Chapter 124 - 124: Erick vs Black Shadow

An hour ago... [ The things happened before Bryan called Charles ]

Everything was set now. Task Force members were all in disguised and already deployed to their assigned areas.

The surveillance team had also a clear view and shot of the mission location. The videos were currently playing on the monitors.

Marie and Black Shadow were now talking on the phone. The team could also hear their conversation.

Marie: "Hello, where are you now?"

Black Shadow: "I am heading to the night club now. Why did you not wait for me?"

Marie: "Because you are always late."

Black Shadow: "Haha... Okay, Babe, don't be upset. I promise I will give you the most wonderful experience tonight."

Black Shadow said in his husky seductive voice. Marie blushed from embarrassment because her team heard what Black Shadow just said a while ago and they knew what he meant by a wonderful experience.

Marie cleared her throat before she spoke again. "Alright! I will just wait for you inside the club." 

"Okay, Babe. I am almost there." Black Shadow said before he hung up the phone.

Then a few minutes later, Black Shadow appeared at the entrance of the night club. He was with someone.

"Target spotted." Captain Jason said as the team was using a communicating device.

"Let's move to Phase 1. Lure the target." Captain Jason said as go signal.

"Noted Captain."

Black Shadow together with his companion was about to enter the club when suddenly a man wearing a cap bumped into him.

"Hey, F*ck, are you blind?!" Black Shadow exclaimed in annoyance.

Suddenly the man who bumped into him started running. Then he noticed that the man had taken his wallet.

"A F*cking snatcher!"  Black Shadow was cursing.

"D*mn you. If you thought I will let you get away with this, you are mistaken. You dare rob an Assassin like me. You are asking for your death tonight!!!"

Black Shadow ran and followed the man who snatched his wallet.

"Sh**t, what should I do buddy?" Reaper mumbled. Then after seconds of hesitation, he decided to follow Black Shadow and the snatcher. Reaper was the friend assassin of Black Shadow.

"Phase 1 was successful. Bryan was able to lure the target. Prepare for Phase 2. Rose, please focus the recording in Street # 2. " Captain Jason reported to them.

"Copy Captain. Here we go." Rose replied.

"Oh wait... another person was following Bryan and Black Shadow." Jane said as she noticed Reaper.

"No worries, let me handle him," June said.

"Be careful! He doesn't look like an ordinary man. He has a good body built." Jane informed him.

"Sh**t, that man is called Reaper. He is also an assassin. He was also in our database of the wanted criminal list." April said as she checked the man's profile.

"I will go with you." Carl offered June help.

"Sure Buddy. Let's move. Erick and Bryan could handle Black Shadow."

"I will go and help Erick and Bryan," Allen said as he went out of the van to follow Bryan and Black Shadow. They needed another man for back up.

Meanwhile, Bryan just entered an abandoned apartment where Erick was waiting. They planned to apprehend Black Shadow in that apartment.

They planned to lure him and isolate him from the crowd. They need to ensure that no civilians would be harmed in this operation.

They also need to catch Black Shadow alive. And this would be hard since Black Shadow was an expert in fighting. He would surely retaliate.

"Captain I am already inside this building. Chief and I were ready, Black Shadow is on my tail." Bryan and Erick met inside the building.

"Noted. Allen is also on his way." Jason informed them.

"Bryan, now let me handle this. You should hide and when you see a clear shot shoot him using this tranquilizer gun." Erick said to Bryan as they exchanged items.

Erick gave him the tranquilizer gun while Bryan gave him Black Shadow's wallet.

"Chief... be careful," Bryan said to Erick before he hid somewhere.

Then after a few minutes, Black Shadow had entered the abandoned apartment. He saw Erick standing in the middle holding his wallet.

"Oh Men! Look what we have here. Are you tired of running? Tsk Tsk Tsk" Black Shadow said as he hissed at him.

Erick just stayed silent as he was staring at his target.

"Give me my wallet if you still want to leave this place alive." Black Shadow looked around.

"It looks like you choose a nice place to hide. This place is abandoned. I can kill you here without people knowing." Black Shadow said to him as he laughed mockingly.

"Come, get it from me if you can." This time Erick spoke up, trying to provoke Black Shadow

Bryan was in his hiding place observing the two men. He was ready to shot Black Shadow but he remembered what Erick said before.

