"Shit, shit, damn it!" Alec pressed his back on the sofa and gritted his teeth as bullets pelted on the sofa, slowly destroying it. "How did these people find me?" Alec checked the magazine for the remaining bullets. There were only six bullets out of nine.
Closing his eyes, he planned on escaping through the back door, but they were four people at the door wanting to reap his life. Alec began to have a second thought as to if he would survive in real life if he dies here. Even if his body had recovered, it still hurt from expending too much energy yesterday.
Then, the shooting stopped. One of them approached the place Alec was hiding. As he was slowly approaching, the supposed leader began to speak. "Mr. Santiago, we are not here to kill you, yet. Follow us and let's discuss this like a man".
Meanwhile, Alec circled the chair steadily, his heart thumping wildly. This was the third time this had happened in less than a day. How could one live like this?
He faced the door that led to the shooting range and held his breath. The guy that was dispatched suddenly pointed his gun at where Alec was hiding, but he wasn't there.
Suddenly, a bullet shot in the air, and it hit the armed man on his stomach. Alec used the opportunity to run out of the door. Just as he was about to sigh in relief, he felt a very sharp pain in his waist.
"Arrgh!" Alec screamed in pain but tried to suppress his cry. He frantically limped ahead and hid in a pillar. The four men entered the shooting range and walked steadily, while shooting in random directions, in hope of getting Alec.
"If you don't come out and surrender, by the time we find you, you would wish for death, but it will not come, trust me", the leader said in a murderous tone. Alec, who was losing blood did not even have the strength to even speak. He peeked in their direction, and seeing they were not facing him, he stretched his arms and pointed the gun at the leader.
Unfortunately, his senses became dull as a result of the excessive bleeding on his waist. He supported his right hand with his left and aimed at the head of the leader. It was now or never. If his aim was wrong, it would be game over.
Alec pressed the trigger with effort, and the bullet reached its destination, the man's side skull, and shattered it completely. The skull wasn't even whole anymore.
The body fell with a thud, and the three gangsters panicked. They began spraying their bullets in a random direction, but fortunately for Alec, the pillar fends off the bullets from reaching him. Unfortunately, he was in a dire situation.
They kept firing as they approached the direction where Alec was hiding. With a grunt, Alec closed his eyes and prepared to run again. Although his body was in pain, his mind was very clear. He visualized their location based on their footsteps.
"Three... two... one...", Alec counted down in his mind before rushing out and shooting at the leader, killing him instantly. One down, two to go. The two armed men turned around and aimed at Alec and pulled the trigger. Alec closed his eyes and calmly awaited his death.
Nothing happened. He heard clicking sounds from the guns they aimed at him, indicating they'd run out of bullets. Alec didn't stand at the ceremony, and aimed at the two men and killed them immediately.
Then there was silence. Alec limped away from the bloody mess and headed to the kitchen and took out the first aid. He removed his trousers and examined the wound below his thigh. "Ahh, ahh", Alec winced in pain as he touched the wound.
The bullet was deeply lodged inside. There was no how he was going to remove it without going to the hospital. Even if he wanted to go, he might not survive long enough to reach there.
All these things were happening to him because he was running. He even wondered why he was even escaping from them anyway. The game had told him to clear his name and kill the leader. He did not understand what clearing his name meant, but the second sentence was very clear to him, kill the leader, the mafia leader.
Just then, Alec's "brother" rushed in, and seeing the destruction, ran towards the shooting range. "Santiago!" He screamed his game name in panic. Alec wanted to reply, but his body was very exhausted. "Brother", he said weakly, but he did not hear him.
Finally, he arrived at the kitchen and saw Alec's state. "F**k, maldiciones!", he screamed as he approached Alec and examined his wounds, which were still bleeding.
"The bullet is preventing your wounds from healing. I am going to remove it", his "brother" shoved a handkerchief into Alec's mouth, before digging inside his wounds and searching for the bullet. Alc could not contain his scream. "Ahhh! Ahh, Ohhh!" One could hear shrill cries from outside.
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Alec's brother, whom he later learned name was Diego assisted him to the sofa and sat Alec down. His legs were already bandaged tightly and dabbed with iodine to prevent infection. "Your wounds will heal, but it might take three months for you to walk properly." Diego then snapped a picture of his wound and sent it to an unknown person.
"You are not safe here. I have to take you to Sinaloa, otherwise, they will keep coming for you", Diego said slumping in a nearby chair. "No", Alec simply said.
"No? Santiago you will die if you stay here, please don't be stubborn. I'm trying my best to be a good brother here, as father once did". Alec had no idea what he was saying, nor did he care about it. Since this was a game, then Diego was not real, all these around him were not real, even his stories.
He has spent two days in this world, remaining 118 days. If he wants to complete this game, he would have to kill the boss. Unfortunately, his leg was already banged, so completing the mission would be much more difficult.
So if he wants to complete this game, he has to start now, before the time would run out. "Even if I keep running, they will still find me. I mean they are the mafia, so probably they have men all over the country. Nowhere I go to would be safe, so it's best I handle my responsibility", Alec said with resolve.
"Really, how?" Alec looked at Diego's face with firm eyes. "I am going to kill the leader".