Alice and her squad got to the area where Anna was kidnapped two hours later. They remain seated in the car and she glances at the environment. "Are you sure this is the right place?" she asks.

"Yes ma'am. In order not to arouse any suspicion, we need to walk into the bush paths that will lead us to his house."

"Tell me something, how did you know where to find Anna?"

"I was trying to protect her from facing the same fate my daughter faced."

"Your daughter? Your daughter was also a victim?!" Alice whisper-yells and Powell nodded. "Did you report to the police? Where is she now? Is she okay?"

"She's dead" Powell answered and Alice gasps in shock. "I couldn't save her" he continues and chews his inner jaw fighting back the tears. "I couldn't save my daughter's life then, but now I could save someone else's daughter. I know what it feels like to lose a child, and I don't want it for Anna's parents. I wish I had set my eyes on that bastard that took my child's life, I would have killed him."

"I'm so sorry for the loss. Wherever she is she'll be proud of you for what you are doing right now. But one question though, how did you know where to find Anna's kidnapper?"

Powell opens his mouth to answer but then a knock came on the passenger windshield where Alice was sitting. "We'll talk about it later" he replied and winds down the glass.

"What now? You two are going to sit there forever or what?" Greg asks with open arms.

"No need to sound aggressive, we were just having a brief talk that's all" Alice retorts and came down from the car.

"What must be so important than saving my daughter's life at this point?" Greg fires back and Alice glared at him and shook her head.

She felt it was a waste of time to exchange words with him right now, so she closed the door and waited for Powell to come out of the car.

Liam and Jasper got closer and stood in front of Alice and Greg while Powell walks around his car and came standing beside Alice. "So, where is Anna? Because looking around this place all I see is bushes, no building in sight" Jasper stated and Liam and Greg took to the observance of the environment.

"This is the safest place to park our cars to avoid notifying the criminal that we are around. The place he's keeping Anna is a few minutes walk from here. I'll suggest we wait for backups before hunting him down" Powell said.

"Are you for real? You expect us to wait for the police to arrive before I save my daughter from the hands of that murderer? What if she's dead by then?!" Greg objected and Powell shrugs.

"Calm down Mr. Greg, he's only making a suggestion" Liam interceded.

"I don't like the suggestion. Please lead the way already" Greg replied and there was awkward silence afterward.

"Mr. Powell, please brief us on what this place looks like so we'll know where to attack from" Alice requested and Powell nodded and began his explanation.

Every one of them took out their guns after listening to Powell. "Okay, when we get to the building, we'll go in twos. Liam, you'll go with Mr. Greg and I'll instruct you what to do, while I'll go with Mr. Powell and the green hair guy."

"Call me Jasper, beautiful" Jasper intruded and Alice glance at him briefly and nods.

"Jasper it is. C'mon guys, let's move it!" Alice orders and they turn around to begin their hunting. Powell halted and went back to his car. "Did you forget something?"

"I want to get my torchlight" Powell answered and they all halted and waited for him to get it. Although there was a moonlight bright enough for them to see, Powell still needed his torchlight just in case there is no power where they are going. "Okay, I got it!" he called out to them and rushed back to meet them.

He took the lead and walked on the tiny bush paths that led to the murderer's house.

Powell came to a halt when he caught sight of the house. "That's the house where Anna is" he announces.

Greg's nostrils flare up in anger and he growled. "Son of a bitch!" he cussed and cocked his gun and took a step forward ahead of them.

"Hey, chill man, don't do something foolish" Powell held his arm and he halted.

"You don't attack when you are angry, it's going to screw everything up including the life of your daughter" Alice warns.

"What's the plan?" Greg asks lowering his gun.

"Liam?" Alice called.

"Yes, boss."

"You know what to do, right?"

"Yes."

"Get to it."

Liam acknowledged with a nod, proceeding cautiously towards the building, his grip firm on his gun. He methodically scanned his surroundings, sweeping his gaze from left to right before completing a thorough circuit around the structure. Upon concluding his assessment, he returned to the group and affirmed, "All clear."

"Let's move, everyone. But remember, prioritize safety above all else. We need to stay vigilant and cautious. Promise me you'll all be careful in there," Alice implored, her concern evident. The team nodded in agreement.

