Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
“Oh my God!” Doug cried out suddenly causing Ryan to jump in his seat.
“What? What happened? Did you see something??” his eyes darted around for anything out of the ordinary.
Doug laughed as he pointed to a girl walking away “You can see through her skirt.”
The rest of the team sighed with relief “Gee, I have no idea why you are single.” Jenna chirped.
“Watch it kid.” Doug warned.
Ryan sighed, “Can we focus please, anything can happen—” at the warning, a gunshot rang out from nowhere causing everyone who heard to jump into a frenzy. People began running in different directions when another shot rang out.
“Darren, do you see anything?” Devin asked quickly.
“Negative. I don’t know where it’s coming from.” Darren searched the entire place as he moved the binoculars in the surrounding area “They must be hidden. People are going mad.” He noticed a few tripped over others and were beginning to get trampled “Ryan, your right twelve o’clock, a girl is being run over.”
“I’m on it.” He turned to Doug “I’ll be right back.”
Erin and Mia raced towards the escalator when the shots could be heard from outside. On their way down, Erin spotted Ah Gam calmly walking towards the escalator moving opposite from them “Look.” She nudged Mia “I’ll be back.” Not waiting for the escalator to take her safely to the flat ground, she jumped over the edge and landed on her feet with ease. Chasing him towards the escalator leaving Mia to exit the mall by herself.
Touching her ear, she deactivated the ear piece and took a backdoor route, her eyes moving up careful to make sure Erin was still after Ah Gam.
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“Reina! You need to return to your station.” Devin commanded. After a few seconds of no answer, his instincts told him it wasn’t good. Exiting the coverup van, he jumped out and ran towards Time Square.
Matt and Jenna found it hard to run against the traffic “Where do you think she went?” Jenna asked. Matt shook his head, afraid of his own theory. Instead he pushed his way through, opening the way for Jenna to move faster.
Darren moved across the busy place and instantly caught someone out of the ordinary “It’s Becca!” he followed the figure and knew it was her “Guys, I think she has a weapon.”
“Where?” Doug spun in a circle as he tried to find her amongst the crowd.
“She’s not going to kill you.” Jenna rolled her eyes while Matt contained a small smile.
“How do you know?!” Doug asked nervously “Where is Ryan?”
“Guys, I think I found something.” Outside by the garden, inside the bushes laid a huge black box covered in dirt, a digital clock counting backwards “Possibly a bomb.” He guessed.
“What’s the time?” Devin asked while jogging.
“5 minutes 34 seconds and moving fast.” Ryan looked up to make sure no one was around as he leaned down and picked it up “I’m taking it away from the crowd.” He advised.
“There could be more. Team spread out and look for them.” Devin instructed.
Erin chased Ah Gam up the roof of the mall as she stood grounded “No where to run.” She said calmly “What are you doing here?”
“Watching a show.” He grinned victoriously as he turned his head to the right, the building where Darren was standing guard.
Erin watched in horror as someone snuck up behind him “Darren, watch out!!” she warned but it was too late, the girl had an advantage. Her eyes squinted as she made out the face, it was Reina. Glaring at Ah Gam, she had no choice but to leave and help her teammate.”
“By the time you get there it will be too late.” Ah Gam laughed as he saw her sprinting to the fire escape.
“What the hell are you doing?!” Darren demanded when he blocked her vicious punch.
“I don’t want to hurt you Darren, just move out of my way and let me do what I have to do!” Reina said.
“Reina?” Matt stopped as he turned up to the rooftop and saw the two in a brawl. He heard her voice through Darren’s ear piece.
“What is she doing?” Jenna repeated.
His eyes hardened as he changed his direction “I’m going to find out.” He started towards the street “You check outside the mall.” He said to Jenna before disappearing into a pool of people.
Darren did not want to hurt her as he only blocked but didn’t attack, giving her a big advantage. She was relentless and stopped at nothing. Spinning around him, she hit him on the back of the neck in the human’s body weak spot. He fell to the ground unconscious. Reina hopped over his body and took charge of the sniper gun “Reina! REINA!!!” Matt called with all his might but it seemed she was a different person. Her only target was one thing, kill someone.
Erin finally made her way on the ground from the seven floors building when a bullet flew from Reina’s position caused her to freeze. She turned her head in time to see a person falling to the ground. When she turned back to Reina, she was no longer on the roof. Running towards the crowd that began to surround the person, she pushed her way through “Move! Move away!!” Erin’s heart pounded when she saw Mia cradling Doug’s body in a pool of blood.
“Stay with me…please…don’t die.” Mia coaxed, whispering in his ear.
“I called backup.” Devin said “Who was shot?!”
“Doug.” Erin said flatly “It went through his vest.”
