Running through the corridor, Spade took the nearest left turn that led down another corridor, okay Matteo was right, this place was a fucking maze, he was running when he almost bumped into Matteo, who was also headed towards the same direction.

"Was that you"? He asked breathlessly and Matteo just shook his head

"I thought it was you" he muttered, and Spade clenched his jaws "and it's not Bernie, because he's with me"

"Shit" Spade cussed out, he knew it wasn't Nico or Vince, he left them downstairs, he rushed towards where they had heard the sound, with Matteo right behind him, as they kept meeting more corridors on the way, making it even hard to decipher where the sound had come from.

They took another turn, both of them already hoping this would be the last one, because it seemed they were getting lost in this house. They both stopped in their tracks at the foot of the corridor, it was just as long as the others, but he didn't bother looking at the end, because what he was seeing made his blood run cold.

Salvatore had a gun pointed at Nate, and his one hand was clutching tightly to Nate's hair as he banged the young man's head on the wall

There was blood trickling down his head where there was a small gash, Salvatore's back was to both men and before Spade could react he heard another loud bang of gunshot, and it snapped him as he rushed towards where Nate was, Salvatore let out a loud scream as he fell on the ground.

Matteo had shot his legs, he rushed behind Spade and stopped close to Salvatore, kicking the gun away from his hand.

Nate was on the ground, with his face up, Spade crouched down beside him, looking over him, he cupped Nate's face in his hands, whose eyes were half open and half closed "Hey baby, oh God, look at me" Spade rushed out as he tried to touch the bloody part of Nate's head, the young man groaned out. Spade clenched his jaw before his eyes moved to Salvatore, while was still clutching to his leg that was shot, with Matteo holding a gun to his head.

Spade got up, with anger, looking down at Salvatore, who had a lopsided grin on his face, it annoyed Spade to no end, he gritted his teeth before he swung his fists and it came landing on Salvatore's jaw, causing his head to whip to the side, as he groaned out.

Before he could turn back to look at Spade, he used the but of his pistol and hit Salvatore on the head, making him to fall down as he passed out

Spade rushed back towards Nate as he held his face in his large palms "hey baby, look at me" he cooed, shaking Nate as the young man was already coming to, his eyes weren't closed like before and he frowned as he stared back at Spade.

"Spade" he mumbled, causing Spade to stroke his cheeks with his thumbs.

"It's me baby, I'm here" he cooed, examining Nate's wounds, but he was surprised when Nate used his own hand to push Spade's hands off his face, causing Spade to clench his jaw and frown, Nate groaned out as he tried to get up, Spade placed his hand on Nate's arms, trying to help him up but he just shrugged Spade's hands off

His eyes landed on Matteo who was trying to pick up a passed out Salvatore from the floor, the blonde looked up at him and gave him a warming sad smile, he didn't return it, he just stared at him, before his eyes landed on Spade again, who was looking at him.

"Can you stand on your own"? Spade asked, trying to touch his face but he just turned sideways

"I'm fine" he mumbled out, Spade shut his eyes and clenched his jaws, letting his eyes rake through Nate's body, stopping at the cuff on his hands. He quickly moved away from Nate as he went towards Salvatore, crouching down before he started rummaging through his pockets, possibly searching for a key

He didn't like how Nate was shrugging his touch off, a clear sign the young man was mad at him, he clenched his jaw when he pulled out the key, just as he stood up, Bernie rushed into the corridor, stopping when he saw all of them, his eyes landing on Salvatore first before they found Spade, then Nate.

He smiled before he walked towards the young man "Hey stranger" he muttered stopping in front of Nate, who looked at him and managed a smile back.

"Hi" he whispered back to Bernie

"You had us all worried back there" Bernie muttered before he saw Spade's figure standing close to them, he looked up at the man before he lowered his head in respect "Boss, the whole place has been cleared out"

"Good, help him" Spade grunted out nudging his head towards Matteo and Salvatore, Bernie nodded before he walked towards the blonde, leaving just Spade and Nate.

Spade looked at Nate before he took the keys, grabbing Nate's hands he started unlocking the cuffs, while momentarily looking over at Nate, the young man seemed to be avoiding him blatantly, almost as if he didn't want to meet Spade's eyes "Hey" he whispered out, Nate didn't say anything, he just kept looking around the corridor, Spade sighed out, taking off the cuffs and dropping it on the floor beside Matteo, before he turned back to look at Nate who was about to walk out, he shot his hand out and grabbed Nate's elbow, pulling him back. "Come on baby, dont be like this" he whispered out, taking a step closer to Nate who had his side facing Spade

He just scoffed, not even turning around "Let me go Spade" he muttered out

"I can't, I can't let you go baby, I missed you" he rasped out, making Nate to scoff again

"What happened to you killing me if I ever showed you my face again"? Nate spat out, finally turning around to look into Spade's eyes, his brown ones matching with Spade's grey eyes that held nothing but remorse

Spade had missed those brown eyes, infact he had missed everything about Nate and the young man acting like this wasn't even helping him. "You know I didn't mean that baby...." He was cut off by Matteo's voice

"Spade, we need to get out of here, we don't know if there are still more of his men" Matteo explained, his eyes momentarily resting on Nate, who was looking at him but his eyes held nothing.

