Post by Arthur Lucideus on Mar 23, 2022 16:11:09 GMT -5
One By One - Chapter 02
Read Chapter 01 first.
Cancun, Mexico - March 19th - 2 AM
Andrei is surrounded on all sides, with a chain link fence behind him and 4 masked men chasing him, the only thing he can do is fight, so he turns around to face the 4 masked men that were chasing him.
Andrei: "Shall we?"
One of the men immediately charges at Andrei and Andrei grabs him in guillotine choke before hitting him with a DDT on the concrete
Andrei: "I guess this won't be as difficult as I expected."
One of the men pulls out a switchblade and charges at Andrei, he cuts Andrei's left arm but Andrei quickly grabs his arm and break it, he falls down and starts crying.
Andrei: "Alright, who's next?"
The two masked men look at each other but then they both get shot from behind by a man with red sunglasses. The man slowly approaches Andrei who pulls out his gun and points it at the man.
Mystery Man: "Calm down there cowboy. I'm a friend."
The man approaches and it's DANTE.
Andrei: "Who are you?"
DANTE: "Right, we haven't actually met yet. I'm DANTE, DIANA's boyfri- well ex-boyfriend."
Andrei: "Ahh, THE DANTE."
DANTE: "And judging from your accent, you must be Andrei?"
Andrei: "Pleasure to meet you, only I wish it was under different circumstances."
Andrei and DANTE look at the two dead bodies between them. DANTE removes their masks and stands next to Andrei.
DANTE: "You know them?"
Andrei: "No, never seen them before in my life. What are you even doing out here?"
DANTE: "Well... I was actually sent here to get you."
DANTE quickly grabs Andrei by the neck and puts him in a rear-naked choke. Andrei slowly falls unconscious and everything goes dark.
Home Invasion
Houston, Texas - 3:30 PM - 10 hours and 50 minutes ago
M.A.N wakes up, he's being dragged out of his mansion and it has been put on fire.
It's very easy to guess why, clearly these captors want people to think that he died in the fire but M.A.N is more worried about Scarlett who he last saw in the living room and hasn't heard from since.
M.A.N's captors haven't noticed that he has awoken and just keep dragging him. From the corner of his eye, he spots that one of the captors took his revolver and is keeping it in a holster next to their hip.
One of the captors looks over and M.A.N quickly closes his eyes and pretends to be unconscious. He then opens his eyes and sees a masked man dragging Scarlett out of the house and then pushing her to the ground and it pushes him over the limit.
M.A.N: "Hey!"
The people dragging M.A.N look over but before they can do anything M.A.N breaks free from their grip. He quickly turns around and kicks one of the masked men to the side of the head. The other one tries to punch him but he ducks and uppercuts him. The man who's with Scarlett points a gun to her head.
Masked Man: "If you come any closer, you can say goodbye to her and the baby."
M.A.N puts his hands up and gets on his knees, the masked man lowers his gun but as he does Scarlett pulls out a small knife from her boot and stabs the masked man's leg with it, the masked man is in agony and raises his gun but M.A.N quickly tackles him before he can do anything about it. M.A.N quickly disarms him and then knocks him out. He then goes to Scarlett and quickly helps her up.
M.A.N: "Are you okay?"
Scarlett: "I think so, what do we do now?"
M.A.N: "Call 911, this is my mess and I'm going to sort it out."
Scarlett: "Okay, be careful."
M.A.N gets up and walks over to the two people he knocked out, he grabs his revolver from the other one. M.A.N then pulls his phone out of his pocket and dials a number.
M.A.N: "You in town?"
REDЯUM
Houston, Texas - 3:45 pm
Mystery Man: "Yeah, I'm here."
M.A.N: "Thank fuck. There has been an incident and I need your help."
Mystery Man: "I can see that, the news channels waste no time when it comes to you."
M.A.N: "Fuck, this wasn't meant to happen."
Mystery Man: "Just tell me what you need."
M.A.N: "You remember how I told you about that hot Japanese chick who joined M.A.N Global?"
Mystery Man: "DIANA was it? Yeah I remember."
M.A.N: "I think she might be in trouble, she's somewhere in Cancun, Mexico looking for her pet bunny, please find her and get her back here alive."
Mystery Man: "Got it."
The mystery man hangs up the call and puts his phone in their backpocket, he then walks over to the bathroom and grabs a revolver from the sink cabinet before looking in the mirror and revealing his face, it's Thorberg Aaronsson.
Thorberg walks out of the bathroom and wakes up the woman that's lying in his bed. He then looks under the bed and grabs a shotgun that he has hidden underneath it.
