100 % certainty of rendering her unconscious.
Chapter 5
As Saki turned the corner of the guesthouse, he saw two men disappear into the women’s room. He sped up and entered the room just as the Blackjack was making its deadly trajectory towards Rachel.
Sensing some movement behind her, Rachel turned to see what was happening. As she turned, she instinctively flinched. The Blackjack, which should have killed her, missed its spot just grazing her forehead. Her chair toppled and she fell to the floor. Although relatively unharmed, she was dazed and as far as Delta was concerned, she would be dead before she knew what had hit her. Although a gun would have been easier, the Blackjack offered a ‘clean’ bloodless kill.
When Saki entered the room, he evaluated the situation instantly. There were two threats, both lethal. From the intruders’ movements, he deduced that their only intention was to kill the girls. He calculated what was required and sending signals to individual muscles in his body, he began the movements needed to eliminate the danger. Nobody was better than Saki. Even on Penaraja, he was the best.
Charlie made his way silently to the bed. He had heard the commotion behind him as Delta failed to deal with the woman. The sleeping mass, whom Charlie assumed was Donald, would be easy to deal with as he remained sound asleep. Charlie raised his Blackjack and, as he swung the weapon towards his target, Saki had already begun his silent assault. The first kick landed in the small of Charlie’s back, arching him backwards and dispatching the Blackjack over his head and away from the sleeping Tylanni. A punch landed a micro second later, sending Charlie into the full force of Saki’s kick. The timing was perfect, the force of Saki’s double impact manoeuvre shattered Charlie’s spine, killing him instantly.
Delta had hardly moved. He had noticed the sudden movements out of the corner of his eye but such was Saki’s speed, he did not appreciate what was happening until he heard the sickening snap of Charlie’s spine.
As Charlie fell to the floor, Saki was ready to eliminate the second threat. A roundhouse flip propelled him quickly and quietly across the room towards Delta. As he prepared to land, he threw out his trailing leg and unleashed an almighty kick catching Delta in the solar plexus, propelling him ten feet backwards. Delta smashed against the wall and fell to the floor, already dead. The force had been equivalent to that of a train hitting Delta at full speed, his internal organs exploding from the force of the strike.
Donald burst into the room, having heard the almighty bang as Delta hit the wall.
“What the hell?” he shouted as he entered, surveying the room. “Oh my God, is everyone OK? Rachel, are you OK?” he shouted as he rushed to her side.
“I’m fine, not really sure what happened. Not sure I’ll ever know, it all happened so quickly,” she said, looking at Saki.
“WATCH OUT!!!” Donald screamed, diving towards the window.
Chapter 6
While Charlie and Delta had made their way to the bedroom, Alpha and Bravo had made their way to the Kennedy’s Land Rover. Their task was to drive the Land Rover down the coast where they would meet Charlie and Delta after they had disposed of the bodies. However, they had spotted Donald clumsily making his way towards the room Charlie and Delta were in. Realising that something was seriously amiss, they abandoned the Land Rover and made their way around the building and onto Rachel and Donald’s terrace.
Alpha had arrived just as Delta was being struck by Saki. Alpha had seen some amazing things in his time but nothing compared to the power of the kick delivered to Delta. Alpha then noticed Charlie lying in an impossibly contorted position; he was clearly dead. Alpha raised his Heckler amp; Koch MP5SD silenced sub machine gun.
“What the hell are you doing?” whispered Bravo, grabbing the barrel of the gun. “This is supposed to be a clean kill.”
“They’re both dead! Charlie and Delta are dead! The Kennedys are still alive. If we don’t kill them, Zulu will kill us!”
“OK, OK, you’re right. Just don’t make too much noise. We’ll need to clear up before we leave,” said Bravo as he released his hold on the gun.
Alpha raised the gun and aimed. As he couldn’t see Rachel, he assumed the body in the bed was her. It certainly wasn’t Donald as he had just burst into the room.
Donald was looking at Saki when he noticed a small movement through the window. It was dark outside and the men were dressed in black. However, the gun’s nozzle, glinting in the moonlight, caught Donald’s eye and he instinctively dived towards it.
Donald was too slow. The bullet left the gun and began its deadly course towards Tylanni. Saki had reacted to Donald’s warning and also moved towards Alpha but spotting Bravo behind him, he recalculated his movements to deal with both targets.
Although Donald had failed to reach Alpha, he hadn’t failed to reach the bullet that grazed his hip causing it to deviate from its intended destination, Tylanni’s heart. Nonetheless, after grazing Donald, the bullet continued to hurtle towards Tylanni and hit her in the leg instead.
Saki was not faster than a bullet but he was quicker than the man who pulled the trigger. As the first bullet left the gun and Alpha prepared to pull the trigger again, Saki struck. A double kick landed squarely on Alpha’s jaw rendering him unconscious. Bravo reached for his gun but had moved less than a millimetre when Saki delivered a blow to the back of his neck which ensured he would move nothing more than his lips for the rest of his life.
Donald watched as Saki then landed deliberately next to the unconscious Alpha. He saw him deliver a slight but distinct blow to the head, putting Alpha into a permanent vegetative state. Death was too good for the man who had shot his wife.
Chapter 7
All attention turned to Tylanni and Donald. Donald brushed off his injury as nothing more than a flesh wound. Rachel quickly recovered and jumped to Tylanni’s side. The bullet had gone straight through her thigh and fortunately missed the femoral artery. However, she had lost a lot of blood which weakened her considerably. Rachel stemmed the blood flow while Donald made some calls.
Within ten minutes, a major rescue operation was underway. Donald was a personal friend of the Malaysian King and so no expense was spared on their rescue. A helicopter rushed Tylanni and the rest of the group to the best hospital in Sabah. The chiefs of police and the military were tasked with hunting down and finding any further assailants. Over 200 crack troops were ordered to protect Donald, Rachel, Saki and Tylanni.
On arrival at the hospital, Tylanni was rushed to Intensive Care where it became apparent that an emergency operation was needed to deliver the baby. Saki and Donald were again left alone. As Saki paced up and down Donald’s room he began to talk, he needed to do something, the more he talked the more Donald’s jaw dropped.
“I should probably explain,” started Saki, “our islanders speak English as their first language because we were colonised and saved by the British many, many years ago. A British doctor saved us from a plague that would have surely wiped us out. As a result our leader at the time swore allegiance to Britain and as such we are governed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.”
Despite the questions flying around that he was desperate to ask, Donald stayed quiet, he needed to let Saki talk.
“We have dual nationality, British and Malay, due to a long standing agreement between both monarchs. We are descended from an ancient warrior tribe, who had sole responsibility for the protection of a powerful emperor
