Fallen
Chapter 6
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HEAT
The steady gunfire echoed around the abandoned building. It took only a short time to get rid of the twenty or so men inside.
"What do we do with the bodies?" Sam asked, staring at the corpses. "We can't possibly burry all of them. There's not enough time! They must be sending backups any second now!"
"We leave 'em for the cops to find." Kevin said simply.
Sam's jaw dropped in horror. "Is this guy for real?!" is what ran through his mind.
"Oh yes, thats a fantastic idea." He said sarcastically, moving over to his little brother's side.
"Are you alright?"
The boy nodded his head and clung on to Sam.
"How's your arm holding up?" Kevin asked Zena, his eyes on the steadily spreading blood in her left side. She was clutching it tightly.
"I've been better." She said grimly."Kevin, take them and get going."
Kevin nodded. He turned towards Sam and motioned him and his brother to walk with him.
"What happens to her?" Sam asked uncertainly, pointing a thumb back at Zena.
"She's got it covered." Kevin said, shortly. Kevin's mind was racing.
What are you thinking Zena, this is quite a gamble you're playing! If words go out to HQ, they'll have you snuffed out nomatter what your tallents are!
The engine of the car made him snap out and step on the accelarator. In the rear view mirror, they could see three black sedanes entering the warehouse, but they were steadily moving away from there.
"Is Zena going to be okay?" Sam asked him from the back seat.
"She should be yes. She has her own back up comming too."
Sam stared at the back of Kevin's head. His mind was racing. Why was he worried about Zena?! She was a wanted criminal in the police list, dead or alive! If she died, then it'd be an acomplishment in itself. He'd be able to live a normal life and his crime records'd vanish forever. But what was a normal life? He'd get chased around by one gang or the other till he was dead too. Then they'd go after his father and then his brother.......Zena just risked her own life to protect the two of them.....Fai had promised the same too.......This was quite a predicament to be in.
*********************
"Darn it," Zena thought to herself, staring at the empty gun in her hand. this was cutting things too close for comfort. "Where ARE you!"
All the time, she could hear the footsteps of the enemy getting closer. "Enemy?" She thought and grinned, "Thats quiet a way to put it."
and then she herd it. The unmistakable sound of a mechinegun piercing its bullets mercilessly through its victims. For a few minutes there was just the sound of guns and screams and splashes and heavy thuds of the victims falling to their death. then there was silence. Absolute silence. the one of the kind one hears after a storm. Then a voice spoke. A familiar one.
"You in here Girl?"
Relief broke over her. She was saved in this journey.
"Yep." She called back to Julie.
"How you holding up mami?"
"Barely." She answered back, poking her head from behind a pile of crates.
"Sit tight, I'll be right over."
A half of an hour later, Zena was tucked in behind Julie's truck. The wild and bold colour made Zena's eye water and she blinked several times.
"WOW." was all she could say as her eyes traveled from the bright red paint and white polka dots all over the car.
"You like?" Julie said smugly. "This is my baby charolette."
"It certainly packs a punch." Zena muttered. Her eyes were going out of focus from the steady bloodloss.
"You just sit comfy Mami, I'll take you to a hideout. Lets go treat them wounds." Said Julie.
Zena nodded.
"That'd be welcome."
**********************************
The black cadillac stopped in the parking lot of the station. The three people inside, got out. "Here, this bag has everything." Kevin told Sam, handing him a rucksack. "Fake IDs, Address to where your Father is. Appointment letter to a local consultancy firm, Your brother's new school....everything's there. Cover your tracks well! This is where we say goodbye."
Sam stood there, numbly aware of taking the bag.
"What will happen to Zena?" He felt like he was asking the same questions again and again, but he didn't know why.... Perhaps, it was because he was worried about her since she saved his little brother......was this gratitude? or was this concern for an unlikely friend?
"The next few hours will tell." Kevin said grimly, opening the door of the car.
"Why?" Sam asked atlast, unable to stop himself. "Why did she go to all that length to do this favour for us?! she knew I was a spy from the start! She knew I was going after her!"
"Its as she said. She didn't want unwanted obstructions.." Said Kevin, and he smiled looking at the scowl on Sam's face. "This is not your war to fight Sam, And she didn't want you involved anymore than you already were. With these prepearations we have done for you, you will be able to live out of this war. I'm sorry I couldnot arrange for all of this earlier."
"Say, something's kinda stuck at the back of my mind all this time." Sam said slowly. "I think there is a mole in the Police HQ."
Kevin gave him a look and put his arm on his shoulder.
"We know." Said Kevin. "Which is why Zena is doing all she's doing."
He got inside the car and within minutes, he was gone. Sam stood there for a while, debating with himself what he should be doing. Then the last call for passengers to board the train came and he grabbed his brother's arm and made towards the train.
*********
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Stop screaming mami, it'll be over in a bit! I can't believe after all you've gone through, you're still squeemish about this bullet operation." Julie snapped at her when Zena screamed.
"Its you damn cat biting my toe that hurts Julie." Zena said through gritted teeth.
"huh?" Julie blinked and turned back to see her cat "bones" was viciously biting Zena's right toe, apparently very happy.
"Get that fleebag away from me or it goes." Zena said, thrashing her left arm about to find her gun.
[An hour later]
"How's she doing?" Adrian asked as Julie walked out of the room.
"Gone to sleep." Julie replied, "I think I overdid it with the anesthetic." She said, thoughtfully.
Adrian sweat dropped.
"Which reminds me," Julie rounded on her sister, "Who's this flee bag and what's he doing in our apartment, goading on free meals??!"
She was staring at Zaran and he stared back at her, half of the bread he was eating, stuck out from his lips as he tried to smile and say Hi.
to be contd.....
