Chapter 28: The Battle

Liam Hunt's POV

"there was 2 person that was guarding the door. Be careful, love," I said as I looked through the heat vision google. I was pointing the Dragunov at the warehouse as I was located at the nearest building near them. It was a chilly night but it did not chill me at all. With all the excitement to kill, I could never miss or notice the temperature.

"alone tonight?" A voice was coming from my behind and when I turned, a bag was covering my head and I was sedated heavily before I went into the darkness.

"Liam, you must stay strong, don't let anything come in between you and your dreams," my guardian said as he drew his last breath on his death bed when I just finished college and was ready to get the criminal that killed my parents. I never thought that I might fall in love with the devil herself.

"Wakey, wakey sleeping beauty," a voice said as a hand was slapping my face. I was surprised as the lights were shining on my face. I was outside, on the roof to be exact, as the wind was blowing so much.

"ah, missing that Duncan woman already?" Marina said as she looked at me with her big eyes. I was trying to look as hard as I can. She chuckled at me.

"ah, Liam Hunt. What a pleasure that you can join us and I was hoping that your partner would also come in time to save you as I would not want her to miss the performance of the lifetime," she said before the rooftop was lighting up and I was surprised to see the instrument that she made.

It was as big as a tank that bombed that could kill 30 miles radius of the city. I was struggling in my seat as I was to take it down. Its timer was showing 30 minutes and counting as it was getting ready to blow up and I was sitting right in front of him.

"Do you like it? I made it myself but of course with some help from my friend. Mr. Burgess. You might know him," she turned around as she looked at me, smiling wickedly.

"I'm sure you will not be disappointed as Mr. Burgess was one of the bomb experts that I ever knew. It's a shame really that he died," Marina said as she was walking around me.

"You must know how he died, you're the detective that was on his case, isn't it? I ensure you that Mia Duncan was the killer, just like the report said. But, oh dear, you fell in love with the prime suspect of your case. Such a shame indeed," she said as she was standing in front of me.

"I'm sure you will be able to put her in jail try soon," she said as she was looking down on me. I looked at her.

"and you would be able to escape the jail penalty. In your dreams, Kasun," I said as I was looking at her. She smirked at me before she pushed me by the chair.

"Hunt, I have been away from the jail my whole life, you think your little threat would scare me? You might need to step up your game," she said as she let me go. I was almost stumbling back but I stabled on the chair and I heaved a heavy breath.

"Mia will stop you," I said as I looked at her. Marina looked on her shoulder as she was smiling wickedly.

"We'll see about that," she said as the wind was blowing at the night that I knew would have much more to come.

Mia Duncan's POV

"Damn it," I said as I was driving the car to my final destination. Liam was not at his post. It was too late to get to him in time after I saved Marco. Anastasia was a diversion that was made by Marina to get to Liam.

"I swear if anything happened to him, you will be responsible for it, Anna," I said as I looked at the rearview. Anna was looking down at her fidgeting fingers.

"Don't worry, mi amore, she was kidding," Marco said as he tried to lighten up the situation.

"not helping, Marco," I said as I was driving like a madwoman. I asked my informant about Marina's location and Liam. She gave me directions and a destination. She also informed me that we don't have much time to save him or the city that Marina was planning to destroy.

"We need to get there, quick. Do you know the way around, Marco?" I said as I was speeding on the highway.

"yeah, she was located at the outskirt of Dubrovnik," he said as I make a sharp turn.

"watch out!" Anna shouted as we came into a tree trunk but I was able to avoid it. I sped off and I don't care what happened to the car, I needed to get to Liam as fast as I could.

As we came to a stop, a few meters from Marina's hideout, we get out of the car. Marco and Anna were feeling dizzy. Anna even threw up.

"Next time, when we went on a mission, I'll drive," Marco said as he was throwing up as well next to Anna.

"Mia!" Marco called after me.

"watch for the car, Marco and don't do anything stupid," I said as I was going into the hideout.

"like I always did," he shouted back before Anastasia was getting into a conversation with him.

I went through the back door. 2 guards were guarding the entrance. I pick up my daggers and threw them at them. They were down in seconds before I looked around if there was CCTV in the surrounding. There was none, so I was good to go. I need to find the control room to look at where was Liam at.

"you would never know what will happen. Your Mia is not coming for you, Hunt, why don't we get it on now?" Marina's screaming voice was coming into my eardrums. Liam put on the earpiece for me to listen to every conversation.

"You might not like it when you touched what was hers," he said and I smiled alone in the dark.

"haha. She would never know, Liam," she whispered too close to the earpiece.

"Because I knew you would be listening, Mia. Mia, Mia, Mia, where ware you?" She said before a piercing sound was coming out of the earpiece.

"Woah," I said as I took out the earpiece and threw it away.

"well, that was fun," I said as I went into the hideout and killed or at least made the guards unconscious. I vowed myself that I would not kill anymore, well except for Marina Kasun, she was an exception.

I ran up the stairs and punched my way through the guards. I kicked, stabbed and even strangled them to the unconscious so that I would not be sorry afterward. I ran up to the rooftop entrance and I was hoping that Liam would be safe.

I kicked down the door and walked outside, breathing heavily. Claps were heard from in front of me. I looked up to see who was it and no other, Marina Kasun was looking at me with her wicked smile as always.

"well, well, well. Look who decided to show up now," Marina said as she looked at me with her piercing gaze.

"Marina, you will go down, tonight along with the organization," I said. She laughed at me as she was composing herself afterward.

"and who will help you?" She said as she looked at me before her goons coming out of everywhere and was surrounding me. I looked around and was counting to kill them all. Even though I promise myself not to kill anymore, I have to, for Liam's safety and the city.

"bring it on," I said before her goons coming at me at their full speed.

I was moving around and dodging every attack and punches that were coming in my way. I took out my guns and shot everyone that was coming at me. I kicked and spun around as I was putting the bullets into their heads.

Every goon has dropped down to the ground and I was covered with their blood. I was out of breath and was out of bullets. I exhaled my breath as I threw away the guns to the ground. I looked up at Marina and she was standing there, waiting for me to come to her. I walked toward her slowly as I was trying to prepare myself to kill her.

"you know, getting the goons to get your dirty work was a coward move," I said as I was walking slowly toward her.

"hmm, but it did what I want," she said before she was running at me. I was not prepared to block her advances when she locked me in her arms.

"It did make you weak. You need to work out more Duncan," she said as I was trying to get out of her grip.

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" She said as I was trying to get out of the grip. Liam was looking at me as I can see that he was calling my name. I blinked slowly as I can feel that I was slipping away.

"Don't give in, fight your way out," my old master said as I was about to give up when I was fighting with Marina when I was 18 years old.

"You were stronger than her, remember your reason for fighting," he said as I was about to see darkness. I gripped my hand before punching my elbow onto her stomach and kicked her out of my way.

"ugh," Marina said before I get behind her and took out my dagger.

"Say goodnight forever," I said before I slit her throat and her blood was spilling everywhere. It hit Liam and he was shocked to see it. Her lifeless body was dropping to the ground. I feel the bloodthirsty was coming at me and my head was spinning hard.

"Fight it, remember," a voice was coming into my head as I dropped to the ground. I dropped the dagger and stumbled to the ground.