Mysterious Group

Knowing that this crystal won't break with my bare hand, I am back to my car. 

"What did you find?" Asked my wife on the car while playing with our daughter.

"Rawrr..."

"Owh~ You caught me..."

Funny, they played pretend to be animals. "There is a big crystal there... I am gonna try to break it with this thing." Said me while showing the hammer.

Don't forget, I bring my gun too. Full bullet and a secondary bullet in my pocket near this low-part suit. Before going back, I remember that we had a grenade. Maybe if it's not work, I can use that thing. 

After all, set up, a hammer, seven grenades, two in my pocket and five in my hand. I get back to that crystal. I swing my hammer strongly to it and... My hands!! Aw...!!

That's so hard!! Okay! Okay... Let's use this. I pull out the pin and throw it into that crystal.

Boom!!

Is it work? No!!? Just how hard is it!!? Fine, Let's do it again. I still have plenty of grenades with me.

One, two, three, and... Finally, it broke after the fourth grenade after the first one.

The crystal gets broken apart. After picking it up, there is some kind of energy that is absorbed by me.

"AH!!!!!!!"

That's Stephanie!!! What happens...

When I turned back to see what happened, there were some people in hazmat suits setting up the gun and pointing it at me.

"Take down your weapon."

Their words are not that scary, that's not an order but a request. Without any thought, I put down my weapon and all of it. There is still a grenade in my pocket.

They are looking at each other and one of them comes at me while pointing it gun at me. The shorter our distance, the clearer her face. She is a woman and... I don't know her.

"Are you an enemy or a wanderer?" Asked her while approaching me.

"Of course I am wanderer!" Said me getting out of my loud voice.

She tightens her grab for it gun.

One of them whistled, and she got back and was changed by another one. Not like the woman, he was a bit calm and didn't point his gun at me.

"So, what's your problem buddy with this crystal?" Asked him while looking at me from a short distance.

"Problem? The problem is you pointing my and my family's gun!!"

"Listen, buddy, we are here on high ground. If you are talking like that again, I should shut up your nasty mouth!!" Said him getting angry.

"Are you all so easily to get provoked?" Asked the last one. Judging from his voice, he is a man.

He looked back and said. "This guy is annoying!"

Annoying? You are the one who annoys me. After that, they approached me together.

"So... Mr..." Said the second guy that approached me.

"Alex, Alex is fine."

"Who tell you to let down your hands!!" Said her getting angry.

"Who told you to get your gun on me!!? Hah!!?" Said me even louder than her.

The first guy punched her waist to stop. And the one who talks to me is the second guy. Don't know why but I feel he is their leader.

"You seem happy to look at it huh?" Said him calmly.

"Of course." Said me without any hesitation.

"Don't you know that you are in a pinch situation?" Said the first guy behind this man.

"I know~" Said me laughing a bit.

Let me tell you, what with this group? If they are evil, dying here is much better. They are the kind ones? Sorry but, that's not the point. We already set our destination and I didn't want to work as a group. I don't want to be trapped by someone dystopian in this world.

Nothing good happens if I work together in a group. Because there must be a fair share. And, I am the type who wants to get all of it for myself. That's the wrong way of thinking and I admit it. But, that's why of think that makes me a rich and successful businessman.

"I believe there is some kind of misunderstanding." Said the second man.

"Huh? Misunderstanding? I think you already explained that you are evil by pointing that gun at me and to my family." Said me getting serious.

"That's it!! We have your family!" Said the woman.

"So?"

They shocked. Sorry but, I am used to this kind of situation. One day, I was threatened by my rival company. The CEO trapped one of my workers and executives. And I am just saying to him that. "Oh sure, It seems I need to open a job vacancy once again."

My rival then said. "Huh? Again?"

"You are not the one who threatened me you know?" Asked me and put down the phone.

And the result is, they freed all my workers and executives. Many of them get angry with me but sure... But, they get their mouth shut up after I tell them that if I send the ransom then they must work for me free to cover the ransom.

Sometimes, humans will be intimidated and feel scared of someone in high ground. But, we are human... We can die and they are too. And here is my condition to win. If I can threaten them, I can escape.

They brought up my kid and Stephanie.

"Hahaha!! So? Did you say so? Let me show you the blood of your own family!!" Said the first man.

"You should not provoke us, man." Said the second guy.

"Oh sure, let me see it. We are already dead if you are serious. So? Why you should try this hard way rather than the easiest and the shortest one?" Said me making them annoyed again.

Their way is too convoluted. They should kill us in this time but, they try to discuss it first. 

There are six of them. Three people who threaten my wife are pointing their guns at them. My daughter is crying and my wife is trembling from scared. This is not normal... Yeah, it's me the one who is not normal.

Maybe it is because the path of a businessman is not as pure and innocent as normal people think. Businessman is full of envious feeling. Anything can happen to them because of this reason. Money? That's not the problem here. The problem is fame.

With fame, anything, anyone, can be rich. That's the absolute fact that people ignored. They think that as long as they have money they can duplicate it with hard work and voila! I am rich because of my hard work. That's lame...

The businessman I knew until now is the one who is famous around the world. They have their fame, their trust, and their consumer. I mean, if you have society to support you, your rival can't move freely to let you down. Because what? Businessman needs society, and their consumer to be rich.

Businessmen like us are assertive and brave. Because, if we are scared, fearful, trembling, and hesitate to make a decision. What kind of people put their trust in this kind of leader anyway?

But now... It feels like I am not a businessman like that anymore. My legs are trembling. I am scared.

They plead with them and beg for forgiveness. My family is threatened like that. It should make me angry but... I am scared. What if they really took their life away and just left me alone? My lovely daughter... She will get traumatized if she is the one who is kept alive. And I don't want to imagine what will happen to her next.

My wife... I don't dare to imagine it. But, I grip my hand and hug those men who pointed their guns at me.

"Stay away!!!"

That woman pointed out her gun but, my hand was quicker than it, and threw it away after I pushed away those two men.

One of the groups that captivated my family shot his gun to the sky. They were shocked and that was the time for me to action. Luckily, they underestimated me. They think that just a mere threat can make me scared... The fact is, I am scared right now but... My hand keeps moving to my pocket and take out the grenade.

The second guy grabs my hand... But that's late. My hand already released the pin of the grenade. He tries to step back but I pull him to me. 

The first guy wants to crouch away but I pull him to me. I grab their neck with my arms rounded on while holding this grenade.

"Okay, man... Stay calm." Said the first man.

"Sorry but, if we are dead, you should follow us."

The three people who captivated my family stood their guns at me. But...

"Put down your weapon!!!" Shout me.

One of them pointed my wife with her gun and the other pointed his gun at my daughter.

"Let's see who is the brave man here." Said the third person.