The Three Lanes

Chapter Three

Caleb reacted the way he was trained at the Agency and went for his side arm, only to be surprised it's not there and remembered his mum's rules of no weapons inside the house, especially the lethal ones. Knowing he had no way to defend himself, took out his cellphone to see if he can get any help but there was no signal, it was like everything was disabled.

There was some clapping from above as some reaction for him trying to find a way to get out of this situation, it seemed like there was more than one assassin in their house. Gabriel's heart was beating so fast now, his veins could be seen protruding, he turned and looked at his brother who he knew had been in such situations and all he could hear from him is "breathe little brother, all will be well."

Adrianna stood up and picked her plate, all the knives from the table and headed to the kitchen leaving her children alone and surprised at her actions, as Caleb was about to stand too, Atticus voice echoed the room "don't even think about it" he slowly sat down and started to think of another plan out of this.

They could hear footsteps come down the stairs gently and they knew by now anything could happen, two men dressed in full black from head to toe stood on either side of the boys and pointed their guns at their heads. Atticus came, pulled a chair and sat at the opposite side facing them, he looked quite strong and deadly, his face was fully covered in a mask and all you could see is his eyes.

He was wearing black gloves so any option of getting his fingerprints was gone, he put his gun on the table and stretched out his hands and smiled, he looked as though he was in no hurry to shoot anyone.

After seconds of silence and staring, he looked at Caleb and told him, "I'm the one who shot at your wife in the hospital car park after her recovery from the surgery and mind you, I dint miss because it's not every day you meet someone with an acular precision to killing than me; that was just a warning shot."

He mustered some courage and asked, "Why shoot at her? Why did you miss on purpose?"

"You work at the agency and your person of interest is my boss, he wanted your wife gone, I chose not to do that because I felt pity for you but apparently I underestimated you."

"Underestimated me?" Caleb asked curiously.

"Yes, I expected the warning shot won't mean you will put your wife in protective custody and still come at us with the full backing of the agency like you did today, if you had caught Shambugu, your mother and brother here would have been planning your burial tomorrow."

"So what? You want to execute me because I got you all scared today by nearly catching your sensei?" he continued.

One of the other two guys replied, "We are never scared, if we were we wouldn't be the ones pulling the trigger and taking away the most precious of things to humans."

There was a moment of silence again, the second guy pointing a gun asked Atticus, "You done having your conversation? We want to finish this fast, head to the kitchen and blow this gigantic house to the ground."

Atticus held up his hand to signal patience amongst them and from his pocket removed a silencer and started to fit it on the gun he had laid on the table, slowly rolling it on the tip till he was done, looked at the Harrison brothers and told them to close their eyes and pray to what or whom they believed in.

Gabriel who by now had his adrenaline levels gone to the roof and back, throughout this near death experience, he was thinking hypothetically of what would happen to the women he has been with and his trust fund money plus other objects he deemed valuable to his day to day life.

He felt that if he survived this, he would live carefully and avoid human baggage or relationships or something someone can use against him, like how these murderers were using Christina to get to Caleb. When Atticus was done with the silencer, they closed their eyes knowing their bodies will be full of bullets and useless in a minute or two, Gabe stretched his arm and held his brothers hand.

Suddenly out of nowhere there were two silent shots and two bodies fell vigorously on the floor, blood was all over the carpet and was flowing under the table, Adrianna came out from the kitchen shocked and let out a painful scream as she knew what she just lost.

"My carpet, you dumb boy, it was a present from my dearly departed husband, you should have killed them outside where they came from, now I will have to call in someone to clean and take it to the laundry for thorough scrubbing," she scolded. Atticus stood up and calmed her down, put her on her chair then faced the two brothers who were still shocked they weren't on the receiving end of the fired silencer gun. "It's time for a story".....he declared to them.

"Ten years ago, Peter Harrison and Eric Roberts were good friends; peter had an established law firm, the best in the city, while Eric dealt with his transporting business thus they were both well-off. Eric though had his own dealings on the side and being friends with a head of a powerful law firm meant he always knew about cases which in the future can either help or hurt his business."

"The transporting company was mainly and secretly based on delivering illegal goods; children from poor countries were brought in to be sold as slaves, all varieties of drugs were delivered to dealers, young women bought to be used on all sorts of things and it was run by a powerful group of killers who only answered to their boss."

"It wasn't easy for him to manage being a bad guy and run a business as a front, that's why he kept the assassins around, being a crime leader in a big city demands you stay sane by having allies in high places as you get all the authority you need and still be able to hide anything from anyone poking around, thus the reason he really treasured your father."

"On that fateful day, evidence was brought to the law firm concerning the transporting business and what it was hiding in between, that's when it hit him that he has been affiliating with a major crime lord. Due to his resources everywhere the villain knew the case had been presented to his friend's law firm so he called him and arranged a hunting trip together."

"Peter came home early, spent time with his wife Adrianna and his three kids, Caleb, Nate and Gabriel. Caleb went out on a date and Gabriel had young friends over, so he took Nate to the hunting trip knowing that who he thought as a friend wasn't who he expected and he felt safe confronting him while his young child was present."

"They met up at the entrance of the park and exchanged greetings, Eric confidently introduced his friends: Shambugu, Abel and Cain who secretly were all killers and Peter couldn't figure that out as he had come with just his butler and his young son who had no idea what was in store for them on that trip."

"Abel got on the wheel of the hunting vehicle and started inside the park, Eric opened a bottle of champagne and filled a glass for his friend while looking at Nate and told him that he felt disappointed that he dint carry any soda for the kid. Nate just smiled and claimed he had just come to see people hunting as he had been curious for a while."

"Peter shook the contents of the glass and drew it closer so he could smell the drink and then took a sip; he looked at Eric and calmly asked him "who are you?" the automobile halted. Abel moved from the driver seat and picked the kid up and told him politely that they have to go see how people hunted."

"Cain placed his hand at the butler's shoulder and told him that their bosses needed some private moment to sort out their differences, he looked at his boss who nodded. Shambugu picked the champagne glasses and put them in a container, took out his weapon and sat down next to his boss and dared Peter to repeat the question."

"Eric promised his friend that no harm will come to him and his family if he lets the case go away; peter refused to listen and said he had appointed his firm's best to handle it and make sure he goes down for his crimes. Eric picked the radio and told Cain to clean up, there was a loud shot, birds flew off the branches heading elsewhere and Peter knew that the butler was done for; as Eric was about to lift the radio again to call Abel, there was a second shot coming from the opposite side."