Summary:

Triggered by the fact that the Hezbollah has trapped them and the shocking tie between Ahmad Mohamad Al-Salih with the Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iraq, Kid and Nikov intend to go to Syria not just to rescue victims, but to also make final words with Mahdi Mahdizadeh. They soon take the arrival to Syria to witness, only to find out the Hezbollah is doing the last business: selling them as slaves for a terrorist group allied with Daesh.

It's all done by Ahmad Mohamad Al-Salih and he chooses lawless Syria as a base of his project and Mahdi Mahdizadeh will be the man chosen for the job. Ahmad has previously sold chemical weapons for the Hezbollah and Daesh at the same time encouraging conflicts and his goal is to put himself to power for his emirate project, with Ahmad to become the first Caliph of a new Arab Caliphate with medieval law and tie with Iranian regime. They are tasked to stop the slave trades and to capture Ahmad Mohamad, only to realize he's neither in Syria or Iraq as well. His whereabout remains unknown.


Dammam, Saudi Arabia

"اللواء أحمد محمد الصالح ليس في الرياض. لا يوجد أي دليل على وجوده في أي مكان آخر في البلاد." (General, Ahmad Mohamad Al-Salih is not in Riyadh. There is no sign of him being elsewhere in the country either.)

The disappearance of Ahmad Mohamad shocked Abdulrahim, who is himself the elder of the two. The only thing might be the picture of his, painted in Japanese art, since Ahmad Mohamad is passionate of Japanese culture. In there, a Sheikh, with a modest characteristic, white beard and standing humble, was purely painted in ukiyo-e.

Now, the General faced a complete burden of humiliation. The family had a traitorous member working for Iran despite Abdulrahim himself is loyal to the King and the state.

"اين هي؟ أين أحمد؟ أريده أن يعاقب! العار من قبيلة الصالح!" (Where's he? Where's Ahmad? I want him to be punished! The disgrace of Al-Salih tribe!)

"General, calm." Tony comforted: "You at least have done a good thing."

"Good thing? We, the Al-Salih tribe, have followed the King since the Ikhwan, and we have fought for the destiny of the Kingdom many years ago. We helped laid the foundation of Saudi Arabia, and we have always been respected in Saudi institutions. Now, a traitor is ruining the family's long-standing reputation. It may cost my duty as a General!" General Abdulrahman had pulled out the anger: "The new Crown Prince is looking for us. He distrusted us because he fears us despite we have never sought to claim the power of his. This could be used by the Crown Prince to make us in jail!"

"We'll persuade the Crown Prince. Right now, we must focus on the duty to capture the Hezbollah gang. Ziad, do you know where the hostages are being taken next?" Gen. Tony urged.

"Hold on." Fuad soon checked out: "There is another sign – a strange iPhone sounds were discovered. It was connected by Bluetooth, and showing warning to us."

"What's this?"

The iPhone was tracked to have been hid in a vehicle moving onward, using Bluetooth message and Viber in hope to gather rescue.

Fuad was well-experienced and as a software engineer turned advisor, he knew the useful of it. The connection lost only for one minute to finally gather the information.

There, in the map, a truck had crossed from Iraq to Syria, and heading to the city in the south. Just as Ziad had expected, the movement of the map showed that.

"Palmyra!"

Ziad noted: "Palmyra, despite no longer under total ISIS control, still has sporadic presence of the group in the ancient city."

"But why is Palmyra?" Tony questioned.

"We are yet to know about." Ziad claimed: "But we'll find out. We need to SEAL and Saudi Forces to capture them in 48 hours next."

"Great, we will need to contact to the Green Zone. Contact the U.S. Embassy, give us their conditions right now." Tony DeMerlino could not hold more patience, he was afraid of something problematic.

Karbala, Iraq

After leaving the compound with the lying body of Ghazi Hamdi, Kid and Nikov looked on Abdelwahab's lead to a private car garage. It was a car truck owned by his family.

