Chapter 39
Jason, the team and I prepared our gear and headed for the airport. I had charted us a plane to take us to Madagascar. All of us boarded the plane. Jason and I sat next to one another on the plane. He held my hand. “This is not gonna end well.” I said. “Yes, I have every intention of it ending badly for anyone who tries to keep us from our son.” We landed on the north side of the island undetected. We all hiked inland and found an old abandoned shack and set up our gear.
“Okay guys hopefully we can go in and get my son out before Boris’s guards detect that we are here,” Jason said.
“Guys, just so you know Mr. Ketch works for my father, so he is probably on this island as well.” I said.
“Damn, he is a spy too?” Maurice said
“Yes, he is.”
“Damn, this story just gets worse!” Maurice said
“Hey Maurice, chill out man okay?” Chase said.
“Okay, so the plan is I’m going in alone and you guys will back me up okay?” I said.
“Alone!” Jason said. No way, sweetheart, we are going in together by now your father will know that Alexi is dead.”
“I’m glad he’s dead Jason,” I said.
“So, Ryan, get the surveillance ready. Vince, Chase, Ryan and Maurice can you guys please back me and Natalia up.”
“Of course,” Nick said
Nick walked over and unlocked all the gun cases while Maurice stood there looking puzzled.
JASON
“So, what do you want me to do Jason?” Maurice asked
“Maurice can you wait for us at the retreat point to cover our escape.”
“Of course,” Maurice said
“Okay, Chase, once we get to the compound you will position yourself amongst the trees on the north side. Nick you will be on the west side positioned in the trees as well to cover our retreat. Vince and Ryan, you two will enter the compound through the underground tunnels. If anything happens to me and Natalia, Ryan promise me you will get my son out safely.”
“Of course, you can count on me brother.”
“Ryan, we have been through a lot together in our lives. But this may be our last ride together. But my most important one for sure. Today I’m gonna meet my son.”
I shook Ryan, Chase, Vince, Maurice and Nick’s hands before we headed out for what may be our last mission together. Vince pulled me to the side.
“Hey mate, this is all crazy, but I want you to know that I am honored to have you as a best friend. You are the craziest son of a bitch besides myself of course. But I would follow you to the ends of the earth mate.”
“Thanks man. This may be our last ride but I will gladly die to save my son. I hope Natalia knows that I forgive her for everything. I just wish I could have been there to see my son born. I have missed out on so much and now this bastard Boris has him! IT’S NOW TIME THAT HE PAYS FOR ALL HE HAS DONE!!”
Maurice headed out to our retreat point while the rest of the team and I jumped in the truck and headed for Boris’s compound. Once we arrived at the compound the team took their positions around it.
I grabbed onto Natalia’s hand and looked into her beautiful eyes.
“Baby, I just wanted to say I love you. I loved you from the first time we met as teens. I knew you were the one. These years without you, not knowing if you were dead or alive, almost killed me. And if I don’t make it out of here alive I want you to know that I forgive you for everything.”
Natalia leaned in and kissed me. “Thank you, baby. That means the world to me. Regardless of what happens today. I’m glad I risked everything for us. Justin deserves to know his father, and I will die before I let him get hurt. Let’s Go!”
Natalia loaded both of her 9mm handguns as we headed through the trees toward the compound. Once we came out of the trees we were at the gate of the compound. There were four guards out front.
“Chase, you read me?”
“I do,” Chase replied.
“Okay take them down nice and quiet.”
“Copy that,” Chase replied.
Natalia and I watched as Chase shot all four of the outside guards. We then proceeded to the front door and it was unlocked. As we walked inside there was a grand staircase and Boris was standing at the top with Justin standing beside him.
“Mommy!” Justin yelled to Natalia.
“It’s okay, baby. Mommy is here.”
“Grandpa told me you were coming. Who that momma?”
“Justin this is your daddy.”
Justin just stood there looking down at me with a puzzled look on his face.
“Well Natalia, this is such a touching reunion.”
Suddenly Mr. Ketch appeared and began to walk toward Justin and Boris.
