Unlike in Doha, Andalas did not ask Akiko to tag the passengers. But she recognized the well-dressed man, the beautiful woman in her thirties, the young man in a hat and a pair of sunglasses, the jet set woman, the middle-aged man with slanted eyes, and the long-haired man, queuing at the gate to board the plane.
Could Andalas be wrong about those people? But he had a complete database of the world assassins. The chance for him to be wrong was slim.
They got the answer right there and then. The well-dressed man suddenly reached into something from his bag, turned around and fired dozens of bullets from his Uzi.
Akiko somehow saw the moment when the dapper man stopped suddenly and opened his bag. She pushed Cecilia to the ground. Andalas' reflex was triggered when he saw Akiko's movement. He dropped himself while grabbing something from his socks and threw it to the shooter direction.
Right after the well-dressed man threw the first magazine that hit nothing, Andalas small knife pierced through the shooter's arm. Seeing the Uzi fell, Akiko quickly jumped forward.
Akiko's little feet grabbed the head of the shooter who was trying to grab the Uzi with his left hand. The man fell backwards with a broken nose and a bloody mouth.
The organized boarding process turned into chaos. People were screaming and running everywhere. The shooter struggled to stand on his feet while grabbing the gun from under his coat. But before he pointed the gun, Akiko attacked him with a circular kick to his head. He fell backward and did not move.
But Akiko did not anticipate what happened next. The woman who was wearing expensive clothes and accessories launched a taekwondo kick toward Akiko. Her expensive high heel landed hard on Akiko's shoulders so that the doctor staggered and almost fell. Her next kick could not be parried and struck Akiko on her stomach hard.
The daughter of the Yakuza leader fell to the ground in pain. What happened next was even more shocking. The long-haired man lunged at Akiko while swinging an iron rod that came out of nowhere. If that piece of iron managed to hit Akiko's skull, she would not end up in a good place.
Andalas intervened at the right moment. He kicked the long-haired man's arm so that he missed the target, and then Andalas landed one hit right on his nose that knocked down the long-haired man.
But Andalas could not deal with him further because the jet set woman started attacking him with dangerous kicks. The tip of her expensive shoes was equipped with sharp and pointy knives.
Andalas's arm was brushed by the knife but he managed to hit the woman's neck with the side of his left arm. As soon as the jet set woman fell, the long-haired man who had stood back up made a barrage of attacks toward Andalas using a short double point knife.
This time it was Akiko who returned to help. With her kaiken, the young doctor slashed at the long-haired man's wrist. The blade sliced so deep, it almost cut the hand completely. Blood was pouring profusely on the airport floor. The screams of horror were heard everywhere.
Andalas was fighting the extremely tough jet set woman. They both inflicted kicks and punches to each other. Andalas managed to land a deadly kick to the woman's neck which sent her tumbling to the floor with a broken neck. While Andalas was lying on the floor with his mouth and nose bleeding.
Since the fight started, Cecilia could only duck in horror. Akiko and Andalas had risked their lives against those dangerous people.
After everything settled down, Cecilia immediately grabbed the staggering Akiko who was holding her stomach while pulling the injured Andalas away from the scene. Cecilia knew that things would get very complicated once the security guards arrived.
Sure enough. Just as they managed to slip through the large crowd of people heading towards the boarding gate, a scream was heard telling them to stop. Dozens of security officers scattered. Some secured the scene and asked for information from eyewitnesses. While the rest tried to chase Cecilia and her two colleagues.
Everything happened so fast. The chaotic situation created panic and people failed to report to the airport security immediately.
The officers who were in pursuit were distracted by a large group of tourists who were also in a hurry and blocking their way. Meanwhile Cecilia had climbed the escalator with Akiko, who had less pain in her stomach and Andalas, who had also recovered but his nose was still dripping fresh blood. While running, Andalas snatched a hat from the window of an airport fashion counter and used it to cover his bloody face.
The three of them made it out of the airport and hopped on the first taxi stopping in front of them. When the taxi driver asked for destination, Cecilia thought for a moment then asked the driver to take them to Gatwick airport.
Along the way, Cecilia realized that they were not superheroes who could easily overcome all kinds of obstacles. So far they had to endure bloody fights to thwart their opponent attempts in sabotaging their mission.
But at least Akiko and Andalas seemed to have recovered. Cecilia turned to Andalas who was sitting in front and started talking to him.
"That jet set woman was one of the best assassins the Executor had. Her nickname was Death Angel. That well-dressed man seems to be Russian, and I suspect he is a GRU agent. The long-haired man I'm not sure exactly but I think I recognize the knife he used. It was the knife used by DGSE agents."
Cecilia slumped in the back seat. So they started to act openly. The whole situation was getting worse.