Delta's Eye

Chapter 6; The Beast

"That last strap is gonna be hard to undo," London said as she began working on the strap that held my right leg to the hospital bed. "You OK?"

"Yeah," I replied after a few seconds. I watched her hands as they flew from buckle to buckle, until finally the strap came undone. She held out her hand with a smile, and I, for some odd reason, was reluctant to take it.

"James?" I heard her voice, it sounded so distant then. I sighed, took her hand, and let her pull me off the bed. She pulled a little too hard, however, and we ended up touching chests. "I'm sorry, sir," she said as she back up.

"Its OK, Sarah," I looked into her eyes and she into mine. "Let's go get the boy." She smiled and lead me out of the room.

The hall way was long, and we got odd looks as we walked down it. I was hanging on London's shoulder, trying to stay standing. At the very end of the hall was a large steel door, flanked by five men on each side.

"Helcker and Koch G36C," I stated, noticing the weapons that the guards had.

"It fires a 5.56X45 millimeter NATO round, effective at eight hundred meters," London adds. I hear steps behind us and I looked over my shoulder. Javlin and Jagger have fallen in behind us. I do not know how long they have been there.

"It's got a thirty round clip. Seven hundred and fifty rounds a minite. What are their sidearms," Jagger asks quietly.

"Colt M1911. Fires a fourty-five calibur round, clip size of seven," London answers. "Now, what do we have?"

"Nothing. We are screwed," Javlin says as we get closer to the guards. I can see the colors of their eyes now; we are that close. "Boss, this might be a bad time but did you know that in Natoma, Kansas it's illegal to throw knives at men in stripped suits?"

"Intresting, Javlin, I'll have to remember that," about now we were at least 4 feet from the guards, the one who spoke was the largest.

"Go away." That was all he said. The other guards dropped their guns into a firing posistion and glared at us. "Go away, now."

"Let us see the boy," London said taking a step forward. That was all it took. I heard the report of the rifle, and saw London fall backwards into my arms. I hear a low growl come from the other side of the steel wall. One of the guards looks back at it, then back to his commander.

"Sir," he has no time to finish. The outline of a body slams into the wall, another soon follows. The guards all turn to the door with their weapons ready.

"London, are you ok?" I put my hand on her chest where the bullet hit her. Please don't die on me...I love you," I leaned forward and kissed her on the head. I looked up, Jagger and Javlin had two guards in chokeholds, cutting off their air. The others were completly oblivious.

I looked back to the door, I heard another low growl. At that, I heard gunfire. A lot of gunfire.

"I'll be ok, sir," London said quietly. I knew she would be, she's gone through worse. I walked over to the two guards that Javin and Jagger had held up. I took their pistols and checked them. Two full clips. About fourteen shells, that was all I had. I had to make them work.

I kicked open the door, the guns were still firing. I saw a table overturned; I knew that was where the boy was. I pulled up the pistol in my left hand and shot a guard. They report from the pistol alearted the guards to my being, but I was ready. I fired two shots into the head of three men, and then I shot another three times in the chest. There were only five.

"Brad, you in here?" I heard a growl, and saw him stick his head up from behind the table. He saw me and smiled.

"Yeah, I'm here," he said as he walked over to me. "You seem bored, wanna leave?" He said it so seriously. I laughed and agreed with him. We walked to the door, and past Javlin and Jagger, who had killed the guards they were holding. London was standing, I knew she would get back up on her own.

"Sir," London said as she walked up to me. "About what you said," she said as she wrapped her hand around my arm. "The feeling may or may not be mutual."

"What did I miss," Brad asked with a rather puzzled look on his face.

"Ohh, nothing," London said as she winked at me and turned around. I picked up one of the G36's and checked the magazine.

"Hey ya'll, gun up," I said loudly.