"نجاح باهر ، جيد جدا حسب المعايير." (Wow, very good by standard.)

"Thanks for cheer, Kid. With the border of Iraq and Syria now being unguarded, it is much easier for you to seal the border and go into Palmyra."

Kid was impressed with the Kia Motors jeep that Abdelwahab got from it. Abdelwahab explained it as a gift from his Korean friend during the Korean guy's duty in Iraq. Nikov and Kid must be quite liking it.

"South Korea. Typically they have some of the best military jeeps in the world."

"(Sure, in South Korea, best jeeps mean best weaponry.)"

Abdelwahab threw to Kid the key of the Kia jeep. Kid and Nikov could not speak Korean, but they liked this jeep. After that, they bid goodbye and drove beyond to Palmyra from Karbala. It was estimated to have cost at least nine hours.

And so be it, Kid and Nikov drove away. No waiting, they just plainly left the ground.

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

King Fahd Air Base

"They're fine, injuries were not serious. They could return to the battle immediately."

"Thanks God."

Tony DeMerlino could not hide his happiness as the SEALs and Saudi Team were able to take on. The report from the Green Zone signaled another positive opportunities, and they'd prefer to continue anyway.

Messages from Feras Al-Fathi also provided more positive new. They were also heard about that the Iraqi Government has begun to pressure on pro-Iranian lobby. This meant they could use the air force to bomb the Hezbollah presence. After ISIS, Hezbollah is the second most notorious to be exterminated.

"Al-Fathi, tell them … four hours next, we'll depart from Green Zone to Syria. You have 24 hours." Tony addressed to Feras Al-Fathi while Abdulrahman had to face pressure from the relatives of hostages, who requested possible international intervention or money paying. When he walked out, a lot of relatives surrounded to him.

They all asked and this put Saudi soldiers to become safeguard. American personnel assisted their Saudi allies in calling for the hot-headed people to sit down.

"Gen. Abdulrahman Al-Salih!" Tony surprisingly called his full name.

"Tony? What's next?" Abdulrahman asked.

"The Special Forces can continue. We have 24 hours to finally rescue the victims." General Tony brought quite a good new for the Saudi counterpart.

"Great. That's such a great new."

"Well then, tell them keep waiting 24 hours next, we'll bring them home."

While Kid and Nikov just kept driving, Ziad texted messages about their location. With Nikov took the car on the run, Kid and Ziad texted messages.

"What the hell are you?" The first gone to Ziad.

"Ziad … we're coming to Palmyra. How about the soldiers' conditions?"

"They're fine. At least in four next hours. They'll depart very quickly once they restored stamina."

"It's okay. What I'm wary is the time's limit."

"How?"

"The point of this is varied. Palmyra is the final destination of the hostages. They are looking to sell to somebody, perhaps, for their own greed. Hezbollah has to sell for someone about that."

"Can you elaborate it clearer?"

"Do you know in Iraq and Syria, tribalism is permanent and this has a lot of influence from the previous administration's failure and military conflicts. Slave trades, meanwhile, were only suppressed in 20th century with British and French pressures."

"Tribal issues. I guess it is related to …"

"Exactly. All fanatic movements in the Middle East have always looked to restoration of slave trades. The Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra, or Islamic State, all believe that restoring the slave trades will be the final solution to improve the economy and nurture the hatred."

"So, you mean …"

"The Iranian regime, similar to any tyrant regime like Sunni-based ISIS, wants the rebuild of slave trade system, claiming it fit to the Sharia law. Slavery is a permanent point in the fanatical movement of many muslim states."

"So, Hezbollah will sell them as slaves. The hostages? They're gonna become slaves of somebody?"

"Ghazi Hamdi's profile provided such bitterness when I explored his computer and his file. It is very meaningful to realize the real cause, and Ghazi involved in the slave trade because he thought it would represent the meaning of a Caliphate."

"The Iranian regime really wants a global Caliphate, albeit it is Shi'a-oriented."

