Chapter 19:

One Day, The gang wakes up and notices that the boys, Emily, Harmony, and Henry are missing. Tadano, Jojo, Haida, and Anai are searching around the house when Tadano sees a note sitting on the table in the kitchen. He picks up the paper and begins to read it out loud so that everyone can hear.

"Dear Tadano and friends, I know you are wondering how a bunch of people could have broken into your highly secured homes and kidnapping your loved ones without even making a sound. Well it wasn't easy I can tell you that but I do know is that if you want to see any of them alive you have to survive a life and death game." Tadano says as he clenches his teeth and growling. Anai grabs the paper and looks on the back and sees an address written in red ink. Tadano and the gang hop into Anai's car as they put the address into the GPS and begin their way to their destination.

An hour later, they arrive to this really tall building. Standing outside they look up and see that there is about 18 floors. They suddenly hear a door open and footsteps coming in their direction. The gang looks infront of them and sees a leopard walking towards them with his hands clasped together.

"Ahh yes I see you guys have made it, and I am so glad you did. Now you see this game like it said in the note is a litteral life and death game. In order to save your loved ones you gotta find them within this builiding, There is 18 floors as I am sure you seen, but there is also roughly 5 to 6 rooms on each floor with the exceptions of 6, 12, and the last floor. Those floors are just one big room. Oh and before I forget anything and everything you see in that building you can use, nothing is off limits." The leopard says smiling as he walks back into the building.

Tadano, Jojo, Haida, and Anai both breathing heavily as their eyes begin to glow and they let out an unearthly growl. They dash their way up the steps and into the lobby. Once inside the door closes behind them and locks.

"Looks like we can't back out now," Haida says cracking his knuckles.

"We wouldn't back out even if we had the choice, you know that Haida." Tadano says.

They get to the elevator and push the button going up. The gang sees that the elevator is coming down from the 15th floor. While they are waiting they are looking around the lobby to see if they can find anything to use as a weapon.

Jojo rips the phone line from the wall and takes a good 6 ft of the phone line and wraps it around his hand.

Anai goes into a drawer and grabs a pair of scissors. Tadano breaks the glass and grabs a fire extinguisher, and Haida grabbed a roll of heavy duty Tape. Once the gang gets into the elevator they push the number 1. The door closes as the elevator goes up one floor, but before the door opens they hear a voice coming from the elevator.

"Oh I almost forgot, once you complete each level, you cant go back so if you dont check every corner and miss someone welp then they are SOL. Second thing is you can stay on the floor as long as you need, but the moment you go to the next floor there will be no chance to catch a breath so be sure you are ready for the next floor before going, have fun" the voice says before shutting off the communcation.

The door opens and they see that everything looks nice. Before proceeding Tadano stops everyone.

"Wait hold on, EMILY!,HENRY!, NATE, JASON YOU GUYS HERE?!" Tadano shouts but no answer.

"Ok they may have their mouth taped, or possibly gagged so that they cant let us know their location, so this is how we will do it, We will check the rooms 2 at a time, that way two can search while the other three stand guard.

"Smart idea Tadano." Anai says as they go to the first two doors, open it and notice that there is nothing and no one inside. after checking two more doors they notice once again that there is no one and nothing inside. They get to the last door on the floor and open it, once the door flings open a racoon rushes at them, Tadano simply smashes the extinguisher on the racoon's head and then stomping on the head of the racoon till the movements stopped.

"I don't know if the people did their research before kidnapping our loved ones, but I'm assuming they didn't because if they did then they wouldn't have did what they did." Anai says checking the racoon's body and grabbing a Badge and key.

