The night is cold, so is the eyes of the stranger walking beside Gabi.
They haven't uttered a single word since left her home.
Destination unknown.
On the left side of the road, there is a series of small shops.
Ryan headed towards one of them, Gabi just followed.
It isn't like that she has other options.
Because her left arm is currently handcuffed with Ryan's right arm.
He stopped Infront of a coffee shop.
Shutters closed.
He pulled out his axe with his left hand and started to smashed locks on the shutter.
Just like he smashed Gabi's door.
This created an insane amount of noise in this seemingly quiet as hell Street.
He pulled up the shutter and they went in.
It's dark inside.
And just as cold as in the streets.
They sat near the exit so that Ryan can look outside.
He looked outside.
As if he is waiting for something or someone.
Gabi can see her apartment from here.
After a long quiet pause, she finally decided to break the silence.
Gabi:- So, what now?
No answer.
Gabi:- Excuse me, hello!
No answer.
He seems focused looking at something outside, isn't saying anything though.
Gabi:- Where is my dad? Will he come?
No answer.
After a prolonged silence, she tried once again.
Gabi:- Why did you kidnap me? What do you want?
Ryan:- You know, it's my Birthday today.
He finally answered.
Gabi got confused, how's that even related to her question?
Gabi:- Is that why you kidnapped me? Because of your birthday?
He looked at her in the eye and said,
Ryan:- You should at least wish me a happy birthday.
Since there's no one else to do that right now.
Gabi:- Wow that's what you want? Happy birthday Mr. . .Ryan or whatever. Can I go now?
He smiled and turned his gaze outside again.
Ryan:- We should celebrate, let's get cup of coffee..
He got up, along with her. Walked towards the counter to look for ingredients.
Gabi :- Why are you doing this?
Ryan:- As I said, we should celebrate for my birthday. We can't get anything other than coffee though.
He turns on the coffee machine fills two cups.
Gabi:- I meant why did you kidnap me? What did I do?
Ryan:- Oh you did nothing wrong.
Gabi:- So then why?
Ryan:- You will get that answer very soon.
H offered one cup to her.
She refused.
Ryan :- Drink up, its going to be a long night.
A chilling sensation goes down her spine.
What will happen tonight?
Will these gang people torture her or anything?
I mean what did she even do?
She wanted to ask so many things but knows that her question will probably be unanswered for now.
Let's see what happens.
She just took the cup and they sat back down.
They sipped coffee for a while until something was seen moving outside.
Ryan immediately put his coffee down and stood up, went towards the door.
They can clearly see what's going on outside.
A few dark figures are seen moving outside in the street heading towards the Gabi's home.
Why has her home become the centre of all strangers' attention?
They went inside the lobby and vanished for a while.
After a while, to Gabi's horror, her apartment's light turned on.
A few people are seen wandering inside.
They were looking for Gabi, no wonder.
A few moments later the lights went off.
But now the lights on her next door neighbor's turned on.
Gabi panicked, that's Mrs Boris' condo!
Those manics are asking her about Gabi now.
Poor Mrs Boris.
What a lovely person she was.
Who knows what they will do.
For a while they don't notice anything from the condo.
And then suddenly, a loud noise tears up the silence.
BANG!
A gunshot sound!
They shot Mrs Boris!
Gabi tried to rush outside by stopped by Ryan's left hand.
Ryan:- Stop! They will kill you!
Gabi:- Why?! Why did they do that to her?!
Ryan:- Calm down, there's no use crying, they will come out looking for you now.
Gabi:- How can I calm down after this?
Tears start forming on her eyes.
Ryan:- You will get used to it after this night is over.
Saying that Ryan pulled out a gun from his left holster.
All this time Gabi didn't see him pull out a gun, this is new.
With his right hand, he stabilised his guns focusing on the exit.
He stood there steady. The strangers came out on the street.
Each of them were carrying guns in their hands, headed straight towards the coffeeshop.
Someone told them where they went.
Ryan doesn't shoot, he kept his focus steady, even when it's absurd where these bunch of killers are headed.
They probably got the information from anyone who saw them breaking and entering the coffee shop.
