Breaking-out

"DON'T MOVE!"

"DROP YOUR WEAPON DOWN NOW!!'

"DON'T MAKE ANY ABRUPT MOVE OR WE WILL SHOOT!!"

"FREE THE HOSTAGE AND WALK AWAY HANDS IN THE AIR!!"

loud shouts erupted from every angle bringing me back to the present where I was still a hostage to a crazy woman with an ax on my neck and dozens of police officers pointing their guns at me. But what irritated me the most at that moment wasn't the whole fucked up situation. It was the commander whose face I recognized among the officers in front of me.

Why the fuck is he still alive? She killed all these people, so why wasn't he among them? I am so close to taking this ax and throwing it at his ugly, proud face.

To my surprise, Ezra's reaction was a sadistic laugh, like she was having the best time of her life, followed by her voice shouting at me: "Get the fuck up!!" before undoing her chokehold on my neck.

was she giving up? I didn't take her as the easy quitter.

I stood up slowly and before I could take a step forward I felt the metal pressing on my neck from behind again, but this time she was standing behind me at arm's length wielding her weapon pressing the sharp lame under my right ear and taking our difference in height and length into consideration, I understood what she was trying to do and panicked.

This crazy bitch was using me as a human shield!!!

By instinct, I tried to move away only to get the sharp tool pressed harder into my neck breaking my flesh, with a thin line of blood dripping."If you move without me telling you to doc, I will make your head roll off your shoulders in a second. Okay?" She snarled with her usual teasing low voice and I stayed glued in place gulping loudly and casting a side look at one of the dismembered bodies on the floor.

She will definitely decapitate me if I piss her off...I better enjoy the fact that she didn't kill me yet and do what she says.

"SIR...HANDS IN THE AIR NOW!!" Shouted one of the police officers in the front pointing his gun directly at me because obviously, I was covering the psycho behind me.

I looked at him in disbelief. "Who?... Me?!"

"SIR, I REPEAT, PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR. NOW!!!"

"You can't be serious!!! I'm the one who's in danger here!!!" I yelled back at him losing my mind.

"Doctor please do as we say, we are trying to keep you safe" intervened the commander with his annoying confident voice.

"Oh really, are you?! If that's so then you must have noticed that you have been doing a crappy job up until now!" I mocked him not giving a damn if he was a commander. I'm a dead man anyway and that angry comment of mine earned me mocking giggles from the monster behind me.

Yeah great...she's having fun at my expense...

"Doctor please comply with us!!!" Ordered the commander frowning at me.

If I get out of here alive I'm definitely going to sue him and do my best to destroy his life.

Giving up my tries to argue further, I lifted my arms up. Never in my life have I been that humiliated and treated like a fucking criminal when I am actually the victim.

"PRISONER 40086 DROP YOUR WEAPON AND SHOW YOURSELF. HANDS IN THE AIR NOW!!!" continued the officer.

I am so sick of all the shouting and nerve-wracking atmosphere. Can someone just kill me and be done with it?

"Hey doc, I need you to take five slow steps backward. Don't move any muscle other than your legs' and do not panic. As a reward, I will get you out of here in one piece. Understood?" She whispered behind me, only for me to hear.

five steps back?...why was she going back to her cell? I have a bad feeling about this. But ironically, I trust her words of getting me out of here safely much more than the commander. Plus, what the hell do I have to lose at this point?

I nodded lightly and took a step back praying that those idiots won't shoot me."DOCTOR DON'T MOVE" threatned the commander.

"Doc don't stop" called the voice from behind.

I felt like I was stuck between two sides: the supposedly good one in front of me and the bad one behind me. I was hearing the voices in my head opposing each other. I had to make a choice, either step back to the dark side or forward to the good one. My body had already made the decision and obeying the voice behind me like a good dog, I took a second step back and a third under the eyes and the yells of the police.

Four....and five...

I stopped after the fifth like she asked me to and waited for the worse to come. Suddenly, she pushed me towards the officers and stepped away from me quickly running to the left wall.

"DON'T MOVE!!"

"NO STOP HER!! SHOOT HER!!"

Everyone started shouting and opened fire in her direction. I stepped away quickly dodging a close bullet and turned around to see where she was so eager to go.

NO!! Tell me she isn't going to. Before I could finish my thoughts, she had already reached for the control panel and pressed a button. Just like that, red lights enveloped the entire block with loud alarm sirens going off and all the automatic door cells moved to open the path for the most dangerous people in the nation.

