LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT - SEASON 2 CHAPTER 43
She was startled when her phone suddenly rang. She answered immediately and almost burst into tears when she heard Zach’s voice on the other line.
“Oh God… Thank you, you are safe…” she burst out crying…
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Zach and his team were later than usual because of some dealings that they had to finalize in the underworld.
There was just one last thing to do and that would be the buy-and-bust operation, which was to be carried out by the joint forces of the Special Ops of the Military and the Anti-Narcotics Police squad.
This operation was the finale of their mission, in which they would capture Old Man’s Skull’s group, together with Mr. Big, while they were entrapped in the middle of a huge drug deal. This drug bust would provide the law enforcers with a very clear evidence which would unquestionably get the criminals a life sentence or even a death penalty…
Ryu would be left out of this operation because of his civilian status. It would be enacted directly by Zach’s team under his command. It was not an easy operation as they were aware of the interweaving web of corruption at the top of the government which was directly connected with the people from the underworld.
Zach looked at Ryu who was fidgeting anxiously as he was in a hurry to attend Arya’s grand banquet that would be held that night.
He laughed seeing Ryu’s edgy state as the latter kept looking at his wrist watch.
“Don’t worry, you will reach there soon… at least before the event ends…” he remarked in jest that made the group laugh.
“Hmm, so our Hawk here could also be afraid, eh…? I mean, he had never shown fear all those times we had to face off against those notorious gangsters in the underworld for our mission. But now look at him, so nervous at the thought of his shining star wife getting disappointed if he missed her grand event…” said Snake, teasing him more.
Ryu massaged his nape and smiled with embarrassment because Snake had definitely hit the right spot. It was true that he was not afraid of anyone but Arya.
When Zach and his team was about to drop Ryu off at their safe house, Ryu’s phone beeped.
“f-__-k!” Zach heard Ryu curse as he quickly instructed Torin to follow Arya’s tracking device. He started to make a call to everyone who could immediately go to Arya’s rescue.
Ryu looked so uptight and overwrought inside their van. Zach instructed Dumbo to drive at the highest speed. It is imperative that they reach there in time…
He understood Ryu’s feeling very well…
Nothing was scarier than losing the one you love without being able to do a thing to prevent it yourself.
After a few minutes, Zach received a call and it was from Mr. Big.
“He wanted to finish the deal now. We have to go back… Call the Military Base and inform them that we will bring Mr. Big down tonight,” Zach instructed and looked at Ryu who understood the situation and called his men to pick him up halfway.
“But it’s all too sudden… We’re not prepared enough!” commented Torin.
Zach sighed as he explained, “Yeah I know but we don’t have a choice… After tonight’s incident, it would be hard to get another opportunity.”
The underworld would indeed be greatly alarmed after tonight’s incident. Their existence was broadcast widely and that was probably why Mr. Big wanted their deal to be done and closed as quickly as possible, much earlier than initially planned.
“Call everyone and get the men ready…” instructed Zach with a straight face and his team immediately followed his order.
They then dropped Ryu off at the roadside where his men were already there waiting for him.
“That what was one hell of a move by Ryu’s wife,” Snake commented as soon as they dropped Ryu off .
Torin was still watching the live telecast when he suddenly blurted out, “Oh $h|t, Bro! Keira is there too!”
Zach’s face darkened as soon as he heard that and quickly snatched the tablet which Torin and Snake were using to watch the live scene. It was Keira who was reporting live from a moving vehicle in the middle of a car chase with an armed van.
He heard multiple gunshots during her report and he was cursing out loud as he quickly dialed Keira’s number but it couldn’t go through.
Yes, she was wearing a bulletproof vest but d@mn her head was not protected from stray bullets!
He called his father-in-law to inform the situation regarding Keira. “Yes, don’t worry about it, Son. Focus on your thing, I’ll take care of the situation and ensure Keira’s safety.”
Zach monitored everything via the live telecast. But it was not enough. So he instructed his first team to move ahead without him and he would follow. He and Torin headed towards the scene.
He was worried sick and wanted to go to where Keira was as quickly as possible. He kept on shouting, “Drive faster, Torin!”
Many roads were already blocked… and it made Zach curse. After almost an hour he let out a long deep sigh when finally Keira answered the phone.
“Oh God… Thank you, you are safe…” Keira burst out crying…
“Are you alright? Get out from that scene, now!” Zach hissed from the other line.
“Yes, I am fine… We… we are heading back to the headquarters now. Luke took over at the scene… Did you watch what happened? There were policemen all over, how could that happen? Oh God, It was so tragic.. Where are you now? Please come home…” She was stuttering in fright and still half sobbing, as she still couldn’t believe what had just transpired a while ago and was extremely relieved to hear Zach’s voice on the phone.
“Don’t think too much. Head home now. Please avoid reporting from dangerous scenes or places like that, Keira! You will ki|| me if that happens again! Wait for me at home. I will be there soon. We will finish off Mr. Big soon. I love you…” Zach said before he ended the call.
Keira was still feeling weak as she instructed their driver to drop her off at her condo building instead of the office.
When Keira was already in their building, she went directly to Zach’s unit to wait for his arrival. She was still worried so she called her dad to implore him not to send Zach on a dangerous mission anymore…
Zach was a soldier, and he had been a soldier for as long as she knew him. A soldier’s allegiance lay not only to his beloved ones, but first and foremost, to his country and the people of his country.
She had fallen in love with a soldier. And having one as a father, she had always known what she was getting into when she decided to pursue Zach to be her man.
She knew she was being selfish when she demanded her dad to comply with her request. But she didn’t care. She really did not want to see anything like that happen to Zach. She couldn’t bear the thought of Zach getting shot at or hurt during a mission.
