My African Nerd

30. Habit of exchanging I Love yous

David Peterson

Anger. The only emotion I was feeling at the moment when I looked at Mia and Mrs Brown on stretchers being loaded into an ambulance. Other Agents found Adrien in another room and also loaded him in. I wasn't allowed to go with them, instead, I will be leading the swat team to the location of the contract signing. I had been a shadow watching Dmitri and his crew from the Shadows for a couple of days now and the idiot lead me to his secret hideouts. I even figured out that there is a signal screambler nearby the day I mised Mia too much and tried to call her, only to realise there is no signal.

We entered the swat trucks and left after the ambulance drove off. All I could think about was Mia. How sad she looked. Her eyes had lost their sparkle and it was unbelievable the amount of weight she lost in just a few days. I missed her so much and I couldn't be with her all because of that stupid Dmitri

"You okay there son?" The older swat commander whose name was ironically also Dave asked. Damn common names. He was a well built almost 6'0 tall man with thining hair and eyes that looked like they were shaped by years of experience. Until he asked, I didn't realise my firsts were clenched and my eyes were narrowed.

"I will be once that Dmitri bastard is dead." They were decleared a high level terrorist threat and the order was shoot to kill. In the days I had been watching them, I took the liberty of 'modifying' their cars and blocking some escape routes by cut down some trees. Don't worry, I will replants more trees.

"You heard the boy men! This is a must do mission." He commanded and the men roared. They were all hyped, like they live for this type of moments. Some were playing cards at the back, some were just joking around and genuinly laughing, like they are not about to risk dying. I was suprised and impressed at the same time.

"We try to keep it out of our minds as much as possible. Overthinking the task at hand will only lead to fear which is the equivalent of death on the battle field. The FBI, CIA, DEA and the Military will be joining us for this one. We will meet them just a mile from here and they will follow us. We cannot tolerate such acts on american soil. We will find your parents boy." He reassured and I wished I was as confident as they were. The last few days have been crazy to say the least. I just wanted this whole thing to be over. Part of me was happy the Mia is fine now but the other part was worried about the adults.

We meet the other forces. They discussed a plan and tectics. Some thought it was a bad idea for me to be there but the swat team disagreed. In the end, I sat in the first FBI SUV which would lead the convoy.

I laughed a bit when a thought hit my mind. Hollywood really sets the bar really high with these FBI agents. They looked nothing like what I saw in movies and series I have watched. They didn't bother looking at me. Unlike the swat, they were lazer focused. Only talking occasionally to the other cars for instructions and updates. When we entered the property, everything lost signal and Immediately there were gunshots. The FBI's job was to rescue the hostages. The plan was to draw their fire towards the other forces and me and a few FBI Agents would enter the building unnoticed.

We entered the building, and then I was given a pistol. Thank God I used to go haunting with my dad although I didn't know if I was still good. There only thing I could think of was emptying this clip into Dmitri's chest. They knocked out a couple of people along the way. And the we stood lined up near the final door. His door. And from this side I could tell that he was pissed. He was shouting, swearing and cursing.

"Sign the damn documents or else you die!" He shouted. The leader of our beta team started a silent count down. He signaled 3,2,1 then they kicked the door down and there was a stand off

"Put the gun down Dmitri! Its over!" One shouted

He was holding a beaten up Uncle Blake, holding a gun on his head. A cold shiver ran down my spine and I felt the world freeze. Not him too, I cannot lose him too. And when Dmitri's eyes met mine, they widened with shock