Revelations (The End 5)

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3rd December 2021.

10:16 pm.

Ray of Hope HQ, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York.

USA.

Suzanne heard rotating blades. Just before then, the ground had trembled as the sound of a gate opening filled everywhere.

“Special forces,” she said. They had been released from the secret basement exit.

“Follow me,” she said as she led the way to the kitchen. She pulled out Cole’s finger and put it on the keyhole of a door marked, ‘Authorized Personnel Only’. There was a clicking sound as the door unlocked. She led Xander in. She put Cole’s finger on the fingerprint-scanning button behind a stack of supplies and the back wall separated to reveal an elevator. He silently followed her into it.

Xander sweated profusely as he descended in the elevator. Suzanne was by his side with two guns. She held a gun out

to him without saying anything. He had never used one before. He doubted he’d be able to use it now. She shot him a glare, and he took the gun.

The elevator door opened. He bent and took cover as Suzanne began to shoot. Her gun had a silencer attached to it, so it didn’t draw any attention.

She led him into another room where there was a large computer with video footages of the whole facility. They had seen her enter and were about to raise the alarm. She shot one through the head and shot the other through the arm.

She walked to the one she had shot in the arm and looked at him.

“High Priestess, please have mercy. My mother is waiting for me. I don’t want to die,” the young man pleaded.

Suzanne recognized him, and sadness filled her.

“I’m sorry, Mikolas. I really am. But I must do this,” she said as she shot him on the chest. Xander watched with horror as Suzanne bent over and searched through the man’s pocket. She pulled out a card and handed it over to him.

“Follow me,” she said as she led him to a door with a bold ‘AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY. DO NOT ENTER!!!’ sign.

“This is the computer room,” she said as she motioned for him to use the card. Xander put the card in a slot, and the door clicked open. She nodded.

“Do exactly what I told you. If you’re done, and I’m not back, go back the same way we came,” she said.

“Okay,” Xander said as he turned to enter.

“And Xander,” she said, and he turned to her again. “Use the gun, please. It’s the only thing that will keep you from dying.”

Xander nodded and swallowed hard.

“What about you? What are you going to do?” he asked.

“I’m going to settle old scores,” she said.

CHAPTER TEN

So this is how this is going to end...

3rd December 2021.

10:15 am.

North Star Hotel, 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York,

USA.