A light in the darkness

Chapter 40

Everyone was working hard to find the Don from under the debris. They had found Ben in the first ten minutes on top of the truck he had fallen on. His arm was broken and he had a bad gash on the back of his head and had lost a lot of blood because of the two bullet wounds on his arm and shoulder. He was unconscious but he was alive.

More men from Mafia had come in the first ten minutes with medical trucks that belonged to the mafia. Everyone was working franticly to take their dead men and wounded so they can leave before the police can arrive.

Using quadcopters equipped with scanners and cameras they had found Maria on the second floor, in one of the rooms that were on the verge of collapsing. She too had lost a lot of blood but she was alive much to Toress's relief who had helped Albert and Rich in the attack. They had taken her out using a staircase near the room.

"SIR!" shouted one of the men and ran toward Albert who was barking orders around, trying hard to stay composed and collected.

"We found the Don." said the man and Albert's eyes widened. "They are taking him out."

Albert didn't waste time running to the place the man had pointed to. He saw Rich, Damien, and Xander carrying a gurney out of the building, making sure to not drop the person on top of it while climbing down the debris. Their faces were stone cold with deep scowls, only showing how bad Mason's conditions were

"Oh my God!" said Hunter who had stood beside Albert. He pressed his fist to his mouth to stop himself from sobbing. His whole body was shaking as he watched his brothers bringing Mason out. "Please say he is alive. Please say he is alive." he chanted under his breath like a mantra.

Albert was paralyzed. The fear for his eldest son's life was consuming him. "Mason." he whispered once he saw a glimpse of his son on the gurney and his heart sank. He ran toward them who were now walking fast to one of the medical's trucks, followed by Hunter.

"He is barely alive." announced Rich as they put Mason on the truck.

One look at his son, and Albert was dizzy and nauseous and swayed only to be caught by Hunter. Mason's face was almost unrecognizable. His face was covered by blood, dust, and grime. His skin and clothes were covered in blood and grime too and he seemed to not breathing at all. His weak heartbeat, once they attached him to a machine, was evidence of how hard he was fighting to stay alive.

"Dad, we should quickly take him to the base." said Rich hurriedly, snapping Albert out of his trance. 

Albert nodded and Rich closed the door of the truck and the truck drove away fast.

"Jesus! it was a miracle he is alive." said Damien and ran a hand through his hair. He and Xander were both pale. "He was buried under tons of concrete and bricks. At first, We thought he is dead."

Albert took a shaky deep breath and composed himself once more, pushing aside his nausea. Now that Ben and Mason were both unconscious, it was his duty to take care of everything full aware that his other sons were not cable or in any shape to take care of the matters.

"Sir." said one of their men and they turned to him. "We have collected everything and all of our men's bodies. We are ready to return to base. We should leave now. The police will be here in less than 20 minutes." 

"Good," responded Albert. "let's leave."

They all sat in the cars and left the still smoking and burning building. Hunter, Albert, Xander, and Damien sat in a car and Xander drove full speed to the base.

"When we should tell Bella?" choked Hunter out. He aggressively wiped his eyes that had welled up. "She will ask for him once we tell them that we have taken the girls back."