"Liam, ensure we maintain constant communication once we're inside. We're entering uncharted territory, and I need your updates every step of the way. No matter what unfolds, keep me informed. Understood?"

"Yes ma'am" Liam responded and they all rushed up to the building.

"Rolling Steel door," Alice said in almost a whisper and glanced at Liam. She nods at him and that was a signal for Liam to pick the lock.

Liam smoothly retrieved an L-key and a diamond pick from his pocket. Positioning himself by the door, he crouched down and adeptly inserted the L-key into the lower part of the lock, simultaneously placing the diamond pick at the upper end. Skillfully manipulating the lock, he coordinated its movement, causing the tumblers to rise. As the lock rotated, Liam glanced over his shoulder, a faint smile playing on his lips. Alice responded with a thumbs-up, to which he nodded in acknowledgment before redirecting his attention to the task at hand.

Gently swinging the door open, Liam rolled it up to create an entryway. The pathway was now clear, allowing the four of them to step inside and continue their mission.

"Garage" Alice mutters at the sight of the three expensive cars parked in the garage.

"Wow! Look at that red Tesla S car, it's awesome! That's my dream car, bro!" Jasper exclaims excitedly and Alice groans.

"Would you focus now? We are not here for cars, we are here to save a life, understood?" Liam asks and Jasper shrugs.

"I know that, but we can still get away with this car after he becomes a dead man or is thrown in jail. What do you think, beautiful miss?"

"I think nothing!" Alice hisses. "I won't say this again, focus on the mission, and then you'll get a reward after."

"A reward, huh? Sounds cool to me" Jasper replies and winks at her and she smirks at him.

"Jasper, you'll stay right here and keep watch over us, in case you see anything don't hesitate to call, okay?"

"Yes, pretty, you have no worries."

"It's time guys, we are going in there. Liam, you'll go with Mr. Greg as the initial plan, while I'll stick to Mr. Powell. Please if possible, get that bastard alive for me but if he resists, don't hesitate to send him where he belongs."

"Roger that."

Alice and Powell took the elevator, while Liam and Greg took a passage that led to the staircase. "There's no escape for you asshole!" Greg snarls.

...

Anna's captor entered the basement, sealing the door behind him with a sinister smile gracing his features. Dressed in a sleek silver suit complemented by a crisp white shirt and polished black shoes, he exuded an air of arrogance. Fixing his gaze on the barely conscious Anna, he wore a self-assured grin, his tone dripping with arrogance as he addressed her, "Well, well, it seems we have some unexpected guests, my dear." Advancing toward Anna, he positioned himself before her, his demeanor oozing malevolent confidence.

"Did you hear me, sweetie? Your daddy is here to get you!" he whispers to her and chuckles loudly.

Anna weakly opens her eyes when she heard the mention of her dad. "Well, well, well, look at that, you woke up from the dead when you heard the mention of your dad. How sweet of you" he flashed her a crooked smile and Anna blinks.

She was too weak to say a word, she was good as dead right now. She could hear and see, but the voice to speak was gone, it was replaced with weakness. She wished she could die right now and end everything.

"Your dad does have some nerves you know, he came like some actor in a Chinese movie to rescue you. Bravo!" he laughs and clapped his hands while Anna blinks.

'My dad is here?' Anna wonders if it's true what he's saying. 'I don't believe you' she wanted to let out but it remained as a thought.

"Hmm, I know that look, you are in doubt right now. You don't believe me, do you? Don't worry, I'll show you something that will catch your attention" he took out the tab that he was hiding in his suit pocket and showed it to her face.

Anna's eyes widens in fright and she began shivering in fear. She shook her head in denial and he grins at her. He enjoys watching her sad and petrified just as she is doing right now.

"Seeing is believing they say, and you just proved it right. That is CCTV footage of your stupid dad and the cops in my own house! You know, I'm still surprised how they found me-" he paused and tilted up her chin. "Perhaps you were right after all, that little brat of yours is smart, she did surprise me. I thought she died in the jungle, but nah, she sold me out to the cops."

A small smile played on Anna's lips and he caught her in the act. "Be happy as much you want baby doll because it's the end for you and those who have risked their lives to come and save you" he smirks and showed her the tab screen again.

Anna's gaze remained transfixed on the screen, her senses numbing as a deafening explosion engulfed the room where her father and Liam were present.

