RÊD FLÂGS
Red Flags - Episode 77 & 78
(Badasses•Bad•Jerks)
★★★★★★★★★
"B...B...BJ?" Her voice came in a broken stutter, and a smile formed on BJ's tricky face as Levi went still, his back still on him.
"Hush, baby. I'm not here to kill your sweetheart" BJ said, but before he could take another breath, Levi already spun around, and despite the fact that Emory is still tangled to him, he was able to elbow the gun away from BJ's hand.
The pistol flew to the wall, bounced back and landed on the ground.
"Shit!" BJ started running to get it
Levi quickly dropped Emory, and before she could protest, he shut the door at her face, locking her in.
The remaining guards began shooting again, but it was BJ who faced them this time, firing the remaining six down in a row.
Levi stood behind him, unmoving as he watched him.
BJ took a long breath after shooting the last one, then he smiled before facing Levi.
"I only wanna talk, and I didn't wanna face you, reason for placing the gun at your head...sorry" he said, still maintaining the smile.
He didn't get a warning before Levi drove his fist into his face, punching him violently.
BJ pivoted to the only chair in that corridor, hurting his elbow and face, but he spranged up almost immediately.
"I told you I only wanna talk!" He said, looking pissed already, but Levi drove his fist into his face for the second time.
BJ staggered this time, hurting his face again, then he returned the punch, but Levi was quick to sway sidewards.
He grabbed BJ's arm and twisted it, flipping him over his shoulder and throwing him against the wall.
"Urghh! Brutal!" BJ groaned, spitting out blood.
Meanwhile, Emory is busy hitting the door, wanting out cos she's seeing everything from the big hole on the old door.
"Xhen! Xhen stop! Xhen!!" She was shouted, banging the door at the same time as BJ stood again.
Levi returned his guns and drew out his sword-belt, placing it on BJ's neck.
BJ went still immediately, not moving an inch for the fear of getting cut.
"I told you I only wanna talk... aren't you Xavier's son?" He said through bloody teeth.
"Who, pray tell are you?" Levi replied, firmly holding the sword handle.
"I'm Arrow, the silicone mask maker your father has been searching for....for two months now" BJ replied, trying not to even breath.
"And?" Levi replied expressionlessly.
"I've been here for a year and some months now. Actually, I knowingly made myself get kidnapped, and I've been using this place as my perfect hiding place since no one is suspicious of the environment. You see, I'm a worldwide criminal and so many organizations are after me, including Fred. I made his mask" BJ explained.
"Who the f+ck is Fred?" Levi replied, still not lowering his sword and his eyes slashing.
"Oh I forgot you lost your memory. He was the one who kidnapped and brought your girl here." BJ said fast.
"And what's his new face?" Levi asked tactfully, finally lowering his sword-belt.
BJ sighed and snapped his fingers, then two of his own men entered the corridor.
They actually entered the hospital secretly with Master X's men earlier, and they've been hiding since the start of the fight according to BJ's orders.
One of them handed a picture to Levi, and he took it sharply.
In the picture, is Fred's silicone face.
"He calls himself Prof. Hayden whenever he wears the mask, and he was once a lecturer at your Alma matter" BJ explained.
Levi studied the picture for long, trying to figure out where he has seen the face before.
He couldn't, no matter how much he searched his head...
Maybe it's another of his lost memories, but nevertheless, he's gonna make sure this motherf+cker pay for this.
He might not be with his memories right now or remember how he bonded with Emory, but the fact still remains that she's HIS.
She said it herself... she's the fox, his fox... His property.
He has a inborn habit of protecting what's his even if it takes his life.
That side of him spranged to life, and he could surely smell the scent of blood as he looked up at BJ who's still waiting.
"Why are you giving me this Intel? You want a payment, or did you repeny?" He said stonily, and BJ smiled again.
"Repentance is overrated. I do what puts food on my damn table, and also...i grew a strong connection with Emory during her stay here, she's my baby" he said, and that earned him another hit.
Levi punched him on the chest this time, and BJ staggered on the chair again.
"Darn it! Your punches are poisonous" he joked, spitting blood again.
