"I'm so sorry Anna" John said as he broke into tears
"There's nothing to be sorry for" We heard someone hijack the phone as Anna said this
"Wow, wow, wow. Isn't this interesting. Three people with their history tied to Genaid all in one place trying to play hero."
A strange voice said over the phone
"Mr Ralph" Anna whispered in shock
"Yes darling, you know I didn't think after everything I did for you and your father. You would turn your back on me. I'm your godfather sweetheart, whatever the misunderstanding is we can always clear it. Don't you think?"
The voice said again
"You bastard! I trusted you, my dad did and you killed him!" Anna shouted in rage over the phone
"It was for a greater good my darling. We had a bigger future ahead of us. Your father should have been at my right hand as we rise together to dominate the world. But no he chose to be foolish and play a hero just like you are doing right now with your little friends. I see it runs in the blood"
He chuckled
"I'll make sure you get punished for this Ralph! You won't get away with this you bastard!" Anna shouted again with tears in her eyes
Sarah and I just stood there in shock. We were both trying to get a hold of the situation. If Ralph went to John, it means he needed him to get to us. And he was the only one who could work with the formula to make the virus. But it was late already before we realized we had fallen into a trap.
"Thank you for your time dear goddaughter. You will be getting visitors anytime from now" he said mockingly as he hung up the call
"What does he mean by that?" Anna asked
"He made John speak in length to track our location. He was trying to buy time to make his boys get here as he was speaking to you. We need to run. Sarah clear the system. They must not find anything related to the formula" I said scrambling to pack our stuffs as quickly as I could.
Anna and Sarah also followed suit. They got to us before we could run. We were surrounded already. They were banging the door, ready to break it down. Anna brought out her pistol
"You guys should leave, I'll stall them. He can't kill me at least not yet. Just go with everything." Anna said pointing her pistol to the door. Sarah and I hesitated
"Just go! We will all be doomed if they get their hands on the file!" Anna shouted again
Sarah and I escaped through the window. We jumped the fence to the next building and kept running. Not knowing where we were headed we kept running aimlessly until we felt safe. We ran into a field and dropped on the floor breathing heavily.
"So,What now?" Sarah said under breath
"I have no idea" I said to her
I just couldn't think that moment. I was still shocked by how he got to John and how they were able to locate us in minutes. This man had so much resources at his disposal. He had men, he had technology. I had no idea how we were going to get ahead of this kind of man.
"We need to do something. Anna sacrificed herself. Only God knows where they will take her to. We can't just sit." Sarah said again
"I never said we were giving up" I said as I stood up from the ground
"We just need to come up with a better plan, this man isn't going to be easy to deal with. We will keep failing if we don't have a solid plan" I said again to Sarah
"But we need to get Anna out first. He won't let her go until he gets his hands on the file." Sarah said
"Did you put the tracker on her like I said the other time?" I asked again
I knew something like that could happened so I planned ahead. I had Sarah put a tracker on everyone. But I had instructed her not to tell Anna. She didn't look like someone who would want to be tracked
"I put it in one of her buttons when I helped her change her dressing" Sarah replied
"Good, let's find out where he's taking her first" I said again to Sarah
" We need to find somewhere to set things up"
I looked around and saw a barn from afar.
"I see a barn over there. Let's go there." I said to Sarah as I helped her get up
We walked to the barn. Thankfully no one was there.
"Okay, Anna where are you? Sarah said as she puts on the laptop
"I think he's taking her to Dr Thompson's lab. Oh God, what do you think he's going to do to her? Do you think he will torture her there? But she's a police officer he can't touch her right?"
Sarah bombarded me with questions I had no answer to. But one thing was sure, this man had no boundaries to what he could do. Whether to a police officer or a civilian. He would get rid of anyone who got in his way.
"We have two options right now. Try rescue Anna and risk the fact that we might get caught too or give the formula to him. That is the only way we can try saving Anna, at least we have to try." I said to Sarah
"If we try rescue Anna and we get caught, he will eventually get his hands on the formula. Either way he might end up getting it" Sarah replied
"What do we do? Do we try to rescue her or give him the virus and let millions of people die?"