Matteo clenched his jaw, he felt guilty seeing Nate, he couldn't even imagine the things the young man had gone through, and to think he had told Nate that although they were brothers, his loyalty was to Spade, that was like throwing the young man under the bus when he needed him the most.

He quickly looked away as he turned around and looked at Bernie, who was helping him with Salvatore, they had cuffed him already and would take him with them.

Spade sighed out, turning to look at Matteo briefly "fine, you go ahead with Bernie, we're right behind you" he rasped out and Matteo just nodded, before nudging Bernie to follow him.

Spade looked down at Nate, he swallowed hard "can we talk about this when we get home"? He asked and Nate just shook his head.

"There's nothing to talk about Spade, you made it clear you don't want anything to do with me, and I'm grateful for you coming to save me, but that's just about it...." Spade cut him off quickly.

"Nate please, just let's talk about this when we get home" he pleaded causing Nate to give him a pointed look before he sighed out

"Fine" he whispered before he started walking away from Spade, towards the way Matteo and Bernie had gone off. Spade stared at his back, watching him walk away, he sighed out, already knowing their talk was not going to be an easy thing

Nate wouldn't let him off the hook that easy, that is if he even decides to consider that option. He was fucked.

He shut his eyes before he started walking behind Nate, stepping in line with the young man, he wanted to hold his hand, to feel the warmth of his soft palm on his, but with the way Nate had been acting, he didn't think the young man would be receptive of that

Instead he just walked really close to him, feeling his body heat and letting their fingers brush up once in a while, that was okay for him, for now he would have to make do with that.

They walked through the maze of corridors and hallways, until they spotted the stairs, they all walked down from it and stopped at the foot of the stairs, where they met with Vince and Enzo They lowered their heads in respect "We've checked the whole place boss, there's no one" Vince muttered and Spade just nodded

"Alright, let's get out of here" his voice bounced off all the walls, before he led the way, they walked out of the house, the outside still looking very abandoned and dark, no wonder it was hard to find it.

One would never guess the inside was as luxurious and shiny as it had looked. He saw the way Nate stared at the bodies on the ground, making Spade to stop too as he stood beside the young man. "Let's go" he whispered out, snapping Nate who didn't say anything but just followed Spade out of the compound, they spotted their cars just a few paces away.

Matteo and Bernie placed Salvatore in the other car, while Spade and Nate walked towards the other one, Spade stood with his back to the car door, while Nate stood blocking his view of Matteo and Bernie, he just wanted to get out of there.

He'd had enough of the place for one night, actually for as long as he was held there, which he was sure was a long time

Spade placed his hand to his ear as he spoke through the comms "Stefano, the place is clean, it's time to go"

"Copy" Stefano said over the comms before it went dead again. Spade looked up at Nate, he wanted to say something, but he would wait until they get home, he looked past Nate to where Matteo was

"Alright everyone, it's time to leave" he yelled out, and just when he looked back at Nate, hoping to help the young man into the car, they heard a gunshot, it was loud and sounded far, Spade looked at Matteo and the others and they all had the same surprised look on their faces, his eyes landed on Nate, and that's when he saw it, Nate was clutching to his stomach, and there was blood trickling down from there.

His world stopped as he stood frozen, gasping out as he watched Nate, who stared back at him. "No no no, baby" he rushed out as he leaned forward and caught Nate in his arms before the young man could fall on the ground.

He held him close "baby please stay with me, no no no" he whispered his voice shaky as he tried to shake Nate up, but his eyes were already closing. Spade pressed on the wound applying pressure "I just got you back, baby I can't lose you again, stay with me" he rushed out.

Nate just swallowed hard and groaned "Gio" he whispered as his eyes closed, Spade's mind was in a haze to the point that he did even hear when the second gunshot went off, or when Stefano talked to him over the comms, or when Matteo had crouched down beside him, looking at Nate, as he tried to snap him out of it.

All he could see and feel was Nate, his eyes closed, face had gone pale and his pink lips were already turning black. Spade's heart was beating fast, but at the same time he felt like he couldn't breath as he knelt down there and watched Nate, his eyes moved to the wound and his hands, which were covered in warm blood, Nate's blood "Spade" He heard the muffled voice of Matteo but he was focused on the blood and the wound, he couldn't breath, he couldn't even think "Gio, we have to get him to the hospital" Matteo yelled out shaking him and snapping him out of the daze, he looked around him and his men were looking at him, all had different expression and emotions on their faces, even Stefano had come down.

He swallowed hard as he looked back down on Nate who was passed out and bleeding, Matteo placed his hand on Slade's shoulder "I'll drive, you get him in the back and keep pressure on the wound" Matteo muttered out and for the first time, Spade didn't have the words or strength inside of him to answer as he just nodded, and scooped Nate up, before Bernie opened the car door, he placed Nate in before he got in himself, placing the young man's head on his thighs, as he watched him.

Drowning out the rest of the conversation that was going on outside, he felt his heart clenched as he watched Nate, something in his stomach dropped and bile rose up his throat

Fear, he felt fear for the first time, real fear The kind that keeps you at night. He didn't want to lose Nate, he couldn't lose him, not now.

He swallowed hard as he applied pressure on the wound, hearing the car engine start as they pulled away from the house and onto the road "Don't die on my baby" he whispered, staring at Nate's almost lifeless body in front of him

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Nate has been shot 😳😳