Chapter 8

It has been a few days with nothing interesting. I spent it talking to Estelle, she is a very nice girl and I'm starting to like her.

Yang cames throw the garage's door. He said he found some more information about Estelle

Yang:" Estelle was known to be quiet all the time, and at the age of 13 her father found out about her talent "computer genius", After university she moved from her father's house and started her career. I have watched her house, no visits from her father, though I still have that bad feeling"

Me:"Will, I have good news as well. I managed to make Estelle talk to me about that computer program we are delivering"

Toll:"And what did you get ?"

Me:"It's a security program like her father told us, except it's a very unique one. You see Estelle invented a smart computer that watches over your house, and if unwelcome visitors decided to pay a visit, the computer will make the house in defense states and the house will protect him self using any kind of machineguns you apply, something like firing walls, and it will automatically burn all the secret information, and will hide a copy in a safe place that you choose"

Barney:"Great job guys" Me and Yang nod

Barney:"OK boys I want everyone to go home pack his stuff. All he's going to need, and get some sleep. We are walking a lot in the next week. Plus I still don't trust them , there is something wrong about that guy"

Hale:"Will I'm sure it's nothing. yang found everything about him"

Me:"I just don't understand how Estelle would let him use her like that. She is not okay with it, but she still accepts it. I mean she is a very smart girl. she can get away from him easily"

Toll:"Maybe she needs his money"

Lee:"But he is making the money using her..." Lee speaks my mind and I have to finish

Me:"So she doesn't need him, she can make money by her self"

Yang:"Maybe his connections"

Barney:"I think Yang is right...to get jobs she need's his connections"

Me:"Not true, she doesn't only design programs like this one, she can get a clean job anywhere"

Barney:"That's true too. Let's just keep our eyes open"

We all leave. I go home, I throw my self on the bed and close my eyes but groan as I remember I have to pack, and go see the girls to spend some time before I leave.

After a few hours of packing, cleaning my guns and preparing my blades I was finally done. My phone comes to life, it's only a text, I grab it off the counter and I open the text, It's from Lee.

We grow close in the past few days, we would spend less time at tool's and more in our houses alone, We would talk about random stuff. I never knew Lee loves poetry, one day hopefully I will make him read to me his favorite, he has refused.

I text him back telling him that I'm done from packing too and I would love to hang out

I go to his place and we sit in the backyard talking about our childhood, mine was very beautiful until mom died, it's just me and brigitte (her sister) grow apart and we started fighting about everything and end up not talking at all, but I always have Jerome (her brother).

Lee:"So, I have thought since the night we talked that you should fix things between you and your sister"

Me:"Me too. I regret everything I did to her, It's just I couldn't accept that mom is gone and because I'm her older sister she excepted from me to fill the hole"

Lee:"I'm not gonna say I understand your feelings because I don't, but I'm sure your sister misses you too and she wants to fix things. you should give it a try"

Me:"I will, After this job. I really need to think of something to say"

My phone goes off. It's Alex.

Me:"It's Alex, I have to get this" I inform Lee

Lee:"OK"

Me:"Hello"

Alex:"Hey, where are you ? we are waiting"

Me:"Shit, I'm so sorry. I'll be there in 10" and I hang up

Me:"I have to go. I totally forgot about the girls"

Lee signs:"Do you really have to go ?"

Me:"I do I'm sorry. I promised them"

Lee:"OK" god I don't want to leave. I want to stay with Lee and talk to him forever

Skip the to the mission...

We are sitting on the plane in silence like we always do until Gunner and Toll decide the are funny. I'm reading a book as usual. Estelle sits beside me and we talk for the rest of the flight.

We land and start our journey to the meeting point where we are going to deliver.

We have walked for seven hours, of course with 15 minutes rest in between but still our feet hurt like heel. Estelle said that we are 20 minutes away from the first safe house her father have for us along the way.

Ahhh finally we can see the house, it's not big nether small.

Barney:"Angel, go explore the house, the second floor has an open window" he points to it " I want you to climb throw it and see if everything is clear"

Me:"Yes sir" I give them my gun and bag and I make my way to the house slowly behind trees. I climb the closest three to the window, it was kinds hard to swing over branches while I'm tired but it reminded me with my brother, we would always climb trees behind our house and make dad look for us for hours.

Me:"Everything thing clear boys" I say after a quick check

I open the door for them, and they all run inside wanting to get the most comfortable couch

Barney:"Nope, not yet boys. Come on I want you to secure the house very well"

Me:"There are security cameras all over the place"

Gunner:"How you know so ?"

Me:"Estelle just told me"

Estelle walked to the wall, and started touching it like she is looking for something. She presses on the wall and suddenly a big screen comes out with the security camera's images

Estelle:"same sestime...all houses"

But we were all busy staring at the big flat screen that just came out from the wall

We get ready for bed, barney said we will sleep in the same room so if anything happens we can all protect each other and keep Estelle safe. Hale is in the next room watching the screen for any suspicious move.