They head back to the elevator and before they could push the button another racoon rushed from the left behind a wall heading straight toward Jojo. Jojo lets go of some of the phone wire and waits for the racoon to get close enough. Once the racoon is close enough Jojo ducks and wraps the phone wire around the racoons neck before clenching and tightening the wire around the racoon's neck till the movement stopped once again. Haida searched the dead racoon as he grabs 2 sets of keys on that had "2B" and a smaller key. Once they get into the Elevator they push the number 2 but nothing happens, they push the button a few more times but the number 2 does not light up. Anai grabs the badge from his pocket and scanned it before pushing the second floor button again and this time it lights up and begins to head up. Once they get to the second floor they can hear banging coming from one of the rooms.

"HELP US, PLEASE SOMEONE HELP US," the voice cries out, Haida and Jojo knowing the voice to well begins to run towards the room, once they get into a room they see a standing locker and a little cabinet.

"JASON!, we're coming son," Both Jojo and Haida call out as Haida grabs the key from his pocket assuming that it was for the locker. while hes fumbling with the lock They hear someone coming in, Jojo turns around and sees a gazelle running towards them head hung low looking like it's trying to impale him.

Jojo stands by the window as the gazelle is near him before ducking and once the gazelle was over him he stood up and flying the gazelle out the open window, you can hear the sound of screaming before the sound of a loud thud. Haida is able to get the cabinet door unlocked and opens it As Jason falls into his dad's arms crying hysterically.

"Dads...I...I didn't think I would ever see you guys again," Jason sobs as he clenches for dear life on the sleeve of Haida's shirt.

"THESE FUCKERS...THEY ARE ALL GOING TO PAY FOR DOING THIS. I WILL PERSONALLY GIVE EACH AND EVERYONE A ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL...FIRST FUCKING CLASS!" Jojo screams.

Once Jason finally stops crying they get up and head back to the elevator, before they push the button a voice can be heard again.

"Congrats on saving one person, four more to go. Now here is your options, 1. You can let Jason come with you and are able to use any weapons you can find on this floor or the next, OR...option 2. you can let Jason go down to the first floor where he will be kept safe in the lobby and I give you my word on that, the lobby per the agreement I made with the owner of this building is that the Lobby is the safe zone and if anything breaches that contract then I will immediately be killed on the spot. The choice is yours, but if you choose option 2 then the next floor you cant use any weapons just your hands." A clicking sound could be heard as the floor is silent once again.

"Jason go to the lobby that's an order, and no you are not arguing with us we can't put you at risk again." Haida says sternly.

"Y...yes dad," Jason says as he hugs his dads again, as Anai and Tadano hug the group as well.

"Don't worry son, we are going to save everyone." Jojo says coldly

Jason pushes the down button on one of the elevators, the door opens up and Jason pushes the lobby button, as the doors are closing he waves and says that he loves them all and that they all better come back to him.

Tadano pushes the third floor and the gang gets in pushing the third floor button.

Once the 3rd floor opens they notice that it is very dim and there is a bunch of empty cubicles. The same voice speaks over the speaker.

"Lucky for you guys this floor has no enemies, its a little bit more of a search. On this floor there is 2 keys specifically for the 5th floor, one key is for the door that is holding your other son Nate, and the second key is to the lock that has him bound. My buddy that is with him in the room has a gun with a single bullet. You have 45 minutes to find the keys and to get to the 5th floor, you won't be able to do the 4th floor within that time limit so the choice is yours, will you pass it and go straight to the 5th floor, or do the 4th floor and risk losing your other son. Tik tok."

"That fucker, if he is on the last floor, his ass is mine," Haida says as they begin going through each cubicle searching the desks and the drawers. Frantically the gang begins to tear the floor apart, knocking things off the desks and just ripping out the drawers and flinging them on the ground. Anai screams that he's found one and Tadano finds the second key a few minutes later. As they rush to the elevator, the voice tells them that they have 15 minutes left. They push the up button and without even hesitation pushes the 5th floor. The elevator opens up on the 5th floor as they are surrounded by 6 badgers. Two badgers had brass knuckles while the other four simply had steel it we dont got time for this as Haida is about to rush the badgers. Anai stops him before handing him the two keys.

"Haida we don't got fucking time for this go save Nate, we got these guys," Anai says giving Haida a reassuring smile.

