The group now reunited was going to execute Isabella's plan to secure a stronghold at the soldier's barracks at the pathway to the warehouse. Thomas's group meanwhile was trying to capture control of the gate, there was no way of communication so each group had to trust the other.
In the dim night, Italian mafia men walked on the stone pathway to the warehouse lit only by burning pine wood and oil, burning wooden constructs made at gaps to allow vision and prevent any enemy from sneaking by a wall of sheer manpower. With the nearby shops nearly completely ash there was no place to hide, How could the enemy conquer it? They killed an intruder already.
But the storm was approaching and it was a storm with no water to spill.
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Three mafia men wearing velvet coats with their hats removed walked around in protection from the first flame construct, they talked in Italian when they saw two men approaching their hats tucked to their heads with no weapons in hand.
" ..cosa nostra?!" The group raised their guns at the two approaching them asking for verification. The call-out alerted the other soldiers.
The two stopped at their very location seeing the guns pointed at them, one of them came forward a step. The person behind began to remove his hat with one hand and raised the other in the air.
"!!!?" *bang bang.
The bullet noises spread across the area as bullets rained from the side of the Henry as bullets attacked the Italian soldiers killing the two soldiers in the back.
"Take this." Running through the bullet storm, Isabella came flying for her coat her hat removed, she threw a knife right at the soldiers.
"Aaah... "The knife hit the soldier right in the shoulder as Isabella lunged forward finishing the distance between the two of them and delivering the decisive blow pushing her knife straight into the throat of the soldier.
'Throw the gunpowder!!!!" Isabella screamed as Henry ran ahead throwing the pouch right into the the burning flame ahead of her,
*Boom
The fire construct ahead exploded as the pouch came in contact with it.
It exploded with a large blast, blasting away the mafia men nearby, speaking dark in the area ahead while Isabella and Henry remained in the light. The rain was falling as the first seeds of chaos and offences were thrown.
"Isabella hide! Quick!!" the two ran from the location, hiding in the ashes of the burnt shops and taking cover behind the few wood pieces which remained on the ground.
The soldiers sitting back on the building kept firing bullets, raining fire in an uncontrolled manner stopping a few seconds later and silence shattered for a few seconds.
"uccidili!!!!" The soldiers screamed and the sound of gunfire along with the bullets now came from the other side although the attack was completely blind.
Isabella and Henry now lay grounded on the porous ashes of the buildings, seeing the bullets fly over their heads and beside them from all sides. They did not plan this.
"Why did you pull me back?! We were supposed to be 20 metres ahead of her. There is more of the chance a bullet will randomly burst our heads open in a position like this."
Henry had pulled Isabella back instead of the two rushing forward into the mix trying to camouflage themselves within the panicking Italians but they were behind their goal and the enemy had the time to regroup.
"You didn't the number of men there were ahead of us. We would have been killed instantly if I didn't pull us back. We need to destroy this fire too to get ahead."
"Are you stupid?! If we destroy this fire, it will be impossible for us to get support from behind we will be on our own until Thomas arrives. Do you have a death wish?!"
"If we stay here we will die with a random bullet in her head at any moment. We need to make opportunities for ourselves and do what needs to be done when can think about the consequences after We have tried. Just like you said all those years ago."
The words rang inside Isabella's ears, they were her own. She spoke them when she was done with her "final act" all those years and when she stood alone ready to take any punishment after she killed the person wanted the most at that time but She was spared a new life by a friend, ...
"Okay.... but check what are the location and no of fires. We need that for later. "
The same friend who spared her a new life then told her to risk it and throw it away that easily it made her sad but it was no time to remember it they were fighting with their lives on the line here.
"Not we just me, I am going to mix in with the Italian men and destroy one more fire at least, all while going alone and capturing the barracks through the ashes of the shops. Do you understand?"
Henry got up from his position taking a pair of binoculars in hand and looking at the image
"I am not doing that!" Isabella's pupils dilated as she heard the plan, her anger was on her face and she was not letting Henry like this. All the inspection from earlier was killed and Isabella wanted him to die, not his friend.
"I have to."-
"No, Henry you don't understand, You aren't Edward you can't do this. You will be caught and killed. Only he can do this, we need him to come here. He is coming I am sure." Isabella stared panicking, Henry couldn't do this she was sure.
"...?!" in a moment, Henry held Isabella's hand with his own and he held it firmly. His expression was sad or better disappointed. He hoped in his heart that Isabella would trust but she didn't.
"Isabella!, I need to this do this. Trust me, I am your friend. I helped you once, but now I need to you to help me. Please, trust me wish for me, ask for Mother Elana's blessings for me...."
"Hen-" Before Isabella could say a word, Henry got from his position, only then did Isabella notice that the silence, the gunfire had stopped and the raindrops fell more wiping off the blood on her face.
"Take this!!"
*Boom
Another explosion took place, the world lit up if only for a second and the events were already set in motion. The earlier plan was scrapped and it was all on Isabell now.
"Damn it all."
With a hint of a tear in her eyes, she jumped from the piece of wood ahead of her leaving behind Henry into the enemy lines with only her by her side. It was her mission to win and for that blood needed to spill.
Mother Elana, give Henry your blessing, all of mine too.
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Fun fact - Each character in the novel is inspired by a particular song. I hope one day, I can make this novel big enough that people actually try to find it all.