Silence had fallen upon the ward. Elliot was holding a sleeping baby in his arms. He just couldn''t take his eyes off her. She’s my
second child.
It was four in the morning, so the sky was dark. Six ck cars were traveling through the street. A man in the backseat of one car
was resting his eyes. His assistant, on the other hand, was going through the files despite how exhausted he was. The few
international cases were forcing them to stay awake and making them feel tense.
All of a sudden, a nket of fog appeared out of nowhere, covering the whole street. The bodyguards slowed down in response.
This fog was too thick to be a natural urrence. Someone or something was waiting in the shadows for them. “We got a
situation here. Stay alert,” the head bodyguard said.
The car came to a sudden halt, waking the man in the backseat. He opened his eyes. The bodyguard was telling him what
happened. This sudden fog was no ordinary phenomenon. The whole street was clear just now, and there shouldn’t be any fog at
night in this weather.
Just then, a blinding sh of light assailed them. Something crashed into the car in front of them, and a great explosion
happened. “It’s a rocketuncher! Protect the VP!” Elijah shouted.
The bodyguard got out of the car. Elijah and Ren followed a momentter. They were escorted away with the bodyguard
shielding them. Less than ten seconds after they were gone, a rocketuncher sent the car behind them flying up into the air. It
fell back down and rolled a few times on the road.
Right at the moment of explosion, one bodyguard came to Ren’s rescue. He kept Ren underneath him and took the full force of
the shockwave himself. The shockwave rippled through the street, and everyone felt blood rushing up their heads.
Elijah knocked his forehead on something, and it drew blood. His ears were buzzing, but still he went and searched for Ren.
“Sir!”
The bodyguard protecting Ren was hurt. by the shockwave. He turned around, and Ren held the wobbling man. He told Elijah,
‘Come here and help me!”
Elijah couldn’t hear a thing, but still he went and held the bodyguard up. The other men formed a semicircle in front of the three
of them and retreated backward while protecting them.
The fog was still too thick for them to see anything. The bodyguards had nothing but their hearing to help them discern where
danger wasing from, and then silence fell. The fog was like a maze. The only thing visible was the burning car. The air was
filled with the stench of ash.
Just then, they heard the cries of a girling out of nowhere. She was running toward them, calling out to her father.. “Daddy?
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It was a three-year-old girl. She was frantically running on the street. Ren’s heart went out for her.
“There’s a girl! Save her!” Elijah shouted. “This could be a trap.” The bodyguards pointed their guns at the girl.
Ren ordered, “Do not hurt her.”
The bodyguards let go of the trigger. It was then the girl saw them, and she came right up to them. “Help me, mister. You gotta
help me.”
One of the bodyguards darted ahead and held the girl. He checked up on her and shouted, ‘She’s fine!”
“Bring her here,” Ren ordered. The bodyguard brought the girl to Ren. Elijah tried to hold her, but the sight of his bloodstained
face made her bawl even louder. Ren spread his arms. “Here, let me hold you.”
The girl finally let Ren hold him. His bodyguards were still looking around them. They knew this girl was nothing but a pawn of
the enemy. This was not the time to let their guard down.
Ren took the girl over from his bodyguard. He then saw a red mark shing on her back. It was the mark that a sniper was
aiming straight at her.
“Look out! We got a sniper!” Ren roared. He swiveled around with the kid in his arms the next second. The red dot that was
pointing at the girl was now aimed at his shoulder. Just a momentter, a bullet flew through the fog and pierced Ren’s shoulder.
He staggered forward due to the impact, but still he didn’t let the child go.
Elijah quickly came to him. “The VP''s hit!”