Love Struck

Chapter 16 - Is this Something New?

Shadow's POV

"Smash!"

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The car was engulfed in scorching hot flames.

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The first floor of the target building was completely destroyed and slowly catching on fire.

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The heat was slowly melting the ceiling causing the debris from the explosion to fall down on top of the wreck.

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I slowly opened my eyes.

"AGHHHHH!" I screamed under the pressure from the hot metal.

I used all I had left to push up on the hood of the car.

"AGHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as I tried to crawl out from under the wreckage.

My torso was free and all that was left was my legs. I tried to hard to pull them out.

"AGHHHHHH!" I gave it one last yank as the fire was slowly reaching me.

The fire touched my skin for a split second and the instant I felt the flame I gave it everything I had.

"AGHH….HHHH!" I covered my pain as best as I could until both my legs pulled out.

I immediately crawled away from the car and into safety.

I was shell shock beyond belief and I quickly looked over my body.

I was somehow still alive.

My shirt is gone the fire took care of that, and my pants remained intact; barely.

As for my physical condition. I was sore and my arm was bleeding badly from the wound.

"Smash!"

I quickly looked up to find the driver side door forced open.

Slowly crawled out Adam. He was in worse condition then I was and that's hard to believe.

I quickly filled with anger and stood up fighting the pain. I approached him as he stopped crawling.

He looked up to see me bending over at him.

I roughly grabbed him by his jacket.

"No…don't! AGHHHHH!" He screamed as I dragged him out from the car.

His body came out and to my surprise his legs were gone.

I pulled him about ten feet from the car then dropped him on the ground.

I quickly got on my knees and rested my hand on his chest. The pain was going to kill him in moments.

He was crying. I could make it out from the ash rolling down his face.

He slowly looked at me.

"I'm sorry." He said sincerely.

I hesitated as he tightly grabbed my forearm.

"I didn't mean to hurt anybody." He stated.

"No one ever does." I replied.

"Please, help me." He said as a dying wish.

He was too hurt. There is no help for this man.

I slowly looked around and found my M9 next to the car. I quickly forced him to let go of my arm and I retrieved it. I checked the clip and it had only one round left. I approached Adam and he looked at me in hope.

"Please." He begged.

I looked at my gun and thought about what I should do.

It was his dying wish and everyone has one, but this man in my mind doesn't deserve freedom from pain.

I looked to my left and noticed the fire spreading towards us.

"Please!" He shouted at me as it got closer.

I felt so confused and I tried and lifted my gun at his head.

He smiled and then my true feelings hit me in waves of anger.

I let go of my faith for this man and realized he was nothing but a low life, raping, scumbag.

I lowered my hand and let the gun rest to my side.

"What are you doing!" He shouted.

I smiled as the fire reached us.

"Do it! Shoot me!" He ordered.

I continued to smile as the fire reached his legs and began to slowly make its way up his body.

"DO IT YOU MONSTER!" He screamed out in pain.

The fire reached his torso and slowly made its way up to his chest.

"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed.

I watched as the fire overtook his identity and he continued to scream.

"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The heat quickly melted off his face.

"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

He fought the pain and swung his arms around in ways of torture.

"AGHHH…!"

He slowly burned up into ash as I continued to watch in satisfaction.

As soon as he was nothing but black I made my way slowly out of the first floor and up into the second where the floor was nearly gone.

I had to carefully take my steps to make it to the stairs leading to the third floor.

I walked up the stairs and entered through the door that I busted down not more then two minutes ago.

This floor was ok, but the heat was going to bring it down soon enough. I had to make this quick.

I approached the couch and looked on the table Adam and his men were around earlier.

On the table held a lot of files. Some were marked. I read them to myself slowly.

"File 23- Operation Knocker, File 67- Strongholds, and File 89- Operation Damnation."

I slowly picked up File 89 and opened it to find photos of the inside of the capital.

I looked through them quickly.

The mess hall, the barracks, Logan's and all high ranking officer's quarters, and even mine and Ghost's.

"What the hell?" I said to myself in confusion.

I let the photo's hit the table as I pulled out the mission detail.

I read it slowly.

"Operation Damnation will commence on June 12th."

I stopped and said.

"That's the day I was sent to kill Amy."

I looked back at the file and continued.

