Chapter 11
"Call Zeke on his cell and tell him to the get the cadets loaded up. Tell him to engage in the split" I say, knowing that Zeke would know what to do. She stands frozen and I turn to her with a glare
"Shauna" I bark at her, my heart pumping hard. "Now" I yell and Shauna finally responds, determination set on her face as she calls Zeke. I hear him curse loudly through the phone.
"I'm going to grab the twins and Tris. Guard the door and make sure that no one gets inside. Zeke and the cadets can handle the people outside" I yell and she nods her head running down the steps. I stop at my bedroom and rush in. The girls scream and I quickly shut the door behind me.
"Come on, we have to go find your mom" I say a little breathless. Izzy runs to me and I pick her up, as she wraps her arms around my neck. Lizzy stays frozen on the bed where they were playing. I walk over to her and hold out my hand.
"I know you don't want to, but we need to find your mommy fast." I say, willing her to grab it. After a few seconds I just contemplate on picking her up, but she finally reaches out and grabs a hold of my hand. I pull her into my side and shift Izzy so she's settled on the same hand Lizzy is holding on to, leaving my other hand free.. I pick up the gun from the holster and both of them look terrified. I want to shield it away from them but I need it, if somehow they slipped by.
"Listen, remember what your uncle told you? Trust me right? Well right now we need to find your mother as soon as possible and you have to be very quite alright?" I say as I exit the door and run down to the gym. Suddenly the whole room lights up in red lights, the alarm blaring from all direction and both girls hold their ears in pain.
Double fuck. That means someone's in the building. Just as I am about to turn the corner I see the end of a bright blue jacket and I immediate flatten myself against the side wall. I press all of us to the wall until I'm sure the person has left. I sigh in relief because that sure as hell wasn't Zeke or Shauna
I slowly place Izzy on the floor, indicating to them both to stay put and be very quite.
How the fuck did they get inside so quickly? Where the fuck was Shauna?
I bring my gun in front of me and turn the corner, aiming the gun out. When it's clear, I grab both the girls in my arms and sprint the rest of the way to the gym, my gun dangerously close to the edges of my fingertips, almost slipping out of my weak hold. Once I reach the door to the gym, I put them down and walk cautiously into the gym, my gun drawn. I huff in relief as I see no one is here. I grab the twin's hands and walk in, my gun still out and aimed in front of us.
Zeke is probably standing guard outside with the cadets and I should be out there to, giving orders but my first priority are the twins and Tris. I scan the room, hoping Zeke was smart enough to leave Tris here with some protection. When I notice no one else I internally curse at him. Fucking stupid mistake. I finally spot her, crunched behind a excising machine and I let out a huge breath. The girls jump out of my arms and run to her, crying
"Listen, I know you guys are scared but there are some people outside and inside the house and we are not sure if they are bad or good" I say trying to downplay it for the twins. We need to get you guys to the office" I say, running my finger over my face. This is so fucked up. How the hell did they find us and more importantly how did I not see the signs that something was off? I turn to Tris. I know why, I was too distracted. I growl in frustration.
"That means we have to go from the outside" She says . Her face is set in determination as she nods are head but I can see the way her body shakes and how her eyes betrays her faced. She is fucking terrified. The twins are holding to Tris for dear life and I try to keep my voice soft, as not to scare them anymore
"We need to move now" I say pulling her from her crouched position.
"I think it's safer here" Izzy whispers, holding on to Tris
"Baby, it's safer there. I promise" Tris says, picking up the twins. She looks at me with a glare and I resist the urge to just throw all three over my shoulder and sprint it to the office.
"Do you trust me" I ask, my breathing labored. She slowly nods her head and I sigh in relief.
"Alright follow me. Be extremely quite" I say. I walk toward the guns which are laid out on a table for shooting practice. I pick up a 9 mil and her eyes widen. She looks down at the girls and I know she's probably scared out of her wits, yet her face give nothing away except her eyes which are filled with dread. She's practiced with guns before so I know she knows how to use one, however she has never had to shot at a moving target nor in front of her kids.
"If you see anyone. Pull the trigger. Shoot first and ask questions later, understood?" She nods and grabs the gun from my hand. Her hands shake as she holds the gun between her fingers and I know she is probably freaking the fuck out.
"Izzy come to me" I say and without any struggle or resistance she quickly climbs into my arms, wrapping her small little arms around my neck. I hold her protectively against my chest.
"You ready?" I ask Tris. She nods her head and I see determination in her eyes. I give her one last nod and we start walking up the stairs. After making sure the living room is clear I motion for Tris to emerge and we all but sprint to the door. Again after making sure no one is blocking the exit I motion Tris to come out and follow me and this time we actually sprint.
I pull out the key to the door and place Izzy on the floor, as she clings to my leg. I use all my strength and move the garbage bin out the way and pick up Izzy again. Just as I am about to slid the key into the door I hear a gunshot and all 3 girls gasp. I turn my head in the direction of the gun shot and realize its coming from where I told Zeke to line up the cadets. I hear screaming and shouting and I push the need to sprint in that direction to help my best friend out. I quickly open the door and push them inside. I turn to close the door but Tris grabs me by the arm
"Where are you going" She asks. Her face shows no emotion but her eyes gives away how scared she really is.
"I need to help Zeke and Shauna. Stay in here. Remember what I said, if anyone tries to enter thought the door, shoot first ask and ask questions later."I say and she slowly nods her head
"be careful" She whispers and I give her small smile. I push her inside and make sure the door is locked and move the trash bin back into place.