The gunmen were crossed the road with speed. Ryan turned of safety catch of his gun and said,
Ryan:- When I say go, run towards the counter and hide behind it. Got that?
Gabi nodded.
The gunmen are just a few metres away from the door.
Ryan shot his gun twice.
Shots were fired so fast that it's hard to tell if shot once or twice.
Gabi saw two gunman falling on the road.
Ryan :- GO!
Immediately they started running towards the counter.
Shots were fired from the enemy side as well.
The glass door broke to pieces.
The tables, chairs, lights started shattering everywhere.
Bullets everywhere.
Both of them jumped over the counter and hid behind it.
The gunmen got in a bad situation since they have no place to hide in the middle of street.
They can't even see where the bullets are coming from or who is shooting them.
All they did was guess.
Ryan actually did a pretty good job picking the hiding spot and shooting them at a place where they have nowhere to run.
Since they can't see shit, they are raining bullets on the store, creating a massacre inside.
The sound was so loud that Gabi had to cover her ears, she never had bullets shot at her.
This is whole new traumatic experience.
Her heart was beating so fast is fear for life that it feels as if it would burst.
They kept shooting on and on for straight couple of minutes.
The shop isn't recognisable anymore.
As if a huge tornado had massacred everything.
There is broken glass, broken furniture, coffee beans, bullets everywhere.
The bullet rain stopped suddenly.
Everything turned out to be as quiet as before.
But now it seemed for frightening.
Gabi:- Is it over?
Ryan:- Just getting started. That was warm-up.
A huge thud was head near the backdoor.
The gunmen seemed to change plans and come inside.
Just as some men entered the shop through the back door, some others came in through the front.
Clever approach, cornering the enemy from the both sides.
But not good enough.
Not right now.
Ryan has already been waiting for this, so just as they enter the shop, they face another crisis.
The gunmen were divided in half, 3 up front, 3 in the back.
Ryan shot multiple times at the front door.
The first bullet knocked someone out, right through the heart.
The gunmen were prepared, managed to point their gun back at him, and it was at that moment when he shot again.
This time it hit straight into someone's skull.
Second man down.
The doorway was small, so there's little space for the last gunman to move.
So he jumped to save his ass and fired back at Ryan twice.
One went over the counter, way over their heads, another hit the counter.
Ryan made another shot, didn't hit.
The gunmen was knocked because of the leap, since he landed on a big debris of broken glasses and broken furnitures.
But not completely down.
Ryan noticed that and took that opportunity to aim at him and shot.
Straight through the eye. Sent straight to hell...
The men through the back door already started shooting towards the counter.
The counter and the wall behind it started to get massacred.
Another session of raining bullets went for a while.
Gabi had to put her hands over her head to protect herself from falling debris.
Meanwhile, Ryan returned a few shot.
But it wasn't like before.
He didn't aim like a while ago, he is just guessing his enemies position and shooting without looking.
He reloaded his gun and threw the empty one on the floor.
And started shooting back again.
This time he actually could take a peak on where his enemies were.
They were hiding behind the staff room and shooting through.
If by any chance that staffroom door was closed, they can't see them anymore.
Ryan then turned to Gabi and said,
Ryan :- Reach under the register, you will find a shotgun.
Gabi:- How do you know?
Ryan:- It's "Liedermann's coffeehouse" right?
Gabi:- Yes but how did you kn-...
Ryan:- No time to answer just gimme the shotgun.
Gabi reached the register with her free hand, there was a shotgun there.
Ryan:- Give it to me.
She did.
Ryan checked the bullets of the shotgun and looked at Gabi, and said
Ryan :- When I say 'go' this time you will hide behind me and get as low as possible and run towards the entrance.
Gabi:- What if they shoot?
Ryan:- They can't. Do as I say if you want to live OK?
Gabi nodded. Not because she trust's him, but because that's her only option.
Ryan steadied the shotgun towards the doorway. The gunmen are still shooting.
BANG!
First shotgun bullet fired.
BANG!
Second shot fired, there's suddenly a panic in the staff room. Not just because Ryan's shot hit someone but also because they figured out their opponent has a shotgun.
