AS PROMISED! Here's chapter 14! I'm super excited for this chapter and I really think you guys are going to like it. I was planning on being mean and splitting it into two, to keep you guys suspended; but decided against it.

I really like the scene I wrote for this chapter and since there's a lot of action, I didn't want to interrupt it.

Don't worry, though, there's still the typical cliffhanger at the end. MUAHAHAHA…

Enjoy…

He looked in the direction of the hallway both Annabeth and Sho Wun had disappeared into a good few minutes ago and he didn0t know if the lack of gunshot's sounds made him uneasy or not.

He turned his attention back to the last obstacle remaining for him and fired what he hoped would be the last shots of the day.

Back inside the last room of the right side of the hallway, neither Annabeth nor Sho Wun made a move against each other, yet. And while Annabeth had a serious expression on her face, Sho Wun was smiling slightly.

- I guess you have dreamed about this moment plenty of times since the last time we saw each other – he said smugly.

- Only the part where I kill you – she answered steadily. She was trying hard not to let the anger get the better of her.

- Do you know what I've dreamed about all this time?

- I can imagine – was her curtly reply.

They were still a good few paces apart, and although they were walking slowly around each other, they didn't dare take their eyes from the other, in case one of the decided to attack.

At her reply, though, Sho Wun made an "Ahhh" kind of sound and smiled even brighter.

- You might think that might greatest desire would be making you mine again – he started – but when I think of our time together I remember the pain, the gut wrenching pain that showed in your face when I put bullet after bullet inside your little friend. What was his name again? Andy? Aaron?... no, no… Alex, wasn't it?

Annabeth stilled at listening to those words. She always knew that this man was crazy but this reached a whole new level. But, although crazy, the guy was really smart, making her angry enough that she would lose control in a fight and disregard any kind of training, fighting only with the fuel of anger igniting her blows.

She kept staring at him though, waiting to hear his next words.

- I'm not such a simple man, you know? Even though pleasure, well… pleases me very much; it is true despair that makes causing people pain a very fun game for me. Well, that, and business. Because, in the end, it all comes back to business. So, what do you say? You tell me what I wanna know and you all get to walk out of here alive – after just a few seconds, Annabeth smiled, making her own effort to throw him off by showing him that he wasn't affecting her that much with her words.

- And what would be the fun in that? – she asked as a way of answering – you know, maybe you and I aren't so different. You saw what I did to your guards. Maybe I, too, enjoy causing other people pain – for a moment she wondered where these words were coming from, or if they held any truth to them, but she didn't have time to ponder too much on that – and I wouldn't miss kicking your ass for anything in the world – and, with that, she was the first to attack.

First she went with a right hook, knowing that Sho was perfectly capable of blocking it, which is why she accompanied the hit with a knee to his stomach. He jumped in compass with the blow, much like she had done to protect herself against the brutal assault from "Jeff".

At the exact same second she lowered her knee, she thrust with her left elbow, ignoring the pain from her recently dislocated and relocated shoulder, aiming again for his head, not waiting for it to connect with his cheekbone or for him to block that as well, to deliver a side kick with her right leg.

Sho Wun managed to intercept her arm but he failed to jump out of reach in time and so Annabeth's kick found its target on Sho's left hipbone, making him stumble and sending him closer to one of the walls.

The series of blows she had just sent made her lose a little bit of balance as well, and so she took a step back to gather herself.

She registered the room looking for the knife she had thrown when she arrived at the room and the gun she had kicked out of Sho's hands. She located both and made a mental not to prevent him from getting to any one of them.

The only other time she had actually fought against Sho Wun on a hand to hand combat was one of the last times she and Alex had tried to escape the place they were being held, and it had been Sho Wun getting the hold of a gun in the middle of their fight what had led to their recapture and the horrible events that followed.

Annabeth made the mistake of getting distracted by an image of how that fateful day had ended, and so Sho Wun managed to get close enough to strike her in the face. And instant burn settled on her left cheek and she momentarily lost balance again, which made her take a step back every time Sho attacked while doing her best to block every blow until she tripped with one of the dead guard's bodies on the ground, ending up pressed against the right wall of the room with Sho's arm on a chokehold pressing her neck and constricting her throat.

She didn't let him press any harder because she hit the armpit of the arm he was using to retain her, making him fling and loosen his grip just long enough for her to grab his arm and yank with all her strength, getting a good hold of his arm and twisting it behind his back, making it his turn to be pressed against the wall with her behind him holding him in place.

- You're right – he sneered – this is fun.

And he lashed out with his foot, kicking her in the center of the stomach, taking almost all the air out of her lungs and causing her to take several steps back.

Standing now in the middle of the room, half doubled over and with her right arm holding her middle section, Annabeth found herself trying to catch her breath. She had forgotten about her abused ribs and she was having a hard time getting in an upright position again, which gave Sho Wun the opportunity to gain ground on her and punch her square in the left side of her face, sending her all the way to the ground in a daze.

She tried getting some distance between her and Sho Wun by crawling in all fours in the direction of the wall she had in front of her, planning to also use it to help her stand up.

She didn't get very far though.

Sho Wun grabbed her by the ankles and yanked her back towards him, kneeling on top of her while pressing her face painfully to the floor.

- Maybe I'll just take you right here – he spat while fumbling, again, with the waistband of her pants.

Her right cheek was being crushed against the hard floor and her neck hurt from trying to get out of that position. She couldn't let Wun take her like that, not after everything she had done to avoid it. And that's when she saw it.

The gun. Resting just a few inches out of her reach and to her left.

Calling on the last of her strength, she located Sho's right hand that was now supporting his weight against the floor and behinf her head, and hit it near the elbow, effectively making him lose his balance and toppling him over to the right. She took advantage of the motion and struck back with her left elbow hitting on the face and getting him off of her.

She used those precious seconds of freedom to crawl to her left and pick up the gun.

When she felt Sho Wun getting up and walking in her direction again, she turned around on the floor and pointed the gun at him.

Come on… did you like it? Sho Wun is finally getting what he deserves! But how will Annabeth do it? Will Steve or Danny prevent her from killing him? I think what we can all agree on is that Sho Wun is a psycho…

I'd like to know your thoughts on the matter… so please leave a review!