Return of the Strongest Scavengers Assassin

Chapter Eight

Reed had no means of transport, so he used the car of the killers, driving it at top speed to Mike's apartment building without bothering about the dead bodies.

It was simple logic. No gangster wanted to be caught with his shit flying about especially where the police were concerned, so they could clean up his mess quickly before the cops caught wind of it

Reed parked carelessly in front of the building, rushing out with his heart in his throat as he barged in without identification.

The security guards went on alert instantly and tried to stop him

“Hey, where do you think you're going?” the fat one yelled, running up to him.

Closing his eyes in annoyance, Reed turned around to set his leg so the man fell to the ground, and to his companion, one punch to the face was lit.

Conscious of the ticking clock, Reed ran up the stairs until he got to apartment 17.

One knock and a minute later, the door is swung inward to reveal his daughter who gaped at him in disbelief

“Dad!” She exclaimed, running towards him…

Suddenly, everything felt right again in his world as he knelt to wrap his hands around her

They hugged for a couple of minutes, Reed lost in the euphoria of finally having his daughter in his arms again

He pulled back, framing her face. “Baby, I need you to listen to me. Go into your room and pack what you need to, we need to leave.”

“Why, Daddy?” Mandy questioned but still went into her room to pack and Reed followed her, nervously glancing at the door.

“I'll explain while you pack, honey.” He tells her when she stood in the middle of the room waiting for him to speak. “Do you remember Mom's new boyfriend, Mike?” 

He waited for her to nod before he went on. “He’s a bad person, honey and he's into bad things like drugs. The police are after him which is why we need to leave.”

Mandy's face took on a grave look while she nodded and proceeded to pack up even more quickly.

Reed wandered out to the living room to check his surroundings for signs of suspicious behaviors, then checked his guns, and bullets, making sure to turn on the safety in case of any surprises.

Mandy finished in less than ten minutes.

Hand in hand, they were about to leave when the door burst open and Mike came in, leveling a gun at Reed.

“You! Fucking down on your knees!” Mike yelled.

Reed was stuck in this situation but he would never give in like this.

Reed took note of how Mike was holding his gun, remembering how his teacher drilled the proper handling of a gun into Reed's psyche.

Reed learned how to draw a gun and shoot from a Western sharpshooter, the best in the whole of the County.

But first…

Turning his head to the side, he yelled to Mandy. “Go hide, baby! Either in the attic or in your room, Run!”

“Shut the fuck up!” Mike shouted, waving the gun at Reed but he didn't come any closer.

Mandy obeys her father's command, running down to the attic but she hid in such a way that she could still observe what was going on with her father.

Reed starred Mike down, who looked content to hold Reed at gunpoint without doing anything.

“If you want to do this right, the least you could do is throw me a rope, ordering me to tie myself up if you were too scared to approach me. We need to leave, like ASAP!”

“And why would I do that?” Mike cocked his head to the side, trying to figure Reed out. Left to him, he was content waiting here till his boss came around and handled things from here.

“Oh, you don't know.” Reed shook his head. “I knocked out the security guard when I got in, and I'm sure that he must have woken up by now and called the police. Any time soon, they'll come barging through that door. Do you want to be here when that happens?”

Reed saw the exact moment Mike took in the information.

Panic lit up his pale eyes, and they started to shift.

Mike grew nervous and worried about the imminent arrival of the cops who would no doubt rain hell on him and his boss.

“Fine, I'll get the stupid rope, just don't move!” Mike stuttered out.

Mike raised the gun higher on Reed while he went about the apparent, searching for a piece of rope or something to bind Reed's hands with while trying to keep an eye on him.

Reed held still, waiting for that moment, his gun digging into the small of his back.

He knew the moment Mike located a piece of necktie under a couch. Mike's focus shifted, giving him the perfect opportunity.

So fast that Mike didn't even see it coming, Reed drew his gun from the back of his pants, aiming at Mike's wrist which held his gun, and fired.

It was a perfect shot, as it hit Mike's hand and the pain made him drop the gun quickly but not before his finger grazed the trigger letting out a bullet.

The bullet grazed Reed's shoulder, making him clench his teeth from the pain but the overall safety of his daughter trumped anything so he immediately leaped to his feet.

Kicking aside Mike's gun, he grabbed the tie securing it around Mike's body.

“Mandy, darling, you can come out now!” He yelled.

Holding his daughter's hand with one hand, and her bag in the other, they made their way out of the apartment, down to the lobby.

Luckily, the guards were still down but one was already twitching, about to wake up.

There's no telling what could happen if he woke up and caught them leaving.

“Go ahead baby, I'll meet you out front.” 

He says to Mandy, waiting until she's out of earshot before he punches the guard again, effectively knocking him out forthe second time.

Then he walked out to the front.