"Call her baby again, and I'll make it difficult for you to even drink water" Levi glared toxically.
BJ stood, nodding once.
"Fine. Your father promised billions for whoever reveals it. Tell him I want the cash as soon as possible. See you soon, or not" he said, waving as he turned the other way.
He left with his two boys, and Levi sighed, folding the paper in his pocket before going back to the door.
He opened it, and Emory stepped out, looking tired and worn-out.
There are streaks of tears on her face, and her lips are already peeling. Her skin is dry and rough, and her eyes are red... He could feel the hotness even without touching her.
Emory shifted from one foot to another, folding under the scrutiny of his eyes.
He's the last person she'd want to see her this way, but what can she do? No other choice, and there's one other thing.
Despite the fact that he's not with his memories of her right now, he's not looking at her like a stranger, and that calmed her heart down a bit.
The sounds of gunshots are still coming from the other sections, shaking the place as they started at each other.
"I... I'm sorry" she said before she knew it, remembering that day at the warehouse when he got shot in the head all because of her.
"Did you do something worthy of apology?" He replied, his eyes softening, and a lone tear fell from her eyes, but then her eyes widened.
"Silver! Silver is...
"She's under my radar" he cut her off, his eyes not leaving hers for a beat, and she hiccupped, the tension between them thick like a brick.
His eyes landed on her barefoot, and he took off his black shoes before walking to her.
He squatted in front of her, and he immediately got an image of this moment in his head.
He could see himself wearing sneakers on her foot in front of the casino at night.
"Have I done this before?" He asked, and she nodded.
"Yes, and that was the night I started falling for you" she replied, and he paused for a bit before finally wearing the shoes for her.
As expected, they're bigger than her legs, so she smiled dryly when he rose.
He took her hand and guided her out of the section.
She followed, dragging the shoe on the ground.
*
CELLS SECTION*
The shootout is still hot, and Silver was still laying low in her cell when she suddenly noticed the absence of BJ.
When did he even leave, and where did he go?
She crawled on the ground till she got to the bathroom door and entered, expecting to see him there, but he's nowhere.
She stood up, looking around with her heart in her throat.
Not BJ again.
No he can't be gone.
Emory got taken already so BJ can't go too.
She can't be the only one who'd escape this place after all their sufferings.
She started crying, but then she saw something black at the back of the toilet seat.
She went there and saw a scattered burner phone on the floor.
Also ...part of the bathroom ceiling is open.
She closed the toilet seat and climbed it so she could dip her hand into the open ceiling.
She pulled out a note, and her eyes widened as she read...
BYE, PARROT!
The note fell from her, and she followed, falling on her butt to the ground.
He left? On his own?
Meaning what?
He's not an ordinary person? What was his motive?
She was still deep in thoughts when she heard someone entering the cell, so she stood and stepped out.
She has promised herself to never cry again all her life, but maybe she'd make an exception today cos right in front of her is Xavier, her father.
Xavier has tears in his eyes too... Tears of joy.
He dropped his walking cane and started limping to her, but she ran to him halfway and threw herself into his arms, crying emotionally.
"Father" she sobbed.
"I'm sorry. I am so sorry, Silver. I should have searched harder, I should have found you earlier... I'm so useless" Xavier cried.
"I was abused s+xually countless times, and I was tortured and beaten!" She raised her crying volume, and Xavier nodded.
"They're all paying for it, i promise. Everyone of them" he said, stroking her hair fondly as he cried into it.
"My girl grew so much" he said, and she broke the hug with a teary face.
"Where's my tall baby?" she said, and then Levi came in behind Xavier.
Xavier had to step aside, and Silver covered her mouth with both hands, feeling overwhelmed with emotions as she stared at him.
"Levi .... It's... It's really you? My five years old brother? The one who cries under the bed? My tall baby?" She sniffled.
"F+ck... Silver" Levi replied, his voice barely a whisper as he walked to her and engulfed her in a really tight hug.
"I missed you so much ... I missed you... I felt you every single day... I shared your emotions and everything... I missed you" she sniffled.
"Thank you for staying alive, crybaby" he replied, and she only cried more.
