There is no words to use to describe how sorry I am for the late release. To make it up to you guys, I will be publishing every Sunday, ten chapters. Please comment to let your author know your thoughts on this book and to also add your insights to the story... Author.
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"I got your invitation." Gina said before shooting her arrow. Paige was fast enough to dodge it but Rhys wasn't, it dug into his shoulder, piercing deep enough to be painful but not enough to be life threatening. Paige turned to Rhys with a frown, what the fuck Rhys!" She was scolding him like usual but he could see the worry in her eyes.
"Gina Giambelli?" Shook was evident on Montez's face. "It all makes sense now, you're stopping the play for the diamond".
"What's up with the fucking bow and arrow?" Paige asked, evidently pissed off.
"IT'S NOT A FUCKING BOW AND ARROW, AM NOT TWELVE!!!"
"Nice, you've got a her issues. It almost makes me feel bad for having to kill you". Paige pointed her guns at her, "almost".
Gina stepped out of the elevator with her crossbow still out. "I killed Theodore Terrell, I killed his firering squad, and I killed Rhys".
"Brava," Paige commented sarcastically.
"You think it's over? No, no, far from it". Montez began to explain, "The both of you are pawns in a sick-game of revenge. Damon Smith is the Mastermind in your family's death, he ordered it. Theodore Terrell works for him. He is a sick narcissist making a at for your diamond and he doesn't care what he has to do to have it".
"In the end we're all being played, if not by a king, then by fate or destiny, or any other bullshit people use to explain things they don't want to believe".
"Don't you get it! Damon is using you!" Montez yelled at Paige. "He destroyed your family! Why are you still in his side!?"
"Just shut up! You have no idea what it's like so just shut up!!"
Hearing the sounds of engines approach they quietened and looked out the window to find several cars pulling into the park. They alighted and stood in a circle, surrounding their leader. He was in a red tailored suit with his mask on, 'Black mask'.
"Here comes the Calvary". Rhys whistled. He kept the arrow in his shoulder for it's broadhead itself to provide the pressure needed to stop the building from the wound and allow clotting to occur around it. He glanced around the room for some tape or any other material to use to stabilize the arrow with.
"I suggest you make this easy to avoid a massacre".
"Likewise". Gina said to Paige a d aimed at Rhys. Her eyes flickered with viciousness, Paige knew she would pull the trigger. She needed to act quick. Paige shot her wrist, her became loose and her crossbow fell to the floor. She used her other hand to apply pressure on the wound. Paige moved her hand to her side and shot officer Montez in the face, she fell face first to the floor. She walked towards Gina, kicked her crossbow away. She reached out her hand to snatch the remote, but Gina anticipated her move. She kept in the air and hit Paige on her face with her feet. She was pushed off by Gina's kick but got back up quickly, this time aiming low for her leg. There was no way she would detonate the bomb now and kill herself when her revenge plan was all but complete. She just needed to collect it for safe keeping.
They lunged at each other, Paige went low to kick Gina just below her knee but she kept in the air and did a backflip just in time to avoid it. "Just stop, okay". Paige aimed her gun at her. "This isn't going to get you anywhere. You can't avenge the so just stop. Throw the remote to Rhys and let's work something out, you and I".
Gina knew Paige wasn't going to kill, at least not until she found the diamond, but that didn't stop them from hurting her. She was loosing a lot of blood was already getting dizzy. She needed to play it safe, at least till she was able to kill Damon Smith. She threw the remote to Rhys without sparing him a glance.
"Go meet Damon, we'll be right behind you". Rhys gave Paige an 'are you sure look?' She nodded to him reassuringly. He got into the elevator and went down. Paige moved closer to the window. She stared out it, at Black mask. She remembered the day Damon found her, the words he said to her, "We'll show them, we'll show them all". At that moment only them mattered. He was like her, abandoned, looked down on, at that moment only them mattered, not time, not anyone else, nothing did but them. She couldn't hate him, he was always there for her, he was the family she never had, him and Rhys mattered to her, as she did to them. They were there to pick her up when she's down, to motivate her to keep her going, to share her sunny days with her. There always argued on who got to say happy birthday first to her, and always end up saying it together. So what if he killed them, they were already broken, you can't break something that's already broken.
