"You little bitch " the man growled pulling me up from the floor by my hair. There was a pool of blood in the back in my throat and I was really fighting hard to keep it from escaping my lips.I just hope Rue and Lexi is having a better time with their part of this mission. "Did you honestly think you would come in here and try to kill me"
I smiled weakly at the vile man in front of me. "I will kill you"
He chuckled and dropped me on the floor. My head slammed against the tiles. He turned away from me and my vision began to blur. "I don't think you know who I am child but I'll be glad to show you what I'm capable of"
He pulled something from around his waist and tossed it aside. I tried to sit up up but my body was pushed back against the tiles roughly. "It's too bad your pretty"
Before he could grab my lips with his I upchucked the bloody liquid right in his face. I searched for my weapons with my hands but my senses were wearing thin.
"I'm gonna make you scream" he snarled.
Thing's proceeded in a rush. I tried my best to fight him off but it was hard when everything was blurry. At least I'm not a virgin.
But then there was a scream and I felt heat and before a different pair of arms wrapped around me.
"Alana , stay with me"
Too late.
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"Well if it isn't my brothers main squeeze" Denzel voiced grimly.
I turned to him , time to play with fire. "I was thinking of having my brother as the best man . What do you think? "
"I doubt you'll make it down the aisle" he snickered.
Looking over my shoulders at the thousands of magazine's in front of me that were all a decoy. After all what fiancee isn't planning their wedding. "Why are you so sure about that?"
"My brother's never been the same since his poor Elena death" he smirked.
"Face it Denzel I'm getting that ring"
"It's not like he loves you" he flung his hand up in the air.
"I'm pretty sure you know relationships aren't always about love" I flashed him my devilish smile.
"I knew you were crooked" he snapped
I rolled my purple eye's and returned to letting my eye's roam over the magazine.
"Now should I wear white cause I'm more of a green girl"
We we all sat in a car outside of the dock gates. Watching through binoculars as everything was being snatched by government official's . Earlier threaten a few people on a few boards and soon this dock will be shut down. It will no doubt get us on Denzel's radar if it hasn't already had.
"My brother is going to have a fit" Alexander shook his head.
"Wonder how he'll respond when we do this to the other ports?' Rue snickered
"How will you guy's find out where the other's ones are?" He started the car's engine.
"Oh Lexi will take care of that" I said sing-songy.
We pulled off the street and onto the busy street's.
"So you'll get all his ports shut down and what about all the network.
"We'll cut them off. It won't be a day's work but we can shut them down" Lexi answered. I snuck at look at them through the rearview mirror and it was no surprise her legs were pleasantly seated on our partner's lap. Those two are so naive.
"And what about the people who help him with this little business? " he ran his hands through his slick hair.
"Oh they'll get dealt " before I could finish my sentence, the car came to an sudden stop and everyone flew forward and back into their seats.
I grimaced as a pain from my chest resurfaced, reminding me of the wound that was still healing. I wish it would hurry up though. I've gotten past the round the clock soreness now it was little pains here and their. Here was one of those moment's.
"Are you okay Alana" his eye's flashed with concern.
"Yeah I'm good "
That didn't seem to sit well with him because as we continued our drive he glanced over at me one to many times. He was starting to make me feel uneasy.
"You know civilization's over time have learned how to deal with ordeals" the tour guide informed the group "We have known so many tragedies and so many accomplishments. Perhaps the best accomplishment is evolving. Learning how to change for purpose."
The female lead us to past a few paintings and into a room filled with statues. "It's important we keep reinventing ourselves to keep the human race ghost going. Change is important even if something you love is being ripped away you must make the best out of it"
So even though I'm taking this business down someone's going to have to make the best of it. But who? Killing of Denzel won't fix anything really he will be gone but his hold will be very much alive. People have built there lives around him. Innocents can possibly die if he vanishes. How will anything be fixed then ?
All those girl's wrongly taken from their home and forced to live such cruel lives. How can we rescue them them send them of into the world ? This operations been going on since I was in a stroller , people died in this. And I won't be able to return lost time.
