Page 19 of Justified
″When you get back, we need to talk about how we don’t have any money in our account,” he commented.
Argggg, damn… I was hoping I could do something about that before he found out.“Sure,” I drawled, then opened the car door, climbing inside.
He walked over to the garage door, opening it up so that I could drive out of our loft.“Also, we need to talk about you lying to me.”
″Are you trying to send me out the door with unnecessary stress?”I questioned.
″Yes, because you deserve it.Besides, I know it won’t get in the way of you completing your mission.You’re much too focused to let that happen.See you when you get back… and you better come back.”
I nodded and drove past him out of the loft.My new car had a nice base paint job.It was gray and only had a few scratches.I was planning on doing my own custom work.By the time I was done fixing this baby up, it was going to be badass.I wanted it to be showy, but not too showy.I had a full tank of gas and an agenda… that made me dangerous.Even if I hadn’t decided to do this vigilante thing, I was going to kill this scumbag.My intuition told me the dude was bad news.Stealing another corporation’s software was bad enough.I even think he was going to try to sell it to a rival company.But what he was planning to do to me put the icing on the cake.
I hit the expressway, traveling towards Hickory Hillside.That was where all the big mansions were in Silver City.According to the information I had, it was a gated community, which meant I was going to have to park somewhere inconspicuous and hike the rest of the way there.It took me about an hour and fifteen minutes to get there, and I parked in an alley about three blocks away from the community.Before I climbed out of my car, I looked around, making sure I was alone.It was two in the morning, so I was hoping enough people would be asleep in their beds at that time and not planning on emptying the garbage.
I climbed out of the car and kept to the shadows as I crept closer to the address.Lucky for me, I could jump pretty high, covering some pretty decent distances because of my super strength.I couldn’t fly, though, which kind of sucked.I also couldn’t leap tall building in a single bound.I didn’t know of any person out there who could.I decided to do some minor leaps, just to get over a few yards.I moved from one backyard to the next until I landed silently on the manicured lawn of my target’s home.I was hidden nicely in the shadows.See, this was why I had thought Shadow Hunter was a great name.
I didn’t move at first, instead I surveyed the area, looking for any kind of cameras or guards.There were two guards I could see from my vantage point behind the bushes.I recognized the one with the cast on his wrist.I waited for him to walk around to the side of the house, which took all of five minutes.One of the things you had to have plenty of, was patience.I crawled on the grass, keeping my profile invisible behind the shrubs until I was able to climb out and come from behind the one guard who had remained.
I wrapped my one arm around his neck, cutting off his vocal cords so he couldn’t cry out for help.Then I locked it in, cutting off his oxygen next.Within seconds, he was nicely passed out and I dragged his body, dumping him behind the bushes.If his partner were to come around, I didn’t want him to find the guard just lying there.That would alert them to my presence too soon.I did my stealth walk towards the house and listened carefully for the guard’s footsteps.
I waited until I heard him, and when he came up beside me, gun in hand, I quickly wrapped my hand around his neck, bending him back and snapping his bones instantly.He never had a chance to get a shot off or make a sound.Fucking asshole had it coming for all the shit he had talked in the limo.Again, I dragged the body behind some bushes.I looked up towards the balcony.I didn’t hear anyone on it, so I jumped and landed softly on the Spanish marble tiles.I swear, some people had all the luck and didn’t deserve it.
I stepped to the side and took a quick peek through a slit in the curtains.The room was empty, but the lights were on.I checked again, looking for any wiring that would set off an alarm if I opened the door.Nothing on the outside, so I looked through the glass panes to see if I could see anything on the inside of the room.
Damn.There it was.A little, thin wire threaded along the rim of the entire doorframe.It was best if I cut the power to the house, but when I did, I’d have to move quickly.When they came to turn the power back on, they were going to become alarmed at the lack of guards.Well, I had come to party, so fuck it.I jumped down and made my way over to the fuse box.Didn’t take me too long to find it.It was locked with a code, but I was strong as hell, so I yanked the door open, sounding the alarm that was quickly silenced when I shot the control panel.Sparks flew, and all of the lights in the house went out.Emergency lights came on around the outside.
