548 Explosion, Guns, and Chaos
Ren Country. Alina crouched behind an abandoned car. Under the moonlight, the bruises and cuts on her face looked miserable on her pale skin. "Ugh...!" Alina rasped as she placed a trembling hand on her side, feeling the warm blood oozing out from the open wound she took from a gun while she was running away. Just a couple of days ago, Alina was on her way to attend a meeting with the other Underground Lords in Ren Country. The other mafia lords had already answered to the invitation that they will attend, and as someone who was also at the top of the food chain, Alina's attendance was inevitable. Unfortunately, just when she got inside the gate of a private villa where the other underground lord was already inside, a loud explosion reverberated across and blew the villa apart, taking down everything that was within the range of fifty meters. Naturally, Alina and her men could not avoid it. They were thrown away from the force of the explosion. It was a relief that she and her men only sustained minor injuries, and they also ruptured their eardrums. But just when they could think they were lucky to have been able to get away from the blast of explosion, numerous cars surrounded the gates of the villa, gunning at them with revenge. "They're still alive! Shoot them!" Someone from the group of men shouted an order. Alina tried to get a clear look at the person, but because of the smoke and dust mingling with the wind, she could only see the silhouettes of several men before the sound of something piercing and slashing through the wind showered in their direction. "Sh*t! Get the Donna to safety!"
"Donna, get behind me!" Alina heard her subordinates scream as they pulled her to their center, circling around her like a human wall. 'Bang!'
'Bang!'
'Bang, bang, bang!'
Countless sharp and booming sound of bullets rained down at them. Alina remembered how her men held her in their arms, protecting her and dragging her to safety, even if it meant their lives would cease to exist. At last, she was forced to sit inside a car that was safe from the explosion together with one of her men, who didn't even glance back as he drove away from the chaos, leaving her men, who sacrificed their lives, at the mercy of these unknown enemy. But who would have thought that even if they got away, the people who came to take life as if they were the Grim Reaper's armies, still caught up to them.
In the end, Alina lost another of her men, pulled out of the car, and placed in an underground basement where nothing and no one could find her. And the last thing she heard before darkness took her vision was...
"If you have someone to blame... Blame Ran Xueyi for getting too close with you." ***
"Ssst!" Alina gasped as she leaned her shivering body against the scrapped car and lost the strength from her legs. Warm blood was still coming out from the hole in her waist. But at this moment, she could only welcome it as it was the only evidence that she was still alive. The grip she had on the phone she stole from these men almost slipped from her hand because of the sweat and blood. Swallowing hard, Alina tremblingly pressed a few times. But because of the sweat and pain, she missed a couple of times and couldn't press the right number. It was at this moment.
"Did you find her?" "She's not here!" "F*ck! That Demon will kill us if we don't find her before he comes back!" Alina flinched as she heard voices coming from a distance. She didn't know where they were standing, but she assumed they were a couple of meters away from her.
That does not bode well for her in any way. When she was moved to an underground basement, Alina didn't know how long was she passed out. But during the time she was in between the state of unconscious and awake, she got a bit of information from them. These men call their boss the 'Demon'. It was unknown whether it was just an epithet these men created or the boss they worked for was a real 'Demon', but Alina knew this person is extremely dangerous. Far more dangerous than anyone she met. And they have a deep hatred toward Ran Xueyi. Or... they wanted something from her.
Alina held her breath and forced down the shivers her body was making as she heard the men move a bit closer to where she was hiding. "She can't run away far. I shot her with a gun. She's probably hiding somewhere. If not, she'll just die from bleeding out." "Idiot! Do you think that 'Demon' will be happy and praise you if you killed her? He specifically told us not to kill her. If she dies, it's not only your neck, but ours too!" Suddenly, a chime sounded. Alina's heart almost dropped as she thought that it came from the phone she was holding. Thankfully, the noise came from them. "F*ck! They're already on their way here! Quick! Find her before they get here!"
Alina heard the men scrambling to their feet as they did their best to find her. There was really no time left for her. Alina already knew that. But she couldn't allow herself to surrender now. So, she used up all her strength to dial the number that she memorized beforehand. It was Ran Xueyi's. Finally, she typed it correctly and pressed to call. 'Riinng...'
'Riiing.'
It rang a few times, then it connected. Despite feeling the excruciating pain on her side and her sights failing her, Alina had a smile on her lips as the call connected—
"Look, they're back!"
"She's here!"
Almost at the same time, the men shouted out loud as three black cars came to stop near them. And Alina was found by one of the men who was looking for her. The call was answered. Alina felt rather than heard the men approaching her quickly. And as they reached out to her, she anxiously spoke to the phone: "Xueyi...run! Don't let them find you!"
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Whenever I try to write a word or a couple more to create a chapter to update this novel, I just find myself staring at the blank page and get so annoyed that although I can imagine what's going to happen next, I feel defeated and discouraged to write it. I become self conscious and doubt myself as an author. Sometimes, I even hate myself for writing. I don't know how to compensate my readers for staying this long with me. For that, I'll create a schedule on when I will be updating this novel since it's ending soon.
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