"Why do you do it?" Gina asked weakly, "work for him still? He did kill your family, just curious."
"No he didn't, my family still with me". Family isn't defined by last name or blood.
Rhys came out if the fun house and headed straight to Damon who was looking up at Paige by the shattered window.
"She's up there with Gina Giambelli, the bitch actually planned on blowing us all up with her. Bitch's suicidal, it's kinda sexy". He handed Damon the remote.
"She came through the window?" Damon asked.
"Naah, that was Montez, Paige took care of her". Rhys hesitated before asking, did you really kill Paige's parents?"
Damon looked at him and back at Paige before answering, "Life is like a 'pawn' in a game of chess...you cannot step back, once you move forward...you have no choice but to move on facing all the odds in life... including the bad ones".
Rhys didn't undy what Damon was trying to say, but he nodded either way. "That girl, she looks up to you a lot, just don't let her down. Am gonna go take care of this". He gestured to the arrow stuck in his shoulder.
He turned away and headed to his car when he heard a loud explosion behind him and felt the ground shake. He quickly turned to, his eyes widen as he stare at the building crumbling down.
A few minutes before the explosion.....
Paige watched Rhys and Damon conversation from the window, she couldn't hear what they were saying but it seemed serious. Not too long later Rhys left Damon so she guessed their discussion was over. She glanced over at Gina who sat on the floor with her back rested on a crate, while she applied pressure on her wound, "Let's go". Paige said to her. She glanced back out the window at Damon, his hand was hung mid air with the remote in it. She knitted her brow. He looked at her for a moment before he pushed the button.
Betrayal, Paige thought, is a funny thing. It's always the person you least expect, the person close to you. It hurts, but it's not a new feeling. A loud 'BOOM' brought Paige down to earth. The floor shook violently. She kept her guns in the cargo pocket by the side of her trouser and ran to a door at the end of the room. She kicked it open, there was a balcony, she grabbed the railing and was about to jump but stop. She ran back inside the room that was already coming apart. She carried Gina's unconscious body and ran back to the balcony, they jumped into the water. Paige arm was wrapped around Gina's body as she pulled her to shore at the other side, away from Damon.
The next morning.....
As Gina began to gain consciousness the first thing that hit her senses was a stale, sickening smell that irritated her nose. Her eyelashes fluttered open slowly. It took some time for her eyes to adjust to the light. She looked around and observed her surrounding. The place was too messed up to say exactly where she was, the only thing she knew was she had never been here before. She jumped to her feet. She felt light-headed and for her, the room seemed to be spinning. She placed her hand on her head and caught the sight of the bandage wrapped around her wrist.
"You better seat, you've list a lot of blood", she didn't think twice before doing so. Paige came into the room with a plate containing red meat and a cup with a dark green substance in it. She handed it to Gina and ordered her to eat.
"What's this?"
"Breakfast," Paige pointed out. "Beef and a drink made out of spinach, kale, raisins, and apricots, to replenish your blood". Gina gulped down the drink and started to devour her meat. "So what's the plan now?" Gina asked.
"seeing how we're both going to be haunted by Damon and probably the police, I suggest we stick together." She went to the window to draw the curtains. "Eat fast, we don't have much time".
"Before what?"
She turned to face Gina and put her hand on her hip, "before they come after us". Paige packed her bag while Gina ate. As soon as they walked out of the room, a few armed men were waiting for them. Paige reached inside her pocket and brought out a white handkerchief, "parley", Paige said waving her handky in the air. They covered their face with a dark clothe and tied their hands behind their back. They were placed in the back of a car and were driven off.