Also written in advance , still recovering but doing much better .
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"Your time is almost up , you guys ." Ceid cheered into the phone , "Where's my money ?"
"We want to hear Louis ." Dan , the head officer , demanded .
Ceid sighed half-playfully , "Alright , if you're insisting . I can't believe you lot aren't trusting me with him , I'm taking good care of him ." He walked over to Louis and kneeled in front of him , putting him on speaker , "Talk ."
Louis' eyes filled with tears , his throat tight with fear .
"Louis ? Are you there ?" Dan asked .
"Y-Yes ." He whispered shakily , a tear falling down his cheek . Ceid pouted humorlessly .
"Your parents are here aswell , we're all here for you ."
"M-Mum ?"
"I'm here , Louis , we're doing everything we can to get you out ." Martha said ; Louis thought he was imagining , but she sounded emotionless . Almost empty . He convinced himself it was because of the stress .
"Are you hurt , Louis ?" Dan asked , Louis sniffled , "N-No ."
"Told you , I'm taking good care of him ." Ceid stood back straight and put the speaker off , "But , I did tell you that you lot have thirty minutes to get my money ."
Louis squeezed his eyes shut , curling tighter into himself .
Ceid sighed , "You know what ? I'll give you another hour , because I'm considerate . I know I'm putting a lot of pressure on you , so I'm willing to postpone it . Only once , then our Louis is going to go through some shit ."
With that , he hung up .
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Harry sat on the kitchen floor , chugging a bottle of water and eating an apple , the one that looked the most untouched in the basket after the grenade explosion . He pressed the button on his earpiece , seconds later there was an answer .
"Dan James speaking ."
"It's Harry . There were twenty seven guys , eighteen left ." Harry said , straight to the point . "Six are with Louis at the security room , I still don't know where the other twelve are . I'll find them ."
"The gun shots and explosions were all from your encounter ?"
"Yes . In the kitchen . The staff are all dead ." Harry threw his eaten apple on the counter top , finishing his water bottle . "Also all the windows except for the glass doors leading to the pool have explosives wires on them ."
"What type ?"
"Some are black powder , some are regular gun powder ." Harry said , "How's Louis ?"
"Still alive and well ." Dan said . "We've been trying to negotiate for three hours now , they don't seem to lessen the ransom or want to cooperate with us ."
"I've got it , I just need a bit of time ?"
"You don't have much time , they're losing patience and are threatening to start hurting Louis ."
That was enough to set Harry off .
"On it ." He said and ended the call , standing up from the floor with his gun . He checked the bullets in his catridge , making sure to remember to change it and count the bullets as he shot .
He patted down the five men who were hit by the grenade , taking three more grenades , an m-16 gun and another full catridge . he tucked the smaller gun he had into his belt and held the m-16 with both hands , slowly stepping out of the kitchen to the dining area .
He walked quietly close to the wall all the way to the exit , peeking around the corner to make sure there was no one there . He waited for a few more seconds before rounding the corner , walking to the entrace of the mansion , where he saw the cut electricity chords .
He kept looking around as he made his way up the staircase to the second floor ; twelve armed people were out there and he saw and heard none of them , which was odd . He reached the top , seeing two men in the lounge area , hearing them talking .
"If they were my parents and I found out , I would probably disown myself ." One of them said , making the other chuckle . "I second that ."
"I always knew the mayor was a psychopath , all rich and successful people have some weird shit going on ."
"Oh yeah , he's very much a psycopath . Who the fuck would pay someone else to kill their own kid ?"
Harry's eyes widened and he quickly showed himself , his gun raised towards them . "Don't touch your guns or I'll shoot ."
The two men looked over at him , one of them reached for his gun and Harry shot him , twice in the chest and once in the head , pointing it at the other man as the one he shot fell to the floor .
"What did you say about the mayor and his son ?" Harry asked , "Repeat it ."
"You're going to have to kill me if you want answers ." The man smirked before reaching for his gun , Harry shot him aswell , twice in the chest and once in the head . He sighed in anger . "Told you not to touch your guns ."
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"Your time is running out , ten more minutes to go ." Ceid said into the phone , sending Louis a smirk before turning to have his back towards him . "Is my money ready ?"
"If you harm Louis , the deal is off ." Dan said from the other line .
Ceid chuckled humourlessly , "Oh , look at you . Thinking you're the one who makes the rules here . I'm going to say this once , just once ; you give me the money , or the kid is going to get it ."
"I'm letting you know , right now ; you hurt Louis and we're going in ."
"Did you hear him , lads ? He's trying to challenge me ." Ceid smirked at his five men around the room , "Alright , then . You just unleashed the monster . I'm going for the big guns . And before we hang up , I have another message for you ."
Ceid walked over to Louis and kneeled in front of him , making Louis freeze in his spot as he avoided looking at him . Ceid smirked , before pulling out a small pocket knife and leaving a small cut on Louis' calf , making him gasp in pain .
