"Oouuhh... Captain, he's a
Obidient. Come on pretty boy!" the toothless man jeered on while grabbing onto Leonidas' clothes and pulling him forward towards the front.
"Leonidas!"
"Leonidas No!"
The sounds of protest from Maya and Rosaline came from the front. They were being held like sacks of potatoes and whenever they struggled, the men would merely slap their asses and laugh menacingly to themselves.
Leonidas merely smiled to the girls unperturbed. The girls took it as him being brave and years fell down their cheeks for different reasons.
The captain clicked the radio communicator on his chest and spoke "alright boys we've got the package. And we got some goodies. Let's bounce."
"Yes sir" an indistinct voice rang from the communicator and immediately the captain exited the vehicle with the other armed men and their 'goodies' in tow.
The students could only watch and hold their breaths as the armed men separated and went into different vehicles, started their SUVs and then drove off. Some students were glad they weren't chosen. Some felt sumpathy for the others. But Most were glad to be alive.
Julian was one of these students. Although he could tell that he had lost a lot of credibility in his attempt to sell out Ryder, as Ryder wouldn't even look at him, he was happy that he wasn't chosen. And he was even happier now that they had chosen that piece of crap Leonidas. That psycho killer definitely managed to find his own kind.
Ms Anna stood up even though her legs were trembling and she tried to calm everyone by saying "Oukay people, ve a have to calm down. Can anybody call the police? Call anyone? If anyone is injured try to take care of them until we're back safe and sound. For now take care of each other. Just remember... We'll live."
Immediately years fell as she said this. On her face. On most of the students faces. They were so scared. Now it was over. They didn't even care anymore about those sacrifices.
Anna and a few teachers who could drive took control of the situation, and seeing that the keys to the busses were still in the ignition, they started the busses and drove back the way they came, not daring to stay in the wild for too long.
Meanwhile, Leonidas was now bound and gagged in the trunk of an SUV. Only one emotion dominated his being right now.
He was annoyed. Annoyed because he had been manhandled by a hillbilly. Annoyed because he could have blown their heads off but there were too many witnesses. Annoyed because he was dragged into something he really didn't want it be a part of.
When Leonidas saw Maya and Rosaline being taken, he wasn't really that affected. After all this had nothing to do with him. So what if they got killed. People die everyday. So what if they got raped. People's liberties and freedoms get taken away by those who have the power to take them. That's just life that's just what it means to be Human. It's natural selection.
So ofcourse he wasn't going to stop those bastards. Even though he was slightly intrigued by the Puzzle that was Rosaline, in the end that was all that it was... Intrigue. Even though he really liked the cool temperement of Maya, that's all that it was.
At the end of the day, Leonidas was sure he'd definitely find some other puzzles out there to satisfy him. One thing people aren't is not replaceable.
But now that these idiots had dragged him into this, he was sure to make them pay. And he was now even working out angles to make these girls indebted to him as well. Especially our lovely little princess. Who knew when he'd need some blue blood backing in the future.
'I'm a disgusting human being... I know...' Leonidas thought to himself while weaving an *aircutter* array to cut his restrictions off. He was going to handle this as quickly as possible.
After cutting his restrictions off, he was now in the trunk of the SUV. He looked around but everything was dark and he couldn't help but regret the fact that he couldn't weave his tier 4 *Life Vision* array since his cultivation was too weak.
Leonidas weaved a *Spatial Stabilisation* array and targeted himself to the space in the trunk, then weaved a tier 2 *force application* array.
'Okay... Here we go'
He placed the source on the outside of the car and targetted the floor and immediately the SUV flipped towards the front and landed upside down. Because of its horizontal motion, the car slid forward for a few meters before coming to a stop.
Leonidas burst the inside wall of the trunk open, exposing the heads of two of the armed men. Leonidas didn't waste any time.
Leonidas weaved two tier 2 *Air bullet* arrays and fired them at the men, creating a wound that was as big as a bullet hole. Seeing this, the girl inside the car, who was taken from the other bus started screaming and flailing. Leonidas cursed inwardly and then used a tier 1 *Mind domination* array to make the girl fall asleep.
Silence.
In the other cars, the armed men were panicking.
"What the hell just happened?! Were we hit?" the captain said while sitting in vehicle Nr 1 withholding the panic in his voice. Whatever flipped the vehicle must have been big. If the opponents were carrying heavy machinery, then they really didn't have much in the way of options.
"No sir, I didn't hear any explosion" said another one of his men, who was currently in Vehicle 3. The vehicles were in a straight line, and Leonidas was in the middle vehicle when he flipped it over.
The men could hear screaming and then suddenly the screaming stopped.
"God damn it, Reaper, Folly do you copy?" said the captain in a panicked voice.
"..."
"Reaper, Folly, do you copy?!"
"..."
The captain grit his teeth at this point. He could only hope that they were unconscious and weren't dead.
"Everyone, take up positions. King I want you on 12. Drummer I want you on 6. Boom you're with me. Let's check out the boys."
"Yes sir."
And like that they left the vehicles and stood with their guns cocked and ready, alert at anything that might happen. The captain left the Vehicle Nr 1 and approached the car from the front while the striped man approached from behind. Their hands were holding their rifles in case anything was out of place.
Soon enough, the captain was close enough to see what happened. Before he could say anything a gunshot sounded.
*bang*
The captain fell headfirst on the floor with a bullet wound right between his eyes. The striped faced man panicked but before he could shoot two more gunshots sounded and his heart and head were pierced by bullets.
