Tyler looked down at the girl with appreciation because there were very few people in the world who could have done what she had done especially if the man she was depending on was a stranger.
Kim had heard what the Tyler had said and couldn't help but ask.
"Did you know me?" she asked and Tyler shook his head.
"I'm only here to get my sister and from what I've gathered the last person to see her was you right before you escaped," Tyler said.
To say that she was shocked would be an understatement.
'He's Laura's brother?' she internally screamed. 'It feels like a good looking soldier is right in front of me'
Her cheeks flared red as the thought crossed her mind but she quickly disregarded it. What she needed to know was how he was able to do what he was able to do but she couldn't ask that, not when she owed him her life.
"What's your name?" Tyler asked her which brought her out of her thoughts.
"K-Kim Kang," she stuttered
"Well Kim my name is Tyler. Now I want you tell me everything that's happened so far," Tyler walked towards one of the dead and without hesitation reached into their jacket and pulled out another Glock meaning Tyler's fire power had now increased two fold. This gun however had all 15 bullets still inside.
He put this one in the small of his back and preferred to hold one gun in one hand. He also found a knife which he kept to himself for the time being. All the while Kim was explaining everything from the point she was kidnapped to when Laura sacrificed herself for her.
Tyler could tell that everytime she spoke about Laura's sacrifice she was in pain and felt guilty for feeling useless in such a situation.
'They just met yet they already have such strong feelings towards each other. Well that's just how Laura is when you meet her for the first time,' Tyler thought as he a knife from the other body and handed it to Kim.
"Use that to defend yourself," Tyler told her and Kim strengthened her resolve as she held the handle tightly.
"Thank you," she said
"I want you to follow closely behind me, don't get in my way and let me do my thing got it?" Tyler stated to which Kim nodded.
Taking the lead Tyler moved along the shadows almost merging with them with Kim following closely behind him. She was stunned by the level of skill that Tyler was showing as he moves between dunes of sand and broken concrete as if he had lived there for a long time.
*******
Houston could barely control himself as he kicked Laura in the side as she lied on the floor. Her ribs throbbed with pain everytime she breathed. Tears flooded from her eyes as the pain was simply unbearable. Houston gripped her hair into a fist and he pulled her up. She screamed but Houston shut her up with a slap across the face. The force was so strong that she felt her lips split and tasted blood in her mouth.
"Shut up!" he yelled. "Do you know how much effort, time and planning I put into my plan!"
He slapped her again. Laura didn't have any more strength to scream. She could only look at her tormentor through watery eyes. Houston was about to hit her again but a loud bang coming from a gunshot resonated throughout the room. It sounded like it was coming from down below.
Puzzled, Houston dropped Laura to the floor and even that simple drop felt like a large boulder had been dropped on top of her.
"What was that?" Houston asked Rodrigo who had been in the room the entire time and had witness the merciless beating for the past twenty minutes.
"I'll check it out," Rodrigo stated before looking at Laura with sympathy. "What are you gonna do with her?"
Houston licked his lips, he was honestly getting a sadistic pleasure from hearing the poor girl scream and Rodrigo could see it in his boss' eyes.
"You don't have to worry about that," Houston waved Rodrigo off to which he gave a short bow before leaving but not before looking at Laura's sad state once more.
'Please somebody anyone save me from this hell' Laura prayed with watery eyes as she saw Houston towering above her with a psychotic look in his eyes.