Chapter 6

The gunner bore an evil grin, as he held up the loaded M60 Machine Gun; he was clearly insane, Jason had even decided to give him a nickname; Mad Hacker. Hacker held up the gun, and carefully aimed at Jason and Sakura, saying;

"I have underestimated you for too long. Now, I shall show you true power." Placed his finger on the trigger and began to slowly pull it back, the tension increasing each second.

One part of Jason wanted to use Mad Hacker's slow pace against him and fire, but the other part, wanted him to keep still, as Hacker may fire on the first sign of movement. Then, he heard the gun click, and shots sprayed out of the gun, "Move!" he shouted, and he and Sakura both side-rolled into the rooms next to them, Jason to the right, Sakura to the left.

Jason rolled into the room and slammed the door shut, he only hoped Sakura did the same thing; Mad Hacker had come for her, after all. When he closed the door, Jason saw something he could definitely use; a Sawn-off Shotgun. He held the Sawn-off in one hand, and his AK-47 in the other, but he couldn't for long for it was too heavy, so he set down the AK, and decided to only use the Sawn-off. He crouched down and put his ear against the door, he could hear Mad Hacker's heavy footsteps; he was heading down the small passageway of rooms, but they began to drift, then Jason realized, Hacker was definitely heading for Sakura's room. He got up and pressed his shotgun against the door, and prayed, "Please don't let Sakura get hurt." And without any further hesitation or thought, he quickly pulled the trigger, and the gun recoiled as shots blasted out the barrel and through the door. There was total silence, he didn't know if he got Hacker, or if he missed, so he crouched again and looked through the hole in the door; he could see blood spattered against the wall, and a lifeless body at the bottom of the door, but he couldn't tell if it was Mad Hacker, or Sakura. He quickly pushed the door open, and saw that it was indeed Hacker, dead on the floor. He heaved a sigh of relief, as he threw the Sawn-off next to Hacker. "Sakura." He called out, "You can come out, I got 'im."

Sakura cautiously opened the door and stepped out of the small room, she looked to her feet, to see Mad Hacker's motionless form, and his lifeless eyes were staring right up to her, "Creepy." She thought, as she stepped over him. She looked ahead to see Jason carefully examining the M60 with awe. "Like it?" she asked, smiling sweetly,

"Huh? Oh, yeah…" he replied, still tightly clutching it,

"So," she continued, "he's dead… right?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure." And he lightly kicked Hacker, just to verify his statement.

"So what do we do now?" she asked, looking around,

"Well," said Jason "I think we should get out of here, before this place caves in on us." So he took hold of her hand, and the two carefully exited the crumbling building; when he looked at her arm, he could see a small red mark, "What's that?" he asked,

"Nothing," she replied "that freak just scratched me."

When they made their way through the door, a blue and red Stinger, drove up to them and Sakura's fiancé jumped out,

"I heard about what happened! Are you alright?" he asked, trying to comfort her,

"It's alright Kazuya, I'm fine… thanks to my friend." And she turned her head to Jason, who wasn't able to say anything yet. It was awkward between Kazuya and Jason, in Jason's opinion anyway; neither of them said or did anything.

"Thank you." He said solemnly,

"No problem." Replied Jason, still feeling a bit discomfited, then the silence between the two resumed,

"Um," said Sakura, trying to help Jason through his apprehension and Kazuya through his somberness "Jason, this as I told you, is my fiancé, Kazuya Hitoro. And Kazuya, this is…"

"You never told me about this one, Sakura." interrupted Kazuya,

"…and I am sorry." Continued Sakura "His name is Jason Masters." Kazuya reluctantly shook Jason's hand. Then, without warning, he threw Jason to the ground, and pulled out a 9mm pistol from his jacket.

"You think that I couldn't tell who you are! What do you take me for… some kind of fool!" his arm shook and he was ready to fire, when Sakura guarded Jason,

"Do not hurt him Kazuya!"

"Sakura! What are doing! Have you no idea of what he has done to us!"

"Yes Kazuya, I do, and I'm willing to forgive him."

"Well, I'm not!" he pulled back the hammer, threatening to fire, but Sakura remained in front of Jason.

"Sakura knows about me?" thought Jason.

Kazuya looked uneasy, there was no way he could fire; he lowered the gun, and dropped it. He heaved a great sigh, lifted his head and said, "Come, we need to be getting to Liberty City now."

Sakura turned and looked at a still stunned Jason; he didn't move or speak, then she turned back to Kazuya and said; "No, I'm staying here." Kazuya stepped back, bewildered, "And you know something else? You can have your damned ring back!" and she pulled a diamond ring from her finger and threw it to Kazuya's feet. He turned around and pulled open the car door; he turned to Sakura one more time and spoke,

"I swear on your father's grave, that you will regret this for the rest of your life… you overused whore!" and he grinned with satisfaction and stepped into the car. Then, Jason ran up to him, pulled him out, and began to beat him with the butt of the M60.

"How dare you talk about her like that!" he bellowed, as the gun made repeated contact with Kazuya; his bones could be heard cracking and breaking. He finally finished, so he slung the gun over his back, and spat on the bloody and bruised Kazuya.