HNS Takedown

22

"Now" I said to Maria, "you are going to tell us what the antidote is, and if you don't, Miles will punch you, giving you more of a bruised face than you've already got", "I think I'd rather have a bruised face" she spat.

"Oh for fuck sake, thats it" said Ben, he marched up to Maria and punched her, not just once, multiple times, each time punching her harder.

She cried out in pain and struggled, "TELL US!" Ben yelled, "YOU'VE DESTROYED FAMILIES, HELP US OUT!".

I'd never seen him this mad, Maria nodded, she was scared and her face was bruised and bleeding, the blood smudged on Ben's knuckles.

"It's in the room where I kept Alaina!" she cried, spitting out blood onto the floor.

"Great, what is it called, or what does it look like?" I asked, "it's called brainwashing antidote gas" she replied, "if they breathe it in they'll be knocked out and will forget everything".

"Good, Miles you can come with me, Ben and Alaina, I trust you to stay here and watch Maria" I said, they nodded and walked over to stand behind Marias chair.

"Are we going to retrieve the antidote?" asked Miles, "that we are" I replied, beckoning the fake HNS members to lift up their hoods and escort us to the room where Alaina had been kept.

"It'll be harder than you think!" Maria, "quiet" said Alaina, who was wrapping a gag around Maria's mouth.

I ignored it and continued to walk out of the room.

We were turning around corners and Miles asked the question I knew was to come, "Celine, what did they inject you with?" "Just with water" I replied, "we didn't want to inject me with anything that could have caused a reaction", "then why didn't you tell us the plan!?" he asked, "because we wanted to make sure your reaction was real, and didn't seem fake" I answered, "understandable, but you should've trusted us" he told me, "I did" I replied, "I trusted you not to say anything after I told you".

We turned another corner and I almost crashed into the back of one of the HNS takedown members.

"Woah" I said, "sorry, but she was right, this won't be easy" he replied, and moved out of the way to let me see what had stopped him.

There before us was what was left of the HNS members.

"You have got to be kidding me" Miles muttered.

Alaina and Ben were standing awkwardly in front of Maria, her face was bruised and still bleeding.

"Let me go!" She demanded, "not going to happen", replied Alaina, matter of factly.

Alaina walked towards Maria and placed her hands on the chair arms and looked down on Maria.

"I'm going to predict that, because of how angry you've made Celine, and all of us for that matter, that you won't make it out here alive" she said.

Maria managed to keep a straight face, but the fear in her eyes was real, Alaina smiled sweetly and backed away from her, bumping into Ben in the process.

"Oops! Sorry" she exclaimed, turning around to face him, he placed his lips down on hers, "don't be" he said quietly.

The butterflies that lay in the bottom of her stomach rose up and started to fly around as she wrapped her arms around the back of his neck.

Maria made a noise of disgust, and they broke apart, "oh shut up" said Ben, "if there is anyway we can torture your mind, this is what we'll do".

Maria went quiet, just as Alaina fell back into Ben's arms.

I stood there, Miles at my side and the fake HNS members behind us.

"Try not to kill anymore of them, we need to save as many as we can" I said to them, "but I'm not saying you can't hurt them, they're still brainwashed".

"Copy that" said Miles, "thanks, but first" I turned to face one of the fake HNS members "Mark, I need you to go and get the vans ready, I will scan them all once their knocked out, which should send you their personal information, and you will all take them back to their childhood homes".

"You got it Celine" Mark replied, who then turned and headed for the elevator.

The next part was the hard part, we had to try and get into the room where Maria had kept Alaina, and it was heavily guarded by HNS members.

"You ready?" Miles asked, ''I didn't look at him, I just pulled out my assassin dagger and sighed "as ready as I'll ever be" I replied.

The room was silent for a split second, then Miles grabbed my waist and kissed me. He held me as I leaned back and kissed him, I kissed him fiercely, because it might be the last time.

I pulled away, the fake HNS members were pretending they hadn't been staring at us.

"Right" I said finally, my face felt warm (but whenever he kissed me, it did), "let's get this over and done with shall we".

"Remember the plan" I said, looking at them, making sure they knew what I meant.

We turned the corner and started towards the crowd of HNS members, weapons out and ready. They began talking fastly to one another, before getting out their guns and knives.

I was kicking the HNS members to the floor as the rest of the fake HNS members were causing distractions.

Miles was at my side the entire time, fighting off the HNS members I couldn't, that was until there were too many HNS members surrounding him.

So he called out to me "go get the antidote, I'll be fine!", I hesitated and realised he was right, "don't die on me!" I called back, as I ran towards the room, "I'll try not to!" I heard him say.

I kicked open the door to the room where Alaina was kept, and closed it behind me, making sure to lock it so no unwanted HNS members got in.

I immediately began searching the room, the door was rattling, they were trying to get inside.

"C'mon Celine, think!" I said, slapping my forehead lightly.

I scanned the room, and saw a brown cabinet in the far corner, I dashed towards it and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge, "fuck" I muttered. Looking around the room again, I spotted a crowbar on the floor next to the chair Alaina was tied in.

I ran and picked it up, turning back towards the cabinet, I lifted it and smashed the wood, the windows smashed, showering me in glass and wood.

A slash on my cheek made me wince, I pulled out various vials, until I found the one which was labelled 'brainwashing antidote'.

I tucked it into my pocket and turned around to face the door, time to let them in.

Opening the door I ducked aside as the HNS members flooded into the room, ducking out of the room I pulled the top of the vial, threw it into the room and closed the doors.

The thumping of dropping bodies could be heard, I was leaning against the door, my breath heavy.

"Celine!" said Miles, he ran towards me and embraced me tightly, kissing my forehead.

"Okay, that's enough, I'm alright" I said, "we need to go check on Alaina and Ben".

"You're probably right," Miles admitted. I turned to another fake HNS member, "are the vans ready?" I asked, "yes they are" he replied, "good, they should all be knocked out, please talk to Mark, he knows what to do", he nodded and turned to leave, beckoning the rest of them to follow". "Time to go back?" Miles asked, offering his hand, "yup" I replied, taking it.