"Anai...Kill em" Haida says giving Anai a quick slap on the shoulder.

Haida quickly steps out of the elevator and dashes to the right. As one of the badgers with knuckles begins chasing Haida, Tadano runs up and jumps in the air before kicking the badger square in the face, a loud crack can be heard as the badger just drops down not moving. Tadano cracked his head with a single kick killing him instantly. Tadano picks up the knuckles as he turns back to help his family. Anai grabs a nearby computer before smashing it against another badger.

Jojo not giving a fuck about fighting fair kicks one of the badgers holding a pole in the nuts causing the badger to drop the pipe. Jojo picks up the pipe and swings full force into the badgers throat crushing his throat. Blood begins to pour from his mouth as he then falls to his knees before falling over. Once Tadano gets back to the group he switches with Jojo giving him the knuckles, while taking the pipe.

"Aww T you know me so well...I'm keeping these." Jojo says admiring the knuckles.

Anai knocks the last badger with the knuckles to the ground and begins to stomp on his head, and kept stomping until the badger's face was unrecognizable.

Haida making it the the only door on the floor uses the key to open the door. Once in he sees a muscular poodle holding a gun to Nates head. Who fell unconcious from all the crying.

"Let my son go, before I kick your ass," Haida says clenching his fists walking towards the poodle.

"You won't hit me...I'm a lady and you are a gentleman...well maybe not a gentleman you look like shit, but you must have some manners," the poodle snickers as she looks away.

"Equality bitch," Haida says punching the poodle in the face causing her to drop the gun. Haida then grabs the gun and points it right at the poodle. She begins to cry and beg for her life. Haida without hesitation just pulls the trigger and putting the only bullet right between the eyes of the poodle.

"You weren't going to show my son any mercy so I didn't show you any." Haida says before using the last key and unlocks the chains holding Nate. He cradles the unconcious fox in his arms and begins to rock back and forth as he begins to talk in a soft voice.

Once done the gang heads to the elevator as the voice says the same thing. Nate wakes up and Haida tells him that Jason is in the lobby and that he needs to go there to be safe.

"B...but dads what if something happens on my way down?" Nate says his voice horse from screaming and crying.

"It's ok the guy cannot harm you, it's against his contract." Anai says, Nate simply nods and pushes the down button and once inside pushes the lobby button.

As if on cue the voice begins to speak over the speaker again,"Good job since you guys have done so well so far I will let you guys know something. On the 6th floor like I said in the beginning is just an open floor, no rooms no desks nothing. Now here is the game, If all of you fight together, then you do not get any answers. If three of you fight you get one answer. two fighting you get two answers. BUT...If only one of you fights three things will happen. 1 Both remaining captives will be sent to the 18th floor, 2 you guys will be able to bypass all other floors and head straight to the 18th floor. Finally you guys can either choose to fight me all together, or a single person and win 1.5 billion dollars."

The gang enters the elevator and goes to the 6th floor, once the door opens up there is 12 animals, 4 boars, 5 goats, 2 weasles, and only 1 lion. Before the gang could discuss what was going to happen, Jojo speaks up and shouts that He will be fighting alone.

Jojo begins to walk forward and notices that none of the animals had any weapons, so Jojo tosses the knuckles back over his shoulder as they land near Tadano.

The fight begins and Jojo is quickly overwhelmed by the assult. Haida screams and tries to rush in to help but Anai and Tadano are holding him back.

After five minutes the lion walks behind one of the goats and bites into its neck ripping it out, the goat lets out a blood curdling scream before falling limp to the ground.

"YOU STUPID FUCKING IDIOT?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING, DO YOU NOT WANT YOUR FREEDOM FROM YOUR CONTRACT?!" The voice screams over the speaker.

"You didn't tell me that you kidnapped kids as well you sick fuck, so fuck your rules and fuck your twisted game, besides when they kill you, my contract will be voided." The Lion says ripping the heart out of one of the boars.

