No Turning Back: Nowhere to run

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Damon enters the dirt-filled room smoking a cigar, he takes a puff while looking at the beaten man on his knees. Two men dressed in all black with guns to his head, he looks up face bloody and barely breathing. The terror in his eyes once he saw him enter the room. Damon takes the cigar out his mouth, "So, I am told that you are short. Is that so?" Damon approaches the beaten man.

"Please, I will have your money. Please don't kill me." The man pleads for his life.

Damon puts his hand out, one of his man hands him his gun. Damon checks the safety then lifts the man's chin up with the gun, then places the gun in his mouth, "Now why should I believe you?" taking the gun out allowing him to speak.

"I never been late before. I promise I will have it please give me more time." The man begs crying.

Damon looks at him then his boys then back at him. "Okay, you have 72 hours. That is me being generous. Have my money or my friend over here will pay your family a little visit and trust you do not want that."

"Okay."

Damon snaps his fingers to Kyle and leaves the room. Kyle walks side by side of Damon, "I want you to keep tags on him make sure he lives up to his end of the deal. If he don't then rock-a-bye baby."

"Yes, sir." Kyle tilts his hat and follows the man out. He drops the beaten man to his house and stays out front to watch his every move.

Damon takes off his long black trench coat, folds it in his arms as he enters the black bulletproof SUV. Damon checks his phone and sees the miss calls from Jeffrey. He dials him back waiting for him to answer. He doesn't. He missed his daughter's home welcoming. "Take me my daughter's house." He tells Whiz, this driver.

"Okay boss."

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{Dream}

"Alright, we will have to go around them and take them out one by one. Stealth mode on this one guys." Tamina instructs her fellow brothers in arm as her and a few take cover behind a tall bolder.

"How many do you see?" Tamina asks trying to look on the other side without being spotted.

Tom slowly turns, lifts his head over the bolder, and quickly sits back down with 7 fingers up, "You are the best sniper the U.S. has to offer, it would be better if you take them out." Tom says.

Tamina looks around to see if there is somewhere she can set up at on high ground and where they are located, there aren't any good spots. She shakes her head, "Don't be alarm fellas, I'll take them out myself."

James does the unthinkable, he freaks completely out runs across to the other side of the building blowing their cover. Next thing, enemies are shouting in their native language shooting at them. "You fucking idiot you got is all killed!" Tom yells at him angrily.

"Shhh, we aren't dead yet. Not if I can help it." Tamina pulls Tom down. "I'll cover you. You make your way to dirt bag there."

Tom nods. "On the count of three... One... Two... Three!" Tamina turns and begins shooting back at the men. Bullets flying everywhere. Tom begins to run over to James, Tamina sees one of the men throw a grenade in their direction. She shoots the man in the head taking him down but not before he was able to throw the grenade.

"Grenade! Take cover!" She yells to them, she manages to grab a hold of Tom who did not make it over there yet. She pulls him back.

James looks down at the grenade that landed by his feet, he turns the other direction trying to get him some distance, but it was too late, the grenade went off and blew his body into pieces. "Noooooooo!" Tamina screams crying at the sight of James's body exploding.

She stands up and begins firing rapidly until they were no more bullets in her gun, she squats down and reloads quickly. Tom pulls her down, "They are dead Tamina!"

Tamina heart is racing. She can feel the anger boil over, "How could he been so damn stupid?" she kicks the rocks on the ground.

{End of dream}

"Tamina, wake up baby." Jeffrey shakes Tamina out of her sleep. He then learns, that was a terrible idea.

Tamina grabs Jeffrey, twists his arm behind his back, holds it there while placing him in a deadly headlock. Choking and clawing at her arm, "Baby, it is your husband. It's Jeffrey."

Tamina realizes where she is at she looks down at Jeffrey and releases him. Embarrassed. "I'm sorry."

Holding his neck coughing, "It's okay. I should have known better to shake you when you were having a nightmare." He kisses her forehead. "Why are you sleeping on the floor?"

"The bed, I just felt uncomfortable. I am used to sleeping on hard surfaces." Tamina says getting up, "How was the party?"

She places the pillow back on the bed. She sits down for a moment to gather her thoughts. Jeffrey sits beside her. "It was not the same without you."

The door bell rings, Jeffrey gets up to check the door. He is not expecting no one to come since the party ended hours ago. He looks in the peek hole and it is Damon, Tamina's father. He opens the door, "Where is my Babygirl?"

"She is upstairs." Jeffrey says letting him inside.

"Sorry, I couldn't make it earlier. I was caught up with business." He states.

Tamina comes downstairs with a gun in her hands, when she notices it is her father she sighs in relief. "Hey daddy."

"Whoa there Babygirl. Welcome home. Sorry I couldn't make it to the party. Business called." He says giving her a hug.

"That's okay daddy. It's pretty late though, could have came in the morning."

"I know but I needed to see my Babygirl today." He kisses her forehead. "Alright, I am going to let ya get some rest. I just wanted to stop by to see you before I headed home."

"Okay see you tomorrow then." Tamina kisses her father goodnight then goes back upstairs to bed.