weapon. As she slowly shuffled towards the elevator, she twisted her head slightly to see if the man kept tension between the gun and her neck.

"Don't! Don't move again or I'll shoot. Do you understand that?" Although the man spoke calmly, Serenity had never been more frightened. Her footsteps ceased as her body locked with fear. Caught off guard, the man slightly brushed against her backside, his arm going slack to ease the uncomfortable angle.

Serenity took it as her moment to act and quickly spun around, raising one arm to push the gun away while her other drew her own from her holster. She locked her hand around the man's wrist and held the barrel of the gun away from her. Pushing the barrel of her own between his eyes, she quickly took the safety off and placed her finger on the trigger.

"Wait! Wait! Stop!" The man cried out as he dropped his weapon. He was younger than she expected, with brown hair and blonde highlights. The green in his eyes shined with fear as tears gathered at the rims.

"I-I- some dude told me to come in here and get you in the elevator. He gave me $1,000 I swear I wasn't going to hurt you, please stop!" He squeezed his eyes shut as he held his free hand above his head.

"Who? What are you talking about?" Before the boy could answer, a pair of arms wrapped around Serenity. One followed her own to her weapon, pulling the trigger before she could move her arm. The boys blood spewing across her face before his body crumpled to the ground.

A scream escaped her as the other hand roughly pulled her hair. Struggling against the arm, she tried to get the weapon out of the persons reach, their grip on her hair pulling her head completely back.