Black Shadow had strength and agility. He was also fast and his senses were very active.

Even though he had a clear shot right now but it did not guarantee that Black Shadow would be hit.

He was not an easy target. He could dodge it easily so he needed distraction that's why Erick was there to face Black Shadow.

Once Black Shadow was occupied with his fight with Erick, Bryan would grab the opportunity to shot him.

Bryan was concentrating when a peal of loud laughter could be heard inside the abandoned building.

Black Shadow was laughing so hard because of Erick's remarks. He was looking down at Erick because he thought he was just a small-time snatcher trying to provoke a professional killer.

"Dude, you provoke a wrong person tonight. Since you really wanted to die... then I must oblige."

All of a sudden, Black Shadow charged towards Erick with the intent to kill.

At the very instant the gap between them was almost nil, he threw out punches one after the other, aiming for Erick's vital areas.

Unfortunately, Erick was able to dodge every punch, a sneer appearing on his face not long after.

Since Erick was able to dodge Black Shadow's punches, it was now his turn to attack, sending out a punch towards Black Shadow's stomach.

Of course, due to the sheer amount of training Black Shadow underwent, he was easily able to dodge such an attack.

A smug smile crept upon his face as he said, "With that kind of punch, are you seriously trying to bring me down?"

However, before Black Shadow could retaliate from that attack, Erick threw another punch aiming his abdomen. This time he moved faster than when he launched his first punch.

Black Shadow received a body shot to his ribs which sent ripples of pain through his torso. He moved backward as he felt the pain.

'D*mn, I did not expect that he could punch hard. He knows how to fight.' Black Shadow mumbled to himself as he was surprised by that punch.

The smile on his face a while ago disappeared. This time he was looking at Erick with a serious expression.

"Whoah, It's been a long time since I last saw Erick fight. He is really cool!" Bryan mumbled as he felt the excitement while enjoying the scene.

As soon as Black Shadow recovered from shocked he darted forward to attack Erick once again.

His hard fist landed to Erick's shoulder but Erick took that opportunity to grab his right hand, pulling him as he struck him another punch into his neck.

Black Shadow winced from that blow. As he was still recovering from that punch, Erick twisted his arm which he was still holding causing Black Shadow to turn around.

His back was now facing Erick while his right hand was being locked and restrained by Erick. Then Erick kicked his leg causing Black Shadow to fall in a kneeling position.

Black Shadow was grunting from pain. Bryan was amazed by the scene he was witnessing right now.

"I think this tranquilizer gun is no longer needed," Bryan said as he saw Erick putting handcuffs to Black Shadow.

Bryan was about to go towards Erick when suddenly a man entered the building. He was holding a gun. Seconds after, gunshots were heard inside the abandoned building.

Bang! Bang!

Bryan's eyes widened as he saw Erick fall on the ground. Erick got shot from the back.

"Erick!!!!" he exclaimed.

Bryan also fired towards the man who shot Erick but he was able to avoid it. They exchanged shots.

When Bryan took covered the man who shot Erick grabbed that opportunity to ran towards Black Shadow.

"Reaper!" Black Shadow blurted out as soon as he saw the man.

"Let's get out from here. This is a trap." Reaper said to Black Shadow.

Black Shadow and Reaper ran towards the other direction, searching for another exit to escape.

As soon as they left Bryan ran towards Erick.

"Captain Jason Erick has been shot!" He reported with his panicking voice.

"What? Damn, stop his bleeding first. Wait for us. We are coming!" Captain Jason said with urgency.

Then seconds later Allen, June, and Carl entered the building. They were shocked beyond belief when they saw Bryan holding Erick.

"Go follow them, they went in the opposite direction!!" Bryan said and the three men complied and they followed Black Shadow and Reaper.

"Erick... Buddy..." 

Erick was staring at Bryan. He smiled at him. He was losing consciousness. 

"Hey...Erick don't sleep. Fight it. Captain Jason is on his way. Hang on. We will bring you to the hospital buddy."

Erick just nodded then he said in a low voice. "Elle..."

"Yes... Erick. Hang on... Elle is waiting for you." Bryan said in a trembling voice. 

"Protect Elle..."

Those were the last words of Erick before he lost his consciousness. Even at that moment, he was still thinking of Elle.