"And why is nature so unfair? How could you still be taller than me!!!" Silver cried again.
"Don't be silly" Levi replied, and she hugged him tighter.
Master X couldn't stop the smile that lifted his face as he watched them.
"Today is fulfilled" Hazzan said behind the cell.
"I know, right?" Chadwick replied beside him, smiling largely.
Emory watched from behind them too, smiling dryly.
"Emz!" Rebekah appeared with Hyce and Conrad.
Emory turned quickly. "Bekah!"
Rebekah pulled her into a breath-snatching hug, and Emory closed her eyes, reciprocating.
Immediately she broke it, Hyce gave her a light hug too, but Conrad wouldn't even look at her.
"Conrad...I know you're mad at me...
"Of course! We almost lost Banks!" Conrad snapped.
"I'm so sorry...I was just...plain foolish....I....
"I damn know" Conrad pulled her into a side hug before she could finish, and she started crying again.
"I'm sorry" she muttered.
"It's fine. If Banks still can't do without you even without his memories, then who am I to object" he said, and she smiled tearfully.
Rebekah wiped her tears.
"My wifey is back!" She beamed.
"So....your parents buried the wrong person?" Chadwick asked, joining them.
"Obviously" Conrad replied.
"But do they know you at all? How could they not identify your fake?" Hyce said unfiltered.
"Hyce" Rebekah nudged him.
"No hard feelings, but your parents are dumb. Not sorry to say" Hyce said again.
Emory bit her lip.
TEN MINUTES LATER*
Almost all the guards were killed in the shootout, but there are still twenty of them left, plus the hospital director.
They were all made to go on their knees, and Silver started picking out the ones who assaulted her s+xually.
In the end, she picked five, and the rest were killed.
"We're taking the five plus the bastard director with us. The don't deserve death" Levi said.
They were ushered forward, and the rest followed them behind, guns to their heads.
Emory and Silver were holding hands as they left with the crowd, and when they both looked at each other's legs, they began laughing.
Silver is wearing Master X's shoes too.
"I'm glad you're with me at least" Silver said.
"Me too, do you know about BJ?" Emory asked.
"He's not ordinary, that's all I know" Silver replied.
"He knowingly got kidnapped just to hide here. He's a worldwide criminal... Arrow" Emory replied.
"Good for him" Silver replied, but Emory could feel the pain in her voice as they entered the elevator.
They all couldn't fit in at once, so they had to go in batches.
Three batches left before Levi and Emory could get in.
They're the last to leave, and immediately they entered the elevator, she faced him.
"I know i don't have the right to pry in your affairs anymore. I almost got you killed and ...everything, but the girl I heard her voice during my call the other time...
"My girlfriend?" He interrupted, giving her a look, and her heart fell.
"Huh? Your...what?"
"Girlfriend" he replied, and the elevator door opened.
He stepped out without waiting for her, and she continued staying in the elevator, watching him leave.
Her stomach practically tumbled, and she almost passed out.
He suddenly stopped and turned back to her with a neutral look.
She quickly rushed out of the elevator, cursing herself inwardly.
Well...so far he's happy, she should be happy too.
Isn't it?
She fought back her tears as they stepped out of the hospital.
Happy dating life, Levi Banks.
They got back to the airfield and met the rest waiting for them already, but their helicopters are in the sky instead of the ground.
It's like all the pilots went somewhere when the battle was happening inside.
"Why aren't they landing?" Conrad muttered.
"It's a sick game, y'all! We need to leave!" Hazzan spoke into the voice aid system, and the copters immediately started coming down.
Levi couldn't help but feel ominous, and the closer they came, the higher the ominous feeling got.
"Get down! Everyone!" He suddenly shouted, pulling Silver and Emory to his side.
The three of them went down, but he's the one on top, covering their bodies with his own as everyone else went down too.
A second later, all the helicopters in the sky got bombed, blasting and scattering on the field.
Various body parts of the helicopters filled the greenery, and one of the five caught guards got cut in the head by an helicopter fan.
Luckily, no one else got hurt as the helicopter parts burned to ashes on the ground.
