Chapter 44 Scared

Scared.
Tina exclaimed. Has anything happened to him? Was he shot? Was he going to waste away like that?
Tina was asking a million questions in her head at a time. Though she didn't get her answers, she was already fidgeting.She dashed forward to go in the direction that Jordan took a while ago when Kunle gripped her.
He pulled her to his embrace and looked at the direction Jordan took earlier. Was he in some kind of danger? Was he lured down there?
Or could it be that he was the one who shot the air? The bullet was shot into the air, it wasn't on someone. The sound that came after it proves that.
Tina was protesting vehemently while Kunle was still holding her. "Let go of me Kunle?" Tina yelled at him.
Isabella was wondering why Kunle was holding her. Shouldn't they go in search of Jordan already? The gun shot was enough signal that they should move.
The back up team waited, they must be ordered to move before they do, otherwise, they will remain unmoved.
"We should go in search of Jordan already" Isabella queried. She was looking at Kunle with a killing intent. He dares to stop Tina when Jordan's life was in danger?
" You have to be careful Tina, don't let your emotions cloud you that you do things irrationally.
Did you hear the sound of the gunshot or it's just the noise that made you have goosebumps? That bullet was shot into the air, not at any one.
Where are your detective instincts? Don't you know that is an enemy's strategy to deceive and lure a simple minded fellow to its doom?" Kunle reprimanded them.
Jordan was surrounded by men, about ten hefty looking men with their guns pointed at him. He stood and was watching, his sixth senses activated.
He Knows no matter how smart he is, he cannot bring ten men down at a time. He was going to think of an action to take when he saw the gang leader step out of the bushes, with a cigarette in his hand.
He walked towards Jordan majestically. One of his hands held the cigarette and the other, placed around his waist.
He chuckled aloud and laughed longer than normal. He stood a few inches from Jordan and smirked, inhaled the smoke and puffed it onto Jordan's face.
As if he knew the rascal was going to puff smoke into his face,he looked away and his facial expression became ghostly.
"Tsek tsek see who we have here? So there's really something that is so dear to you besides your damn fucking wife whose bones must have rot away..." the gangleader mocked.
That was Jordan's Achilles' heel. How dare this bloody civilian make mockery of his woman, his late wife Rachel?
He raised his hand to hit the gangleader, that was when the bullet was shot in the air and his teammates heard it.
"One more word at my late wife, I will cut off your scrotum and feed it to the dogs" Jordan threatened.
"Hahahaha..." the gang leader laughed out loud, deliberately mocking Jordan. He saw him as a fool and laughed again, until his eyes welled up with tears.
"Do you think you will live to see the next five minutes? You should be counting the few minutes left for you to live on your fingers.
Anyways before I blow your skull off, you have the right to take the truth down to your grave. I am sure by now you already know who murdered Kitty?
Your every move was being monitored from the inside, we know when you got the autopsy report and the content of it...." the gang leader was saying and Jordan was listening but also sending a signal from his wristwatch.
On the other side, it was blinking. Kunle and the others knew this was the time to act fast.
The back up team were positioned while the three other detectives went separately but heading towards Jordan.
"... don't play smart with me Jordan. Tell your men to back out otherwise, you all will go down together. Don't think I don't know you have given them e signal?" He ferociously stared at Jordan.
" Yes, we all go down together. I know what the hell you motherf*cker had done. If you dare to say another word, I will start by sending a bullet down your throat" Jordan glawed.
" That's if you succeed in staying alive?" The gangleader seethed and pointed his gun at Jordan. He yelled at him to raise his hand above his head.
Jordan was fuming within. This fellow must ensure that he kills him. Because if he doesn't, he will make him experience a fate worse than death.
Jordan carefully raised his head above his head. The one with a gun is the master in every confrontation. The extent of damage that a single bullet shot from a gun, was capable of making someone close his eyes and never open them again.
The leader ordered that one of his men ransacked his pocket, emptying every content in them. The fellow went ahead and was searching Jordan's pocket when the latter gave him a vicious kick on his belly.
Jordan quickly pulled him and used him as a shield. If he dares to shoot him,he will be Killing his gang member first.
" You think you can distract me? If I kill a member who was on the hospital bed with security personnel watching his door, you think I will not readily finish that your human shield?
I have no regard for life, especially those who stand on my way to achieving my breakthrough..." the leader declared and shot at the members foot.
"Aahhhh... boss.." the fellow screamed out in pain. Before anyone could know what was happening, there were gunshots coming from different directions.
There was chaos, Jordan knew his men were at work. He threw his human shield aside and made use of that moment, he plunged himself to the gang leader and a fight ensued.
While four men among the rascals were down, the others took to their hills, shooting and escaping for their lives. Jordan and the gang leader were dishing blows to each other.
" Get them all alive!" Kunle gave an order and the back up team went in a hot chase after the criminals.
The four of them shot were on the floor, two dead and the other two writhing in pain. The one Jordan used as a shield was trying to crawl into the forest when Tina went to him, giving him a vicious kick.
The fellow saw his eyes went dizzy and passed out. She dragged him to a side when she heard Isabella calling for an ambulance.
She then went in search of Jordan. She found him on the ground and his gun had fallen off. The gang Leader had ditched Jordan with a first stab of his knife on his arm and the fellow's knee on Jordan's neck, rendering the detective powerless.
But the latter has also done terribly to him. One of his eyes was gone and his hand was almost fractured.
Jordan was losing blood and it appeared that arm seemed to be heavy for him to lift. He was left struggling with a single arm and the sight of it infuriated Tina.
She ran towards them just as the fellow raised the dagger, targeting Jordan's chest this time when Tina arrived and gave him an elbow punch.
The gang leader was surprised but didn't have the time to resist or withstand her blows. He fell head long and stood up almost immediately.
Seeing the fellow who ruined his final Victory was a woman, the same woman who defeated them before.
"Ahhhh" he screamed and with fury ran towards Tina. Jordan raised himself and was coughing. He almost died a while ago.
When coughing he looked to see which of his men had come to his rescue and was surprised when he saw Tina running towards the gangleader with her fisted hand.
He dragged himself up but staggered, he had lost a quite amount of blood and was still able to stand on his feet. He must bind his arm quickly to stop the blood flow.
He should give Tina a helping hand. She might not be able to withstand or fight that beast too long before he finishes her off.
But he was surprised when he saw her engaging in a combat with him. She held him by his head and pulled him around.
The opponent grapes her waist and would have twisted her face down but Tina slipped away and gave him a kick on his lower jaw.
The gang leader fell and she dished him several blows on his face, bastardising it as blood gushed out of his mouth.
Tina's knuckles were bleeding too but she didn't stop until her opponent became as weak as water.
He appeared to be unable to do anything and Tina looked haggard and her hair was rough, it was indeed a battle that she had engaged in.
Jordan stood with a bright smile on his lips. His girl was great, she is good for emergency back up.
As she stood up, the man was left on the ground, unable to lift a finger and his swollen and wounded lips were bleeding.
The severe blows he received on his belly was also making him bleed from within. His entire system was wounded.
Kunle and Isabella ran to them just as Tina stood up from off the fellow on the floor,she looked weak and worn out.
" Tina," Kunle called and ran to hold her. She smiled faintly and asked that the fellow be handcuffed and taken to the hospital in the ambulance.
"The ambulance is on its way," Kunle replied and was going to take Tina away when the latter felt she should glance at the bastard for the last time before walking away.
Maybe it's instinct or luck, she saw him taking out a certain object from his pocket...