The Steel Sultan Part 6

He choked out one of the guards outside of the warehouse and dragged him unconscious away from sight before grabbing his key card and communicator. He walked to a back door and made it open by overloading the keypad. He smiled as an alarm began blaring in the warehouse as he entered. He walked to the middle of the dim warehouse before being blinded by floodlights and his eyes saw dozens of gunmen on the ground floor and on the several floors of the building, "Steel Sultan! You came!" He looked up and saw a man with black patterns on a half naked body, "I gotcha girl, what are you going to do about it?" He laughed before tossing an old-fashioned revolver at Victor. It bounced to his feet and he picked it up and saw a single bullet, "If you don't kill me in a few minutes, BOOM!" He was insane, with a massive smile as he talked about his own death, "But you are no killer," He realized what he had to do, as if the gun wasn't obvious enough. He created a field of electricity around him as the gunmen opened fire, before the bullets created a bubble around him.

A wave of bullets fell to the floor as the men began reloading and the boss simply watched. He leaped to the side and let out a discharge that knocked out 5 men on the ground floor, he had 5 floors of gunmen and had only a few seconds before needing to shield himself. He let energy concentrate around his right fist and then slammed it into the floor and electricity moved up around the building and then followed the sound or dozens of guns clattering on the floor and the thud of bodies falling limp to the floor. He walked slowly to the middle with the gun tucked into his belt. He shot off of the floor and landed in front of the mad man, "That was boring, you killed none of them."

"Give me Mary."

"No," He said as if he was a child, "You have to kill me or her bomb necklace will go off as well."

"I can shut it off."

"If mine and hers don't disarm, BOOM!" He hopped around like a mad goblin, "You will have to kill me, come on, just kill me," Victor drew the gun and aimed it at the man, "Is this your first?" He said, before laughing, "You are shaking with that gun in your hands, COME ON! KILL ME! DO IT!" He began walking towards Victor as he tried to stay still with the gun pointed, "Only 2 minutes left," He grabbed the gun and pushed it to his forehead, "Come on, come on, pull the itty-bitty trigger, blow my brains out, paint the walls red, come on, do you want to let Mary die?" She was standing, frozen in fear, "She has already suffered a lot, maybe you want to let her die, is she really worth it? Why are you doing this? Is she really worth killing for?" Victor said nothing and simply glared at him, "Your stare isn't as terrifying as the figures in my mind! Come on! What are you waiting for? Kill Me! END ME! END THE DR3! KILL ME! You only have 1 minute left! Maybe you want to die? Maybe you are like me? Ending your suffering to free your-" A shot resonated through the warehouse as the chamber finished turning on the revolver as Victor let a drop of blood roll down his cheek and the body fall dead to the floor, his face frozen with a surprised expression and a hole through his forehead. The bomb necklace around Mary's neck fell off and disarmed as it hit the floor.

"Victor," She fell into his arms, sobbing, "Thank you so much, I didn't know you could do that, I didn't know you could actually save me."

"I told you I could," He said, picking her up and holding her in his arms, "I will carry you, if you don't mind."

"I don't, thank you, thank you so much for saving me, Victor."

"I have something to do real quick, are you okay? Are you sick? Are you hurt?"

"I don't think so."

"Good, good," He found a door into a room and found hundreds of files, "Sit down here," He placed her down and then began looking through the hundreds of files, "Let me see, perfect," He grabbed a folder and then handed it to Mary, "Hold on to this for a bit."

"Um, okay, why?"

"Just do it," He pulled out his phone and dialed the number from before, "This is Victor, it's done, one dead and a few dozen stunned."

"Perfect, thank you, did you find the files?"

"I did, all of them are here."

"Several teams are on the way, I would like to meet you in person."

"I have already met with one of your commanders."

"Really?"

"But with a different name."

"Which was?"

"The Steel Sultan," Mary gasped and so did the voice on the other side of the line, "Now you know who I am, and who the Steel Sultan is, I would like to make a deal with you, in return for my services."

"I can't do that over the phone, but if you join me in the HQ near Highland Square, I'll gladly have my superiors talk to you."

"Sounds good to me, did you send a paramedic team?"

"A paramedic team?"

"For Mary."

"Ah, yes, they have been deployed."

"Thank you, speak to you later."

He walked into the office with the folder he had taken under his arm, "Ah, Victor, my friend, how are you today?" He held out his hand and Victor shook it, "What brings you here today?"

"I have a gift for you, have you been following the news?"

"Apparently you are the Steel Sultan now?"

"I am indeed."

"Sit, sit, take your time," Egor said as Victor sat down, "What is this present?"

"The police know all the locations in which the DR3 had investments and also the ones that they had direct business in."

"Oh shit, I'm going down."

"Nope," He tossed the folder onto the table, "I saved you the trouble," Egor looked at him and then at the folder and then took it and opened it before a smile grew on his face, "As you can see."

"Holy shit man, you saved me once more, how can I repay you?"

"I need some money to live and support myself."

"I can give you 10% of what the club makes."

"You are quick to make deals," Victor smiled, "But I don't need your money, just live and I have my phone ready for a call if you need one."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Go home, get back to work, get back to being my old self, defending the Out and its people from those who try to take advantage of it."

"How can you be so good?"

"I am different to you, and when you nearly die, you change, I was paralyzed from the neck down, my whole body, except from my head is robotic."

"Oh shit, I only have robotic arms."

"Well, I have a meeting to get to."

"What happened to the girl you were looking for?"

"She is alive, and well, back at home, you know, the usual."

"Man of your word, man of your word."

"A man of his word talking to a free man, see you later, Egor."

"See you later, Steel Sultan," Victor laughed as he left the room and then stopped outside of the club as his phone began ringing.

"Yes, Mary?" He smiled, "I am getting home soon, I was visiting a friend after my meeting with the General, okay, yeah, I'll be home in half an hour, yeah, see you then."

The End