I slowly make my way towards the front and that's when I see it. Some fucker dressed in blue has a gun pointed at Zeke's head while Shauna and the cadets hold their own guns out. I internally curse. I look around, trying to come up with a plan and notice that it's just that one fucker. His back up all probably ran off. I try to take an aim with my gun but Zeke keeps getting in the way. I don't have a clear shot
I get on down on my belly and slowly crawl my way behind the guy. I close my eyes at the way my knees and elbow string as I crawl. I make eye contact with Shauna as I reach behind the guy and I shake my head at her and everyone else, as I get to my feet. She starts to talk to the fucker but he notices that Shauna keeps looking back at me unconsciously and I curse. It's a dead giveaway. I stand up and right as I am about to slug the fucker he turns.
"Fucking shit" I scream as his gun goes off and the bullet grazes my arm. Zeke slips out of his grip and before he can do anything the fucker tackles me to the floor. He uses his thumb and presses into the bullet wound, and blood starts to seep from my white t-shirt. I see clouds forming in my eyes and everything starts to go blurry with pain but finally I feel his weight being lifting off of me.
"Fuck Four! You ok?" Zeke asks helping me up. I nod my head at him and turn around to see that peter and Al are holding up the guy with 10 guns pointed on him. I shake my head to get rid of the blurriness in my eyes.
"Call Amar and tell him that he needs to get his fucking ass over here now" I say and Zeke nods, pulling his cell phone out
"Shit you need to see a medic" Shauna gasp as she sees my bloody and still bleeding wound. I glare at her and push her aside
"When I give you an order, I expect you to follow it" I hiss at her. She looks at me in confusion "I told you to guard the door. Why the fuck where you out here? Because of that stupid decision, one fucker got into the building. If I hadn't gotten to the twins when I did, he probably would have gotten to them first" I hiss at him. Shauna's eyes go wide and I ignore her as I walk up to the fucker.
"Who the fuck are you? How did you find us?" I spit on the guys face. The guy has a wound on his shoulder as well and it hangs limply at his side. He doesn't answer and I have to control my breathing before I just kill this ass right here.
"I'm not going to ask you again. Who the fuck are you and how did you find us" I yell at the fuckers face. Everyone flinches a bit, even Shauna while the guy starts trembling. He starts rambling in another language, his voice getting louder every second. I look to Shauna and she shakes her head, unable to decipher anything he's saying
That's just fucking great.
"Zeke tell Amar to bring an interpreter with him. We have no idea what fucking language he's speaking" I yell over my shoulder. He nods and hangs up the phone and joins me
" He said he'll be here in 10 minutes." And I roll my eyes. Of course he'll be here that fast. The man has gotten his own private helicopter.
"What do you want us to do with him, till then sergeant?" Peter asks and I narrow my eyes at him. I still haven't forgotten his disappearing trick earlier in the week but I deiced to let it go for now. I have bigger fish to fry.
"take him back in the house. Handcuff his ankle and arms and tie him down to the chair. I want 5 guns on him at all cost. You got me?' I say and they all nod. " We have to wait for Amar " I huff. Everyone nods and I supervise as they escort the guy to the middle of the living room and I make sure that he is properly tied and handcuffed
"Watch over him" I say and Zeke nods, knowing I'm going to go check on Tris. I sprint around to the back and quickly move the garbage bin. I use my key and slowly open the door
"Tris, it's me don't shoot" I say and hesitantly open the door. I scan the room and an unexpectedly smile. Tris has used the desk and chair as a make shift shield. The desk lies on its side near a corner, making a triangle shape with the corner walls. The chair covers what the desk isn't able to and I see two heads pop up from the middle.
"Four!" Tris says, dropping her gun and walking slowly towards me. She suddenly hugs me tight and I hug her back, surprising myself.
"Four!" Izzy yells as she runs to me to and clings to my leg and I bend down and pat her back. Lizzy slowly makes her way towards me but doesn't say anything and stays behind Tris.
"God your bleeding." Tris gasps and for her minute her calm mask is gone and she looks scared. I turn to look at the wound that is still bleeding. The blood runs down my arm and I can now feel the adrenaline waning and cue the pain. I get up from my crouched position and shrug my shoulder, an air of nonchalance but it hurts to even twitch my arm.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about it" I turn back around and close the doors, locking it and then finding the remote that controls the bin and pressing the button so it covers the door. I right side the chair and table and fall into the chair, rubbing my face with my hands and groaning at the way my arm hurts.
"You need to go see a doctor" Tris says calmly, her façade back in place.
"I will. I just need to figure this situation us" I say gesturing to the outside
"You need to go see a doctor now" She mumbles and walks up to me. I sit perfectly still , as she tentatively move the sleeve of my arm up and hear the twins gasp. I turn to them and see that both of them have tears in their eyes. I smile broadly at them, trying to help them in anyway
"Don't worry munchkins" I smile, "It's nothing, just a scrape. It doesn't even hurt, see" I say and move my arm around and swollen the moan of pain that's about to erupt from my mouth.
"We at least have to stop the blood" She says and I don't protest as she takes off her black training jacket and ties it above the wound. I wince as she cuts the circulation of my blood off and then continues to wipe the blood off my arm with the remaining parts of the jacket that she hasn't tied around. After she is done I give her a small smile, thanking her
"What happened outside? Who where the people? Are they still here? What going on?" Tris asks as she sits against the opposite wall. The twins immediately climb into her lap, no longer crying.
"Don't worry about it. We have the person in custody. He doesn't speak English so we called Amar and he's brining an interpreter. He should be here " I look at my watch " in 5 minutes"
"What's going to happen now?" Tris asks, mumbling. I huff because I know how scared she must be and I want to punch myself. If I wasn't distracted then none of this would have happened. I look at Tris and the hurt on her face strength my resolves. As of now I'm going to distance myself from her and the twins. It's going to hurt, I know that for sure but I can't put them in jeopardy again
I just want them to be safe
I'll do anything for them to be safe
It is now my mission