Oblivious to all of the stuff that was happening inside the arena, Drey, who was still inside the control room, was busy executing his task.
70%...
He was tapping his feet as he waited.
80%...
He would look around his surroundings every now and then to make sure that no one was watching him. He felt like one of those spies in a spy movie. He was really nervous to see all of the men inside the control room, who were completely armed with their guns. He would surely be toasted alive if he got caught. He cursed internally.
He was so close to sending out their signal. His eyes widened when he heard the conversation between Leon and his men from his Bluetooth headset. He could also see what was happening inside the tournament deck on the monitor.
It was a total chaos. Everyone was firing at each other. There was nothing he could do now but wait until the signal was sent. In the meantime, he hoped that their team would be safe.
95%... 'Oh please… Move faster!'
99%...
"SENT!" Drey declared, confirming that the signal was sent.
Lieutenant Jiang, who heard Drey's confirmation from his Bluetooth earpiece, quickly went back to the tournament deck to help Jeru and the rest.
Drey also went outside the control room discreetly to wreak havoc as he smashed one of the fire alarms to ring it.
Everyone inside the ship panicked as soon as they heard the sound of the alarm. Those who were not in the know thought that the ship was on fire.
It was said that humans were, by nature, selfish creatures. And it could indeed be seen in the chaos that currently took place in the ship. It was amazing to see how quickly those people adopted the phrase 'Every man for himself'. They were all just trying to save themselves without regard for others.
Lana, May and some of their men were tailing behind Jungkook and Lisa, together with Cobra and Riley. Cobra said he knew a way out, so he was the leader of the group.
Suddenly, Riley pinned May down from behind to save her from a gunshot that was aimed at her. She turned her head around to stare at Riley who was quick to grab her gun and shot at the men behind them.
"May, move!" Lana shouted. May jolted back to reality. Riley looked at her and said, "Go now! I'll block them from behind."
"Oh-h... O-Okay..." May stuttered as she quickly got up to her feet and moved towards Lana and the rest. She looked behind at Riley, who was now engaged in single combat with one of Leon's men as his gun had probably run out of ammunition.
For the first time in her life, May felt like a damsel in distress who had just been saved by a hero.
"Don't dieeee!!!" she called out dramatically to Riley, who had to pause a bit upon hearing her shout and was left befuddled.
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On the other side of the ship, Leon headed towards his underwater escape route. But to his surprise, it was sealed. Drey had already hacked into its system and secured its entrance so it was no longer possible for Leon and his men to escape through that route.
Drey had already taken precautions that Leon would probably have the same escape plan in this ship with the one in his previous Ghost ship.
"F*uck!" Leon hissed when they could not open the door. "Boss, the speedboat is our only option now. They had infiltrated the systems! Nothing is working!" exclaimed Draco.
"Sh*it!" Leon cursed as he pulled Thea closer to him. This was why he should have kept some things manually and not only relied on technology! They were about to board the speedboat when Jeru suddenly attacked him.
Leon's gun dropped onto the ground when Jeru assaulted him with some strong punches. "You bastard! You will end by my hand!" Jeru angrily roared as he punched Leon repeatedly.
Draco signaled his men to take Thea away from his boss's side while he was going to save his boss from Jeru's fury...
"Jeru!" Thea shouted when she saw Draco was about to attack Jeru from behind. It was too late. Jeru couldn't dodge it and that attack had dropped him to the ground.
By that time, Jungkook and Lisa had already arrived at the scene. The two of them managed to free Thea from Leon's men. Jungkook was still fighting two of the men while Lisa pulled Thea away from them and said, "Go find a safe place to hide."
Lisa then ran to her husband's aid and fought one of the men bravely.
But soon Draco managed to seize hold of her...