***

"Doctor, how is my mom?" Kylie inquired as she observed the doctor emerging from her mother's hospital room. Standing alongside Jay and Hannah, she had just exited the washroom. Her brief absence in the washroom had stretched into nearly an hour, during which Jay and Hannah had tirelessly implored her to rejoin them. Yet, she had steadfastly resisted, yearning for solitude to drown in her tears, weary of the sorrowful expressions etched across their faces.

Finally, after prolonged persuasion, she had reluctantly chosen to emerge from her self-imposed isolation, coinciding with the doctors' completion of their work on her mother. Fixing Doctor Barrett with a sorrowful gaze, Kylie silently pleaded for a glimmer of hope regarding her mother's condition. Jay's comforting grip enveloped her hand, their fingers intertwining in a show of support, as they all braced themselves for what news might come next.

"Your mom.... Your mom made it" Doctor Barrett announces and a wide grin spreads on his face.

Kylie sighs heavily and went on her knees with her head in a bow and Jay squatted beside her.

"Your mother is an incredibly resilient woman. Throughout my fifteen years of practice, I've never encountered a patient quite like her. You can let go of your fear now. Your mother's life is not hanging in the balance. Thanks to the surgeries we've performed, she's defying expectations. In fact, she's projected to live well beyond the original prognosis," Doctor Barrett assured, his words instilling a renewed sense of hope. Kylie's gaze lifted, her eyes locking onto his in disbelief as the weight of his words began to sink in.

"Doctor, tell me it's not true?"

Doctor Barrett smiles and nodded, "It's true my dear, your mom is much healthier than she was when we admitted her. Although we did all we could I'll say it's a miracle, and such a miracle doesn't happen all the time."

Kylie squinted at Jay and then at Hannah, and she returns her gaze to the doctor. She wiped off her tears and stood up from the floor. "You mean my mom's life span has been extended?"

"Yes," Doctor Barrett answered and Kylie gasps.

She rushed and hug the doctor out of excitement. "Thank you so much, doctor! Thank you for saving my mother's life."

"Thank you sweet Jesus" Hannah utters with her hands clasped and her eye up to the heavens.

While in the wardroom Julia was admitted, Nicole, and Brad were still in the room watching over her.

Nicole was sitting on a vacant bed next to Julia while Brad sat on a chair next to the bed.

"I still can't believe Drake is gone. It's still like a dream to me. Here I was thinking of the loveship to give to Anna and Drake but then death took him away" Nicole said in a brittle.

"Maybe he's not dead, maybe he's just sleeping and might wake up tomorrow and he'll come looking for us with a healthy body like he always does" Brad snorted at the end of his words and Nicole gazes up at him with a furrowed brow.

"Brad? Are you okay? Are you imagining things now or what? Drake is dead, he's not coming back again, he's gone and his corpse is in the morgue now. When all this tragedy around us is over we will be burying him. Is that too hard for you to believe?"

"That's not true. You are only saying what you know. My best friend is still alive, he's just sleeping-"

"Sleeping? How can someone sleep for 48 hours?!"

"I don't know, babe. I just want to think that my best friend is still alive. I don't want him to leave me alone this way without saying goodbye. The three of us planned on building a company together and doing many things after our graduation. He was the masterpiece of the idea, he can't just leave us like that" Brad emerges into sobs.

"Brad, please don't do this" Nicole begs and came hugging him. "We can't do this here, look at young Julia, she's suffering more than us right now. If we become this way, where do we get the strength to console her when she wakes up?".

"Please don't hurt her, please don't hurt her, let her go" Julia mumbled aloud and started twirling her head from left to right.

Brad and Nicole paused their conversation and diverted their gaze to her. "Please let her go" Julia cries.

Brad and Nicole shared glances and returned their gaze to her. They both stood up and rushed to her bed. "Julia!" Brad half-yells and taps on her foot.

"No, please, don't harm her. Let me go!" Julia's sleep-talking persisted, her body contorting on the bed as if locked in a struggle to break free from an invisible hold. The urgency to rouse her from this distressing dream intensified for those present. "Anna!" she cried out, her voice piercing the air as she abruptly awakened from the nightmarish episode, her breath ragged and labored.

"Julia!" Nicole exclaims and pulls her into a hug. Julia's body was jolting in Nicole's arms. "Oh my goodness, you're cold, Julia. What's going on, baby?" she glances up at her boyfriend for help.