They have unlimited amount of sub-machine gun bullets but in small range nothing is as deadly as a shotgun.
Ryan :- GO!
Both of them got up, and Gabi hid behind him. Ryan kept shooting endlessly towards the staff room and slowly reaching towards the exit.
Since they got out from under the counter, Ryan got better angle for shooting.
His next shot finally hit one.
He went down crying with pain.
The last one hid behind the staff room door.
Gabi & Ryan rushed out of the shop wasting no time.
There were 2 dead bodies outside, first two of them who Ryan killed.
Gabi stood still in horror. This is her first time seeing a dead bodies after a shootout.
One of them had a wound on his forehead and a lot of blood came out of there.
Ryan pulled her hand and said
Ryan:- We have no time to waste, they are going to send back up.
They started running and kept running until they were out of breath.
They are now a mile away from the coffeeshop and her home.
There's a parking lot nearby.
Gabi:- What now?
Ryan didn't answer. They walked to the parking lot.
Stood in front of a small, maroon van and smashed the window with his axe.
Ryan:- Get in the car.
Gabi:- No! You are stealing this car. I'm not going into a stolen car.
Ryan:- We don't have time to argue.
Gabi:- I'm not doing this. If I have to walk then I'll walk.
Ryan:- It's my car.
Gabi :- Then why are you breaking and entering your car?
Ryan:- I had to lock it up for security reasons. I will show you its my car.
Gabi:- OK but how am I supposed to get in with handcuffs?
Ryan unlocked her handcuffs.
Ryan:- Get in now.
Gabi got in.
The inside of the car seemed much more colder than the outside.
Who knows how long this car have been parked here.
Ryan got in through the other door.
Under the mattress of the driving seat, and there was the key of the truck.
It really is his car.
He locked the doors just after getting in and handcuffed Gabi with the seat belt.
Gabi:- Is that really necessary?
Ryan:- I hope not.
He started driving east.
Gabi:- Who were these people?
Ryan:- Big Sam's men.
Gabi:- You mean the Falcon gang?
Ryan :- Yeah.
Gabi:- Why were they after me?
Ryan:- Make a guess.
Gabi sighed.
Gabi:- It's because of my dad right?
Ryan looked at her.
Her face looked pale.
She looked like drowned in sorrow.
Ryan:- You will be okay. They can't hurt you. That's why I'm here.
Gabi:- Did he side with you guys now? My dad? Is he one of you?
Ryan :- He didn't side with us. Nor is he one of us.
Gabi:- So then, he payed you?
Ryan:- Well, someone did. Yeah. In a way.
He has no transactions with her dad about money.
Nor did he meet her dad.
But yes, someone did contacted him for her safety.
Its complicated to explain why she got kidnapped by a gang member and her kidnapper saved her from a bunch of hit men without any deal of money.
It sure is complicated.
They kept silent for a while until she spoke up.
Gabi:- Thanks for saving me anyway.
Ryan:- You're welcome.
Ryan looked at her with.
She's not making eye contact and looking out the window.
With that same sorrow filled in her eyes.
He smiled, then went back focusing on the road.
Ryan:- Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
Meanwhile,
Lymington City
3:21 in the morning
The phone started ringing..
Even at this hour, the owner of the phone is wide awake.
He picked the phone,
"yes?"
Caller:- We lost them Don!
Don:- Both of them?
Caller:- Yes Don. Everyone from Oliver's team is dead except Marco. And he just called me and said that they lost her.
Don:- And what about Robert's nephew?
Caller:- He is the one who saved her Don! They ran away together!
Don:- Impossible! Why would he save her? Are you crazy?!
Caller:- I know Don! I didn't even believe when Marco called me and said that. But a few minutes ago I got a call from one of our guys from a mega shop and he said he saw them together.
Don Louis can't believe what he heard.
An axe gang member saving that girl.
Doesn't he know who's daughter she is?
Caller:- What do we do Don?
Don Louise:- Call all our men and tell them, kill on sight. Send your men to patrol tonight. Call the police if you have to. I don't care what it takes, but I need them dead by tonight!