No Man's Land

Enemies Strengthening

The team drove back through the brick wall and parked the vehicles on the turntables, walking over to the computer and sitting down on the chairs to relax for a second.

"I presume you killed Albert and his gang? That the house is safe?" Asked Alfie.

"We did get some of his gang but to the rest? Unfortunately no." Answered Diane.

"Why? I thought Albert was there?" Asked Ellie confused.

"He was, we killed all the gang members and thought he was upstairs in Cindy's room so we entered it, the only thing inside was a timed bomb that was about to go off" said Kurt.

"We tried to escape but the door got shut closed and locked by Albert, who revealed he had tricked us before running off, after me and Kurt did damage to the door we managed to open it from the inside and all of us ran out of the room." Continued Eric.

"The bomb went off though and we were all launched into different parts of the house. Long story short more gang members came in and we regrouped to take care of all of them, after that the house couldn't take the damage it had sustained from the bomb and caved in after we escaped." Finished Diane.

"Wow, that's awful, all the memories there and now the place is gone. At least Cindy, Zara and Hilton are safe." Said Alfie.

"Any news on the other gangs?" Asked Clara.

"Nope, nothing. Well, actually there might be something" replied Alfie.

"What might that be?" Asked Kurt.

"On traffic cameras I've seen two military trucks filled with equipment and soldiers making their way to Hollyoaks, I predict they're here to finally help us against the gangs" revealed Alfie.

"That's brilliant! If we can get the help we need, we can defeat all of the gangs and maybe things can be normal again" exclaimed Eric.

Meanwhile at the Creed's mansion Thomas had come for a visit and to give Kathryn an update.

They both sat at the dinner table drinking small cups of tea, staring at each other.

"So Thomas. How is Project C going?" Kathryn asked.

"As I said before on the phone, day by day it's becoming better and better, it should be finished soon enough." Answered Thomas.

"I expect it to be immaculate once finished, I have given you so much funding for this Project Thomas, it better pay off" blankly said Kathryn.

"Ma'am, it will be the most successful thing ever created by the Creed." Said Thomas.

Back at Hollyoaks the two military trucks made their way into the village, driving past the famous sign that had now been vandalised, Hollyoaks had been covered in red spray paint and it now said "turn back now for your life" in black spray paint.

Finally they stopped the trucks outside of Quinn's restaurant and jumped out of the vehicles, ready to take care of all the gangs.

At the Creed's mansion Kathryn's butler entered the dining room and walked over to her at the dinner table, whispering in her ear that the military had been deployed to help with the situation in Hollyoaks.

"No no NO!" We can't let them interfere and help! Tell members of the Creed in Hollyoaks to get there immediately and take care of them!" Shouted Kathryn.

"Will do Ma'am" said the butler, rushing away.

Back in the village Tim's gang members rushed out of the restaurant and ran to the back of the trucks, reaching inside the crates they grabbed all the weapons possible and ran back inside of the restaurant.

As soldiers spread throughout the village they realised they weren't alone, as multiple ninjas from the Creed started to surround them, one by one each soldier was stabbed repeatedly with swords until all were dead. The military backup plan had failed, the enemy forces were only stronger now.

Meanwhile at the pub car park three members from Sofia's gang began to approach the garage, one thug booting the door open and rushing at Warren, grabbing a wrench from the side and hitting it over his head.

Another gang member grabbed Felix by the collar and slammed him up against the wall, before headbutting him and knocking him out.

The gang chuckled, "this place is ours now. Sofia will be pleased with our work."

"I wouldn't be too sure." A voice said from the office.

"WHO'S THERE?!" Asked a thug.

The voice chuckled and footsteps retreated from the office.

Finally the gang members saw it was a man, who held a pistol in his right hand that was aimed at the floor, but he took no time to aim it at the gang members and shoot them all in the head.

The man awoke Felix and the pair of them got a first aid kit to heal Warren's head injury and awake him, soon enough the three were safe, while Sofia's three gang members sat dead on the floor.

"Thanks for letting me stay here, now I think it's time to come out of the shadows" said the man.

"No problem, we'll do anything to help, right Warren?" Asked Felix.

"Yeah absolutely" replied Warren. "These bastards need to learn this is our village. So we'll do whatever we can, Theo."

The man was Theo.

Hours and hours earlier.

At the docks Albert took Theo and Liam out of the car, handing Liam a pistol. "Get the job done." He ordered.

As Albert looked away, Liam and Theo walked closer and closer to the edge of the water, Theo believed he was about to die and accepted his fate.

As Liam put the gun to the back of Theo's head, he whispered in his ear. "All of that before? Fake. You need to keep a low profile for a while then sneak into the gangs and get them to destroy one another to help us. Not even the team can know this, at least for a couple of hours, we need perfect acting to not have any chance of messing this up, go to the garage and see Warren Fox, he might keep you hidden there. Stick to the plan."

After Liam finished telling Theo the truth, Theo smirked and almost breathed a sigh of relief, he even had him fooled! After that, Liam aimed the gun into the distance and shot a bullet, then pushed Theo into the water, to make Albert think he was dead while Theo really swam away.

Soon he gathered the team together at the computer, "so before you kick me out. I have a confession to make."

"That you're just going to leave willingly?" Asked Alfie.

"No. It's about Theo" replied Liam.

"What's to confess? You shot him in cold blood." Said Ellie.

"Actually, I didn't. I faked the whole thing and just pushed him in the water after shooting in the air, I saved all of us. Theo's back in the village and he's going to worm his way into the gangs to crush them from the inside. I didn't tell you all for a while just so we wouldn't compromise things, we can't see Theo though as he is following his plan" informed Liam.

The team rejoiced, their friend wasn't dead after all, of course they were a bit annoyed with Liam for lying about it but they would soon get over it. After that they all cracked open a couple bottles of wine and drank together, being civil again with Liam.

Life was good for the team. For now.