Justice ( part I )

Sun rays were running up Volga's body from the bottom to the upper part and as they were gently stroking her eyes, she frowned and opened them.

Above her, she could observe a spectacle she hadn't seen in a very long time. The sky revealed to her its two forms, on her right side the sky was painted in blue indigo while on her left side the sky was revealing an orange golden tint which expanded while swallowing the last clues of the presence of the night and leaving the space for the sun, announcing the beginning of a new day.

Volga sat up and as she was stroking her eyes she heard a familiar voice behind her, " you're awake? Great, I was about to do it myself but you've spared me some time. Let's hurry up, we have to go wake up the others and start preparing, Konny will soon be on her way to come here with her entire army, " Jamal said while stretching.

She turned her head right and left and then looked at him, dumbfounded, " don't tell me we have slept here all night? " she asked while pronouncing each word.

" We have slept here all the night, " he responded teasingly.

" And you're telling me that so casually, " she shouted before she stood up suddenly and started to glance around her as if she just appeared on a new planet, " how come? How come we're still...? "

Jamal put his hands on her shoulders, shook her slightly while telling her to relax, " I don't understand why you have such a reaction. Don't panic just because we stayed here all night, it's alright, remember I have done this a few days ago and I'm alright, you see? So calm down all things are alright ".

As she was listening to him Volga started to cool down as her thoughts were gradually becoming clearer. When she totally came back to her senses, she coughed twice and told him " alright, let's return back. By the way, let's also avoid telling the people that we've spent the night here, it's would be... troublesome ".

" Agree, let's go " Jamal nodded. He let go of her and walked toward the metallic door while she followed him behind.

They returned back and as expected their comrades were all still asleep. Volga proposed Jamal to split to make the job faster and easier. He would go start waking up those staying in the upper level of the building while she would go for those who were in the lower level. " I will go look for Pam's help if I remember well she said staying in the lowest level near her dad's room, " she informed him.

" Wait, when did you get along for her to tell you where she sleeps? " he asked her.

" Girls befriend faster than boys " she responded with a teasing smug, " it was planned that I would stay with her there during the night before you trapped me outside ".

" What are you talking about, you were the one who came for me, " he laughed.

She pushed him, " let's go, we have wasted enough time, " she said before she started running ahead.

Minutes later, after she arrived at the underground, she walked straight then turned left, following the path she remembered Pam had shown her and quickly reached her room. The woman was laying on a side of the bed leaving the other side free for when Volga would come, the latter supposed.

She leaned forward toward her and as she extended her with her hand to wake her, she noticed that Pam was shaking a little, when she bent a little further she could hear her muttering something, " please... don't do that... please Konny leave me... it's hurt... ". Hearing that Volga immediately remembered her story when she said having been Konny's prisoner for many days, [ she's getting nightmares of her from when she was being raped by Konny ] she figured out.

When she was working for the S.W.A.T Volga had intervened in some cases of women who were taken captive and got raped by some wicked men, she remembered that after their liberations, for most of them, they were still incapable to recover from those traumas, even those women, from the three previous cities they had saved, seemed to be completely broken and would need a lot of time to get any better.

But on contrary to them, even after all those atrocious experiences she went through, Pam didn't flee but stayed to continue the fight against the devil who had hurt her so bad. " You're one of the strongest people I ever met, " Volga couldn't help but whisper to her while gently stroking her forehead after she realized how her combat was different from theirs.

She moved to another side of the room, next to the door, and started to shout Pam's name while acting like she was preparing herself in hurry. After she shouted her name three times, the woman jumped from her bed.

" What is it? " she asked while trying to wake up her mind to understand what was going on when she saw Volga who was wearing her boots and she started to get it, " is it already time? " she asked one more time while she moved on the side to get herself ready, too.

" Uh-huh," Volga nodded, " but we have to hurry, it is expected that Konny and her army are on their way, already, " she stood near the door to wait for her.

Pam quickly put her outfit on, she jumped a little and walked to join Volga, and together they left the room.

Volga made her the same proposition which was to split to cover more space and thus, they could wake up the troops much quicker, " I will go ahead, " she told the woman.

" Wait, " Pam stopped her, " where have you been last night? I tried to stay awake as long as I could but I fell asleep before I realized, so I don't at which hour did you come back ".

" Oh yes... I was with Jamal, we had many things to discuss, you know there were still some details of the mission we needed to finalize, so we stayed until very late in the night, " she responded while trying to convince herself that she didn't lie, technically.