Everyone began looking up in horror, and Levi lifted his body from the two girls below him.
Silver's eyes are wide open, but Emory's are closed, and she's gasping for breaths.
She must he intolerant to shock cos the blast is making her unstable.
Levi quickly carried her in his arms.
"Get her to the nearest hospital!" Rebekah shouted as Levi ran barefoot to the main road, stopping a cab and getting in with her on his laps.
"Any f+çking hospital" he told the driver who immediately moved.
*
FRED'S PLACE, AN HOUR LATER*
Fred was shaking with rage as he watched the news on tv.
The psychiatric hospital with an underground section where human trafficking takes place.
Cops are already surrounding the hospital, and there are about seven ambulances, carrying away the bodies of the shot guards.
The helicopter field was shown on screen too, and he got madder when he didn't see the body of anybody from Terraverde.
The helicopter blast was actually his plan B. He was the one who called the pilots up to the sky with a fake altitude alert.
Everything failed.
He failed!
For the first time in history.
And Arrow is still out there, that bastard!
He pushed down the TV with his leg, then he began breathing hard.
He can't stay for long here, else things might go south.
The ringing of his phone made him swallow, but when he took it to see Tate's number, he grinded his jaws before picking.
"Hey slut!" He smirked.
"We need to meet, tomorrow unfailingly. There's something you need to know" her voice came.
"Something?" He frowned.
"Yeah...a big something. Come over to Terraverde" she replied and hung up.
He folded his palm on the phone, then his eyes caught Rain's picture frame on the wall.
When did she even hang this?
He couldn't help but see Adrian's face on her face just like always.
He took the frame and smashed it.
*
TERRAVERDE, A SMALL HOUSE*
Tate dropped her phone after ending the call with Fred.
She had to move out of the mansion with Adrian since the investors took it too, and they rented this one room apartment since then.
They can't even afford a bed, so they sleep on a pile of their clothes.
She stood and walked to the window where she kept Emory's bird cage.
She was smiling sadly as she fed it some grains, and Sugar chirped happily, unaware of it's owner's demise.
"Emory" Tate muttered, fighting back her tears.
*
FIRST GOLDEN FOX HOTEL*
Rain and her dogs took refuge in the hotel since their arrival, they occupied a suite.
Romeo and Omar are currently playing chess in the game room, but Rain looks restless as she paced the room, not paying attention to them.
"You should sit your arse down" Romeo said.
"Shut up!" She glared.
"Thank gawd I offed my father before travelling last year, maybe I'd be as restless as you right now" Omar added.
"I said shut it!" Rain angrily threw a dart at him.
Omar avoided it and it landed on the chess table.
Romeo dropped the chess stick and came to her.
"Stop being like this, ok? We promised to be loyal to you but that definitely doesn't warrant treating us like your dogs! We're not even sure if you're Fred's daughter!" He slammed, and Romeo's cheek caught fire as Rain slapped him soundly.
Omar gasped.
"I'm telling father to kill you as soon as possible, rat!" Rain spat and stormed out of the room.
Her phone rang as she walked to her room, and she quickly picked at the sight of "Dad" on screen.
"Hello dad, can you just kill... No
"I'll be in Terraverde tomorrow" Fred interrupted.
"Why do sudden?" Rain replied.
"Emory escaped" he announced.
"What the heck!" She gasped.
Romeo and and Omar rushed out of the chess room with wide eyes.
"What!" They chorused.
*
NEXT DAY, GRAND CASINO ~ 5PM*
Everyone is back to Terraverde.
Despite Emory's unconsciousness, she was carried into the plane and flown back home.
She's currently at the hospital, but the director and unfortunate guards were taken to the casino.
Levi didn't bother taking them to the torture arena.
He did it in the open.
The remaining four guards and the director were laid out in puddles right in front of the gate.
Their clothes were stripped off till the last clothing.
They're totally n+ked as he carried out his best torture style, making them drink the murky water till they couldn't drink it anymore, but he still forced their heads inside with his leg.
Water started coming out of the director's ears and nose, but Levi dipped his head in again, so he just continued drinking.
Silver is standing in front of the casino, smiling with Master X beside her.