I ran back toward the balcony, leaping up there again, and used my strength to break the lock.It was dark as night when I stepped in and I could hear the guards running around trying to take care of business.There was a woman screaming and a man’s voice telling her to “shut her cunt mouth up.”Yeah, sounded like my Mr.Henley was getting ready to have himself a little party too.I walked out of the bedroom as quietly as I could and saw several guards moving about, carrying flashlights.One of them walked beside Mr.Henley and it seemed like they were trying to get him someplace safe.
Well, we couldn’t have that.I pulled out my Beretta, aiming it at the guard, then pulled the trigger.The guard hit the ground and the flashlight fell, shining its light on my target.The silencer I had on my gun was a beautiful thing.Mr.Henley gasped when he saw the guard go down and he grabbed the woman he had his grip on, pulling her in front of him.I didn’t waste any time fooling around with him.He was starting to back away from the light and I needed that to see.I managed to shoot him in the leg, and both he and the woman screamed.One thing I did exceptionally well before my new abilities came into play was hit my target.I was top in my class.It was one of the reasons I had been sought out by what I’d thought was the CIA.
Mr.Henley stumbled and fell, dragging the woman to the floor with him.That was when I jumped down there, landing in the light.I kicked the flashlight in the direction I knew he had fallen and when I saw him, I stalked over.“Let her go,” I growled.
″I’ll kill this bitch if you hurt me,” he threatened.“I don’t know who the fuck you are, but you’re not getting out of here alive.”
At that moment, three of his guards came running in with their flashlights shining on me.
″Drop your fucking gun,” one of them demanded.
Just three guards.Easy peasy.I was hoping they would gather around me.Made it easier to kill…eeehhh, four birds with one stone.I needed to take out his guards first.
″Don’t just stand there, kill this motherfucker!”Mr.Henley ordered.
Well, I could take getting hit with bullets, but my outfit couldn’t.I ducked, sweeping out the legs of two of the guards, and they dropped their flashlights as they fell with hard grunts.The dropped flashlights pointed at the other guard, blinding him.I rolled over on my back and shot the last guard who was standing twice in the chest and once in the head.The others scrambled to their feet, firing their weapons at me in quick succession as I rolled across the floor.I growled as two of their bullets hit my arm, but I kept rolling until I bumped into the sofa.I ducked behind it, taking cover.
″Kill his ass!”I heard Mr.Henley barking that demand again.
Yeah, you keep thinking that was going to happen, bitch.
They picked up their flashlights, which gave away their positions.I kept low while they aimed their lights in my direction, trying to locate me.
″He’s over there,” one of the guards said as the beam of his flashlight was inching closer to me.I aimed and fired, shooting him in the throat, then rolled back behind the sofa.The woman continued to scream in terror as this went down.I kind of wished she’d shut the fuck up.
″He’s behind the sofa, just shoot it!”Mr.Henley screamed, but his voice sounded like he was further away.I didn’t want to risk him getting into some kind of panic room or leaving the mansion all together.Better act now.I stood up, shooting my gun at the guard as one of his bullets ricocheted off my bicep.I hissed from the sting, which burned like hell.The guard, on the other hand, went down to both knees, holding his stomach.I walked over to him, picking up his flashlight.I aimed my Beretta, firing a bullet into his temple.Blood splattered from the hole I put in his head, covering the floor and the other guard’s flashlight, painting the beam red as it shined on the wall.
Mr.Henley was still struggling with the woman as she cried and yelled to be let go.No doubt, her fighting him as he limped down the hallway, using her as a shield, slowed him down as he attempted to make his retreat.I stalked over there to him.
″Stay back, I’ll kill this bitch, I swear!”he yelled.
″What makes you think I care about her?”I asked.Sure, my plan was to kill him before he could hurt another woman, but if she had to be sacrificed so that no one else after her would be harmed, so be it.
