Chapter Fifty-Four

Emma's POV

*****Flashback continues*****

"I'm not leaving you alone Julia, what if the men comes to get you, I have to be here to protect you." Alex said and I laughed.

"You? Protect me?" I laughed again.

"You think I can't? I'm no longer a kid Julia" he said.

"Fine, you are not a kid, go freshen up, I'll wait for you here" I said and he finally agreed.

Immediately he entered the bathroom, I went to the door and peeped outside.

"So you don't know who is chasing you guys?" Mom asked.

"I have no idea" Mr Sanchez said.

"Could it be William Sanders?" Mrs Sanchez asked.

"But we told him we'll keep our mouths closed and leave the country and he agreed to let us be" Mr Sanchez said.

"What are you guys talking about?" Dad asked and they hesitated a bit.

"No, we can't tell you guys, if you know he'll want to kill you too" Mrs Sanchez said.

"You guys are being chased by unknown men, I don't think this is the time to be keeping secrets" Mom said.

"Okay, ummm.... Remember the Prime Minister died of heart attack some days ago?" Mrs Sanchez asked and they nodded.

"I got an opportunity to examine the corpse and I sensed something wrong, he had red rashes around his neck, I told my husband about it, we carried out our research and turns out the Prime Minister didn't die naturally, he was injected with Cemptrofin which induces heart attack, we tried to tell the James Wilson..."

"Who's James Wilson?" Dad asked.

"Director of the National hospital" Mr Sanchez replied and Dad nodded.

"So we told him but he refused to hear us out so we threatened to go to the police station and the press with the information and left his office. On reaching home that day, we met William Sanders already in our house and he threatened to kill our son if we ever say a word about this to anyone, he told us to leave the country and never come back and we agreed." Mrs Sanchez narrated.

"Wait a minute, does this mean that William Sanders is responsible for the death of the Prime Minister?" Dad asked.

"Yes and James Wilson is working for him" Mr Sanchez said.

"Wow, this is unbelievable" Mom said.

"If he already agreed to let you guys off if you travel out of the country then why is he still chasing you now?" Dad asked.

"I've no idea" Mrs Sanchez replied.

We suddenly heard the sound of cars driving into the compound and they checked the window

"It's them, how the hell did they find us" Mrs Sanchez said.

"We have to call the police" Dad said as he brought out his phone.

"It's of no use, this people are very powerful, they were able to inject Cemptrofin on London's Prime Minister in his own house, there's no limit to their power" Mr Sanchez said.

"Then what do we do?" Mom asked.

"It's us they want" Mrs Sanchez said. "Both of you should take the kids and run far away from here and never come back."

"But you guys will be killed" Mom said.

"If it's going to keep you guys save then we have no problem with dying" Mr Sanchez said.

The sounds of footsteps were now getting closer to the house.

"Go get them now!" Mrs Sanchez said and Mom and Dad started climbing the stairs to come get us.

I quickly closed the door and I flinched in fright on seeing Alex right behind me.

"What the hell are you doing?" I asked.

"I was eavesdropping, just like you were, those bad guys are here to kill my parents aren't they?" Alex asked.

The door opened and Mom and Dad quickly came in.

"We have to get out of here fast" they said as they held our hands and we ran out of the room downstairs.

"Mom, Dad, let's go together" Alex said when we got downstairs.

"You have to go with them Alex, we'll meet you up later" Mrs Sanchez said.

"You are lying, you won't meet me up later will you?" Alex asked sadly.

"There's no time Alex, we have to go" I said as I dragged Alex.

"Leave me, I won't leave my parents" he said.

The door suddenly opened and Mom and Dad quickly hid us behind the sofa while Alex's parents remained standing.

"You said you'll let us be if we leave the country William Sanders, why are you still after us?" I heard Mrs Sanchez asked.

"I don't believe in sending the problem away, I believe in killing it, kill them James" William Sanders said and Alex quickly jerked off my hands and ran from behind to meet his parents.

"Don't kill my parents" Alex said as he stood in front of his parents.

I tried to run after Alex but my parents held me down behind the sofa.

"Look who's here, the brave little Alex, I guess I'll just have to kill you all" William Sanders said.

"Please, please don't kill him, he's just a kid and he's innocent, he knows nothing about this" Alex's parents pleaded.

"Not anymore, he's not innocent, he heard everything I said, there's no way I'll let him live." He said.

"I can make him forget" Alex's Dad said.

"What?"

"Your only problem is he'll remember all you said right? I can make him forget everything about this night" he said.

"How?" William Sanders asked.

"By injecting him with Bupropin" Mr Sanchez said.

"Bupropin? I've never heard of such a thing."

"Its something I newly invented myself but I've not taken it for approval by the WHO yet. But...but the drug is not here, it's in my luggage, in the car, please let me go there to take it" Mr Sanchez said.

"Why would I go through such troubles when I can just kill the three of you right now."

"Please, my son has nothing to do with this, killing him would gain you nothing, nothing but more bloods on your hands. My son is one of the most intelligent kids in the world right now, killing him would only attract unnecessary attention." Mrs Sanchez said and he sighed.