Catherine silently walked down the corridor with her gun ready. By now she hadn't met anyone and had passed only one room. It was so silent in there, Catherine swore someone was watching her.
She saw another door in front of her, around 3 meters away. Slowly she reached it. She pointed her gun in its direction and after a second walked away. It was clear. But all of a sudden she felt cold metal touching the back of her head, followed by the click of a gun. She turned slowly and her eyes met Omar Hassan. He had an insane smirk on his face.
"You going somewhere, Catherine?" Hassan chuckled.
That really came by surprise to her. She didn't really believe she could escape unnoticed but she hoped that her gun will give her advantage. Now she had to think fast.
"I have to congratulate you for beating up one of my strongest men. But you know what, sweetie? He was just plain strong but I.. I am smart. Really smart." He chuckled again. "So, you boyfriend made you come here to gather Intel. You have experience - 7 years in Naval Intelligence. What I don't understand is why. What does he know that I don't? Is he one step before me?"
Okay so he talked faster than she could think. But she could use this in her favor.
"First, don't call me sweetie. Second-" The gun pressed harder on her forehead.
"Okay, honey. Now stop weaseling. Tell me why is he here! Or I will kill you!"
"You wouldn't." 'Right?'
"And why so? If you think that I'll wait for your boyfriend to come, you are wrong. He's already almost knocking on my front door. So, talk or I'll pull the trigger!" He shouted.
Okay, change in plans. If Steve was really somehow here she should save him time. And if he was trying to trick her, oh well, she had only one choice.
"Okay, I will talk." She sighed. "I am not here, because Steve sent me. I'm here on my own and I'm not gathering information. I was searching for one boy that your fraction took a year ago."
"Oh, is that so?" Hassan laughed hysterically. Then his smile slowly faded. He linked her and the boy with the man which house she had visited. "Yeah, I kept two boys. They were the most stubborn so-"
"What did you do with them?!" It was Catherine's time to shout.
"I used them to bring fear in Hawaii. Two buildings are no more thanks to them." He saw the furious and yet disgusted expression on her face and continued. "But I had to kill their mothers to make them cooperate. You know how much kids love their mothers-"
Catherine couldn't listen anymore.
-H50-
"Are you sure about this?"
"Yes, officer Kalakaua."
"Okay, thanks." Kono sighed and walked away.
They have secured the Government. There were at least 30 policemen all around the place and they have even checked the air shafts for any surprises. Thank God there weren't. So Chin and Kono returned here, where the buried policemen were successfully rescued.
The rescue team was localizing more bodies with a special camera that detected temperature. It could detect alive and dead people with preciseness enough for the age to be specified. Kono thought it will be a nice idea to search for the boy that would carry the bomb. But. The camera didn't show anyone younger than 20 years old. That meant that either this wasn't Hassan's doing, the boy managed to escape and ran away or the camera was trash.
"Hey, cuz'." Kono found Chin. "They are positive - the boy is not there."
"Okay. I'll call Danny."
Someone answered the phone on the fourth call.
"Danny?"
"It's Steve. What did you find Chin?"
"Nothing. That's the problem. Hassan didn't use a boy this time."
"What? Are you sure?"
"Absolutely."
"Okay then, search for left-overs from the bomb. If you find any, compare them with the other two."
-H50-
Steve hung up the phone and gave it back to Danny. Then they spend the last ten minutes of their 'journey' in explanations and thinking.
Why change tactics? Was it really Hassan then? What did he want to accomplish? - These were a few of the many questions Steve and Danny asked. They didn't even realize they have reached the hideout before they heard gunfire.
-H50-
Catherine couldn't listen anymore.
She pushed the gun out of Hassan's hand, successfully throwing him off balance. He fell on the ground and somehow managed to reach his gun. And there were they, Cath and Hassan, both pointing a gun at the other's head.
"It's over Hassan. Put the gun down."
"I don't think so."
His finger tightened around the trigger and a bullet buried straight in Catherine's arm. The force of the bullet disbalanced her but she managed to fire and still hit Hassan. Not a vital spot but he can die from blood lost.
She heard explosion nearby. Then footsteps that were coming closer and closer. She focused her left strength in pointing the gun at the direction of the sounds. Soon one, then two and lastly three faces showed up. Three familiar faces.
Osman and the other two men that she saw the first day. And the bad thing was they all had guns. Osman nodded to the men and ran to Hassan. The men captured Catherine and led her in the direction from where they came. They weren't very gentle, having in mind her ribs and bleeding hand.
'Just great.' It wasn't surprising that Catherine was mad. She was almost free. Maybe she would find another way to escape. She heard Osman saying something about intruders in the distance. But her arm was aching, her ribs too. She hadn't slept for 48 long hours and her strength was slowly leaving her. Then she heard gun fire. The men looked at each other and the one left running back to Hassan. The other one grabbed her even stronger and pulled her to the opposite direction. She gave a good struggle to escape but the man was too strong for her condition. He turned towards her, with his back to the corridor. A fatal mistake.
"Stop moving!" He shouted. Then two bullets hit him. He spat blood on Catherine's already dirty shirt and fell lifelessly on the ground, revealing the person who shot him.
I know this chapter was kinda to the short side but I decided to leave you a cliffhanger. I'm so mean :D If you liked today's chapter make sure you let me know by leaving a review! See you later :)