Duck!

Jake's Pov

The sniper' shot was our cue. We moved stealthily with our guns pointed ahead of us with the only sound being our boots and the commotion inside by the gunmen taking their position to defend the hostages, Sabrina and Jay. The loud booming of the snipers gun must have woken up Jay as I could hear his cry. I had to fight against all the will, reason and urge in me to go towards the direction of Jay's cry and continue right ahead with Zane with the plan.

As we walked past one of the raised windows I could see Sabrina tied to a chair and right in time she saw me and indicated with her tied hands that there were two men at the door. I told Zane and when we reached the door, Zane and I knelt down and when we looked at the little door space, we could see two pairs of feet, each on each side of the door.. Zane moved back and shot two times on the side of the door and the painful grunt of the two men inside was a clear indication that he had hit them right where he wanted, on the knee caps.

We could feel the commotion inside as a chair was being dragged heavily across the gravel and I could only assume it was Sabrina being dragged. I could hear her screaming loudly and then her screams were muffled like her mouth was tied with a gag. Meanwhile the gunfire ensued for a while before it stopped. I shot down the door hinges and with one kick the door fell down. Zane and I entered with guns pointed ready to shoot anyone who dared to lift his gun in our direction. I kicked the guns away from the fallen gunmen just like they do in movies. I was about to stomp into one of the compartments when Sabrina appeared with a gun behind her head and the holder of the gun was Dennis. On their left was Brenda carrying Jay and pointing the gun at his side. Behind them were Brian and Victor pointing guns behind Denis and Brenda, we were at a stalemate..

" Drop your guns or they die!" shouted Dennis. I looked at Zane and he nodded at me to just do what Denis had said and I did. Zane spoke, " Alright guns are down. So what do you two want so that we can all talk peacefully, and no more bloodshed so that everyone goes home." Brenda replied, " nobody is talking to you, we only talk to him!" she said pointing with her head towards me. Zane said okay as he moved away from them and towards the window where the sniper could see him clearly. Zane had informed me earlier about the plan to make sure Brenda and Zane were at the Centre of the room and in close view to the window so the sniper could shoot, that is if circumstances were tight. So I took a step back and Sabrina moved forward and so did Denis and Brenda.

Once they were situated where I wanted them, I said, " Please let them go and I will give you everything you want." Brenda laughed, " And what is it that you think we want ? Money? No darling, I only want you. " " what do you mean you want only me? " , I asked wondering what her psychotic mind had concocted this time round." I want you to leave this good for nothing woman and marry me. We can have beautiful babies and live happily ever after" Brenda replied. Zane laughed so loudly clutching his stomach that Sabrina and I joined in the laughter. We were awoken from our laughter bubble when Brenda cocked her gun and shouted, " Laugh one more time and I shoot this thing you call a baby" I straightened up, cleared my voice and said, " Okay, you can have me just give Jay to Zane and let Sabrina go then am all yours". It was Denis turn to speak, " Not so fast, I don't care what you do with the baby, but Sabrina isn't going anywhere. She is all mine. " Brenda gave Zane the baby. This was my cue to provoke Denis because I knew , if I hurt his ego well enough, he was going to let go of Sabrina and then maybe , he could be apprehended.

" Look at you! What kind of man are you? Your mates are out here wooing women with chocolates, dates and gifts but then there is you. Dumb, ugly and stupid , kidnapping a woman and her child so that they can love you. Shame, shame. You are such a coward. Man up. With this kind of psychotic behavior, no woman in their right senses could love you . No one could love you. " I replied. His grip on Sabrina loosened and he started waving his gun shouting, " No stop saying that, stop saying that. Its not true." I teasingly asked, " stop saying what? that no woman could love you." Angrily, he shouted aiming his gun at me with his hands still shaking, " You are not my mother, you cant say that. I will kill you just like I killed her. I didn't want to kill her but she kept saying no one would love me and i got tired of her constant nagging and I killed her. Stabbed her in the stomach." He paused and laughed wickedly like a ghost in the dark, evil night, like he was reliving the day he killed her and for a moment , I could see that he had enjoyed killing his mother and said, " If Sabrina can't love me, then no one can be with her. I will kill them all even you. " . When he said that, his focus and attention shifted on me and he aimed his gun at me, steady and ready to fire and when I saw him clutching the gun ready to pull the trigger, I signaled Zane to send the signal to the sniper. Zane lifted his three fingers and nodded to me and I shouted at Sabrina, " Sabrina, Duck! Duck!"