"It doesn't matter," Andy said, taking a step forward, trying to intimidate Ivan. It wasn't going to work, she knew that - he was too far gone to accept anything anyone else said. But she might as well try. "It doesn't matter if you're stronger, or if you can do things he can't - Edward has emotions other than hate, and that makes him better than you."
As she spoke these last words, Ivan almost exploded, grabbing ahold of the nearby workbench and flinging it across the room in front of Andy and Edward. The leather backed books flew off it and hit the wall beside them, falling in a mess to the ground. The workbench was now pressing them against the wall, cornering them and trapping them in the room with the crazy gun-wielding man.
Ivan pointed his gun at Edward again.
"This is the end." He said in a low voice. "I'm done with you." Andy watched in horror as Ivan's finger began to press down on the trigger. Everything seemed to move in slow motion. She couldn't move the workbench off them, and Edward couldn't move to dodge the bullet - they were stuck. Ivan was about to shoot.
Andy turned to Edward, and he looked back at her with wide, frightened eyes. She looked down at his hands and back at his scarred face. Edward looked at the ground in what she thought was shame.
"This is not your fault." Andy said, and he looked back up. "You might not be finished, but you're at least a million times more human than he'll ever be."
Edward smiled. It was sad, but it was still a smile.
"Thank you," He said quietly.
"Edward, I love you." Andy said back, and cringed slightly at her own awkwardness. She didn't know how else to say it - so she had just stated it bluntly.
"Enough!" Ivan roared, and the ear shattering blast of the gunfire reverberated through the room. Andy shut her eyes tight.
The ringing in her ears slowly dissipated, and she gained the courage to face what Ivan had done. She opened her eyes.
There lying before them was Kevin, sprawled on the floor, a trail of blood leaking out of his stomach. Edward was still beside Andy - still alive.
"Kevin!" They both yelled in shock. They couldn't move to help him, so he was still at Ivan's mercy.
"How idiotic." Ivan spat as Kevin groaned and tensed on the floor, clutching the hole in his torso. "Where did that get you, old man? It's just an extra person dead." Ivan raised the gun again, pointing it once more at Edward.
No. Andy thought. This can't be happening. This won't happen. She wanted to reassure herself of that, but had no idea if it was true.

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Grace looked on and listened to him talking, tears beginning to roll out of her eyes. She was struggling to stay quiet. Kevin had rushed past her in a blur, and she hadn't had time to stop him, or to even try and help him. He'd been shot. He'd sacrificed himself for Edward. She would never be brave enough to do that.
But when Ivan had called him idiotic and ridiculed him - this poor defenceless man who had just performed the bravest act of sacrifice known to man - that made anger bubble up inside her.
She crept over to the doorway, raising the scissorhand higher with every step she took. She thought about her grandma - Kim. Kim had been brave enough to lie to an entire town. She had sacrificed herself for Edward.
Grace stopped at the doorway. Ivan hadn't seen her.
"It's just an extra person dead." He said, and Grace watched him raise the gun. Now was the time.
It is an extra person dead - but the dead one's not who you think it is. She thought, and forced the bladed hand into his back. He gasped once, and an electronic fading noise came from his body. Ivan collapsed on the ground with no trace of blood or life. His eyes were still open, but they were blank. The scissorhand stuck out of his back, and where it entered his body there were sparks lighting up every few seconds. Ivan was a machine. He was never human - just a cold, heartless machine.
Everything and everyone was still, except for Kevin.
He was writhing on the floor, his hand clenched and hovering above his wound. His breathing was growing fainter by the second.

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