The Marvelous Elijah's Return

Chapter 182 Face to face

Like a madman, Deacon opened fire on the SUV, bullets flying everywhere as he screamed, “Go to hell!”

As the sound of bullets hitting the car from every angle, Matt, Dice, and Rookie kept their head down, and Matt could hear Elijah screaming from the other end of the call, “Matt, say something! Please! Are you guys okay?! Is anyone Hurt? Fucking tell me something, anything!”

“We are okay, boss!” Matt shouted back, because of the deafening sound of the fires.

Finally, silence ceased the atmosphere, and immediately, Dice raised his head, feeling glad that he was working for Elijah because of how built their vehicles were, and even though the car took a lot of hits, a single bullet didn’t penetrate the car.

Staring at Deacon, Dice immediately guess that he was out of bullets, and with a fifty-fifty chance that that was true, he jumped out of the car, causing Rookie to scream, “Dice, no!”

When Deacon saw him coming toward him, he turned to run for his car, but like a wild cat, Dice lunged toward him, grabbing him by the neck as the two dropped to the ground.

Before he knew it, Dice pulled out a gun, pointed it at Deacon, pushed it against his forehead, and said, “Act up, and I will pop your brain!”

“I surrender !” Deacon shouted as Dice shoved the gun harder against his head, ” You all are Elijah’s men, right? All I ask is don’t turn me over to the police, or else he will kill me.”

“Who will kill you!”

“Let me speak to your boss face to face. I will only answer that question to your boss, in his presence.”

Frowning, Dice slightly pulled the trigger back as his jaw tightened and then he sighed, knowing Elijah had been searching for weeks for this dude and killing him would be a useless move.

Without saying a word, Dice lifted the gun and slammed it into Deacon’s head, making him scream, “What the hell!”

Immediately, Matt and Rookie rushed out of the van when Dice slammed him in the back of his head again, making Deacon scream, “If you kill me, I ain’t talking…”

As Dice was going in for a third hit, Rookie grabbed his wirst and said,

That’s enough… A dead man has no voice… Got it?”

Looking at the car with wild eyes, Matt froze at the sight of how much bullets holes got stuck in the metal, and then he said, “Boss, we got him.”

Drawing a deep breath, Elijah sighed, dropping onto the couch, his heartbeat taking a moment to calm down after the stress he went through.

“Where’s that bastard?” Elijah said calmly, and yet, his tone carried an edge that sent chills down Matt’s spine.

“Dice has him pinned to the ground,” Matt responded.

Overhearing Matt’s conversation, Deacon struggled to pull his lips from the dirt and then shouted, ignoring the pain in his head, “Is that Elijah! Tell him I am willing to talk if he’s willing to meet up with me and talk!”

Because of the volume of his voice, Elijah picked up on what he said, and his fist tightened as he said to Matt, “Tell Dice to take him to the warehouse. I will be there in Syldavia a couple of hours from now.”

“Okay, boss,” Matt said, looking back at Dice’s knees pressed into Deacon’s spine.

After dropping the call with Matt, Elijah sighed as he woke from the couch and then walked out of the living room, heading for their bedroom.

raised her face from her palms

fear in her eyes, Elijah felt his heart clench, and he quickly moved forward and embraced her body, letting her head to rest on his chest as she clutched his shirt.

Matt okay?” Peach whispered, burying her face deeper into his chest. Nodding softly,

sniff, Peach closed her eyes as she hugged him tighter and

Elijah cupped both sides of her face before saying,

hesitant look on his

I need answers, love… I need closure..” Elijah said, lowering his height to meet her eyes as he held her by the shoulders with this desperate look in his eyes. “I have to put this all behind me to

I want that for you… I want that for you so badly. I need you to be free from all of this so you can go

his cheek, Peach looked up at him and said, “Just make sure that you come home safe. Promise me.”

smile, Elijah hugged her waist closer and muttered, “I promise you.”

Elijah walked over to Piki’s crib and bent down, kissing her on her forehead, feeling his heart aching as he mumbled, “Daddy, will be back before you

Elijah pulled away from the crib,

shutting his eyes

for a while, and Deacon held in his thoughts as he stared

Deacon got frustrated, blurting out, “When will

the mere sight of Deacon, Dice didn’t hesitate to slap behind his head and mumbled, “Shut

room, seeing everyone glaring at him like they wanted to beat the living shit out

a helicopter suddenly reached their ears, and the

Matt whispered as the sound of the wind outside the window got

from the chopper finally ceased, and everyone in the warehouse stood their ground, waiting with bated breath for whoever it was who stepped

a moment, slowly, the doorknob was twisted, and the door swung open,

the room hollered out in unison.

glad to see them in one piece

at the same time, smiling widely at the sight of their leader.

facing Deacon, calmly placed his jacket on the chair arm, and said, “I am here, start

will have to offer me the amount of one million and a safe passage out of Syldavia to any country of my choice.” Deacon replied as he

eyes darkening as he said,

Deacon looked around, but his confusion was soon clear when Dice picked up the bucket of cold water, approaching him

am,” Deacon cried before the bucket of water got poured

It’s you against every one of us, in the middle of nowhere. Do you think you have some kind of upper hand… I don’t know who you are afraid of

down his spine as Deacon swallowed the lump that formed in his throat. He couldn’t say anything else and just stayed

and I will guarantee you that you would make it out of here alive to face jail time.” Elijah proposed, leaning back on the chair as he folded his hands together and

dead man either way because if I confess and take him down with me, he’s going to murder

more powerful

“No, but-”

terms and hopefully have the taste of freedom someday. Elijah calmly said. “I don’t care if you have the secret of the universe in your palm, you attempted

your experience there will be.”

though Deacon wanted a different result than that, he could see in Elijah’s eyes that the man meant every word he was saying,

surrounding him, knowing deep inside that whatever decision

phone.” Deacon

“Why?”Elijah asked curiously.

to prove to you that I accept your deal.”