We all stared at the scene unfolding in front of us with horror, all the prisoners started to get out cheering, yelling, and attacking the officers and guards. It was total chaos. I stood there with a pale face, my mind going blank. Why is this happening to me? Why?

I heard screams and looked in front of me, locked eyes with one of the criminals. He was 6'4, his body huge with muscles covered in tattoos, and his right eye was left with a nasty scar. He threw me a dirty look and walked fast towards me as I stumbled backward trying to find an escape. It was true that I worked out every day and I was in a good shape but I never had fighting lessons, so even with my 6'2 frame and few muscles, I had no chance to win a one-on-one fight with that beast.

Cornered against the wall, I lifted my arms protecting my face, and closed my eyes, bracing myself for the impact, when I heard a swing slashing the air and a loud thud of a body hitting the floor. I opened my eyes, slowly looking down, and saw the huge gangster laying on his stomach with his face crooked to the side. There between his eyes, an ax was planted and waterfalls of blood were gushing out forming a red pool around him.

I know one person with an ax as a fetish weapon around here.

The demon in question showed herself. She passed in front of me casually, walked towards the body, took her killing instrument, and strolled back standing beside me."Come on doc, let's go before someone else decides to make you his bitch" she said gesturing me to the building's door where many criminals were fighting with the guards.

"You're joking, right? No way I am going anywhere with you!" I announced firmly, taking a step away from her.

"As you wish. But in my humble opinion, it will be better if you had to deal with only one psychopath rather than fifty" she noted, smiling at me.

Is this day never going to end?

"Fine...let's get the fuck out of here"

"Sure doc. Stay behind me and don't try to be a hero" she warned me, turning her back to me and walking fast.

Trust me, I don't intend to...

I trailed behind her observing her hitting, slicing, and breaking everyone that came in her way: guards, police, criminals, It didn't matter. They all had the same fate. She was a beast, a killing machine. I can't believe she's human and a woman at that. She took some blows to her face and body, I would have passed out on the spot if it was me, but she kept fighting. She even dodged bullets, somehow always knowing where they will land before they left the gun. She was simply amazing, out of this world.

I can't believe I'm calling a mass murderer amazing. The blow I took to my head must have caused some brain damage.

We moved forward jumping, dodging, and hitting until we finally got to the building's main door. There were more than twenty prisoners fighting to get out. They charged at the guards hitting some of them and got a rain of bullets in return, even some of the criminals managed to dislocate metallic bars from the cell doors and use them as weapons. It was a massacre.

Ezra on the other hand, just stood there, balancing her bloody ax on her shoulders watching, not showing any interest in joining this war."Why did we stop?" I asked, intrigued by her sudden change of heart.

She answered without looking at me, annoyed by my question "why would I do anything if there is this bunch of brainless monsters doing the hard job and taking bullets on our behalf? let's just wait for the show to end and then, we can make a run for it"

Well, that's interesting. She is not only a sadistic killer after all, but she is also strategic, and calculative and doesn't take unnecessary risks which only makes her more...deadly.

"Are you teaming up with criminals now doctor?" a loud voice asked from behind and we both turned around to face the commander whose eyes were blinded by rage, breathing hard with many bruises all over him, and his clothes torn apart.

"Wow you look like shit, big guy!" she snarled, grinning, still with her deadly weapon on her shoulders.

"YOU!! it's all your fault you crazy bitch! Once I get my hands on you, I will gladly kill you to save humanity from your kind" she didn't flinch, still looking at him dead in the eyes, daring him to come closer "And YOU!" he added, moving his eyes on me "You are going to jail for a very long time, first for recording a highly confidential conversation, second for disrespecting a high ranking military leader many times, and third for helping a criminal escape!"

"You got the last one wrong commander." Ignoring the going to prison part I corrected him "Technically speaking, she's the one helping me escape"

He growled like a wounded animal aiming his gun at our faces "Now both of you move to a cell and lock yourselves inside or I will blow both of your brains out and pretend it was an accident"

The psycho beside me gazed at him teasingly, "The only thing that's going to explode is you, big guy, if you don't take it easy"

"BOTH OF YOU! MOVE NOW!!" he warned shooting at the floor a few inches away from us.

I took a few steps back while she laughed loudly, not moving from her position "Hey doc, I think your buddy here is actually serious" she stopped laughing abruptly and took a deep breath before adding, taking her axe off her shoulders and pointing it in the commander's direction "You want to play? Sure, let's play. I still have some time for a little game"

Oh shit...this is going to end badly. She's strong but he's twice her size and armed with a loaded gun.

