We can’t just leave Hayden here. How am I supposed to just walk out when Hayden is still stuck there in the middle of all the enemies?
"We need to help Hayden!" I screamed and my voice came out as an ugly croak.
One of Hayden’s men reached out his hands towards me as if to receive me from the tall man; however, when the time came, the tall man wouldn’t let me go.
What is going on?
"I see. This was never really about just the money. Well if you’re going to do something, now’s the time..." Hayden spoke up loudly.
Suddenly, the situation had changed. The man refused to let me go and Hayden was still stuck on the other side. What is going to happen now?
...
**A few hours before**
"This is just a hypothetical situation but what if they demand to take you in instead of Malissa. You do know that these guys probably hold some personal grudges against Torex, right?" Ethan asked.
"Simple. You save Malissa. You ignore me and you kill as many of them as possible," Hayden replied without hesitation.
"She’s not going to like that. She’ll never leave you or anyone behind," Ethan replied knowingly.
"I don’t think she’ll be in a position to choose when the time comes. She’s probably at least tied up and gagged if not also blindfolded," Hayden replied darkly.
"Probably..." Ethan agreed passively.
"In case she struggles, we’ll use this. It’s painless and has the least side effects..." Hayden explained.
Ethan’s eyes travelled to the liquid substance in the bottle that Hayden was gesturing to before making a disgusted face.
"All men move in now! Get Malissa and Hayden out. Kill all enemies!" Ethan shouted loudly.
All men charged in and Ethan along with them. It was dark and although the light from outside was streaming in, the warehouse was still pretty much dark. That wasn’t surprising because it was nighttime outside. Night goggles that he and all his men had on helped immensely. That along with guns with silencers helped Ethan and his men eliminate their targets easily.
The most troublesome part was finding and rescuing Hayden from this chaos. Where is that glow in the dark marking that I’m supposed to look for?
Based on his plans, Hayden is supposed to have a marking on his clothes that would glow in the dark after the lights in the warehouse went off. Based on the same logic, Malissa should have one on her too if Hayden succeeded on planting one on her. With everything that just happened, Malissa should be safe enough because she was surrounded by Torex men and should be very close to the exit by now.
The wall explosion had left the walls with many holes in which the men from Silva and Torex used to enter into the warehouse with the aim to eliminate the enemy and control the situation. Now if only he can find Hayden.
...
"Stop struggling!" the man shouted.
"No! Hayden is in there. We can’t leave him!" I screamed back.
If he’s going to get me out of here, he has to take me by force. I’m not leaving Hayden in here.
"You can’t help him. Even if you went back there, you can’t help him!" the man yelled at me.
The worst part was that I knew that he was right and that just drove me mad with fear and anger at how useless I was. This mess is all because of me and there’s nothing that I can do about it.
If something happens to Hayden...I’ll...
Just thinking about it made me feel sick. I started crying again more from frustration than from fear or sadness.
"Can we wait here? Please?!" I pleaded.
"No. My orders are to get you out of here. You heard, Hayden. We need to get out now!" he barked at me as he continued to drag me towards the exit while I tried to turn and pull back in the opposite direction.
--To be continued...