Me:"We should do something. this is really boring"

Estelle:"Oui" she agrees

Toll:"Like what ?"

Me:"I don't know...Let's play a game"

They all frown

Me:"Ohhh come on it will be fun"

Lee:"More fun than just sitting here doing nothing" Lee finally says encouraging my idea which I found wierd, I'm but happy about it

Barney:"Like what ?"

Estelle:"truth or dare" she says after a moments of silent

Me:"Yes" the rest were thinking about it " come on let's go" I say as I literally jump up standing

Gunner:"Where ?"

Me:"To the next room, we are not playing without Hale"

Barney:"But that means leaving the house with no watch"

Me:"No it's not. that why we are going to the next room"

Lee:"Come on let's go" He seemed excited

We sit on the floor in a circle Estelle by my side of course Lee in front of me and Toll on my other side

Hale spins the bottle

Hale:"Gunner...truth or dare ?"

Gunner:"Truth" he said after a moment of thinking

Lee:"Why ? too much scared"

We all laughed at the big swedish face expressions he gave for Lee. Ohhh this gonna be so much fun

Hale:"Gunner...How in earth you manage to sleep after missions ?"

That the question I have been deying to ask Gunner. Everytime we call him after a mission he is sleeping or when we come to Tool's we find him sleeping on the couch. How can he sleep after all the killing he had witnessed and did. I go to sleep after the missions sometimes only because I'm toooo tried but if I'm not that tired It takes me at lest a couple of days to find peace on my pillow and fall asleep

Gunner scratches the back of his head:"I think of my Mother" We all go silent for a moment

That was so beautiful and honest from Gunner. The bottle is spind and it settles on Estelle

Gunner:"OK Estelle truth or dare" She looks him in the eye before she says "Dare"

Gunner:"Now are you sure ?" Gunner says with an evil tone

Toll:"If I was you I would change to truth, you'll regret it sweetheart"

Estelle:"No, Dare"

Gunner:"OK, you asked for it...Estelle I dare you tooooo Kiss Angel"

We both say at the same time:"WHAT?" all the boys "ohhhh"

Me:"That is against the rules" I protest, Like what the heel

Estelle:"Is no allowed" she says trying to find words

Me:"Totally"

Barney:"Sorry girls, but a dare is a dare"

Me:"Are you serous" I look at Estelle by my side "you had to pick dare"

Toll:"I told you"

Me and Estelle say in the same time:" Oh shut up" everyone laughs but us

I shut my eyes as Estelle come close to kiss me, as soon as our lips touch we both back away, I never kissed a girl before.

Next is Estelle and Toll

Estelle:"Toll... truth or dare"

Toll:"Truth"

Estelle:"Does your ear affect your hearing ?"

Toll:"How many times do I have to say No" Why did she have to ask him that, he gets upset

Barney:"Easy Toll, she was just asking we all know that your ear don't affect your hearing at all"

Toll:"Whatever" he spins the bottle and it stops on Lee "Lee truth or dare"

Lee:"Dare"

Toll:"OK...I dare you to jump naked in the lake behind the house"

Me:"You serious ? it's freezing outside" That is just ridiculous

Toll:"He chouse dare, it's his fault"

Lee:"Fine"

Lee gets up and we all follow him outside, he stands there staring at the lake for a while the he takes off his shirt and pants and he jumps in, I stand there with a look of sympathy on my face, it's too cold. I turn angry as I see Lee shaking like heel as he come out, he is holding him self. I run with the blanket covering him and I lead him inside.

After Lee got dressed we went back to our game but this time we sit closer to fire so Lee can get warm

Hale spins the bottle and it stops on me.

Lee:"Anggel...ttruth or dare ?" he asks me still cold

Me:"Truth" I say confident

Lee:"Goood...I have bbeen wanting ttto ask you this...What in eaaarth is girl two days shopping ?"

I giggle remembering how much fun it is:"Will Me, Heather and Alex used to go shopping for one of us for two days"

Lee:"Yyou mean you spend ttwo days shshopping"

Me:"Yuppp...and the one we are buying her clothes she have to wear whatever we buy her even if she doesn't like them"

Barney:"That's...stupid" Ahh what do boy's know about shopping anyway

Gunner:"Yeah who would spend two days shopping for his friend"

Me:"It's fun"

Estelle:"A lot of fun"

Lee:"whatever"

I make a face and everyone laughs.

After another two rounds of truth or dare I see Estelle getting uncomfortable and she is looking at the clock over and over, I don't like this. Estelle stands up and run to the room, I stand up and follow her. I hear everyone go silent, but with a few whispers they are wondering what is going on, will I'm about to find out.

I see her crying on the bed,I sit by her and rub her back:"Hey..what's wrong ?"

