Chapter 5
Cold night, somewhere in Himalayan valley.
The round moon was hanging high and stars filled the sky.
Swish...swish...a group of people with advanced weapons was chasing a masked man.
"Assassin Deathkill, you can't run away anymore. Your true identity is not a secret anymore."
"Your lover Nia is in our custody and you need to come with us if you want to see her alive." said a man who was leading the pursuit group holding a gun pointed at a young man whose face is covered with a mask.
"Haahaaahaa....who would have thought that the world's best mercenary assassin codenamed Deathkill would have his identity leaked. Wait...what was your true name...yahhh Ron Boris... Ron, why don't you show your face to us?'' another person said.
The young masked man removes his mask and the appeared delicate face was handsome and young, but between his eyebrows, he had a bit of heroic spirit.
He was Ron Boris, the best mercenary assassin on Earth.
Nobody knew about his identity or his real face as it was always covered by a black mask.
Only the members of his mercenary group know about his identity but he trusted them all unconditionally.
Ron who was gasping for breath who appeared to be hurt and tired said "I don't know how you came to know my true identity but it doesn't matter anymore."
"I know you are after the antiquity world treasure that I found from the Chinese archaeological ruin. I don't have it along with me now, I have hidden it."
"I will exchange it with your boss under two conditions. First, hand over Nia and second, I want to know who betrayed me by leaking the information about me and the treasure" Ron responded and a faint smile still hung on his face.
No one knew what he was thinking in his mind.
"Fine, we will exchange the treasure as per your conditions tomorrow at the valley town" the leader waved his hand and the team moved out.
"Wait. I need about five days since it is hidden far away" replied Ron.
"Fine. Five days from now at the valley town" There was a shout from the direction of the disappearing group.
Ron moved towards a nearby tree and sat beneath it. He raised his head and looked at the sky.
He thought to himself " How did they know and who was it that betrayed me?....Who is their boss?".
He thought about that day where he got two things from the ruins.
There was a small vase made of unknown material obtained from a hidden destroyed room and a pearl with a particular design inside a large broken meteor from the ruin site.
It appears that the cause of the destruction of structures and surroundings was a meteor crash containing the pearl.
Ron looked at the pearl pendant hanging upon his neck and observes the design on it. The design appears to be a bird. It was a black phoenix design.
Ron's eyes were shining and were attracted to the pearl on the pendant.
He loved the pearl which he fixed onto the pendant a few days back and thus hanged it upon his neck.
He didn't know why but he always felt that the pearl was more precious than the vase.
None from his mercenary group knows that he obtained a pearl. Others know only about the antiquity vase.
He never shared about obtaining the pearl with anyone, not even to his lover Nia.
He was planning to surprise Nia and propose to her with the phoenix pendant and a wedding ring.
" Nia is my life... I must do everything to save her. Maybe I should truly exchange her with the vase. I can find such treasures in the future but not at the cost of her life."
" But I will never forgive that traitor, I must kill that person ....None should dare to even think of betraying me again" Stretching hands and legs, Ron roared in his mind and started treating his injuries.
Five days later, at Valley town.
Ron was sitting and having coffee in a coffee shop with a big suitcase placed beside him, waiting for those chasing group to come and contact him.
Later, a group of people approached him lead by the same person who led the chase a few days back.
"Fool, you carried the case along with you. Now, we have no use of you since we can kill you and take away the vase." said the leader as he raised the gun.
"Idiot, do I look like a fool to you? I placed a bomb along with the vase inside this suitcase and the bomb can only be diffused by the right number code"
"After the exchange, I will give you the code" Ron who drinking the coffee said.
The leader had an ugly expression on his face.
After a few moments of thinking, he said "Come with us. We can't exchange in public and our boss wants to meet you too".
Ron followed them and started travelling in a car.
After travelling for an hour, they reached a dilapidated building. They entered the building.
Ron could see a lot of guards in the building. After entering a hall, he could see a woman tied to a chair.
Yes, it was her. Nia saw Ron walking towards her.
She started crying and was trying to say something but it was unclear since her mouth was stuffed with cloth.
Watching Nia in such a situation made his heart hurt.
As he was trying to approach Nia, he was stopped. Then he saw a man in a suit approaching him.
'He must be their boss' thought Ron.
"Wow... a pair of lovers .... so romantic but I don't have time for this crap. Ron, give me the treasure as well as the code for diffusing the bomb and you can take her away." The boss said.
"Release her first" replied Ron looking at Nia.
The Boss nodded and one of his goon released her. Nia ran towards Ron and hugged him.
" Now your turn Ron" the boss moved towards the chair Nia was tied and sat on it.
" You haven't completed the second condition. I want to know who betrayed me" Ron said while holding hands with Nia.
The boss was getting annoyed " It was one of your mercenary members but I won't give a name".
Ron was clenching his fist but felt uncomfortable. He felt that boss was most probably lying.
" Since you didn't give me a name, then let me do something and don't stop me. I am going to let Nia leave but I will stay. I will only give code after she leaves" said Ron as he approached the vehicles.
Ron then took his gun and shot tires of all vehicles present there except one vehicle.
Observing this, everyone took out their guns and pointed at Ron.
"Nia, take this vehicle and escape. Try to leave the country, hide at our woodhouse in Finland. I will meet you thereafter my escape" Ron whispered into Nia's ears secretly.
Nia nodded while crying, hugged and kissed him on his lips, took the car and left.
Ron after watching Nia leave turned back to the boss.
"Give me the code now, Ron" boss was getting impatient and angrier by each moment.
Ron kept his hand inside his pocket, looked at the suitcase placed at a distance and he murmured to himself "What a waste of treasure, such a treasure is getting destroyed makes me aching".
He pressed the button on the remote placed inside his pocket.
Booooooommmm
The bomb was detonated. It was never a number coded bomb but instead a remote controlled one.
Ron after seeing many goons killed and others injured started shooting. Soon, There was a shootout going on.
Ron jumped to his side and hid behind a car and continued shooting. Many died.
The pursuit leader who brought Ron to the building moved silently towards the car Ron was hiding behind, carrying his gun.
Due to a short moment of silence, Ron felt something wrong. He felt uncomfortable.
He felt danger and his instincts told him someone approaching ghostly, so he turned to look in all directions.
He looked into a side-view mirror of a vehicle and saw the leader moving closer. He moved quickly and used his martial arts and attacked the pursuit leader.
The leader didn't even have time to fight as he was kicked in the stomach and his neck was twisted.
He fell, his body twitched for a moment and then stopped moving permanently as he was dead.
Ron was shooting and was approaching the boss who was running towards a room.
Ron moved quickly and was also using close combat to kill the injured goons who were blocking him.
Finally, all the goons were killed but he too was injured. He was hit by bullets and blood was flowing.
One of his hand was crippled too and couldn't move it anymore.
He finally reached the room where the boss was hiding. He picked a gun lying on the floor and entered the room.
He saw the boss. Both of them were pointing guns at each other.
Ron looked at the boss who was anxious and asked " Tell me who betrayed me. Give me the name".
The boss who was worrying and looked despaired suddenly had a change of expression. At the same moment, Ron felt his instincts warning him but it was too late.
He heard gunshots, his body trembled and the gun in his hand fell. He was shot from behind.
He turned but he was shocked to find the person who shot him but he felt completely blank after looking at the person who shot him.