Thorberg: "I gotta go Jenna, pack our bags and get ready to leave, I'll be back as soon as I can."
Jenna: "Was it him?"
Thorberg: "Yeah."
Jenna: "If you see him, tell him that I miss him."
Thorberg: "I will."
Thorberg is about to leave but he stops at the door.
Thorberg: "Oh and take this."
Thorberg gives the revolver to Jenna.
Jenna: "Thanks."
Thorberg: "Stay safe and if anyone knocks on the door, don't open it."
Jenna: "Okay. I'll be here when you come back."
Thorberg kisses Jenna on her forehead and leaves the motel. He walks down to the parking lot and gets in his truck. He quickly takes off on the road to Mexico.
Sisters By Blood
Enemies By Heart
Cancun, Mexico - 10:30 PM - 6 hours and 45 minutes later
DIANA has just found Francis and her sister who seemingly killed Francis, DIANA is sad and angry.
DIANA: "AAAAAH! YOU KILLED FRANCIS!"
DIANA rushes at Luna but Luna swings her baseball bat and hits DIANA on the side of the head, knocking her out cold.
Luna: "You just had to make this more difficult than it had to be."
Everything goes dark for DIANA and 7 hours later she wakes up tied to a chair and she seems to be in some sort of a warehouse.
DIANA: "Where am I?"
Andrei: "Finally you're awake."
DIANA looks behind her and sees that Andrei is tied to a chair right behind her.
DIANA: "Oh, you're here too."
Andrei: "Yeah, I've been sitting here for hours because your boyfriend decided to kidnap me."
DIANA: "DANTE?! Are you sure!?"
Andrei: "Yeah, the idiot revealed his name right away."
DIANA: "Yeah that sounds like him."
Andrei: "What about you? What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"
DIANA: "My sister killed my bunny and then knocked me out with a baseball bat. Apparently she was sleeping with DANTE, I knew I shouldn't have trusted him."
Andrei: "Your sister and your boyfriend? Damn, that burns."
DIANA: "A slut's a slut."
Andrei: "When you're right you're right."
The two share a laugh but then suddenly DANTE walks in.
DIANA: "DANTE! Please help me!"
DANTE: "Oh DIANA... clearly you don't have it figured out yet."
DANTE walks towards DIANA and crouches down to hug DIANA.
DANTE: "I'm not here to help you."
As DIANA hears those words, she kicks DANTE on the nuts and DANTE slowly falls on the ground in pain.
Andrei: "Woah, brutal."
DIANA: "That's what you get for hurting my friends."
DANTE slowly recovers and gets up, he then walks over to Andrei's side, Andrei's legs are tied up so he can't kick DANTE.
DANTE: "Well, since I don't hit women I guess I'm gonna have to teach Mr. boy toy over here a lesson."
Andrei: "Give it your best shot buddy."
Andrei pushes his head forward and DANTE hits him on the side of the face a few times. DIANA is terrified but Andrei just laughs it off.
Andrei: "Even my dad hits harder than that and he's a fucking pussy."
DANTE hits Andrei again but then suddenly gunshots are heard in the distance.
DANTE: "Oh shit."
Andrei: "Don't be pissing your pants now, grab your gun and go fight them."
DANTE looks for his gun on his holster but then remembers that he left it in the office that's upstairs.
DANTE: "I- I- I forgot my gun upstairs."
Andrei: "Really? This was your boyfriend?"
DIANA: "I'm starting to remember why I dumped him."
The gunshots are getting closer, DANTE's looking to the back of the room at a door where the gunshots are coming from.
DANTE: "Shit, shit, shit."
Andrei: "Looks like judgement day came early."
The gunshots suddenly end and DANTE looks a little relieved.
DANTE: "Thank god."
Suddenly the door at the back of the room opens and a huge man enters the room.
DIANA: "THORBERG!"
Thorberg points his shotgun at DANTE and is about to shoot.
Thorberg: "Where's your gun boy?"
DANTE: "None of your business."
Andrei: "He left it in the office upstairs, probably after having sex with DIANA's sister."
Thorberg: "Amateurs."
Thorberg pulls the trigger and shoots a bean bag shell at DANTE.
DIANA: "EEEK!"
Thorberg: "Don't worry little one, he'll live. It was just a bean bag shell."
Andrei: "Damn, where did you get those?"
Thorberg: "Who's that?"
DIANA: "That's Andrei, he's a... friend."
Thorberg: "Well Andrei, these are the benefits of being a part-time bounty hunter."
Andrei: "Badass. You mind cutting us loose big boy?"
