Hitman: Captured | #1 - HIATUS

► Chapter 19

How did he find me? With the geographical area here, it should've taken days or even two weeks max for anyone to find this place in the right direction. Now it doesn't matter when a gun is pointed directly at my face by the same assassin from before, my hands pressing onto the wound in Ivano's stomach uncaring if my fingers will be coated with blood.

Our eyes remain connected with one another, not moving a muscle, barely breathing, and not a single flutter of our eyelids. The most logical thing for me to do is run for my life and hope he wouldn't catch me with a bullet except I stay in place. The assassin flicks his gun up taking a few steps back waiting for me to stand up, I grit my jaw scrutinizing Ivano's wounded abdomen in concern.

There are two options: one, do what he wants and hope I don't get shot where I stand. Two, not do what he wants and still hope I don't die.

Considering the situation at the moment I don't have time to figure out which option is best for me. Removing my hands from the injury, I get into a crouching position making myself seem I'm going to stand up. Releasing a breath, I lunge forward much like I would do when I ran track; taking the assassin off balance falling flat on his back.

Reaching for the gun, I nearly get hit on the face if I didn't use my other hand to prevent him from throwing another. Our bodies struggle to pin the other to the ground until I pull him above me wrapping my legs around his waist and head butted his face. My fingers manage to remove the weapon from his hand, point the barrel of the silencer against his temple causing him to freeze in position.

His gaze pierces into my own, heart pounding against my ribcage except not in fear. It's a rush. A rush I haven't felt in a really long time. "Before you think about taking this gun from my hand, your brain matter will be all over the ground. I've been using a gun since I was a kid, do you really want to test how fast I can pull the trigger?" I feel calm, composed while taking control of the situation rather quickly.

The man nods his head slowly in understanding then I remove my legs around his narrow waist. "Move twenty feet back. Try to run, I'll shoot. Try any attempt to come after me or the man you shot just now and I'll kill you without batting an eye." My thumb checks for the safety as a precaution relieved to know it's not on. Mudo begins to shift back, rising from the ground with his hands in the air to give me the distance I demanded.

I stand up from the ground as well, flicking my gaze to Ivano for a split second before keeping it on the assassin. I have no idea how much time Ivano has before he bleeds to death and I rather not find out either.

Eyes on him, my fingers begin to undo the barrel at the muzzle of the gun until it falls onto the ground. Raising my arm onto the air I pull the trigger firing a few bullets; I point it back at him with narrow eyes. "You have about three minutes before they all get here. I will ask you a few questions, you will either nod or shake your head, understood?"

He nods.

"Were you sent here to kill me by Keli?"

He nods.

"Did you know I'm Donovan Capro's son?"

He nods again.

"Do you know where Keli is?"

He shakes his head.

I give him a look, "Let's try this again. Do you know where Keli is?"

He doesn't answer at first then hesitatingly nods his head.

"Have we met before?"

He shakes his head again.

It is then something important comes across my mind, "You wouldn't have been able to find me so quickly out here the way you did. Did someone give you the exact location of where I was?"