Hide And Seek ( Alex Goot Elle Fowler Sam Tsui )

Chapter 48

There was some noise from the other end of the speaker. Alex watched as some dof those who did not fall in attempt to pull up the rest. Will was nowhere to be seen, he might have plunged downwards as well.

If Will was dead, it meant that he had brought away the communication device. There was no way that they could instruct the team on what to do.

" Alex? Okay, I'm alive," Will muttered.

All of them in the room let out a collective sigh of relief. Mitch and Scott had dealt with most of the soldiers, leaving a bloody mess at the door. They were now in the midst of barricading the door.

" We're climbing back up. But we're leaving old man Eric behind. He's dead. He took most of the impact and hit his head on the basement," Will reported.

Alex glanced at Elle. This could not be happening. After so many years of fighting some disease, Eric finally died. In honour and in battle. To him, it would have been a good way to die.

" Remember what he told us?" Elle asked Alex, " He said that he wanted to see the British gone. So treat this as motivation to move on."

Will now could be seen on the camera screen, getting hauled up. Someone was in his arms. Alex recognized the kid too soon, it was Eric Junior.

" Can you let us talk to Eric's grandson please?" Alex requested, through the communication device.

There was a bit of scuffling noise. Alex waited. Some of them were still trying to pull out their friends from the gaping hole in the floor. Alex noticed that one man had a bloody patch on his shirt. He might have cracked his ribs.

" Uncle Nightmare?"

" Eric. Eric Junior. You're here on a mission. Focus on it, don't drag the entire team down, you hear me? I'll come for you whenever I can," Alex promised.

There was soft sniffling noises coming from the other end. But no retaliation or temper tandrums. Eric Junior had to grow up now and grow up fast. He was in his first proper mission, Alex would hate to see him get killed.

Instantly, the team pulled up the rest of their members from the gaping hole. Will, leading at the front, started to run forward now.

Odin was smiling again, shaking his head. He was laughing, Alex could tell by the way his body was moving. He found it all amazing. Elle felt rage boil up within her, Eric was freaking killed already. How many more lives did they have to lose?

Alex studied the hole from the surveillance cameras. Surely it must lead to somewhere. People could climb out of it, it was not meant to kill them. Odin wanted them to get out, he wanted to play with them, in a sick manner.

" Alex, they have sent their jets out at us. We're going to start using the machine guns," the old man reported.

" Go ahead. And knock them dead," Alex hissed. This was not a normal mission anymore. This was literal war.

Scott cursed loudly from the corridor, just as another bullet was fired. Alex had completely forgotten about the fight outside. Scott stumbled inside the headquarters, leaving only Mitch outside.

Blood was all over him. But one huge wound in his stomach was the most obvious. Elle quickly passed him a cloth to wrap around the wound, but it was an abdomen wound. There was no way he could survive for long.

" Let me take over, you can rest," Sam offered, picking up his knives. He was all ready to go.

Scott shook his head, one weak hand pushing Sam back in his seat. His face was turning extremely pale, his shirt was getting soaked red.