"Yes. So we have to be hurry. Check it out."

"I see."

With Kid and Nikov on the run, they were willing to discover the final path. They wanted to know how and why could the terrorists like Hezbollah capable to facilitate the slave trades, and how could the slave trades being revived. It had something to do with Ahmad Mohamad Al-Salih, who was registered on the List … alongside Mahdi Mahdizadeh.

Syria

In the desert of eastern Syria, a lot of people were being taken brutally. While they received quite nicer treatments comparing to Islamic State's victims, it was far from being humane.

So why were they walking there?

The bus stopped in an unknown location as the people were carried out. Among one of the bus had a phone being thrown back away and still running, as deemed to be a vital evidence. However, since the Hezbollah might be aware with possible arrival of the SEALs and Saudi Special Force, they had forced them to walk on the way.

"نقل! نقل! كل من يرفض سوف يتعرض للضرب!" (Move! Move! Anyone who refuses will be beaten!)

The annoying fighters, covered with scarf yet holding the banner of Hezbollah branch in Iraq. They were walking on the desert. In there, they shouted and they didn't let the hostages to have much water to drink.

With the phone being used to identify via. Bluetooth and also VPN messages left behind, it was vital to identify as they used Google to handle that, and this meant …

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

King Fahd Air Base

Fuad Anbar and Ziad Chareddi together discovered the man who used his Google account and Bluetooth map's identity, which is used to seek assists from the special forces.

"Ayesha Wackresinghe, Sri Lankan, 30 years old, was the person who called helps from Bluetooth. Her husband, Ranje, is also a victim of the hostage taking."

"I guess it had stopped." Ziad pointed out of the channel: "Look, it stopped in this point. The red point ended in the Syrian desert in the east."

"They've crossed the border of Syria and Iraq." Gen. Tony DeMerlino claimed: "But the hardest is the Syrian desert. There are a lot of unknown armed groups in this part, in particular after the reduction of ISIS caliphate into smaller branches. Meanwhile, Syria is still yet to recover from war."

"So lawless Syria is something we must be afraid of." Fuad spoke out: "In particular, the situation in Syria is still unstable some parts. Russian presence doesn't help reducing violence there, since they only cover to protect the area under the current Syrian dictatorship."

"We have to act." Fuad examined: "If they are moving to Palmyra, then they knew who they're dealing. The weakening of ISIS-based groups …"

"… mean, it will force those Daesh to enslave more people to increase their power and to show that they have not ended." Ziad added in the mixture: "Daesh wants slaves. Slavery is vital on the Caliphate. Daesh is trying to survive and to rebuild its power. The deal with Hezbollah will ensure the Hezbollah immune from global condemnation, meanwhile, Hezbollah will also provide strategic and weaponry mean for Daesh in secret."

"A big evolution!" Gen. Abdulrahman concluded: "With ISIS nearly exterminated, Iranian-backed proxies will feel themselves under threats because Sunni-oriented groups no longer appeared to be a shield."

"And to do this, Hezbollah targets on the thirst of Daesh: slavery. Daesh needs slaves to prove their survival and its undefeated myth; Hezbollah needs protection and political power to be ensured. So, Hezbollah …" General Tony DeMerlino discovered.

"They'll not try to free the hostages. Men will be conscripted to Daesh force. Women will be treated and beaten by Daesh soldiers. The slave trades …" Ziad soon realized: "For Daesh, they will carry victims to unknown positions, to function its slave trades."

The conclusion surprised and stunned all the men there. This put a decisive moment for both, which they all agree.

A rescue … was a must!

Syria

"Kid, Nikov … you're right. Palmyra … it is where Hezbollah planned to sell the hostages for Daesh."

"Fuck, I realized the seriousness now. There's no alternative move." Kid nodded as he texted the message. Their jeep was still running as they would reach Palmyra sooner or later.

"Have you reached Palmyra?"

"We're heading closer. We've risked the whole night now, and we didn't even eat anything much."