"Main plan is to have secondary host eliminated in comparison to have main host. If secondary is eliminated then that will pave the way to a brighter Afghanistan. If primary plan fails then over time main host will terminate secondary using deniable asset 1. When secondary host is no longer available G.U.N forces will look towards corruption and dictatorship once again and forget all about the afghan people. That is when Operation Damnation will commence. Using deniable 1 to infiltrate and terminate main target."

I stopped and reading this was like a riddle. All I could make out was that Amy must be Secondary. The only other thing I knew for sure was that someone in the rebellion is working for all sides. The rebellion, the anti-rebellion, and G.U.N. this is something big and I fear Amy may be in trouble. I have to warn Logan.

I quickly took File 89 and File 67 and pulled out my lighter which was surprisingly not broken. I looked at the table and there were more files then just the one I left, but I had to get out fast because I could feel the building falling.

I quickly uncapped the lighter and poured some of the gas across the table. The I quickly recapped it and used what little gas I had left to ignite the flame.

The table busted into heat and the files quickly disappeared.

As soon as they were gone I made my way down the fire escape which was barely hanging on.

I jumped on ground floor in the alley and slowly walked out into the street.

The building finally dropped into a huge wave of ash as I stood and watched in relief.

I sat down in the sidewalk and watched as some of the ruble came my way.

I looked at my arm which still bleeding. The bullet went through me, but it was still a problem.

I looked next to me and found a fairly good sized piece of concrete on the ground.

I picked it up with my right hand and raised its back side towards my arm.

The rock was burning and I quickly pressed it against my arm.

"Aghhhh…..!" The heat stopped the bleeding and I quickly pressed it on the back side where the bullet exited and I covered my mouth as the pain went into my soul.

When I felt the bleeding stop I tossed the rock away and relaxed myself.

I took one last look at the building and painfully stood up and made my way down the street towards the capital.

Amy's POV

"Amy!" I heard someone shout at me.

I turned around to find Nexus running at me.

"What's wrong Nexus?" I asked.

"Logan wanted me to escort you into the city." Replied Nexus.

"Why?" I asked.

Nexus stopped in front of me and looked me in the eyes.

"He wants you to pick up a package from the post office." Replied Nexus.

"Can't he just have Dove do it? I need to get this paperwork done." I stated.

"He said Dove was busy helping him with our plans for the next speech." Replied Nexus.

I took a deep breath and accepted it.

"You're coming?" I asked.

"It's late and the city's dangerous at this time. Someone has to watch you." Replied Nexus.

"Alright, let's go." I said accepting the job.

Nexus and me walked towards the entrance to the base and checked out with the guards.

They gave us body armor and I never really wear this.

"Let me help you." Said Nexus as he helped me get the armor on.

"This is heavy." I complained.

"Ha, you'll be happy when this saves your life. Then the weight won't matter." Stated Nexus.

"Well until then, I'm going to complain." I stated.

"Come on." Said Nexus in a soft tone.

I followed Nexus out the entrance and into the city.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"Ten." Replied Nexus.

"I'm tired." I stated.

"Well let's get this done so we both can go and get some sleep." Stated Nexus.

"What's the package?" I asked as we approached the nearby intersection.

"Something important. I don't know what; Logan just said to get it." Replied Nexus.

We walked in silence for a few more seconds when Nexus turned and looked at me.

"Quick." Said Nexus as he took my arm.

Nexus then rushed me across the street and as he ran with me next to him I found out what he was running from.

To our right was a gang of Anti- rebellion men, and they kept looking at me.

I was scared and ran right next to Nexus as we crossed the street.

As soon as we were out of there sight we walked calmly to the post office.

When we finally made it I had Nexus wait outside as I grabbed the package.

Five Minutes later.

I finally received the box Logan wanted and it was heavy.

I walked outside struggling with the package and Nexus quickly took it off my hands.

"Alright, let's go back to base." Said Nexus as we began to turn to walk away.

As we went to leave the office I looked up and found a huge smoke cloud covering the block across from us.

"What's that Nexus?" I asked.

Nexus turned and looked at the smoke and replied.

"I guess there's a fire."

"I hope everyone's ok." I stated.

Nexus hesitated as if he knew something about it and then turned and looked at me.

