Chapter 279 - 116: The boss's fall (2)

The plane from Myanmar arrived in La Guardia Airport, Ethan, Jarren, and Smith emerged from the escorting nanny Maria with Crown in her arms and Giselle. They headed straight to the waiting car to take that will take them to the Secretary of Defense's big mansion in Cobble Hills. 

Upon arrival, Ethan surveyed the luxurious house, a beautiful Expanded Cape featuring 4 bedrooms two baths, with fireplace and three skylights, Sunny Formal dining room lovely and Functional Eat-in kitchen with Stainless steel appliances Accommodating den/ family room central heat/ air six circuits of emergency power, 150 amps. All in all, the place looks cozy to live in. There are three housemaids to keep the house clean.

Seeing the beautiful house, Ethan remembers Morgana and the house that he bought for her. It's been years since he went to visit the house, now every time he remembers it he always feels an emptiness inside him that only Morgana can fill. Ethan shook his head trying to focus on the things around him, this is not the right time to reminisce things about the past, he needs to focus lest someone shoot him and he'll die without knowing what hit him.

Maria: we're here, please kindly take the luggage inside the house, I can't carry it myself. Maria said to Ethan and the others not even bothering to ring the doorbell or to call the people inside the house to help her. Ethan learned from the information that he received earlier that the Secretary of Defense has three housemaids who lived in the house to keep it clean. The housemaids are the ones who served him and his wife when his wife and his son was still alive. He keeps them even when his wife died because they have been loyal to him and they have nowhere to go.

When Maria said that, Ethan, Jarren, and Smith instantly became alert and vigilant obviously, Maria is trying to lure them inside the house. They glanced at each other and communicate with each other through their eyes as Ethan move forward to open the door.

Ethan tried to open the door, he is right, the door is not locked but instead of opening it directly he turned and walked back to nanny Maria who was holding the baby. Giselle is still in the car with the driver, sleeping soundly.

Maria, the door won't open, can you take a look and open it yourself??? Ethan said to Maria taking the baby from her. He carried the baby using his left arm while his right hand is already in his gun and ready to shoot at any given time if there is someone inside waiting to ambush them.

Stunned, Maria took the proffered key from Ethan and walk towards the door to unlock it. She was left without a choice. Ethan is now holding the baby in his arm, the only thing she could do now is open the door and hope that the assassins from the dark forces inside the house will recognize her and wouldn't shoot her the moment that she opened the door.

When Maria inserted the key into the keyhole she found out that the door is not locked, it was open. Her knees tremble as she learned that the scheme against the three Eagle Squad soldiers was already exposed and Ethan ask her to open the door as a bait. With a trembling hand, she pushed the door open and tried to shout to warn the assassins not to shoot, but as soon as she opened the door, she became exposed to the assassins. The Assassins thought that she was one of the targets, so..... They all shoot her spraying her body with bullets leaving her body full of bullets hole.

Maria dropped on the floor dead, with blood trickling down from her lips when she coughs up blood before she died. She even manages to shout before she stumbled and fall saying.

Don't shoot...... It's me......

Maria died on the spot, drenching and staining the clean floor with her blood. Ethan on the other hand runs for cover with the baby in his arm while his right hand is holding a gun, Jarren, and, Smith takes cover behind the wall as they fumbled for the night goggles and wear it to see where the shooter is. 

Ethan asks Jarren to take off his jacket and used it to cover the baby's ears. He can't shoot the opponents without damaging the baby's hearings if he didn't cover it. Hoping that the thick jacket of his cousin will do, he wrapped it carefully around the baby's ears and eyes trying not to suffocate the sleeping baby. He doesn't have a choice but to take the baby from Maria. If he didn't take the baby, Crown will die along with Maria the moment Maria open the door.

After confirming that the jacket is tightly secure protecting the baby's ears and eyes, he fumbled for his night goggles, he looks at Jarren and Smith giving them both a signal to attack. The three of them are wearing a bulletproof vest, the only thing that they are worried now is that they can't protect their heads if the assassins are a sharpshooter or a sniper. Ethan is the one in the most awkward position, he needs to protect himself and at the same time, he also needs to protect the baby in his arms.

Why don't you give the baby to the driver first, it will be much easier for you if you don't have to bother protecting the baby. I'm sure that the driver is not aware of this ambush and he is not one of them if he is, he would have shot us already upon seeing that their plan was exposed. Jarren suggested upon remembering that the driver is still in the car with Giselle.

Go... We will cover you. Jarren added

Ethan walked back to the car with the baby in his arm, he opened the car door and found that the driver is shaking from fright when he witnessed Maria dying from the bullets of the assassins inside the house. Jarren is right, the driver is not one of the dark forces. He was merely a driver from the White House who was told to pick them up at the airport.