Waking Up the Dragon

A quick flashback, so I totally pissed of my stepmom. I can imagine the steam coming out from her nostrils. After I ended up that call I can feel my hot blood rising from my body. I felt proud and nervous at the same time. I was quite hesitant by the deal that I made with my stepmom. It's my chance to show dad that she's a fake. But Jim's life is more important, speaking of I got a text not long after that steamy phone convo that we had. It's an address to where were going to have our deal. I grabbed a cab going there, of course I need some preparations to do as well in case that witch will play some dirty games.

Being a daughter of a Mafia leader is not easy so I always have my handy bag with me. Inside it is a spare gun, a knife, a blackjack or brass knuckle, some ammo, flashlight, a taser and tons of guts.(Not so prepared ei? :)) I arrived to the place in no time I can already see some of my stepmom's men and Jim which has a silver tape covering his mouth and was being held by the two men . It was a secluded area where there were no people around but it's not really far from the downtown area... an abandoned tunnel. I stepped out of the cab, I told the driver to wait for me. He was hesitant for a moment until I handed him a bundle of money and that's when we settled the deal. As I went to the direction of the tunnel, I can see that there were 10 men in total. Thanks god they're not too many. I can see that the b**ch is inside the car. I stopped at the tunnel"s entrance.

" Hey!! Di** heads let him go!!! I confidently shouted.(I acted so cool☺️)

" Give us the file first! " a deep voice echoed. It came from one of the witch's men.

" What if we exchange together?" I offered". I saw the tall man asking a go signal from the lady inside the car. There was a nod, a sign of approval. I prepared myself for the exchange.

Two men came inside the tunnel and I followed in. The tunnel is not totally dark, the sun's brightness illuminates into the tunnel enough for you to see the surroundings. We reached the center of the tunnel, all eyes were carefully studying each other's movements.

"Alright..we exchange on three.. ok?" .. I saw fear from Jim's eyes. He's trying to give a me some sort of a message which I couldn't understand since his mouth is being taped and arms were locked. But his a smart as*, he tapped his feet four times and pause in every tap. I was so confused at first but I got it! Jimmy you genius dork... It's the stress code. He taught me that code when I was still a little girl.

"Ms. Chan-hee, today I will show you something that can help you someday if you are in danger" . Jim positioned himself, feet forward and he began tapping on the ground. There were pauses in each tap. I raised my eyebrow because of confusion and awkwardness.

"What the heck was that Jim?"

" It's a stress code that my dad used to teach me. He said that we are going to use it if we sense danger around or we really are in danger."

"Pfffttt!!!You're joking right?hahahahaha! I burst out of laughter.

"No... It's true. Believe me, someday it will be useful for you".

I think Jim is right, that day really came.

" Ok.. on three... one... two... three..!" I handed the drive and they handed Jim to me. I untied him immediately and took off the tape on his mouth.

" You ok? I ask him after taking off the tape.

"Yahhh!! It's a trap!! You must run now Ms. Chan- hee! he cried out. "You're stepmom is planning something else. She's going to eliminate all possible threats to her success... including killing you and make it as if you killed yourself. You don't have a back up now, she made it so tactfully. I think your dad is already on the plane heading to Beijing for a business trip. She convinced your dad that she will purely handle the situation that he need not to worry." he tried to explain as briefly as possible.

"That's not gonna happen..I can play with her games Jim. Remember I am a daughter of a Mafia. Now move your ass up and let's go before they discover that I gave them an empty drive".

"What??!!! he was shocked for a moment and we ran as fast as we can, never looking back. I heard a woman shouting and commanding her men to seize after us. We got ahead of them, we ran as if it's the last run of our lives. Thankfully the cab is still waiting there.

"Sir!!! Move.. .I'll drive..!! Jim hopped in the driver's side and started the car immediately.

"Wh- What's happening?!!..the cab driver cried.

"Just put on yours seat belt sir. This is gonna be a bumpy ride". I seconded at the passengers seat. I heard a couple of gunshots from behind. Two black suvs were following us. We headed to the downtown area. A minute of nerve cracking tire squeaks and car bumping happened. We can't run for a longer time. We need to take one of them down. I took out my loaded gun and broke the back window to give way.

" What the f**k are you doing to my car?!!"

I fired a couple shot and made the other car lose it's control and bumped into a lamp post.

" Shut your mouth or I'll put bullets in it" answered Jim holding the other gun that I handed him.

"Oh right man.. Chill!" the cab driver nervously raising his hand as if surrendering.

"Shit!!! Those f**kers are not really gonna stop!" I exclaimed.

"Hey! Mister... take the wheel.. I'm gonna make those asshole eat some bullets" Jim changed position with the driver. He opened the window and started to fire bullets. As expected from my BG, he's so good at it. He managed to hit the driver that made the car turned over after losing it's control.

"Yes!! We did it!!! " I screamed.

"What are you people?? I don't wanna die..please.. " he cried again.

The chasing stopped and soon police sirens were heard we decided to be dropped at the small busy street where it's completely packed with commoners. I gave the driver another bundle of money to keep his mouth shut and Jim made sure to give him a warning and threatening look to secure the deal. We blended in, walking as if nothing happened. I thought it was over, Jim signaled me that there is someone following us. Oh goodness.. My stepmom really prepared so we'll for this.

This chapter is a seriously a tiring chapter. (x_o)//