Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
Robert and Mark made a dash for the door during the shootout “My car is over there.” Mark pointed as he turned his back to see if they were being chased “I hope the bullets catch them.”
The two got in the car but to their dismay, two bullets came flying at the front wheels. The car sunk to the ground “What the hell was that?” Robert asked.
They got out of the car to check while Chuck began walking towards them with a silent gun on his chest "Where are you going? The fun is just starting.” He greeted with his signature grin.
Jenna, Doug and Ryan rushed behind Chuck “Mark?” Ryan looked confused “What are you doing?”
“Protecting his father of course.” Matt said from behind as they jogged towards the rest of their teammates “Looks like the rats are stronger.” He snickered at Robert.
“Where’s Ted?” Erin asked when she didn’t notice him around.
“We’re okay!” Ted called while he supported Leah’s arm over his neck and shoulders.
Jenna rushed over to her friend “Oh my God, what happened?”
“I fell down a pole.” Leah cracked but she quickly winced in pain when her shoulder ached.
“Looks like you lose.” Devin stepped closer to Robert “You want to surrender or make it easier on us?”
Robert’s face cringed in anger but he covered it with a laugh “Surrender? Did my father surrender when they barged into his home and arrested him? NO! Then why should I?”
“Why did you do it?” Jenna turned to the madman “My father did not deserve to die.”
“He ruined my father’s years of hard work, forming the P.R.A. was his most prized possession and in one day, it was snatched away from him. And he had the nerve to form his own team using the same name. I am only taking what is rightfully ours and punishing those that need to be punished. You’ll be glad to know that Joe didn’t even struggle. Well, he couldn’t.” he threw his head back with a gleeful laugh.
Devin turned to Jenna, who glared at Robert with hateful eyes “There were only a few people that knew of Joe’s habit of taking a sleeping pill before he went to sleep. His daughter, his college roommate…” he turned to Robert “And me.”
“I had to kiss up to him for almost a decade!” Robert snapped “And what did I get in the end? He used my son against me.” He pointed at Riley “Traitor, you don’t deserve to be a Kwok.”
“And you used Mark against us.” Matt pointed out.
Mark shook his head “No, that was my idea. It was my way of having my father forgive me.”
Jenna suddenly remembered as she stepped closer to Mark “You were the one that told Jasmine to go to London, which caused the plane to crash, killing everyone on there. He blamed you for that?” he didn’t look at her, only lowered his head “It’s not your fault Mark.”
Robert slipped the pistol hidden under his sleeve to his hand, it was there for emergencies. Raising the weapon, he pointed it to Jenna, who was the closest to them “Dad!” Mark cried while the others stepped forward with a gasp.
“Shut up! Useless!” he barked “Don’t you know women will only cause trouble? I know your little crush on her. If not, you wouldn’t have called Devin to help her that one day she came snooping in my office.” Mark widened his eyes in shock “I knew there was no way Devin knew when to come.”
“Dad…”
Robert shook his head as he nodded to Jenna “Say hi to Joe for me.”
She closed her eyes but felt a heavy body push her down but the shot was still fired. She landed on the ground in a painful thump, when she looked over, her eyes widened “Mark.” It was a whisper but he heard it loud.
“I’m sorry…” he clutched his heart while the blood poured from his chest, staining her.
Riley glared at Robert, whose hand was shaky as he realized he just shot his son in the chest “You monster.”
He straightened his back and pushed his chin in the air “He deserves it!”
Devin shook his head sadly “Who are you kidding Robert? You’re dying inside, since the day Jasmine died in the plane crash and your wife died of agonizing pain. And your first son? Kicked out of the house before he was even born and now…you killed your son with your own hands.”
“SHUT UP!!!” Robert cried angrily as he raised the gun at Devin, he was going to pull the trigger. Instead, Chuck was a little faster.
“Someone had to put him out of his misery.” Chuck sighed as they watched him fall to the ground. His eyes staring at Mark, he used his bit of strength left to crawl over to his son.
Jenna watched him with hatred “What goes around, comes around. You killed my father and now you have to pay the price.”
“Mark…my son…” he reached his hand towards him but couldn’t make it when his body gave up and his head fell limply to the side, a smile still on his face.
Riley bent on his knees “Goodbye father.” He turned to Mark, who had collapsed on Jenna’s lap.
“Why does he have a smile on his face?” Mia pointed out.
“Shit, the bomb!!!” Devin cried as they made a dash for safety but the explosion was deafening as its wind swept them to the ground, flying debris made it’s damage on everyone that it touched.
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Mia woke up from her hospital bed, her back was in horrid pain. She could barely move “Hey, don’t move so fast. You just woke up from a three hour nap.” Ethan eased.
She smiled with droopy eyes “I thought I was dead, but the pain was too excruciating. I knew I had to still be alive.”
He grinned “Big word.” He checked on her water and blood pressure “You’re good. I’m gonna go check on the others.”
“Tell me how Darren is.” She said while closing her eyes to rest.
“You can ask him yourself.” Ethan walked to her other side and yanked open the curtain, appearing Darren, with his leg cast in a sling as he peeled an orange “He woke up before you did.”
She grinned at him “Nice legs.”
Darren smiled between chews “Thanks. I’d feed you an orange but I can’t move.”
“Me neither.” Mia laughed but quickly stopped when her chest felt heavy “Ow… can’t do that anymore.”
Ethan shook his head at her “Give it a couple of days, I hear the explosion caused a fire that lasted for hours. Take care.” He nodded before leaving them alone and checking on the others.