"It's time."

"I'll ask Buddha if I can manage to sneak in."

On the night, the jeep of Kid and Nikov still continued its run, with the wheels kept going on … It goes on

Palmyra, Syria

The ancient city, now in ruins and also suffers bitterness from destruction by the Daesh, the cruel terrorist group of Salafist origins. Quite irony when the largest Salafist country is Saudi Arabia, yet it is leading the anti-terrorism war.

Syria has not recovered, even though it is healing. Daesh terrorists are still around.

So, the Hezbollah's trade with Daesh was planned well in keen to keep power. And this was how it went.

The hostages were being held there. One hostage, an 18 years old Omani, asked:

"What's next for us, really?"

He looked on the Japanese girl who yelled "Hikari-chan". The girl, however, just got scared to face the fact. A bunch of armed men kept walking as the girls were also being forced to walk in the sand.

And she didn't know English unlike the Omani teenage, suddenly, she saw another similar Japanese girl, long haired, black, got beaten by a masked soldier. He put angry on her: "الاستمرار في المشي ، والتوقف عن الإغماء ، عاهرة!" (Keep walking, and stop fainting, whore!)

"Hikari-chan!" She yelled as she tried to resist against the masked man, but she was soon got beaten as well by another soldier. Then, he forced the girl to go.

"لا تحاولنا استمر ، أنت عاهرة!" (Don't try us. Keep going, you whore!)

Under the heavy suppression of emotions, the girl could not stand. The Omani boy soon carried her up and put her together, as he talked: "We'll survive, we'll survive, please, trust me …"

Baghdad, Iraq

Meanwhile, the SEAL Team and Saudi Force soon departed as well. This was a must.

"Let's go, Feras. We'll come to Syria."

"Jack, I am shaping up."

Palmyra, Syria

Finally, Kid and Nikov had reached the location. They had seen the old destroyed pillars and Greco-Roman buildings. This, was once the center of Assyria, the city of Palmyra, revered by rich, ancient culture.

Kid and Nikov were all amazed with the time.

"From south to north, hear the city of Palmyra, the land of rich and power. Once, the Empress of Russia, Catherine II, referred her idol capital was Palmyra, and Saint Petersburg would be the second Palmyra."

"(Old days Tsarist rule.)" Nikov added on: "(The fervor of love, of passion, of beauty. There's nothing but wonder, the city of Palmyra is a lost treasure of ancient life.)"

"Екатерина II, мы приезжаем, чтобы увидеть город Пальмиру, город, который вы любили, и хотели быть там, но никогда не приходили ради вашей жизни." (Catherine II, we are coming to see the city of Palmyra, the city you loved, and wished to be there, but had never come for your life.)

Kid spoke Russian well and he hardly had any struggle with. So, he walked out, with his gun on right arm. Two robot-cats, one yellow, one brown, but charismatic. They're waiting …

On the same time, Daesh terrorists waited their partners quite long. And it was finally, there.

Hezbollah from Iraq arrived as they sought to wait for a fair deal with their former rival. As Hezbollah from Iraq was facing pressure due to growing anti-Iranian sentiment in the homeland, ISIS, which had no friends overall, could act as decoy.

Thus, the Daesh commander, named Faisal, took the time.

"متى سيأتي حزب الله؟" (When will the Hezbollah come?)

One of the soldier who guarded in Palmyra's ruins arrived, whispered to the ear of Faisal. Faisal soon noticed and agreed.

"إن شاء الله ، لقد أتوا. لنذهب!" (Inshallah, they've come. Let's go!)

The soldiers of Daesh soon walked out as they saw their Shi'a rival brought a group of hostages. They discovered that … it was far from being just simply that.

The hostages must have been kept in some good consciousness to be finally acquired in demand of ISIS. Hezbollah, though fought against them in the ground, was now collaborating together against a common threat.

