If they were struggling before, the tides quickly turned in their favour when Jin join his son's side. So prisoners looked at him as if he were a traitor, as if he owed them loyalty.
But they all knew there was no such thing in the underground ring, it was every man for himself. That didn't stop them from feeling the betrayal however, mostly because their numbers were dwindling by the second.
They never thought about it before, but now that it was staring right at them, death was indeed a scary thing. They'd given it so many tis, sothing that lulled them into a false sense of having conquered death, what they were experiencing however yanked them right out of their delusions.
They were basically sitting ducks and Jin knew that they couldn't be let to live, as they'd already seen the face of his child, so he was an absolute rciless beast.
"I thought we were friends." One spat, on the ground almost begging for his life. "We trusted you, all of us."
"Don't make your problems mine." Jin said coldly before striking the life out of the man.
Lil kept looking over the shoulder, she didn't trust Jin one bit. They'd been through hell because of him, it was only natural that she was sceptical.
She was one of the people who watched and listened to the father and son reunion. She couldn't quite believe a son as handso and as gentle as Hiro was the child of the brute called Jin.
'I guess apples do fall far from the tree sotis.' She mused as she moved through thr few prisoners that were left.
"That should be the last one, man I'm beat." Ishaan comnted, attempting to clean the blood that had stained him.
"What about him?" Jas pointed to Jin, he looked like he wasn't done yet. It was understandable since they were too busy fighting to witness his change of heart.
Jin gave him a curious look, as if daring him to make a move. Hiro saw this and quickly stood between them, his arms wide protecting his father.
"He's alright, he's my father. I suppose you wouldn't know, since you weren't here before..." He trailed off, not wanting his father to know that he'd been watching him ever since the ring, where he lost his humanity and ripped people apart.
But Jas didn't seem to understand, he hadn't stopped looking at the very large man. His body never quite relaxing.
"Stand down Jas, this is our mission rember? You don't tell us how to conduct it." Kiro commanded him.
Jas didn't like the tone of his voice, he grunted and took a seat nearby so corpses to tend to his wounds, saying sothing under his breath about trusting easily.
Every one of them were completely exhausted. They knew they'd have to train their bodies harder than before. A rat did manage to slip away, so their attack would obviously be a hot topic in each of the sanctum etings.
It was clear that they would heavily guard the next place they were intending to hit. The President having such weapons was a plus on their side, though it was probably wise to know what each of them did.
Kiro stepped away to make a phone call, the ti to rest was not now. Law enforcent would do nothing to help them, so that was out of question.
"President Scott, is there a way to transport hundreds of kids, secretly?" His breathing was still uneven, so the President could hear the urgency in his voice.
"I don't know, maybe? Send your coordinates." He was a guy who never liked asking questions. "What the hell are you doing all the way out there?"
"Thought you didn't ask questions?"
"Tsk. Whatever, soone will be over."
The call dropped. Kiro looked around, for a mont he was proud of their accomplishnt. Moreso seeing Hiro so happy to have gotten his father back, they were seated all alone, chatting.
But he had to keep himself grounded, he didn't want to get too excited. There was more to do ahead of them, he was just very glad they didn't lose anyone in this fight.
He noticed that Hiro and his father were walking towards him. This made him very nervous for so reason, more nervous than when he had dinner with Isla's family.
Kiro didn't know what to do with himself, he was standing awkwardly taking his hands in and out of his pockets.
"Dad, this is my best friend, Kiro Waynworth. If it wasn't for him, we'd never have found this place." Hiro introduced his friend very proudly.
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"Waynworth huh? Interesting." He was still very much in his thoughts when he said this.
"Why's that interesting?" Kiro asked his guard coming back up.
"Eldric Waynworth, I knew him. I did so work for him, more than 10 years ago I think. I was still fresh out of the academy, but I couldn't forget the man..." He trailed off.
He rembered how Eldric was also once a prisoner here. He rembered how he'd begged him to put him out of his misery, he rembered how he took his last breaths on his arms.
Assuring him to not worry, that his grandson would co one day. Of course Jin played that off as an old man's dream, on his last dying breath. But he couldn't have imagined he was right.
Jin felt a ping of guilt for the first ti in forever. This boy, who was his son's best friend, he'd brought him misery by taking his grandfather away.
"Look, kid—" He couldn't keep it in, he wanted to say sothing about it, anything, he was stuttering a lot though, a nervous deanor that didn't quite suit him.
Kiro looked him in the eye, he didn't know exactly what he was going to tell him but he could tell that his grandfather wasn't part of their world anymore. He felt relief that he wasn't in so prison sowhere, getting this kind of closure wasn't sothing many could have.
"It's alright, it's good to et you sir." Kiro said, extending his hand.
As old as Eldric was, Jin could see him in Kiro. He looked so much like him, it was uncanny.
"No, you don't understand—"
His speech was interrupted by loud bangs. The underground they were in started shaking. Nobody needed to be told, they ran out of the exit, afraid it would collapse on them.
Jin was the last one to get out of the corridor, making sure everyone was safe including his son before bolting for the exit himself.
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