The Joy of Revenge

CHAPTER 159 Intervention Sheriff was assisting the coroner’s van. “Mayor Cohen, the area has been contained,” the Colonel said, appearing from the side of the barn. “Thank k you,” I said. “Sheriff grab all the car keys from the dead bodies and have Colonel and his men drive them to the impound area. Make sure to load up all the bodies in the barn into the van and have the driver head to Highland Oaks. While you do that, have the deputies. and dump all the other bodies in the mass grave. When you’re done, suit up in tactical gear await my instructions.” He silently nodded his head. “By the way, Colonel, I’d like you to life.” thank your s niper for me. He saved my He grabbed his radio and called out to his sn iper. “Eagle, I need you to trek back to ground level.” We waited for a response, but we only got static. “Eagle, do you confirm?” More static. He grabbed his binoculars and looked up at the small hill in front of us. “We have a problem. I don’t see my men up there.” Joy I was at the bar having a bit of fun with Noah when all of our phones pinged at the same time. It was an alert informing us of active shooters in the vicinity. All at once, the patron inside threw money on the tables and quickly left in such a hurry. “Uhm, Virtue, Beth and I, we need to go home. Can you tell Chip for me, please?” Patrick, bartender, said, panicking. “Sure. I’ll tell Chip,” I said. “I’m sorry, Virtue. I’ll just clean up tomorrow.” He took his apron off and grabbed-Beth, exiting the pub just as fast as the rest. “Me too,” Noah said, finishing his beer and throwing money on the bar. “Lock the doors and don’t let anyone else inside after me. Take care, Virtue. And stay safe.”

I quickly locked the door after Noah exited and gestured to Ki ki to follow me to the office. “It’s a little after midnight,” Ki ki said. “This could be the mess happening at the Ol’ Barn.” “This feels wrong though,” I reasoned. “No one is allowed to go to the Ol’ Barn. And why would emergency services alert the people of something the Sheriff and Liam were in the 3/7 CHAPTER 159 Intervention middle of? Come on. Sebastian and Cristos might know what’s going on.” We fushed to Cristos’ office to find them both in tactical gear.

“What the f uck?! You guys are going without me?” Ki ki exclaimed, closing the door behind her. “What’s going on anyway?” “There is a group of seven men, disguised in animal Halloween masks, shooting at the mob camped outside Highland Oaks,” Sebastian said. “They’ve killed all the deputies and guards and have entered the residential area. We need to stop this. This isn’t right.” “But you heard Bo,” I argued, remembering what happened to us yesterday, “we aren’t supposed to intervene.” “My a ss. This isn’t an intervention. This is a resque mission,” Kik i said, grabbing a suit hanging on the wall of Cristos’ hidden armory. “Dom is right, Virtue. We can’t allow this to happen. These people are innocent.” She began to strip to her underwear. Both men turned their backs to give her privacy. “We got the alert from Dina, Virtue,” Cristos said. “Xavier was the one who sent the distress. signal. Sam is already on his way there to offer assistance.” “Virtue, this is your size,” Ki ki said, throwing a suit at me. “If you can save one life, that’s plenty. Don’t be afraid. You and I will be a team. I nodded my head and began to dress int the tactical suit. “You guys are coming with?” Sebastian asked. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Of course, we’re coming with you. I can’t allow you to have all the fun,” Ki ki said as she zipped up. “Plus, you’re injured and he’s g ay.” She pointed to Cristos, stifling a giggle. “You guys need us.” Cristos sighed. “Fine.” He typed something on his computer and up came the map to the subdivision on the huge monitor on his wall. “We enter through the back near the coroner’s house in front of the McDowell’s. I will have Dina disengage any security system so we can move freely. No cars just bikes. Make sure you bring your harnesses and your night vision goggles because Dina will be cutting the power to that area. It will be pitch black.” He pushed on a button and up came Dina on the screen. “Dina I need all the CCTV footage you have of the shooters and when I say lights off, I want the power cut off in that grid. We are on our way to Highland Oaks.” “Copy Prima Dina said “Thie I have of this mocked men includi as possible location:4/7 CHAPTER 159 Intervention Primo. They’ve shot down most of the CCTV cameras, so I’m waiting for Sam for intel.” Four against seven,” Ki ki mumbled, making sure the assault rifle she picked out of the armory was fully loaded. “I like our odds.” “Come on. We don’t have much time,” Sebastian said, picking up his back pack. “We have a lot of scared people we need to save.” Xavier It was mayhem down below. Liam’s mercenaries positioned at the barn appeared to be surrounded, however they had reinforcements, flanking, whom I assumed to be, Pete’s hired guns. “X, Link has activated his distress signal,” Dina suddenly said. I was right. Highland Oaks was now a massacre site. “The thugs have shot most of the CCTV’s down, so Sam is my eyes for now.” The ultimate cover up. No wonder there was a coroner’s van on standby near the barn. “Tell Link to stand down unless his life is in danger,” I said. “I don’t want his cover blown.”