"You mean IF they kill me,"

"no...I mean WHEN," The lion says as he begins to get assulted as well.

Jojo bruised and bloody stands up and wobbles before rushing into the mess of animals, punching, kicking and headbutting the animals. Twenty minutes later all the animals are now dead, the floor looking like a massacre and the walls and floor as well as parts of the ceiling painted crimson red with the blood of the animals.

Tadano them head over to Jojo as he is now slumped against the wall near the window, checking him over they noticed that he is breathing is shallow.

"I...I think I got a few broken ribs," Jojo manages to say as he spits up some blood onto the floor.

"Good job, the only reason you were able to win by fighting alone is because of technicallity. You didn't fight with your family but James did help you sooo techincally you will be able to go straight to the top floor. I will be seeing you guys soon."

"You guys go, he is in no condition of continuing, I will take him to the lobby and we will wait for you guys." James says as he picks Jojo up with ease cradling his body in his arms.

"And how can we be sure we can trust you?" Haida asks.

"Are you fucking serious right now? like really, I just fucking helped you guys and you are going to ask me if you can trust me?" James shouts out.

"Sorry, it's been a hectic few hours, ok thank you, we appreciate it." Tadano says as he Haida and Anai enter the elevator and begin to head to the top floor. James enters the second elevator and pushes the down button, but instead of going to the lobby he goes to the first floor.

At the Top floor, the elevator doors open and on a nearby couch is Henry and Emily with Melody in a bouncer right next to Emily.

"You sick fuck...let our family go right now." Anai shouts his eyes getting angry.

"You really think I would let you guys go?" Haha you idiots, none of you guys are getting out." the voice says as he turns around in his chair showing that he is a muscular gorilla. The gorilla slowly opens his drawer from his desk and pulls out a gun, hes doing this in such a slow casual motion that it seems he doesnt even feel threatened.

"Now lets see I got three bullets left... I will give you guys time to discuss it, 3 of you will die, the rest can leave... You got 15 minutes to discuss, and even if you already have your answer you will still have to wait the 15 minutes.

Fifteen minutes have passed and the gorilla asks them who they choose to die.

"We choose to die," Tadano and Haida speak out, Anai is about to offer to be the third person to die but Henry speaks up.

"I choose to be the third one," Henry says sweat falling from his face.

"N...no you guys can't," Anai says breathing heavily holding back the tears.

"Anai, you got your wife and kid, its alright, just remember us and make sure to take care of the others. Just then the elevator opens and out steps James covered in blood holding a gun as he uses a towel to wipe off the blood.

"Ahh James, you succeeded, I hope you did what you intended and got rid of that rabbit and those two foxes." The gorilla says smugly.

"I did sir...Now how would you like me to get rid of these guys boss?" James asks as he cocks his gun.

"Like all the others of course One stands infront of me, you pull the trigger the bullet enters their head and their blood splashes on me," The boss says chuckling.

"Of course sir, Haida you stand infront of the boss, and don't you dare BEG for your life it will cause too much of a distraction." James states as he emphasizes the word beg. Haida taking that as some sort of hint he can hear the gorilla place his gun away. Haida begins to scream and shout begging for his life, the gorilla leans back in his chair and closes his eyes as he is enjoying the sound of the sobbing hyena begging. Tadano and Anai begin to make noise too, saying how they couldnt believe that they trusted him and that he would kill two young foxes.

Just then a shot can be heard which causes Tadano them to jump, Haida looks down on his body thinking he got shot, but there is no blood on his body. The boss is sent flying off his chair as hes laying on the ground blood. Tadano them look towards the fire exit and sees, Jojo standing there a gun in his hand as he begins to collapse to the floor Haida catches him.

"Babe...Babe please wake up" Haida begins to sob in Jojo's chest.

"It's ok hes fine, I took him to the first floor and got him bandaged up, then we went to the lobby and i killed the guards watching your sons, then I took their guns and we headed back up. I stopped on the 17th floor and let Jojo out and gave him a spare key card for the fire exit. And you know the rest," James says.

