The Conspiracy of the Elites

Awnn!! Clark groaned again in pain as he received another cut to his leg, he narrowly escaped losing his legs by jumping backwards on time. He was already bloodied all over as he fought the commander in a narrow alley.

He successfully directed the fight here after suffering enormously from the hidden shooter. Leo and Benny tried helping him repeatedly but to no avail as the 2 soldiers clung to them fighting like their life depended on it stalling the both of them.

The fight already went for over 5 minutes which was out of the commander’s calculations. He didn’t think that Clark would hold up against him for so long, “this boy is really talented,” he thought. “But you are still going to die today,” he muttered with rage.

Clark was already feeling mentally fatigued, only the will to live and adrenaline was keeping him standing at the moment, his own skill could not be underrated either.

Clark suddenly heard the sound of another shot as he tried dodging but he was not fast enough. The bullet hit him on his back as the shooter finally came down to the alley where he led the battle. The commander didn’t waste this chance as he stabbed him without hesitation. Clark’s shield was already sucked dry of energy as it played a vital role in keeping him alive for this long.

Ahh!! Clark released a muffled scream from pain as he coughed out blood. He finally felt powerless as he fell into the commander’s arms, the commander held him while he twisted the sword in his abdomen bringing him terrible pain. He felt too weak to scream at this moment as he silently opened his mouth gasping for breath.

The commander finally spoke into his ear, “Clark do you remember the day you sabotaged my camp? I promised that I’ll kill you and here I am to fulfill my promise, in your next life try to make better decisions. You would have made a good soldier but you decided to mess with me”. He twisted the sword further as he talked making Clark gasp in pain.

Clark suddenly mustered effort to smile at him as he replied, “I don’t regret my choice commander I’ll spare you by not pursuing you in the future but don’t ever cross my path again”.

The commander was a little confused, “is that the new trend of saying your last prayer now,” he soliloquized sarcastically. Clark only grinned as he summoned all the remaining strength on his body to leap backwards.

BOOM!! The air suddenly shook fiercely as a bullet quickly hit the commander, the force from the bullet alone was mind blowing as the commander was thrown at the wall from it. The commander hit the wall with force breaking it as he fell to the other side of the wall.

The remaining terrorist high-grade soldiers watched in horror as Clark’s car emerged from the other side of the street with speed. Boom!! It released another one of the monstrous bullets as the terrorist sniper’s head was blown into a bloody mess.

The 2 remaining terrorist soldiers acted fast as they bolted into a corner leaving Leo and Benny. Benny quickly recovered from the shock on his heart as he ran to where Clark was, he helped him up while Leo ran to check on the commander.

Zoom!! The car finally arrived as it stopped at Clark’s front in style. Well, Clark couldn’t appreciate this style as his consciousness was already feeling muddled. Leo was astonished as despite that blow the commander was able to pick himself up and escape.

Clark expected the commander to escape as he knew that the car’s gun could not overcome the commander’s armor in one shot. Leo quickly ran back as they helped Clark’s bloody body into the car. “Take me to the nearest hospital,” he whispered before he fainted from exhaustion. Leo panicked as he quickly checked his friend’s heart beat, he exhaled in relief as he discovered that he was still breathing.

Whoosh!! The car sped across the bumpy street as it modified its tires to adapt. The car sped towards the nearest hospital and reached there in less than 2 minutes. The gates of the hospital opened as Leo and Benny carried Clark hurriedly into the hospital. They revealed their identities as high-grade soldiers and the best doctor in the hospital came to attend to them immediately.

Normal citizens didn’t have the guts to impersonate soldiers talk less high-grade soldiers so they didn’t even ask for their badges or identity cards as they admitted Clark directly. Leo and Benny were told to stay outside as Clark received emergency treatment.

The doctors worked non-stop for over 2 hours before they came out. “It would be many times faster in a military hospital,” Leo and Benny thought.

“What’s the situation doctor,” Leo asked immediately as soon as the doctor came out.

“Don’t worry, your friend is alright,” the doctor replied with a smile. “You just have to allow him to rest, he is exhausted. You can visit him tomorrow when he wakes up, if he responds well to treatment, he can even be discharged in 2 days’ time”.

“Ok doctor, thank you very much for your time, so how much is the cost total,” Leo asked.

“Oh, not that fast sirs you’ll have to wait till when we discharge him before you’ll receive a bill list”.

“Ok, thank you very much doctor, we are very grateful”.

The doctor left shortly after as Leo and Benny heaved a sigh of relief, they walked back to the car to sleep. They were also a little exhausted from the intense battle against their equals. As they went back Leo brought up a topic which made them both shudder in fear.

The capability shown by the car still frightened the hell out of them. A single bullet shot and it turned the shooter’s head coated in armor to a puddle of blood. “That was too frightening,” they both thought in trepidation as they started having second thoughts about sleeping on it when Clark was not there.

“What if the A.I thought we killed Clark on seeing us returning without him, what if the A.I suddenly malfunctioned”.

The what ifs became too numerous as they both suddenly stopped on their tracks like they read each other’s mind, they turned back as they went to the room where Clark was admitted.

Sleeping on the floor is better than being shot into a bloody mess.

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