Free Web NovelChapter 148: Chapter 148: Convergence Vector
The dashboard speaker crackled to life, Marcus’s voice cutting through the frantic roar of the engines. "Alex, man, I don’t have time for this! I’m completely in the middle of a mission right now, it’s an absolute emergency—"
"Shut the fuck up, Marcus! I am in a massive one myself!" roared Alexander, violently throwing the steering wheel to the right to avoid a brutal pit maneuver from the leading pickup truck. The Mercedes slammed sideways into a rusted shipping container with a deafening metallic screech, sparks flying wildly across Serena’s window. The car broke free, drifting frantically across the cracked asphalt as a volley of gunshots suddenly shattered the rear windshield.
Serena let out a high-pitched, terrified shriek, ducking her head between her knees as glass showered the back seat. "Ahhh! They’re shooting at us! They’re literally shooting!"
"Shit, Alex, what the hell did you get yourself into?!" shouted Marcus over the line, the sound of a heavy engine roaring on his end as well.
"It’s Professor Isabella’s daughter! They have her hostage and they completely ambushed me in the warehouse district! I’m pinned down near the west sector!" Alexander barked, his face a mask of absolute, icy focus as he leveled his semi-automatic pistol out the driver’s window, firing three rapid shots to force the closest truck to veer off.
"Emma?!" Marcus’s tone instantly shifted, turning into a dark, murderous growl. "I get it now. So it’s the exact same fucking mission. A close friend of Isabella contacted me an hour ago and told me her daughter had been taken by the Sinclairs. I was literally on my way to hunt down and slaughter a couple of Sinclair lackeys just to beat the location out of them. You just saved me a ton of legwork. Where exactly are you?"
"Warehouse four, north corner!" stated Alexander, his tires screaming as he navigated a tight bottleneck between two concrete structures.
"Copy that! I’m exactly one minute away from your position!" yelled Marcus over the speaker, his voice dripping with an intense, lethal bloodlust. "Listen to me carefully, Alex. Fulfill the illusion of running away. Fake a retreat toward warehouse eighteen. Drive straight through the center entrance. That specific building is completely abandoned and the main iron gates are totally rusted through—your Mercedes will plow through them with absolute ease. Get inside, take cover, and leave the rest of the garbage to me."
"Got it!" stated Alexander, his voice entirely cold and calculated as he terminated the call.
He glanced quickly at the rearview mirror. The two modified pickup trucks were still glued to his bumper, their heavy engines roaring in the dark. Alexander slammed his foot on the accelerator, making a sharp, highly visible turn to make it look like a desperate escape attempt, heading straight toward the massive structure of warehouse eighteen.
Just like Marcus had described, the central entrance was blocked by a pair of ancient, heavily rusted iron gates. Alexander lined up the chassis, tightened his grip on the wheel, and shouted over the noise, "Serena, brace yourself!"
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The front bumper of the Mercedes smashed through the weakened metal with an explosive crunch. The rusted gates tore completely off their hinges, sending iron shards flying into the darkness as the car successfully breached the interior.
Inside, the warehouse was vast, pitch-black, and filled with massive concrete pillars supporting the ceiling. Alexander executed a violent, smoking drift, sliding the vehicle behind a cluster of thick, heavy concrete pillars that completely blocked it from the main entrance. He killed the engine instantly, throwing the cabin into total shadow.
"Stay down on the floor and don’t make a single sound," stated Alexander, his voice a freezing, absolute command as he unbuckled his seatbelt.
Serena, completely terrified and pale as a ghost, simply nodded frantically, curling into a tight ball beneath the dashboard.
Alexander smoothly grabbed his matte-black pistol, checked the magazine, and slid out of the driver’s seat, pressing his back against the cold concrete of the pillar. A second later, the two pursuing pickup trucks roared into the warehouse, their blinding high beams cutting through the dust cloud left by the Mercedes. They braked hard, their tires screeching as armed men began swinging the doors open, ready to flush him out.
But before they could even level their weapons, a monstrous, high-pitched engine roar echoed from the outside, growing deafeningly loud in a fraction of a second.
BOOM!
A bright yellow Corvette launched through the shattered entrance like a heat-seeking missile. It didn’t slow down for a single fraction of a second. Marcus steered the high-performance sports car straight into the driver’s side of the leading pickup truck with a catastrophic, bone-crushing impact.
The violent collision completely crumpled the front end of the Corvette, the airbags deploying instantly as metal, fiberglass, and shattered glass erupted into the air like a bomb. The sheer momentum of the crash violently crushed the truck’s frame, instantly killing the men who were halfway out of the doors and pinning the rest inside a twisted cage of steel.
Through the haze of smoke and fire, the surviving Sinclair lackeys let out frantic, panicked screams as the trap was completely turned against them.
"Marcus! Are you okay? Marcus!" yelled Alexander, his deep voice slicing through the ringing silence of the explosion as he broke into a sprint toward the smoking wreckage of the yellow sports car.
The driver’s door of the ruined Corvette groaned loudly, and a massive, bloody hand suddenly thrust through the shattered window, accompanied by a low, furious growl. Marcus was still alive, but he was pinned tightly behind the deflated airbag.
Before Alexander could take another step forward, the side doors of the second pickup truck flew open with precision. Four men stepped out onto the concrete floor. Even though they were completely shocked by the sudden, catastrophic counter-attack, they were hardened professionals. They didn’t panic; they immediately raised their submachine guns and opened fire.
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
A deafening volley of automatic gunfire erupted into the darkness of the warehouse, the heavy rounds chewing through the concrete pillars and kicking up a lethal storm of gray dust and razor-sharp stone chips.
"Get down!" stated Alexander, his instincts forcing him to dive sideways onto the gravel floor, sliding behind a thick, structural concrete column just as a line of bullets stitched across the ground right where his feet had been.
He didn’t hesitate. Alexander pivoted smoothly around the edge of his cover, his matte-black pistol leveling instantly. He took a single, fraction-of-a-second breath, locked his target, and pulled the trigger twice.
BANG! BANG!
The heavy rounds caught the lead shooter squarely in the throat and chest. The man let out a wet gasp, his weapon slipping from his fingers as his body collapsed heavily onto the hood of the truck.
But the remaining three mercenaries quickly adjusted their angle, concentrating their entire firepower directly onto Alexander’s position. As Alexander attempted to slide back behind the safety of the pillar, a stray round ricocheted violently off the concrete edge, changing its trajectory and tearing directly into the flesh of his right shoulder.
"Agh!" hissed Alexander, a sharp, guttural growl escaping his lips as the sheer force of the impact spun him around, his back slamming hard against the cold concrete.
Blood instantly began to soak through the fabric of his jacket, a burning, white-hot pain exploding through his arm. He clenched his teeth tightly, his grip on his pistol tightening despite the throbbing agony as the sound of advancing footsteps echoed closer through the smoke.