"This feels so satisfying" she sighed, crossing her arms on her chest.
Chadwick and Hazzan are beside them too, and Chadwick clicked his tongue.
"They abused the wrong person" he said.
"The silicone mask maker promised to show up today, why is he not appearing?" Hazzan muttered.
Levi suddenly got a knife, and the first thing he did was slicing away the pènis of the director.
"Yes!!!" Silver shouted excitedly.
"Gross!" Chadwick smiled as he watched the man's blood pumping out through his cut manhood, but it didn't end there cos Levi stabbed him in the stomach too.
The other four guards started drinking water quickly, thinking that'd be a ticket to saving their lives, but well...well...
Levi didn't stop stabbing the director after the first stab...
He stabbed him again, and again, and again.
It was fifteen deep brutal stabs, and the water he drank mixed with his blood, pouring back on the ground together with his intestines.
"Sweet!" Silver commented again.
Levi's phone buzzed, interrupting him.
He picked the phone with his bloody hand... It's Hyce calling.
"She's awake" Hyce said, hanging up immediately.
Levi left the remaining guards for now, then he went back into the building.
He brought out the picture he got from BJ and handed it to Master X.
"That's Fred's silicone face" he said.
"Prof Hayden? No...damn it!" Chadwick almost screamed.
"Where did you get it?" Silver quickly asked.
"From Arrow himself...or BJ?" Levi replied, and Silver's arms dropped.
"And wire his cash" Levi told master X before going in.
He cleaned up and drove out of the casino on his bike.
On his way to Alive hospitals, he drove past the Frozen Chic chocolate shop, and he just had the urge to buy.
He didn't fight it.
He bought three cups of it and had to pay for everyone he met in line just like he did last time.
He shook his head as he walked back to the bike, and he just knew he has done this before.
He retrieved his phone and clicked google, then he typed...
TIPS ON HOW TO BRING BACK LOST MEMORIES OF WHAT'S MINE.
The results he got made his eyes droop, and he grabbed the handlebars, kicking the bike back to life and driving off roughly.
*
ALIVE HOSPITAL*
"Wifey!!" Nina screamed, almost eating up Emory's face as she peppered it with kisses immediately she woke.
"Gawd...I missed you" she said, but then fast tears fell from Emory's eyes.
Hyce and Isaac exchanged glances. They're present too beside the door.
"Why the tears?" Nina said surprisingly.
"Xhen, who's his girlfriend?" She asked.
"What are you saying?" Nina frowned, and Emory wiped her tears with the back of her hand before hiccuping.
"He said...he said he's dating, and...
"That's right... I'm his girlfriend" Nurse Layla came in in the company of two other nurses.
"The fûck are you blabbing?" Hyce snickered.
"Come again" Nina faced her.
"I'm his girlfriend... isn't that the right setting? I deserve Levi and y'all know it! She did nothing but endangered his life!" Layla insisted.
"And who gave you the right to acclaim yourself as his girl?" Rebekah replied, coming in with Conrad.
"I saved his life!" Layla snapped.
"Jokes" Conrad muttered with a chuckle, and Rebekah was about to talk again when the main character himself came in.
Levi.
He has his eyes on just Emory__only her as he advanced.
Layla swallowed, but she gasped when Levi got to her and dropped the chocolate bag on her head.
Her eyes widened, cos he walked past her immediately, going straight for the heroine of his story.
The results he got from google was playing in his dark mind..
"POSSES WHAT'S YOURS, AND IT'D COME BACK TO YOUR MEMORIES"
Emory held her breaths till he got to her, and she let it all out...
Levi grabbed her possessively by the throat and pushed her back to the bed right in front of everyone.
Emory gasped wordlessly.
He lay on her, her legs clipping his waist as he went between them before crashing his lips down on hers like a blood-thirsty vampire.
Emory's heartbeats came back as her lips embraced his lips.
She lost her sanity.
"I love you so much, Xhen... please forgive me. Please remember me" She whispered into his mouth, and he kissed her harder, tonguing her mouth and pinning her hands down to the hospital bed.
Layla ran out.
TBC
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