Ethan’s eyes spotted the glow in the dark symbol but when he arrived there, he was a few steps behind his men who had already arrived.
"Hayden!" Ethan called his friend’s name loudly.
"I’m fine!" Hayden replied as his men crowded around him like a group of human shields.
"You need to tell me all about how you got out of that one..." Ethan teased when he came to Hayden’s side.
Men from Silva surrounded Ethan to provide protection. It seemed that both men were in quite good shape given all the fighting that was going on.
"Is Malissa out yet?" Hayden asked Ethan.
"Not yet...but she’s very close to the exit," Ethan replied while he anticipated Hayden’s outburst.
"What?! Why is she still in here? Luka’s team will be here soon," Hayden roared in shock.
"Relax. She’s with a bunch of your men. She’ll be fine," Ethan replied with certainty.
Hayden broke through the row of men surrounding him and made a run for it. Ethan watched Hayden’s rushed movement in amazement at how foolish his actions were.
"Hayden just ran off. Snipers provide cover. You all! Follow Hayden, we’ll clean up things here on this side," Ethan spoke through the microphone before instructing Hayden’s men.
Why did this warehouse have to be so damn large and long?
...
Hayden knew that he was making a dangerous and very risky move, but he also knew that the reason why Malissa was not yet outside was probably because she was stubbornly refusing to leave. He cursed the fact that she wouldn’t listen to his instructions even in this kind of dire situation.
His men are probably struggling to deal with her and because they didn’t want to hurt her or use too much force, they were probably still struggling with her somewhere close to the exit.
"Men! Lead the way..." Hayden commanded with his arms still wrapped tightly around me.
This time I had no objections to leaving this forsaken place. The sound of men shouting, and the sound of gunshot still rang out randomly here and there. I hadn’t been paying much attention to what was going on, but it seemed that the fighting had died down. Hopefully, the men managed to deal with the enemy.
I didn’t want anyone to die, and the concept of fighting and death was still very much beyond me. The place smelled of sweat and blood.
"You’re not getting away. Torex!"
A man voice cut through the chaos around us. I turned my head around just in time to see the tall man who had escorted me before standing very close to us with a gun pointed our way. I opened my mouth to scream but no voice came out. Everything happened to fast that I wasn’t sure what had happened.
I felt the pressure of what must have been Hayden’s hand against the back of my head, pushing my face into his chest as he wrapped his arms around me tighter. Swiftly, I felt myself being spun around.
A gunshot rang out.
It was probably at that moment that it finally hit me that Hayden had just shielded me with his body.
"Hayden!" I screamed his name loudly.
A few rounds of gunshot rung out around us, but I didn’t care about that anymore. All I cared about was the man that was in my arms.
"Hayden..." I whispered his name as I feared for the worst.
Did he get hit just now?
"I’m fine. Let’s go..." Hayden replied.
His arms loosened from around my body before he grabbed my arm and pulled me roughly behind him. Hayden dragged me out of the exit with him and we found ourselves outside the warehouse. It was dark and very windy outside.
--To be continued...