Keira cried as she kept on praying for the safety of her husband. “Please return home soon…” she mumbled before she dozed off to sleep.
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“Go get Thea now!!!” shouted Mr. Big to his men as he prepared to go to the dock. He needed to leave the country as soon as possible because of that moron, Old Man Skull. He couldn’t afford for his name to be connected to him. He would have to lay low for some time.
“Boss, we don’t have enough time to clear everything out of our hideouts,” said Draco, his right-hand man.
“Fu*ck! Fu*ck!” cursed Mr. Big as he exploded in rage, “Just destroy everything! Make sure there will be no traces!”
Mr. Big’s men quickly dispersed to clean out everything from their hideouts, while he called Wolf to close the deal tonight, because the sum of money that he would gain from the transaction was just too big to miss out on. He must get that money.
Inside the car he did not stop cursing as he watched everything live from the telecast. “Idiot! What a Numbskull!” He already instructed his men to do what was needed; to clean out everything that was related to that cretin, Old Man Skull, and that included the Old Man Skull himself. That mouth of his needed to be silenced for good before he could talk and pull him down with him.
He switched to another car that would head to the dock, where a speedboat would bring him to the ship, where he would conduct the transaction with Wolf and Hawk’s group.
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Thea was still at the office when her phone rang. She couldn’t help but tremble upon seeing who was calling. It was Leon. She knew Leon would go into hiding after what had just happened that night.
“Chin…” she mumbled almost crying because she did not know what to do. She stayed inside the newsroom as she tried to gather herself and keep her mind calm to think of what she should do.
Jeru promised that he would let Chin return to her tonight. She turned off her phone and quickly searched for Jeru’s card that he had left her.
“Thea, aren’t you going home?” it was Director Holmes who was the second-to-last person apart from her that was still inside the newsroom. He was just about to go home when he saw Thea was still sitting at her desk. “Are you alright?” he asked when he noticed Thea’s ashen face.
“Yes, I will head home soon. Just waiting for my pick-up,” Thea replied as she forced a smile.
As soon as she found Jeru’s card, she quickly dialed his number from the office’s landline.
“Hello, Jeru…? Chin and I… We need to leave soon. Leon… He has sent men to collect me…” said Thea stutteringly.
“Stay inside, we are almost there… I have already alarmed the security team to go to you,” said Jeru.
Despite Jeru’s reassurance, she was still feeling uneasy. She knew how capable Leon was after having witnessed everything that he had done during the long years that they were together. At this time of hour, when there would only be a limited amount of people around their building, she was sure that Leon would easily have his men inside.
She looked around for things she could use to defend herself. But the newsroom was filled with nothing but papers. And the only thing she could find that was remotely resembling a weapon, was a small scissor.
Thea cursed as she stared at the scissor because she knew herself all too well. The mere sight of blood would make her faint. That was Leon’s method to torture her… He would force her to watch the many gruesome ki||ings that he would do to a person like it was nothing, and without showing any emotion nor remorse. He would do this so often, and every time it happened, Thea would always faint, again and again, at the horrid scene that was violently presented before her. And before fainting, she would always hear his evil and hideous laughter as if his darkness would soon engulf her whole.
How could she use that scissor? Just the thought of her stabbing someone with it frightened her. Then she remembered about the pepper spray that she usually carried inside her bag.
“Oh God,” she whimpered as her hands trembled heavily searching for it inside her bag. She jumped to her feet, when she heard the door open.
She moved to run towards the entrance at the thought that it would be the security that Jeru had sent her way. But she soon gasped in fear as her eyes widened and her body weakened when she saw who it was at the entrance.
“Hello, Madam, long time no see… Did you miss me?” greeted Draco while locking one of the building’s security guys in one of his arms, as he smiled smugly at Thea.
Draco was the last man whom Thea would want to see. He’s a despicable man who had done a lot of horrible and criminal things.
He would frighten her so much that she would always almost pee in her pants whenever she saw him. Her body trembled as her hands held a chair in front of her for support, before her knees would give out.
“Are you going to come with me without making a fuss? Or maybe I should just do it my way like I used to? Oh, but how I missed your fearful look, Madam, so let’s just do it my way, okay?” said Draco with a foul laugh and before Thea could close her eyes, Draco already slashed the neck of the man that he was holding in front of her.
The blood gushing out from the man’s neck was the last thing she remembered seeing before she fainted and fell on the floor.
“Go pick up that ?îtçh and hurry!” Draco instructed his men as they moved in haste towards the parking lot. He had also ordered them to call for their usual clean-up team who would wipe away all of the mess they had caused to make it look like nothing had ever happened.
Meanwhile, Jeru finally arrived as he saw some men going out from the exit door with a woman carried like a sack of grain. He quickly went out of his car to see that it was Thea, and she was unconscious.
He was alone. His men were with Chin, in a separate car who was also heading to the Cooper’s Network building. He ran towards Thea and shouted, “Put her down!” before his fist landed on the jaw of the man who was holding her.
Draco’s men immediately attacked back, and Jeru fought them fiercely one by one. Draco made a neck cracking sound as he watched Jeru fought.
The man was obviously a professional fighter. He grinned as excitement rushed through his veins. He walked towards Jeru and signaled his men to leave with Thea.
“How about you give me your best shot!” Draco shouted with a smirk. Jeru attacked him. He kicked him hard in the face that it seemed like Draco’s head would fly off.
Then Jeru hurriedly followed the man who had Thea. But Draco stood up as he spat out blood and teeth with a mocking grin. “Not bad,” he murmured as he rushed behind Jeru and made his attack.
Jeru was caught off guard as Draco knocked him down. Draco pulled his knife as he said grinning, “Ohhh, another blood… Too bad… I want to fight more but I need to end this soon…”