Chapter 439: Losing war

After killing Jared's assistant, an idea struck in Maggie's mind. In a hurry to escape from the warehouse, she had not seen the locking system of the room she had just come out from. An evil smile made its way on her face, and she retraced her steps back towards the exit room, hoping against hope that Jared was not anywhere nearby.

Since the place was completely isolated from the main part of the building, there was no one in the vicinity. Maggie tiptoed towards the door and removed a bobby pin from her hair. With great difficulty, she bent the pin such that it now lay straight. She stared at the pin for a few seconds, and without any hesitation inserted it into the doorknob with ease. 

Maggie made sure to not insert the pin until the end. She only pushed it until it was more than halfway through the keyhole. Pleased with her work, she pulled back, the evil smile still not leaving her face. To test the result of her work, she twisted the knob and pushed the door inside. And just as she had expected, the door did not budge at all. It remained shut, and Maggie's smile widened imagining Jared's furious face when he would realize her smart plan. She even exerted some force on the knob to see if the pin would fall off. But when it didn't, she nodded her head in satisfaction. 

Now, Jared would not be able to come out of the room until someone came to rescue him, or if he pushed the hairpin out of the keyhole himself, the chances of which were grim. "Tch, tch, tch, Jared' I just hope you have your phone with you. Oops, also now that your assistant is dead, I wonder who you will reach out to rescue you." Maggie giggled softly, rejoicing at the success of her plan.

Not wasting another minute in the place, she went back, keeping an eye out for danger. She had to take a roundabout way to reach the main entrance where the bullets were being fired at full capacity. Maggie slowed down when she realized that she was entering the danger zone and tried to find a spot to hide, and she found one immediately. She found a thicket, and with the darkness around her, it was impossible for anyone to catch up on her than easily, given her dark attire. She could hide behind the thicket until the time was right.

Maggie did not forget to send Joshua a message, informing her of her situation.  'I have escaped from the warehouse. I am not hiding behind a huge thicket. What do I do next?'

Maggie had assumed Joshua to be busy with the fight. However, she was surprised when she received his message in a few minutes.  'Stay wherever you are. I'll inform you when we are ready to leave. And, are you anywhere near the warzone?'

'No. I am quite far away.' 

'Good. Don't come near the warzone. We are using grenades.'

'Okay.' Maggie had no idea what Joshua had in mind. Since she trusted him with her life, she did as she was told and stayed where she was, waiting for his next orders.

Meanwhile, Joshua got ready to put his next plan into action. Noah and he had already formulated plans considering every possible scenario, and one of them was Maggie making it out of the warehouse herself. When he had received her panic-filled message, Joshua had discarded this plan. Now, that she had made it out herself, all they had to do was get her away from the building where their chopper was on standby.

Unlike Noah and Ronnie who were leading from the front, Joshua was at the back, for he had been waiting for Maggie's message hoping to get one from her, even though the chances were less. Now that he knew that Maggie was out of Jared's reach, he reached the front to finish the fight soon.

He had no idea where Jared was and what the man was doing. And they had to leave before the man despatched more men. Noah's men were considerably lesser in number and they would surely lose if Jared's men outnumbered them. Also, this was Jared's turf, and he knew the area better than they did. Taking risk here was not a wise thing, and Noah had already informed his men about the plan. They would only be fighting until they rescued Maggie.

Noah saw Joshua sprinting towards the front, and he more or less guessed what might have happened. He nodded curtly at Ronnie, and the man immediately led a team inside, not stopping firing at their enemy. In a short time, they had managed to incapacitate many men, kill some even. Even Noah's men were hurt, but nobody was dead yet.

With Ronnie and his men in the lead, it did not take long before everybody was within the boundary of the warehouse. They had taken advantage of the fact that Jared's men were yet to get into position. Although they were outnumbered, they still had an upper hand. Noah loaded his rifle once again, firing at the man who had just come out of the warehouse. He then searched for his next victim on his telescopic eye, aiming at him the moment his eye caught him.

Noah's team had barely managed to enter the premises when a large group of people rushed out to defend themselves. However, Ronnie was well prepared. The huge crowd did not affect him. Since he had already received permission from Noah, he got into full attack mode and threw grenades at them. In a matter of few seconds, the area became filled with sounds of explosions and smoke hovered above the area. The ground was filled with corpses of men, with blood spilled everywhere. 

Jared's men had no idea what was even happening with them. They did not even have the time to attack, for their unknown enemy was charging at them at a pace they could not even comprehend. They were clearly ten steps ahead of them. With no one to command them, they had no idea how to tackle the situation. Neither Jared nor his assistant was anywhere in sight. All they could do was escape from the place when they realized that they were fighting a losing war.