Chapter sixty six
"What the hell was that?" Drew asked.
He shut the door behind him quickly as he made his way back to the room. He placed his gun on a nearby table for when he would need it.
"I have no idea but let me run a check through the security cameras.'' Jack said.
"Meanwhile, I think we need to leave on time. Once they know that these two scumbags are missing, they'll come searching and if they find them here with us, the result might not be funny. So to avoid too much bloodshed, I suggest we leave tomorrow.'' Killian said.
"I agree. Tomorrow it is then.'' Drew said.
"Guys, you should come see this.'' Jack said.
"What the hell is this?" Drew asked.
On Jack's screen was a hooded figure. Drew couldn't make out the face but he knew the shape belonged to a woman. The woman's face was obscured by a dark veil that shielded more than half of her face.
"This is a woman's figure.'' Killian said.
"It is but I don't understand. No female knows this safe house, not even Laura.'' Drew said.
He paced about, worry evident on his face. He racked his brain for who could know the safe house but he came up with nothing. There was no woman on his mind he could think about.
"This is getting weird.'' Jack said.
"Fools... You all are fools.'' the pilot chuckled.
His lips were dry from the absence of water. Ever since he was captured, he had refused to take anything claiming that he could be poisoned.
"What do you know?" Drew growled.
"Don't you know that the great master has minions all over the world? They could easily get the address of this place in no time.'' he cackled.
"There's no way they would know this place. Except..." Killian said.
His eyes were wide in terror and Drew knew that he had just discovered something that they had all missed from the beginning.
"What is it?" Drew asked.
Killian walked toward the pilot and the other attacker who was still out cold. From the look on the attackers eyes, Killian knew he had discovered that his secret had been blown.
"Get up.'' Killian ordered.
"And why should I do that?'' he pilot asked.
"Get up before I force you to.'' Killian hissed.
The pilot remained on the floor, still adamant not to obey the command. Killian lunged at him, dragging him to his feet. Underneath him, small and inconspicuous was a tracking device they had all failed to see.
"Shit! That's how the figure discovered this place.'' Drew said.
Killian picked up the device, crushing it with his feet. There was a dull whine from the machine which indicated that it had successfully been destroyed.
"There's nothing you can do about it. The great master knows we're here already and soon, he'll be here.'' he chuckled.
"Someone shut this guy up.'' Drew said.
Fast as lightning, Killian struck him on the shoulder which rendered him powerless as he slumped to the ground, unconscious.
"We need to get out of here now!'' Drew said.
"Why don't we wait to fight them. After all, they're no match for us when we're together.'' Jack said.
"True but you should know that we're short of ammunition and these people would be coming in herds.'' Drew said.
"Jack, you'll be flying. Let's get these people out of here.'' Drew ordered.
Soon, the trio left the safehouse, carrying the two unconscious men along with them. They climbed into the van, making their way towards the airport.
"My coordinates show the attackers are heading here.'' Jack said.
"And I think they're here.'' Drew said.
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Up ahead, there was a barricade and Drew knew it was Alpha Jed's men. He was surprised that they had found out where they were on time and now, they were here to cause havoc. One thing was sure in Drew's heart, he wasn't going down without a fight.
"Engage or leave it for later?" Jack asked.
"Definitely now. We'll be cowards not to engage in a fight, we can't have Jed thinking we're scared of him.'' Drew said.
He had already cocked his gun which was ready to do a lot of damage. Drew climbed out of the van, moving towards the area where Jed's boys stood. Drew looked around but there was no sign of Jed nor his son.
"We're here to retrieve our people.'' a voice said.
The bearer of the voice came out from within the crowd of men who were dressed in black. Drew knew he was the leader of the men and the chief commander of this battalion. He had a large mark on his face, running through his forehead down to his neck. He looked fearless and Drew knew he might not be easy to defeat.
"You know bloody well I can't release them to you.'' Drew said.
He walked towards the attackers all the while keeping an eye on the snipers he had sighted from the rooftop. There was no telling that they came prepared and Drew could see the determination in their eyes over what they were about to do.
