Please Don't shoot...Ana Tag Nero, Any

[anaromano]

Ana left Taki and went to the auditorium like she was suppose to. She spent her time drifting from class to class. Instead of using the map she just followed other kids who seemed to know where to go. Honestly Ana found this to be a tad insane, but school was school and you just could not let people go with out school right. Russia would have probably done the same. Sent the kids to another school. So far Ana liked Gould. she had yet to find Nero though.

Ana finally figured out which locker was hers. She had a break for lunch and instead of going to the caf she went to her locker. Ana saw her brother Maxim on the way and they stopped and talked for a bit. Ana was so happy. Maxim had been a huge help. Better then you think. She hugged her brother before heading off to her locker. Maxim disappeared around the corner. Then all the sudden Ana heard a noise echo through the hall. She knew that noise. She heard it back in Russia.

"Max..." Ana called. Now she should be darting into an open classroom, but instead she headed toward the shots. She had a bad feeling about her brother, who was laying on the floor shot, but she could not see that. All the sudden a group of guys rounded the corner. One of them pointed a gun at Ana and she froze in place. Her fight or flight response was not working. Instead her whole body froze.

[findingnemo]

Nero had a rather uneventful day in the school so far. He'd had his interactions with all of the Silver kids. He still didn't get why they had invaded his school. The only one he didn't mind invading was his beautiful girlfriend. He smiled at that thought. Ana was here in the school somewhere but had yet to run into her.

He got out of his class and went toward the cafeteria. Better yet. He went to his locker to put his books away. He saw Maxim pass and smiled talking to him for a few moments before asking where Ana would be and then walking off. He walked over to his locker first and put his books away and then went toward where Maxim said Ana had gone. Then he heard the gunshots. He bolted toward the sound - instead of going the other way. In his gut, he felt that there was something terribly wrong and that Ana was in the middle of it.

He saw her standing there with the guy with the gun in her face and bolted toward her, getting in front of her.

"Dude... what the hell are you doing!?" he said looking at the guy.

He was afraid. But not afraid to take a bullet for Ana.

[anaromano]

"Please don't shoot...." Ana pleaded. The gun man cocked the gun. which made Ana jump slightly. Then all the sudden Nero was there. It was as if he was a ghost or a superhero and just appeared out of no where. Ana grabbed onto him as he put his body between her and the gunman. Ana said probably the most stupidest thing you could think at the moment, but she was freaking out. "He has a gun..." she said. Well duh..it was obvious he had a gun, but in Ana's mind she could not think.

The gunman showed no fear as he took a step forward, but someone called for him. Telling him to forget those two...that if he wanted to have fun he could always come back for the girl and kill the guy later. The gunman looked back at Nero and Ana and winked, "Enjoy your pass...your are living on borrowed time. See you later sweet heart." The gunman blew a kiss at Ana and uncocked the gun. He turned around to join the group as they headed toward the cafeteria.

Ana felt tears coming from her eyes. She had no idea that that was suppose to be a threat. All she could think about was nothing...she was freaking out. Ana moved around to face Nero and wrapped her arms around him. In a school as big as Gould was he found her when she needed help. God she was lucky. "T...Thank you..."

[findingnemo]

Nero was no coward and by NO means was he going to step down to some guy just because he had a gun. ESPECIALLY when that gun was pointed directly at his very own girlfriend. Did the guy even stop to think that Ana was a mother? No... he didn't think the guy even cared.

Who, in their right mind, would shoot up a school let alone shoot anyone?? A school was supposed to be a sort of safe haven for the kids of California right? A safe haven is something that protects the kids from the dangers of the "outside world" or the bad in people was he wrong? Did he learn something that was completely wrong? He was sure that this was the place they were supposed to call the security blanket. There usually was security crawling all over Gould wasn't there? A kid could barely get a descent smoke in without having Gould Security breathing down their necks - not that he smoked or anything but that was prime example.

Nero just pulled Ana into a hug. If he would have lost her - especially this early and the way it would have happened - he would have had a mental breakdown. If something bad like that happened to Ana, of all people, he would have blamed himself if he wasn't there. He would have kicked himself for not being in the right place and the right time but, thankfully, he was. She was safe and the gunmen had moved along their merry way to go shoot up the rest of the school. As long as they left his Ana alone.

**Skye... What about Skye??** he thought.

She may not have been his girlfriend anymore and he may have been trying to get over her but he still wondered if she was safe. He always worried about her. Everything from things that happen at home to the gunmen here. Everything worried Nero when it came to the innocent and frail Skye Turner. He didn't know how else to put that.

But the problem at hand seemed to be the ever shaking Ana.

"Ana... baby... where's Maxim?" he asked her calmly.

[anaromano]

Ana was sobbing against Nero and did not even answer him. Thats when the cops came and pointed guns at them until they realized both were students. The cops asked both Nero and Ana what happened, but Ana could not speak. She just held onto Nero. It all happened so fast. It was amazing how a life changing event can happen so fast.

Eventually Nero and Ana were sent to the suditorium, but Ana was intercepted to go to the Principles office. She asked Nero to come with her, however, she was talked to alone. When Ana imerged out of the Principles office she was pale. She could barely breath and all she could think about was her family.

She walked over to Nero who was outside the principles office waiting for her. She walked over to him still shaking. She grabbed onto his arms. It was jsut not stopping. First the gun in her face and then Max.....was....was dead. She looked at Nero, tears in her eyes. She tried to speak but it came out in Russian. She took a deep breath and finally focused. "Max...is....he died....he....was shot...they shot him" Ana held onto Nero tight. She needed him now more then ever. Thank god for Nero because she did not want to be alone right now.

