hang in there

✨Kolya✨

24 hours. That's how long Yuri had been missing. I'm worried sick about him. I just hope that we get there in time.

In this kind of life we have, the longer you've held captured by the enemy, the slim the chances you'll survive. Yuri is a strong man and I know he'll not go without a fight but I still feel anxious and worried for him.

Yuri is more than a friend to me, he's my brother and I can't lose him. He's all I have left and the Laskins as a family.

The Limo was so slow, at least for my liking. One of the men is behind the wheel while Isiah and Alek sat in front of me and Andi. Andi has her earplugs on her ears while I tap my foot impatiently.

Isiah's phone rang, he answered it but didn't speak. The call lasted only five seconds. "Gloria is secured. They'll meet us in the mansion."

Alek nods and I did the same. Leverage. We won't need leverage if Yuri is dead.

Andi was listening to very loud music that I can hear just by sitting beside her. I knew she was worried about Yuri too, she cares for him but she was good. She's awfully calm and I admired that. I mimicked her calmness to the best of my ability.

The car halted and we all slid out of the Limo. Andi took off her earphones, I handed her a 45 cal but she shook her head. "I'm good."

"Take Kolya" Isiah spoke "enter from the south. You're in charge of taking Yuri out and alive." Andi nodded and I followed her. Her strides were so quiet that you'll only hear my shoes against the grass.

The mansion was surrounded by a fifteen-foot solid fence and I wonder how we're going to enter from here. Andi took out a gum-like box. She stripped the sachet and rolled it on her thumb and forefinger. She put it in the wall, four dots two feet by four and she said "step back.''

I did as she asked and watched as the four dots lit bright like small fireworks before drawing a straight line connecting each other. After ten seconds, the wall easily dropped.

"What is that?" I found myself asking.

"I call it firefly but you have to ask Sin. She's in charge of this stuff." She motioned for me to follow her.

We spotted a few guards making rounds on the grounds but Andi took them out one by one with her hands. It was like she's clearing the way for me. Before I could pull the trigger of my gun, she's on the men, snapping their necks one by one.

How I wish Sin was here, I'd like to see her in action.

Andi nods in my direction and I leaned on the wall beside her. "We wait." I don't know how long we stood there but soon gunfire echoed from the other side of the mansion. "Let's go."

I trailed behind Andi. I shot a few guards who attacked her although it didn't seem like she needed my help at all. It's like she knows her way to the mansion, we pass by a few doors until we're going down a few flights of stairs. It was dimmed in the basement and again, we passed a few cells before Andi stopped in one of the doors in the middle.

The door was locked and Andi tried to decipher the code but it was all denied.

"Sin" she spoke on her phone. "Cell 25… I can't get in…" she typed a code again but was met by gunfire. "Nick…" Andi whispered calmly and I fired my gun to give her more time "it won't open!" Andi was now screaming on her phone. "Fuck!" She took out the gun I gave her and fired to help me. "Here. Talk to her. Get this door open." She tossed me her phone and Sin was shouting on the other line.

"12345!" she shouted and o frowned.

"Is that the code, Babe?"

"Yeah. A child's work" I pressed the said number and it opened. "Get inside. Door to the right. I'm coming down." And the line went dead.

"Andi!" she was killing the men with her bare hands now as they tried to shoot her. She moved like a fuckin' eel.

"Get Yuri!" was all she said. I followed Sin's instruction and my heart was in pain at the sight of my best friend. He was sitting on a chair, blood covered his skin and I hurriedly checked for his pulse.

"Yuri" I tapped his cheek. "Come on brother. Wake up" I untied his hand and legs but he won't open his eyes. His pulse was there but it was weak.

A gunshot echoed inside the room. I looked behind me and saw a girl laying on the ground while Sin held a gun in her hands. "Let us go."

Everything happened too fast. All I saw on the way out were lifeless bodies and blood. Andi was nowhere in sight as we slid inside the Limo.

"Where's Andi?" Diez asked while a girl with green hair cursed.

"Let's get back there. She'll deal with Ace herself" Sin murmured and the two of them went back inside.

"Yuri needs a doctor," I said as Diez nods.

"Let's go back to the estate," he said and the limo roared to life.

"Hang in there buddy" I murmured as I held Yuri's hand.

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