5.
At 2332hrs, Simon stepped to the
door and then left the rifle by the side. He then hit the exit switch to open
the door. He was surprised to see the two soaked figures there.
“Hotel California? Can we come in?”
The man asked.
“You know the song----” The lady
sang the lyrics.
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (any time of year)
You can find it here
“The Hotel is closed… for
renovations. Please find another hotel.” Simon pulled on the smile.
“It’s late. We can call cab. Can we
wait inside?” The lady asked. “It’s raining here. And its 2341hrs now.”
“I …” Simon hesitated.
“I need to use bathroom. That works
like clockwork at 2345hrs. I work like the German machine; precision and
effective.” The lady smiled.
Simon thought hard where were the
bathrooms? He had not seen one when he was there. She was still humming the
song;
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got
the Mercedes bends
She got a
lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
How…
“I …” Simon said and that was all
needed for the Asian man to jab the umbrella into Simon’s chest. The short
needle at the end was coated with poison to cause the muscle spasms before the
heart give way. The couple rushed in with the man reaching into the sling bag
to draw the shuriken. The man tossed the four shuriken with precise aims on the
selected targets; two gunmen went down with the shuriken impacted on the face.
They fell backwards holding their face before they writhe in pain. The Shuriken
were all coated with the same poison as on the umbrella tip.
The Asian lady had reached into the
duffle bag and grabbed the hilt of the M10 inside. The ten over inches length compact
personal firearm with a thirty rounds clip at an effective range of fifty
meters held a sound suppressor was a deadly weapon in close proximity fights.
The lady fired the gun from inside the bag at the others. She had gunned down
three others before Danny shot her in the side of the head. He was standing
apart from the others and had a clear shot at the assassins. He in turn shoot at
the Asian man but the latter had moved.
The male assassin had rushed at
Danny but the latter had his aim on the assassin. The shot went into the face
of the Asian man and with his second two shots at the chest. He then rushed
forth to shoot the man in the back of the face.
“Damn!” Danny cursed out. He had
lost eight men in the ten seconds shootout. With him was the other three guys
stunned by the sudden shootout.
“Fucking mad!” Danny cursed out
once more. He looked at the dead Asian man and knew that the war has not ended.
He turned to the other three there.
“Call in the others. We need
reinforcements. The Triads are onto us.” Danny then turned to approach the
phone. He picked it up and heard it rang. It was picked up by the nurse who
answered first.
“I am locking down the place. Get
your two other guys in or they are left out there.” The nurse told Danny and
then hung up. Danny ran to the door and called for Glenn and Randy to get in.
“You either come in or stay there.
They are coming for us here.” Danny called out.
“Who? The cops? I …” Randy asked
back.
“It’s the Triads. We copped them
out in the shootout. They are coming for our blood.” Danny replied. “Are you in
or out?”
“Fucking Triads. I am caught in
between two gangs in their war.” Randy muttered and wanted to get in but Glenn
stood his ground.
“Fuck, Glenn. We get in or we
dissed fast from here.” Randy looked at Glenn and then to his watch. It read as
2352hrs.
“We dissed now and it’s past my
bedtime.” Glenn replied. He took to the Ford Expedition and gunned up the 3.5L
EcoBoost V6 engine with the ten speeds automatic transmission. He reversed the
vehicle to get it off the side on the driveway and turned the wheel to leave
for the road. He paused and saw the row of lights on both ends of the road.
“Damn, we are boxed in.” Glenn
called out. There were rows of lights approaching from both ends. He had
encountered the Triads before in one of the races. It was intimidation to let
their favorite win. He had let the favorite got ahead of him but he did skid
into the other’s side for it to lose the lead. He escaped in time without his
car then.
“Randy, we are going in. It’s the
only option left.” Glenn went into action. He grabbed the bag hidden beneath
the driver seat and joined Randy at the doorway.
“You took your damn time.” Danny
having stood at the doorway greeted the duo. “Four of my guys are down. I need
extra gunmen. Simon dead. Now get in and armed yourself from the others. We got
a battle ahead.”
The music was playing at the
background.
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (any time of year)
You can find it here
“Shut the music off.” Danny was
furious. Glenn and Randy had stepped in and joined the others. Danny was with
three others and with him and Randy, they made six. Glenn was given the Remington
shotgun and two clips for the rifle. So was Randy with the same rifle and
clips. Glenn approached Danny.
“We signed up as drivers. We
transport what you give us but we did not sign for any gunfight.” Glenn looked
at Danny.
“You have two choices; one stay
here and shoot or leave now.” Danny looked hard into Glenn. “Either way you are
dead”
“You are ---” Glenn minced his
words when he saw the Glock leveled at his face.
“Hey, you.” Glenn turned to look at
the nurse who had arrived at the lobby pushing the refreshments for the men.
The nurse tuned to look at Danny. “Its almost midnight.”
“Your father is recovering but he
can’t be moved. You will have to wait or leave now.” The nurse told Danny. “I
can open the back door. Decide now.”
Danny hesitated and said he will
stay. He then made some calls. He needed reinforcements. They bloody well be
quick or he will shoot them if they are late.
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