Mercenary and the Beauty Ch. 9
Toll watched her as they trucked towards the little village, he could see that her body was tense. Gently putting his arm around her shoulder pulling her close to his chest, "Almost over."
Kissing his cheek, "I know." Looking down at her hands, she wanted to ask him about how he got into this line of work, but as she looked up, she could see that everyone was watching her, now was not the time for such a deep and personal question.
Letting out a sigh, "I'd really wish you all would stop staring at me, I know that I have no business out here with you, but I'm not going to fall apart," rubbing her face, "I'll freak out when I'm safe at home."
Gunner felt that in his soul, "Sorry short stack," looking back at her he could see that she meant that, "We are all just worried about you."
Standing up she moved in between him and Caesar, "I know, but the more you guys keep staring at me, the more I'm inclined to slap you." She teased.
Wrapping his giant arms around her, "I have no doubts." Gunner looked up, he could see that Toll was watching him, his eyes were a combo of love and caution. He could understand his concern, Amelia was a rare bird, she was gorgeous, loving, and even before she joined them on this little trip, she had a basic understanding of what they did, and never once made them feel like they were monsters. He wanted and needed that, but how on earth would he find someone like her.
Leaning against him, "Careful big man, someone might think you're soft." Snorting at the look on his face.
Looking down at her, he was going to retort, but the sound of gun fire caused him to push her on the ground and use his giant frame to cover her. Grabbing the gun out of the small of his back, he went to fire out, but the sound of Barney talking caused him to very carefully get up, looking down he could see that she was smushed under his weight, "Umm… Sorry."
Slowly getting on her knees, and standing, she looked up at him, then back to Toll, she could see his anger, now was not the time to get into it, turning back to Gunner, taking his extended hand, "You are huge, just so you know."
Reaching behind her, she grabbed Tolls hand, giving him a squeeze, she let him lead her out of the back of the truck. Smiling at him when he used his arms to carefully put her on the ground. "So, he smushed me. It was very painful. I demand a massage at home."
Pulling her close to his body, "I look forward to it." Leaning down closer to her ear, "I don't like any other man on top of you." Nipping her ear.
Turning her eyes towards him, "Me either, I believe that is your job." Giving him a swift kiss.
Quickly scooting away, she could see the village of women and children, all looking tired, scared, and angry. Hearing the woman speak about what the Sang's have been doing to their village, taking the men and boys, it broke her heart.
Turning towards Barney as he said there was nothing that they could do, it royally pissed her off, with the weapons that were in the back of the fucking truck, they could decimate the Sang's.
As he turned towards the group, he could see the displeasure rolling off Amelia and Maggie. It was strange, the two women couldn't be any different, but since they were tossed together on the plane, there was something building between them, perhaps friendship, and right now, he knew that the was disappointing the two of them by turning down the villagers. Internally, he could understand what they were upset about, but that wasn't the mission, he couldn't deviate from the current mission.
Looking around, he could see that the decision was settling well the team either, turning his eyes towards Lee, he could see that he was also on board with taking out a few extra Sang's. Rubbing his face, "Let's setup, they will be here shortly."
Toll grabbed her, and shoved her towards the remaining villagers, "I need you to go with them," Reaching behind his back, he pulled out a 9MM Glock. "Take this with you, protect them." Giving her a swift kiss, he pushed her towards the group as they made their way towards the bunker.
Amelia followed behind them, giving one last look over her shoulder. She helped usher the woman into the shelter under the floor. Looking at them she could see that they were all scared, hell, she was too, but right now, they needed to trust that she was not worried, because that could cause people to panic.
Hearing the popping of guns go off had them all huddling a little closer, she could hear them murmuring and crying, turning her eyes towards the one that spoke to Barney, "You need to tell them to keep as quiet as they can, we need to be like mice. Understand?"
Keeping eye contact, she could see that the woman was scared, hell, they all were.
"OK." Turning towards the crowd of women, she murmured something in her language, and soon they started to settle.