" Oh, " Pam exclaimed slightly, and, with a large smirk, she said jokingly, " you know, you could have just told me that you wanted to stay with him during the night. I didn't know that a couple needed to spend so much time together but I could have arranged a room for you guys ".

Volga sighed while shaking her head, " I know what you're thinking right now so let me tell you that you're wrong. Jamal and I are not together, " she explained.

Pam looked confused " ah wait, so you're not that remarkable girlfriend he didn't stop praising during the meeting last night...? I mean, you look so close so I thought maybe you were the one ".

" Not at all, " Volga shook her head again, " he meant someone else, the actual mayor of Stainfall precisely, Lina. And in my case I'm also dating someone else, his name is Donald. Jamal and I are just close like brother and sister ".

" Excuse me then, I misinterpreted " Pam apologized while putting a hand on her mouth as she felt embarrassed.

" No problem, " she replied, with a smile, " let's hurry up, " she patted her shoulder before she ran toward the stairs.

Minutes later they were all gathered in the room they had set the meeting the night before.

Jamal stood up, " I assume that you already all know what you have to do, moreover, we don't have time, so no need for me to talk too much. I will just say this, those days you have been in the oppression and fear of Konny will end today, I will bring justice for all the pain you have felt, all the blood and tears you have dropped until here because of her. The power she thinks making her invincible will not save her today from your vengeance. So whatever it takes stay alive to witness the day of your victory ".

They all stood in applause and cheers, and in that room, the noises were so loud that Jamal even wondered if Konny would hear them from where she was.

Without being asked, the soldiers started to leave the room to go join their positions. Jamal quickly reached Volga and Carla, he looked at them and said, " you are in charge of the most dangerous part so be careful, I promise I won't take long so hold it until I finish ".

As a response they both nodded at him, he smiled and patted their shoulders, " good luck, " he wished before they went off. He then went to see Pam and Phil, " are you both ready? " He waited for them to respond yes before he added, " alright, let's go then ".

•••

In her car, sitting in front next to the seat of the driver, Konny turned her head to glance at Sania and Nelson, the latter was leaning his head on the pane of the car staring at the parade of buildings and houses which was constantly changing as the car was rolling very fast. " When we arrive you will take some of my men and go chase those two friends of yours, if you can't capture them then kill them, " Konny told him.

" I know what I have to do, " Nelson responded coldly without taking off his sight from the outside.

" Hmm, " she considered him a little bit, " if you say so, I just wanted to make a reminding since you seem to be carried away, " she replied in the same cold tone.

" Volga is an ex-military woman who has much more experience than me while Carla is a complete genius when it comes to fighting, I can't just go blindly attack them, I need to think about a plan, a very good plan otherwise I will be soon dead " he glared at her and said.

" You should have thought about that yesterday when you had all your time free, " Konny replied while raising an eyebrow.

" That's what I wanted to do but someone had decided to send a woman in my bed, to come to disturb my mind, " he gazed at her accusingly.

" I have sent Sania to help clear your mind, for you to feel good while being with the one you love, " she corrected him.

" But as you can see it didn't work, you've just forced me to rape her soulless body, " he stopped and leaned back his head on the pane.

Konny chuckled, " you are a fool who doesn't know how to be grateful. Well, do as you want, as long as you continue serving me well and accomplish even the most capricious of my orders I can overlook your insolence ".

She suddenly untied her seatbelt, turned around while putting her knees on her seat to support herself while she was moving her upper body forward, she extended her arm to reach Nelson's chin, grabbed it, and pulled his head toward her until their lips were at one finger to touch each other, " to say the truth, that side of you really turns me on. You seem so proud of you and so sure of yourself, like the kind of man full of ego who thinks to be so strong that nothing can hurt him, who loves playing his role of the alpha male. The kind of man who thinks to be above every woman and so has the right to play with them as much as he wants. The very kind of man I hate the most, and knowing that despite all this pride you willingly became my slave... " she moaned while biting her lip " ...you can't understand the pleasure you're giving me, " she finished while licking his lips.

[ I can't wait to see how far I can break you, how much I can use all that you love to hurt you more ] she said in her head, [ if only I could have gotten Jamal to torture him like this, I'm sure the pleasure would have been so high that it could have given me a climax. It's such a pity that he was too dangerous to leave him alive ].

She softly returned to her seat, crossed elegantly her right leg over her left one, and declared, " get ready we're almost there ".

They didn't take long to reach the border of Phil's territory where they stopped. Arriving there, Konny knew that she could not be reckless anymore, she got out of the car and started to observe the scenery.

