Chapter 9-Mercy

~EDITED~

"This better be worth my time"-Blake sighed, looking at the cargo ship and noticing the signal. He took cover behind an old cargo tank, waiting for any enforcers passing by. -"Remember what Strega told you, if you see any cops, kill 'em on site with no mercy. Though why didn't she tell me to get on that cargo ship.. Eh what the hell, I'll just kill whoever's gonna pass and get my paycheck."-He said to himself quietly, his voice slightly echoing through the hollow cargo tank.

Katy got closer to the scene, seeing her car just up ahead, she rushed to it while holding the evidence in her hand. If they were to get to the wrong hands there would be no evidence to frame those crooks for their doings. -"W-What the?!"- She saw Blake's shadow from the tank, holding her weapon in her left hand while trying to grasp the evidence in her right hand. -"Come out of there with your hands up! If you don't follow my orders you will be shot on site!"-She yelled, pointing at the mysterious shadow coming from the hollow cargo tank. Blake stepped out slowly with his hands in the air, teasing Katy with a mocking smirk.

-"Tisk, tisk, tisk, look who showed up..the same girl from before, now THIS will be interesting!"- Blake said with a smirk, he came out of the cargo tank and lowered his hands to hold his ALIG.

-"You wouldn't dare..I'm warning you!, I may look weak but I'm-

-"Oh I know that darling.. I know EVERYTHING, you're that so called Criminal killer am I right? Pfft, pathetic. So Strega sent me here just to take care of you? this is my lucky day!"- Blake interrupted her, he stretched his fingers while he held the ALIG. When he looked at Katy, Blake showed no sense of fear or regret of what he can do to her. For him it is just a simple task-Kill and take away the evidence. Katy started to dash towards a stack of metal barrels to take cover , to hide from Blake's upcoming raid fire. He started to aim and fire from his ALIG to Katy's legs, trying to make her fall down before reaching her hiding spot. She dodged them and jumped quickly behind the metal barrels, Blake continuing to fire despite her being protected by the barrels. But not for long.

The barrels got punctured by Blake's massive fire, revealing lots of bullets holes and making Katy's face visible to his eye again.

-"You can't hide in there forever missy! FIGHT ALREADY YOU COWARD!"-He laughed manically, teasing her to come out of her hiding and fight him. She peeked from the barrels and frowned, placing the evidence down and taking out her N-TEC from the strap attached to her back. She took an aim at Blake's body, trying to be unreachable by ducking every time he fired towards her. His ammo slowly ran out when attempting to fire down the barrels, most of his bullets even dodged the target and landed in completely different places. His ALIG is known to sway the bullets from the actual target from time to time, a flaw to Blake's top weapon. Katy took that flaw as a chance to strike, she got out of her hiding spot and fired rapidly at Blake's torso to neutralize him. Instead of taking cover and dodging the fire he took the bullets in, still firing his remaining bullets at her with no sense of fear. Unfortunately even he had a limit, upon receiving heavy fire on his legs, he fell down like a timber on the heavy pavement. His legs bled and he squinted his eyes in pain, staring at Katy as she aims the N-TEC on his face. He could barely stand, yet he didn't give up just yet. He found a spare pistol in his pocket and tried to shoot Katy, but his body started to shake from the pain and so he missed his shots at her. She moved a little as he fired, only hitting a few centimeters from her shoe. Blake gave up, he didn't budge and let her arrest him.

-"FINE...GO AHEAD AND ARREST ME!"-He yelled, screaming in pain from the heavy injuries.

She proceeded to him with caution, pointing the N-TEC on his head as she looked at him laying on the ground, defeated. Katy placed the N-TEC on her back, doing a body search on him before taking out her handcuffs. She didn't find anything too dangerous, only a few bullets for a pistol, a lighter with a half empty pack of cigarettes and his wallet. Before arresting Blake she went to pick up the evidence from the back of the barrel- This man can't do anything anyway, even if he tried- she thought to herself and took the evidence then walked back to him. She then took out the handcuffs and locked them on Blake's hands, making sure he doesn't try anything as soon as she escorts him to the police car. Blake frowned as he felt her locking his hands, he tried to sway a little but with no luck his hands were completely bound to the cuffs. She helped him get up on his feet, escorting him to the vehicle with one hand on his back and the other holding the remaining pieces of the evidence. Before leaving the scene she got back to take Blake's ALIG and pistol, placing them in the trunk of the car.