"Breathe, Julia, just breathe" Brad rubs her back soothingly until her nerves became calm. "What happened in your dream?"

"I had a nightmare. That monster was hurting Anna again."

"What monster?" Nicole asks releasing Julia.

"The same guy that kidnapped Julia is also having Anna under his custody."

"What!" Nicole exclaims in shock.

"Yes babe, that is where the cops are heading right now."

"But how? How did it happen?"

"It's a long story. Someone saved her from the asshole who kidnapped her and that was how we found her on the road."

"Anna, she's in danger. I don't think she'll make it out alive" Julia said and they returned her attention to her.

"Please don't say that. The cops will find her and they'll bring her back alive, you'd see" Brad assured her and pulls to her into a comforting embrace.

***

Coughing echoed from the aftermath of the explosion, originating from the room where Liam and Greg had been situated. The force of the blast had dislodged several bricks, causing them to rain down upon their prone forms. Through gritted determination, Liam fought to extricate himself from the rubble that pinned him down.

"Greg... Greg," Liam croaked, his voice strained as a fit of coughs wracked his body. He methodically removed the weighty bricks that restrained his legs before shifting his focus to aiding Greg.

Amidst the haze of smoke, their breathing grew more labored, the acrid air choking their lungs. Time was of the essence. They needed to escape the perilous environment before it claimed their lives.

Greg lay motionless on the floor, his body listless, as Liam extended a trembling hand toward him. "Come on, buddy, don't give in now. You have a daughter relying on you. Hold on!" With a renewed effort, he exerted pressure on Greg's hand, his grasp firm and resolute.

In response, a faint yet light squeeze conveyed Greg's fleeting consciousness. He stirred, hacking up blood as he coughed, his features contorting in pain. Struggling against his injuries, he attempted to sit up, his determination prevailing over the darkness that threatened to engulf him.

"Ha! That's a relief, I thought I lost you already when we only just started." Liam chuckles and Greg joined him. They both laughed at their ordeal until they felt better.

"This is crazy! I thought I was a dead man" Greg said in humor and they both laughed again.

"Well, you're not. It's time to get that bastard who almost killed us now. I'm sure he must be thinking we are dead. How did he know we are here?"

"I guess he must have been watching us with a CCTV camera" Greg answered.

"He is a criminal. I can't wait to get my hands on him, only then he'll know the penalty that comes with being a murderer."

"I won't even bother to spare his life if I get him. You should know this now so you won't beg for me to leave it to the law to handle it" Greg replied and Liam snorted.

"Have it your way man" came Liam's reply and Greg nods to it. "C'mon, we don't have any time to waste, let's get that son of a bitch before he escapes with your daughter."Liam extended his hand for Greg to grab and he helped him up to his feet.

"Is the radio still working?"

Liam glanced down to find his radio scattered on the floor, "It's gone" he shook his head.

"What do we do now? How do we connect to the cop lady?"

"Don't worry, she can take care of herself. We should worry more about ourselves and your daughter right now" Liam glanced around and caught sight of their guns on the floor and went picking them up. "We need this now more than ever before" he continues and hands one of the guns to Greg.

"There's only one way to get that stupid bastard not to have footage of us anymore-" Greg paused and glance up at the small CCTV camera on the ceiling. He squints at Liam and smirks at him.

"Your call" Liam responded with a nod and Greg pointed the gun up and shot the camera. "We have many more to go."

"I'm ready to take them all down!" Greg replied and cocked his gun. They both walked out of the room in search of Anna.

...

"Was that an explosion?" Powell ask Alice as they both got out of the elevator with their guns pointed in different directions.

"It should be. I felt the elevator shudder while we were inside. I'm not sure what caused it. Let me contact my partner to check on their status," Alice remarked, retrieving her radio from her belt. "Liam?" she called into the device, only to be met with an eerie silence, a rush of wind on the other end replacing any expected response.

"Liam, can you hear me?" she implored, her voice tinged with urgency as she exchanged a concerned glance with Powell. "Liam, are you and the others alright?" Her words took on a half-yell as she anxiously awaited a reply, but the void of response persisted.

With a heavy sigh, Alice lowered the radio, her expression troubled as she regarded Powell. "There's no communication from their end. I fear something might have gone awry. We need to locate them quickly."