"I can not and will not release the prisoners to you.'' Drew reiterated.
"Then you leave us with no other option but to attack you.'' he said.
Before Drew could react, the rival commander launched at him dealing blows to him but Drew was quick to deflect. He staggered back when he gave him a particularly heavy blow that knocked him off his feet.
"I didn't count you to be so slow and weak.'' he taunted.
He moved towards Drew with a sly grin on his face. Drew shifted to his wolf form, growling as he watched the commander advance towards him.
"Even your wolf can't stop me.'' he chuckled.
Without wasting any more time, Drew launched at him, scratching out his eye. The commander yelled in pain and Drew was glad that he had caused considerable damage. There was no telling what he'll do if he gave the commander a chance to retaliate.
"Drew, look out.'' Killian shouted.
Drew saw it soon. A ball of fire created by one of the minions was heading his way and for the quick sight Killian had, Drew would have been incinerated.
"And you really think you're smart.'' Drew chuckled.
Jack and Killian rushed towards the minions, attacking them fiercly. Drew faced the commander who was growing weaker by the minute due to the attacks Drew launched at him.
"Any last words?" Drew said.
"You'll never have the final laugh.'' he spat.
Drew dealt him a powerful blow as he watched the life drain out of his eyes. He shifted back into his human form as he watched his friends kill off the rest of the minions.
All was quiet now as they searched everywhere, trying to see if they could find another attacker but all was quiet.
"I think we've killed off the last of them.'' Killian said.
"We did. Let's get out of here.'' Drew said.
He made his way to the van with Jack and Killian following behind. When they got inside the van, they met their captors who were trying desperately to free themselves but it proved futile as their hands were tied tightly.
They drove to the airport soon without any other problems. When they got into the plane, Jack took over the wheels. Drew was happy that at least one of them knew how to drive a plane, he couldn't imagine what would have happened if they were all ignorant on the subject.
"Does Laura know you're coming today?'' Jack shouted from the cockpit.
"No. She'll be surprised to see me.'' Drew smiled.
"I'm just glad you guys have settled your differences, that's all that matters.'' Killian said.
They landed at the airport few minutes later as Jack slowly brought the plane to a stop. They disembarked quickly, dragging the attackers with them. They got into another van soon as Killian took over the wheels.
"Where should we dump these men?" he asked.
"At the club, in the cellar.'' Drew said.
They drove towards the club with Jack reading some things on his pager. Judging by the look on his face, Drew knew that he had found something.
"What you got Jack?" he asked.
"The drugs Alpha Jed manufactured last week just got into the city.'' he said.
"Shit! That's bad, we have to look for a way to stop it.'' Killian said.
"We do. Jack, what is the mode of transportation. By air?" Drew asked.
His mind was furiously working on the ways he could stop what he knew could be a potential catastrophe. If those drugs got to their various outlets, Drew knew that there would be little to nothing he could do.
"By sea. From my sources, they are in the process of unloading it.'' Jack said
His hands were typing furiously as he tried to get more information concerning this. Some of the sources were not forthcoming as they tried to keep away the information from him. Jack wasn't surprised by this and he knew that some of them might have been bribed.
"Burn it down.'' Drew snapped.
"Burn? Are you crazy?" Jack said.
"No, I'm not. Jack, incase you don't know but that's the only way we can stop the supply.'' Drew said.
"Boss, but there are some innocent lives there that might be lost.'' Killian said.
"I know. Jack, see if you can evacuate some of the workers at the port before you give this order.'' Drew said.
"In a minute.'' Jack said.
He typed furiously on his laptop, his eyes perched in concentration. There was no telling the damage that would be done if the workers were still there when he sets it on fire.
"All done. They're all safe now.''Jack said.
"That was fast.'' Killian chuckled.
"I have my ways.'' Jack smiled.
"Do it", Drew ordered.
From a singular tap on his laptop, the port was engulfed in flames. Not many people knew it but Drew controlled the port and so had access to all the security footage and operations within it.
This was just the beginning of the total clampdown he was doing against Alpha Jed and his son and Drew vowed to continue until they were wiped out totally.
