A CRAZY LOVE - Episode 121
“Tha… thank you.” Nina managed to say, before turning and facing Joel, but the next moment….
“Ahhhhh! Look at that!!” Nina shouted.
“What happened?” Joel said, looking behind him, to see if someone was still left.
But he couldn’t see anyone.
“You… your hand!” Nina said, looking at the bloody hand.
Joel, while protecting Nina from the fourth man’s shot, had shifted, trying to dodge the shot. But the bullet had brushed past his hand, giving him a superficial gunshot wound, which was bleeding.
“That’s nothing.” Joel said, not even looking at his arm.
“No, this is serious. Let’s.. let’s go to the hospital first.” Nina said, her voice sounding stringer for the first time in the past half an hour.
“We don’t have much time. We need to find young Miss first. She will be in C city now.” With that, all the men immediately went to their own cars, starting the engine.
“C city? Why? Can anyone tell me why these people are behind Kizy?” Nina asked, not knowing why all of this was happening.
“I think it would be better if young Miss explains all this to you, instead of me.” Joel said.
Nina just remained silent, knowing she will have to wait for Kizy to get her answers. But she was praying for her safe return, wishing nothing bad would happen.
She was still thinking about the entire situation when she suddenly said.
“Stop the car.” Nina said, her tone urgent.
“What happened?” Joel asked, not knowing why Nina was asking them to stop in the middle.
“Quickly stop!” Nina said.
Joel immediately asked the driver to stop the car.
Nina opened the car door, before crossing the road, entering a pharmacy.
Joel, who was confused at Nina’s action, shook his head, finally understanding what she was doing.
Within two minutes, Nina was back with antiseptic solution, cotton buds and some other medicines.
“Let’s go to C city now.” Nina said, much more composed after ten minutes.
“You are not coming to C city.” Joel said immediately.
“Why not? Kizy is there. How can I not come?” Nina said, frowning a little.
“But that place is not safe.” Joel replied.
“I am coming, no more arguments. Now roll your sleeves up.” Nina said, no more behaving like the scaredy cat she was moments ago.
Joel didn’t know what to say. This girl in front of him was their young miss’s best friend. He could not be too harsh with her, nor could he reject her outrightly.
Plus he couldn’t even seek Markus or Kizy to inform if he should be bringing Nina there.
Alas, he simply rolled his sleeves up, deciding to take Nina’s responsibility till the end, as his Young Miss had asked him to.
Nina took out the medicine, about to clean his wound, but Joel immediately pulled his hands back.
“What are you doing?” Nina asked, not knowing why Joel took his hand back.
“Let me do it.” Joel said, extending his hand to take the medicine and bandage from Nina’s hand.
“Just stay quiet and let me quickly clean it. Your wound is open, which might create some complication later on.” Kizy said.
“No no. I can’t let you do this for me. I will apply it on my own.” Joel said, shaking his head vigorously.
“I am a doctor.” Nina said.
“Still-” Joel was about to refuse when Nina simply pulled his injured hand, not waiting for Joel to reply.
Nina carefully tended to his wound, cleaning it up before, applying medicine and covering it up.
Joel just looked at his wound and sometimes at her. This was the first time in the past two years, when someone else was treating his injuries, or taking care of him.
Whenever he would be sick or injured, he never had anyone to go and complain about. He will eventually have to clean and dress all his severe injuries on his own.
Thus it felt different to be treated by someone.
While Nina was trying to do everything to take care of him. If not for her, Joel wouldn’t have received the bullet.
Today, a lot of things were happening which were too much for her to take. Kizy and Markus being something more than what they were showing, her kidnapping, all those firing and $h00ting sounds, and lastly a bullet that could have pierced her.
Though she was calm, strong and mature, she wasn’t expecting something this extreme.
Remembering all those scenes from before, Nina felt emotional, a single tear flowing down her face, landing on Joel’s wrist.
“Hey! Why are you crying? Are you hurt somewhere?” Joel asked, panicking because of the sudden tears.
But the next moment, Nina started crying even more, tears flowing non stop, while she was still dressing for Joel’s injury.
Joel, didn’t knew what to do and pulled his hand back, making Nina lower her head and wipe her tears.
“Are you hurt somewhere? What happened? Why are you crying now?” Joel asked, not knowing what else he was supposed to do.
“I.. I am.. sorry.” Nina said between her sobs and started crying more hard.
“Why.. What are you apologising for? You didn’t make any mistake.” Joel said, confused over what he was supposed to do.
“Yo.. you were injured.. injured because… because of.. me..” Nina said, still crying.
“No no no. I was injured because of my mistake.” Joel immediately replied, not knowing that this would be the reason why Nina was crying.
“No. You… were shot.. instead of me.” Nina said through her sobs.
“No. I was injured because of my mistake. I wasn’t able to dodge it properly. And this is not even painful. Why are you crying?” Joel said, trying to console her.
But Nina just kept crying, not knowing that the man sitting beside her was already used to these gunshots and wounds, treating them like nothing.
