FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL
Jensen watched through the scope seeing the shock on Saldano's face that Jensen had just shot Arandi in cold blood.
Tears streamed down Jensen's face seeing Arandi's dangling from the shackles blood running from her head. He had saved her the only way that he could from her aggressors.
"You fucking killed her?" Saldano screamed into the phone, his voice full of dumbfounded shock.
Jensen's grief and shattered heart took over as he aimed the gun at the men still flanking Vega and began to take them out one by one until they hid themselves from him. "Your life ends today Vega and you know I'm not lying if I can kill her I can kill you!" With his final sniper bullet he shot the shackles and Arandi crumpled to the floor motionless and he fought the sobs that were threatening to push out of him.
Jensen couldn't see him anymore but he could hear Saldano drop the phone and start to run. He tossed the gun aside and headed out of the watch tower with cold vengeance in his soul.
"Team what's your twenty?" Jensen called out as he grabbed hold of the ladder with his hands with the fingerless gloves and gripped the outer side of the ladder with his thighs and slid to the ground.
"We're holding our own." Jared's breathless reply came back.
"Find the rest and head out." Jensen ordered.
"We need to finish this." Jared said.
"I'll finish it." Jensen growled.
"Is she…." Jade's voice cut in.
Jensen felt sick. "I'm sorry." He whispered as he began to walk.
"Jensen we're not getting out…" A loud explosion cut Jared off.
Jensen stopped walking closing his eyes. "Jared?"
He got no response and he grabbed onto a wall to steady himself if he lost Jared too his life had nothing, meant nothing and this was all ending today. He closed everything down inside him focusing only on finding Saldano and ending him, ending all of this even if it meant ending himself.
Ahead of him he saw Saldano running toward a helicopter and Jensen pulled his gun as he began to walk with a purpose like no other.
Saldano stopped and looked at him fear in his eyes and Jensen lifted his arm to shoot. Pain shot through him as someone stabbed him from behind; he had been so focused on Saldano he had failed to take in his surroundings and he dropped his gun.
The weapon was yanked from his body savagely and Jensen so full of rage and need to end Saldano quickly he closed out the pain that would have most men thrashing in agony.
He spun to face his attacker seeing with a sick moment of glee that it was Rodrigo Vega and the man bared his teeth in a wicked smile thinking that he had the upper hand.
The smile Jensen returned was maniacal as both his hands shot up snapping Rodrigo's neck in one sharp twist and he fell lifeless to the ground.
Jensen looked toward Saldano with the same insane smile seeing him blanch in grief and terror. Jensen had just killed his little brother with his bare hands in self-defense and was gunning for big brother now.
Jensen picked up his gun and started walking, Saldano made it to the helicopter climbing in to escape.
Jensen shot all the people coming at him stumbling back as a bullet tore through his shoulder and he tossed his now empty gun not bothering to try to reload.
The helicopter lifted and Jensen fell to his knees looking up at Saldano dazed but the maniacal grin still plastered on his face.
Saldano stared at him relief in his eyes that he was escaping this man but he knew that Jensen would hunt him down to the ends of the world now and Saldano would be waiting to avenge his family.
The thought died on Saldano's brain as he watched Jensen eyes get even colder.
Jensen stared straight at Saldano as the helicopter rose up slowly and he lifted his zip gun and pulled the trigger. The three titanium metal hooks tore through Saldano's chest straight through and caught on to the seat behind him, his face frozen in shock and he fell lifeless forward caught on the zip wire. Jensen let the gun go hearing it clink on the pavement and Saldano's body fell forward to the ground breaking bones loud and Jensen stared at the body that's heart had been ripped to shreds just like his own.
The body dragged along with the gun getting caught in the iron fence and ripped apart even more which to Jensen was justice.
The helicopter crashed to the ground and Jensen wondered what had caused it but didn't really care.
Jensen stood shakily to his feet the loss of blood making him dizzy but he had somewhere to be.
Saldano was dead finally but there was no feeling of accomplishment for Jensen, he was supposed to save Arandi not bury her.
All the dreams that he had wanted with her filtered through his mind and the silent tears flowed. He loved her so much and that pain was worse than any of his wounds.
He stumbled against a wall barely holding himself up. "Team Elite what is you twenty?" He whispered.
"It's not good Jensen." Misha responded weakly.
"Misha where are you?"
"Go to her Jensen, you can't help me now and don't let it get to you, you hear me we were doing our jobs Jensen we were doing our jobs and it was my privilege to work with you and be your friend."
Jensen let out a sob, his friend was telling him goodbye. "I love you Misha."
"Ditto brother." Jensen heard the sudden silence over his ear piece and he let the tears flow harder.
He pushed himself against the wall barely able to drag his one foot in front of the other; his tactical boots had never felt so heavy. Each step he took was pain shooting through his body and a wide trail of blood left all over the wall he held himself up with.
He made it to her though finding Arandi crumpled on the ground, he had nothing left to give and he fell to his knees and pulled her to his chest and fell against the wall. She was still warm to his touch and he let out a pent up sob of grief and anguish.
"I love you." He told her as he moved blood from her face. He wished a million times over that he had said those words to her so long ago.
Jensen had brought his team on this unauthorized mission and lost them but Saldano was dead and his brother. He pulled at his tactical vest to yank out the emergency radio hidden there.
"Agency mayday system con one this is team leader Delta Echo Alpha Nitro 1." Jensen said slowly.
"Team Delta Echo Alpha Nitro 1 you are on an unauthorized mission." A voice answered.
"You must be on team obvious agent." Jensen groaned. "Just tell Bourne that the Vegas have been terminated and Team Elite is down, I repeat Team Elite is down."
"Agent Ackles the whole team?"
"Team Delta Echo Alpha Nitro 1 is down." He whispered as everything started to fade away.
He barely noticed the shadow that fell over him and he was too far gone to care.
TBC
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