35. Unconscious

LYRA POV

I stayed silent. Just the controlling contest I am having with my body to avoid beating the shit out of him. My hands more than ready to protrude into his stomach and my knees cramping to smash his balls. Just when I heard some engine speeding sounds in my bluetooth, this fucker decided to raise his hand and touch my hands. I heard the car sound finally.

Assuming that the backup is here, I yell a "Go!!!" into the mic, raise my arms and gave him a good powerful uppercut punch on the jaw resulting in his head pivoting upwards. The impact is more than expected because he was unaware of the attack. He backed off a few steps away from me due to the impact and he closed his eyes in pain. The people around him got alerted and aimed their guns at me. But before they could raise their guns to aim, a cyclone of bullets came penetrating the dense air and shot several holes through half of the guard's bodies.

The remaining all stood there in shock and surprise not understanding what happened until few of their men fell on to the ground lifeless. The wet dark roads are slowly getting red. The dampness of the already wet concrete increased with new flow of liquid. Pools of blood flowing through the thin patterns of the textured road reached my feet colouring the white base of my sneakers in a dark shade of thick red. I look at the man infront of me either in pain while his mouth is full of blood. I never knew my punch had this much power of I controlled my self. Guess that isn't a bad thing.

Adam held his jaw in his hands and screamed to his gaurds. "what the fuck are you doing ? Shoot her!!!"

The moment he finished the sentence, another rain of golden shots came across the air and made holes through the bodies they penetrated. I just stood there without any movement watching the man in satisfaction. All those months of hardwork to locate him and make the perfect plans to catch him which failed utterly came to an end. He swiveled his head in my direction and bolted towards me lifting his hand up in the air.

He tried to punch me on my face but I was quick and bent forward avoiding the punch. I twisted my waist to stand straight again and aimed for his stomach. Striking his stomach with the tight fist, I bent my knee and kicked him in the groin. Adam fell on the ground whimpering while holding his jaw with his right hand and placing his left hand on his groin. I bend on my feet and leaned forward closer to him just to say "Do I look like a babygirl now?"

That seems to be working because he glared at me through pain and clenched his teeth. I stand up to my feet when I heard Sabrina's voice in my earpiece.

"Guys what's happening there? Was that bullet sounds? " Her voice came out scared.

Mike stated while he stayed at the same spot ready to slaughter anyone that attacks me. "You will know when you reach here"

"Will be there in twenty minutes" she replied out of nowhere.

"Wait. You're not here yet?" It is Mike's turn to be confused.

"What do you mean not here yet? It takes fifty minutes to get to Loer from Arricot" Nate approved the fact making both Mike and me realise the sounds we heard earlier were not from their cars. As I was about to speak up, Adam stood up from the ground at safe distance from me and marched towards me cursing his lungs out. He held his fist up in air aiming to punch me while dashing in my direction.

" You bitch!!! You dare to mess with me??" He limped his way to me. I looked up at him and was about to signal Mike not to kill him when a bullet came piercing through his left thigh

" Mike!!!!" I scream at him for doing the stupid decision of his life. But my eyes went wider after listening to his words.

" That's not me Lyra!!! There's someone behind you!!!" Mike yelled into the speaker. I was preoccupied in my thoughts on how to knock him out without killing him that I didn't realise the bullet came from behind. I saw Adam falling to the ground. A small bullet came out of his thigh from back of his leg and grazed the concrete road behind him splashing some blood on the ground. He held his leg and whimpered in pain while I removed my helmet.

The only thing that kept running in my mind is "we need him alive at all costs. He should not die. He must be alive. He should not die"

I drop the helmet onto the ground in shock. This is unexpected and unplanned. My mind went all hazy. I should not let him die. Thousands of children's lives are in my hands now. He should be alive to get the details of the trucks transporting them. The helmet fell on the ground with a loud thud as I stepped forward slowly. I couldn't think of anything. I heard Mike and James talk in the bluetooth.

"Mike, what's happening there?"

"The target is shot"

"Lyra!!! He should be alive. Don't let him go!!! He holds the key to innocent lives Lyra. Think wisely "

My brain seems to be shut down. I remove the bag from my back, dropped it near the helmet and got closer to the man on the ground and tried to lift him up. The only thing in my mind is to save him. Our goal is to catch him, not kill him. I was determined to save him that I failed to notice the anger in his eyes. He tried to choke me with his right hands while he is trying to stop the bleeding with his left. 'just knock him out Lyra' I thought and was about to push him to ground.

But before my body reacts, a whirl of wind passed by me and the next second, Adam is on the floor. Unconscious. My frowning eyes fell on the limp body before me drowned in a pool of blood. I can't even decipher it's the blood from dead bodies around me or his. As I slowly raise my head and shift my eyes to the silhouette beside me, my sight drifted to a pair of green eyes. The frown on my face went deeper when I saw familiar face which is not supposed to be anywhere around here.

