Chapter 3 (Part 1): Trio

Gabriel’s eyes widened, “Then this is an emergency, I have to tell the President that the information has been leaked. If what you said was right, then it means that I have to take California back, today.” He said before he turned back. 

“You don't have to find the person that leaked the information, I gave it to them. Well, I am about to give it to them.” He said, raising a USB flash drive.

Jones turned back as he saw the USB flash drive, it was not a copy, it was the original that the President kept, and only the President knew the password. 

He shook his head, “You scumbag, you can't access it, only the President knows the password to decrypt it.” 

“You’re wrong, the Russian has a supercomputer, you see, and with it, in a few months, this flash drive will be decrypted.” 

“Why? Why side with them? Why side with the enemy.” Jones tightened his fist. 

“For true peace, Agent Jones, for true peace. They will win, and when they do, America will be truly free. I'm doing this for America.” 

Jones turned to the General, “Seeing that you are not saying anything, it seems you let those commies stick their finger up to you too…”

The General smiled, “I forgive you for insulting me like that, but you will be a big asset to them, forget about the salary you would be getting, if you joined us, America, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and many more countries will be yours, besides, you would be a more beloved leader than the leaders of those countries will ever be.” 

Not answering, Jones ran towards the Vice President and tried snatching the USB drive away. 

But before he could even get close to Henry, the Vice President threw the encrypted flash drive towards the exit of the basement.

Jones turned towards where the USB drive was, and there were three armored men, and on their chests a round logo of the Hong Party.

Jones' eyes turned sharp, “Hao Rui Trio…” He whispered.

The man in the middle bent and picked up the USB flash drive, “Hello, Jones.” He said with an American accent. 

“Hao Ruilong…” Gabriel replied back as he pointed at the USB drive that the red armored man was holding. “You have no business holding that.” 

“I don't appreciate how you are talking to me… Not after what you have done to me…” He replied before removing the helmet. Hao Ruilong’s face was irradiated, his skin melting and growing back slowly, blood and muscle tissue visible where the skin was supposed to be.  

If it was just a wound or a cut the medicines and technology that was available in China would suffice to make his appearance as good as new. But the radiation has caused his face and body to consistently mutate all the time. 

Gabriel didn’t waste any time as he quickly pulled out both guns from his suit, shooting three of the armored men at the staircase. 

Hao Ruilong quickly covered his face with his armored forearm while quickly putting back his helmet, while the other two-thirds of the Hao Rui Trio started withdrawing their weapons, kneeling down and covering their vitals with their armored hand to minimize the damage done to the more important and thinner part of the armor. 

Within a few seconds, Gabriel quickly ran to the far side of the basement, both of his guns had only two more bullets left, leaving him with four bullets to shoot in total. 

Being quick-witted, he raised his forearm to where he could observe it, and using it he tried contacting a Colonel he knew to be trustworthy. 

“Your call cannot be connected to this number. Please try again.” The watch responded.

‘Damn it, the connection here is not good.’ He thought before he crawled behind the boxes, hearing the three men getting closer. 

He waited. And as he saw a shadow coming from the left, he placed his back onto the box silently. As the foot became visible to him, he quickly fired the two bullets at the foot of another Hao Rui trio member, Hao Ruiwei, who screamed as he felt the bullet crushing his toe. 

Since the boot that the Ruiwei wore was bulletproof, it didn't tear, but the force of the bullet still broke his toe. 

Gabriel quickly faced Ruiwei, delivering a punch to his helmet, cracking it, and nearly knocking him out. 

The other two, Ruixin and Ruilong quickly pointed their guns towards Gabriel as they heard the two shots he made clear enough, the sound of their fully automatic guns flooding the whole basement as they tried shooting at Gabriel.

He quickly lifted Ruiwei up in front of him, using him as a shield, protecting him from bullets. “Ahh!” Ruiwei screamed before letting go of his weapon, dropping it, and elbowing Gabriel in the face, forcing him to let go. 

Seeing that their comrade was now out of the grasp of the American, they stopped firing and allowed Ruiwei to limp back towards them. 

This small time gap was enough for Gabriel to utilize the weapon the Ruiwei had dropped in front of him, giving him another weapon to use. 

But instead of trying to shoot at the Trio, he started aiming and shooting for the gun that they were holding as much as the gun he held allowed him to while running towards them. 

They quickly blocked the shot with their guns, thinking that Gabriel was misfiring, however as Ruilong saw Gabriel coming forward, he realized an important fact that he had to learn after fighting against Gabriel for a long time, “Wait, he doesn't miss! Not at this distance! Shoot you fools!” he shouted in Mandarin.

But as they raised their guns to fire at Gabriel, he pulled Ruiwei with one arm, elbowing him in the face with the other and throwing the weapon away. 

Ruixin nearly pointed his gun at Gabriel, but it was quickly disarmed, and just like the other gun, it was thrown at the other far side of the basement.

He then pushed Ruixin towards Ruilong, both of them dropping to the ground. 

Gabriel then pounced on top of the mutated spy, ripped the QBZ-200 assault rifle away from his hand, and started shooting Ruilong. 

However, it all stopped after he felt a kick on his back. Causing him to tumble down.

He quickly turned to face Ruiwei who kicked him and blasted him with the last four bullets left in the rifle. 

He then tried standing up, but Ruiwei delivered a heavy side kick towards his face, causing the American to fall to his knees. 

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