"Is everyone ready? Everything set up?"There was a resounding answer from the officers that filled the police station. Both officers and hired men were in attendance."Yes sir!"Most of them wore casual clothes compared to the handful that still had their uniforms on. It looked like a party was about to ensue in a station but they were there for other reasons. That was because everyone in the building apart from those still dressed in their uniforms like the new recruits and clerical staff, were leaving the building and going out to help Alarick. It was the day that Dylan had told him to come to the plaza. The day Alarick and the officers planned to finally arrest the maniac and his cohorts. The day they would triumph over evil.Alarick stood beside Maurice while the officer spoke. He was already carrying a gun, a dagger and wearing a kevlar vest for extra protection that he had hidden under his dress shirt. This time it would not be rubber bullets that would hit him. They would be r
But the man got lost in the crowd. There were more people here than Alarick had expected but there was nothing he or his men could do but to wait and try and protect them if anything went wrong. They couldn’t chase them away and if they began evacuating, Dylan would be alerted that there were officers in the building disguised as civilians.Just as Alarick had given up on finding the man, there was an announcement over the public address system. Everyone, including Alarick, looked towards a small podium that had been erected in the middle of the complex where the voice was coming from. It was Dylan. He stood on top the podium and grinned at the crowd, his mask partially covering his eyes that held malice. A red velvet curtain obscuring the rest of the stage behind him.“I hope you are all enjoying looking around the stores, and the other attractions like games that we prepared specially for this reopening.”Thunderous positive shouts filled the room simultaneously as people clapped t
As the doors closed shut, Dylan let out a loud laugh. He slapped his thigh as he looked at different people’s facial expressions. Some held fear, some had already come to the conclusion of accepting their imminent death, some anger and some trying to appear nonchalant through it all. Alarick was one of those who gave Dylan a stoic look when their eyes met, but compared to the others who only tried to fake bravery, Alarick was calm and level headed, ready to take on Dylan. The assigned men of the alpha team that were locked inside the building with Alarick and the others assembled and began to move towards Dylan with their weapons drawn but hidden as Alarick walked through the crowd and towards the stage. Dylan who was oblivious to their stealthy movement at first finally picked it up and raised his hands which contained a small remote. He shook his head. "Tsk, tsk. You brought a lot of men in here you sneaky bastard. I'll give you points for that but if any of your men take another
Dylan’s declaration was the last thing that everyone in the hall heard before several rounds of bullets were fired and gunshots filled their ears. Alarick ran for the pillar closest to him to avoid getting hit by the heavy amount of gunfire being aimed at him while Dylan went closer to the stage for more cover from his men. Although there were only three men at first including Dylan two more upon hearing the commotion came out from behind the stage to assist, covering Dylan from the front and making the bad guys a total of five men. Amidst the gunfire, Alarick shouted out.“Give it up Dylan. Even with your extra men, you’re still outnumbered. Surrender now and you won’t be killed.”Dylan cackled.“Not a chance, King. We both know that you’re the one who’s going to die here today.” Dylan said arrogantly.Alarick huffed at Dylan’s stance on the surrender and knew that the man wouldn’t budge. He turned around and shot at Dylan and his men continuously before he suddenly stopped, confuse
"Did you miss me?"Grace’s words stuck with Alarick as his feet stayed rooted to the ground. His face contorted in disbelief, stupefied at the fact that the person he once thought was dead, stood before him with an evil smirk on her face. The air was tense and everyone could feel it, especially Alarick.No. This was just a bad joke, a bad dream even. It couldn't be real. Alarick shook his head, willing the image of Grace holding a weapon to Charlotte's head to disappear but it didn't work as his negative thoughts were reinforced by Grace's voice once more."Come on Alarick. Not even a welcome home? I thought you missed me. I thought you would be glad to see me okay. Or was your concern for me and your grief all a lie?""Grace. How? How is this even possible? How are you here?" Alarick asked because that was all his brain was fixated on right now.Grace strengthened her stance and held on to Charlotte."It's called acting and turns out that I'm pretty good at it. I planned my death, Al
"There’s no guarantee that she won’t let the bomb detonate once she’s in the clear." Maurice said as Grace had left the building with Charlotte. “She wants me to sign over my company to her, I can’t do that when I’m dead. She knows that killing everyone means I’ll die as well, I don’t think she’ll take the risk and detonate it.” Alarick said.“Still, I’m not taking any chances. I don’t trust her.” Maurice responded to Alarick. He and two members of the bomb squad that came on the mission ran towards it at lightning speed trying to ascertain how to turn it off without automatically setting it off. No one trusted what Grace had said so they had to make sure that she wasn't playing them. Everyone was on high alert due to the bomb that was still slowly but surely counting down to zero. All except Alarick. Alarick stood in the middle of the hall, a few feet from Dylan's corpse staring at the hallway Grace walked out of, still bewildered. He still couldn't believe what happened. Even th
It was too late. They weren’t fast enough. Behind them, there was an explosion as the countdown got to zero. But nothing happened to any of them, nor did the building collapse or go up in flames. Just the loud sound of something exploding but no effects. Alarick, still in the cover of his men, opened his eyes when he noticed that he felt no pain. His hands touched parts of his body to make sure that he was actually alright and not just in shock. Once he was sure that he was fine, he looked around. All his men and Maurice were alive and looking around the room wondering why they didn’t die from the large explosion that they heard.“What the hell just happened?” Maurice said.Alarick looked forward and walked towards the bomb fragments that he saw on the floor a way back. He bent down and picked up something that he didn’t expect to see from a bomb. Confetti. Alarick scrunched his nose at the revelation. The bomb had blown up like it was supposed to but instead of actually killing every
Alarick arrived at the office early that morning with a grim look on his face. He had called all the members of the board for an emergency meeting that weekend. Most of them were not happy to come around the office on their days off but they had no choice. It was important matter they needed to discuss but he didn’t know how the board members would take the news.Alarick walked into the lobby of the company where he was accompanied by his secretary Vivian who had a tablet in one of her hands and a heap of folders in her other. She balanced the load as she walked behind Alarick and into the elevator. “Sir, I don’t really mind being here on the weekend but why are we here especially this early in the day? Did something go wrong?”Alarick pressed the button of the floor that they needed to go to before speaking.“Sorry for the early call. I know I don’t normally do this but I needed you to work overtime this weekend. You'll be paid a bonus for it so don't worry.”The elevator opened up t