Chapter 24 :
Axel winced at the throbbing pain in the back of his head. He felt something wet trailing from his hairline into his eyes.
'This shit hurts like a motherfucker,' he thought as he tried to move his hands. His hands felt stuck. Axel felt his heart jumped a bit, he couldn't feel his hands, he tried moving it for the second time and the results came out the same.
He suddenly had difficulty breathing and quickly opened his eyes. His vision was a little disorientated for the first minute and his ear had this annoying ringing that seems to chip in and out from time to time.
'Why am I here? And why does this place reeks of gas?' thought Axel while trying to free his legs? He wasn't entirely sure. The only thing he was sure about was him waking up with a massive headache in this unknown place.
He could feel what little energy he had depleting. Black spots crowded his vision, and he could no longer support the heavy feeling of his lids. His last thought before he went unconscious was, 'I love you and our kids Tori.'
Walking out from the ice-cream shop was no other than the stranger. He took a bite from his drumstick and walked with a slight bounce in the accident's direction. Although the stranger still had a feeling of disappointment running through his body.
He was still excited that the results were still in their favor. The stranger had his suspicions on whom could've caused this. He decided that he would keep his suspicions to himself for the time being that'll be until he was entirely sure on whom the culprit was.
The stranger tried to force himself to have a bit of remorse; he wanted to at least have the feeling of this scene. The stranger observed that the car different from its original way. The wheels were facing the air and-
"Ahh... this would've been fucking cool to see in person, I'll maybe take a picture of the scene with it right now," he mused and took his phone from his pocket.
The stranger snapped a picture of the scene with him in there and immediately went back to his assigned task.
Two minutes later the stranger fell asleep on the ground with his back resting on the car. He fell asleep without checking if there were any injured recipients from the accident because he thought the emergency squad came by and did that already.
The stranger woke up when he smelt the scent of gasoline. He then groaned while attempting to stand, but slipped and went back on the floor.
'Where did the water come from,' he thought and brought his wet hand to his line of vision? Blood coated his hand and had the scent of gasoline?
'Why is there blood?..... SHIT!' he thought as he jumped up quickly, almost falling on his face.
The stranger hurriedly went and opened one door and tried to open it, but it was jammed. He then sprinted to the other side and pulled the door it was easy to open than the other side.
The first thing the stranger saw was a pale-looking hand that seemed to be tangled up in the seat belt and on further inspection of the arm. He found out, then realized that the guy's arm was crushed badly, and that guy was no other than Axel.
Axel seems to do fine based on his breathing and his mumbling of Victoria's name every single time. The other guy, which he could only assume was the president. The President's face was disfigured badly and by the looks of it, it seemed like the lost an eye.
The stranger picked Axel up in his arm and rushed towards the sign that he saw earlier when he was visiting the scene and did the same to the president.
'This seems like a suitable distance out of harm's way... if that car explodes,' thought the stranger as he observed the distance between them and the leaking car.
Sighing, the stranger place both hands on his hips and mumbled, "So the only thing I have left to do, is to call the boss."
His hands wandered towards his side pockets in search of his phone but felt nothing, and he immediately knew that he had forgotten his phone amid moving the two men that were currently laying unconscious beside his foot.
Raising head towards the sky, the stranger said a plethora of curses that cannot be mentioned again and queried in a loud voice with his arms held in the air, "Why do you all fuck me over?!... Mom, it's getting freaking annoying!...love you?!"
'God, I sound like an idiot right now. Who the hell goes for a phone that's within the reach of a time ticking bomb?... Well, me, of course, who else?' thought the stranger while scurrying back to the scene.
The stranger found his phone and got furious with what he saw on the way back. To the east of the damaged car, about ten feet away, was his boss's 'favorite' squad, the emergency squad.
The members of the emergency squad were drinking a lot of alcohol laughing and joking, If it was not enough that they were both late on drinking on a mission wasn't enough for them they did something that every member in E. A. S. O knew not to do.
They said his name and mock him.
The stranger had originally planned to go by the saying, 'See and Blind, Hear and Deaf' and walk away when he saw them breaking two of the most important rule in E.A.S.O.
He was currently holding the captain of the emergency squad in a chokehold for what he said and threatened the captain in a low but deadly voice, "Leave my name the fuck out of your mouth... Wouldn't want the boss to know about you and your 'perfect' little squad failure, don't we?" he asked and what the captain shaking his head while saying yes.
The stranger suddenly laughed and said, "OK, gotta go... See ya" and hurried back towards the two unconscious bodies.