Ryan stopped dead in his tracks with the bomb still in his hands, he made it to the van just as he heard Erin “What?”
Jenna laughed nervously “That was strange, I thought you said Doug…”
“I did.” Erin turned her head as she began pushing the people away “Give him some air!!” eyes red as she felt suffocating. Head turning, she noticed Mia hugging onto Doug’s lifeless body, tears dripping from her face.
Darren woke up slowly, his head pounding and neck throbbing as he looked around, he was alone again. When he heard sirens calling in the distance, he moved over the ledge and found a huge crowd surrounding something. He peeked through the eye piece and saw Erin instructing the crowd. But his view was blocked by the people, he wans’t sure what the commotion was about. Unlocking the sniper gun and binoculars, he placed it in the bag and headed across the street. When he finally reached the crowd, the white stretcher was being pushed hurriedly to the ambulance. He caught a quick glimpse of Doug’s pale face while Mia holding onto his hand. She hopped into the van and they drove off.
His heart sinking, he turned slowly to catch Erin’s gaze on him. Her tears of sympathy. Not a single word was exchanged, his expression told her everything. He knew. Devin made his way over as the cops began to tame the crowd. Jenna had found another bomb. Suddenly remembering Ryan, she called “Ryan, can you hear me? Ryan!”
Sniffing back the tears, he answered “Yeah. The bombs are fake. It’s just a scam.” He said while heading back to the team.
“They are?” Jenna asked.
“At three minutes, a joker face appeared where the time showed. It laughed and said ‘fooled you’. This was just a scam!!” Ryan suddenly felt a wave of emotion as he slammed the device onto the ground causing it to crash.
Jenna dodged a few people standing around as she spotted Ryan standing a block away, fist clenched together. Running towards him, she found her way into his embrace. Her eyes already red from the tears “He’ll be okay, right?” He didn’t know what to tell her, only held her tighter while his leaned his cheek against her head.
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Carmen found the old sewing manufacture as she picked the big bolted lock on the door. Looking around, she made sure everything was clear before opening the sliding metal doors. It rumbled with echo in the empty place. Closing it carefully, she rushed towards the back where a door stood. Opening the door, she knew she hit jackpot when the cages were hung above her head “How does he know?” she thought of how Devin was able to find the place and asked her to go there while the rest were at Time Square.
“Carmen?” Luke was lying down when he heard a voice. Turning up, he saw it was her “Carmen!”
“Luke!” she smiled happily “I’ll get you down.”
“Save Jessie too.” He pointed to a girl in a cage not too far from him.
“Is she okay?” Carmen asked while she trying to work the chain controls attached to the top of the cage.
Luke nodded “She’s just weak, they only feed us once a day.”
“Those bastards!” Carmen cursed while she released the lever slowly dropping Luke’s cage first. She began picking the lock.
“I’ve never been happier to see you.” Luke said sincerely, his eyes only seeing her.
She dodged his gaze “Don’t thank me yet. We’re not out of this hell hole yet.”
“Right.” A male voice said calmly causing Carmen to stop her hands. A gun pointed to her head as the guy moved to the side showing his face “Carmen, long time no see.”
“Ah Gam?” Carmen frowned “What…you…you work for Hung Gor?”
“Sure, why not? It pays the bills.” He said smugly “Move away.” He pointed her against the wall. She had no choice but to do as he asked. Pressing a button with his free hand, the chain pulled Luke’s cage back to where it was before “You picked the wrong team to be on.” He stepped closer.
“I picked the wrong friend.” She said with regret.
Ah Gam snickered “Yes, I was always just a friend. What was about Brad that you liked? It doesn’t matter anyways, he’s dead. And he’s not Brad!” he cried out pointing the gun at Luke. She found her only chance to overpower him as she spun a kick at his hand throwing the gun from his hand. Soon they entwined in a fist fight but it was obvious he was holding back for her. They paused to catch their breath as he looked at her hurtfully “You would kill me to save him wouldn’t you?”
“I don’t want to kill anyone.” Carmen said calmly “I just want you to let them go. Please Ah Gam…what did you turn into? Why are you working for this monster?”
“That monster has given me everything that I have.” Ah Gam replied through gritted teeth.
“It’s not too late to turn back.” Carmen coaxed, she hated to see her friend on the wrong side of the road.
His eyes twitched to her right “It’s already too late.”
She saw the twitch as she spun around and was met with Becca’s gun “What do you see in this girl anyways?” she snickered. Ah Gam moved towards the control robotically as he released a cage and watched as Becca forced her inside. Carmen looked at him desperately but didn’t beg him, her instincts told her he was not all that bad. He didn’t dare look at her in the eyes.