With that Ceid hung up and handed the phone to one of his men , then looked back to Louis . "Listen , kid . This isn't personal . But if I need to kill you for that hundred and fifty million dollars , I'm going to fucking do this ."
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Harry unscrewed the light bulbs off every lamp he could find , he put all of them inside of a bedsheet and crushed them together , the sheet used as to not make a sound . He then walked to the staircase and scattered the broken glass on the floor and first stairs down ; that way , if anyone went up to the second floor , he would hear their footsteps on the glass and be able to prepare .
He checked the windows , finding explosives there aswell . He went to one side of the floor , where Louis' room and balcony were . He checked the bathroom , walk-in closet and under the bed to make sure no one was inside , before going back to the closet and grabbing the baby powder he knew Louis used for his clothes .
He walked out of the room and closed the door , pouring the powder on the door handle . If anyone were to try walking into the room , the powder would come off .
He went to the other side of the floor , to Frank and Martha's room . He closed the door , not all the way though , so he could still hear if anyone walked on the glass up to the second floor .
After he checked the bathroom , walk-in closet and under the bed , he went to the dresser and night stands to look for answers . He needed to know what those two guys were talking about .
He didn't find much in the night stands , caring less about invading privacy as he dug deep into the drawers as he tried finding any clues . He sighed and looked around the room once more , before trying the bed . He lifted the mattress , finding an envelope . He pulled it out and opened it , pulling out folded papers .
he unfolded them with furrowed eyebrows , realizing they were maps of the mansion , including the two basement floors . There were a few circles on the papers , one in Frank and Martha's room , another one in the kitchen where the refridgerator stood , and another one where the security room in the second basement is located .
He looked at the mark in Frank and Martha's room , reading the map quickly to locate it . He memorized the other two marks before folding the papers back into the envelope , hiding it under the mattress where he found it .
He went into their walk-in closet and moved the coats on Martha's side of the closet , he knocked on the wood , before he found a small hole in the wood . He hooked his finger in the hole and moved it back and forth , before it opened outwards .
Before he went in , he went to close the door to the room and poured powder on the floor for footsteps , then went into the closet and poured more powder , inside and outside .
He fit himself through the passage and moved the coats back to their spot , leaving the wooden door open . He walked through the narrow hallway with his smaller gun raised , then rounded the corner to the right , his jaw tightening .
It was a control room , cameras still working and showing on the screens . He lowered his gun and stood in front of the screens ; the kitchen , dining area , entrace , living room , pool area , staircase - everything was there .
He quickly located the camera from inside of the basement's security room , seeing Louis sitting on the floor with six armed men there with him , one of them was talking on the phone . The one talking on the phone kneeled down in front of Louis and left a cut on his bicep .
"Son of a fucking bitch ." Harry breathed out , before a few dots connected in his brain . He pressed the button on his earpiece , looking at other cameras to locate the ten men left still around the mansion .
"Dan James speaking ."
"This is Harry . I need to talk to you alone , everyone else needs to leave the room ." He said , straight to the point .
"What do you need to talk about ?" Frank asked .
"I'm speaking to Dan James only . No one else ." Harry found six men in the second basement , and four more outside of the security room .
"Talk , Styles ."
"Are you alone in the room ?"
"Yes ."
"Good . Now put me off speakers ."
"You're good . Now talk ."
"Ten men left . Six on the second basement floor , four more outside of the security room . Second floor is clear ." Harry said , "Now listen to me very carefully . There's a possibility it's a set-up ."
"What do you mean by that ?"
"I heard two men talking about Frank paying to kill his own kid . Shot them before I could get more answers . Checked Frank's room , found papers under his mattress . Maps of the mansion . Three locations were marked ; security room , a spot behind the fridge in the kitchen , and another one in their room . Checked the one in their room and found a control room , I have cameras all around the mansion still working and showing footage ."
"So you believe that Frank is staging this kidnap to have the kidnappers kill his son , and he would pay them ?"
"Yes ."
"Sounds a lot like bullshit to me ." Dan sighed , "But I trust your word and opinion . I'll keep this in mind ."
"Had anything looked off about him ? Or Martha ?" Harry asked , "Were they acting weird ? Saying weird things ?"
"Well , see ; most parents would do anything to save their kid from being killed , and it does include paying a shit ton of money . They're insistent on not paying a single dollar ."
"So they're trying to push the kidnappers to kill Louis ." Harry bit his knuckles in fury . "I'm hanging up now , keep this in mind . Do not tell anyone what we talked about , not about this control room , the papers , Frank being involved ."
"I have to let the one ranked above me know , at the very least ."
"Is he close with Frank ?"
"God , no . Hates his guts ."
"Go for it . I'll keep you updated ." Harry said and pressed the button to hang up . He took a deep breath , checking all of the cameras again , lingering for a bit longer on the camera from the security room before leaving the control room .
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