"Okay, where do we start our search from?"

"We are searching this place all around. It's quite obvious that the criminal has set a trap for us here, he must have seen us on his camera. We need to be very careful right now. Don't worry, he won't gets us. C'mon, let's go."

Alice took the lead, her gun steady as she advanced through the passage. As they proceeded, the illumination suddenly vanished, shrouding their surroundings in darkness. "Damn it!" Alice cursed, her momentum coming to an abrupt halt.

"He's aware of our presence," Powell fretted, swiftly producing a flashlight to combat the enveloping gloom.

"As I suspected. It was a wise move bringing that flashlight, and-" Alice's words trailed off as the lights flickered back on, only to plunge them into darkness once more. "He's toiling with us, damn it!" she hissed, her frustration obvious as she pivoted on her heel. "Reveal yourself, you coward! Surrender now, or we'll do this the hard way!"

The lights returned, momentarily revealing the corridor, but their assailant remained elusive. With a sudden jolt, the lights vanished once more, and the silence was shattered by gunshots originating from the passage's right side. Alice and Powell swiftly spun around, their senses on high alert as the echoes of gunfire reverberated through the tense air.

"Shit! He's shooting at us! Run, I'll cover you!" Alice yells and Powell ran to the left-hand side of the passage while Alice fires her gun in the direction the shot had come from. She was firing and at the same time running backward with Powell.

Powell took a curve and tried opening one of the doors to hide inside for protection but it was locked. "Damnit! The doors are locked!"

"Keep trying!" Alice yells and continued shooting, while more shootings came from the serial killer they were after. The shots were getting closer and Alice was dodging each bullet and seeking a shield from the corners of each wall that separated each room.

"You can't get out of here alive, stupid lady cop!" he sneers and laughs.

Anna's kidnapper was still in his silver suit but there were new changes in his costume. He had an assassin mask on and black hand gloves.

"Unfortunately you are going to die first! But before you do, tell me where you are hiding the girl!" Alice retorts and kept firing more bullets in his direction.

"I'm not here to have a deal with you, bitch! I'm only here to kill you!" he pronounced and aimed another shot and this time around it hit Alice's left arm. Alice screams and winces in pain. "I got you baby!" he chuckles excitedly.

"Ma'am!" Powell exclaims and rushed back to Alice. "Oh my God, he shot you!" he cried out. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulls her into hiding while Alice held her bleeding arm with her right arm.

"Gotten any open room yet?"

"No. What do we do now? He's coming after us, here is not safe."

"Shoot the door open now!"

Powell nods and shot the locks of the metal door twice and it swung open. He helped her inside and closed the door. "We spoilt the locks, what's going to happen now? He's still shooting at us" Powell panics and glances from Alice to the door which he was still holding with his hand.

"Hold on to it" she replied and glances around. She caught sight of a metal table and she rushed to it and pushed it with her right hand toward the door.

"Do you need some help?"

"Don't worry, I got this". She pushed further with her hand and her body and she finally got closer to the door.

Powell assisted her to push the table to the door until it became firmly closed.

"We still need to guard the door with more things so he won't be able to get in here," Powell said and glances around for more items to use in waging the door.

He sighted a small metal chair, a flower vase, a TV, and a drawer. He rushed to the TV stand and first carried the TV and other things he'd seen one at a time and placed it on the floor close to the door.

The weight of all the things used in guarding the door proves to be useful somehow.

The serial killer finally got to the door and pushed it but remained closed. The next thing he did was shot at the door. "Down!" Alice yells and they both went lying flat on the floor while he kept shooting at the door.

"You're not leaving here alive, so don't even think of it!" he growls from the outside and inserted more bullets into his gun. "You just made the wrong decision by coming to my castle. Do you know what that means? Death! I am Dark Blood, nobody sees my face and lives to tell it and that is why I'm going to kill that little bitch after I'm done with you guys. Do you know two of the other guys you brought with you are dead?"

Alice and Powell shared a surprised glance at each other. "You are lying!" Alice yelled back to his hearing and he snorted.

"Oh, sorry dear, but it's the truth. With just a tiny bomb, they are dead as chickens!"

Alice shook her head in denial and blinks rapidly. "Greg is dead? Greg...is dead...no...that can't be true" she mumbles in despair and sat up while she grimaces. "Dark Blood, huh?!" she yells back to his hearing and he stopped firing.

