One Mystery One Life

Chapter # 70 :)

1 Day Earlier...

"Annie what are you doing?" I asked her on the phone. What kind of an idiot is she. She forgot to come here. She was supposed to be here right. "Sorry! I am telling this to you too late, but I can't come. I am supposed to go to the building to finish off Bruce. You have to go there alone." She told me and hung up, I huffed. Is she sure? I thought to myself. Of course and I am not sure if I can do this alone.

Alex relax. Jacqueline is with you and where did that loud mouth go, to heavens. It didn't go yet but is going to soon. I slapped myself on the face and jumped off the railing. Life would have been much better if I hadn't met Annie. Stop weaning.

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I jumped from tree to tree in search of that stupid tree. Why am I doing this again? Yes! Because Annie told me to. Instead of involving that poor Jacqueline, I could have just told her to join hands with me and spank Annie. But no, I had to drag her into this.

Shut up Granny do your work.

The inner me shouted and I discreetly listened to it. I was careful with my work to do. Too soon that I realized that we were being followed. I have to kill them now. Wait! What did we steel those guns for. I took out the Tranquilizers and loaded them in my gun. I have to be careful in this.

I shot at them when I thought it was suitable. When I was done I carefully watching each of my step strolled deeper and deeper into the forest. But not without setting traps. I had borrowed some of my equipment from them. I held the gun firmly in my hand as I tied a rope up. It is weird the fact that I heard gun shots from the opposite side. I wonder if they are fighting among themselves. But again it could be the construction work.

I threw the traps on and walked ahead. I did not realize that all that trap work too me hours, and now they must be waking up again. I have to go back and check on them. Seriously, I feel like the better mama now. Check the kids if they are asleep or not. I thought and went back. Seems like they are wide awake.

One of them was standing in fury and I could feel that the rest of them, also awake are planning on spreading and looking around. I have to shoot them down before they get up again and jump into formation or spread too wide that I couldn't grasp them in my hand.

I started by shooting the middle one again. The rest of them turned to me again and this time it was easy to shoot them as I was pretty sure they have heavy heads now. But some of them were relatively active then the others. I think they have taken some king of pills or chugged down some kind of fluid. I wonder what drugs do they use.

Two left. I aimed the gun at him and shot. Too late for me to realize that there are no bullets left. I sighed and hopped from tree to tree until I was hovering over him. I made quick thoughts and jumped. He moved away and held his arm out at me. I mean I would crash. Too late to realize that.

My chest slammed into his arm and I fell down. He raised his feet to crush my stomach but I managed to move away in time. When he was still recovering from the shock, I grabbed his shoe and slid it making him hall. I immediately stood up and closed the gap between his face and my foot, knocking him out. I breathed in and out as my chest rose and fell. Save just in time. Thank god my reflexes are good. Next up the last guy. He stood behind me with his gun raised. I saw just in time and rolled behind a tree. That was a close call. But he didn't shoot yet. I took out my gun and pointed it at him. It's alright to kill him I thought but he might mean something to Jacqueline. That the reason I tied to shoot at his foot and succeeded. The moment he was shot, I pounced at him taking him down after twisting his neck.

This is the first time I got to break someone's neck. And guess what, I like the bones breaking sound. You know it's all crackly and stuff. I saw a match stick on the ground and thought what he had that for. I stomped on it and got running.

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This is the last trap I am going to set, I thought as I flung the rope over the branch of a horse-Chesnutt and tightened it. It seems fine. Time for the redwoods. I hurried to the one with the tree house and circled around it. There it is. An elevator. I pushed the wood like button and opened and door in the tree. I entered it and looked around. The elevator had bunch of grape wine type something spread in it and with wood furnishing. The fact that it did not have any mirror scared me.

If it gets stuck, I don't know how I would escape. It seems like there was no emergency plan notice in here, even though I don't understand it, it provides a sense of safety. When it finally opened my chest fell from the security I felt. I entered it and the first thing I noticed on the ground it a memory card. It looks like the one I gave Jacqueline. Yup! It must be it. I think she already finished the job of photography and I am useless her. Then it made me think there must be a secret thing over her.

I got excited about it as I looked around the walls and my eyes fell to a hatchet. I opened it and realized the it was just the way down. There could be more to it. I began thinking about it but dismissed it. Then again, there has got to be something here. That brought me back to the rough and old books and albums here.

When I checked in here I found that there are things from years ago till an year ago. So this isn't a really old place. Oddly it is covered in dust and the books here seem like they were ancient. There must be something special in here.

I finally discovered an odd shelf fitted in the wall. Oh! Well, well, well what do we have here.

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I got down from the lift again fearing it would stop. I walked around and decided to walk back to the trees and rest a little bit. My muscles are starting to warn up now. All that training is being put to good use here. I ran back and noticed something out of place. A trap being used or perhaps a trap was abused.

I found that the trap I set at the poisonous tree is cut and I am sure it was a human being. I saw that there was another memory card down where I placed the loop. Did Jacqueline get trapped here? If she did I better not tell her about the traps.

I walked along the tracks of footsteps. The footsteps did end besides as oak tree and now it seems fishy. I climbed the tree and met again with footsteps. This time there are four shoes. One of them seems like of Jacqueline. I mean the shoes of a women. I have to find out what happened. I hopped on the tree and followed the trails.

At last it lead to a shocking sight. Not shocking but not good either. How dare her raise a gun at my sister? It didn't take time for me to take my gun out and shoot at him.

A pure head shot. I can't believe myself.

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He was a Jerk anyway. The author dances away.