Chapter 102 102: Quick Action.

Leo and the rest of the people nodded, after three minutes, Axel and Joel informed him that the evacuation had been completed. After a few moments, a ten men squad had been organized. They all wore kevlar vests and held weapons.

Leo looked at Jock and Kyle and he said, "Now, you two will take charge, we will move in two teams. We will split and perform a swipe. You see a terrorist, you shoot one, also, keep the comms on, Jay is sitting in the monitoring room, if there is a team of enemy that we need to use flanking methods on, then he will guide us."

On the radio they heard, "Roger that, Sir."

The two teams climbed the stairs quickly, the first floor had about ten more people. Most of the assailants were the people from the hotel staff. This was an insider job, and outside there were fifty people in total.

As they moved through the dim dark corridors, Leo said, "They planned such a high scale attack, almost a hundred people, imagine the planning time for all this."

The people nodded and Kyle said, "It isn't that simple Sir. I am sure that Claud is acting on someone's orders. He doesn't have the guts to kick start such a big assignment on his own and that too without any chatter in the circle."

Leo nodded and he sighed, it was not his job to find out who did what, he just wanted to take his family and get back home. He was tired and irritated by the way things were.

Suddenly, he noticed the people stopping. They had placed him in the center of the formation, to ensure his safety. Although they were shocked by how apt he was in shooting, they still didn't wish to risk it at all.

Leo squinted his eyes, and he located a couple of figures walking around leisurely, one of them said, "Did they manage to break that shutter on the ground? It has been silent for some time now."

The other guy was about to reply, when two gunshots echoed in the surroundings and the two of them fell to the ground. They both had holes in their foreheads. Leo said, "I said, if you spot them, you kill them. That is how we make up for time, or do you wish for that maniac to kill the hostages?"

The people were stunned, but this command made them all wake up and they sped up to rush through the places quickly. In total they killed seven men and the other team settled five as well.

Leo looked at the watch on his wrist and said, "It is about seven minutes, we have three more minutes to clean up the second floor, but we need to do it as clean and silently as possible. What do you think?"

Jock nodded and said, "We have gathered a few knives, they should be enough to ensure a clean and silent approach."

Leo thought for a bit and then he nodded as he said, "Good, although we might need to rely on guns, but first try and use the knives."


The people nodded again and they moved up through the stairs. There was eerie silence on the second floor. Leo sensed something and patted the guy ahead of him and he patted the shoulder of the guy before him.

Everyone stopped and Leo stepped to the side and shook his head while hinting with his chin to look at the floor. Jock was in the lead, he turned on the small flashlight attached to the under barrel of the gun.

Immediately he found an almost invisible thin metal string a few inches above the floor. He took a deep breath, and tracked the wire to the edge of the steps and found a cluster of grenades attached to the wire.

He gulped and looked behind him. Had he taken the next step, everyone would have turned to a mix of flesh and blood stains. Then he took out a small knife and cut the wire free. The tripwire was solved, and they continued moving up.

As they were reaching the door of the second floor, they could hear all kinds of voices coming from the corridor outside.

"Do you think they will agree to the demands?", asked a terrorist.

Another person replied, "They have to agree or the blood of the prime minister would be on their hands. They cannot get away from this."

Leo and his people were shocked, the terrorist continued talking, "I saw the wife of the Prime Minister earlier, Chief said he was going to do her. Well, this man would be already dead, so I guess she does need someone in her."

Leo paid attention and found that the voices of the people were moving away from them, and he nodded before Jock and the rest of the people filed through and came inside the corridor. Leo said, "Knives first, then guns."

The people nodded and they split into teams of two and moved through the shadows, hiding behind the covers. Soon, they took action, they crept up to the people patrolling the corridors with their knives, slit their throats in one smooth cut and then dragged the people inside the rooms to hide their bodies. Out of the estimated twenty people, they had killed ten within a few moments.

Leo had managed to make his way towards the big lobby where the hostages were being kept and there he noticed eight men surrounding the hostages, and one of them was sitting on a rocking chair with his eyes closed.

The expression on his face was very calm. Leo averted his gaze, as he knew that if his killing intention was leaked, this man might also sense him. Leo was not afraid, but he didn't wish to give this guy a chance to attack the hostages. Otherwise, the authorities outside would blame him and his men for this.

Leo pulled back silently and then regrouped with his men, he told them about the arrangement of the enemies, and he said, "Take a sync shot, take down the guards, and I will disable Claud from moving."

Kyle thought for a bit and said, "Boss, you counted nine men, there should be ten. Earlier when we counted the people we found ten people here. The numbers don't add up."

Leo thought for a bit and asked, "Could Claud me hiding?"

Jock nodded and replied, "That is very likely to be the case, but where would he be hiding?"

The young man closed his eyes and said, as he said, "Among the hostages."

The people were shocked when they looked at Leo, the young man said, "It is often the darkest under the lamp. I am sure he is hiding among the hostages, and if we are to take action, we need to ensure that he is killed at the same time as his men."

Kyle nodded and said, "I have seen him once but I am sure that he must have come up with a disguise."

Leo thought for a few seconds and said, "Take down the nine people and I will find Claud and take him out."

Jock furrowed and asked, "But how, Sir?"

Leo replied, "The one who acts stable is Claud."

Indeed, if someone can manage to stay calm even in the times of great peril, it would be abnormal. The people nodded, they rushed through the corridor of the dim lit second floor, and before the enemy could even react, they all selected their targets, and fired together.

BANG!

The collective sound of nine guns going off was too loud and it shocked the people, as many of them yelled and wailed in fright.

Leo was standing behind his men, and he could see that everyone was shivering in fear, apart from the gaze of one man. This man was screaming but his eyes were calm. The man raised his hand, and Leo noticed a dead-man's switch in his hand.

Had it been someone else, they would have hesitated and held back, but Leo, no chance. He was holding a knife and as soon as Claud revealed his hand, Leo threw a knife.

Claud didn't expect it, something like this to happen, he couldn't react even if he wanted to because he was tired as well. The knife was stabbed directly inside through his wrist, making him unable to let go of the dead-man's switch.

Leo said, "All of you, clean up the space, and guide them to the ground floor, Jay, contact those outside that they can rush in now, we have taken Claud in custody."

That said, the people began to guide the hostages down, while two men took the struggling terrorist leader into custody. Leo walked over to Claud and shot him in the knee and also the two shoulders.

The terrorist was surprised by the ruthlessness. He looked at Leo and the young man punched his face, he didn't stop until Jock pulled him back and said, "Sir, he will die."