"I'm sure everyone's ok. The fire department will save them." He stated.

I nodded and we made our way back to the intersection.

I looked at Nexus as we approached the gang who was still watching me.

"Just relax and ignore them." Ordered Nexus.

I listened and we had no choice, but to walk by them.

They let us walk by until we came up to the alley next to them.

I was quickly grabbed and thrown into the alley as Nexus was jumped by the gang.

He dropped the package as one of the members grabbed him from behind.

I tried to get up and run, but the second I went to turn I found another man in my face.

"Where are you going bitch?" He asked as he brought his fist across my face.

My head turned to the side and I immediacy fell back down as he stood over me.

I opened my eyes and Nexus was getting the beating.

As the one man held him a second was punching him across the face.

"Nexus!" I shouted as his face began to bleed from the fifth blow to his cheek.

The member quickly dropped him and Nexus hit the floor and tried to raise himself back up. The third man who was beating him went for his bat and raised it above his back.

"Nexus!" I screamed as he brought the bat down.

Nexus's back cracked as the metal bat hit his spine.

"AGHHHHH!" Screamed Nexus in pain.

"Come here you pink whore!" Shouted the man who hit me.

He roughly grabbed me by my hair and brought me into his face.

"Let's have some fun with this one!" He shouted at his buddy who was behind us.

Three men were beating Nexus as these two held me.

I panicked and raised my knee into the guy's balls and he immediately dropped me in pain. I then tried to run but his buddy tackled me down into the cold floor.

"You fucking bitch!" Shouted the man who I kicked as he tried to regain his manhood.

I quickly tried to get the man off me and the second I slapped his face he brought his head down on mine.

My nose began to bleed.

The man who I kicked finally recovered himself and approached me.

He quickly grabbed me and threw me into the wall.

"You're going to pay!" He shouted.

He slowly lifted up my dress.

I tried to fight back, but couldn't do anything to defend myself.

"Hold her still!" He ordered at his buddy.

Shadow's POV

I walked down the street in pain as I held the files in my right hand.

I didn't think I would make it, but I guess I got lucky. I said to myself as I approached the intersection.

"Hold her Still!" I heard someone shout.

I quickly sped up and approached a gang of men who were beating on someone.

I got closer and noticed that it was Nexus.

I immediately dropped the files and approached them.

The men were nearly killing him and as I grew closer I noticed someone in the alley next to Nexus.

My eyes widened in shock as I found Amy about to be raped by two men.

I grew insanely mad and I didn't care anymore. Classified or not.

I stopped in front of them and one of the men who were beating Nexus turned and looked at me.

"Who the fuck are you?!" He shouted at me.

The other two men stopped beating Nexus and looked at me.

Nexus slowly raised his head and looked at me in shock.

"Shadow." He said not believing his eyes.

"Do we have to hurt you too? Just go and get out of here!" Shouted the man.

I slowly took out my knife and the men knew I wasn't leaving.

"You asked for it!" Shouted the man as he charged me with his bat.

He swung to my left side and I quickly ducked under it and raised my hand and slit his throat.

He choked and I didn't stop. I charged the second guy and he raised a pipe at me.

I quickly caught it in my left hand and tore it from his grip.

The second I took the pipe I used the broken end of it and smashed it into his neck. The pipe was stuck and I used my blade and stabbed him in the stomach. The man fell down on the pipe and it went into his neck even more. I quickly turned and looked at the third guy and he was scared.

I approached him and he lifted his hand to cover his face. I immediately sliced off his fingers and he screamed in pain.

"AGHHHHHHHH!"

The second he opened his mouth I raised my hand upward and shoved the knife through the roof of his mouth and up into his brain. I pulled it out quickly and he immediately dropped next to Nexus who was still shocked.

I didn't stop. I walked right into the alley and the two men were just about to have there way with her.

"GET OFF HER!" I screamed in rage as I punched the man who held her onto the ground.

The second man panicked and went for his gun.

He immediately aimed it at me.

"Bang!"

He shot once and the bullet went by me.

I instantly smacked the handgun out of his reach and tackled him into the wall with my blade going into his stomach. His blood got on me as I stabbed him multiple times in the stomach.

"AGHHHHH!" I heard someone scream.

I looked behind me and the bullet that missed me hit Amy in her chest.