"Yes baby, scared of the name?" he asked grinning and waiting for her response.

When she didn't answer him, he continues, "Let me tell you a little story about myself. I've been Dark Blood for the past five years now, and can you guess how many girls I'd played games with? Hahahaha, you can't guess, let me help you out with that. Each month, I always have a victim and the exciting part of it all is my victims are in different countries and cities. Now multiply twelve teenage girls in each year by five years, how many is that? 60!" he exclaims excitedly and laughed boisterously.

"This is the beginning of my sixth year and the victim I bid for this time around is giving me a really tough time. I wanted to get entertained for a few days before I get rid of her, but I guess it's going to be sooner than expected" he cocked his gun and pulled the trigger and the bullet came piercing the door sending Alice and Powell to lie down back on the floor. "No one is going to stop me from the life I've chosen!" more shots on the metal door.

"Why are you doing this? What's in it for you?!" Alice asks.

"It excites me to watch them beg for their lives. And I get more money from my investors!"

Alice shared a glance with Powell and furrowed confusedly and she glances back to the door. "Investors? What do you mean investors?"

"Stop asking stupid questions! What were you thinking you, dummy, that I'm doing this without a gain from it? Apart from my lust for those women's bodies, I have investors who are interested in the videos and pictures of all the ladies I abused!"

"What!" Alice and Powell exclaim in unison with wide eyes.

"It must be him who killed my daughter. Son of a bitch!" Powell gave a manly growl and gritted his teeth with his fist clenched to the floor he grabbed his gun and shot at the door and that triggered Dark Blood's anger and he shoots steadily at the door.

...

"This house is just too big. How can one person live in such a big mansion alone?" Greg asks and shot the last camera.

"Because he is a criminal who is involved in some illegal things that's why he is not only living alone but he is also living on the outskirts of town" Liam responded and glances around.

"Crazy bastard!" Greg cussed and held the doorknob. "Why are there so many rooms around here though?"

"You should know by now" came Liam's reply.

"We need to break down all these doors and find my daughter, I'm very sure he's hiding her in one of those rooms."

"I don't think we'll be using our guns, our bullets are almost running out. I think I'm left with just two shots."

"Yours is two, well, mine is one. I'm going to save this one for that bastard because it's going straight to his head."

"We need to get into all of these rooms either way. Hold on, I think I came with my security key" Liam said and dips his hand in his pocket. "Shit! I lost it during the explosion."

"Damnit! How about we find something else that could be useful to undo the locks or even destroy it?"

"Not a bad idea" came Liam's reply and they walked down the corridor.

"Hey, check this out!" Greg called out to Liam who was behind him.

"What?"

"I found a staircase. I wonder where this place leads to. It looks like there's a basement in here."

"There's only one way to find out" Liam replied and took the lead. With his gun in hand, he took the steps and Greg followed right behind him.

They came to the end of the stairs and they caught sight of the room in front of them. Liam held the doorknob and wiggled it and the door squeaked open. Both guys sigh in relief. "We finally found an open door, maybe there's nothing in here for him to hide."

"I don't trust that criminal, maybe it's a trap he set for us."

"I'll go in first."

Liam pushed the door wide open and his eyes scan the basement with his gun pointing from one corner to another. "It's clear!" he whisper-yells and Greg walked in. "There's a smell in here, like a blood smell" he sniffs in more of the smell to be sure he wasn't mistaken and he walked deeper into the basement.

"Maybe it's a-" Greg's voice trailed off as his eyes landed on Anna's limp form. He rushed toward the spot where she hung, leaving Liam with a puzzled expression.

"Where are you—" Liam began, but his words were drowned out by Greg's anguished scream at the sight of his daughter. Liam quickly followed Greg's line of sight, his confusion turning to concern as he hurried to catch up.

"My daughter, oh, my child, what have they done to you?" Greg's voice cracked as he knelt beside Anna's unconscious body, his trembling hands reaching out to touch her face. "Oh no, he killed her!"

"Calm down, Greg. She can't be dead," Liam reassured, moving closer and gently placing his fingers against Anna's neck. "I can still feel her pulse. Let's work quickly to untie her."

