Chapter 29
Fuck, fuck, fucking fuck.
“Auden? What do we do?” Tristan cried out urgently as he stayed on his knees beside the bed to hold until Nicolas’ weak frame to stop him from stumbling off the bed due to how unbalanced the plane was acting up.
Daven rushed into the room breathing hard while trying to speak at the same time, “The pilot is trying to stable the plane but one of the engines is currently burning due to it being shot at, so he’s about to land on us…” Daven trailer off when his wild eyes fell on Nicolas unbuttoned frame.
“Shit, is that a ticking bomb? Holy shit!”
I grind my teeth together in frustration, none of these would have happened if we didn’t take revenge on the Xobra, years ago. None of us studied anything in engineering so there was no way we’d be able to disable the bomb in time.
“I planned to tell you guys about the bomb but the man said he was going to shoot Auden then shoot me if I dare mention anything about the bomb to him, I’m so sorry Tristan,” Nicolas whispered brokenly with his fingers clasped between Tristan’s hands.
I crouched before Nicolas and fingered the bomb, it was one minutes, fifty eight seconds from blowing up and if we’re going to act, we’d need to act fast.
Studying the ropes which was used to tie the bomb on Nicolas’s chest, I asked Daven to get me the tool box which he did in a few seconds.
The plane shook for a few seconds before bending from left to right just as the shooting sounds continued, the plane was bullet proof which means unless a particular spot was shot at six times, the bullet would never penetrate, but a few shots at the engine could engulf the whole plane in flames.
I cut the rope with the scissors as fast as I could before motioning for Tristan to lift him up a little so I could cut the one at his back too. Once I was done, I lifted the bomb and held it in my hands as it kept o ticking, the red dots on the top clearly showed it was 00:40.
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I racked my brains immediately, if this bomb blows up, we were all gonna die before we reached the ground, I was already sure of that, so it’s either I throw the bomb out the plane or we die.
“Daven, stay here with Nicolas. Tristan, you come with me.”
Shit, I thought as I noticed the time was remaining just fifteen seconds before it blew up.
“Open the door, Tris. We’re throwing it out.” Tristan pulled on the door but somehow, the door refused to budge.
“Oh fuck,” I thrust the bomb into Tristan’s arms as I tried to pull the door open.
The bomb started ticking loudly, I glanced at it and saw that it was already blinking with only nine seconds left.
“Shit, the pilot must have locked the door automatically, go open it now!” I screamed at Tristan who was already halfway there before I was done screaming. The door which Aria and Nicole were in was pulled open and aria stepped out slowly with eyes wild in fear as she took in the bomb in my hands.
“That’s a bomb, oh my gosh, it’s gonna blow in five seconds,” She screamed frantically as she burst into tears. Nicole came to stand beside her and my heart broke when I saw the dejection and disappointment in her eyes, she probably thought her twin was no more.
“The door’s open now, throw it out!” Tristan screamed and I pulled the door open and threw the bomb far away from the plane as far as it could go.
Before my hand came down from it raised position, I watched as the bomb flipped in the air before bursting into flames with a loud, sickening sound which vibrates with so much power, the plane suddenly spiraled out of control and lurched sideways dangerously.
I lost my footing before I could blink and was almost sliding out of the plane had Tristan not gripped my hand and pulled me back in before sliding the plane door shut.
I breathed out a long sigh with my heart still spiraling out of control, the shooting was over too and I couldn’t help but wonder why the plane was still bouncing and tilting from side to side uncontrollably.
The lights in the plane started to flicker just as the titling plane suddenly headed downwards, making everyone standing at that moment to fall while hysteric screams could be heard loudly from Aria and Nicole. We all rolled and slid against each other as if the floor was suddenly doused with soap until the end of the plane walls stopped us from rolling.
The plane suddenly hit the ground and I pushed myself to my feet while groaning in pains from my hand wound and when we all fell unexpectedly. I headed towards Nicole and lifted her limp body into my arms, the fall must have made her slid into unconsciousness out of fright. Tristan was already on his feet and I watched as he pulled Aria to her feet. I handed Nicole to him and pulled the door open for him while he rushed out immediately with Aria hot on his heels.
I didn’t miss the strong smell of gasoline and I knew the plane would be up in flames any seconds from now. I got to the room which Nicolas was in and groaned when I noticed Daven on the floor beside the door with a part of his head bleeding slowly while he was out cold, the sudden lurch of the plane must have caught him out of nowhere.
Nicolas was on the floor, a few feet away from Daven since he was gripping on the leg of the bed to keep him from sliding and hitting Daven when the plane suddenly landed a few seconds ago. I breathed a thankful sigh when Tristan barged into the room while glancing around frantically.
“What are you doing, Auden? We don’t have much time.” Tristan crouched beside Nicolas and lifted him up while I carefully lifted Daven firearm style onto my shoulder once I was sure he was breathing fine.
I got out of the plane last after grabbing my phone with Daven still hanging on my shoulder, I was relieved when I noticed Esther and even the pilot was out of the plane, only that the pilot was limping while leaning against Esther.
I laid Daven on the grass beside Nicole and stood beside a grim-faced Tristan whose hands were folded. We both watched as the plane suddenly gave a loud hissing sound before going up in flames with all its occupants a good feet away from it.
Aria came to stand beside me and I pulled her into my side and listened half heartedly as she cried into my chest while squeezing me tight.
Those fuckers are going to pay for this, after getting the diamond and harassing my brother, they still had the guts to come after us.
We’re going after them too.