Blake muttered as Katy seated him in the back of the car, closing the passenger door and heading to the driver's seat. Blake looked around, seeing he's just a barrier away from killing the enforcer. She started the engine and began to drive.

-"Fucking cops"- He said with an intimidating look at Katy's face, if he wasn't cuffed and his weapons weren't confiscated he would have been able to finish her off. He later starts to mock her by cursing and yelling through the barrier.

-"Will you shut the hell up?!"-She looked back and yelled at him, turning her face quickly to the road ahead. Despite yelling at his aggressively, she felt a little sorry for the injured crook. A little feeling of mercy and forgiveness started to develop in her mind.

-"Look.. I know you're gonna arrest me but hey cut me some slack! I'm injured as fuck! I can barely feel my leg-

-"I SAID SHUT UP!"- She angered, stopping the car with the breaks, making Blake's head move forward and get a heavy hit oh the barrier. She then continued to drive, trying to deny that she has mercy for this crook. After driving for a while she finally lets her feelings control this time, driving to the poor district area- where a clinic for crooks like Blake would go if medical attention is needed. She was one of the only cops who supported the idea of having a criminal clinic, so just like those supporters- she doesn't bother taking the illegal place down.

-"There we go..Finally"-He said with a slight smile on his face, knowing that his friend Rico isn't too far away to fix him up. Katy then stopped the car near the clinic.

-"Consider having a rather lucky day, I don't usually do this to anyone.. And if I see your criminal ass on a mission again, I won't hesitate to kill you. I'll make sure you'll rot in prison if I ever catch you one more time."-She said with a frown, getting off the driver's seat and walking to open the door for Blake and releasing him from the handcuffs. After he got freed, Katy gave his weapons back from the trunk, nearly throwing them on him.

He frowned in response. -"How the fuck is this my lucky day?!" As he yelled at her once letting him go she didn't reply. Getting back into her seat and driving away, leaving dust on Blake's pants as the tires rubbed quickly through the dirty road.

Blake went to the criminal's local first aid doctor-he wasn't much but he was the only one who would care enough for these low life rule breakers. His name was Rico Delao, despite his low reputation around the city on the civilian side, on the other rule breaking one he fits right in.

-"I can see you had quite the job this evening. The usual as always?"-Rico said to Blake when seeing him entering the clinic.

-"Yep, launched bullets..This time in my leg and upper chest. Sorry to come in late before the end of your shift but I think you see exactly why I got here"-He said, pointing the bleeding wounds with his hands.

-"Lay down on the operating bed and I'll get right into it."-Rico said, putting on his operating clothes and directing Blake to the bed. -"You still coming to that party? I heard it's gonna be sick! I thought of going but I'm tired as hell, plus I doubt they would let me in even."-Rico asked Blake while getting his tools ready. Despite Rico not being related to a criminal gang, he still gets to hear and know passing by rumors and secrets from his costumers. He always sees and takes care of injured criminals and poor folk on a daily basis. The clinic itself looked rather poor looking, not the best in shape yet the only clinic that accepts high ranked criminals and poor people who cannot afford the expensive medical bills. It's a constant danger to work in an unlicensed clinic, but Rico always comes prepared with a shotgun hidden under his desk in case of any intruders or inspectors.

Rico began the procedure. Giving Blake an anesthetic- making him fall asleep in a matter of seconds. As soon as Blake fell into a deep sleep Rico could start making an incision around the bullet holes. The process for one unauthorized doctor was very rough, yet after 2 hours of hard work all of the bullets have been successfully removed. In his first years of becoming a doctor he had cases where he lost his patients due to inexperience and lack of staff members, yet as those years passed he learned how to work by himself.

Rico stitched back the sliced skin and waited for Blake to wake up from the anesthetic.