Rita and Alejandro ran over and started unlocking their chains before freeing them from their cells. While they did this, I got on the holo with Suzi and said, "Suzi, we’ve found the girls! Get the car ready; we won't be long.”

“Well, you better be quick. A truckload of Crimson Blades is on their way.” Suzi replied.

“Thanks for the heads up.” Once the call between us was finished, I pulled Henry over and told him that we were fighting our way out.

“What are we going to do?”

“We! "My friend," I said, pulling Eve and Ivy from my holsters before proceeding. "Are going to prove covering fire for Alejandro and Rita."

Henry smiled. I informed Alejandro and Rita that their job would be to watch over the girls while we handled the Crimson Blades; they nodded their heads in agreement.

We walked up the stairs and began making our way back slowly. We opened the door and began opening fire on Crimson Blades. Henry began spraying wildly, with his machine gun hitting a few Crimson Blades as I constantly moved from left to right, making it impossible for any of the Crimson Blades to shoot me.

One Crimson Blade rushed at me with a hatchet. I dodged to the left and grabbed their left arm and pulled their face towards my knee, breaking their nose in the process; once they fell on the floor, I wasted no time and fired my gun, shooting them right in the head. We looked around, trying to see if any Crimson Blades were waiting to jump out at us.

“It’s clear!” I yelled.

“Wait! Where are we going?” One of the girls asked.

“We’re taking you back to The Mox. Don't worry, you’ll be safe there. I promise.” Rita replied to the girl.

We continued taking the same route we took to get into the building; it wouldn’t be long until we were under fire from another group, Crimson Blades.

This time I using my sandevistan to easily take care of the Crimson Blades. Before I activated it, I said to Henry, “Provide me some covering fire. I’m going to use my sandevistan.”

Henry nodded his head in agreement. I waited for Henry to open fire, and once he started firing at the Crimson Blades, I activated my sandevistan and ran to the right side and opened fire. I dived to the right while diving I opened fire on the Crimson Blades. They did have a chance to react once they relised what was going on they were already dead.

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I deactivated my Sandevistan.

"We can keep moving," I yelled to the group as we cautiously entered the next room. The main room was dimly lit, and as we stepped in, we were suddenly pinned down by a hail of bullets from the Crimson Blade backup. We quickly sought cover behind the minibar and returned fire whenever we could.

"Can't you activate your thing again?" Alejandro asked, his voice strained over the sound of gunfire.

"I can't," I replied, trying to catch my breath. "It's on cooldown for another thirteen seconds."

“Well, how are we going to take care of them then?” Alejandro pressed.

As I scanned the room, my mind raced to come up with a plan that wouldn't put the girls in danger. We couldn't afford to stay pinned down and wait for them to exhaust their ammunition. Then, an idea struck me.

I hastily grabbed my knife and cut a piece of fabric from my shirt. Snatching a nearby bottle of alcohol, I dribbled a bit of vodka onto the fabric.

“The hell are you doing?” Alejandro asked, sounding concerned.

I explained, “When I was a kid, my grandad used to show me these old war and gangster movies that his father showed him, and in one of these movies, they used this method to create a flame grenade.”

I waited for the opportune moment and hurled the makeshift Molotov cocktail towards the Crimson Blades. Once the bottle smashed, we could hear the screams of the Crimson Blades, who were set on fire.

“Now!”

We peeked out from the bar and started firing all of the remaining bullets in our guns at the Crimson Blades, catching them off guard yet again. Once they were killed, it was the final stretch home. We reached the sewage pipe and began walking towards the metal grate.

Alejandro, Henry, and I grabbed the metal grate and prepared to lift it open for Rita and the girls.

“Ready! Three... Two... One... Lift!”

The three of us got the gate open and allowed the girls to safely get out before Rita grabbed onto the gate, allowing one of us to get out before repeating the step until all of us were out of the sewage pipe and back on the streets.

“Take a breather if you need to. We may be out of that hell hole, but we aren't done yet.” I said while catching my breath.

Rita came over, “What’s the next move?”

“What I’m thinking is have Henry and Suzi take the girls back to Lizzie’s while I'll follow close behind and take care of any followers.”

“Is everyone going to fit in that car?”

“Well, there is a Crimson Blade car that we could take if necessary. But I think everyone should manage to fit in the car.”

After the conversation, we walked back to the cars. The girls got into the Mox’s car along with Suzi and Henry. Before we set off Alejandro asked Henry if he could use his submachine gun and to open the boot of the car so he could provide covering fire if needed.

“Okay? Just be careful with my gun.” Henry asked.

“Don’t worry amigo, your gun’s in good hands,” Alejandro said before hopping into the boot of the car.

While that was going on myself and Rita got inside my car.