Chapter 230: A Daring Escape
Jorge approached Alex who was lying on the floor. The old man believed that Alex was still tied to the chair, but in reality Alex had broken his thumbs and slipped through the zipties which went unnoticed due to the screaming of Isabella and Maria.
Because of this, the moment the old sadistic man approached Alex with the attempt to carve him up, he was completely caught off guard when Alex snapped onto his leg with his own like an octopus. Alex may not commonly use his grappling skills in his fight, but that did not mean he was woefully inadequate at them.
And in a moment like this, Alex’s proficiency in grappling allowed him to successfully ensnare his opponent in a De La Riva Guard, before sweeping the man to the ground, and tearing his ACL with a heel hook all in the span of three seconds.
Jorge cried out in pain, as he felt his ability to walk crumble before his very eyes. How Alex had escaped his bindings the man did not know, but when h saw the bruised state of his thumbs, the elderly and retired Sicario couldn’t help but chuckle aloud.
All the while Alex stepped on Jorge’s hand, which clutched the cleaver, and pried it away from the man. The old man’s cackles were hideous, like that of a truly wicked being taking great pleasure in what was about to happen. But just when Jorge was about to speak, Alex slammed the cleaver down towards the man’s neck, severing his head in the process, and silencing the old and infamous killer once and for all.
Maria’s flesh paled, at least as much as was physically possible for a woman with brown skin, as she watched Alex coldly chop off another human being’s head. Alex then reached into Jorge’s pockets and found a pocket knife which he used to cut off Maria’s bindings.
The woman was absolutely mortified as she stared at the old butler’s corpse. It was almost as if her entire consciousness had slipped out of her mind in this very moment. That is until Alex startled her awake with a slap to the face.
“Hey! Wake the fuck up! Now is not the time to get frightened over the corpse of a killer!”
“You… You killed him…. Right in front of me!”
Alex sighed heavily after realizing they were stuck inside what was clearly a cellar of some kind, thus he chose to address the woman’s nerves instead of think of an alternative escape route.
“Yeah that’s right, and if I didn’t do so, that sick son of a bitch would have probably flayed me alive, or done something far worse than what I did to him. These people aren’t right in the head Maria, I gave him a swift death which was far more than he deserved if you ask me… anyway, what we need to worry about right now is escaping this place with our lives intact… I hope Isabella is okay…”
It was at this moment that a voice which was clearly disguised via a modulator spoke up from the speakers that were embedded in the room’s security system.
“Isabella is fine… Her brother won’t do anything to harm her, not until he has disposed of his father. That old man adores his little princess. You two should be more worried about yourselves….”
Alex immediately looked up at the Cameras, and the speakers next to them with a curious glint in his blue eyes as he asked just who he was speaking with.
“I get the feeling you aren’t with Jalisco… So what are you some kind of hacker?”
The voice trembled slightly as the unknown source of it tried to get her thoughts together.
“Never mind, you what I am! anyway… I might have shared an ever so slight amount of the blame that resulted in you being here… So I will get you both out of here, so long as you swear we are even if I were to do so…”
Alex narrowed his eyes at the Camera and was quick to address whoever it was on the other side, interrogating her about his current misfortune and her role I it.
“You’re responsible for this bullshit? How so? I don’t even know you!”
Redacted sighed heavily before speaking up once more, admitting her fault in greater detail.
“I said I was slightly responsible okay? Isabella hired me to get some… shall we say… personal videos of you, and I sent them to her… I get the feeling her brother may have found out, and used those videos to figure out who you were… Like I said, this is only partially my fault in the slightest amount possible. Swear we are even if I get the two of you out of here safe and sound, and I will do my best!”
Alex felt no shame… He just simply scoffed as he shook his head before interrogating Redacted further.
“These videos of me… They wouldn’t happen to contain nudity would they?”
Maria’s attention was immediately turned away from the rotting corpse on the floor, and instead towards Alex where she had a slight look of fury on her face. Why she was angry with Alex only she knew… But redacted answered honestly, nevertheless.
“Maybe…. Anyway, we have more important things to worry about right now. Our window is closing. Is it a deal or not?”
Alex sighed heavily as he nodded his head and accepted the mysterious stranger’s deal.
“Fine… You get the two of us out of here in one piece and all is forgiven. If you know what I look like naked, then you should know that my word is my bond…”
There was a relieved sigh on the other end of the line, as Redacted accepted Alex’s terms before alerting him to what was happening outside the door.
“Good… Alright, you’ve got two minutes to wait. After that the guards outside the door will switch shifts. If you open the door at the right time, you will be able to catch the guards unawares, and you know the rest… Scavenge their radio and we will communicate from there, alright?”
Alex nodded his head and responded in the affirmative to this statement.
“Roger that…”
After saying this he waited precisely two minutes, where Redacted then gave him the go ahead to open the door and jump the guards. With his cleaver in hand, Alex took their lives before they even realized El Cucuy had descended upon them. After doing so, Alex scavenged not only the radio from one of the guards, but also a weapon. Which, while as painful as it might be to cling onto with his broken thumbs he managed to endure.
Now, with Redacted as his guide, and the hacker having access to the manor’s security systems, Alex would lead Maria through fire and flames on a daring escape attempt from a compound belonging to the most violent and vicious drug cartel in the world.