Fighting Skills

The master of the kidnappers grinned at them sinisterly and said, “Well well well, I missed you two, how are you?”

Aurora gritted her teeth, wondering about his sudden appearance. Did they put secret microphones in them to be able to hear their plans? Dammit, that was careless of Aurora! If she had known, she shouldn’t have said everything to Vivienne!

“We’re going to move you to another place, so better behave babygirls,” said the master. “boys, do it.”

Two of the men came to each of them, holding a knife, a rope, and a handkerchief. The other man was removing the handcuffs on Aurora while the other was putting the folded handkerchief and putting it in her eye with a heavy breath, Aurora tried to calm down first, to let the enemies down and she waited for her hands and feet to get released.

She then glanced at Vivienne to give her the signal and with one quick motion, she jabbed her elbows at the man behind her, which was covering her eyes. Before the man who released her handcuffs could move, she punched his gut, making him fall.

Aurora then stood up, faltering a bit as her knees had gone weak. And when she recovered, she quickly went to Vivienne to help her. Vivienne has already taken down one and Aurora kicked the other one in the shins, making him drop to the ground.

Aurora then faced their master, who was gasping in front of them in shock, “What the? How could you two move like that? I thought my men tortured you?”

Aurora just smirked and grabbed the knife from one of the men and threw it in their master's way. He managed to dodge it as he quickly moved to the side, gritting his teeth in anger. “Boys, stand up or I’ll have to make you get eaten in the waters.”

That gave an idea to Aurora. They are going to the ocean…She grabbed Vivienne’s hand and pulled her behind her, grabbing a pistol from one of the men’s pockets. Aurora pointed it at their master’s head, smirking as she saw the hint of fear flashing in his eyes.

Aurora and Vivienne stood by the center, as the men finally managed to get up, limping a bit as they went to their master.

“I’m surprised you managed to get them down,” Aurora commented to Vivienne, smirking.

“Oh honey, I received special training in taekwondo, judo, and martial arts for my action roles.” Vivienne replied proudly, “Guess I put it to good use.”

The men had spread around them now, circling them and cornering them in the center. There were a total of eight men now, including their master.

Their master laughed in madness, “You think you two did something? This will not change the fact that you are both going to be killed by me. That’s it, I’ll throw you in the ocean. Your fight is futile, you two are just wasting your energy so come to us quietly.”

Aurora clenches her jaw, feeling her heartbeat so fast she’s afraid it’ll burst. Their lives are on the line here. It’s up to her what to do next.

“Catch them, boys!” He yelled and the men tried to swarm their way into them, and Aurora fired the pistol at them, hitting their shoulders and arms.

Vivienne managed to catch another pistol so she grabbed it and helped Aurora in hitting them.

Aurora managed to hit some but then the bullets ran out, so she resulted in using her fists. She punched as Vivienne still got bullets in her gun. Almost everyone was hit until one of his men only survived. The master glared at the both of them, “So it's only the two of you and the two of us now…” he trailed off, grabbing his firearms now.

“I didn't intend to kill you this way, Aurora Makarov. I was planning on torturing you until death but you leave me no choice.”

As he was about to fire, the door opened, revealing someone unexpected.

It was her mom, Isleen and Uncle Wave.

Aurora gasped at the sight, “Mom?”

Her mother smiled at her for a minute before running to catch on to the master. The master of the kidnapper gasped, not expecting this.

“How did you got in my-”

“I knew it was you who'd get my daughter.” Her mother yelled in rage as she caught the master, hitting him by the legs to make him not move and her mother pinned him to the ground. “You dare mess with my family, you stupid old man!”

Her mother then pointed the gun she was carrying at the master as he surrendered his hand, “I surrender!”

Aurora scoffed at that, now standing upright and sighing in relief, “Coward.”

Uncle Wave tied the only remaining men that the kidnapper had and faced Aurora, “Sorry we’re late. Good job on taking down all these men. You take after your mother. I know you have some potential in you.”

Aurora chuckled, and as Uncle Wave took care of the kidnappers, she asked, “Are you not going to kill them?”

Uncle Wave shook his head, “I’ll interrogate and torture them first before I do that. Also, I want to get revenge on them for hurting my goddaughter.”

She nodded and looked at her mom. Her mom finally noticed her and her eyes filled with tears.

“Mom!” Aurora exclaimed happily as she embraced her mother. Her mother hugged her back, crossing her hair and sobbing.

“I’m sorry you have to be caught up with my past job. If I only knew-”

“Shh, I’m alright mom.” She said, cutting her mom’s sentence off. “And I’m strong.” She reassured her.

“Well, I’m just glad you’re still alive. That was Mr. Gonzales, my past enemy as I had a mission to take down his illegal club. I burned down his buildings, and burned his face….” Her mother explained. “When we got home, tell me every detail.”

“Alright.” She nodded, then looked around, “Where’s dad?”

“He’s outside, backing us up with your Aunt Hira.” Her mother replied and Aurora sighed. Really, all this time, she was waiting for help to come, for her parents to find her and she even despised them for taking so long….but now, all she could feel was happiness.

Just then, her mother glanced behind her, to see Vivienne who was watching everything silently. Aurora gasped, kind of forgetting Vivienne for a second there.

“Oh haha I forgot, mom, this is Vivienne, she was kidnapped too.”

Her mother smiled, “Hello, thank you for taking care of my daughter. I’m sure it must have been hard for the both of you to get stuck here on this ship for three days.”

Vivienne smiled too, “Your daughter was smart to come up with the plan and escape…” They all smiled, feeling peaceful now.

They went outside now and Aurora felt the wind breeze, noting it was in the evening. From afar, she saw the person she didn’t want to see now.,...

Reagan, standing by the deck as he looked down and gazed at her with so much emotion. His eyes were so intense that Aurora broke eye contact. What is he doing here?

She turned to her mom, “Mom, why is that man here?”

Her mother smiled, “Well, he was the one who alerted us that you were missing and traced you down…he didn’t even get enough sleep, and stayed with us the whole time.” Her mother simply replied and Aurora gasped.

“I know things are still a bit unclear with you two, but he was really worried for you, dear. Let’s talk about that later once we get you to safety.” Just then, her mother held her hand and creased her eyebrow, noticing something, “You’re burning up.”

She blinked, “Oh, am I?” And with that, she realized her mind has been hazy and heavy, feeling hot and aching. Her eyesight blurred a bit and felt her body falling to the ground, and the last thing she could see was her mom’s worried face.