The gorilla tries to get up but gets kicked right in the face by Tadano who then jumps on him sitting high on his chest with a paper opener in his hands, he begins to stab the gorilla in the chest screaming in frustration. After about 5-6 stabs Anai stops him.

"Give me the opener, I wanna have a go at him," Anai says as Tadano stands up and hands Anai the opener. He then proceeds to Sit down on the gorilla as well, who is now coughing blood. Anai begins to stab him repeatedly as well but his is slower as he stabs in twists the opener a bit before pulling out. He does this several times before he stops.

"Haida, do you want to finish the job?" Anai asks yanking the opener from the gorilla's chest holding it out to Haida, blood dripping down his hand.

"Stay right here my queen, I will be back shortly," Haida whispers giving the unconcious rabbit a gentle lick on the nose. Haida stands as his eyes begin to glow, and so does Tadano and Anai, the same glow they have when they are rocking out. Haida is now sitting on the gorilla, who is still concious even though he has all those wounds and is bleeding heavily.

"This one, is for putting my sons in danger," Haida says as he james the opener into the left shoulder, causing the gorilla to scream and beg him to stop.

"Stop...oh no, you weren't going to stop and neither will I, This next one is for putting my other loved ones in danger," Haida raises the opener and drives it straight into the gorilla's eye. The boss lets out a blood curdling scream, blood gushing from the wound. The boss begins to thrash weakly trying to get Haida off of him.

"This last one...is for the damage you done to my queen," Haida says as he delivers the final blow driving the opener straight into the gorilla's throat and then begins to move it left to right. The boss lays there dead as Haida breaths heavily before looking over at the lion.

"So how did you know about all of this?" Anai asks.

"Well first off although I seem intimidating and you did see me kill people, I am a certified nurse...I know odd right, but anyway I knew that the boss was going to gloat and take his time, so I brought Jojo down to the first floor and got the first aid kit from my office. I bandaged him up, and pretty much like I said earlier, killed the guys in the lobby, dropped Jojo off on the 17th floor had him come up from the fire exit, and with all the noise and commotion the boss couldn't hear the fire exit door opening which gave Jojo the perfect shot," James says as he undoes the ropes on Emily and Henry.

"But, how did you know he was going to put the gun away?" Tadano asks.

"Simple, hes big and muscular but can't do shit, the only reason why he was able to do all this shit is because he had money, other than that he couldnt even use the gun if he wanted too, he doesnt know guns have safety's." James says, handing Tadano an envelope.

"Here's the money, he wasn't going to really give it to you so I told him to use it as a way of giving you guys false hope. This check is legit and won't cause any issues when you try to deposit it." James says.

James walks over to a picture and tosses it off the wall showing a control panel. and begins to 20 minute countdown.

"Alright lets get to the lobby get the kids and get the hell out of this building." James says as he heads over to pick up Jojo, but Haida stops him and picks Jojo up himself.

"What's going to happen to the building?" Henry asks as Emily grabs Melody from the bouncer and they all head to the elevator.

"It's going to collapse destroying everything in this building." James says.

Once they get to the Lobby Jason and Nate run up and hug their dads tears flowing from their eyes. The family was enjoying their moment until they heard a voice saying that there was a minute left.

They head out as the building collapses, The family gets into their cars and begins to drive away. James just standing by the remains of the building waves them off before his phone begins to ring. James grabs his phone from his pocket and answers it.

"This is James...Yeah they are safe...They will probably be traumatized and Jojo may be hurt for a while and need to be on light duty...yeah the building is gone no traces nothing...Alright Mr. Ton, no worries if you need another mercenary just call Mr. Balthazar and request M42103, thats the code you would give to request me again...No you don't need to pay me for this one, this one was a warm up so I don't count it...Yeah if I wanted too I could have killed everyone without breaking a sweat...Ok, thank you for choosing Easy Merc and have a good day." James then hangs up the phone.