Chapter 5

Jason brushed past the hanging beads in the doorway, and stepped inside, there were girls, dancing exotically, and he now knew why it was called the Pole Position. He made his way to the bar, and saw the barmaid, chatting idly to a man in a suit,

"Excuse me," he called. She turned to him

"Sorry hon, how can I help you?"

"I'm looking for a Saku-" but before he could finish, he heard Sakura call out to him,

"Jason! Over here!" she was sitting at a table, with two drinks. She was dressed casually, wearing a short black dress, and her hair was up in a bun, with those two sticks holding it up again,

"Hey," greeted Jason, seating himself next to her, "Are things workin' out? How's the leg?" he looked under the table, to see her leg, bandaged around the knee

"It's alright…"

"So," began Jason, swilling the beer Sakura got for him, "Why did you call me down here?"

"Well," as she said this, she put her hand on his, "I just wanted to properly thank you for helping me."

"Helping you? You were shot."

"Yes, but if you hadn't hit one of those goons, I might not have been here."

"No problem." and he took another sip of beer,

"Here," she said, and from here purse, she pulled a stack of money, and set it on the table "Two thousand dollars."

"Wow," Jason picked up the money, and closely examined it, "This is real right?"

Sakura let out a small giggle, "Yes, of course it is."

Jason chugged down the rest of the beer and sat up, "Thanks." As he headed towards the exit, he turned back around and faced Sakura, who was still at the table, "So… you're leaving."

"Yeah." She simply responded "It's funny, how we only just met, but we feel like we've known each other our entire lives,

"Maybe we did." Said Jason, turning around "Maybe, we just never realized it."

"Goodbye, Jason!" said Sakura,

"No, not goodbye… just… see ya later." He ambled towards the exit, when he heard screeching tires from outside; he looked through the doorway. There were two black Admirals, from them, emerged men in black suits, like the ones from the plane. One of them reached into the trunk of one of the cars, and pulled out a M4 carbine

"Oh, shit." Thought Jason, then, another man pulled out another gun from the other car, but this time, it was a Mini-gun, "What the fuck!" he ran back to the table,

"Jason! What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost!"

"Well, we'd better get out of here, before we are ghosts!"

"What are you talking about!" but before he could answer, one of the men came in, wielding an AK-47. Then the man in the suit at the bar, reached behind the counter, and revealed a chrome shotgun, but before he could fire, automatic shots erupted, and his head was gone; as his headless corpse fell to the ground, the man with the carbine passed through the hanging beads. "Never mind, you don't need to say anything." And she pulled on his arm, dragging him into the back room.

"Over there!" called out the man with the AK, pointing to the two, but instead of the man with the M4 firing, the Mini-gunman came in, and fired barrels of ammunition

"Where are we going!" asked Jason, ducking under the flying shells,

"I know about a secret exit in the back." So the two of them crawled into the back; as the smoke cleared in the front, the AK gunner looked around, and saw no trace of Jason and Sakura.

"I think we got them!" he shouted, but the M4 gunner responded,

"No, we didn't." he turned his head some more, and then continued, "Matter can change form… but it can't be destroyed."

"What's your point?"

"People… are matter." And he headed to the back, stepping over the carcasses lain across the floor. As he looked through the doorway, he saw nothing, but he twitched his ears, "They're in there!" and the AK gunner, the Mini-gunner, and another gunner, carrying a SPAS-12, strolled inside.

"They're not here!" called out the man with the SPAS.

"Keep looking!" and the M4 man, remained by the back entrance.

Jason and Sakura, were crouched against the wall of a smaller room, within the back of the club, "How does he know we're here?" asked Jason desperately,

"I don't know." Answered Sakura, "But I'm going to find out."

Then, the M4 man, called out to the others, "They're in the last room!" and the others marched toward the final room.

"Are you ready?" asked Sakura, as she reached up her short dress,

"What are you doing?" asked Jason, gulping nervously, but not because of the men outside, it was what she was doing, that made him nervous.

She looked up at him, "I'm putting my years of ninjutsu training to the test." And she revealed a chain wrapped around a harness on her leg, on the end of it, was a small blade. She pulled out the chain, and wrapped it around her arm,

"Doesn't that hurt?" asked Jason,

"A bit, but I bear through the pain." Then, she leapt up, and revealed herself to the gunmen,

"Fire!" yelled one of them, and a hail of bullets was flying to her. Jason expected to see her full of holes, but instead, she jumped, and flipped over each set of shots,

She hollered out them, "You might have got me last time, but this time I'm ready for you!" then, she whipped her arm forward, and the chain shot at one of the men; before he could move, the sharp tip pierced him in the chest. She then pulled back the chain, and let the gunman fall to the ground, "Jason! Get his gun!"

Jason jumped through the doorway, and dived for the AK-47. He took tight hold of it, and held it up, "Goodbye," the men were expecting him to pull the trigger, but instead he fell forward, and the chain shot from behind him, and struck the SPAS gunner in between the eyes. She again pulled back the chain, and this time began to twirl it around.

"You're not gettin' me!" called out the Mini-gunner, who was the last man standing,

"We'll see," replied Sakura, and she spun on her heel and let the chain go, but as soon as it reached Jason's shoulder, she pulled it back, and he squeezed the trigger on the AK, firing six shots at the man, which hit him, square in the chest.

He coughed up, and blood poured from his mouth, "Shit…" his body hit the floor with a loud thump, and his blood formed a pool around him,

"There's one left." Called out Jason, holding up the assault rifle. He heard laughter come from behind the wall, then the man who had the M4, appeared, but his hand remained behind the wall, "Come on! You can hide all you want! We took out all of your flunkies, so we know we're going to take you out too!" but all the man did was laugh, then he looked up at Jason, and said,

"Your confidence amuses me, but your eventual demise is inevitable… so why drag it out any longer?" and pulled his hand in, but instead of an M4, Jason and Sakura were stunned to see… an M60 machine gun,

"Oh, shit…" they said in unison

"That's right. You can have all the skill and firepower you want… it's no match for this demon… prepare to die…"