Chapter 12 - Unseen Enemy

The sun was already setting up as John descended from his car. In the middle of the dessert area, he took his gun and walked towards a container that was the southeast part of the place.

Just before he arrived, he stops and scanned the area.

'No one, at the sides…'

He looked up and took out a pair of binoculars.

'Nothing on the roofs'

 'So, whoever did this is working alone… amazing… to say the least'

He looked at the container and kneeled on the ground. Seeing the small gap of the container, he more or less could deduce what happen.

'They were probably ambushed in that container…'

He took a deep breath and searched in his back until he grabbed a silencer.

Slowly, he walked towards the container and put himself in from of the metallic door.

'It's too thick for the bullet'

John grabbed his bag once more and took a small grenade.

He took the grenade and throw it to the container.

In a second, gas came out from the grenade ingulfing the place in the gas.

John took out a gasmask and immediately entered the container. The gasmask had green vision, so he managed to see everything inside. In a second, he saw a man sitting on a chair.

'That's Lean!'

John tun towards Lean, he grabbed a knife and broke his ties, then he took another mask from his back and put in his face. After that, lifted him up.

"Hang in there buddy"

"Don't ask" Murmured Lean.

John walked towards de exit while Lean struggle in his shoulders.

"Don't…ask" Murmured Lean once again.

John came out of the container and put Lean on the ground.

"Lean! Lean! Where is Robert?"

In a second, the eyes of Lean became lifeless, but John didn't notice this.

"He is at the school; The man took him there, I heard that he wants to hurt the lady, you got to hurry!" Said Robert

"What!?" Shouted John.

Frightened he left Lean on the ground and run towards his car.

"Don't go…" Murmured Lean.

A small black gas escaped from his neck.

A tear falling from his eye.

"It's…a…trap…" Finally, he couldn't stay awake as he fell unconscious.

'Damn it! Damn it! Why did I leave my phone in the car!?' Though John.

As he arrived at his car, he opened the car and grabbed the phone that he left in his passenger seat. As he was desperately looking for the contact of Miya, he didn't notice the figure that was coming out from behind his car.

"Come on, come on, come on" Said John.

*Ring*

*Ring*

However, just after the second ring.

*PAM*!

John felt his vision clouding as he felt an immense pain on his head.

"Wh…at"

Looking out, he saw the silhouette of a man, with a metal bat on his hands.

John felt unconscious as he dropped his phone on the ground.

The man opened the car door and grabbed the phone while taking his own phone from his pocket.

[What is it, John? You know you can't call me when I am in class]

A voice came from the other side of the call.

The man seemed to engulf the voice in his memories before hanging out.

..................…

'So that's her voice…' I said while stopping the recording.

I will put to good use, but not for now.

I keep my phone throw John's body to the trunk.

I then ignite the car and drove towards the container.

I keep the car at the back of the container and grabbed Lean and drag him inside. Then I did the same with John.

*Ha* *Ha*

I was too tired.

I didn't plan to take things this far today.

Anyway, I had four unconscious people in my container and…

'20 minutes left'

I had ten minutes before I had to pick Carly.

I tied them up around the center pillar of the container. Before that though, I strip them up, only leaving the underwear.

'Better be safe than sorry, they are trained soldier… after all, well… almost all of them'

I went to the mirror and check out my image.

'My make-up is messed up but don't as bad as I thought it would be… but this outfit is done for'

The blood stains on my shirt didn't look like the outfit businessman.

Sadly, I didn't have a second spare of this suit… not in this color at least.

'They are aware of me so someone might see the cameras and will notice that I changed…No problem, I can say that I run towards the office, so I was sweaty and changed in the office… is that pretext a bit too shabby? I don't know, but I don't have much time left, if someone is as paranoic as me, they will suspect, but, at best, they will think that I run towards someone else home… maybe they would think that I have an affair, so, I changed clothes, so my wife won't notice…'

It wasn't the best, but it was the best I could work with.

I re-arranged my make-up and changed clothes.

I looked at myself in another mirror, this one was body sized.

'Not stain on the shoes… I think that I smell a bit… but that's normal giving a work's day… good'

I left the container and sealed before going towards Alexander's high school.