"Bring that bitch!" Leon shouted. He had already boarded the speedboat with one of his men. Draco followed and tossed Lisa into the speedboat
Jeru managed to get up to his feet and quickly picked up his gun to shoot at them but stopped when Leon pressed a knife against Lisa's throat. Things happened so fast and the speedboat started to make its way towards the horizon, but Jungkook suddenly jumped into the sea and got hold of the rope that was still connected to the speedboat.
"Jungkook!" Lisa shouted as she watched him being dragged by the speedboat through the open sea.
"Cut the fu*cking rope, idiot!" Leon shouted at Draco.
Lisa took the opportunity when Leon was distracted by Jungkook and she swiftly grabbed Leon's hand, which was still pressing a knife on her throat, with one of her hands and rolled his knife arm downward and pinned it to her chest.
Then she blocked his knife arm with her shoulder so he wouldn't be able to move it across and cut her. Lisa aimed her other hand's fingers towards Leon's eyes.
However, Leon was stronger than her. She did not succeed in holding him in that position for long. She tried to turn around to face him, but Leon tightened his arm on her neck. So she bit Leon's wrist as hard as she could. And as soon as he loosened his hold on her because of the bite, she quickly rotated herself out of Leon's grasp.
After releasing herself from Leon's hold, she turned to face him and gave him a sharp front kick at his jaws. Leon stumbled a few steps backwards and fell on his rear to the ground.
Draco who saw his boss being attacked turned back to his rescue. Jungkook moved even faster to reach the speedboat when he saw Draco retreating from cutting loose his rope to go to Lisa.
Draco almost got to her when Jungkook, who had gotten into the speedboat, charged at him from behind. Leon who had gotten himself up to his feet again, and was now furious by the fact that he just got keeled over from her kick, tried to grab Lisa again. Lisa had anticipated his move so she nimbly darted away to avoid him.
The other man who was navigating the speedboat set it to an automatic pilot and proceeded to pull out a gun to help out Draco and their boss.
The sound of roaring thunder suddenly filled up the darkness of the night as Jungkook continued to battle Draco and Lisa continued to move around to evade Leon's attacks. And then the other man with the gun pointed his gun to Jungkook and Lisa saw it.
"Jungkook!" she shouted and Jungkook timely made a turn and Draco ended up getting shot in the head instead. Blood was gushing out of his head and his body plummeted to the ground.
Jungkook bolted towards the man with the gun and with one rapid move, he took the gun away from him and pushed the man into the sea.
The weather was now stormy and the sea was getting rougher. The speedboat swayed choppily and it made Jungkook drop the gun.
The gun rolled along with the movement of the speedboat. Leon saw an opportunity, so he quickly left Lisa and ran towards the gun to pick it up. Jungkook did the same.
Leon reached the gun first and was ready to fire the gun at Jungkook, but Jungkook speedily grabbed his wrist and fought hard to steadily turn the gun that was still in Leon's hand to point towards its holder instead.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
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Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Lisa could not see who had just gotten shot because it was dark.
She ran towards Jungkook and could hear Leon laugh, "Ha ha ha." After that laugh, Leon coughed up blood and dropped the gun from his hand, along with his body to the ground.
After Lisa saw Leon's body slump down to the ground, a great sense of relief washed over her. Her husband was alive, they were now together, and finally, they no longer had to fight…
She quickly went to Jungkook's side, but the sea waves were getting even rougher. She had to hold onto the lifelines firmly to prevent herself from falling overboard.
The boat was still cruising speedily on an automatic pilot. Jungkook immediately turned it off and slowed the boat down so the impact of the strong waves would lessen. He disconnected all electrical equipment because of the lightning. Nothing seemed to work because of the heavy storm. Even the communication radio to get help was not working.
He looked around for some survival and emergency gear inside the speed boat.
"Wear this!" he shouted as he went to Lisa who was still holding onto the lifelines. He helped Lisa put a lifejacket on her first before he put one on himself.
He then moved to pull the lifeless bodies of Draco and Leon towards the center and the lowest part of the boat.