"مهدي مهديزاده ، كنت أفكر أنك لن تأتي. لكنك تبقيه جيدا." (Mahdi Mahdizadeh, I was thinking that you would not come. But you keep it well.)

"فيصل علاء حمد ، لقد حافظنا على كلماتنا. من الآن فصاعدا ، هم لك." (Faisal Alaa Hamad, we have kept our words. From now on, they are yours.) The voice was clear an Isfahan-based dialect, but it was perfect for non-Arabic speakers. That's Mahdi Mahdizadeh, who was from Iran but with a Lebanese mom.

"جيد جداً للغة الفارسية. أين تعلمت اللغة العربية؟" (Very good Arabic for a Farsi. Where did you learn Arabic?)

"سنتحدث عن ذلك بعد التجارة. الآن ، اعطنا المال. سيكون لديك كل العبيد والذخيرة ، وسوف يكون رجال داعش تحت حماية حزب الله ، في الخفاء." (We'll talk about it after the trade. Now, give us the money. You'll have all slaves and ammunitions, and your Daesh men will be also under Hezbollah's protection, in secret.)

And there was a man on the camel captured from a local Bedouin, he was Mahdi Mahdizadeh. Yes, the fugitive behind all.

20:45

Palmyra, Syria

Meanwhile, Kid and Nikov had watched it from behind, and they were stunned to see a lot of Daesh and Hezbollah soldiers surrounding the hostages. Mahdi seemed care less about Ghazi Hamdi, who was killed earlier.

As said, Kid and Nikov were ready.

"They have kept the hostages. They're looking beyond for slave trades. We'll need a way to interrupt them."

"(They're many. We need to make a shock.)"

"That's my favorite, Dora-nikov."

They just geared up with guns and Nikov was gonna become a werewolf, once more.

So be it.

"Maybe … a little spear will make things out."

As Kid and Nikov were watching from the back without being noticed, the Hezbollah leader in Iraq, Mahdi, talked with ISIS counterpart Faisal.

"أفضل الأسلحة ، أفضل الذخيرة. الكلبات الطازجة ، والرجال الأقوياء ، كانوا جميعا هناك." (Best arms, best ammunition. Fresh bitches, strong men, all were there.) Faisal praised.

"ومن الآن فصاعدا ، أنت تحت حمايتنا. بشكل غير رسمي ، يمكنك تحمل قناع حزب الله. سنحتاج إلى الحفاظ على إرثنا لتجنب اقتراب الكفار غدًا. لا أحد ، حتى الشيطان الأمريكي ، يمكنه المجيء ومساعدتهم بمجرد الانتهاء منه." (And from now on, you're under our protection. Unofficially, you can bear the mask Hezbollah. We'll need to preserve our legacies to avoid the infidels from getting closer tomorrow. No one, even American satans, can come and help them once we finalized it.)

"حسن. و؟" (Good. And?)

"جديدة ، وليس مهذب. سوف يأتون لخدمتك." (Fresh, not ladylike. They'll come to serve you.)

Mahdi Mahdizadeh, a red-haired, eyes also red, quite monster-like with a Dracula appearance. He looked even more Dracula than the real life one, or the painting of Vlad III Tepeş. This was him.

"وفي نفس الوقت ، أرسلنا رسائل إلى حكومة المملكة العربية السعودية والولايات المتحدة والحكومات الأخرى. لكنهم رفضوا الضغط على الولايات المتحدة للإفراج عن السيد سلام عبد الله الحاجي. لذلك ، هذا ما يمكن أن نفعله." (Also, on the same time, we have sent messages to the Government of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and other governments. But they refused to pressure the United States to release sayyid Salam Abdullah Al-Haji. So, that's what we could do.) Mahdi claimed coldly: "وهذه هي العقوبة للسعوديين وكلابهم سيئة السمعة الذين فضلوا في ظل الخدمة الأمريكية والصهيونية." (And this is the punishment for the Saudis and its notorious dogs who preferred under American and Zionist service.)