She was still crying when she felt Joel place his hand over her head, before bending a little, so that he was on her level.
Joel was about to speak, when his phone rang, showing a call from Jack.
Joel looked back at Nina’s tear stained face, taking out a handkerchief from his pocket and extending it towards Nina while accepting the call.
Nina was a little shocked, before taking the handkerchief and wiping her tears away.
On the other hand, Jack informed Joel about their condition, even telling him that Kizy’s helicopter had blasted but Kizy and Aaron had escaped.
With that, Joel rushed the driver to speed past for the airport even more.
But by the time they reached the airport, Joel received another call from Jack, telling how they had found an unconscious Kizy.
Thus both Joel and Nina stopped and returned back to the city, thankful but worried at the same time.
*THREE DAYS AGO, A BUILDING, C CITY*
Jason and his team had returned cheerfully, finishing their first mission of the year successfully.
They dropped their bags, relaxing on chairs and sofas.
“Finally we are back!” Rose exclaimed.
“I almost thought we were going to lose it, but fortunately at the last moment, the man fell into our trap!!” Harry said with a grin.
“I have received three missed calls from Diamond. Anyone else received her calls?” Jason said while entering the room after freshening up, scrolling through his phone, as his usual habit.
“Wait, let me check.” Rose said, while all three of them got up, checking their cell phones.
And similarly all of them had received calls from Kizy.
“I have received one call from second sister.” Harry said, happy that Kizy still remembered him.
“Me too.” Victor replied.
“Me as well.” Rose replied, her tone serious.
“Why do you sound so dull? She must have called to wish all of us a happy new year!” Harry said, his voice full of excitement.
“No. She would have tried calling only one member to wish, knowing we never leave each other. Since she tried calling all of us, it only means that she was confirming whether we are on a mission or not. Maybe she needs something.” Rose said, while Victor nodded, agreeing with her.
“Let me call her back.” Jason said, trying Kizy’s phone.
But even after trying five or six times, Kizy didn’t pick her call up, making Jason worried.
Because exactly at this time, Kizy was already on the private jet, going towards C city as the professor had asked her and Markus.
‘Diamond always picks her phone. Is she facing some problem?’ Jason thought to himself.
“First sister look at this!!” Suddenly Harry exclaimed, gaining the attention of all the members.
With that he showed his laptop to all the members, its screen only filled with news related to Markus and his company.
“He is such a cheat! I am going to ki|| him for cheating on my second sister.” Harry said, his tone furious.
Afterall he loved Rose and Kizy a lot. How could he take it lying down, that a person that his sister has married cheated upon her?
“This isn’t as simple as that.” Victor said, his tone grave.
“Professor?” Rose asked, while Jason immediately ran towards the control room.
He contacted his intelligence team, and even did half of the hacking, finally managing to trace the call between Kizy and the unknown man who had called her from Nina’s phone.
But by the time he found out the entire truth, it was already too late, with Kizy and Markus entering Aaron’s base.
He had also found out about how Mary, Nina and Evie were kidnapped and who all were sent by Markus and Kizy to save all of them.
“$h|t $h|t $h|t!! I should have known this. Professor had been laying low for a rather long time. I shouldn’t have accepted this mission at such a wrong time!!” Jason said, furious at himself for not remembering these minor details related to Kizy.
“Jason, you don’t have to blame yourself. We all are responsible for this. For now, let’s think about saving them.” Rose said, worried about Kizy and Markus.
“Yeah. Victor, you do one thing. I guess that orphanage isn’t far from our place. You go and rescue that little girl. Diamond dotes on her a lot. If anything happens to that child, she will never forgive herself.” Jason said, planning for the rescue immediately.
“Okay.” With that, Victor, who hadn’t even rested properly after returning, prepared his bag and left without any questions.
“Markus had sent Joel and his team A to rescue her friend, while they had sent Lucas and other men from grandpa’s team to save Markus’s mother.
Though all of them are not as capable as the professor’s men, they have their own battle experiences, and I believe they would be able to rescue Diamond’s friend and Markus’s mom.
Thus I want both of you to get ready and accompany me. We will be leaving for Aaron’s base in exactly five minutes.
Also Rose, you will remain in contact with the intelligence, and ask them to search for Diamond’s location and update us continuously about it.” Jason said before pausing and taking a deep breath.
“Harry, you will hack through all the nearby cameras. Though it is difficult to hack the security line by the professor’s man, I believe you can do it.” Jason said while Harry nodded.
With the basic plan ready, all of them left for Aaron’s base, rushing even more after receiving the update that Aaron had already climbed inside the helicopter, leaving with Kizy.
By the time they reached, Kizy had already been severely injured, beyond the level Rose, Harry or even Jason could have imagined.
Thus as soon as Jason had shot the last man down, he immediately hugged Kizy, cursing himself for not being able to protect the only woman he had feelings for.
But the next moment, these feelings were replaced by something weird, making him feel sad instead of his regret or guilt.