She thought that since Phil had a perfect knowledge of the city, greater than hers, he knew exactly the perfect spots to place his men so that they could intercept any enemy who would dare to penetrate. [ I can't escape their sights ] she admitted while trying to resonate, [ it would be completely stupid of me to try sneaking in, so let's forget that ]. She remembered having tried to sneak in, the last time she had tried to catch him, but it didn't work out and the result was that she had lost many of her men, [ but now it's totally different ].

Indeed, after having taken the control of all the soldiers from the three cities' army she had actually a larger army than before, and the most important thing which would make all the difference was that she now knew exactly where to go.

[ Thanks to the good job Jamal had done before he died, I have now a clear idea of where Phil is hiding his ass ] that thought made her mouth curving in a malicious smile. Although it was true that she didn't obtain the exact address, the zone Nelson had told her, they had managed to draw, was largely enough for her to find him and it would be even easier while applying the same procedure he told her they had used.

[ This time you won't run away from me, Pam. I shall take you back with me where you belong ] she said to herself, full of assurance as in her mind there was no doubt of her victory.

Konny, then, made a sign to the people inside the car to come outside.

When Nelson and Sania showed their faces she told them, " we will split up from here. As promised you can choose among the army the soldiers you will need to carry out your mission, Sania will, of course, accompany you, " she paused to glance at the woman before she added, " achieve your mission and you can soon get her back to you. I assume that you already know where you will start your research, don't you? "

Nelson nodded, " initially, we had decided of a place where we would gather after we would finish the mission. I know them well enough to be sure that they still are there or at least somewhere around, " he responded while looking in a direction which was probably the said point of gathering. " I will wait for you here whenever I finish, " he ended up saying before he moved to call his men and went off.

•••

Nelson had taken with him a total of two dozen of soldiers, even though Konny had suggested him to take more, he had estimated that number to be enough. He knew that the only chance he had, to get Volga and Carla, was to use the effect of surprise as he did with Jamal.

After what happened the day before, he was sure that they would be on their guard so if he went to bring too many people with him, they would quickly figure out the trap and it would be over for him. Nelson thought that he had had a lot of luck for having managed to kill Jamal easily without fighting, but that chance would not come a second time so he had to be smart.

First, he asked his men to leave their vehicles somewhere far away from where he suspected Volga and Carla to be, he wanted to avoid the noises of the engines to catch their attention.

Then, he asked them to split into groups of three people and go find some places to hide where they would stay in standby while he would go himself, along with Sania, to the exact point of rendezvous. He notified them that they should be positioned near the spot in a way that they would surround them and ready to attack whenever Nelson would give the signal.

The job of Sania and him would be to drive Volga and Carla out from their hideout while his soldiers, placed around, would jump on them to catch them, and in case things would go wrong they would still be able to use the agitation and the confusion of the fight to kill them.

[ I can't believe what I'm about to do ] Nelson said to himself when he got off the car, he gazed at Sania on the other side and sighed, [ may God have mercy on me. For sure men are weak when it comes to women ].

He turned to the people behind him and told them, " alright guys, here we go, let's quickly finish this ".

They followed the plan and went to place themselves in the positions assigned while Nelson and Sania walked straight to the gathering point which was the small parking of a grocery store. They both stayed there for several minutes before anything happened.

" let's go look for them inside, " Sania proposed as she had enough waiting.

Nelson gazed at her silently, he lifted his sight to observe the buildings around them before he finally nodded.

" I will enter from the front while you will go from the back, " she said, Nelson didn't think it was a good idea to separate again but she didn't wait for his opinion and already moved toward the entrance. He sighed, shook his head, and decided to do as she said.

It seemed like there was no one as they both met again inside. They inspected, together, the entire store again before they left.

" What do we do now? " Sania asked him. Nelson thought and as he was about to suggest her to go inspect the buildings around, they both suddenly heard loud screams. They immediately drew their guns and stood back to back while trying to figure out where was the enemy. " It seems like we screwed the effect of surprise " he couldn't help but comment.

Two minutes later, they once again heard screams of men coming from elsewhere and it continued like that for a quite long moment while stopping from time to time.

" eight... " Nelson had counted, it seemed that the enemy was targeting the groups of men he had placed around, " they purposely made them screaming to put us in a state of anxiety in a sort of diminishing our capacity to think correctly, " Nelson shared his thoughts with Sania, he chuckled when he remembered, " it looks like something Jamal would have done, how deep are they influenced by him? "

For a long and stressful moment, the ambiance was awfully calm, Nelson's mind was working at its maximum to try to anticipate from where the attack would come, his sight was moving from one place to another while trying to catch the smallest trace of movement, without success.