Outside, Kid also remembered back to Salam Abdullah Al-Haji, the man who was imprisoned in Guantanamo.

"They seemed still wanting Salam Abdullah Al-Haji, but their request was ignored all."

"(Ah, I forget one of their main objects. They want to stop the harassment of Shi'a and Iranian activities, but their demand was ignored. So now, this slave-weaponry deal is made to punish several governments.)"

"They'll not have Salam Abdullah Al-Haji, nor even slaves. Let's go."

"(They've at least 55 to 70. Be careful.)"

"No problem. I love when they carry a lot. If they carry 85, I will still play with."

Kid and Nikov were ready. Kid even carried a Japanese-typed dart, used for ninjas, to be ready against the Daesh and Hezbollah.

"سلام عبد الله الحاجي؟ آه ، رجل الدين الحوثي الذي أخذ من قبل الأميركيين اليمنيين." (Salam Abdullah Al-Haji? Ah, the Houthi cleric who was taken by the Americans in Yemen.) Faisal realized: "لقد كان رجلاً عظيماً بشكل عام ، مع خطاب قوي وعاطفي. للأسف ، قلل هؤلاء الصهاينة من تصميمنا. هل أطلقوا سراحه ، فلن نزعج من جعلهم عبيداً." (He was a great man overall, with powerful and emotional speech. Sadly, those Zionists underestimated our determination. Have they released him, we will not bother about making them as slaves.)

Meanwhile, a Hezbollah soldier forcibly caught the hand of a girl with half twintails and banana-like, and this was the first to be.

"Banana-chan!" It was the same girl who yelled the name of her friend before: "彼女を手放す!" (Let her go!)

"اخرس!" (Shut up!) A Hezbollah soldier soon used the rolling to hit the head of this poor girl and she fell down fainted.

"Aijou-san!" The girl who was called Banana-chan reacted with shock by the level of inhumane by those soldiers in mask and vigilante-like, but Banana-chan had been escorted to face up Faisal Alaa Hamad. Faisal's vice commander, Abbas, turned on and he talked to take this girl for sure. Soon, his filthy right hand touched on Banana-chan,

"رائع. هذا جديد ، جميل وربما نقي. ستكون أول من يتم الاستيلاء عليه! نشكر الله على هذه الهدية ، ولتعزيز مصيرنا ، قد يولد الخليفة ثانية ، إن شاء الله!" (Wow. This is fresh, beautiful and perhaps, pure. She will be the first to be seized! We thank Allah for this gift, and to bolster our destiny, may the Caliphate to be born again, inshallah!) Abbas shouted.

"Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!"

As both Daesh and Hezbollah were on celebration, suddenly … a dart from nowhere flied and came to … Abbas with a fast speed.

"SZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!"

Just the throw of the dart and its Japanese made, it was … a kunai dart. Hikari, a friend of already fainted Aijou, recognized the dart thrower must be a professional and trained one.

The throw of kunai dart screwed Abbas, it hit his temple and he fell with no explanation, with the red water spilled out from his head in mask. Those Hezbollah and ISIS fighters got a moment to be frightened.

"ماذا بحق الجحيم هو هذا؟" (What the hell is this?) Faisal Alaa Hamad screamed: "الدخلاء! لقد وجدنا شخص ما هناك! قتلهم ، قتالهم ، واطلاق النار عليهم!" (Intruders! Someone has found us there! Kill them, fight them, shoot them!)

The gunfire began, but response was more kunai darts. Each times it was thrown, more and more Hezbollah and ISIS fighters fell down. The scene caught the large number of hostages in scary.

"AHHH!"

"اعثر عليهم واطلاق النار عليهم! هناك شخص هنا! اعثر عليهم!" (Find them, shoot them! There is someone around here! Find them!)

Gun battle came tenser but the dart response was devastating because they didn't know where the opponents would throw. Then, they heard the scream of wolf.

"ARWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW …"

"Wolf?" A Filipino mentioned: "Wolf … wolf?"