Matt’s brows cringed together when his numbing medicine dissolved and he could feel his legs throbbing “Shh…it’s okay. Don’t move, it’ll hurt more.” A soothing voice he recognized before opening his eyes coaxed him.
“Reina…I’m glad you’re okay.” His eyes fluttered open.
“Of course I am, you used your body to shield mine. I should give you a good lecture for that.” She scolded while pouring him a cup of water.
He allowed her to feed him the water “I had to protect the mother of my children.”
Reina stopped as she turned to him “Matt Tong, if that is a proposal, I’m going to have to…”
“What?” he asked, smiling through his pale lips.
“Say yes.” She lowered her eyes away with a shy smile.
Matt reached his tube hand to her face as he caressed her jaw line “I love it when you blush.” The door opened but the two didn’t budge from their position.
“I guess it’s irrelevant to ask you guys how you are?” Ethan joked before closing the door to give them more privacy. He smiled to himself as he walked down the hall and turned his head twice on a male that was limping to get water. He approached him slowly “Are you one of the patients from the explosion?”
Devin lifted the drink to his lips “Yes, you are…”
“Dr. Chan. I’m in charge of caring for the P.R.A.” he shook his hand.
“Oh, I see.” Devin nodded “I’m doing fine, you can check on the others.” Ethan nodded and prepared to leave “Wait.” Devin raised a hand to stop him “Can you tell me where Erin’s room is?”
Ethan checked his clipboard “203.”
“Thank you.” He smiled and continued limping down the hall.
Jenna, Doug and Ryan shared the same room since their injuries were similar, all were on the upper body “My favorite moment was when I shot the bastard in the head. Wow, he fell like a tree being sawed!” Doug recalled.
“No, no…my favorite was when I dived to the ground and shot this guy in the crotch!” Ryan nodded with a laugh while he ate his apple. A large fruit basket was on his tray, since he was in the middle bed.
“I can top that.” Jenna cleared her throat as she pointed to the basket “Get me an apple.” Ryan reached over painfully with one arm slung around his shoulders. He tossed her a green one. She frowned and threw it back to him “I want a red one. Green ones are too sour.”
He rolled his eyes and tossed the red one to her “Better, princess?”
Jenna caught it while her face fell “Joe use to call me that…”
Ryan quickly felt guilty while Doug raised his brows at him “I’m sorry Jenna, I didn’t mean to bring up the sad—”
“I’m just playing with you!” she exclaimed with a laugh “He never called me Princess, I wouldn’t let him use pet names. It gave me chills.” She giggled while biting into her apple.
“So what’s your moment?” Doug asked while Ryan scowled at her.
She pushed the bitten fruit to the side of her cheek while nodding “When I stopped Chris, I told him I didn’t have a gun. I knew he had one and when he pulled it out, I shot him before he could even blink!”
“Oh yeah…” Ryan and Doug nodded “That’s good.” They replied in unison and turned to each other with a laugh making Jenna join in.
Ethan peeked inside as he sighed with relief “Thank goodness, I thought there was a party going on in the hospital that I didn’t know about. So, how are you guys feeling?”
“Great!” Jenna exclaimed.
“Good. So, do you have any pains?” he asked while looking up at the three.
Ryan raised his hand “Yeah, I have one in here.” He pointed to his stomach “What do I do to get rid of it.”
“It’s called poop.” Jenna snickered while taking another bite of her apple.
Doug stifled a laugh while Ethan shook his head “Let me take a look.”
Erin’s leg was numb but she pushed herself off the bed to find the others. She noticed Ted next to her, still asleep. Sara was sitting beside him, her hand over his. Smiling Erin, limped out of the room quietly as she headed towards the first door, she peeked inside “Hi guys.”
Riley and Leah were up from their beds, both had little pain for they were saved by a large tree where they dove behind when the explosion hit. He smiled at her “Hi Erin.”
“You two doing okay?” she asked.
They nodded together “We were the lucky ones.” Leah nodded to her limp “Your leg okay? I hear Darren’s in a cast.”
“Ouch.” She cringed “I’ll go see them.” She waved goodbye and followed along for the next door. It was Chuck’s room “Uncle Chuck.” She greeted and nodded at the woman next to him “Hi Eve.”
“Erin, oh my gosh! Chuck told me that you were fine.” Eve threw him a look while she got up to help Erin in.
He rolled his eyes “She is fine, she’s walking isn’t she?” he pointed out.
Erin laughed “I’m fine, Eve. Its just a few scratches.”
“How do you guys do it? The dangerous work? I wouldn’t know what to do and you’re just a girl.” Eve exclaimed in dismay.
“She’s not any ordinary girl, she’s my niece. The most skilled agent and trained killer.” He whispered. Eve rounded her eyes “Not just any killer…” Chuck looked around eventhough there were only three people in the room “Man-killer.” He whispered.
Erin shook her head with a laugh “And you’re a stomach killer. That’s the funniest thing I ever heard, Uncle Chuck.”
“She’s got men lining up for her as we speak.” Chuck nodded towards the door.
She turned and her smile faded “Hi.” Devin greeted awkwardly. Erin didn’t want to look at him as she turned away “I just wanted to tell you guys, dinner at the Marriot in Kowloon this Sunday.”
“Okay.” Chuck answered when he noticed Erin didn’t answer.
“See you guys later.” Devin said reluctantly as he limped away.
“See what I mean?” Chuck whispered to Eve, who giggled in response. Erin was neither amused or pleased by his announcement.