Amelia kept her eyes on the trap door, listening to the carnage that is going on upstairs, but as she let her body relax, she could hear someone behind her crying, turning towards the sound, she found the leader speaking to her, "What is going on?" she asked, nervous that her cries would bring attention.
Lightly patting her shoulder, the woman stood, "Her daughter isn't with the children, she is out there. She wants to go look for her."
Shaking her head, "No, I'll go, what does she look like, and her name." Biting her lip, she knew that this was a horrible idea, but she had a bit of training from Yang, while it wasn't much, it was a lot better than what they had.
"She's pale, like you, dark brown hair, her name is Karina." Looking back at the distraught mother, "Please find her."
"I'll do what I can to find her. Do not leave here, until I or one of the men from my group comes for you, understand?" Amelia saw her nod, and that was enough for her.
Opening the door was surreal for her, but as she quietly closed it, she placed some more hay on top, it would help conceal the women and children. Making her way to door that led to towards the village, she crept down the side of the building doing her best to hug the wall, it was the only thing that she could do.
Hearing the guns pop off in the distance, Amelia felt her heart tense, she knew that being out here was stupid, but something in her mind refused to leave a child out here, rolling her eyes, no wonder there is issues with the military not letting women in the action, some of us can't resist saving a kid. Damn it.
It was the crying that brought her attention to the left of her, peering into the dilapidated barn, she could see the little girl being held down with a grown man on top of her, his hands inching to close his zipper, Amelia didn't think, she just reacted.
The solider looked up as her foot came across his face, Amelia heard the sound of his nose breaking, it was almost enough to get her to throw up, that would have to wait, right now she was going to kick this monster's ass for thinking it was OK to rape a child.
Not giving him a second to orient himself, she brought her fist down as hard as she could into his jaw, pain burned from her knuckles all the way to her shoulder, but she couldn't worry about that now, bringing her other hand across, she felt him grip her wrist and flip her over.
Landing hard, she closed her eyes for a moment to refocus her brain, but as she opened them, she found the man coming at her with fury in his eyes. Quickly scrabbling to her feet, she felt him kick her in the ribs sending her flying back she felt herself roll, hitting the side of the of the wall. The pain that her back felt hitting the wall pulsed from the base of her spine to her toes. FUCK.
Amelia tried to shake off the pain, but her body wasn't accustomed to such an assault. A thought passed her mind, if she got out of this alive, she was going to have Lee teach her from where Yang left off.
Her thoughts were cut short as the solider picked her up and punching her in the ribs and wrapping his hands around her throat.
Feeling his hands wrapped around her throat, Amelia could feel the pain of trying to get air into her lungs, knowing that if she didn't do something, she was going to die, and that monster was going to rape that little girl that she could see cowering in the corner. With strength that she didn't even know that she was aware of, she brought her foot up to his balls causing him to drop to his knees and her at the same time.
As her feet hit dirt, she brought her hand up and struck the man in the face, "Piece of shit." She growled out. Wanting to knock him out so that she could get the kid and bring her back to her mother, she swung again, but he grabbed her and flung her down and crawled on top of her.
She could hear him growling out, but the language wasn't something she knew, but given how he was yelling, Amelia was certain that he was insulting her, and threatening her. The blood from his broken nose kept dripping on her, it made her shiver in disgust. Watching in slow motion as his fist came towards her face, she moved as fast as she could, to keep her jaw from being broken with the force of his hit.
Wrapping her legs around his waist, she used the momentum to roll them, grateful in that moment that Toll let her rough house with him. Bringing her fist down, she hit him a few times but not with enough force to knock him out.
Tossing her off, he stood over her, glaring, "Do te kenaqem duke te vrare, kurve." Pulling out a knife, he launched himself at her, trying to bring down on her neck. It frustrated him that she was fighting him, he wouldn't expect someone so small able to fight off a trained solider. "Unë do të qij kufomën tënde, se sa atë kurvën e vogël në qoshe."