“Well Natalia, it seems like you picked your side finally. I have to say I’m not surprised but it was a clever deception indeed,” said Mr. Ketch
“Get away from my son,” I said
“Oh Jason, this is not going to go how you think,” Mr. Ketch said
“Take the boy in the other room Mr. Ketch,” Boris ordered
“MOMMY!” Justin yelled out.
“Don’t worry, Justin. Mommy will come in and get you in a minute.”
“Promise?”
“Yes, I promise.”
Mr. Ketch walked down the hall with Justin as Boris began to walk down the stairs. Natalia then pulled both her guns and pointed them at Boris.
“Now Natalia, you’re not gonna kill me. I know that your brother must be dead because he never returned. Who did it you or him?”
JASON
“I killed your son Boris just like I’m gonna kill you,” I said
“Oh, Jason really. Mr. Ketch has strict instructions to kill your son if any harm comes to me.”
Ryan suddenly appeared. “Well Boris Mr. Ketch is not going to be able to keep that order.”
“Where’s Justin, Ryan?” I said.
“He’s fine. He’s in the other room with Vince. We came up through the lower tunnels which led to the room where we saw Mr. Ketch watching Justin. We finished him quickly and put his body in the closet, so Justin wouldn’t see.”
Boris had a look of shock on his face.
“Well Boris, it looks like things have taken a turn for the worse for you.”
“It would seem that way, wouldn’t it Jason?”
NATALIA
“Jason, take our son and the rest of the team and get to the extraction point. This is between me and my father.”
“That’s right, this is between me and my daughter.”
Ryan began to scream.
“Oh no, Natalia. It has gone well past that. This man killed my parents and deprived my brother from seeing his son I’m not leaving ‘till I know he’s DEAD!”
“Natalia go and get Justin, I WILL FINISH THIS!” Jason said.
“Natalia I will be in your head forever. You are a part of me and you can never change that.” Boris mocked.
“My mother killed herself to get away from you. As a child I didn’t understand why she did it, but that was before I knew what a monster you were. Alexi is dead and I watched him choke on his own blood. He got what he deserved and now you will too. Goodbye Father, after today I will never think of you again.”
I lowered my guns and left the room.
JASON
Ryan stood guard in the corner of the room.
I pulled my knife from my belt.
“Well, Boris, it’s just me and you. Do you know what kind of knife this is Boris?”
“If you are going to kill me, then just do it already.”
“It’s a fillet knife, which I like because it melts through the skin like butter.”
“Natalia will never forget me, I’m not afraid to fucking die!”
I stood behind Boris with my knife to his throat. A rush of anger came over me as I stood there and thought of all the pain Boris had caused.
“Fuck you, Commander.”
“No, fuck you Boris. I’ll see you in hell.”
I slit Boris’s throat and watched as his blood poured out of his neck as his body went limp and fell to the ground. Ryan and I stood over Boris’s dead body. His reign of terror was finally over. Ryan and I walked into the other room to find Vince and Natalia there with Justin. I went over and picked him up off the bed to carry him out.
“Baby, it’s over. He will never be able to hurt you again,” I said.
“I can’t believe it’s over.”
Natalia, Ryan, Vince and Justin went out the back of the house where Nick and Chase were waiting for us. We all met Maurice at the retreat point where we all boarded the plane and flew back to New York. On the flight back, I watched Justin sleeping in Natalia’s arms and I couldn’t believe this nightmare was over. I suddenly felt a sense of peace wash over me.
Once we landed I said goodbye to the team and we all went our separate ways.
Ryan and I flew to Texas for a few days to bury Ms. Virginia and Robert properly. Natalia and Justin went back to Montana where I would meet up them soon. During that time Ryan’s wife, Rayna went into labor and gave birth to their twins; a boy and a girl. They named them both Virginia Marie Armell and Robert Jason Armell. I was honored by the gesture and I’m sure Ms. Virginia and Robert were smiling down from above. Nick and his girl Madena, moved to Las Vegas and opened a hip nightclub. Vince went back to the United Kingdom and reconciled with his father. Maurice moved to New Orleans and opened a biker bar. Chase started his own private security business and married his fiancée Madyson.