[findingnemo]

Everything was happening so fast Nero had no idea what was going on. First he was told to the to the auditorium but then Ana had asked him to go to the Principal's office with her. So he got permission to do so and went with his Russian beauty to the principal's office for whatever moral support that she needed.

He waited outside of the office, arms folded. He occasionally got questioned by a couple of police officers at a shot. His story was always the same - it was all he knew.

"I don't know, sir, I heard gunshots. People scattered. All I cared about was getting to my girlfriend. She seemed to be the only thing that came to my mind. Fuck, man, her first day in our school and shit like this happens." he said shaking his head.

"Sir, please refrain from using profanity." said the officer.

"Excuse me for my fucking language but my girlfriend just had a fucking gun pointed at her face. Don't you think you would be freaking out too!?" he asked.

He calmed a little and ran a hand through his colorful hair. He felt his blood boiling. If he had any say in what those guys would get as a penalty it would definitely be worse than the death penalty. It would be him beating the hell out of them and leaving them for death to take whatever he left living out of them. Suffering.

"I'm sorry." he managed as he took a breath and let it out.

And they couldn't find Maxim. Where was Maxim?

And then Ana emerged in tears. He embraced her, his strong arms wrapping around her. He was not sure exactly why she was crying. It could have been the trauma of having a gun in your face or something much, much worse. And... when Ana spoke, first in Russian, he found out it was the latter much rather than the first.

Nero tried to remain calm for Ana but barely held his composure.

"Are... are they sure?" he asked her.

He closed his eyes and held Ana tighter to him, kissing her head gently.

"Baby... I'm..." he was lost for words at this point.

Nero Moore was lost for words. When did this day come? Today apparently.

"Oh, Ana." he whispered kissing her head again.

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Ana nodded. "They sure...." HE broken English was more broken, "Seen picutred..he had id...in pocket..they say they know him...due to not being citizen..." God she needed to calm down. Her talking was getting worse and worse. It was hard to stay in English. She could not help it. She felt Nero place the kisses on her forehead and just held him tight. "I need you..please don't go..." She was not sure where he would go, but she had to say that.

Ana pushed back not out of his arms but just so she could she him> She finally stopped crying and took a few deep breaths, "Sorry...cant think in...in English...trying to speak...not easy..." She took few more deep breaths. It would do them no good if she could not communicate with Nero. It would just leave them here is silence.

"He is dead. School nurse and paramedics confirmed it. He was shot...twice. In the chest. They claim he did not suffer. It was fast...what is fast about death." Ana laid her head on Nero's shoulder, "All I can think about is what if you had not shown up...would I be dead...what would happen to Alek...how am I going to tell my family Maxim is dead..." She needed Nero. Ana felt like she had no strength left....

[findingnemo]

Nero didn't exactly know how to speak at this point. He SPOKE English for God's sake and not a word came to him.

"I'm not going anywhere." he said finally, as words decided to just fall out of his mouth.

He needed to stay strong for Ana. He seemed to be her rock and he wanted to stay that way. If he showed any kind of discontent or upset he wondered if it would just make things so much more worse than they already were in Ana's eyes.

Her brother was dead. And he was going to be there to help her through it. And if her family needed anything, he was not going to hesitate to help them, too. Especially with Alek. Maxim seemed to be the "man of the house" in helping out with all of the children and Nero would do anything to help out with them - especially now.

"I'm not going anywhere." he repeated. "I will be here whenever you need me." he told her gently as he ran his hands up and down her back gently.

He cursed himself for not being there for Maxim. But he was sure glad that he was there to protect Ana from the gunmen. What if he hadn't shown up? Would she have been dead, too? He shook the thoughts out of his mind. That would have made him break, for sure. Sure they weren't dating that long but he felt like the just... connected. It would just kill him inside to know that something they had could have just been taken away like that if he didn't rush to her aid.

[anaromano]

Ana was thankful for Nero right now, or else she just might crumble. It had been hard enough when they lost their parents, but her brother. God she had relied on him so much. HE would baby sit and help out even when Ana did not ask. Maxim was there when Ana needed to talk to someone. She took advantage of him so many times, that she was sorry she never thanked him for everything he did. It made her feel even guiltier. "I should have followed him. HE was going the same way as me." She told Nero.

"But my locker...needed something from locker and he did not wait....maybe he be alive if I had followed..." But then she could be dead. Either way was a bad scenario. However, long story short she was alive and her brother was dead right now. "Can....can you...please come with me...to tell family...I...I cant be alone..." She meant nothing by it. She just meant she needed his support and his strength. Having someone there would make all this easier.

"I don't...even know what to say. They might not even understand." Nixon and Alek might not understand but she knew the girls would. Ana felt the weight of the world on her shoulders and she hated it, but being in Nero's arms felt so good.

[findingnemo]

Nero shook his head.

"No, Ana. This isn't your fault please don't blame yourself. These guys... they had something to their agenda... not just to shoot up the school. There was something behind it." he told her shaking his head. "It wasn't your fault Maxim was one they just chose to take." he told her gently.

Then she asked him to come with her to tell her family and he nodded quickly.

"Of course I'll come with you." he told her. "I will not leave you alone. Not for a moment." he told her.

It was a bell and come scenario with Nero and Ana right now like in the movies. Sick lady rings the bell servant comes and takes care of her with no hesitation.

He would do whatever it took to help Ana in this situation and help her through it. He would want nothing more than to just help her through the hard time she was going through.

Nero looked at her in her eyes.

"Come on... we'll go. I'll drive." he told her gently.

They would come get her car later when she was strong enough to drive. But right now he didn't think that would be any time soon. She was still shaking from everything.

"I almost got in a bit of trouble for freaking out on a police officer." he told her. "Ironically." he tempted a smile but failed miserably.