Coughing out, Amelia looked at the knife gleaming in the dull light, her body tensed, while Yang gave her some tools to defend herself, fighting someone with a knife was not a lesson that they covered. Backing up slowly, Amelia stood and started patting down her body, and as she touched her back, she felt the gun, kicking herself that she didn't think of that, quickly grabbing it, she pointed it at the man, "BACK OFF." She yelled.
The solider could see that she wasn't comfortable pointing it at a person, smirking at her, she's never shot anyone. Feeling a bit more confident, he couldn't help but smirk at her. "Nuk do të më qëlloni. Patetike." Taking a tentative step forward. He could see her eyes go wide with fear. Enjoying the fear rolling off her body, he took another slow step towards her, "Weak." He said, it was one of the few English words he knew.
Amelia knew that he wasn't going to stop but hearing him call he weak just solidified that she didn't have a choice, life or death. She would deal with the emotions later. Letting out a sigh, she pulled the trigger hitting 3x in the chest.
Watching him fall, she felt sick, on some level she knew that it was necessary, but the thought of taking a life, even this piece of shit, that was going to keep her up at night for a while. Shaking her head from those thoughts, she turned her attention towards the little girl that was crying, putting the gun back in her pants, she walked over slowly, not wanting to frighten her any further. Crouching down, "I know you can't understand me, but I am going to take you back to your mama, Karina."
Recognition at the word mama, and her name, the little girl launched herself at the blonde woman, she saved her from the man that was trying to hurt her. "Kam frikë, dua mamin."
Wrapping her arms around the girl, Amelia stood, and headed back towards the cellar with other women and children. Listening carefully, she couldn't hear the sound of gun fire, perhaps it was over, but she wasn't just going to run out there and walk down the street, she had a child to keep safe.
Carefully opening the door, she could see the guys standing with the villagers, feeling a wave a relief, she made her way towards them, but by the look on the teams face, they were a mixture of scared, worried, and angry.
Once the last Sang was down, they met in the middle of the square, Barney looked around, "Let's get the women and children out of the cellar, we still need to get our asses towards the mine."
Making their way towards the cellar, Maggie told them to wait outside, rolling her eyes at their faces, "You are big scary men, I'm a small woman, I'm not as threatening to them." Turning her heel, she could hear their chuckles at her statement.
Leaning down, Maggie took a moment to calm herself, while she was trained, it wasn't something that she wanted to be doing, but Church, he wasn't going to just let her go, she was his asset, but she was going to make sure he kept up his end of the deal when it came to Amelia, she didn't belong in this world. Shaking her head clear, she bent down and opened the cellar, hearing them scream out, worried that someone was coming to harm them. Holding her hands wide, she slowly descended the stairs, she could see them huddling together in the far corner, "Amelia." She called out.
The leader stepped forward, "Is it over?" she asked.
Maggie nodded, "Yes." Looking around, she didn't see Amelia. Her eyes locking on the woman, "Where is Amelia, the little blonde?" she asked.
"She went out looking for a child." Pointing to the distraught looking woman, "Karina, she's 6."
FUCK! Toll is not going to be happy about this. A grim smile was placed on her face, "OK, let's get out of here." Turning around, she could hear them following her.
Toll looked up to the sound of the people shuffling out of the building, his eyes searching for Amelia, but she wasn't with them, his eyes turned to Maggie, "Where is she?" he asked.
Maggie wasn't going to lie to him, "A little got lost in the shuffle down, Amelia left to go find her."
Toll shook with worry and anger, he needed to find her, she could be killed out here. Turning his eyes towards the town, trying to see if he could see her, but she wasn't anywhere in sight. Turning his body, he searched, he could see that the guys were all looking around.
Barney looked at the crew, "Spread out, find her. Now." He barked out. He cared for her; she was a part of their family.
Pops were heard close to their position, each one of them reaching for their guns, ready to see what was coming around the corner. But as the door to the barn opened, they all saw a very small girl holding on to Amelia like her life depended on it, relief hit them all, but as she got closer, they could see that she was hurt.