So much Gretal's inquire, I do have feelings.
"Why are we in Africa?" Rue groaned, I couldn't help but genuinely smile at his discomfort.
This place was starting to get to me already and we've only been here for half an hour. But what's not to love about the beautiful natural state of the land. The scenery with it's villagers buzzing about.
"We're going to see first hand the experience of working for Denzel , it'll give me idea's on how to kill him"
Alexander shifted uncomfortably. "Don't worry you two this will be fun"
The jeep pulled onto a rough dirt road and into a desert . The sweltering heat became quick obvious since it was the only thing out here.
But then gigantic holes seem to surround us. "Ma'am this is far as we go"
I hopped out the Jeep , Alexander and Rue followed. The car reversed and made a U-turn. Leaving behind only a cloud of smoke. The boy's exchanged worried glances.
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The desert wasn't complete barren. After walking hour's on end and a few Russian curses . We were able to find some worker's and I got to see the working conditions they worked under and even lend a hand with the work load. It was contradicting, I was suppose to worm against this illegal operation yet I was helping but I couldn't stand back and watch the men do the spine breaking work on their own.
Soon the sun went down and my companions were led out of the desert. My new friend Amoako, was telling me tales of his hardships.
"I's here the captain. When the sun rises up I leave my boy's behind and walk out here work till sun goes down" he walked slowly beside, hunched slightly.
"How do they get the diamond's?" I places loose hair behind my air.
"They send in tractors to pick them up. Give us a little pay and some food then leave"
"So they just leave you guy's out there to mine. They must trust you a lot"
He chuckled and grabbed his lower back "If we don't we'll die misses"
My pupils dilated, Denzel couldn't be that cruel to kill these poor people if they didn't work. This shouldn't surprise me I've seen this type of cruelty in Venezuela at the tender age of 15. If I could give those people a break then I can do the same here.
He shook his bald head "This here job the only way my people know my Dad mined , I mine and soon my son's will do they same as their daddies"
"No they won't trust me"
He gave me a strained smile. I placed my hand over his shoulder and helped him walk.
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We entered the small village with the weathered down brick buildings. It was surrounded by green and woman bustling around.
"Amo you brought back another wife?" One of the woman started towards us. Easily slipping the man away from me.
The two babbled off in their native language. I'm guessing she was his partner.
"Well your thing's are in the last house, one of you will sleep with Tamia " the woman called over Amoako's shoulder.
"Oh don't tell me we have to sleep out here" Rue groaned" Being in that field was hard enough"
"Oh shut the fuck up" I yelled spinning around. All he did afternoon was sit around and complain. He did'nt even stop to seize the moment. We were here to see the conditions these men are working under and all he was worried about was the lack of WiFi.
"It was your idea to come out here to this mosquito infested belly of hell and your mad at me" he hissed " I was dragged along"
"You ungrateful son of bitch . I bet if we were staying in some five star hotel with sandy beaches you'd have no problem with being out here" I snapped back.
"Of course" he through his hands up in the air "It's bad enough we're on the enemies land but you want me to sleep out here. It's a death wish"
"If you were listening to anything that poor man said you would know that nobodies gives a fuck unless their supplied"
Gretal always told me I had excellent retaliation skills. I didn't know what she meant by that. The woman was loon and all her compliments had a hidden meaning. But once I had my gun in hand and pointed it at Rue's chest, in think I have an idea what she's talking about.
"Let me put you out of your misery"
"Alana No" Alexander warned, interfering for the first time "Let's go "
He grabbed Rue up and dragged him away. I placed the gun back in it's holder.
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I floated on my back , just letting the water take control. I always feel somehow intimidated by being in a large body of water. It was something I couldn't kill or gain control over and not many thing's are that way. The water has full control, you can sink or float. And that's intimidating, I was raised to believe that I was a driving force with immense power but as it floated around under the moon light arm's out and legs close. I knew the academy lied about one thing.
And for some strange reason I found myself explaining this to Alexander.
