The sac on Havana's head was finally lifted and she saw Skylar and Melanie. The place they were carried to was an abandoned warehouse, it had very high walls with windows at the top and only one door could be seen.
"They kidnapped you too?" Skylar asked with a shaking voice, there was definitely no hope for them now. Only few people knew them and Skylar wasn't sure they'd even care if they were missing. "Did any of you offend a big shot?" Havana asked and Skylar shook her head while Melanie sighed loudly, she wondered why Skylar was scared…even in the van Skylar kept screaming although her mouth was covered. Skillfully and without stress, Melanie removed the rope tied on her hands and since they were behind her back, no one noticed.
The hooligans walked in at that moment. There were three of them, a man and two young boys. "We wanted only her" The man said pointing at Skylar, "But you two just had to poke your head in the matter. Don't worry, your death would be painless. For your friend, I can't say the same…I received orders to give you a slow and painful death (he said, looking at Skylar) and I'm afraid I can't disobey the order". The man brought out a gun and cracked it…he pointed to Havana first. Havana looked so pale and scared as she braced herself for the gunshot. Melanie, after much calculation, quickly ran and kicked the gun out of the man's hand. It was so fast and shocking that the other men could not react on time. They stood with lips apart as it was shocking to see a kid kick a gun out of someone's hand and point it at them threatening to kill them…hold on, threatening to kill them!
"I'd advise you not to move or it could get bloody" Melanie spoke coldly
"…" Everyone paused their activities. Of course Havana should have expected this knowing she was from the Mafia but seeing it live was shocking. Melanie pointed the gun at the three hooligans who had their hands suspended in the air as she untied Havana.
"Take this" Melanie handed Havana the gun as she untied Skylar. The men could see Havana was clearly clueless and it seemed like she couldn't handle a gun so they proceeded to bring out their spare guns. Havana watched as one of the men dipped his hand into his back pocket and probably out of instinct shot the hand. Melanie smiled to herself, she had been watching Havana as she went about her daily activities and she could tell that Havana had a good eye. She had started to notice it after the cemetery event.
"You can shoot a gun?" Skylar mouthed to Havana who shrugged and said "It's not that hard". The men took advantage of their distraction and brought out their weapons.
"Aunt Skylar and Havana run!" Melanie said as she took her fighting stance. Havana and Skylar ran behind a shelve with stacks of warehouse materials. During the fight, Melanie tossed Havana and Skylar guns.
"What am I supposed to do with this!" Skylar panicked.
"Fight obviously, just pull the trigger and shoot" Havana said, she felt a rush of adrenaline and was ready to shed some blood.
By the time Nolan could arrive with the police, he met an empty warehouse with lots of injured bodies groaning on the ground. Also, Havana was no where to be seen.
"What happened here?" Nolan asked himself.
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The leader of the gang managed to escape. He ran to seek shelter in a casino owned by a Mafia gang.
"What happened this time cousin?" The owner of the casino said.
"Bro you won't believe it, it's quite shameful to say. I was beaten up by a small girl"
"Was she about 4 foot tall? Has jet black hair and always wears this kind of evil grin?"
"Yep that's everything, skip the evil grin part. Do you know the girl?"
"How did you get involved with her?"