Between Bullets and Blood

"Son of a bitch..." Anton touched the wound on his abdomen, but seeing that it wasn't too deep, he picked up another rifle from the ground to keep going. He knew very well that the damage he had received so far was severe. However, these wounds add up, so he had to be very careful not to get injured again.

But as Anton was about to leave the hallway, a man in a gray suit emerged from the other end of the stairs and started coming down, shooting at him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Anton instinctively raised his hands to cover his head, and all the bullets began to impact his suit, which luckily managed to block all of them.

The man in gray, who knew Anton wasn't dead, drew a dagger and took advantage of his position to try to slit his throat. In justa few moments, this became his main objective. It seemed like time had stopped for the two of them.

At that moment, a clear sound came from Anton's hand, which had received the first attack from the dagger. The man in the gray suit's eyes widened in surprise when he realized he couldn't easily penetrate the suit. He didn't know what kind of protection Anton had, but what he had just seen clearly indicated that it was one of the best.

But Anton didn't stay still; he unsheathed his sword again, and with a swift cut, he slit the man's throat as he tried to protect himself with his hands. The man's gray hands fell to the ground. He didn't know what had happened. But seconds later, the man in the gray suit's eyes were empty. After that last attack, his life had come to an end.

"Argh!" The man in the gray suit tried to breathe, but jets of blood came out in response to that. Anton looked into the man's eyes and silently prayed for him to ascend.

"Ahhhh!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Anton grabbed what he needed and looked for another way out because he wasn't crazy enough to face many armored soldiers without cover.

...

The gunfire, explosions, and screams of pain caused Akira's face to pale. She knew perfectly well what was happening, so she quickly descended with the other people to support her.

"Don't worry, Mr. ShadowBane was by your father's side," said a man who knew Akira well.

Jack, who was protecting Akira, didn't say a word; he just focused on killing, and nothing else concerned him. His thoughts had no influence on these people's decisions.

"They're on their way; we need to move," Jack said as he repelled the enemy's fire along with the others.

Akira watched as the men Anton had offered as guardians were all combat experts; there was no comparison with the people who worked for her father. But forgetting about this, she moved forward and saw how all these people faced dozens of enemies head-on.

"Go straight in that direction; you'll find your father further ahead," Jack said as he watched the enemies increase in number.

"What will happen to you?" Akira knew what was about to happen, but she still wanted to know if there was a chance to change that fate.

Jack looked at John and said, "We'll retreat shortly; we'll give you five minutes, so take this opportunity."

Akira nodded and continued advancing; at that moment, shots were heard from all sides, making it difficult to know where the enemies were coming from. She kept moving through the corridors; soon, they passed by a part of the hotel where there were escalators, and more enemies began to emerge.

"Damn!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

John started firing because Akira didn't have weapons, but facing a group entrenched at a long distance with assault rifles, he decided to take cover.

"Aaaahhhh!"

Clang!

But at that moment, when they both took cover, Anton appeared as if he were a reaper, and heads began to roll one by one. Anton's clean cuts were so powerful that even armor like that couldn't stop them. Despite having wounds that limited him, Anton easily eliminated six people.

When he reached the bottom, he looked at Akira, who seemed to be injured in the abdomen, and at a very agitated John.

"Can you keep walking?" Anton helped Akira, who seemed injured, and looked at John, who nodded.

"I have a convoy of cars that can get you out of here; they can take you to a safe house until things can calm down, but we have to move now," Anton said as he walked towards where the gunfire was coming from.

But at that moment, Koji, who was fighting alongside some people with Anton, was shot in the abdomen and fell to the ground.

"Dad…" Akira began to run towards where Koji had fallen and held his head.

"I'm fine…"

"There's a lot of blood."

Anton looked at this, but quickly decided when he saw his men approaching. "Quickly, take him and try to heal his wounds; John and I will cover your retreat."

The only way they could survive now was for the first group to leave with the wounded and the second, which was the bait, to stay with those who were pursuing them.

In that sense, Anton looked at John, who was beside him, and said, "Go that way; when you go up, head right, and I'll go this other way. We'll both meet at the end, so you have to be fast."

John didn't know who the man in white was, but knowing that everyone listened to him, he nodded when he saw that his friend was injured.