The Secrecy✔

Chapter 52

Samuel Parkinson

"Are you guys okay?" Asher asked when the three of them arrived in Jack's damaged car.

Asher has already sent some of our men and two cars to take us and each car has a driver in there.

We started driving. Asher's in the passenger seat with Liz and I at the back. Things are getting more difficult, gunshots are starting to become more and more and the sound of it is becoming clearer and clearer.

"Grab a gun. We've got company." Asher said and I got two guns out of the compartment.

"What about me?" Liz asked.

"You're not shooting." I said strictly to her.

"What?! What will I do then? I want to help you guys, too."

"No. You're not doing anything. It's dangerous. We can't risk you getting shot." My tone was dead serious when I looked at her. I've got two guns and she thinks I will give one to her.

I'm not letting her shoot. She doesn't know how to use a gun properly or for the fact, she doesn't know how to use it.

"Asher?" Liz looked at Asher with sad eyes.

"You should listen to Sam. We can't risk anything or anyone. We don't want you to get shot."

"Ugh!" She mumbled and crossed her arms with an upset look.

There are some guys riding on motorbikes and shooting at us. There are a lot of them.

We rolled the window and we started shooting at them. We don't want to kill anyone, but under some circumstances, we have to.

Jack and Tori were driving way ahead of us. However, it seems like all the guys are only targeting us.

"Man... They are a lot!" Asher uttered and kept firing shots.

Then we heard a loud bang and I know what it is.

"Fxck! They even use grenades." I cursed out loud. I almost get shot two times already. This is getting worse.

I have loaded my guns three times and we still haven't gotten rid of all of them.

We're now driving far from them. We eventually have the chance to avoid them. However, suddenly, our car stopped. The driver just stopped the car in what seems like a deserted place. We have been driving in different routes and we are far away from the city. We know there will be some of them waiting in the route we're going to drive in, so we have to go in a different one.

"Why the fxck did you stop?" I turned to the driver in anger.

"I told him to." Liz spoke out.

"WHAT?!" I turned to her in disbelief whereas Asher was in the state of surprise.

"Why the hell did you-"

"Look, we're not going to reach our destination if we keep fighting like this." Liz was dead serious. I have never seen this side of her before.

"What do you-" I was again cut off by her.

"The car is going to be damaged and they will only reach us afterwards." She said.

"So what are we-" Cut off by the third time.

"SAMUEL PARKINSON, LISTEN TO ME FIRST BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH!"

That got me totally shut my mouth up whereas the other two were looking at us in shock, speechless. Why shock? This is the first girl who scolds me and this is the first time I get scolded by a girl or to say it easily, the first time I'm restrained from speaking. No one has ever done that before, I mean they don't even dare to do it.

"They are not going to kill me. Don't ask me now why?, but I'm going to tell you everything later. But now, we need to ride in something that's faster and easier to escape. Which is... their motorbike."

"What do you mean, Liz?" Asher asked, looking a bit frightened of the girl next to me.

"What I mean is that we need those motorbikes because riding in the car won't help us. We're in the middle of nowhere and I know you guys know the way, but we just need to avoid them first. There are many small roads here and if we drive in a car, it's only making us slower."

"So what do we do?"

"Sir, do you know the way around here well?" Liz turned to Derrick, the driver.

"Yes, ma'am. You're right. These roads are very small and bumpy. Also if we want to get to the city quickly, I know a shortcut, but we can't drive a car through there."

"Hmm... Alright. Let's leave the car here. Delete every record or file in there." What is she planning to do?

"OK. I will do it now."

"But how do we go if we don't have any vehicle?"

"Leave the car here and all of us will find a place to hide around here first. I know how we can get on their bikes." She said.

"By?" Asher and I asked her.

She took something out of her purse and we all turned to her in shock.

"Tranquilizer darts." She was holding some of them and smiled.

How does she have these?

"OK. I'm not going to ask you how you have them, but let's do what you say." Asher is still in the state of shock as I am.

"WHERE ARE THEY?" Liz and I were hiding behind a big tree whereas Derrick and Asher were behind a big pile of rocks.

"I think they're going that way." Some of the guys were pointing at our direction, some at Asher's and others somewhere else.

"The others won't matter. All we need to do is to get her."

Liz... They're after her all along. But... Why?!

I turned to her and expressed a confused and curious look when she shot me back with an index finger stuck on her lips.

"But the car is here, sir." One of them told the their leader.

"Go and find them. They're around here somewhere." They got off their motorbikes and went to look for us. We took opportunity to get on their motorbikes. We got rid of most of them, so now there are only a few of them left.

This isn't going to be easy.

"Now." Liz whispered and gestured all of us to throw the darts at them. These tranquilizer darts won't kill them, they just can't move after they got hit.

"WHERE ARE YOU?" One of them shouted out and they were trying to escape, but to no avail, they still couldn't avoid any of our throws.

"Let's go!" Liz grabbed my hand, making me got off guard.

"THERE THEY ARE!" One of them pointed and took a gun, ready to shoot me. Asher and Derrick are already on a motorbike whereas Liz and I are still running.

"Get to the motorbike first!" Liz told me.

"What? I'm not leaving you-"

"JUST GET TO THE FREAKING BIKE FOR PETE'S SAKE, SAMUEL!" She groaned through gritted teeth. This girl can be controlling me anytime she wants.

I rush to the motorbike and start it. The engine roars to life.

"LET'S GO!" Liz surprisingly jumped on the vehicle after she took down most of them on her own with the remaining gun in our car.

When we drove off, I heard something. Something that made me went all pale and worried. No....

"Don't worry. Just drive safely." Her voice was weak and tired. I looked in the mirror of the motorbike and saw that the once pure white dress that covers her shoulder has now started to turn bright red.