Project LOTUS: Beautiful Monster

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty

The Ultimate Ax

"f**k THOSE those police! I'm gonna beat the s**t out of them!" The red-eyes lunatic hoodlum screamed in an almost animalistic growl.

His strange and almost solely instinct-driver behaviour made me consider if he is actually taking drugs or something.

"Damn it, old Fred. Calm your balls. They wouldn't hesitate to kill you for sure!" His accomplice tried to calm him down but the latter just won't do it.

"I repeat, we asked you to surrender now or spend years of your life in prison while regretting your decisions..." I heard the familiar sound coming from the side of the police. It was the same voice as before. One of the police officer that investigated Vanessa's death at our school, Officer Manalo.

He was still holding the white megaphone on his left hand while leaning on the police mobile with a pistol on his right hand. I can also see four other police patrolling and arrogant the whole area and I have a feeling that they more of them.

They are indeed all over this place. These criminals should just surrender now. But with what I can see on the expression of that lunatic robber, and based on what I heard his name is Karl, I can see his determination to fight against the authorities and the raw bloodlust in his eyes.

"Shut up!" He spit on the police before looking at his comrade who is currently panicking right now.

"Give me your gun, Karl!" He ordered him.

"What the hell are you talking about?" His accomplice whose name is Karl said in a surprised voice.

"I said give me the f*****g gun!"

"What in hell are you gonna do with this?"

"Just give it to me!"

The hoodlum named Karl did not have any choice but to give his gun to his comrade.

The rest of the hostages remained quiet as they nervously watched the two captors having a disagreement. This kind if scene is a it alarming. They can just shoot anyone randomly.

When the lunatic hoodlum named Fred grasp the gun, a menacing smirk stretch across his face. As if an evil witch holding a poisonous apple.

"What are you gonna do with that?" Karl ask his comrade once again.

"Imma shoot the hell out of those police," he madly said before walking out of the convenience store.

"Fred! What the hell are you gonna do!" The poor Karl guy tried to stop his comrade but to no avail.

The lunatic guy named Fred already wen out of the convenience store to face the police while holding a single pistol. He looks like an animal driven by instinct and devoid with logic. 

"Stay there! Raise your hands!" One of the police ordered him.

But the crazy Fred guy only smirked at them as he pointed the gun at officer Manalo before mindlessly pulled the trigger.

"Rot in hell, useless cops!"

It is apparent that the mad man is not even skilled in firearms because he can't aim properly. The bullets he shot were all wasted because the police where able to dodge it by simply ducking and hiding on a nearby post and police car.

But the hoodlum was not even fazed. He continuously shot consecutive times until he was finally able to hit one of the cops.

"Die! Useless cops!" He screamed like maniac.

He mindlessly pulled the trigger of the gun with no traces if remorse. It made me wonder if there is still a but if humanity left in him. He was about to shoot another bullet when I noticed officer Manalo swiftly went out from hiding behind the police car to also pulled the trigger of his gun.

I saw a single bullet came out from the mouth of his gun. It was almost a slow-motion when I saw that sole bullet accurately hitting the knee of the gun man.

The hoodlum lost his balance and groaned in pain as he endured the excruciating pain from the gun shot that his knee sustained. Nevertheless, he was still able to clench the gun and shoot once more when another bullet hit his shoulder this time.

I figured that it was from officer Manalo again. His two hands are firmly grasping his gun while precisely aiming it at the fallen hoodlum. I don't know why despite being in this kind if situation, I can still see the strong sense of masculinity emanating from his very posture and serious facial expression. He looks like a warrior general in the middle of war.

The rest of the police have successfully unarmed the injured criminal after the firing incident. Officer Manalo once again held the megaphone to speak to the remaining hostage-take who is currently panicking in front of us.

"I ask for the remaining hostage-taker to surrender now for a peaceful arrest." His serious voice resounded in the whole vicinity.

"Damn it," I heard the remaining hoodlum whispered.

He is standing a meter in front of me while tightly clenching a plastic of diapers and money.

A sudden strange feeling touched my heart when I saw it. Could it be...

"Damn it, if I get caught... it's over," I heard him whispering to himself again.

"Please surrender now. Put down your weapon and go out of the convenience store with your arms raised," officer Manalo tried to communicate again.

I saw some of the cops alertly walking near the store while holding their guns.

"Shut up! If you shoot me, I'm going to kill these p-peaple!" He shouted before drawing a knife from his pocket.

"Don't come closer!" He barked at the police who are about to enter the store.

His nervous eyes glance the whole store as if finding something that will save him from the hands if authorities until his eyes stopped to me.

I felt a bad feeling when I saw his anxious eyes looking at me.

And I was right because he hastily walked towards me and forcefully grabbed me in the arm and quickly pointer the tip of the blade on my neck.

"Arylle!" I heard Guinevere and Sheena shouted, trying to pull me away from him but to no avail.

"Stop or I'm gonns kill this girl!" The criminal threatened them while further pushing the knife into my skin. One wrong move and this place will be full of my blood.

I gritted my teeth as I tried to escape from his grasp using my hands but his arms are just to strong.

"Stop wiggling! Don't make me kill you, kid." He whispered the last sentence in a quiet voice. I could almost think that I heard a hint of hesitancy.

"Don't shoot or I'm gonna kill this girl!" He once again threatened the police while dragging me out of the convenience store. He used my body as as shield against the possible attack from the cops while he carefully step one by one to escape.

My eyes wandered around the faces of the police until I met with officer Manalo's eyes. I saw a hint of recognition flashed into his eyes as he stared at me.

"Put down your gun or I'm gonna slashed this girl's neck!" He ordered the cops while gently pushing the knife in my neck.

I saw the hesitation in the eyes of officer Manalo as he stared into my eyes. But after a few moments, he gestured his men to put down their weapons.

"D-Don't follow me!" The guy behind me told the cops in a warning tone before carefully walking on a parked gray car that looks like an ancient model with a lots of scratches. He forcedfully shoved me inside it as he also slid inside quickly.

"What the hell! Get me outa here!" I shouted at the guy once I was freed from the knife that he was pointing on my neck earlier.

"Shut up and behave, kid. I'm going to release you once I am able to escape," he told me in a mixture of threatening and anxious voice.

I tried tried to opened the doors but it would not budge.

"Damn it!" I screamed in frustration. "I said get me outa here! You'll get caught no matter what so just surrender already!" I barked at him.

"I said shut up and keep quiet!" I roared before starting the engine of the car. He immediately speed it up and I saw two police cars tailing us from behind. One of them tried to shoot the wheels of this car but my captor was able to sway the car away.

-C. N. Haven-