Nikov soon rose up, and he turned into a complete werewolf, the robot-cat version of Wolverine but with Russian clothes. He came out attacking the Hezbollah and Daesh fighters mercilessly with a fast and superb speed like an African runner, many got killed.

"AHHHHHH …"

Nikov was so brutal, yet effectively scared those fighters. On the same time, Kid decided to show up as well, having thrown the last dart to kill a Hezbollah fighter.

When he jumped in, his Hideyoshi-styled katana turned even more beautiful in the moon's light. It showed himself up, fast, quick, resilient, charm under the nightfall and beautiful in the deep sky.

"Beautiful … undertaken … so charismatic …" That Filipino guy … again.

With the hat of a cowboy, they would think about a cowboy but with a Japanese tradition. Cowboy samurai – perhaps could express about him.

Kid screwed up the rest of Daesh and Hezbollah by his fast and quick skills, killing a number of their mujahideen. A lot of them fell in pain and died aftermath, while Mahdi Mahdizadeh with Faisal Alaa Hamad got stunned:

"Dog! American dogs! Fuck! American bastards!"

At a few moment, Kid and Nikov faced up a lot of those soldiers, which later surrounded them with guns. Kid and Nikov showed no fear, their heads were one and they kept the fight.

As the whole Hezbollah and ISIS squads went unstable and disorganized, suddenly an element from the back emerged.

"Fire!"

This was not ISIS or Hezbollah. They were …

"Simba 1 report. We have found the terrorists in Palmyra!"

"Let's make it a party, Feras."

"Sure."

The gunfire turned the Hezbollah and ISIS gangs into disadvantage. Unable to secure their opportunity, Mahdi and Faisal were totally surrounded. His men were unable to kill either the Doras, SEALs or Saudi Special Force. The Faisal squad (not Faisal Alaa Hamad) of Saudi Special Force had also razed the ground.

"One shot, and all done."

The gun exchange came to closure with Mahdi Mahdizadeh and Faisal Alaa Hamad completely under siege. The hostages also looked to break away from Mahdi and Faisal, they hit another Hezbollah or any ISIS terrorists they could see, while Banana-chan ran away.

With very few fighters left and hostile reaction from the hostages, camel rider Mahdi Mahdizadeh and Faisal Alaa Hamad understood that they had no other chances to resist. By this moment, they had to surrender, no matter what. Their souls despised it, and Mahdi could only scream for once, and only.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO …"

With the gun fire ended, Kid, Nikov, the SEAL and Saudi Forces finally surrounded and captured. Mahdi tried to fight back but got hit on the head. Meanwhile, Faisal Alaa Hamad had no choice but to put down the weapon and hands off on head. All were arrested and captured.

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

King Fahd Air Base

"Simba 4 report to HQ, the hostages are rescued, Mahdi Mahdizadeh was captured. An important ISIS head was also captured, over. Repeat, Operation: Revue has ended."

The general command room soon raised their breath in happiness. Fuad Anbar and Ziaddinè Chareddi were among the happiest one after the response.

This was it. It had ended. Ended with no further abruption, the mission was a success. It was also translated into native languages for those who could not speak English.

"I like it."

General Tony DeMerlino congratulated his Saudi counterpart: "See, it will end in fruit. Now on, we don't need to bother about Salam Al-Haji anymore."

In the night, the flag of Saudi Arabia and the United States flied together like a way to tell that, they would maintain this tie for long, long time. Relatives of hostages, many happy and many cried, like they wanted to express that, their beloved ones, would go home.

So be it, it had ended, and from this point …

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Meanwhile, police recovered several profiles had discovered the plan of Ahmad Mohamad Al-Salih to become the leader of his own Islamic Caliphate, an evolution of Islamic State, in his mansion.

This was put into the ears of the Saudi Crown Prince, who is now seen as the most powerful after the King, who is now under medical treatment. The Crown Prince, of course, read it and knew it well.

