If Only..(Part 1 And Part 2 Included)(Under Edit)

Chapter 30 - Child's Play

Jacob: You are not getting away with this. 

Jackson: Wait! Wait! Wait! That's it? You want this douche near me, dead.

Jacob turned towards Jackson, amazed by his question. 

Jackson: I can do your job. 

"... How can I trust you?" 

Jackson turned towards Jacob, with a smirk.

Jackson: Well, for starters, we have the same enemy. 

"How can I trust you?." 

Jacob: I should have never trusted you.

Jackson:(whispers) Glad you didn't. (addressing the masked man, keeping his eyes on Jacob) I never deviate from my commitments.

Jacob sensed the gesture, as his expression normalized. Jackson pulled out his gun and pointed it towards Jacob. 

Jacob: What are you trying to do?

Jackson: But, before I do that...(he puts down his gun, as Jacob stood frozen in his place. He turns towards the masked man) I need you to do something for me. The gun fires only when you let all your guns down. 

"Not happening."

Jackson: Then I would like to see you try, doing it without me. (laughs) That's not going to be an easy task. 

(in whispers)

Jacob: Claros, this is not, what we accepted to. 

Jackson: I know.

Jacob: What the hell are you doing?

Jackson: Cleaning up the mess you created.

Jacob: You mean concluding the situation by killing me?

Jackson: Noo. The mess you have created, by letting your emotions guide your action and shoving away the gun, without a second thought. 

Jacob: You want me to get second thoughts, when my wife is at the custody, of this insane men?

Jackson: If I were you, I would have done, either way. 

Jacob: Easy to say. 

Jackson: Do you trust me?

Jacob: No

Jackson: Good. Do you see the man, standing closest to her? All you need to do is shoot him, right through his temple. I take the man standing at the straight angle from me. 

Jacob: How do I do that?

Jackson: Like this.

Even, before Jacob could make out the situation, Jackson used the barrel of his gun, to hit on Jacob's face, hard, making him fall to the ground, making him groan in pain. Within, a moment, Jacob's eyes fell on the gun, lying on the floor and it is completely in the reach of his hand. He did not give a second thought, as he held the gun, swung his hand and fired the gun, making the man standing, near Cleo, collapse in his blood bath. Jackson did not waste his time, as he aimed his gun towards the men, at the stairs and shot them all, in a go. Jacob stood up, in his place, and shot the masked man, making him collapse in his place. Within a few minutes, the place filled with busy gunshots and smokes. After, an hour of a gunfight, almost all the gunmen were finally taken over, by them, as the place filled with dead people falling at distances. Jacob ran up to Cleo and pulled her into a tight embrace, making her fall weak to her tears. Jackson took a deep breath as he watched them, in their moment, while Jacob delicately caressed through her hairs and she cried in her embrace. Suddenly, Cleo jolted in his place.

Cleo(shouted): JAKE!!

*BANG! BANG!*

Jackson, held up his defenses, as he aimed his gun. Jacob turned back at once, to find a man pointing a gun at him, but he collapsed on the floor unblocking the view of the tall presence of Jereff, with a gun in his right hand, letting out shallow smokes. He stood their calmly. Jacob frowned at him, unable to recognize the person standing near him. 

Jereff: That's all I was called for?

Jackson: No. But, we got it covered.

Jereff: This...this was a child's play.

Jacob(crossed his arms across his chest, as he spoke in an aggressive tone): You call it a child's play?

Jereff: It was.

Jacob: The person standing behind me is my wife, and one small deviation could have cost me her life. 

Jackson: Chill. We faced worse. 

Jereff stood there gently smiling. 

Jacob: Why didn't I see you coming in?

Jereff: You didn't? Well because maybe we did not take the door. 

Jacob: What?

Jackson: The door was wide open. 

Jereff shrugged. 

Jackson held his chin: Wait! Ain't we forgetting something? Where is Madeline?

Jacob turned towards Cleo: Where is she? Did...did they take her away?

Cleo: No...No, they didn't. 

Jacob asked, as his voice quivered, after witnessing the pity in her eyes: Cleo? What happened to her?