ch. 51 - the rescue

CHAPTER 51
THE RESCUE


Spider: Da fuck are you?

Jay: (holding gun at the gang) Ya picked the wrong person ta mess wit!

Spider: Yo, who are you? Her second man? (laughing as the rest of his gang laugh)

Jay: (shaking his head) Ya’ll don’ know who ya really dealin’ with, aren’t you?

Nix: Ey, wu’ kinda nigga are you ta fuck widus, ah? Ya don’ even have ya (pointing at me) ballin’ gear on! (laughing)

Jay: I ain’ playin’ games, man! Let ‘er go… or I’ll have to beat the shit outta ya bitches.

Lagga: Yo, ya wan’ battle?! 4 on 1?!

Jay: (shaking his head) I hate playin’ with asshole gangstas like you.

Spider: Then let’s get this shit on, boi!

Jay: My pleasure.

Narrator: To start it off, I immediately shot Jeeva on the left rib, and the rest of the gang approached me as we started fighting.

Jeeva fell helplessly on the floor, groaning as he held on to his wounded rib. As for the rest of us, it’s been all fist fighting and kicking. While Spider and I were at each other, Lagga came up behind me and grabbed my left arm. With an instant reaction, I turned around and smacked him horizontally on the face with the gun.

Nix was next as I kicked him the minute I turned to him when he nearly jumped me. Lagga came again, and we continued fighting. Erich was watching the whole thing.

Lagga and I were still at it, until he prepared a striking punch at me as I grabbed his wrist, twisting it in a full circle. Lagga screamed in pain as I threw him against the wall where the shelf was located. A gallon of gasoline fell on the floor, the lid coming off as the gasoline was spilling.

Spider and I were fighting again. Lagga got up, noticing the gasoline on the floor. Picking it up with both hands, he carried it toward us.

Lagga was actually behind my back as I was fighting Spider. The minute I heard the footsteps, I kicked Spider on the right ankle, grabbed him, and swung him over to Lagga. Both of them collided into one another, Lagga dropping the gallon of gasoline on the floor.

I saw Nix approaching me a second later. Once he was about to jump with his hands in position to catch me, I immediately dodged as he went over me. I grabbed him on the back of the shoulders afterwards and threw him on the ground along with Spider and Lagga.

I turned my head to Erich as she also looked at me. I stared at her for several seconds, so did she. On the other hand, Spider got up, running toward me as though he were ready to tackle me. I didn’t pay attention as I couldn’t keep my eyes off Erich. But when she made eager screams at me, I immediately turned, pointed my gun at Spider, and shot him straight at the chest.

I took two, including the one on the side of his waist. Spider fell on the ground, but Lagga and Nix got up as well. I shot them also, taking multiple fires at them both. Once they fell to the ground, I ran over to where the gasoline was lying, picked it up, and poured it all over Lagga and Nix. I let some of the gasoline spill on the ground as well, then on the wounded Jeeva and finally on Spider.

I dropped the gasoline afterwards, and I looked around to make sure all the four losers didn’t get up. Then I turned to Erich, who was still panicking. Suddenly, I noticed the small detonator hooked right under the chair. The timer already went down to 23 seconds.

Without hesitating, I hurried over to her, removing the masking tape from her mouth. Erich was breathing constantly.

Jay: Are you okay?

Narrator: Erich nodded, breathing. With as much muscle as I could use, I untied the ropes from her hands and waist. Clock running down to 12 seconds.

Erich: Jay, bilis! Baka ano man sa ilalim ang silya nito!

Narrator: Clock now down to 7 seconds… 6… 5…There! Completely freed her!

Jay: Let’s go!

Narrator: I grabbed her hand as we found the backdoor exit of the warehouse in front of us. We ran as fast as we could before the explosion could strike us. As we noticed the lock on the door…

Jay: Erich, close your eyes! (as I close mine)

Narrator: Once we reached the door, I held her tightly around the waist, and we literally barged through it. The clock went down to 1 second, then the explosion occurred as we made it out on time. During the explosion, we dove on the ground together, waiting for it to finish.

When we turned to the warehouse, much of the outside structure still existed while a majority of the inside area was covered in flames. There was no question Spider and his gang were already gone after the explosion.

Erich and I got back on our feet, then our eyes met with deep and serious looks. Erich then hugged me tightly, her eyes closed, as I hugged her. It was quite a long, dramatic one, I admit.

After the hug…

Erich: Maraming salamat, Jay. (as I smiled) Buti na lang nan dito ka.

Jay: I know. Are you okay, though?

Erich: Oo. Jay, kailangan ko bumalik dun sa Town Center. Nan dun yung coche ko kasi.

Jay: Sige. Tara. Baka mahuli tayo sa police when they accuse us for burning down the warehouse.

Erich: Oo nga eh.

Narrator: So I grabbed her hand as we escaped the warehouse area.