“He is currently protecting the Martín family at his home. He says he will not engage unle shot upon,” Dina confirmed. “Primo, Domenico and the girls are at Highland Oaks. They a going over the fence as we speak.” The girls? Go d forbid. “Tell them I’ll be on my way as soon as possible. I was having trouble finding Liam. His driver, Jack and the Sheriff were busy exchanging gunfire with the mercenaries closest to the main entrance of the barn. Unfortunately, the remaining townsfolk who tried to escape were gunned down in cold blood. There was nothing I can do to stop that. Liam wanted to take control of this town and he had to finish off every single one who was loyal to Pete. Honestly, I would be doing the same thing if I wanted to conquer a whole town. I searched for movement inside the barn, but couldn’t see much until I saw Brock walk out +5/7 CHAPTER 159 Intervention the back and quickly shot at her without remorse. Suddenly, the back door opened again and out came Liam, stopping in his tracks, surprised to see Brock. He had a gun in his hand and aimed it at Brock who was smiling gleefully at him. I paused my breathing and waited for the wind, then I took the shot. I saw Brock’s brain matter splatter all over Liam’s face. I aimed again at the mercenaries near Liam and shot at them, taking them down one by one until there was no one left. When the coast was clear, Liam quickly went back inside the barn, then emerged at the front. Jack was up against the barn door, wincing in pain while the Sheriff was assisting the coroner’s van as the driver backed up at the entrance. Then, the Colonel appeared. I peered through my scope and saw Liam giving them last minute instructions. Suddenly, I heard the Colonel’s voice on the radio. “Eagle, I need you to trek back to ground

level.” ம “Dina, it’s time for us to leave. Head over to Highland Oaks. I want to know what’s happening there and make sure Cristos, Sebastian and the girls are safe,” I instructed, grabbing my gun and dashing down the path to my dirt bike. As I was making my way down the hill, I noticed Liam’s silver BMW. I quickly hid myself behind some trees. He was looking for me. Using my scope, I saw him with a pair of binoculars, surveying the hill. He was there for while until he gave up. They drove off, back towards the main road. “X, you need to get off that hill,” Dina said. “There are mercs hiking up the hill.” I do Liam a favor and this is the thanks I get for an intervention. “Don’t worry, I have a good hiding spot-” Out of nowhere, an explosion erupted. I climbed down the hill as fast as I could. “X, Liam’s car is headed back to the mansion and the mercenaries are fleeing the hill. Sam placed booby traps before leaving.” 6/7 Fri, Apr CHAPTER 159 Intervention I heaved a sigh of relief. “Link has just called Liam. The Martins want out of New Salem All this for a negotiation? Liam was on a killing spree. I had a bad feeling he was going to kill the Martins, Link included. “Dina, how are Sebastian and Cristos entering Highland Oaks?” Chapter Comments

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