Eliza's POV
"Why don't we take a taxi?" Victor asked. Claire and I just nodded. Victor then booked a taxi online. Taxi arrived just in a minute. Three of us hopped in. Victor was in the front while Claire and i are on the back seat.Taxi driver glaced at us through the rear view mirror before starting the car. That was suspicious. Claire and i looked at each other with a look of concern. He was glancing at us for while. Claire held me closer to him and held my hand tightly. I don't know why but he was breathing heavily.Then i realized the driver was looking at me for a while. I think Victor sensed it too. He turned around to look at us then he looked at the driver with his furrowed forehead.I shot a glare that made the taxi driver uneasy. He sped up even more.He quickly changed the path. That wasn't the route to our places. It was away from highway."Hey" Victor roared at the instant "Where are you going?" He asked in anger. Driver remained silent. Claire kicked the driver's seat which made him thrown forward but he tightened his grip on the steering wheel. Somehow he balanced. I remained calm. I am already fed up with everything, this won't affect me. I leaned on the seat and crossed my legs, keeping my straight face. Victor and Claire exchanged a quick glance.Victor held the steering wheel with his one hand, trying to change the direction and Claire was trying to remove the driver's hand from the steering wheel. I am still weird. I am not feeling nervous. I just feel like i am doing my weekly or daily routine. But i don't want to cause trouble to this both. I looked between them and sighed.I took my lighter from my bag which i often use to hurt myself when i am stressed. Weird again. I gently patted Claire's arm. He looked at me. I signalled him to sit. He narrowed his eyes then sat down as i said noticing the lighter in my hand. I already had a plan. When Claire removes the force instantly from this wicked man's arms, Victor will be able to turn the steering wheel. A sudden removal caused a impact that helped Victor. As Claire removed his hands, Victor turned the steering to the left side without any extra force. The car hit a tree which made us thrown forward. Four us balanced eventhough it was hard. Wait, was that a accident?. The driver was about to choke Victor out of frustration.Man... I already predicted it. I lightened my lighter then fired the driver's hair which was like a cocoo's nest before his hands could touch Victor's neck. "Urgghhhhhh" he screamed. He kept hitting his head to put out the fire.
(Don't imitate these kind of things)
All of it was just in a impulse. Victor sensed the situation and unlocked the doors. Three of us got out. Driver got out too. We were about to run but a group of men surrounded us. I don't know why but my heart started to pound. My head had a piercing ache. I squeezed my eyes then opened it. Claire quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me closer. I looked at him then at the men around us, blocking our way. I put my lighter in my pocket. They had weapons in their hands and they are staring at us. They looked familiar.Who are they? Why are they attacking us? I sensed the tension in Claire's face. I looked at him. My eyebrows met in a mix of confusion and anger.
"Who are you?" Victor shouted. One of them replied "ask them". Claire tightened his grip.Do we know them? Victor turned to us "Who are they?" He asked calmly.I shrugging. "They are here for her" Claire whispered. "What?" Victor shouted."Ready to die? " one of them asked. "Who are they?" I asked Claire. He looked at me with surprise then his face calmed. He bit his lower lip.His eyes welled up with tears. I don't understand anything. They started laughing.."You don't know us Eliza?" One of them asked me. Victor looked at him then he tightened his grip again .. someone rushed towards me.We heard a gun shot.He stopped right there and kneel down. Claire quickly pulled me into a hug at that instant, it was too tight. I can hear his heartbeat.A shot was followed by another. I couldn't see what was happening. Claire was tightly hugging me and my head was against his chest. We heard a lot of gun shots.
I somehow pulled away from the hug. I looked around. The men around us was lying on the ground. The driver was lying near his car. All of them was shot. Victor and Claire was looking somewhere far horrifically. I spotted some black cars and there was a lot of men who dressed like bodyguards, holding guns. They hopped in their cars and drove towards us.They stopped infront of us. A man in bodyguards attire got out then opened the car's door for someone. Who are they? Why did they saved us? The man who came to see me at school slowly got out. "Are you all okay?" He asked worriedly. "Yeah and thankyou" Claire replied. Victor and I also thanked him. He smiled at us and walked forward. "Eliza, i think you need protection. I am assigning my bodyguards for the mission. I promise they will not be inconvenient." He said. "No need, sir. Please don't bother" i said. "She often won't accept help from anyone. You're pleasing her for nothing " Claire said. I shot him a glare.That man laughed out a bit "She probably inherited from her parents " he said.I used to say i don't care about the parental affection but my face fell at his words. He seemed to notice it so, he changed the topic."Get in, we will drop you. Ms Eliza, please accept it" he pleaded. I smiled awkwardly at him and nodded. I noticed Victor he was silent all along.