Fate Escape

CHAPTER 7

    The man had stationed himself discreetly near the restaurant exit. Perhaps he had come around 15 or 16 times today? Maintaining his composure, he spotted the person he had been waiting for. All he had to do was discreetly pull the blond young man behind his parked car and render him unconscious with the tranquilizer needle he kept in his pocket. The man pondered whether he should plead for the young man's help to pull him behind the car or use brute force to drag him. Would it draw too much attention? Hence, he opted for the first option. Suddenly appearing from behind the car, he called out to the young man.

   "Excuse me, can you help?"

   "Are you talking to me?"

   "Could you please assist? My 2-year-old son is stuck under the car. I can't manage it alone."

   The man tried to make his voice as pitiable as possible. The young blond man, without hesitation, approached towards the back of the car.

   "Where..."

   With a swift move, the man suddenly lunged behind the young blond man and injected the syringe he pulled from his pocket into his neck. The young blond man collapsed into the man's arms without even having a chance to struggle. His goal had been achieved; he successfully incapacitated his target. Now, he needed to take him to a place far away without being seen by anyone.

   An hour later, the man returned to the location he had initially been for a control check. He was horrified by the sight before him. There were exactly three corpses...

   There was nothing he could do at the moment. He couldn't go and check what happened because he knew he shouldn't attract attention. Reluctantly, he had to go and inspect the man he had sedated by running towards him.

   He had left the young boy under a plane tree in a deserted forest. He rushed to his side. He was still lying unconscious where he had left him. How had all this happened? He furiously rested his head between his second knees and began to contemplate. Why hadn't it worked this time? Should he go back? The face lying beside him turned deathly pale. He looked at the young man; he seemed slightly different from before he brought him here. A possibility crossed his mind, and his heart started to race. Slowly, he checked the young man's pulse. No, this couldn't be true. He leaned his ear towards his mouth, trying to hear his breath, but it was in vain. The young man was already dead. How could the man have known that the blond youth had an allergy to a substance in the drug injected to knock him out?

                                                                                               ...

   The man angrily kicked the chair next to him.

   "Why, Jimmy? Why doesn't anything get better? Why does everything go to hell when I throw my hand into something?" Cimi calmly responded.

   "I think you know very well why, my friend. Let's end it here. We've seen the result of the experiment." The man's voice echoed through the large warehouse.

   "No, it can't be. It can't end like this; I can't allow it."

   "You have to. What we're doing isn't even legal, and it's very dangerous. We could be exposed at any moment in a raid, so I'm starting to clean up everything," he said, beginning to disconnect the cables. The man ran and held Jimmy's hands.

   "No, please don't do this, I'm begging you..."

   "It's you who shouldn't do this! You're ruining your life..." Jimmy's voice echoed loudly. "I can't let you continue like this."

   "Listen, if you hadn't given me this opportunity, technically, I would have been dead by now."

   "Right now, you're no different from a dead person..."

   "But..."

   "No 'buts,' my friend. I started this, and now I'm finishing it."

   "Please, Jimmy, allow me to try one last time..."

   "What difference would it make? The outcome is already clear. Fine, one last time, one more attempt. But what do we have to lose? I promise you, if it doesn't work, I'll help you break everything into pieces. This time, I'll approach it more analytically. Just one last chance, Jimmy..."

   "Alright, do whatever you want. But be aware, there's no turning back from here. I'll give you the last access card. I'll have already destroyed all the others outside by the time you get here. Think and act accordingly; this is your last chance."