15 Kidnapping (2)

I'm a patient person. However, at this point I've heard enough. Thoroughly enraged, I freed my hands quickly and took of the sack covering my head. I jumped out of the car, and slid right under it. I was completely silent about it too, so my kidnappers didn't notice anything, as they continued to banter. I slid out on the right side of the car, behind Thug 1, who was still midway through his cigarette. I saw a pistol tucked in his jeans on his right side, but I didn't go for it yet. With a quick swipe of my hand, I grabbed the cigarette out of his hand. He was relaxed, so it was an easy maneuver. As Thug 1 just realized something is wrong, I already jumped up, shoving the lit cigarette in his eye socket. He let out a terrible scream. As he was grabbing his face in pain, I quickly took his gun and slid back under the car. The whole thing took only 4 seconds, and Thug 2 didn't see anything, only hearing the scream, then going to the right side of the car a few seconds later. At that time, I already slipped out on the left side, and circled to the back of the car. Thug 2 stood there, frozen, for a few seconds, and before he could ask what happened, I was already behind him. I undid the safety on the Glock, and shot his right thigh. At this distance of a meter, I could have even pinpointed any of his vital organs, but I just wanted to incapacitate him. As he started screaming from the pain, I took away his gun too, and fired another three shots: one in his left thigh, and two in Thug 1's legs. Both fell on the hard concrete next to the car, screaming and cursing at me. I slammed the corner of the grip of one of the guns into Thug 2's eyes, just to even out their injuries. I like symmetry. With that, I stood between them, with one gun pointed at each of them.

"If you both would be so kind as to shut the fuck up, I will tell you what you can do to survive this situation." They stopped their wailing, and stared at me. It had to be an interesting sight, a 6 year old with two guns currently about to murder two grown men. I continued. "That's better. From now on, anytime you open your mouth for any other reason than to answer my questions, I shoot another bullet in your leg. Each bullet will go a bit closer to your dick. The third time this happens, I'll cleanly shoot your dick off. Am I clear so far?"

Thug 2 seemed to be the smarter one, nodding and muttering 'yes'. Thug 1 just kept glaring at me with murderous eyes while trying to press on his bleeding leg and eye. Well, I should probably continue then.

"Okay. One more thing: one of you dies here, no matter what you do. It will be the one who gives me less information. Let's start. Tell me about your hideout."

This time it was Thug 1 who spoke up, after a snort. "We operate from a hotel suite in Edinburgh. It's on the third floor of…" He couldn't finish the sentence, since I fired a precise shot in his leg. He immediately stopped talking, and suppressed his screams, glaring at me.

"I didn't mention this, but I thought it was quite obvious: if you lie to me, you get shot." Idiots. I could tell if a person was lying just by his intonation, not to even mention the countless signs body language gave off. "So, once again. Where is your hideout?" This time, since Thug 1 seemed uncooperative, I directly turned towards Thug 2.

"It's in a basement. London Street, 33." This answer seemed to be the truth, so I continued to investigate further: spare key, who else was there, what kind of loot was stored inside, and so on. After a couple of minutes of interrogation, they were competing with each other to give as much information as possible. Thug 2 also tried to lie to me one time, so he also got an additional bullet hole in his leg. I also saw them shift around a couple of times, probably to reach some hidden knife and try to kill me, but I kept my distance so they didn't have a chance to do anything. After I got all the information I wanted, I announced the winner, as I looked at Thug 2.

"Congratulations. It seems that your friend here doesn't value his life as much as you do." As I spoke, I walked to Thug 1's side, and fired a shot in his left shoulder. A knife dropped immediately from his hand, originally hidden behind his back. I then pointed the gun at his dick, and promptly shot it off. He was screaming and cursing all the while, so I let him suffer for a few seconds, then shot him in the head. He stopped screaming and dropped dead in that instant. Thug 2 looked with eyes wide, he didn't think I'd notice his partner's hidden knife and plans to incapacitate me with it as I got closer. What probably shocked him the most though was that he just witness a 6-year-old kid dual wielding a pair of Glocks with more proficiency than them. But his shock didn't last for long, since I turned around, and shot him in the head too. I never intended to leave either of them alive.

As my kidnappers laid on the ground in an ever-growing puddle of blood, I heard a faint buzzing sound. As I turned around, I saw a palm-sized drone swooping out of one of the crumbled buildings, headed towards me. I briefly thought about shooting it down, but in the end I decided it's more important to have eyes in the air. The drone reached me in a couple of seconds, and hovering in front of me, I could hear a voice in my BlueBone.

"Wow, that was even faster than I anticipated. They must have pissed you off somehow, huh?" Eve started chattering.

"Eve."

"Yes, Adam?"

"They wanted to rape me."

"Oh. Well, they were bound to try. Is that what pissed you off?" Yeah, I figure it was only entertainment on her part, since she has no clue about human emotions and morality. On the other hand, my morality seems distorted too, since I got enraged at the mention of raping minors, but then murdered two people without a second thought. I'll have to meditate on that later.

"Yeah. Did you hear what we talked about?" I think I'm calm enough now to start thinking further ahead.

"Of course. I recorded and analyzed everything they said. I also reviewed security footage around the area they mentioned, and found that they said the truth."

This confirmation was all I needed to cheer me up. "Okay. Where are the supplies?"

"They're in the ruin the drone flew out of. I'll send it scouting while you check the bag."

I ran in the building, while Eve's drone flew a few rounds overhead to check if the gunfire attracted any unwanted attention. It never hurts to be careful. Just as I entered, I saw a duffle bag among the rubble. I opened it, checked that everything is in working order, threw in the two guns, and left the dilapidated lobby. As I started to run towards the town, I heard the drone zipping by overhead and Eve giving short instructions from time to time to avoid cameras and people as best as possible. Meanwhile, I started formulating a plan for looting the kidnappers' hideout. It was a long trek, and the smile on my face kept growing steadily until I reached the downtown area.