Chapter 31 Fill the Petrol
In the security room of a hospital in downtown Manhattan, seven dead bodies were dragged aside by the kidnappers. The bloodstains on the floor were not cleaned. It was clearly the sign of a massacre. The CNN reporter was shocked by the scene, stunned, and had no idea what to do.
Dumb Locke’s face sank. He stared at the few, large monitors in the security room. Zhou Qingfeng did not just kill seven of his men. He had caused a much bigger problem.
Locke had prepared for this kidnapping ever since he was released from prison. He used two whole months to gather twenty-four desperados. If it was just a mere kidnapping, he would not have needed that many. It was the emergency at hand that made it appear like he lacked manpower.
Locke only had seventeen men now. Excluding him and his brother, there were only fifteen men left. It was impossible for this small amount of people to control this huge hospital, containing hundreds of hostages. Things would be worse if the police messed with them from within.
The only thing Locke could do now was to frighten the police by placing a few powerful bombs among the hostages. Otherwise, he would be dead if the police decided to attack. However, the problem at hand was Officer Hugo, who was at the car park of the hospital basement. How was he going to deal with him?
Truth be told, Zhou Qingfeng killed seven of his men in a row. Locke was caught off-guard by his hostility. He considered, then reconsidered. He moved from the security room to the room next door. Lena Fox - the key person of this kidnapping case was locked up in this room.
Miss Fox was enjoying her final dinner. She had already handed over her authority over the central computer of the Supreme Management of the consortium. Once the transfer was completed, she would be killed.
“Miss Fox, how’s the dinner?” Locke sat in front of Lena Fox, grabbed a bottle of red wine from the table, and asked, “Red Appearance… what sort of wine is this?”
“Put it down. That’s mine. Don’t spoil it,” Lena Fox was still demure and elegant. She put the fork in her hand down, wiped her mouth with the napkin, and said, “There should be three hours till the end of the transfer. You couldn’t even wait that long to kill me?”
“No, no. It’s not your problem, it’s mine. I have a question for you about the police who saved you - the one named Victor Hugo. Who is he? Is he part of the special force of the New York emergency service team? Or some VIP?”
Locke’s worried face brightened Lena Fox’s eyes. She asked carefully, “It seems like Officer Hugo has caused a lot of trouble for you.”
Locke immediately shook his head, waved his finger, and denied, “No, not at all. The lift stopped working. My men are guarding every entrance and exit. He’s stuck in the car park and can’t go anywhere.”
“I’m going to fill the car park with petrol. One match is all I need for that goddamn officer to suffocate or burn to death.”
“But, he’s not dead, is he?” Lena Fox looked up proudly and smiled, “A certain someone previously said that he was going to send men to kill Officer Hugo. Now, he’s talking about flooding the car park with petrol. I bet the people you sent were all dead, and it wasn’t a small amount, am I correct?”
Slap!
Big-headed Locke slapped Lena Fox so hard that she fell to the ground. The neurotic kidnapper wriggled uncomfortably and with his bad temper, he said, “Miss Fox, it was a displeasure talking to you. Alright, I admit that the goddamn officer killed seven of my men. He made me angry. Really angry!”
“The game is over. I’m changing the rules and burning him to death. I’ll see what he can do this time. He will be dead, for sure. Dead, for sure!”
Locke turned around to leave the room after he yelled at Lena. The ex-bodyguard, Lachish, was guarding her with a pistol in his hand. He sat next to her and sneered, “Miss Fox, I know you have pride. But, you shouldn’t provoke my brother. He has a very bad temper.”
Lena Fox struggled and stood up from the floor. There were two red handprints on her face and her mouth was bleeding. However, she did not care. She tidied herself up and still smiled, “You can’t ask much from someone who’s at her deathbed. I will not lower my head to anybody, even if I’m dying.”
Lachish could not do anything about Lena Fox. The beautiful lady continued eating her final dinner. She was enjoying herself. She tasted the food slowly and calmly until she felt an especially hard seed in her mouth. It was from the cherry that was used as food decoration. She felt that there was hope to escape.
“It all depends on the officer now. If he could cause more destruction, wreak more havoc, then I would have a chance to escape,” Lena Fox kept the seed in her mouth and continued eating her dinner slowly. At the same time, she prayed in her heart that Zhou Qingfeng would co-operate and escape with her.
Zhou Qingfeng, who was at the car park of the basement had changed his clothes. He threw away the peaked cap. Even though he was still wearing the police uniform, he now had an outer layer of a tactical vest, which he took from a dead body. There was the pungent smell of blood coming from it but, he could not be bothered.
There was a total of eight magazines in this tactical vest. He was holding an M4A1 Carbine and the Glock 17 pistol was in the holster on his thigh.
Zhou Qingfeng looked impressive and murderous. Although his face looked like that of an eighteen-year-old, his whole temperament had changed, dramatically. Killing a few people made him seem barbaric and aggressive.
He improved very quickly thanks to the ‘Naturally gifted’ ability. He felt that what he understood about guns was increasing after a few rounds of killing. At the beginning, he had no idea how to use the M1911A1. However, he was feeling good about holding the M4A1 now. There was a familiar feeling. It was as if he had been using it for more than ten years.
But, Zhou Qingfeng was trapped. It did not matter whether he went to the fire exit or to the driving lane, there will always be two or three kidnappers blocking him. They will not come down. They were just blocking his way out and they filled the car park with petrol.
Zhou Qingfeng immediately understood the kidnapper’s evil mind when he saw the petrol. Those bastards were afraid of him. Seven of them were killed and they could not guarantee who would be next. That was why they would rather use this stupid method to deal with Zhou Qingfeng.
The petrol that the kidnappers poured was not that much. However, a large amount of oxygen would be consumed once it was ignited. When that happened, Zhou Qingfeng would either burn to death or die of suffocation.
As the smell of petrol got stronger and stronger, Zhou Qingfeng knew that he had to rush out as soon as possible! He would be dead if he did not leave.