He had finished gathering all of the emergency supplies he could find and some life-saving equipment and put it all in a backpack he now was wearing. He went back to Lisa and tied himself to her with a rope. If anything should happen, they at least would not separate.
"Are we going to die now?" Lisa mumbled because the boat was being tossed about by the waves too much.
They had no choice but to let the boat follow the current of the sea because steering it manually would not only be a completely futile attempt, but also a dangerous one. Jungkook smiled at Lisa and held her tight as he said, "No, we won't. Make sure you stick with me."
Jungkook added in jest, "Besides, if we were to die now, at least we'll be together, right?"
Then his face turned serious as he stared directly into her eyes and said, "I love you, Lisa… Thank you for never giving up on me…"
Lisa was already feeling cold because of the chilly winds. With shivering voice, she complained, "Shhh! Shush! Don't say that. We still need to fulfill my promise to my parents… To give them grandchildren to play with. So we must not die like this. You hear me?"
Jungkook chuckled and wrapped Lisa in his arms even tighter. He kissed the top of her head and whispered, "Yeah, let's go back home soon…" A lot of things still awaited them in the future, so they must survive.
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The Military force finally arrived and had secured the ship. All of Leon's men were captured. "Stop!" May said in a loud and authoritative voice when the soldiers were about to put Riley and Cobra together with the rest of Leon's men.
"They are General Lim's friends, so don't mix them together with those evil hoodlums!" instructed May with a raised eyebrows. The soldiers looked at Jeru to get his approval and the latter nodded.
Riley and Cobra thanked May who had now been staring at Riley with rounded eyes. "What's your name?" she asked. Riley felt a bit awkward so he just scratched his head. Cobra elbowed him, so he quickly answered, "It's Riley."
"Alright Riley, I'm May. Thank you for saving me. Don't worry, they will just ask you some questions later. I'll see you around…" She grabbed Riley's hand to shake it before she left to ask for Lisa, leaving Riley bewildered.
"What's wrong, boy? Cat got your tongue?" Cobra snickered when he noticed Riley, who was usually a chatterbox, seem to be tongue-tied because of that girl.
Lana let out a sigh of relief when she saw Drey and May were both fine. "Where's Lisa and Jungkook?" she asked as she looked at Thea's who was looking so pale.
Then she looked at Jeru who was yelling frantically.
"We need to find them now!" Jeru shouted to the soldiers. The thunder and lightning roared through the sky simultaneously, but his stern voice could still be heard.
"Sir, it will be too dangerous to dispatch the men at this time… We need to quickly escort you back ashore before the strong waves come this way," answered the squad leader in charge.
It was true. Given the current weather, Jeru himself knew that it would be hard to find Lisa and Jungkook.
It was dark except for the lightning flashes from the sky. And the rain was too heavy. A storm was coming. The earliest time, on which they could conduct the search operation, would be as soon as daylight broke.
May cried after hearing about what happened to Lisa and Jungkook. Lana hugged and comforted her.
"How come both of them are missing now? We came here because of them!" May garbled as she sobbed continuously
"We have to go, Sir," one of the soldiers said.
A few hours later, Jeru and the rest of the team were safely dropped ashore where the medical team awaited them.
Thea was not feeling well and she almost fell onto the ground, but luckily Jeru was quick to catch her and brought her to the ambulance. The doctor examined her thoroughly and ordered, "Bring her immediately to the hospital!"
Jeru frowned at the doctor's words. He gave the doctor a puzzled look because he knew that Thea was not injured at all. She did look overwrought, but it was probably because of the violent night that she had to witness, as well as the fact that Jungkook and Lisa had gone missing together with Leon and Draco.
The doctor clicked his tongue and said loudly, "Her baby's condition must be checked. You didn't know she's pregnant?"
Jeru widened his eyes. May, Lana, and Drey dropped their jaws.
"She's pregnant?" May murmured in shock.
Their gazes followed Jeru, who quickly went inside the ambulance with Thea.
"Who is the father?" May muttered in disbelief.