"إذن ، هناك مهووس يحاول أن يصبح البغدادي آخر ، أليس كذلك؟" (So, there is a maniac trying to become another Al-Baghdadi, right?)

"أخبره شقيقه ، المسؤول عن العملية التي أنقذت ضحايا الاختطاف في العراق ، بذلك إلى أحمد محمد قبل اختفاء أحمد. ماذا يجب أن نفعل بعد ذلك ، ولي العهد؟" (His brother, who is in charge of the operation rescuing victims of the kidnap in Iraq, has told this to Ahmad Mohamad before Ahmad's disappearance. What should we do next, Crown Prince?)

The young Crown Prince received the report, and with what's going on later, the Crown Prince soon addressed:

"هل هو عبد الرحمن الصالح ، قائد قوة دفاع الدمام في الشرق؟" (Is he Abdulrahman Al-Salih, commander of Dammam Defense Force in the east?)

"نعم فعلا." (Yes.)

"أخبره أنه أمامه أسبوعين للقبض على أحمد محمد الصالح ، وإلا فسيتم سجنه ومصادرة ممتلكاته." (Tell him that, he has two weeks to capture Ahmad Mohamad Al-Salih, or he will be imprisoned and has his property to be confiscated.)

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Few days later

Kuwait City, Kuwait

"… after hearing the new, the Iraqi Government also recovered the body of half-naked Ghazi Hamdi and transferred to Bahraini authorities, and people still don't know why he was found dead. Ghazi's mastermind and boss, Mahdi Mahdizadeh, was captured by the SEAL and Saudi Teams in Syria. Meanwhile, aftermath of the operation also saw a massive political purge in Saudi Arabia, with several key figures arrested …"

Dora-the-Kid and Dora-nikov watched from an Al-Jazeera English new in the TV channel, after departing to Kuwait from Syria instead of returning to Dammam. They didn't prefer to be heroes this time.

"I wonder, why did the Saudis have to risk too much for now."

"(Saudi Arabia is on a change. They have elected a new Crown Prince after the King removed several of them. The young Crown Prince turns out to be a significant figure who's shaping the tie between Saudi Arabia and other states.)"

On the same time, a man entered, and Kid with Nikov understood that, an old guest had come.

"Drinking here, huh?"

"Ziaddinè. How annoying you're."

"Yes, yes it is. By a way, I think that … working with you is much easier than anyone else. You guys are astonishing."

"It's not because we're saints or something. We have learnt for nearly over 20 years, always walk ahead one step."

"Then you have my worth."

"Anyway, I wonder how could Zinedine, your brother, not in the caravan of hostages like that when he is a senior member of Hezbollah in Iraq." Kid expressed: "I'd like to know about it."

"That's because I have this cover." Ziad soon took a video from his iPhone, and showing to the two Doras.

In the video footage, Zinedine, disguised with a fake name and fake identity, entered Saudi Arabia safely and helped Ahmad Mohamad to escape by visiting the mansion in Riyadh. This notorious escape proved to be a big consequence, as he had already fled away now.

"Shit … Zinedine had secretly aided the escape. I have to know this earlier."

"But I think he has not gone so far." Ziad told: "He often travels between North African and Levant countries, so he must have taken Ahmad to elsewhere."

"Then, I have to take the list back." Kid suggested that until Nikov held the hand.

"(Before you talk about that, I have already done it. He has a private mansion, and it is in …)"

"He has a mansion outside?" Kid surprisingly recognized this as Nikov kept dragging deeper. On the same time, Ziad soon developed interest to know about.

"(You'll have to go west, in the Maghrib.)"

Ziad and Kid might have not realized fully, but Kid understood, so …

"Where? Can we know where held another mansion?"

"He has a mansion … in Morocco." Kid soon took his words at a local Kuwaiti bar in the capital city, while also took the drink, a French-made beer in Alsace and swallowed all of them.

"Morocco …" Ziad also repeated it, and with both of them, their image of influence came from there … to the west of the Arab world …