Mark Of The Destiny - Chapter 306

“We can get the animals killed by airstrike,” Feng Jin suggested.

“It’s riskier. We can’t hurt our people.” Suyin said, she poked her head out. Only the gloomy sky met her eyes. Xiu Mei was her last hope. According to the blueprints, these collars were connected to each other, remotely operated by Alpha. If Xiu Mei could hack one collar, she could control all.

Suyin tipped her head at the mountain. A thought came. “Alpha must be operating it from somewhere he could see them. Look, his base is already destroyed, yet he’s controlling those animals, following Jianyu’s car like hungry wolves.”

“But what if he’s doing it through surveillance–”

“No.” Wang Shi said, “There isn’t any surveillance in this area. Mei had checked it earlier.”

“Above that, he’s a technologically challenged person just like me. Worse than me. He was getting everything done through experts. Now that no one is left to help him, he must have prepared an easy way in advance so that he could do it all by himself.” Suyin said, poking her half body through the window to look outside. Wang Shi instantly grabbed her clothes from back.

It did not surprise him she already knows who real Alpha was. He knows it too. Suspecting something, he had asked Junjie to go into the family details of the passengers died in the plane crash and see if any of them is related to Suyin. They found one.

She gets into the car and takes out the blueprint she had tucked at the edge of her panty. Wang Shi joined in, studying them.

She put aside the ones that explain design and working of collar, taking a look at one particular blueprint that explains the range within which the remote works. They compared it with another that looks like a map of the place.

“He must be on this mountain.” Wang Shi pointed a finger. Suyin nodded. “Jin, drive straight….. HURRY UP!” He called Jianyu again, “Drive towards South.”

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Somewhere at the top of a mountain,

Alpha cackled, running his fingers over the console. Binoculars attached to his glasses to give an unobstructed view. It was more like a video game for him. A game he half won by killing Wang Shi, and the remaining half he will win by killing Honey. Suyin came as a bonus.

He was there, sitting at the top of a mountain. An old jeep parked near.

“It’s over, Master Gong Tuan,”

Alpha spooked as a gruff voice came from behind. Before he could press another button on the console, or turn to look behind, a heavy kick landed on his right side. His old bones crackled. The console fell down.

Wang Shi slides it with his foot towards Suyin.

She instantly picked it up and walked to the edge of the mountain. Below, a herd of animals had surrounded tens of military SUV’s. Bull and monkey in most numbers. But she saw elephants as well.

“You– You both are alive?”

Wang Shi threw another kick, “Of course. To send you to hell!” Jin pinned him down, knee at his spine.

“Suyin!” Wang Shi tossed her the binoculars Alpha was wearing, and she catch it with strap, putting it around her head. The vision became clearer. She easily found the one in which Honey was. Gosh, it was badly damaged.

She looked down at the console. It was not a regular video game console that she and Honey used to play with. Designed differently, it had many buttons and was so much wide that it wasn’t even fitting in her hands.

She can’t take the risk of pressing any wrong button.

“Hhahaha…. it’s of no use.” Alpha spit a mouth full of blood, “This is a real life. You can’t do a trial run to understand it’s working.” Wang Shi walked to her to see the console. “By the time you will understand it, he’d die. He’d die the same way my family died. Blown into pieces. I didn’t even get to see them last time. You won’t either. Your bastard son will die.”

They ignored her. He was just stirring their emotions. Diverting them.

Her shaky finger moved towards a button, but stopped. Dammit. It doesn’t even have signs written on it. Calling it a keyboard would be much better.

Wang Shi pointed at a big black button in the middle. She bit her lips. It looked dangerous. Black means dangerous.

Alpha realised the grip on him was loose. He c.o.c.ked his head to find the military officer commanding someone over phone. He curled his fingers into a fist, filling them with soil. Just as Jin turned, he threw it. Targeting his eyes.

Jin staggered. Hands at eyes, rubbing.

Alpha reached for a gun hidden in his trousers. He saw the two  standing on edge, back facing him, eyes at the herd.

They pressed a button or two of the keyboard, making efforts to understand how the damn thing function. It did something that the heard of Elephants started going left.

“AND HE’D DIE TOO–” A blur rushes–

BANG***

“WATCH OUT!” Suyin yells, taking a step to cover Wang Shi. But he pushed her out of the way. She fell down, her palm mistakenly pressing a few buttons. Explosions followed.

When she turned, it’s in time to see Wang Shi fell to his knees, his hands at chest. Blood seeping through between his fingers.

Her chest burns as she let out a yell, “Shishi!” He was about to fall. She stretched her body and held his hand, yanking him towards her. His eyes unblinking, worry laced his features. He cast one look below where Honey was, and then another at Suyin.

“Still not dead? One more,” Alpha raised his gun. This time Jin threw a kick at his wrist and landed another on neck. His face whipped left, spurting a mouth full of blood as his body went limp.

Jin pressed his face under his heavy leather shoes. Alpha very much conscious, eyes at Wang Shi as if waiting to see his enemy’s death before he closes his eyes.

Wang Shi struggled for air, face turning red, veins popping around neck. He was wheezing. Squeaky and worrisome. Suyin understood the bullet had hit his left lung.

Time slows. Sweat drips from her head. She’s loosing everything…. Everything was slipping from her hands.

Her son.

Her man.

The two most important people of her life.

She can’t tear her gaze away from Wang Shi’s as he mouthed, ‘I love you. Take care of Honey.’ and fell down.

She looks down at the keyboard. The black button. The most dangerous one. She reached to press it. No matter the consequences.

“NOOOO! It will kill everyone with the collar.” Alpha interrupted. Suyin looked down, there’s a collar around her neck too.

A beautiful smile came to her lips. She pressed the button without a second thought. The keyboard dropped from her hands.

She cast one last gaze from the mountain.

The animals had stopped.

Her fairy was safe.

He was safe.

One step, and she dropped to her knees beside the man. Her hands reaching to hug him. Hug him one last time….

One last time…..

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