One Last Bullet

Chapter 8

POV: Nadia

I sat in silence while Cavan screwed the leg back into its place on the cot. He looked up and smiled.

"Thinkin bout somethin'? You seem off," .

His question startled me. He had a habit of being able to read people like a large print picture book.

"Just stuff..." I mutter, but i already feel the heat rise in my cheeks.

"It's that guy, isn't it?" he asked, "That Saber dude?"

"Yeah," I mutter. He did it again. Damn him.

"Well, think about him later. We need to focus," he says calmly, clasping my shoulder. I hugged him, and felt him relax. The bell rang for shower period. Showtime, I thought mellowly.

It took shorter than expected. About ten minutes, to be exact. The explosion echoed around the chamber, and the ground shook. The next few seconds were a blur. Saber elbowed a guard in the face. Another was being slammed against the wall by Cavan. Wynter had one by the throat, and was using him as a human shield against another. I was kneeing one in the crotch.

All were shot by the time we were done. We made our way to the exit. Cavan and saber broke it down, and we and all the prisoners ran along the corridor.

"WAIT!" Saber yelled. He ducked into a room, shot someone, and came out with a radio.

"NIX! NIX! THIS IS SABER REQUESTING IMMEDIATE EXFIL!" he then started streaming coordinates. A voice faded on:

"Saber? What the bloody hell happened to you?" the voice had a british accent.

"No time Nix. I'll explain when we get on that heli. Saber, out," he concluded, shoving the radio into his pants.

We got to the manhole, and everyone jumped down. It was us four and one more prisoner that were still above when we had a problem. Blood shot out of the prisoner's neck, and I suddenly was on my back, a knife pressed into my neck. Saber and Cavan yelled my name, but the weight was knocked off by Wynter.

She soon had the aggressor pinned to the ground.

"You again," she muttered, "YOU are coming with US now, bitch," . She zip-tied the girl's arms and legs. Cavan slung her over his shoulder, and jumped down after Saber.

"Remember," he said," one wrong move, and you get a bullet to the head," . I felt a rush of gratitude towards him at that moment, as I jumped down into the murky water.