I felt my legs get weak and I fall on the ground sitting next to the unconscious body before me. I try to wake him up but to no avail. Shaking him aggressively I felt him not breathing. Standing up from the spot, I felt the adrenaline rush to my entire body as I dashed towards the man removing my face mask and slapped him across his face. His face swiveled to his right due to the force.

"What the fuck have you done?" My screams echoing in the silent streets. Just when I thought about hitting him again, I heard some rustling sounds from behind. I turned my head around only to see the man who was unconscious a moment back getting inside the car and driving away. I can see the months of work slip out of my hand just like beach sand. That's when I knew I was tricked. Tricked into believing he is dead. He definitely would have held his breath earlier. But that's not the issue here. He is gone.

He.is.gone.

He is gone. Just like that. Zooming off without even hesitation. Why would he hesitate? Its his only chance to escape so he used it. My mind going crazy. I am on the verge of breaking down into peices of knives. Anger and disappointment overflowing like a volcano. The car disappeared from my sight in a second. I stood there. In the same spot. Unable to move. Just like the statue of a man behind me. We both stayed in the same place. No one moved a muscle.

When the fact that he escaped after all the efforts made to my brain, my legs got weak and I fell on my knees dropping the mask on the ground. Unable to cry, unable to laugh it off. The sky seems to be connected with my heart. It started drizzling soon after, drenching the whole area in cold drops of water. Every drop felt like electric shock on my body. My already pale body becoming more pale due to coldness. My body needed to cry. But no tears came from my eyes. But heart is reacting instead of my eyes. Racing with the emotions, it's beating faster thumping over my ribcage.

Blood inside rushing through the veins travelling from my heart to every corner of my body in just a matter of milliseconds. I can feel the blood pressure rising. Soon, Mike ran to me and grasped the situation. He came near me and gave me a side hug as he knew I am not comfortable with men hugging me or touching me. He is trying to cool me down, to control my anger. But who tells him I couldn't. I would kill anyone that comes in my way.

A car stopped on the street and three people ran towards me. I can see the shadow of the man on the ground that came at the wrong time and ruined all the plan and work of five people. The secret aim of an entire country government. Sabrina asked Mike what happened and he explained briefly. I would not say that as brief explanation because he just said that Adam escaped. That's not all. There's more to it. More than they could ever think of.

James started to speak making me close my eyes in embarassment.

"He escaped? That's all you can say?"

"Sir..we...we were tricked sir. He stopped his breath for a moment and we assumed he is dead. He convinced he is not longer alive and we were drowned in defeat when he used the chance to fly away"

" If he is dead, that's not considered as defeat Mike! We will find those children however. But the man that escaped is not a normal human!! He is the most wanted criminal of entire country of Anclona. Do you guys even get that into your brains? He is gone now and God knows what he will do after this" he held his hair in frustration. Placing back and forth, he tried to think what to do now.

Noticing the man near me, James questioned us Pointing towards the man. 

"Who is this man? What is he doing here?" The question is directed to me and Mike. But because neither of us answered him, he decided to ask the man about him. " Hey!!! Who are you? Are you one of Adam's security? "

And as expected, no one answered him. James just let out a sigh shaking his head while turning around and walking to the car. I don't know what he is going to do now. But this sequence has the complete influence of my badluck. Sabrina and Nate followed James after assuring me not to worry patting back softly.

Mike kneeled infront of me. "We will do something about Adam. Solve this matter carefully and return to the base. Okay?" He said before taking a glance at the man and stood up returning to the car.

After the night I met him, everytime something goes wrong, he is involved in that. Everything. During the first mission, in the library, at the house, in the park and even now. Rage build up inside my chest as I turn my head to look at him. He stood there. Looking at me. Oh the nerve to be so normal after doing everything he could to put out efforts in vain. I slowly stood up and neared him.

In a few minutes, everyone left with only two of us left behind. Oh! I have to mention the dead bodies around us. The rain drained the blood and the mix of water and blood flew beneath our feet. My pants are drenched in excessive blood from where I sat beside Adam. My hands are of the same shade. Blood. Blood everywhere. Few bullets are scattered over the ground.

He kept looking into my eyes, holding a different emotion. Like he is in pain. A lot of pain. But his pain is overthrown into the shadows compared to the rage burning inside my stomach.

"Why did you do it?" I speak out finally, looking into his green eyes. They were glowing a bit when I saw them earlier. But now, they are a deep shade of green. The type you find in the deepest depths of sea.

" Why is it always you that is involved in any disturbance caused in my life? Why!!!???" My screams echoing in the empty colony. The splashing of raindrops is more audible now because of the resonance of stagnant water. My eyes stayed dry. Not a hint of tears in them.