Emma's P.O.V

"GO! GO! GO!", I told everyone as we got down from the van which was parked a few blocks away from the College.

Bella had just called me that everything was clear. We need to hurry before they got to know that we were coming for them. We hurried towards the college gate. The guard standing by looked surprised.

"Eh-", he opened his mouth to say something, but we just ignored him and pushed the gate open.

I gave the signal to the other team to run towards the college building as I ran towards the woody area which Bella described. One of our men stood by the guard having him on custody.

I could hear the crunch from others stepping on twigs as they followed suit.

It was dark. The moon did a very little job in brightening things for us. On the other hand, it was a good way to camouflage ourselves from the monitoring cameras too.

We were now in the woody area. I felt something brush the front of my face. I looked up to find a creeper hanging down from a branch. I pushed it away and held my gun ready to shoot. I focused my torch on the ground, trying to find a hole or a trapdoor beneath the plants while the others kept watch for me.

The ground was well covered. I continued shining the torch everywhere when the beam of light caught up with a spot which was covered with more leaves and plants than the other areas. I furrowed my eyebrows in concentration. I then focused the torch up towards the trees and found a net like thing hanging from one of the branches.

The corners of my lips tugged upwards into a truimphant smirk.

"The moment the entrance closes, the net would let loose, pouring it's contents of leaves to cover it", I thought.

I began to dig through the leaves and plants and soon enough, the shovel in my hand hit a solid metal surface with a cling, just like I expected.

I couldn't help but grin as one of the men lifted the metal circular wheel like lid covering the hole beneath it.

The hole was enough for one person to enter at a time. The man who opened the lid went in first and then I followed him.

There was a steel ladder to climb down from the hole, but all of us jumped instead. We didn't have much time. They would have already known that we were here. We quickened our steps further in to the tunnel as our rubber soles made no sound on the metal concrete.

We came up with a metal door. We all had our weapons ready. One of my men went forward to open it.

The door opened with a click.

Light flooded into our eyes, blinding us for a second.

My eyes squinted, trying to get a much clearer look, only for them to widen back in horror.

"They are escaping! Go! Go! Go!", I screamed and ran into the large hall, firing everyone who was trying to escape.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The tunnel echoed of gun shots making our ears ring continuously.

BOOM!

I fired one of the men in the leg who was trying to run towards the tunnel on the other side of the hall carrying a cardboard box in his hands.

He fell with a groan, clutching his bleeding leg. I shot his other leg again.

Ummmph!

I heard a groan from behind me to see that one of my men were shot.

Shit! They are firing back at us!

I ducked behind a table and aimed a shot at the man shooting at my men.

BOOM!

Ummpphunm!

I shot his hand holding the gun and the gun flew from his hands making him clutch his now injured hand with his good one.

I got up from hiding and started running towards the tunnel on the other side of the hall, shooting men now and then. To say that my heart was thudding would be an understatement. It was actually thundering while ejecting bolts of lightening in between.

Do I make sense? Well trust me, I do to me.

AHHHHHH!

I mentally screamed as pain shot through my left hand suddenly. I was almost in the tunnel now. I looked down to see a bullet being beautifully embedded in my muscles.

DAMN!

It burns.

DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!

Tears welled up in my eyes. I took out my handkerchief and tied it around the wound tightly.

I felt a bit dizzy.

Now is not the time to faint Emma!

My mind kept chanting again and again.

I turned towards my left to see who shot me. It was Tony. He was aiming a shot at another officer. I held my gun tightly, praying to God that my aim shouldn't miss because my hand was shaking terribly.

BOOM!

Yes!

A bullet embedded beautifully in his leg.

BOOM! BOOM!

I shot his other leg and a hand, one after another.

He fell to the floor screaming in pain.

I didn't linger much longer to watch what happened next. I hurried in to the tunnel holding my now bleeding hand with my good one.

I went further and further to see that the escaped buggers were climbing up the ladder to another hole which leads out. By the time I reached a safe distance to shoot, there were only three remaining. I shot the one climbing on both his legs.

He fell off the ladder with cries of pain.

The other two dropped the boxes that they were carrying and rushed past the bleeding man, pushing one another to climb the ladder first.

I couldn't help but chuckle to myself.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The shots echoed around the tunnel like bombs.

I cringed at the noise.

All three of them were now bleeding on the floor, crying tears of pain and agony, unable to stand straight.

I was about to take a step forward when,

BOOM!

Pain shot through my leg making me cry in pain.

I fell to the ground whimpering.

My body was drenched in sweat and blood.

Flash back blurred my vision mixing up with the welled up tears in my eyes.

Mom. Dad. A bloody living room.

Images of incidents that I thought that I had moved on from, came rushing past my eyes like a fast flowing river.

I was shaking terribly. The gun slipped out of my hands unknowingly.

I was on the floor whimpering and crying for my dead parents for I don't know how long. The burning sensation on my hand and leg were all pushed to the back of my mind.

All I was conscious of was that I was feeling dizzy and nauseous.

I tried blinking my eyes, yet no, it worsened.

I stayed still, too engrossed in my flashback to even care that my sight was blackening slowly.

And then, black was all I could see.

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Hey guys,

It's already the thirtieth chapter and I can't believe my eyes. We have come a long journey so far and I feel extremely thankful for the people who stood by me.

You guys mean alot to me 🤗🤗🤗

So coming to the chapter, how did you find it?? Did you like the action in it 😉

Seems like the IAE caught quite a number of criminals and documents today 😱

Here are the questions-
1) Emma fainted due to loss of blood. Will she wake up to find the whole raid successful or not?
2) Now that they have caught a few criminals, what do you think will happen?? 😱

And trust me guys, things are going to get really intense from here. Hope you hold onto your seats tight or you might fall and never be able to get up anytime soon 😉

Don't tell I didn't warn you 😅😅😅

Anyways, here comes the important part of this special chapter. And it is none other than the dedication part!

I dedicate the thirtieth chapter of this book to-
(Drum rolls please!)

SajaniJayanetti

Sajiiii!! This chapter is dedicated to you love. I hope you enjoyed it 😄

She's my bestie and my sister from another mother. Like in real life, she has never failed to support me throughout this book.

You are the only girl who can understand me in and out. And you have always been the first one to notice whenever I'm distressed about something.

You have never failed to support me, no matter what. I miss those good old days where we used to go to school together and play crap 😂😂😂

I'm yearning to spend some quality time with you again. We shall meet soon when we are both a bit less busy. I promise 😄

Eventhough you can be annoying as hell, I love you loads girl!! 😉

Mwaaaaah 😘😘😘

Thanks for the unconditional support you have showered me with bestie. It means alot to me girl 🤗🤗🤗

And now that over, tell me how you found the chapter and give me your comments about it. I can't wait to hear them! 😍😍😍

And don't forget to vote and share too!! 🤗

Till next time,

Love,

Ranna