Suddenly, their both guns got shot and went flying far away. They were disarmed. Cold sweat started to run down Nelson's back, " we are doomed, I thought being able to trap them but from the beginning, we were the ones who were getting played, " he understood, a bit too late.

He took a look at Sania behind him and she seemed to be more afraid than him. Subconsciously she grabbed Nelson's hand. When he turned his head and their sights crossed each other, for a short moment, he thought having recognized Sania, the real one he fell in love with and not the puppet Konny was controlling. But it was just for a short moment because after they caught the sight of some shapes moving away, she suddenly released his hand and turned again into Konny's puppet who just wanted to accomplish her mission so she could quickly join her master.

As the shapes were getting near, Nelson quickly recognized them, " Volga and Carla... " he exclaimed.

They were at three meters from them when Volga waved a hand to greet, " Hey, how are you today, you both look like people who just betrayed all their friends, " she shouted at them.

Nelson didn't know what to reply. He thought that he would be able to end that as fast as he could for not be forced to face the shame of his actions, but it was impossible now as he was cornered, he couldn't even look at them in the eyes, " Listen, you don't know what it is all about, " he started " It may look supernatural but Konny has power... "

" ...which allows her to control people? Yeah, we already know, " Carla cut him, " we also know that she actually took the control of Sania and made a deal with you that she would free her at the conditions that you betray us and kill us all ".

He became once again speechless. [ They know? How? ] he asked himself, so many thoughts were bombarding his head that he couldn't organize his mind and focus on one thing. He opened his mouth trying desperately trying to find arguments to defend himself, " that's... that's not it... "

" Oh really? " Carla replied while becoming more furious at each step she put forward, " so you're telling me that you didn't come here to try to kill us, Volga and I? " her voice started to break because of the emotion, Nelson slowly lifted his head to look at her and the feature before broke his heart, tears were overflowing from Carla's eyes. " How? How could you do that to me? You promised him you will look after me... you promised Amir... I thought we were a family but you were still willing to kill me! For her?! "

[ What have I done? What have I done? How could I do such things? How could I be so dumb and heartless ] Nelson started to hate himself from the deepest part of his heart, at that moment, he couldn't think about anything else but to kill himself, to die for all the sins he had done. But he gazed at Carla and his thoughts changed, he wanted to hug her, tightly and beg for her forgiveness even though he knew that his apologies would not be enough to correct all the bad deeds he had done.

He was about to put a step ahead toward Carla when the woman behind him reacted faster. Sania drew her knife and quickly ran toward Carla, she was very fast and covered the short distance in no time, she was about to stab her and Nelson couldn't do anything, he lifted his hand desperately as if he wanted to catch her and shouted at her with all his breath to stop, but what happened next was out of his expectation.

Sania moved the knife forward aiming for Carla's chest but the latter was too much faster than her, she kicked Sania's hand so hard that she immediately let go of the knife, sending it to fly far away, then she turned around herself, accompanying the motion of the kick, and punch at the left side of Sania's face with her elbow.

The latter directly fell unconscious on the ground.

The scene was so intense that Nelson didn't even realize that he fell on his knees. As he was slowly rearranging his mind, he saw Volga slowly walking toward him, at that moment, he couldn't even identify what expression her face was showing but he did understand what she said when she stopped at one hand distance from him while looking down at him, " sorry but you too have to sleep for the moment, " and she then finished by kicking him on his temple sending him to ground, unconscious.

•••

" Alright, let's carry them now, " Volga said while stretching out, she gazed at Carla and asked her, a bit worried, " Hey, are you okay? "

The latter wiped off the tears from her face and nodded, " sorry, I lost control of myself for a moment but I'm feeling better after I punched this woman, it's been a while I wanted to do that, you know, " she said jokingly while lifting Sania to carry her on her shoulder.

Volga laughed slightly then she lifted Nelson and landed him on her shoulder. " Alright let's go, Jamal said that we should keep an eye on them until he finishes with Konny, the attack has already started so I think it won't be long before that finishes, " she informed her.

As they were walking toward where they came from with the unconscious bodies of their friends on their shoulders, Volga couldn't but asked Carla, " by the way who is Amir if I dare to ask? "

" Oh, he's someone dear to me, I will tell you about him later, " Carla responded with an innocent smile.