CHAPTER 11

The next morning, Finn and Bella had driven for twenty minutes to the spot where they were told to meet Eastwood. A car pulled up a few moments later, and Finn got out of the car. He secured his bulletproof vest and held his gun. "Stay in the car," he said, firmly, to Bella. He couldn't take any chances - especially with what happened with Jack. Finn slowly got out of the car, and walked towards Clint's car, wary in case of a trap. However, it was just Clint. They gave each other a quick hug.

"We need to get the girl out of here. That's literally all I care about," Finn said.

"Why?"

"Because I do," Finn replied shortly. Clint nodded.

"I still can't believe what Jack did. You're a fucking hero, Hudson."

Then, the passenger door of Finn's car opened and Bella stepped out. She walked over to them and Clint sighed. Finn nodded at the girl.

"Sucre is waiting for you two on the other side of the Sultana Kamal Bridge. There's two blockades between here and there. I'll do my best to draw them away from both." Finn looked at Clint and Bella. They were staring at him with wide eyes.

"Get her to the other side," he looked at his fellow soldier. They were currently next to an abandoned house, very close to the first blockade. The second blockade was at the start of the bridge. Finn broke into the abandoned house. Right before he stepped inside, he looked at Bella. "See you soon, Bella." he said and he entered the house. He climbed the stairs of the house and out of Bella's sight. Clint put a hand on Bella's shoulder.

"Let's go, kid."

"Is he going to be ok?" Bella asked, near tears.

"Look, I honestly don't know. This is the hardest mission the Army has had in a long time. But if anyone can survive this, it's Hudson."

They got into the car and started driving to the blockade. Finn looked at them from his place at the windowsill. He was holding a Kalashnikov that Clint had given him. The plan was that he would start shooting, taking out as many hostiles as possible and causing a huge distraction. Clint and Bella would make it through the first blockade by car, but the second one had to be on foot. Clint looked at Finn and nodded. Finn closed one eye and prepared his first shot. Both men took a deep breath and then executed the plan…

Finn took out a whole platoon of men, and those who weren't shot, dived to cover. Clint and Bella sped through the blockade, unnoticed in the panic. Suddenly all of the men who were returning fire at Finn retreated. He was confused. What was happening? Then he saw it. A Bengali soldier stepped out of his cover, holding a rocket launcher. Finn dived just as the soldier shot the rocket. The rocket exploded in the spot where Finn was moments before. Soldiers started to storm the compound as soon as the rocket launcher had gone off. Finn could hear them downstairs so he dropped a grenade down the stairs. The men dived out the way as the grenade exploded. He then cautiously descended down the stairs, killing everyone that approached him.

Meanwhile, Clint and Bella had made it to the second blockade, which was at the opposite side of the bridge from where they were meeting Sucre. They wore headscarves and caps to cover their faces as they walked towards the blockade. When a soldier's back was turned, they walked past him, making no sudden movements so as not to alert him. His colleague, however, noticed them and called them to stop in Bengali.

"Hey! You! Stop!"

They ignored him and kept walking. The officer ran towards them.

"Hey! Stop or I shoot!"

They slowly turned around.

"Take your caps off," he said.

"Do what he says," Clint whispered to Bella and they slowly took their caps off. The officer's eyes widened when he saw who it was, and was about to shout to his colleagues that their girl was here, but not before Clint put a bullet in his skull. Chaos erupted on the bridge. Clint and Bella dived for cover, with Clint popping up every so often to shoot someone. He threw a grenade and it killed 5 people who were bunched up together. He did this again and killed 5 more.

Finn slowly exited the house. Given that the boy had been spotted on the bridge, the number of people trying to kill him lessened considerably. He took them all out and started to run towards the bridge.

Clint and Bella arrived at a bus in the middle of the bridge.

"Get in here! Get down and stay low."

Bella nodded and Clint continued to mow down the people that approached them. He was pretty outnumbered though and was starting to lose energy. Suddenly, a helicopter started flying overhead. He knew that it wasn't Dirty as they were shooting at him. Just then, the helicopter blew up in a colossal ball of flames. He could see Dirty in the distance, rocket launcher in hand. Reinforcement American troops had arrived at the border. They helped support Clint in holding off the troops.

Finn arrived at an abandoned market. It was the last obstacle he had before he arrived at the bridge. He could hear troops approaching so he rolled a grenade quietly along the ground. It blew up, killing almost every troop. Finn shot the rest with his machine gun. Killing people had become second nature to him, and he was horrified by himself. He made it to the bridge a few minutes later. Given that all of the attention was pointed the other way, he was able to kill a lot of the men on the edge of the bridge without them noticing him.

"Where's the girl?" he shouted into his walkie-talkie.

"About halfway across the bridge. She's hiding. I'm trying to clear a path" Clint responded, shooting two more troops.

Finn nodded. "Sucre, where are you?" he shouted into the device.

"Two minutes out."

Finn and Clint took out countless more people, but more kept coming. The army reinforcements did nothing to help with killing people, but just held back the Bengali soldiers. Finn's shoulder started to act out but he ignored it and fought through the pain. Clint and Finn just tirelessly kept on going. Clint was on the ground, being dominated by a huge Bengali soldier. He was being choked and could feel consciousness fading away. He managed to grab his sidearm and fired a whole magazine into the guy's neck. He quickly reloaded and put two rounds into a man who started to approach him.

Back in the bus, Bella could see part of the action and she could see a couple of troops walking across the bridge, checking inside every car for her. They were extremely close when she finally ran out of the bus, and hid behind a car. Sucre's helicopter also started taking fire as he made it to the bridge.

"FUCK! I'm taking fire! I'm going around." he yelled into the mic. He turned the chopper quickly and went to travel out of the line of fire. Finn was crossing the bridge at this point. Taking out the limited troops that were left, both Finn and Clint had been shot or stabbed at some point, but were fighting through the pain, the adrenaline coursing through them. Bella had managed to crawl under a car and escape the soldiers. Finn however wasn't so lucky.

He was taking out two soldiers, when a searing pain flashed through his body. Then came the throb. It originated on his upper left arm, and it felt like he'd been stabbed by a thousand blunt knives. He had been sniped, by a man many kilometres away. Clint killed the rest of the soldiers, including the one that had shot Finn, and Dirty came in for landing. They had about a thirty second window to escape. Finn felt his arm completely give out. He collapsed. It was like his life was slowly draining away. He saw Bella running towards him, and noticing the pool of blood that was gathering under Finn's body, she burst into tears.

"Get out of here! Please! We don't have much time."

"No, there's gotta be a way." She shook her head, refusing to believe the fact that Finn was about to die.

"There isn't, trust me. Now RUN!"

Bella sobbed and gave Finn a quick hug. She then started sprinting towards Clint, Dirty and the landed helicopter. He could feel himself slowly fading away. He knew, at that moment, that he would refuse to be taken prisoner. He stood up, and fell backwards off the bridge, into the water below.