At the last minute, we managed to get out through a secret exit, but the explosion was so strong that we flew a few meters ahead anyway. But most importantly, we were alive.

I heard a loud screech in my ears, and all around I could see nothing but smoke and fire.

After a while, I also started looking for Thomas. Man was lying next to me, but he was unconscious.

"Tom...? " I whispered and tried to get up slowly. "Tom...? " I repeated, but brunet didn't react.

I was terribly battered, but despite the pain, I shifted closer to Rapp and rolled him over onto his back.

"Thomas..." I nudged him lightly. "Can you hear me? " Still no reaction.

He was battered just like me, but he also had to hit something harder with his head, because a slight trickle of blood was flowing from his forehead.

"Tom, wake up. " I poked him again, just a little harder now. I moved closer to him to see if he was breathing. Fortunately, he was breathing.

Suddenly in the distance I heard someone else's voices. I slowly started to panic.

"Thomas, I'm begging you, wake up! Someone's here... "I glanced back again. "Tom..." I turned back to see boy slowly opening his eyes. "Thank God..." I breathed.

"What..." He began, but I cut him off.

"There's no time for this. " I quickly helped him get up and then I threw one arm on his back, and with the other I hugged his waist and we slowly started to withdraw.

We hid behind bushes, which were fortunately dense enough to hide us. In addition, there was a lot of smoke around, so it made it difficult for the perpetrators to find us.

I knew I didn't know these people. I could only guess they were Luke's men.

"Find them! " A voice called out. "I want to see their bodies to make sure they're dead. "

"Bucho..." Tom croaked.

"How did he survive? " I asked, surprised, remembering what Tom told me. He said Mitch killed him. "How did he know where we were? " I looked at brunet.

"I'm wondering about that too. "

"Someone must have betrayed us, but who...? "

"Give it up..." Another voice said. He was much further away from the others, and his voice was muffled so neither I nor Thomas recognized him. "You're just wasting your time here. "

"Really? " Bucho asked.

"You won't find their bodies here. " The other replied. "They're too smart to let themselves be killed like that. "

I was sure I knew the voice from somewhere, but as bad as that, I couldn't remember it.

After a few long moments, the perpetrators disappeared from our sight.

"Do I only have the feeling that I know that voice from somewhere? " I looked at brunet. "Tom? "

"Yes. " He replied after a moment. "I'm also sure that I know him from somewhere. "

"What we gonna do now? They have already destroyed our second hideout. "

"I don't know. " Replied then looked ahead. "The hotel is not that far away. As far as I know, they don't have too many guests, so maybe we can stay there for just one night. "

"And the police and Buch's people? "

"We have to try. " Glanced at me.

I nodded to him, and after a while we started walking towards the hotel.

It wasn't that big at all. It was painted red and had no creative name, just the word "Hotel" glowing in white was visible at the top of the building.

Fortunately, we had at least some money with us, so we had enough to rent a room for two. Luckily, the receptionist didn't pay much attention to us. You could see that he was just tired of living. He gave us the key to the room and we were inside it a moment later.

It was of medium size. The walls were painted blue. There was a double bed by the window and two bedside tables beside it. In the middle of the room there was a small tabel, with four armchairs next to it. We had nothing to complain about. It was quite nice here.

We both got together a bit and put on new clothes that brunet bought later.

Thomas tried to contact Mitch somehow, but in vain. Rapp didn't answer. Why? We didn't know.

***

We went to bed quite late so I was hoping to get some sleep at least, but I was wrong. Somewhere around six o'clock Thomas told me to get up quickly.

"What's happening...? " I asked sleepily.

"There's no time! " He replied quickly. "They're here! "

"They? " I looked at him, but after I understand what he meant. "They?! "

"Yes, come on, now! " Threw me the clothes that I put on in the blink of an eye.

We hurried out of the room and dashed for the stairs, but Buch's people were already there. So we ran quickly to the elevator that had just opened. Fortunately, the door from her managed to close and the enemy didn'tt notice us.

We weren't alone in the elevator. There were two other men standing there with us who were apparently working in the hotel.

"Everything's all right? " One of them asked.

"Yes. " Rapp replied quickly, then took my hand, and with the other he reached for a gun and I already knew that these people don't work in this hotel, or in any other.

Tom glanced at me and nodded. In an instant, we both turned to the men behind us and attacked them.

I stepped on one of the legs and then punched one in the face. Surprisingly, it fell quite quickly.

Thomas struck the other a hard punch in the stomach and then in the face, but the "gorilla" he fought was stronger than the one I had to fight. He grabbed Rapp by the neck and began to choke him, but brunet stabbed him in the stomach with one quick move, and then broke his neck. Just in time, because the elevator had just stopped and the door opened, and we ran out into the corridor and ran towards the door.

We were already so close to the exit when suddenly more people appeared out of nowhere and caught us. And the threads of the escape.

We struggled, but it was for nothing.

"Give up. " Suddenly we heard someone's voice, and after a while none other than Bucho stood in front of us. How did he survive? His face was a bit fried, but he was alive, and I was still wondering how he did it. "You don't have any chance. "

"We'll find out yet. " Thomas said. "Besides, how did you survive? "

"I jumped on the side." Bucho laughed, but the guy who came out cut him off.

"See? I told you. " A second male voice replied. "They never give up. " Man added and stood in front of us. "You never know what they might screw up. "Smiled insolently.

"Mitch? " I couldn't believe my eyes.