Chapter 44

By the time Matteo got to the location, it was already twenty seven minutes to one. He called Lucas who was currently on his way.

"Have you informed the gang?"

"Yes, they have currently surrounded the perimeter, about three henchmen on the East wing, two guards at the gate post and five patrolling the West wing perimeter, we don't know how many are on the inside."

"Okay, where are you?"

"Right behind you." Just then, a black Rolls Royce parked behind him. The trees in the area had carefully hid the cars from plain sight.

"Don't do anything stupid when we attack them, the mission is to silently infiltrate the factory, get her and get out of there...."

"And kill that bitch," Matteo growled putting on the black gloves and snatching the two guns in his car.

"Let's go."

"Wait!" Lucas handed him a Bluetooth device, "for communication." He took it and wore it. Matteo and Lucas walked into the compound after strangling the two guards at the gate post.

"I'll take the west wing, you take the east wing, tell the gang to engage," Matteo ordered and carefully snuck to the west wing. Considering the amount of guards there, that should be where they are holding her.

"Roger," Lucas said and updated the gang. In the west wing, two guards out of the five were playing cards and smoking, Matteo took the chance and shot them in the head using a silencer. He carefully slipped into the factory and was making his upstairs when he heard a gunshot.

"Shit, what's happened?" He asked Lucas through the bluetooth device.

"One of the guards must have found a dead body and fired a warning shot," Lucas yelled and gunshots was heard at the background.

"They are more than we thought and it looks like she had this carefully planned out, be careful bro," Lucas said, a loud boom was heard and the east wing was on fire.

"Fuck Matteo! The building is fucking rigged, half of the gang were blown to pieces," he cursed.

Matteo cursed and ran up the stairs, five henchmen intercepted him firing bullets at him. He carefully dodged them and shot back skillfully killing four out of the five of them.

"Take me to your boss," he said holding the fifth henchman at a gunpoint, he complied and took him down a hallway leading to a steel door.

"Knock," he commanded the man hesitated at first before knocking. After a while, the steel door opened and series of bullets flew out burying themselves in the man's body. Matteo was quick to use the man as a shield and escape unhurt.

After the barrage of bullets had stopped, he pushed the dead man's body into the room and walked in.

"Huh so it's you," Marilyn's sticky sweet voice filled the dark room much to his disgust.

"Where is she Marilyn?" Matteo looked around the dark room, his eyes gradually adjusting to the darkness.

"Right here," Marilyn cackled and the lights turned on. A body was tied to a chair at the other end of the room, a little pool of blood surrounded the figure and more blood were slowly steeping out from where was once fingernails.

"What have you done to her?" Matteo gritted his teeth, his heart pounding with fear and determination. Dahlia lay slump on the chair, her body weak and covered in blood. Marilyn tightened her grip on the gun, a sneer on her face.

"Two lovers reunited finally so romantic," Malice filled her tone.

"Let her go, or I'll kill you!" Matteo shouted, his voice shaking with emotion. Marilyn laughed, a cold and cruel sound. "I am already dead so there is nothing you can do."

"Didn't you say you love me, did all those words you said, were they all lies?" Matteo yelled at her furiously.

"Most of them, but I didn't lie when I said I loved you, heck I still love you that's why I can never see you happy with anyone except me, you belong to me, you're mine," she replied crazily. No one can take him away from her, she'd rather die with him than watch him love another.

"You killed my sister and now you want take the person I love away from me and you expect me to love you? You're delusional," Matteo said disgustedly. Rage filled Marilyn's eyes when she heard the endearment he used.

"The person you love? Then watch me end her life," Marilyn pointed her gun to Dahlia's head ready to pull the trigger.

Matteo's eyes narrowed, and he took a step forward. Marilyn's confidence faltered for a moment. Just as she was about to pull the trigger, Matteo reacted in an instant, leaping forward and knocking her to the ground. Marilyn dropped the gun and he kicked it away.

Dahlia was trying to give him a signal but he couldn't catch it before Marilyn scrambled up, she looked up at him, a look of hatred and hurt on her face.

"You think you've won?" She hissed. "You think you've saved her? You don't know what I'm capable of!"

She smirked and brought out a detonator and was about to press the button, Matteo pulled the trigger and shot her on the arm. The detonator fell from her hand as she clutched it.

"Fuck you Matteo! You shot me!" She roared holding her bleeding arm. Matteo ran past her and loosened the ropes binding Dahlia, he put his arms around her and lift her up in a bridal style.

"L...Lacy," Dahlia tried to say but she coughed up some blood which alarmed Matteo.

"What's wrong?" Matteo asked alarmed when he saw her coughing blood.

"Save Lacy! East wing!" Dahlia managed to shout and coughed out more blood, her throat was on fire and it was more painful when she tried to talk.

"Lacy? She's here?" Matteo asked and she nodded.

"Matteo are you there?" Lucas's voice rang out from the bluetooth device.

"Yes, I've got her, she said Lacy was kidnapped too and she's somewhere in East wing," he said in a go.

"The east wing is currently engulfed in the flames and smoke, anybody in there would have been burnt to ashes by now. I have informed the police and the emergency unit, they should be here any moment from now," Lucas spoke.

"I am heading to the west wing exit, meet me there," he said and hung up. Just as he was running to the exit, a loud boom sounded and they were thrown back.

"Did you really think you could escape me?" A wicked laughter filled the room. Matteo opened his eyes to see Marilyn holding Dahlia at gunpoint

The west wing where they were, rapidly caught fire and smoke filled everywhere.

"Let her go Tania," Matteo said, his voice low and dangerous.

Marilyn flared. "Do call me that!" she yelled angrily. "Call me that again and I'll blow this bitch's head off," she tightened her grip on Dahlia's hair. Dahlia whimpered under her grip, she couldn't grapple with her because of the current state of her fingers.

"Leave me, go save Lacy," Dahlia screamed again and pain shot through her throat, the smoke wasn't helping at all.

"I can't leave....." A bang interrupted him. Jason ran towards them, fear marring his expression.

"What are you doing Marilyn drop the gun," Jason whipped out a gun and pointed it at her.

"What's with people betraying me!" She hollered still pointing the gun at Dahlia's head.

"Jason save Lacy, please do this for me one last time," Dahlia cried. Jason slowly lowered his gun and looked at Matteo, the fire was rapidly growing in size and the smoke was getting thicker.

"Take care of her man," Jason patted Matteo on the shoulder and gave Dahlia a one last look of affection before dashing to the east wing.

"Another ally down what a shame, and it's all because of you," Marilyn pressed the gun on her head.

"Hey! Look at me Marilyn, look at me," Matteo shouted and she looked at him, "you don't wanna do this! Drop the gun and we can all go home."

"I don't have a home, Nathan abandoned me so I am sorry I can't," Marilyn cried and....

Bang!

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