Toll waited for her to get closer, knowing that she was carrying a little child, but when she was right on them, her neck was bruised, her head was bleeding, and she seemed to be favoring her side.
"KARINA." A woman shouted out, running towards the pair.
For a moment, Amelia tensed, not wanting to let the child go until she felt she was safe, but the child looked up from her shoulder, crying and reaching for the woman. "Mami." She squealed out.
Looking at the woman that brought her daughter back, "Faleminderit."
Not really understanding, Amelia just smiled, "You're welcome." Turning her eyes towards the guys, she could see that they were in various stages of relief and anger. "I know it was stupid, trust me." Looking at the blood on her hands, and the blood that dripped on her chest from the man, "Yell at me later. Please."
Toll would most definitely yell at her, then fuck her, yell again, and fuck her. He could see that her eyes were locked on him, she was scared, something bad happened, pulling her into a hug, "What happened?"
If she spoke about it, she was going to cry, she couldn't afford to cry, not yet. "I'm fine. Just need to clean up," her eyes found Maggie, she could see the woman knew.
Maggie stepped forward, "I'll take you." She knew that look; it was the same look she shared when she killed her first person.
Amelia kissed Toll, and slowly stepped out of his embrace, her eyes finding Maggie, nodding, they made their way towards the faucet that was around the side of the building.
Maggie turned it on, standing guard for her, as Amelia washed her hands and face, "Are you OK?" she asked, keeping her eyes on the guys as she peered around the corner.
The question caused her to get sick, running a little farther down, she threw up everything she had in her stomach, it wasn't until she felt there was nothing left, did she stand and take some water to gargle her mouth, "I killed a man. He was going to rape that little girl, I tried to knock him out, but I didn't have the strength to do it, I didn't have a choice." Taking more water, she splashed her face, looking over at Maggie, "I know I had no choice, but I killed a man, Maggie."
Reaching into her pocket, she handed her a piece of gum, "I'm sorry that you had to do that. It doesn't matter if he deserved it or not, taking a life isn't easy, until it is."
Taking the gum, she chewed it aggressively, and quickly spit it back out, "I swear to God, if we get the fuck out of this, I'm going to put a bullet in Tims head, he better honor my deal."
Snorting, "I swear to you Amelia, I will do what I can to make sure that happens." She meant every word.
Nodding her head, "Other than you handcuffing me, you're an amazing person."
They both shared a look and laughed, but it was Amelia knew that they still had to get going, "Let's get this shit show done." As they made their way back around the corner, she could see them looking at her, realizing that they were standing near the building that the man was in, putting her shoulders back, she knew that they knew she killed him.
Toll pulled her into another hug, "I'm so sorry Amelia." This wasn't what he wanted for her, to live with the death of person.
Wrapping her arms around him, "He was going to rape that little girl. I would make the same choice every time." She could feel him tighten around her, "I love you. This isn't your fault," looking at the guys, "This isn't anyone's fault, this one is on Tims." Taking a step back, she locked eyes with Barney, "Let's finish this, and go home."
Toll put his hand on her shoulder, she was amazing, he knew that right now she was pushing what happened aside, and it was amazing that she was able to do such a thing, but when it did hit her, he was going to wrap his arms around her, hold her, and love her until the nightmares stopped.
Barney smiled down at her, she was strong and brave, and willing to put her feelings aside to complete this mission, she always had his respect, but today she was on a whole other level. Turning to the men, "Let's finish this."
*Translation from Google. Albanian*
*Do te kenaqem duke te vrare, kurve.- I'm going to enjoy killing you, whore.
*Unë do të qij kufomën tënde, se sa atë kurvën e vogël në qoshe. – I'm going to fuck your corpse, then that little bitch in the corner.
*Nuk do të më qëlloni. Patetike. – You won't shoot me. Pathetic.
*Kam frikë, dua mamin.- I'm scared. I want my mother.
*mami. – mommy
*Faleminderit. – Thank you.