Chp 11

Darcy woke up again, groaning because her head hurts like hell and now, she's tied up to the chair with some duct tapes. Darcy saw Bond setting up some booby traps while M was busy at the dining table, tying something up. Then, an old man appeared and gave Darcy a shawl. He placed the shawl around her shoulder to keep her warm. Darcy could only nod because James had put duct tape on her mouth.

"What do you intend to do to this poor girl, James?", asked the old man. "We're using her as bait, Kincade. Hopefully it'll work", said James as he secured the floor with some dynamites. The old man, Kincade as Darcy deduced, only rolled his eyes. Then, James barred all the windows with Kincade's help. All they have to do was to wait.

Darcy felt stiff because she couldn't move her arms or legs. She felt like that was like hours until James said, "Are you ready?". "I was ready before you were born, son", said Kincade. James snuck out while Kincade and M stayed behind at the house. Darcy was getting uneasy. She was an easy target after all.

Then, gun fires were blazing. Darcy tugged her hands and legs, but she didn't succeed. The booby traps were set off and explosion went off along with it. M hid behind the wall while Darcy was left there. Two of Raoul's goons saw her and quickly went to untie her, but M set off the trap and the nails blew off with the bulb, causing the nails to scatter everywhere. A few had scratched Darcy's right arm and legs.

M switched position, Darcy deduced that another one of Raoul's man is behind her. M fired the shot, but missed and the man fired rounds of shot and Darcy felt pain at her side. She looked down only to see that her blue shirt is now creeping with the colour of red blood. "Shit!", Darcy thought. James came and killed the guy. "Are you hurt?", he asked M. "Only my pride. I was never a good shot", said M as she straightened her jacket, unharmed.

The two of them turned to Darcy and panicked erupted. "You were supposed to look after her!", said James, angrily. James untied Darcy and placed her on the ground. "Kincade, get the first aid kit!", James yelled. A few minutes later, Kincade appeared with a white box. James rummaged through it and found some gauze. He pressed them hard at the bullet entry and put some adhesive tape. "I told you, using her as a bait was a bad idea", said Kincade.

"He's not here", said James. Darcy felt so weak, but then she heard a faint sound of music and helicopter that were growing louder. "Please let it be you, Papi", Darcy kept saying the sentence in her heart. James ran to the other window to get a better view and said, "Always want to make an entrance".

James turned around and said, "You two, go into the kitchen. Now. Take Darcy there". Darcy couldn't lift herself up and Kincade carried her to the kitchen and placed her at the cooking table. Bullets were spraying everywhere as James ran for cover. "Kincade, get them outta here!", James yelled. Kincade grabbed the torchlight and placed it in his pocket. Then, he piggy-backed Darcy as he and M escaped through the priest hole. M went in first while Kincade carefully ducked in so Darcy's head wasn't knock on the ceiling. The trio hoped that Darcy could stay alive long enough.

Raoul descended from his helicopter with his men at his back. He walked towards the abandon mansion that was once belonged to 007's father. James rushed towards the hallway and saw Raoul was almost at the front door. James switched bullet magazine and was about to shoot when Raoul threw a bomb inside. Luckily, James managed to avoid it. James tried to shoot, but he ended up avoiding another bomb.

The house was getting burned due to the explosion. "Now, everybody listen to me! Nobody touch her! She's mine! Find Darcy and make sure she's safe!", Raoul barked his order to his men before the scatter to find M and James. Raoul walked around as the helicopter gave some light so he could see. He approached a window and said, "Aren't you coming out and say hello?". His greeting was replied with gun fire and Raoul threw in another bomb.

Kincade was doing two jobs; protecting both M and Darcy and to lead them to safety and he was hoping he's doing it perfectly. Meanwhile, James was rigging some gas tanks to be used as a diversion. "Where's my daughter?!", James could hear Raoul yelling from the outside before throwing another bomb. "James, I don't have all day!", Raoul yelled again.

Kincade, M and Darcy managed to get out of the tunnel and watched the old mansion being lit on fire. Darcy was hoping that her father was not in there when the house is on fire. As they walked to the abandon church, Darcy said, "Mr Kincade, you can put me down. I can walk. Besides, this wound is just a scratch". "You sound just like your father", Darcy heard M mumbled. "No can't do, girl. You're wounded. Besides, the church is not that far", said Kincade. "Please, sir, I can walk. I won't run", said Darcy. Kincade was reluctant, but he finally put Darcy down and she walked with Kincade's help. Darcy winced everytime she took a step, but she had to suck it up. She's doing it so she could see her father again and hopefully she could save him.