~AXEL~
"Layla!" I shouted. "Get down!"
I started running toward her, pushing through the panicked crowd, but something hard slammed into me from behind.
I turned around, throwing an elbow, connecting with someone's jaw. Two men, dressed as security guards but obviously not, grabbed my arms. I twisted free and landed a punch that dropped one of them.
Then I felt it… a sharp sting in my shoulder.
"What the…"
Dart. They'd shot me with a tranquillizer dart.
My legs wobbled, but I fought against the sudden weakness, refusing to go down. I couldn't go down. Not while Layla was…
Through the chaos and the red emergency lights, I saw them. Four men in waiter uniforms surrounding Layla's crumpled form behind the bar.
"Layla!" I tried to run, but my legs gave out on me. I stumbled and crashed into a table.
