Is this destiny?

11:26 PM

"Here they come…", Haru\'s voice sounded in the earpieces of all members of the army of Chaos at the warehouse.

Haru and Nala were surprised by what they saw: enemies arrived in two black sedan cars and two semi-trucks and… a helicopter! They didn\'t think that the enemy will come with a helicopter!

"Get in position for quick attack!", Nala instructed. "Don\'t let them get inside."

Haru saw that helicopter is about to land on the rooftop of one building. He glanced at Allen. "We are closest to the helicopter. Are you with me?"

Haru knows that Allen is capable, Allen\'s scores are on the top with Julius\' right below the current generals. Even though Allen\'s personality is a bit strange (how Haru saw it tonight), Allen is a great wingman.

Allen understood that Haru is telling him how the two of them need to take care of the helicopter. He nodded in confirmation. This is why he came here! If he freezes in fear and says no, then it\'s better if he stayed home. And also… if he does not go, Julius will. And Allen will not allow Julius to get in danger.

"I\'m taking on the helicopter with Allen.", Haru\'s voice sounded in everyone\'s earpiece. "The rest of you handle the cars and trucks."

Julius inhaled sharply. He can see with Eve-vision that Allen and Haru are rushing toward the building and climbing up swiftly on the ladder.

"Hey!", Nala tugged Julius\' sleeve. "Are you with me?"

Julius swiftly removed the zoom and confirmed to Nala that he is present.

Nala patted his shoulder. "Don\'t worry about them. They got each other\'s backs. Focus, because the sooner we finish our part, the sooner we can back them up if needed."

Julius forced a smile. "Got it."

Allen and Haru reached swiftly the rooftop where the helicopter is. They defeated with ease the pilot and one more man who was with him. Unfortunately, by the time Allen and Haru reached there, four men slipped into the warehouse through the hatch on the roof.

"Helicopter is secured. Four people are inside, we are going after them.", Haru spoke to the rest of the team and he went down the hatch first.

The team outside was in a position to attack, when Nala heard Haru\'s voice.

"Leave the hatch open!", Nala said and used commands on her lens to send two drones through the hatch inside the warehouse but she was too late… Haru and Allen were in the warehouse already, and the hatch automatically closed behind them.

Nala snorted in frustration, why is Haru rushing in without a support? Well, the only thing she can do is handle things outside swiftly and rush inside to help Haru and Allen.

"Now!", Nala instructed and less than a second later, gunfight sounded over the noise of a helicopter which was on a standby on the roof with no one to pilot it.

Julius is not sure how he survived next ten minutes or so. He remembers that he was shooting and maybe ducking for cover… his pistol ran out of bullets when one attacker jumped him from the side, but other than being large, the attacker didn\'t have much skill and Julius took him down in few hits… Julius seized attacker\'s gun and then reloaded his and walked through the parking lot with a gun in each hand, taking down the enemies. His whole body felt like he is on auto-pilot mode and the only thing on his mind was to take them out as soon as possible so that he can join Allen.

In the warehouse…

The space is huge with more than a hundred rows made out of high-duty shelves which are filled with various boxes and large canisters.

Haru and Allen moved four rows apart. The full shelves obstructed the functionality which Eve-lens provides, but they saw the faint heat-signatures of the two closest attackers and followed them, assuming that the other two are further ahead.

It didn\'t take long for Haru and Allen to reach two attackers and they overpowered them swiftly and silently.

Haru gave Allen a thumbs up.

They both froze when they realized that two men carried backpacks filled with explosives which are attached to timed triggers. Based on the current setting, it seems that attackers wanted to get inside warehouse, steal some things and then to blow it up! That is not good. Where are the other two attackers?

Haru climbed on top of the nearby shelf. It gave him more than ten-feet (3 meters) elevation, and he used Eve-lens to scan the area. He spotted other two attackers on the opposite side of the warehouse. Haru gestured to Allen in which direction, and Allen dashed that way. Haru swiftly got off the shelves and followed after Allen.

Haru and Allen ran as fast as they could. The first one to reach them was Allen, he jumped on the closest attacker immediately. Before second attacker turned to see what is going on, Haru\'s fist reached him. Few seconds later, the attackers were not a threat anymore.

Haru and Allen exhaled in relief and looked at each other while smiling.

Allen\'s smile fell when he noticed that one of the backpacks attackers had is open. Only then he noticed that the attacker he tackled is clutching in his hand a brick-looking thing which is... explosive! 

Allen approached it slowly and his breath hitched when he realized that the timer is on: 4:54… 4:53… 4:52…

Allen swiftly grabbed the backpack and rummaged through it. Just as he suspected, he found a small pouch with two different screwdrivers, a knife and pliers.

"We need to get out.", Haru told Allen before touching his ear stud: "Everyone, clear the area. Timer on the explosive is activated. We have less than five minutes."

Haru frowned when he saw Allen prying out the explosive out of the hand of the dead attacker.

"Use drones to scan the area that this is the only one. They can do that, right?", Allen asked while checking the screwdrivers available.

"What are you doing?", Haru asked.

"I\'ve got this. I studied explosives and triggers and I\'m good with electronics.", Allen explained.

Haru approved of Allen\'s confidence. If they can disarm the damned thing, that would be the best considering that the warehouse is not in a desolated area. And they were warned that the warehouses contain volatile materials. The smallest spark can trigger a large explosion. How large? No one wants to find out. That is why Haru and Allen didn\'t use their guns when fighting with the men inside the warehouse.

Haru dashed to the nearby door and opened it. Ten seconds later, he confirmed that the explosive device in Allen\'s hands is the only one outside backpacks.

Allen was relieved to hear that. "Take the backpacks with remaining explosives and leave."

Haru grabbed four backpacks and paused. "If you know what you are doing, why do I need to leave?"

Allen forced a smile. "Just in case."

Haru didn\'t like that. "No. Not acceptable. We need to leave now and clear the area. At most, we can take this thing and throw it out in an effort to minimize casualties…"

"Haru, I need you to trust me on this one. The area is not deserted, we can\'t just dump this and run, and we can\'t leave it here either because it will make it worse. The only way to avoid a disaster is to disarm it. I\'m sure that Nala is waiting for you, don\'t waste time. There is a chance that you will not make it out of the blast zone if you keep on lingering. Tell Julius that I... want him to believe in me."

Haru saw in Allen\'s expression that he is determined to disarm the bomb. Trying to persuade him otherwise will only create an unnecessary delay.

"If you mess this up, I will beat you up, even if that is in the next life!", Haru said and ran out.

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