Chapter 6
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HEAT
The steady gunfire echoed around the abandoned building. It took only a short time to get rid of the twenty or so men inside.
"What do we do with the bodies?" Sam asked, staring at the corpses. "We can't possibly burry all of them. There's not enough time! They must be sending backups any second now!"
"We leave 'em for the cops to find." Kevin said simply.
Sam's jaw dropped in horror. "Is this guy for real?!" is what ran through his mind.
"Oh yes, thats a fantastic idea." He said sarcastically, moving over to his little brother's side.
"Are you alright?"
The boy nodded his head and clung on to Sam.
"How's your arm holding up?" Kevin asked Zena, his eyes on the steadily spreading blood in her left side. She was clutching it tightly.
"I've been better." She said grimly."Kevin, take them and get going."
Kevin nodded. He turned towards Sam and motioned him and his brother to walk with him.
"What happens to her?" Sam asked uncertainly, pointing a thumb back at Zena.
"She's got it covered." Kevin said, shortly. Kevin's mind was racing.
What are you thinking Zena, this is quite a gamble you're playing! If words go out to HQ, they'll have you snuffed out nomatter what your tallents are!
The engine of the car made him snap out and step on the accelarator. In the rear view mirror, they could see three black sedanes entering the warehouse, but they were steadily moving away from there.
"Is Zena going to be okay?" Sam asked him from the back seat.
"She should be yes. She has her own back up comming too."
Sam stared at the back of Kevin's head. His mind was racing. Why was he worried about Zena?! She was a wanted criminal in the police list, dead or alive! If she died, then it'd be an acomplishment in itself. He'd be able to live a normal life and his crime records'd vanish forever. But what was a normal life? He'd get chased around by one gang or the other till he was dead too. Then they'd go after his father and then his brother.......Zena just risked her own life to protect the two of them.....Fai had promised the same too.......This was quite a predicament to be in.
*********************
"Darn it," Zena thought to herself, staring at the empty gun in her hand. this was cutting things too close for comfort. "Where ARE you!"
All the time, she could hear the footsteps of the enemy getting closer. "Enemy?" She thought and grinned, "Thats quiet a way to put it."
and then she herd it. The unmistakable sound of a mechinegun piercing its bullets mercilessly through its victims. For a few minutes there was just the sound of guns and screams and splashes and heavy thuds of the victims falling to their death. then there was silence. Absolute silence. the one of the kind one hears after a storm. Then a voice spoke. A familiar one.
"You in here Girl?"
Relief broke over her. She was saved in this journey.
"Yep." She called back to Julie.
"How you holding up mami?"
"Barely." She answered back, poking her head from behind a pile of crates.
"Sit tight, I'll be right over."
A half of an hour later, Zena was tucked in behind Julie's truck. The wild and bold colour made Zena's eye water and she blinked several times.
"WOW." was all she could say as her eyes traveled from the bright red paint and white polka dots all over the car.
"You like?" Julie said smugly. "This is my baby charolette."
"It certainly packs a punch." Zena muttered. Her eyes were going out of focus from the steady bloodloss.
"You just sit comfy Mami, I'll take you to a hideout. Lets go treat them wounds." Said Julie.
Zena nodded.
"That'd be welcome."
**********************************
The black cadillac stopped in the parking lot of the station. The three people inside, got out. "Here, this bag has everything." Kevin told Sam, handing him a rucksack. "Fake IDs, Address to where your Father is. Appointment letter to a local consultancy firm, Your brother's new school....everything's there. Cover your tracks well! This is where we say goodbye."
Sam stood there, numbly aware of taking the bag.
"What will happen to Zena?" He felt like he was asking the same questions again and again, but he didn't know why.... Perhaps, it was because he was worried about her since she saved his little brother......was this gratitude? or was this concern for an unlikely friend?
"The next few hours will tell." Kevin said grimly, opening the door of the car.
"Why?" Sam asked atlast, unable to stop himself. "Why did she go to all that length to do this favour for us?! she knew I was a spy from the start! She knew I was going after her!"
"Its as she said. She didn't want unwanted obstructions.." Said Kevin, and he smiled looking at the scowl on Sam's face. "This is not your war to fight Sam, And she didn't want you involved anymore than you already were. With these prepearations we have done for you, you will be able to live out of this war. I'm sorry I couldnot arrange for all of this earlier."
"Say, something's kinda stuck at the back of my mind all this time." Sam said slowly. "I think there is a mole in the Police HQ."
Kevin gave him a look and put his arm on his shoulder.
"We know." Said Kevin. "Which is why Zena is doing all she's doing."
He got inside the car and within minutes, he was gone. Sam stood there for a while, debating with himself what he should be doing. Then the last call for passengers to board the train came and he grabbed his brother's arm and made towards the train.
*********
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Stop screaming mami, it'll be over in a bit! I can't believe after all you've gone through, you're still squeemish about this bullet operation." Julie snapped at her when Zena screamed.
"Its you damn cat biting my toe that hurts Julie." Zena said through gritted teeth.
"huh?" Julie blinked and turned back to see her cat "bones" was viciously biting Zena's right toe, apparently very happy.
"Get that fleebag away from me or it goes." Zena said, thrashing her left arm about to find her gun.
[An hour later]
"How's she doing?" Adrian asked as Julie walked out of the room.
"Gone to sleep." Julie replied, "I think I overdid it with the anesthetic." She said, thoughtfully.
Adrian sweat dropped.
"Which reminds me," Julie rounded on her sister, "Who's this flee bag and what's he doing in our apartment, goading on free meals??!"
She was staring at Zaran and he stared back at her, half of the bread he was eating, stuck out from his lips as he tried to smile and say Hi.
to be contd.....
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