She gets up, she look at me for a moment then she hugs me and repeat saying "sorry"

Me:"For what ?"

Estelle:"This is whole a trick, my father made a deal with a guy called church, and he knows where we are he'll be here in 15, I'm supposed to hide in the bassment...I'm sorry"

I stare at her processing everything in my mind and then I leave her running out of the room

Me:"Red alarms boy...danger in the distant" I yell and they all stare at me

Barney:"Come on get up all of you, get ready...come on, get your guns"

Everyone stormed into the bed room for his things

Barney:"What is going on ?"

Me:"This is whole a trick, a guy called church made a deal with Estelle's father and he knows where we are he will be here in 15 maximum"

Barney:"The bastard"

Me:"Do you mind telling, who the heel is this church guy"

Barney:"We have no time now I will tell the story later, in short he is a CIA bastard"

Me:"I hate CIA bastards" I say as we both join the other rushing around the room

We locked all the rooms but the one we are in and a one connected to it. Gunner and Hale break the windows and stand ready to fire who ever gets in sight.

Me, Estelle and Yang in a room, and in the other with security cameras are the rest

Barney:"Cameras off" which means they are here

We all grab our guns tighter and Estelle bury her self in corner more if that's even possible, her hands shaking with the gun that I'm not sure if she can even use.

Suddenly the door is blown off and smoke is everywhere. When the smoke is gone we are surrounded.

Barney says:"Fire" And that's exactly what we do

I get attacked from the back and I lose my gun, I reach for another one, but before I can even think of it, two men attacks me so I fight back. I knocked one of them, the other just wont...something contact with my forehead, one of them hit me with a steel pip, but it only makes me dizzy a bit, I kick the one that reached to my arm on his privet area, and punches the other in the stomach. I rush to help Estelle who is being dragged by two big men, but the same bastard who hit me with the steel pip does it again, I feel blood streaming down my face and a sharp pain that makes my head spin. I go to my knees before everything goes blur and someone probably the guy who hit me drags me on the floor"

My vision is coming back, as a deep voice says:"Will will look what do we have here"

I'm dizzy and my forehead hurts like heel, but I managed to make out the man who is talking, he is bald and kinda cute he is wearing a suit, church I assume as he looks like he is the leader

Church:"Get them" as he walks with two in front of him to protect him

wait a second "them" I look around, it's hard and painful but I manage it, it's Estelle.

We go back inside the house

Lee:"Angel" he yells at the top of his lungs making everyone else stop what they are doing and let go of whoever they are beating

All The expendables gather by barney as he stands in the middle, they all stand their with their guns ready to fire. Church places a knife to my nick

Church:"Put your guns down, or she'll die" he says simply

No one moves, they can't until Barney says so

Church:"1...2..." He gets the knife of my nick and goes with it up and down my arm

I raise one of my hands with three fingers and place it on my heart, Barney nods, and slowly mumbles to the rest of team, but we can't hear of course, my fingers go two as Church reach 4.

I elbow him in the guts and he backs away, I get scratched in the arm but who caries, I punch the guy who is holding Estelle and I quickly jump with both me and her down as Barney opens fire. A minute later the shouting stops. I don't move because I'm too tired to, this damn cut in my forehead is bleeding so badly

Lee:"Angel, watch it" He sudden;y yells

But it's too late a sharp pain in my leg makes me let out a small scream of surprise. I hear a gun shot before Lee helps me to sit up. Church stabbed me with my knife that he was pointing against me, He was pointing MY knife against Me.

I coldly take the knife of my leg, I say to him:"How dare you use my knife against me" and with that I stab the already dying Church in the heart finishing him for good.

Lee lie my down on a couch, as Yang and Gunner fix my cuts.

Hale:"We've a problem"

Barney:"What the heel else ?"

Hale:"Estelle is in shock"

Me:"Is she OK ?" I ask in pain

Lee:"Who gives a shit if she is OK the..."

Me:"No...she was forced to do so"

Barney:"Even thought..."

Me:"He abused her" I say daring anyone to say another word, I don't know if what I just said is true or not, but I know she has been forced to do it. We are not blaming a poor girl who has a father with controlling problems that scares her.

Toll:"Are you guys done with Angel...I need a little help here" He says from the chair opposite of the couch, he have a nasty cut on his arm, the others only have scratches, non serous.

After burning the body's in a hole in the woods we all head back to the plane with one of their jeeps they came with, why didn't we use jeeps when we came ? we walked for seven hours for gods sake. Anyways Lee is carrying me, I feel safe and...a little more.

We all go aboard, Estelle is still shocked but getting better as Toll is trying to distract her with a small talk, thank god she understands English better that she talks it.

I feel sleepy, but I mustn't sleep I lost too much blood, so I ask Lee to open a conversation, and to stop playing with my hair.