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"Mr. Hassan!" "Mr.Hassan!"
Hassan
struggled to open his eyes
"Close
the window" he groaned "please" he added
"Mr.
Hassan are you okay?" Another voice asked, a woman's
Hassan
finally opened his eyes and sat up
"Where
am i?" He asked, holding onto his head to stop the pounding; one minute he was on
the floor, naked and the next he's on a bed, fully clothed "Who are you?" He added
"Mr. Hassan where's he?" The man who had woken
him up asked, "we ask the questions here" he continued in a manner of factly
tone
. "you don't look like the police or the doctor,
so where in christ name am i?" Hassan disregarded the man's order
"Hassan!" The woman cut both men of whatever
they wanted to say "we just lost one of our men, and save your ungrateful ass"
she paused, burning her eyes around his wrist that were now bandaged. Hassan's expert
cut almost killed him
"so answer the damn question, where is he?"
she said between gritted teeth, allowing her forehead to reveal her anger
"He....."
Hassan began but paused as realization dawn kn him, the man whose organs the killer
cut out limb for limb was a member of their team
"He what?" The man snapped him out of his thinking
"he went after whoever sent you guys" he answered
"Fuck"
the woman panicked "Fuck" the man repeated as they both ran out, not even waiting
to lock the door
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"I need one of you guys to text Mr. Lucian, the
rest of you come with me" the man who happened to be the chief in command said
and every staff and officer got about and doing. Putting on their vest and loading their arms
"Boss" Alveria, the second in command
called out handing over a phone "we've dialed his line repeatedly, it's either he's
asleep or ….." she paused and watched chief dial the number again
"Suit
up, let's go" he ordered and a team of 7 followed
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By the time chief and his team got to Lucian's
building, Lucian was dialing the emergency line, the shock on his face when he saw
up to hundred missed calls from his private investigation agency
"Mr. Lucian?" Chief called when they got to
the living room
"Chief?"
A member of his team pointed at blood prints
"Lucian?!"
Alveria panicked and walked towards the bedroom door. Leaning on the side, chief
signaled two others to go in
Lucian pulled open the door from the other side,
practically pointing the gun towards them almost ready to fire
"Lucian!"
Alveria tucked away her gun as she hugged him
"Thank
goodness" Lucian breathed heavily as he felt his guard go down
"Mr.
Lucian are you okay?" Chief asked as the two members entered and examined the room,
he
pulled away from Alveria "yes ofcourse" he replied.
Chief
went ahead to explain what had happened
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"Police!" An
officer said as they raided the room
"Put your hands where we can see them" Another
said
"Agent
Alveria" Alveria spoke out as the rest
of the team followed the order
"Mine telling us what happened here?" A Detective
looking man asked Lucian
"My client
was attacked" Chief answered in his stead, giving the man a card
"Did you see his face?" Alveria took the card out of
the Detective's mouth, Lucian shook his head
"But I did
fire some shots" he continued "That should keep him down for a while" he
stated
"Alright"
The detective said as he brought his radio to his ear "Do a thorough search any
any victim in nearby hospitals with multiple gun shot wound" he spoke into it as
he began walking away
"Mr. Lucian"
he paused "we know you have your private security team but we'd be leaving to officers to patrol your
building for a day" he added
Lucian smirked in disbelief wondering what the police could
do, they hardly even made it here in time, how was he then to trust them
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"You
have a scratch" Alveria said as the members of her team left the house with
chief. Lucian stared at his sleeveless arm which was now on alveria's hand
"you should
go" he said yet making no attempt to take back his hand, and instead Alveria
led them into his bedside, releasing his arm only to take hold of the first aid
box and then took hold of his arm again
"I know what
you're thinking" Lucian said after a minute or two of silence, Alveria raised her
gaze as they both sat down asking him what he thinks was running through her mind
"That God
saved me" he answered, "But he didn't…."
".....Ouch!!" he shouted as Alveria pressed onto his wound
with loads of methylated spirit "What was that for?" he questioned as he fred himself
from her grip
Alveria scoffed,
stretching her hands to take his back but instead he moved further away
"there's no way I'm giving back my hands to you" he responded
to her quiet gesture
"suit yourself"
she spat out, as she arranged the box and closed it recklessly
"what in God's name did I do now?" Lucian asked, helplessly
But instead she went into the bathroom
"women..." he sighed
"we lost jude" Alveria called out from the bathroom
"Huh?"
"The team member who was on your case" she explained
Lucian stared blankly towards the bathroom door with his
very dark eyes, wondering how that was supposed to be any concern of his. Working
with a private security agency comes with life and death risk, it literally says
so in their contract so why's she angry with him for?
"We..." Akveria
started again "No, I mean I almost lost you too" she continued
"oh honey"
Lucian said softly and headed towards the bathroom
"And yet all you have to say is that I shouldn't Thank
God you survived?" Alveria said
Lucian looked
straight into nothingness, trying to avoid her eyes for fear of giving the wrong
reaction and spiking her more
"Lucian?" she
snapped
You really can't do anything to please a woman he
thought otherwise to say it out
"I'm not doing this with you" he snapped back instead
"I wasn't saved because some big man in heaven looked at me and took pity on me"
he paused, intentionally lowering his voice "if anything, job's the one who needs
his pity" he locked his eyes with hers, glad that he finally gets to speak
his thought "I'm alive because I had a registered gun in my room" he paused
again moving his gaze to the gun in question
that Alveria was now holding "I'm Alive because while Job was busy praying to his
God, I was practicing how to fire arms Correctly" he continued, each words a pitch higher than the last
"I'm Alive
today because I was prepared" he paused, allowing himself some air "And not
because some Almighty who seats on a throne up in heaven in all his majesty said
so" he finished, using his fingers oj with to demonstrate the quote Majesty
and Almighty
"Beautifully
Said" Alveria said in utmost dismay, laughing hysterically as she chewed the
insides of her mouth, bowing her head to hide the tears that dared to fall "what
was I expecting falling in love with an unbeliever" she scoffed and walked past
him, pushing aggressively
"No wait...."
He turned tj hold her but when his eyes met hers he knew better
"Fuck, fuck" he muttered to himself "Don't tell me
we're fighting this time because of your God…." "so ironic" he said as he followed
after her
"I've reloaded
your gun" she said with no emotions "Be safe" she said as she walked faster
"What?" "so you'd just break up with me?" he asked, confused
She turned when she got to the living room door
"I keep convincing myself that one day you'd change your
mind and believe God for yourself but...."she paused, her face still facing the ground
"like I said its something you get to figure for yourself" she continued
"For fuggs
sake, you lost a team member, where was your God?" he shouted and kicked away the
mug that was laying on his table "Fuck, Fuck.." he cursed when he realized the mug
missed her by an inch "I'm sorry" he tried to apologize but Alveria had already
slammed the door and left
Sigh