Liam untied her hands from the iron she was tied to while Greg untied her legs and unsealed her lips. Greg carried his daughter in his arms and he went on his knees with her. "Oh my baby, please wake up, don't die on me I beg you."

"Let's get out of here, we need to take her to the hospital."

"Look at my daughter's body, look at what he did to her like she was an animal. I swear I'm going to find that bastard and kill him, I'll kill him!" he grunts in tears.

"I understand how you feel right now, but you have to leave this place with your daughter if you want her to live. That green hair guy can drive you guys to the hospital."

"Not after I put a bullet straight into his head!" Greg growls and lays her daughter's body on the floor he stood up and marches to the door.

"What are you doing, man? Do you think your daughter would have supported your decision if she was conscious? Have you ever thought about what that man will do to you if he catches you? Please, for the sake of your daughter, think it through and don't make drastic decisions."

Greg halted halfway and clenched and unclenched his fist repeatedly. He twitched his jawline angrily and ponders over what Liam had just said.

"D-a-d-" Anna mumbles weakly and Liam glance down at Anna.

"She's awake!" Liam announces.

Greg turnaround and came running back to them. "Anna!"

"Dad...you're...alive" she croaked weakly and her dad nodded and cupped her face.

"I'm very much alive, my sweetie. I'm sorry I couldn't stop him from hurting you this way."

"Get..get me... out..of..here, Dad" Anna whimpers.

"I will my princess. I just want to-" Greg trails off when Anna shook her head in response.

"He will kill...you, me...him" she objected.

"Greg please listen to your daughter. Let me help you guys get out of here first then I promise to make that guy pay for his crimes."

"Okay, c'mon, let's get you out of here," Greg accepted and carried his daughter and placed her on his shoulders.

The three of them made it to the staircase and they got to the underground garage. "Jasper, start the car!" Liam yells halfway to where Jasper was standing.

"Shit! What happened to you guys back there?!" Jasper exclaims at the sight of blood stains on their clothes.

"Not time for questions, asshole. Start the car now!" Greg demanded.

"Which of the cars? Can we ride on that car over there?" Jasper pointed to the Tesla S car his eyes had caught sight of when they had arrived earlier. "That's my car man, I'm not leaving here without it!"

"Start the goddamn car, now!" Greg roars and pointed the gun at him.

"Woah, Woah, Woah, calm down Greg. Jasper, you can ride any car you want as long as you know how to ride it and these two people's lives are gonna be safe in your hands" Liam declared.

Jasper was caught off guard by the response. He stood there staring at Liam like he didn't hear him.

"Move it now!" Liam orders and Jasper jolts and went running to the car.

The Tesla S, a sleek sports car featuring only doors and no roof, provided easy access for Jasper and his companions.

Jasper swiftly claimed the driver's seat, deftly connecting wires beneath the steering wheel to bring the car's engine to life. "Ooh-ooh!" he exclaimed with excitement, his enthusiasm evident as he pressed down on the accelerator. The vehicle smoothly glided into place before Greg and Liam, and without hesitation, Greg gently placed his daughter in the backseat of the car.

"Please drive safely Jasper. And Greg, you have nothing to worry about, I'll keep to my promise" Liam taps Greg's shoulder and Greg gave a nod and hop inside the car.

"Thank you for granting my request! You guys are the best! Meanwhile, say hello to that sexy cop lady for me!" Jasper exclaims and drove out of the garage.

"It's time for payback, you bastard," Liam muttered under his breath, his determination clear as he re-entered the mansion. This time, he opted for the elevator. As the lift doors opened upon his arrival, a sudden gunshot pierced the air. "Alice!" His heart raced with panic, and he sprinted down the corridor toward the source of the gunshot.

"You two are as good as dead meat!" Dark Blood's menacing voice echoed, intended for Alice and Powell to hear from within.

Unbeknownst to Dark Blood, Liam approached him stealthily from behind.

Inside the room, Dark Blood meticulously assembled a bomb, his sinister intentions clear. The device completed, he positioned it against the door, his fingers hovering over the triggering button.

"Stay right where you are! Drop your weapons on the floor and raise your hands above your head!" Liam's voice rang out, firm and commanding. Dark Blood's movements came to an abrupt halt.

One more episode to go and we'll call it a wrap of this amazing story. Do you think Anna would make it to the hospital or would she reunite with her boyfriend in another world? Find out in the last episode of A Sad Murder.