Thorberg: "Yeah, just a second."
Thorberg walks over to DANTE and checks his pulse.
Thorberg: "Yup, he'll live."
Thorberg pulls out a knife from his boot and cuts DIANA's ropes while Andrei cuts himself loose.
DIANA: "You could have done that the entire time?!"
Andrei: "I would have but you were over there taking a nap and I couldn't leave you behind, also I kind of liked being tied up."
Andrei winks at DIANA who blushes.
Thorberg: "Alright Prince Charming, go upstairs and find that goddamn gun, we'll wait for you here."
Andrei: "Alright."
Andrei quickly runs up the stairs and into the office, unfortunately there's someone waiting for him.
Andrei: "Seriously? You're here too?"
Marcus Newton Sr.: "I'm sorry but I can't let you take that gun."
Andrei: "Don't tell me I'm gonna have to kick your ass as well?"
Marcus Newton Sr.: "You can try."
Newton Sr. puts his fists up and so does Andrei, they're both ready for a fight but then Thorberg runs up the stairs and finds them both in the room.
Thorberg: "Andrei, I wouldn't do that if I were you. That's M.A.N's father and one of the most dangerous men in the world."
Andrei looks at Thorberg like he's joking.
Andrei: "Really? This guy? He looks older than my grandpa."
Thorberg: "He might be old but he can fight, trust me. Let's just leave the gun and get the hell out of here."
Newton Sr.: "I'm afraid that's not gonna happen."
Newton Sr. has grabbed the gun from the table while Andrei and Thorberg were talking and is pointing it at Andrei.
Newton Sr.: "Now I didn't want anyone to die, but if that's what has to happen to get through my son's thick skull then that's what's gonna happen."
Andrei: "Listen here old man."
Andrei suddenly swipes the gun from Newton Sr's hand and it fires but doesn't hit anyone. Andrei then kicks Newton Sr. who catches his leg and takes him down but as Andrei goes down Thorberg takes a shot and hits Newton Sr. who flies backwards and hits the wall.
Thorberg: "Nice moves, you okay?"
Andrei: "Yeah, I'm fine. Now let's get the hell out of here."
Andrei grabs the gun and they quickly run downstairs. Andrei grabs DIANA and they quickly run outside to Thorberg's truck, they all get in and quickly take off.
(To Be Continued In Chapter 03)
Read Chapter 01 first.
Cancun, Mexico - March 19th - 2 AM
Andrei is surrounded on all sides, with a chain link fence behind him and 4 masked men chasing him, the only thing he can do is fight, so he turns around to face the 4 masked men that were chasing him.
Andrei: "Shall we?"
One of the men immediately charges at Andrei and Andrei grabs him in guillotine choke before hitting him with a DDT on the concrete
Andrei: "I guess this won't be as difficult as I expected."
One of the men pulls out a switchblade and charges at Andrei, he cuts Andrei's left arm but Andrei quickly grabs his arm and break it, he falls down and starts crying.
Andrei: "Alright, who's next?"
The two masked men look at each other but then they both get shot from behind by a man with red sunglasses. The man slowly approaches Andrei who pulls out his gun and points it at the man.
Mystery Man: "Calm down there cowboy. I'm a friend."
The man approaches and it's DANTE.
Andrei: "Who are you?"
DANTE: "Right, we haven't actually met yet. I'm DANTE, DIANA's boyfri- well ex-boyfriend."
Andrei: "Ahh, THE DANTE."
DANTE: "And judging from your accent, you must be Andrei?"
Andrei: "Pleasure to meet you, only I wish it was under different circumstances."
Andrei and DANTE look at the two dead bodies between them. DANTE removes their masks and stands next to Andrei.
DANTE: "You know them?"
Andrei: "No, never seen them before in my life. What are you even doing out here?"
DANTE: "Well... I was actually sent here to get you."
DANTE quickly grabs Andrei by the neck and puts him in a rear-naked choke. Andrei slowly falls unconscious and everything goes dark.
Home Invasion
Houston, Texas - 3:30 PM - 10 hours and 50 minutes ago
M.A.N wakes up, he's being dragged out of his mansion and it has been put on fire.
It's very easy to guess why, clearly these captors want people to think that he died in the fire but M.A.N is more worried about Scarlett who he last saw in the living room and hasn't heard from since.
M.A.N's captors haven't noticed that he has awoken and just keep dragging him. From the corner of his eye, he spots that one of the captors took his revolver and is keeping it in a holster next to their hip.