"Hey Ezra, I don't think it's a goo-"

"Doc just shut up, sit aside, and look pretty. I will be right back" she muttered, before charging at full speed toward him.

She jumped, taking the axe in both hands but unfortunately, slicing the air after the commander moved away just in time. He tried to shoot her but his gun met the sharp edge of her tool and went flying. He decided to use his strength against her and grabbed the ax trying to pull it away from her. She was about to give in until she raised her leg in a strong kick that landed just under his chin. He took a few steps back trying to balance himself again and dodged right in time before Ezra's ax hit his neck. He was able to land a strong jab in her face that made her fall on her back, he moved fast above her to try to pin her down but she raised the ax holding the wooden haft with both hands creating a barrier between her and the commander.

This is bad...this is really bad. I have to do something and as I was thinking of anything that may help us in this situation, I heard cheering. I looked back to see that the others were able to force the guards away as they began to rush out. I turned again to search for that crazy girl and she was still on the floor trying to fight that big asshole.

Should I just leave her here? It's not like we're friends or anything. But still...I wouldn't be alive without her and she will definitely haunt me for the rest of my life if I leave her here. To add to this, I'm already accused of helping a criminal escape... Fuck it.

I looked around, scanning the space around me when my eyes zeroed in on the broken gun that the commander used a few minutes ago. I walked slowly to grab it and advanced with precaution behind him, he was still pushing Ezra down. I hit him on the back of his head with every ounce of strength I have left. He fell forward, landing on her and she pushed him away quickly and stood up looking at me blankly.

"What are you still doing here, you fucking idiot?" she asked annoyed.

"Is that how you say thank you normally?"

She looked furious after I threw this little joke and took a step forward, pushing the haft of her ax into my chest "Did I ask you to help me doc? Didn't I tell you not to play the hero? Don't think of me as your partner or anything, understood?" I nodded and she looked at my face for a second before passing me, and walking to the door "Come on, move your ass"

I should have just left her here.

I followed her outside where the prisoners were still fighting with the rest of the guards."It looks like the backups are still not here. That's good. Now let's get the hell out of this shithole" she remarked, looking around, walking towards the main building, not to the front huge door where everyone was gathered.

I run after her, shocked by her behavior "Hey! where are you going? The exit is that way!"

She answered my question, walking faster "Don't you think I already know this Genius? They will never be able to pass that door before the backups arrive, so we are taking a short cut"

I didn't dare to ask her what she meant because I felt like she was going to slice my throat open. We walked to the main building where there were very few guards who Ezra didn't take a lot of time in getting rid of. They obviously didn't think that someone trying to escape will actually go there, so the security was really bad and after taking a few stairs and hallways, we got to a locked back door that she broke open with her ax. We walked outside, stepping into the parking lot where the commander parked his car this morning and I found myself wondering how would any criminal know about this exit.

"Let's take this car. It looks nice and it has a military badge on it. No one will dare stop us" she claimed, walking to that asshole's car.

"Hey, I think you got me wrong. I am not going anywhere with you farther than this" she ignored me, trying to open the car's door which wasn't locked because clearly, the commander was too busy dragging me along to do so and then looking at me with her exceptional eyes, she said in a serious tone "I wasn't actually asking you doc, I am taking you along anyway. I didn't have a pet for a while. You might as well keep me company"

"Wait what? I am not your pet and I don't have to do anything you say!" I snapped, taking a step back.

"Is that so? Come on doc. Stop making it hard on yourself. What the fuck do you have to lose, huh? Your life ended today because when everything settles down, they will come for you, especially the big guy, and you will go to jail. And let's be honest, you will never survive there" she chuckled, getting into the car and searching for the wires next to the gas pedal.

"Y-yes...m-maybe you're right...but I-I would rather pay for my actions than spend my life running away" I stammered in a trembling voice from my different emotions rising and Instead of her answering me, the car did. A sign that she succeeded in starting it.

Seconds later, she emerged from the car and walked towards me."Doc you're starting to piss me off and trust me, I am not that cute when I get really angry. So drop your morals bullshit and get in the damn car"

"No" I denied her firmly.

She sighed deeply before adding in a whisper "The hard way it is..."

I didn't have enough time to proceed with what she meant before she lifted her arm and hit me in the face with a heavy tool, knocking me out on my back...again. In less than an hour, she has hit me twice on the head but this time, with a fucking wrench only God knows from where she got it and while drifting to unconsciousness, her face was the last thing I saw and I prayed that I will never see it again.