Part 4 - Escape
"!!Coff, coff", coughs came from someone among the debris, stone by stone fell while the dirt spread slowly.
"What happened…?"
Dizziness, as he came out from among the debris, his mouth had a taste of iron mixed with saliva.
A ringing in the ear that as time went on decreased.
Looking around, what he found was flames and destruction wherever he looked.
Although the drug dealer's zone was about 3 football fields, the destruction extended to where the swamps or some mountains began.
Trying to evaluate his surroundings, he looks at his communicator and realizes it was destroyed by the debris that fell on top of him. Trying to walk forward, travelling the place, trying to see if he can communicate with any companion.
"!Guys!" in an attempt to locate his companions, he screams to locate them.
But all that can be heard are the trees burning or branches falling.
After finally regaining his balance, he decides to stop on some stones to the side where there was no fire and rest to catch his breath.
Mutilated, burned and deformed bodies appeared nearby, but none moved an inch.
'They bombarded the area, and my communicator is broken, if the guys were inside maybe they could have evaded in conflict. Emily was at a distance so she shouldn't be in danger'
Looking around, he decides to walk to the east trying to wait for the guys to come out through another of the tunnels, since the main entrance was collapsed.
Although there were wetlands to the south, the east and north were surrounded by a river, the only exit was the west, or the landing strip the drug dealers used located to the east.
Although they had arrived from the Putumayo river and travelled by motorcycle from Puerto Reyes, by motorcycle most of the way, the harsh reality was that it would be very dangerous to return by the same road where everyone came in and out, especially because they didn't know if they could use the motorcycles, an 8-hour trip on foot was not ideal in the darkness of the jungle.
Their only hope was to take one of the small planes and escape.
That's why from the beginning the initiative was taken to end quickly and escape by air with the boy.
After walking 5 minutes, he spotted the takeoff area.
'There should be a tunnel nearby'
Contrary to what he thought, the landing strip hadn't suffered much damage, this mainly because what extended was the combustant and where the projectiles fell was more than 40 meters away.
There were only 2 small planes and that's where the problem fell, what she saw was not only the hangar and the strip, she also saw the survivors coming out from the other side of the landing strip.
That's where the evacuation tunnel came out.
20 men, all armed with modified AK-47s.
Some were guards, others wore chemical protection clothing (drug cooks) and finally 3 leaders who led, probably experienced drug dealers in merchandise transport.
They carried square transparent packages in which they transported the money.
They were going to take the 2 small planes.
'I can't let them take them'
Unlike facing opponents in areas with high vegetation density, this place was flat and with no place to take shelter.
So she decided she could only face them to prevent them from taking off.
The question was, 'How do I proceed?'.
Cloe was undecided whether to attack the 2 planes or let one plane take off to only take care of those left on the last one.
The problem was, she only had 15 to 20 seconds to prevent the other plane from taking off behind the first one.
She could try the second option, but risked not reaching or even damaging the plane with one of her shots in the middle of the confrontation.
In less than 2 minutes they would be ready to take off, she had to think quickly about what to do.
After thinking about it she leaned toward the second option.
"!!Burrun-Burrun", the sound of the engine starting was heard. Seconds later the second engine was heard.
Accelerating the plane moved from the hangar and aligned at the beginning of the flight strip.
Then it began to accelerate.
As it took off, Cloe readied her knives with the intention of taking them by surprise up close and avoid long-distance confrontation, although that left her vulnerable while running and getting close.
The advantage was that it was night and she could be saved from being found.
The first plane was already a quarter of the way down the strip when Cloe decided it was time to attack.
She concentrated pressure in her legs and took as much oxygen as she could, she was going to be fierce in her attack. 9 men was what she was about to face, and all very well armed.
"!!Crack", the gravel stones echoed with her running, although muffled with the noise of the plane's engine.
The 9 men were on the back side of the plane, she approached as stealthily and quickly as she could, but didn't expect what she would find.
A masked figure resembling a Halloween terror mask held one of the guys by the neck lifting him in the air.
The other 8 were surprised and pointed in her direction, but she blocked them with her companion's body.
Words with murderous and playful intention came from his mouth.
Personality #4: "I'm sorry gentlemen, the flight is cancelled"
"!!Crack", a sound like breaking bones, and the hand of the figure turning the head of who he was holding.
The traffickers were stunned and shocked by the scene.
Raising his hand and pointing to the back, he said.
Personality #4: "Are you going to keep watching or are you going to help"
The traffickers turned frightened toward where the figure was pointing.
That direction of course was toward Cloe.
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5 MINUTES BEFORE THE ESCAPE
"I don't understand why we can't escape by air, it would be the most correct option than taking our own entrance and running into the district guys" number 2 scratched his head not understanding why we couldn't go the easy way out.
Personality #4: "You greatly underestimate district 3, the air won't be a reliable exit. The best option is to leave by land and go to one of the small ports further down the river, we already reviewed with Rudolf the map of the area and heading south will be the best way to reach Junín and from there to Puerto Victoria"
"I'm with Heiss on this, I don't trust leaving alive by trying to take the small planes, any of you could get hurt in the crossfire, even with the bulletproof vests you just put on"
Rudolf understood the associated risks well, not well the strength he was facing, but with Heiss's deeper explanation of the way district attacked it became easy for him to get an idea of the danger they were running.
"Okay, it's fine. What I still don't understand is how we're going to fake your death, aren't you supposed to have the tracking chip in your spine?, how are you going to get it out?"
Interrupting my future answer with a murmur, number 1 spoke.
"Using the Railgun"
"!Eh?!, !that huge thing?!", number 2 raised his eyebrows and showed surprise on his face.
Personality #4: "It shows you're the smart one, of course, that's what we'll use, it has a huge risk, but if I accomplish what I'm thinking I could disappear off the map for a while"
Personality #4: "…..besides that's why I asked you to prepare the mercenary I pierced with the bar, it wasn't just to deceive others with my possible death. It's so they really think I died in this place, and half the plan won't work if I don't manage to get that chip out of my back"
"So that's why you want to reheat what the generators and detonate the cargo in the boxes" with a sign of comprehension, number 1 understood what the plan's idea was.
"There's a reason for the Trojan horse, that's why you needed the dead body"
Personality #4: "Of course, did you think I'd leave without a little fun, I won't let a single piece get away"
They were going to pay very dearly for everything they did to me and my brothers.