Silence. Apart from the screams in the other vehicles.
Leonidas quickly stepped out of the car towards the side and approached the back towards vehicle Nr 3.
"C-captain?!" said the toothless man. He ran to check on his captain with a gun in his hand and a crazy look in his eyes. Bullets rang out in every direction as he screamed "Aaahhh! Come out you bitch!! Where are you hiding come out."
Luckily or unluckily, the toothless man was all the way away in vehicle Nr 1 Leonidas was now locked onto the guys head.
*bang*
The guy didn't know what hit him. He died before hitting the ground, his blood and brain matter spewing out of the bullet hole.
At this time, the toothless man had already reached the dead body of the captain and with tears in his eyes, he stood up and vowed to avenge him.
The toothless man heard the gun shot and immediately saw Leonidas holding a desert eagle which used to belong to Folley. Thats when he knew that this was the bastard who's been killing his teammates.
"You fucking f-" as the toothless man was about to pull the triggered his body stopped moving. He couldn't breathe. He couldn't talk. He could do nothing but watch as Leonidas used the Desert eagle to shoot him right between the middle of his forehead.
Silence. Apart from the screaming in the other vehicles.
Leonidas breathed out a breath of relief. He had used a *mental domination* array at the last moment. He really did not want it go into a firefight. It would be way too annoying. So he just killed each of them cleanly and simply after mentally subduing them.
He approached the 3rd vehicle and opened the door as a terrified Maya looked at him with misty eyes that were holding back tears. There was another girl back there, probably a trophy on of the men were taking back to have fun with.
He untied both girls and tried his best to calm them down while telling them it's safe. Maya looked distraught while the first girl just lost consciousness as she had soiled herself a few moments ago.
Leonidas carried the girl and asked Maya to follow him so that he could help out the people in the other cars.
Maya stepped out while her legs were trembling. When she looked ahead and saw blood flowing out of the head of one of the men who was assaulting her, she vomited on the floor.
After some time she stood back up and stepped on the man while screaming.
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck you!"
Leonidas saw this while waking up the girl he had forced to be unconscious in vehicle Nr 2. He could only sigh to himself. He knew that feeling so so well.
That was the frustration of being weak. Of not being able to do anything to change your situation. When all of a being's efforts are futile. He'd felt it before. It's what motivated him. It's also what broke him.
He returned to Maya and dragged her away while she was kicking and screaming. He could tell that even though she was mentally and emotionally affected, physically she was fine. Those guys must have been spanking her and touching her in the car.
She kicked and waved her hands indiscriminately while swearing at the man and Leonidas could only drag her away. He needed to calm her down.
"Its okay. It's okay. You're safe." Leonidas said while trying to calm her down. Maya's legs buckled as she started crying and heaving. She unconsciously turned and grabbed onto Leonidas and pulled him as close as possible. Leonidas let her and they stayed in that position for almost 2 minutes.
"Hey... We need to help Rosaline." said Leonidas to Maya, who was still clinging to him, after she had somewhat stopped crying.
Maya realized what she had been doing and released Leonidas with a slight blush on her face.
"T-thank you. I'll take care of them" said Maya while sniffling.
"Are you sure" said Leonidas with a concerned expression on his face,to which Maya blushed again and turned away.
"Y-y-yes. Please save them." said Maya with a determined nod.
Leonidas stood up and headed to the first vehicle. When he opened the door he found Rosaline with tears all over her face and despair in her eyes. When she saw him she immediately started crying again. Leonidas smiled seemingly grateful that she was okay.
He used the army knife to untie her restrictions and she immediately told him about the bot that was in the trunk. Leonidas nodded and dealt with him appropriately, untying him and making sure he was okay.
Luckily none of them needed first aid. The only trauma they had sustained was of the mental kind. Although that was arguably the worst kind of trauma.
While Leonidas put them all together he couldn't help but think of the fact that there was a bigger problem.
They were currently in the wild. With no food. No water. No communications. If they weren't going to get killed by hunger, thirst or the cold, then they would get killed by the animals.
Another problem was they had no idea of the armed men had collaborators or other team members that stayed behind. Those men might be converging on their position as they spoke.
Leonidas looked at the people around him and asked "Does anybody know how to drive?"
The people looked at him with with various gazes. Mostly fear, from the realization that a 13 year old had murdered people, to admiration from the fact that a 13 year old had saved them from 6 armed men. None of them answered at first. That was until Maya raised her hands.
"My father owns a mechanic shop, he taught me how to drive when I was 9. I can do it."
"Please. It would be great if we get out of here as soon as possible. Not only are there wild animals, but there might be more armed men waiting for those to come back. We have to leave.", said Leonidas resolutely.
"Y-yes you're right. We have to get out of here. But I don't know the way back." said Maya realizing her importance right now. She looked up and gazed at Leonidas' face. How could someone her age be this strong. Why wasn't she that mentally strong?
"It's fine. I do. Let's go" said Leonidas while turning towards vehicle Nr 3.
After everyone got onto the Vehicle Nr 3, Maya drove the car at Leonidas' instruction. She had no idea why, but she trusted him to guide her. She had never trusted a man in her entire life. This was something she had never experienced before.
Meanwhile, Rosaline was looking on in silence as she gazed at Leonidas. From what she saw, those soldiers were shot before they even had time to shoot back. Only a trained professional could do that.
Who is he actually?