One of the captors looks over and M.A.N quickly closes his eyes and pretends to be unconscious. He then opens his eyes and sees a masked man dragging Scarlett out of the house and then pushing her to the ground and it pushes him over the limit.
M.A.N: "Hey!"
The people dragging M.A.N look over but before they can do anything M.A.N breaks free from their grip. He quickly turns around and kicks one of the masked men to the side of the head. The other one tries to punch him but he ducks and uppercuts him. The man who's with Scarlett points a gun to her head.
Masked Man: "If you come any closer, you can say goodbye to her and the baby."
M.A.N puts his hands up and gets on his knees, the masked man lowers his gun but as he does Scarlett pulls out a small knife from her boot and stabs the masked man's leg with it, the masked man is in agony and raises his gun but M.A.N quickly tackles him before he can do anything about it. M.A.N quickly disarms him and then knocks him out. He then goes to Scarlett and quickly helps her up.
M.A.N: "Are you okay?"
Scarlett: "I think so, what do we do now?"
M.A.N: "Call 911, this is my mess and I'm going to sort it out."
Scarlett: "Okay, be careful."
M.A.N gets up and walks over to the two people he knocked out, he grabs his revolver from the other one. M.A.N then pulls his phone out of his pocket and dials a number.
M.A.N: "You in town?"
REDЯUM
Houston, Texas - 3:45 pm
Mystery Man: "Yeah, I'm here."
M.A.N: "Thank fuck. There has been an incident and I need your help."
Mystery Man: "I can see that, the news channels waste no time when it comes to you."
M.A.N: "Fuck, this wasn't meant to happen."
Mystery Man: "Just tell me what you need."
M.A.N: "You remember how I told you about that hot Japanese chick who joined M.A.N Global?"
Mystery Man: "DIANA was it? Yeah I remember."
M.A.N: "I think she might be in trouble, she's somewhere in Cancun, Mexico looking for her pet bunny, please find her and get her back here alive."
Mystery Man: "Got it."
The mystery man hangs up the call and puts his phone in their backpocket, he then walks over to the bathroom and grabs a revolver from the sink cabinet before looking in the mirror and revealing his face, it's Thorberg Aaronsson.
Thorberg walks out of the bathroom and wakes up the woman that's lying in his bed. He then looks under the bed and grabs a shotgun that he has hidden underneath it.
Thorberg: "I gotta go Jenna, pack our bags and get ready to leave, I'll be back as soon as I can."
Jenna: "Was it him?"
Thorberg: "Yeah."
Jenna: "If you see him, tell him that I miss him."
Thorberg: "I will."
Thorberg is about to leave but he stops at the door.
Thorberg: "Oh and take this."
Thorberg gives the revolver to Jenna.
Jenna: "Thanks."
Thorberg: "Stay safe and if anyone knocks on the door, don't open it."
Jenna: "Okay. I'll be here when you come back."
Thorberg kisses Jenna on her forehead and leaves the motel. He walks down to the parking lot and gets in his truck. He quickly takes off on the road to Mexico.
Sisters By Blood
Enemies By Heart
Cancun, Mexico - 10:30 PM - 6 hours and 45 minutes later
DIANA has just found Francis and her sister who seemingly killed Francis, DIANA is sad and angry.
DIANA: "AAAAAH! YOU KILLED FRANCIS!"
DIANA rushes at Luna but Luna swings her baseball bat and hits DIANA on the side of the head, knocking her out cold.
Luna: "You just had to make this more difficult than it had to be."
Everything goes dark for DIANA and 7 hours later she wakes up tied to a chair and she seems to be in some sort of a warehouse.
DIANA: "Where am I?"
Andrei: "Finally you're awake."
DIANA looks behind her and sees that Andrei is tied to a chair right behind her.
DIANA: "Oh, you're here too."
Andrei: "Yeah, I've been sitting here for hours because your boyfriend decided to kidnap me."
DIANA: "DANTE?! Are you sure!?"
Andrei: "Yeah, the idiot revealed his name right away."
DIANA: "Yeah that sounds like him."
Andrei: "What about you? What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"
DIANA: "My sister killed my bunny and then knocked me out with a baseball bat. Apparently she was sleeping with DANTE, I knew I shouldn't have trusted him."
Andrei: "Your sister and your boyfriend? Damn, that burns."
DIANA: "A slut's a slut."
Andrei: "When you're right you're right."
The two share a laugh but then suddenly DANTE walks in.
DIANA: "DANTE! Please help me!"
DANTE: "Oh DIANA... clearly you don't have it figured out yet."
DANTE walks towards DIANA and crouches down to hug DIANA.
