Chapter 16

"No…" I dashed upstairs to where the control room was. Matt was already there, he kicked the door open.

"Heh, just two kids, all this trouble for two kids?" One of them said. I saw him once in a while at Chan's place. "What happened to pulling the job kid? Didn't Chan tell you to kill that guy?" He pointed to Matt.

"Cut the shit, what do you want?" Matt and I were searched for weapons by two of them, they took our guns and Matt's remaining grenades.

"Chan wants you and that guy there. Hm…We should really give him a name, er…how bout Shit head? Yeah that sounds good. Chan wants you and Shit head."

"Let the girls go." Matt said after he was done being frisked.

The man walked over to Matt, his arm shot up then came down on the side of Matt's head. Matt fell to the ground unconscious "You, are not in any position to make demands." Julie struggled against the man holding her. "By the way, if you talk to me you should at least refer to me by my name. Call me Charlie. I hate that mister shit."

Christy and Kayla were also being held down, there were five of them in total. Apparently Charlie was the leader.

"If we go with you, will you let them go?" I asked.

"Danny don't- Ah"

"Shut up." The man holding Christy slapped her.

"Well, that all depends on your attitude. Haha." Charlie walked over to Kayla and knelt down. He lifted her chin but she moved her head to the side. "Chan's daughter eh?"

"Don't touch me." Kayla spat in Charlie's face. He wiped it off casually.

"You know, your daddy's worried bout you. You've been a bad girl running away from home. What would he do if you died? Eh? What if some tragic accident happened to you while you were out? The world is a dangerous place for a pretty girl like you, you know?" He laughed again. Then he turned to face me. "Like I said before, it all depends on your attitude. If say…you were to beg and crawl to me like a dog, I might consider it."

My hands were shaking and I was having trouble controlling my rage, but for now…I'd have to do what he says. For the first time, my pride wasn't the most important thing to me. I lowered my head, I didn't want to look Christy or Kayla in the eyes, I didn't want them seeing me like this. I knelt on my knees.

"I beg of you to let the girls go." I swallowed the last of my pride.

"Hun? What girls, could you possibly clarify?"

The anger flared up again.

"I beg of you to release the three girls you have in your custody right now." I lowered my head even more.

"Danny…" I heard one of them whisper.

"Now crawl. Let me see what a useless man looks like, let me see a dog." Charlie laughed once more. And so did all his comrades.

I bit my tongue to suppress my anger, and I put my hands on the floor. Then I moved one hand in front of the other, one hand in front of the other…I left a small trail of my blood on the floor, it was seeping out from my mouth. I stopped when I reached Charlie's feet.

"I've done my part. Now do yours, let them go." Each word filled me with more rage, and each word let more blood out from my mouth.

"Aye, well, you know. I said I'd consider it and believe me I have, but seriously kid, there's no way in hell I'm letting them go. Aw…look what you did, you dirtied my shoes with your blood, useless son of a bitch." He reared back his left foot and then kicked at my head.

"So that's how it is." I said. When his foot almost reached my face, I rolled to the right and swept him off his feet. I caught him as he fell and used him as a meat shield. The other four started shooting at me even though they knew they would hit Charlie. Such fragile bonds. I whipped Charlie's gun out from his belt and shot the three men holding the girls prisoner.

"Danny watch it!" Julie screamed.

I dived to my left, the bullet pierced through my right hip. I ignored the flash of pain for now, I rolled at the end of my dive and kicked off into a flip. I landed behind the man and I took his gun from his hand and slammed the butt into his nose. Blood gushed out of his face and onto the floor, where it puddle under his ass where he sat, holding his nose.

"I have some questions, and you are going to give me some answers," I knelt by him and took his combat knife from his belt. "Understand?"

"You broke by dose." He screamed.

"Now, I know Chan won't be hiding at his mansion since I know where it is, so my question is, Where is Chan?"

"You fucking broke by dose." He kept screaming.

I took his knife and placed it on his hand. I forced it down into the wooden floor and blood squirted out of his hand. He screamed even louder. "And now I cut off your finger, but you still got nine left. How many do you want to have when you die?"

"Ok ok, He's at his sumber cottage. Don't hurt be anybore."

"Heh, don't worry about that. Just worry about what you're gonna say to God."

"What? No please, don't kill be, I'm sorry!"

I stood up and flicked the knife down. It landed dead center on his forehead, his face was frozen in that scream of pain as he died. The puddle of blood became a pool. Julie had awoken Matt by now, and the girls had been untied. I wiped my mouth with my right arm's sleeve.

"Danny." Christy said from behind me. I left before she could say more. I had something important to do, something I must do.

I grabbed one of Matt's shirts from the clothesline outside and tied it around my waist, to try to stop it from bleeding. Summer cottage, that's where I gotta go. That's where Chan is and that's where I will get my revenge for my pride.

"Danny." This time it was Kayla, "I'll go with you, I can show you the way."

I didn't say anything, I had nothing to say. I hoped into my car and waited till Kayla got in. then I sped off to where she directed me. After a long drive into the country side, we arrived. The summer cottage was a fair sized wooden building, surrounded by nature, a beautiful place really. Too bad some not so beautiful things has to happen here.

"I promise, by the end of today, the fields will be stained red." I spoke to no one in particular, because the one I promised to was myself. And I always keep my promises.

I reached over to Kayla's side and popped open the glove compartment. Inside I took out two guns and three small packets of morphine. I pocketed two and injected myself with the third one.

"Danny, do you really have to do this? Can't you just leave things be? I'll tell my dad to leave us alone, I can make him listen! Danny please…I…I don't want to lose you." Kayla's eyes were full of tears and I was sorry, I didn't want to see her cry, but some things had to be done, and some people just have to die.

I took four extra clips for my guns and stepped out of my car. I took my keys out then hesitated. I tossed the keys to Kayla. "Go home."

I turned and walked towards the cottage, towards Chan and towards my redemption.