(8th May)
(6:30 pm)
It was a fine evening. Many couples could be seen enjoying their time, and among them, Leon and Mia were ready to watch a firework show. They were excited, but suddenly a system notification appeared in Leon's view.
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'emergency quest issued'
'save sam'
'time limit - four hours'
'reward - unknown'
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Leon, who had been enjoying his time with Mia, saw this quest with his pupil dilated. He could not think of anything like this had happened in his previous life. 'There must be some irregularities happening, just like Sofia being his friend.' Leon thought and took out his phone to call Sam or Sofia to find out where they were.
"Why the hell are they not picking up?" Leon clutched his phone in frustration. "Mia, I need to go." Leon started his bike and drove off. Mia didn't stop him from leaving because she could see anger and helplessness on his face.
Driving his bike, he couldn't help but think. 'I need to find him quickly. Where are you, Sam?' while thinking he sped off to airport to get onboard on private quadcopter, which would take him to Mountain Bridge City in fifteen minutes.
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Sam and Sofia were surrounded by seven men. Originally there were twelve, but Sam had knocked out five of them.
"What should we do?" One of the thugs asked.
"There is nothing we can do; the boy is too strong. If we could not kidnap him, then we have to stall for the boss to come and take him out." Another thug answered. They continued their attack on Sam; some tried to attack Sofia as well but failed due to Sam's intervention.
On the other hand Sam and Sofia were not having a good time either. "Sam, we need to get out of this PVR. I think they Jammed our signal, and because of that, I cannot contact anyone." Sofia said, panicking slightly, she has an idea of why this is happening.
"I will try to create an opening for you to escape." Sam said while he tried to come up with an idea for Sofia to escape. 'If I were to be alone, then I could have handled them easily, but...' Sam thought. He knew he could only hold them off for half an hour.
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After reaching the city,Leon's first destination was the campus; not finding Sam there, his second destination was the gym and martial arts dojo, where he visited regularly but was unlucky there as well.
"Just where are you, Sam?" He was questioning himself as to where the other places Sam frequented. 'I can't think of anything else.' Leon was thinking when he heard a child talking about movies.
"Yes, yes, yes, movies. Today was the day some historical movie was going to release." Leon shouted, took out his phone, and searched for the PVR, which was screening it.
"I just hope I can find him there." He mumbled and headed for the PVR.
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"What are you going to do now, boy?" A thug questioned Sam while he stepped on Sam's hand.
"Hey, don't play around; we need to get back to our base quickly." Another thug said. There were only five thugs left of the original twelve. "What about the people that saw us?" The first thug asked.
"Boss will handle them. Now get them inside the car so we can get our money." The second thug said.
They were getting ready to leave this area, but there was an interruption. Leon reached the PVR and saw Sam on the ground and Sofia unconscious on the floor.
Leon was angry, angry at himself for not coming here quickly, angry that he didn't see this coming, and angry that even after coming back in time, he was very close to losing someone again. He took care of the remaining thugs in a few minutes and tied them up; then he picked Sam up and placed him on the chair, same for Sofia.
Sam was barely conscious when he heard Leon's voice asking him about how this happened. And why were they after you?. But amidst Leon's questions, Sam saw a man walking in and mumbling something under his breath. He wanted to warn Leon about the man as if sensing my gaze not on him but behind him Leon turned around.
'What! How did he get behind me? I didn't hear him at all.' Leon thought while scanning the man in front of him.
"You got a good sense, kid." The man complimented Lion and continued. "But you shouldn't have done that." The man was six feet tall and had a lean body with black hair, black eyes, and an average face. The man looked nothing special, but the air around him told a different story.
Leon had a hard time breathing; it was his first time in both his life feeling this way. 'What is happening to me? I... I... can't think straight.' Leon was having a hard time processing everything.
"Boy, don't think about fighting me; you can't win against me." The man said while making his way to unconscious Sofia. "I just want some documents from this girl." The man pointed towards Sofia while having a soft smile.
Leon had his doubts that what if Sofia was the reason for everything that happened today, and he was correct. He was conflicted whether he should agree with the man's request or not. After a few minutes of strugglex, he agreed.
"I agree, but I can't allow you to harm any one of them. If you agree, then I will get you the documents you need from that girl." Leon knew that he had nothing on his hand that could make the man agree to his request, but to his surprise, the man agreed.
"I agree, but you only have two days to submit the documents to me, or else you will face my anger." The man said and increased his pressure on Leon.
Leon fell on his knees and gasped for breath. The man smiled and turned to leave the scene. "Let's meet in again two days."
'With this I don't have any favor to return.' the man thought and started walking but paused after taking a few steps. He turned his head, looked at Leon, and said. "Just to let you know this ...."