One of the officers quickly pulled off Mayor Carney’s cuffs with deadly haste.Mayor Carney’s hands were free in a moment and it seemed like all hell had broken loose against Alan.Alan’s face was contorted into a mask of horror and a devastating force left him feeling like he had been stabbed in the back by opportunistic snakes.But could we call it a stab in the back though?The officers weren’t the same ones that he was used to.It dawned on Alan that the reason for the transfer was so that there would be a hijack.Alan’s gaze moved to the ground and he saw Officer Barney lying on the ground right there lifeless. Blood was flowing out of his body and spreading towards where he kept his feet.He moved his feet aside in terror. He couldn't believe that it was Officer Barney lying on the ground right there.The speed with which the operation was carried out was more than enough to strike fear into the toughest person.Alan turned to Mayor Carney and his face burned when he saw his lip
Officer Jamie then turned to the mayor. “Mayor, why don't we just kill him once and for all? All it takes is a bullet to his head and he will be gone.”Mayor Carney erupted into laughter. “Haha, don't worry, that will come very soon but I have to see him suffer a little more. After everything that he has done, he knows himself that he shouldn't be alive.”“Or don't you?” Mayor Carney turned to a writhing Alan.“Come on, answer me. Don't you think that you shouldn’t be spared,” Mayor Carney nudged his ears closer to Alan, mocking him with his situation.Alan’s body convulsed and shuddered with agony as the situation was getting too difficult for him to bear. He had heard the brief conversation between Mayor Carney and Officer Jamie and he could already suspect that he was close to being killed.Other officers were there and all of them were against him - he had been trapped.The mayor’s voice dripped with contempt as he spoke to Alan. “Oh, now you are so weak you can't come up with an
“I heard him yelling just a couple of minutes ago and suddenly his voice went still. There was no sign of him again.”Officer Jamie knew that Olaf meant a lot to his colleague - they were close friends and he knew that there was no way that he was going to be happy knowing that Olaf was dead.But he had to still encourage the officer. If they were going to get out of the van compartment which with each moment started becoming increasingly true that they were being trapped, they had to get rid of all of their anxieties.“Come on, that’s no sign that he is dead,” Officer Jamie encouraged. “What if he found a safe place to hide instead and is hoping that we could come up with something.”“In any case, if you are not so much of a fan of the first idea, we could use the smoke grenade to create a dense cloud of cover. That would make it much harder for them to hit us.”The officer’s eyes brightened at Officer Jamie’s second idea. “Yesh, I think that’s a good idea.”Officer Jamie continued.
“I’ll take the north side. Stay low and keep moving. “Alright, heading west to flank them.”“South side is covered. I am going east to fire from there.”The grenade strategy worked to a considerable extent as the passage through which the shooters were supposed to get a clear sight was blocked. The officers quickly took their positions, Mayor Carney included.Even though the mayor was a little less sharp than the others, he was still very efficient as he held onto a weak Alan. He had already made sure that Alan was cuffed to prevent any resistance from him so there was barely anything Alan could do in that moment.Mayor Carney held onto Alan, his voice threatening and hovering over him as he spoke while taking a good position behind the van. “Oh, here you go. You think that you can distort what is going on?”“You think your men can do something about this? You are the one who would end up getting your head blown out by one of these bullets.”“That’s one of the ways to get you kille
As if Jamie didn't already know that he had been compromised. They were already getting closer and even falling back was going to be very difficult.Officer Jamie spoke back into his radio transmitter. “I’m trapped Nath, I can't get out. The shooters are closing in.”“Just hold your position. Don't allow them to compromise our operation. Just keep your head low.”Jamie just couldn't help but wonder how exactly he was going to do that. How could he possibly leave there without getting his position compromised?Officer Jamie spoke back into the radio, his voice still filled with intense worry. “Are you coming out here or what? How many of us are still alive?”“Just stay calm and don't compromise your position, Jamie.”“I am doing my best, Nath. But I am taking heavy gunfire out here. I don't know how long I can hold out.”“I get you. There are just three left, maybe four I think. But you are our last line of defense against this threat. If you fall, we all fall. You have to stay focused
His ears nudged closer to the radio but he got no response.He spoke into the radio again. “Hello, this is Officer Jamie, requesting support! I am under heavy fire. I need help. Is anyone there?”Officer Jamie’s legs trembled with a horrified shake of fear. That felt like a situation where he was deserted or was he in a dream? He was definitely not. In fact, he was probably close to death.His teeth grounded with frustration as he picked up the radio again. He was going to try one last time before taking the next step.His voice was louder this time. “Is anyone still alive out there? I’m begging you if there is anyone out there. I need your help. I am out of bullets and I can’t hold them off any longer.”There was a deafening silence at the other end.Officer Jamie slumped against the wall, his body heavy and defeated as he let the radio fall from his grasp. He knew that no one was going to come save him this time. Everyone else was either dead or had run away. If he had known, he p
“I am sorry sir,” The attendant, a young man in his 20s responded. “It’s just that we don’t have any more beverages.”“What’s going on here?” The man scoffed. “What do you mean by that? I suggest you check well. I am not leaving here without my beverages.”The attendant, even though he was quite sure that there was no longer any beverage left went ahead to check if he would find some beverage. He fumbled the cart of products as if he were going to find some beverage. He did that just to let the man believe that he had tried his best to find the beverage and it wasn’t like he wasn’t serious about helping him find the beverages.The attendant soon returned to tell the man the situation. “Sir, I have checked. I had to pull down a lot of things to make sure that I find even if it is just one but we are out of stock like I said earlier.”“Nah! You can’t tell me that. I was planning on buying three dozen,” the man insisted.The attendant’s hands grasped in a frantic struggle of confusion a
But Alan saw the man stretching something that looked like a card or a photograph to the attendant and he decided that he was going to step back for a while and see how everything played out.The man slid a photograph across the counter, his hands moving with a deliberate, calculating stealth as he positioned it for the attendant to see.“Take a good look at this, you recognize what it is?”The attendant’s eyes widened as he stared down at the incriminating image. It was evidence of fraud at his former workplace. He thought that he had buried all the paperwork that linked him to the crime but there the photograph was, showing him everything that he thought he had burnt.How did the evidence get to him? What kind of a man was he really?His fear left him feeling like he was standing on the brink of disaster.The attendant gulped nervously, his eyes blinking nervously. “Erm, I am not sure that I recognize what it is.”The man grinned maliciously. “Uh, oh. But I am sure you know what it