GONE WITH THE GUN

EPISODE 51

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"You promised me you were going to get off this but you didn't. Come on Oscar why? Why are you set on killing me?" Esperanza was on the phone with Mr. Hills.

She was tired of being asked to come back. Her husband was no longer the man she used to know and love. This Oscar says this and does the other.

Mr. Hills had promised her that he would quit everything about the gang but he hasn't. He however went on to become the boss. She swore that as long as Mr. Hills still had something with the gang, she would not come back to him again. She still loved him but she would better love him from afar. 

"Honey you know I cant do that. This is something I have done for over thirty years. I cant just quit like that." Mr. Hills said. 

"Oscar, you lost your son to this gang. And you, and you." Esperanza was about to cry.

"Darling, that is why I became the boss. With me at the top now, nobody can harm you or anyone in my family. I make the decisions now. So please come back to me. Its been too long and I am lonely here. I want to sit on a dining table with my wife and daughter. Please Esperanza."

Esperanza had tears in her eyes when she spoke.

"Oscar, I don't want to lose you to this gang like I lost my son. And I don't want anything to happen to my daughter. So please, until you take your hands off everything concerning this gang, don't ask me to come back to you because I won't."

She ended the call.

"Can I see Stacy? Mr. Hills asked, but the call had already ended. 

He slumped on his settee and called for Miss Harlem.
 
His phone rang. It was Xavier.
Miss Harlem was just walking in when she saw Mr. Hills face change. He looked mad. She quickly became scared. As Mr. Hills dropped the call, he said to Miss Harlem

"Get me Nicki."

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Nicki was waiting in a sitting room. She had through the help of a friend gotten an appointment with a forensic scientist, Mr. Barry. She wanted to find out what the device she took from Wafi's house was so she had given it to Barry and asked that he finds out what it was. This she requested to be done confidentially.

Barry had never seen the device before or anything like it. After series of tests he, confirmed what the device does. 

"Good morning miss," Barry said as he sat before Nicki.

"Good morning sir. Any news on it?" Nicki asked.

"Well that was why I called. Its interesting. I have never seen anything like it before."
Barry drew his seat closer. He placed the device on the desk and said.

"As for what the device does. This is where it gets interesting. The device absorbs bullets."

"Absorbs bullets you say." Nicki was already interested.

"Yes it does."

"So its like a bullet proof vest?"

"It is more than just a bullet proof vest. I don't know how to best explain it. It's like."

Barry stood up and paced the office.
 
"It's like a magnetic field on its own powered by the heartbeat. Place it near a heart, it comes on. I don't know how it does that. So its like a bullet proof vest but more. What a bullet proof vest does is prevent bullets passing through it and harming the person putting it on. This device however does more. It attracts bullets to itself and also prevents the said bullet from passing through it. And the best part is this; whoever is wearing it will feel no pain when shot, unlike the vest."

Barry sat down again and continued.

"So you see, its not a vest. Whoever designed it was very smart. It's beyond me. It doesn't even look like something made in a lab. Its handmade, am sure. It has to be.

Nicki was amazed at this. She was already thinking a lot about the device. Did her dad know what the device does? Maybe he wants it to himself.

"So you are saying that if I am wearing this device on me, if anyone shoots me, I am safe."

"Miss not just you. Anyone within one feet of you is safe. If a person standing beside you is shot, the bullet will be attracted to the device. It will change its direction, moving from the target to you and gets absorbed by the device. Its science, marvelous science. I wonder why the police are not using this technology already. Seeing that it was probably designed years ago. Whoever designed this should be awarded a prize or something. Where did you the find the device?"

"Forget where I found it. Is there a way to find out who designed it?" Nicki asked.

Barry sighed.

"Well i think there might be a way. The designer must have left a signature on it somewhere. I cant find it though. The buttons on it numbered one to ten may be a combination of some sort to open the device. I have tried a lot of combinations but nothing has popped up."

Nicki was nodding her head.

"You should also know that judging by the size of the encasement, there is a limit to the amount of bullets the device can take. And I must add that I think its already near its limit. I mean I have been testing it all this while. I have shot eight different types of bullets to it and it took them all. I did an X ray of the device and found 9 bullets in it. Someone else shot the first bullet. Now, with little space available, we can assume it would only be able to take say three more bullets and no more. So it has to be opened so that the other bullets will be removed. I suggest you leave it with me so that I would try other combinations see if any would open it."

Nicki shook her head.

"No I don't think that would be necessary. I would go with the device. Thanks a lot for your help."

She stood and Barry did too. They shook hands and Nicki left.    

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