Gray focused back on his current situation. If he did not make it out of here alive, Sato would be in deep trouble too. Looking at his surrounding, Gray pinpointed down the locations of the terrorists. There were a total of 8 gunman, 4 were perched on the roofs of nearby buildings, the other 4 were hiding and blending into the environment.
Gray took action. He threw a medium sized rock into the bushes. It made a crunch sound. The noise attract the shootings of the gunmans. Gray stealthily exited the other way, making it behind one of the enemy. With quick movements, he snapped the neck of the gunman, ending his life immediately.
The quiet assassination did not alarm the enemies, giving Gray time to grab the semi auto rifle and the other equipments on the dead person. Afterwards, he approached the roof top gunners. After 5 minutes, the enemy has noticed some awry about the situation. Their target was too quiet.
"Be careful!" The leader of the gunman shouted out, but it was too late. Gunshots was heard near the roof tops. The 3 gunners were caught off guard and killed. "Shit!"
There was only one gunner left on the roof top. He hid in the shadows, fearful for his life. He knew that if he were to encounter Gray right now, he would 100 percent be dead.
Gray didnt pay much attention to the last rooftop man. He observed through his infrared scope, looking for the 3 gunman on the ground. He managed to spot 2 of them sticking closely together, while the loner was crouching behind a window.
Noting down the enemy's position, Gray quietly sneaked down the building he was on, before moving to the building that the loner was in. As Gray entered, the loner caught on to his movement and notified his team that was hiding. The enemy quickly aggregated around the building, surrounding Gray's perimeter.
"It's time for the infamous special ops soldier to die!" The enemy that was in the building with Gray shouted out arrogantly.
Gray did not respond to his provocation as he stayed low in the building. The solo enemy shot his rifle in random directions, in hopes of scaring Gray.
"What happened now? Too scared to leave your shell?" A male voice echoed through the abandoned shopping mall.
The leader of the squad signalled for everyone to start closing in from all directions. They were to check for any loopholes that Gray could use. The whole process took 10 minutes, with Gray hiding in the center, trying to think of a way out.
On Gray, there was two grenades and a knife that could potentially be put to good use. Except, there wasnt any potentially good cover around him. The grenade he had was a high pressure shrapnel grenade that could even pierce through a few inches of concrete. He needed something strong enough to protect him. It was then, he thought of a plan.
As the enemies approached Gray, the trio was about to meet up with the one gunner soon. It was now or never. Before the gunner could gather up with his group, Gray jumped over the counter desk of the reception area. He lunged himself at the solo gunner. Unprepared, the enemy was shocked as he soon dies from a slice in the throat.
The loud commotion resulted in the enemies to run at Gray. They wanted to seize the opportunity now to kill him as he was occupied. However, it was all for naught.
"Click!" The enemies ran past a metal wiring on the floor, pulling off the safety pins on the grenades. It released the valves on the grenades, dropping them on the floor.
"Grenade! Watch..." The captain warned.
"Boooooommmmm!" The ground shocked and trembled as hundreds of thousands of shrapnels shot in all directions.
The three enemies that were nearest to the grenades, stood no chance. They were penetrated all over their body, instantly killing laid on the grounde unmovingly too. He only got up after pushing away the enemy's dead body that covered him.
His plan was to use one of the enemy's body to block the brunt of the shrapnels. A human body is 4 times tougher than concrete. Gray knew about this and decided to use it to his advantage.
"Argh!" Gray tried to stand up, only to find out that his ankle had actually been pierced through too. Gritting his teeth, he pulled it out and tied a piece of cloth around his ankle to stood the bleeding.
"Sato!" Gray moved outside, getting on his car and driving off in the general direction that Sato did. The car eventually came to a stop by the river. Sato's car had crashed and was sent into the raging river below. There was no sign of the enemy. Gray's eyes lost it's colour. Did Sato die?
No! Gray ran down to the river bank. Even though his leg hurt and bled, he didn't care for his circumstances. He needed confirmation that Sato was truely gone from this world. Trudging down the banks for over 5 kilometres, Gray was soon going to give up. Sato was no where to be seen.
It was then, two figures could seen lying on the ground on the opposite side of the river.
"Sato... Sato..." Gray immediately walked through the fast moving water. There were at times when he trips slightly and was almost washed away by the water. Yet, his eyes never left sight of Sato. His one and only Sato.
Gray eventually made it to the other side. Looking at the driver, he had already bled out from a gun shot wound. Sato on the other hand, was bleeding slightly from his head, but was still alive.
Gray tied a piece of cloth around Sato's head as he carried him up in his arms and walked back to the bridge. He didn't have a working phone on him and so he had to make it back before Sato's conditions get any worse.
He looked at Sato's pale and cold body. Gray hugged him tighter, trying to give him as much of his warmth as possible. You will make it through this, Sato, I promise!
For Sato, Gray neglected his wounds and injuries. For Sato, Gray could do anything. For Sato, Gray is willing to take all of Sato's pain away from him.