DANTE: "I'm not here to help you."
As DIANA hears those words, she kicks DANTE on the nuts and DANTE slowly falls on the ground in pain.
Andrei: "Woah, brutal."
DIANA: "That's what you get for hurting my friends."
DANTE slowly recovers and gets up, he then walks over to Andrei's side, Andrei's legs are tied up so he can't kick DANTE.
DANTE: "Well, since I don't hit women I guess I'm gonna have to teach Mr. boy toy over here a lesson."
Andrei: "Give it your best shot buddy."
Andrei pushes his head forward and DANTE hits him on the side of the face a few times. DIANA is terrified but Andrei just laughs it off.
Andrei: "Even my dad hits harder than that and he's a fucking pussy."
DANTE hits Andrei again but then suddenly gunshots are heard in the distance.
DANTE: "Oh shit."
Andrei: "Don't be pissing your pants now, grab your gun and go fight them."
DANTE looks for his gun on his holster but then remembers that he left it in the office that's upstairs.
DANTE: "I- I- I forgot my gun upstairs."
Andrei: "Really? This was your boyfriend?"
DIANA: "I'm starting to remember why I dumped him."
The gunshots are getting closer, DANTE's looking to the back of the room at a door where the gunshots are coming from.
DANTE: "Shit, shit, shit."
Andrei: "Looks like judgement day came early."
The gunshots suddenly end and DANTE looks a little relieved.
DANTE: "Thank god."
Suddenly the door at the back of the room opens and a huge man enters the room.
DIANA: "THORBERG!"
Thorberg points his shotgun at DANTE and is about to shoot.
Thorberg: "Where's your gun boy?"
DANTE: "None of your business."
Andrei: "He left it in the office upstairs, probably after having sex with DIANA's sister."
Thorberg: "Amateurs."
Thorberg pulls the trigger and shoots a bean bag shell at DANTE.
DIANA: "EEEK!"
Thorberg: "Don't worry little one, he'll live. It was just a bean bag shell."
Andrei: "Damn, where did you get those?"
Thorberg: "Who's that?"
DIANA: "That's Andrei, he's a... friend."
Thorberg: "Well Andrei, these are the benefits of being a part-time bounty hunter."
Andrei: "Badass. You mind cutting us loose big boy?"
Thorberg: "Yeah, just a second."
Thorberg walks over to DANTE and checks his pulse.
Thorberg: "Yup, he'll live."
Thorberg pulls out a knife from his boot and cuts DIANA's ropes while Andrei cuts himself loose.
DIANA: "You could have done that the entire time?!"
Andrei: "I would have but you were over there taking a nap and I couldn't leave you behind, also I kind of liked being tied up."
Andrei winks at DIANA who blushes.
Thorberg: "Alright Prince Charming, go upstairs and find that goddamn gun, we'll wait for you here."
Andrei: "Alright."
Andrei quickly runs up the stairs and into the office, unfortunately there's someone waiting for him.
Andrei: "Seriously? You're here too?"
Marcus Newton Sr.: "I'm sorry but I can't let you take that gun."
Andrei: "Don't tell me I'm gonna have to kick your ass as well?"
Marcus Newton Sr.: "You can try."
Newton Sr. puts his fists up and so does Andrei, they're both ready for a fight but then Thorberg runs up the stairs and finds them both in the room.
Thorberg: "Andrei, I wouldn't do that if I were you. That's M.A.N's father and one of the most dangerous men in the world."
Andrei looks at Thorberg like he's joking.
Andrei: "Really? This guy? He looks older than my grandpa."
Thorberg: "He might be old but he can fight, trust me. Let's just leave the gun and get the hell out of here."
Newton Sr.: "I'm afraid that's not gonna happen."
Newton Sr. has grabbed the gun from the table while Andrei and Thorberg were talking and is pointing it at Andrei.
Newton Sr.: "Now I didn't want anyone to die, but if that's what has to happen to get through my son's thick skull then that's what's gonna happen."
Andrei: "Listen here old man."
Andrei suddenly swipes the gun from Newton Sr's hand and it fires but doesn't hit anyone. Andrei then kicks Newton Sr. who catches his leg and takes him down but as Andrei goes down Thorberg takes a shot and hits Newton Sr. who flies backwards and hits the wall.
Thorberg: "Nice moves, you okay?"
Andrei: "Yeah, I'm fine. Now let's get the hell out of here."
Andrei grabs the gun and they quickly run downstairs. Andrei grabs DIANA and they quickly run outside to Thorberg's truck, they all get in and quickly take off.
(To Be Continued In Chapter 03)