Chapter 14
"Don't anybody move or the pink-haired broad gets it!" Ra's shouted imitating gunslingers of the old West. He put his extremely sharp Katana to Stephanie's throat. The SWAT team and Sportacus froze. This unexpected turn of events had them confounded.
"You westerners are all alike. Soft." Ra's smirked.
"Let my wife go." Sportacus growled. Something inside him wanted to kill the villain but that was against his beliefs.
"I'll be the one giving orders around here. Everyone back away or I slice her head off." Ra's said. The SWAT team members slowly backed away. Sportacus didn't move.
"I said move it blue elf or you'll be scooping your wife's head up off the floor." At this Sportacus moved slowly backward, his eyes never leaving Ra's face.
"All right, that's better. I want a medical technician for my comrade and I want a helicopter to pick us up. You have fifteen minutes or I kill her." The villain ordered. Quickly, one of the SWAT team radioed the Captain, who had waited outside with Amanda, Robbie, and Joshua. The look on his face told them that things weren't good.
"Sir, do you copy?" The radio squawked.
"Yes, sergeant, I copy. Tell him, he'll have what he wants." Captain Dogooder said. Joshua looked up at him for an explanation. His father had somehow cut him off and the little boy could hear nothing. However the police chief said nothing as he pulled out his cell phone and dialed a phone number.
"We have a code seven. Repeat we have a code seven." Captain Dogooder said. Amanda looked at Robbie and he shrugged his shoulders. Hanging up his cell phone, the police chief turned to the group with him.
"Everything is going to be fine. Your parents will be out soon." He said. Joshua had a look of disbelief on his face and Amanda could tell he was getting frustrated. She knelt down, so that she could at eye level with him.
"Listen Joshua, I promised they were going to be all right, didn't I?" She asked. The five year old nodded; a look of fear crossed his face.
"But why can't I hear Daddy?" Joshua asked. Amanda had no answer for that. Robbie got down and poked him. This made Joshua smile and he poked back. For a few moments, Joshua forgot about everything that was going on around him.
"I hope your friends hurry. They only have five more minutes." Ra's said.
"If you so much as…" Sportacus started.
"What are you going to do? One move and I'll slice through your wife like a hot knife through butter. You know perfectly well what my sword is capable of." Ra's cut him off. This was true. Sportacus had seen Batman slice through metal with his Katana like it was nothing. Samurai swords are one of the sharpest in the world $.
"So you thought you could get away with this." A gruff voice said from behind the villain.
"I'd recognize that voice anywhere." Ra's said slowly craning his neck around to look over his shoulder. "I guess getting medical attention and a helicopter are out of the question."
"Seems so." Sportacus said smiling.
"Well then let the festivities begin, Batman." Ra's told them. He lifted his sword and turned to face his foe.
Outside, the silence between people was beginning to get oppressive. Amanda held onto Joshua and Robbie held onto the two of them. Captain Dogooder came over to them and asked to speak with Joshua a second. Amanda and Robbie let go of him and the little boy went over to the police chief.
"I wish I was as confident as I was with Joshua." Amanda whispered to Robbie. Her husband lifted her head and looked her in the eyes.
"If I'm confident that Sportakook and Stephanie will make it out, than you should be too." Robbie said. He kissed her forehead.
"When he gets out here, I'm telling him what you called him." Amanda teased.
"What was that?" Robbie asked.
$ Katanas (Japanese samurai or fighting swords) and Kilij (Middle Eastern sword with curved blade used by the Turks and Ottoman Empire) are the sharpest swords in the world. Though guns are more widespread, military officers have the option to carry modified versions of these swords for their dress uniforms.
To Be Continued…